At age 27, Gaby's cancer treatment are narrowing her options for one day having children. Yet Gaby walks this painful path between her trial and God's promises with perspective and hope. She shares her story in my latest episode on the Live Like it's True podcast. 

Gaby's story is also highlighted in my new Bible study, Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith. Whether you're here because you're reading that book, or you're a regular listener, I hope you'll be inspired by this conversation.

Guest: Gaby Puente

Bible Passage: Sarah's Story in Genesis 12-21

Freebies:

• The Live Like It's True Workbook
• Praying the Promises

Resound Media: 

Go to www.ResoundMedia.cc for more Gospel centered resources.

Mentioned Resources:

• Purchase on Amazon: Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith
• Learn More about my new study: Shaped by God's Promises
• Vivir es Cristo by Jonathan and Sarah Jerez.
• 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
• Isaiah 56:3-4

Music: Cade Popkin

Gabriela Puente

Gabriela Puente has a degree in Communications and currently is pursuing a Biblical Counseling certification with ACBC. She works at Compassion Connection, an organization that supports both churches and individuals through partnerships focused on church planting and leadership training in Ecuador.

Gaby is a member of La Fuente church, in Quito, and you can find her on Instagram.

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Have you been comparing yourself? Are you envious of someone God has treated "better" than you? In a story about envious grumblers who are comparing, Jesus invites you to be one of the happy ones instead.

Guests: Melissa Kruger

Bible Passage: Laborers in the Vineyard - Matthew 20:1-16 ESV

Get your Freebie: The Live Like It's True Workbook

Mentioned Resources: 

• The Envy of Eve by Melissa Krueger
• The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
• Comparison Girl by Shannon Popkin
• Comparison Girl for Teens: Thriving Beyond Measure in a World That Compares by Lee Nienhuis and Shannon Popkin

Melissa Kruger

Melissa Kruger serves as vice president of discipleship programming for The Gospel Coalition (TGC). She’s the author of multiple books, including The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World, Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood, Growing Together: Taking Mentoring Beyond Small Talk and Prayer Request, and Wherever You Go I Want You to Know. Her husband, Mike, is the president of Reformed Theological Seminary and they have three children.

Connect with Melissa:

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

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Would you ask your twelve-year-old to bravely live her faith, in a time of crisis? In part two of our conversation, Heather Cofer shares the story of her twelfth birthday in Mongolia and how—even when she was so afraid—her dad commissioned her to walk by faith. She also tells about the crisis her husband's family (also missionaries in Mongolia) faced.

Heather's story is highlighted in my new Bible study, Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith. Whether you're here because you're reading that book, or you're a regular listener, I hope you'll be inspired by this conversation.

Guest: Heather Cofer

Bible Passage: Genesis 12:1-4

Freebies:

• The Live Like It's True Workbook
• Praying the Promises

Resound Media: 

Go to www.ResoundMedia.cc for more Gospel centered resources.

Mentioned Resources:

• Purchase on Amazon: Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith
• Learn More about my new study: Shaped by God's Promises

Music: Cade Popkin

Heather Cofer is a wife and mother of six living in northern Colorado with a passion for encouraging women to love Jesus. She is the author of Expectant: Cultivating a Vision for Christ-Centered Pregnancy, and has also written for Revive Our Hearts, Set Apart Ministries, Risen Motherhood, and Well-Watered Women. She enjoys fresh flowers, good coffee, and laughter with loved ones.

Connect with Heather Cofer:

Website: https://www.heathercofer.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercofer/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heather.a.cofer

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What if God asked you to leave everything you love? Would you do it? Heather Cofer talks about her experiences as a child in Mongolia which still shape her life today.

Heather's story is highlighted in my new Bible study, Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith. Whether you're here because you're reading that book, or you're a regular listener, I hope you'll be inspired by this conversation.

Guest: Heather Cofer

Bible Passage: Genesis 12:1-4

Freebies:

• The Live Like It's True Workbook
• Praying the Promises

Resound Media: 

Go to www.ResoundMedia.cc for more Gospel centered resources.

Mentioned Resources:

• Purchase on Amazon: Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith
• Learn More about my new study: Shaped by God's Promises

Music: Cade Popkin

Heather Cofer

Heather Cofer is a wife and mother of six living in northern Colorado with a passion for encouraging women to love Jesus. She is the author of Expectant: Cultivating a Vision for Christ-Centered Pregnancy, and has also written for Revive Our Hearts, Set Apart Ministries, Risen Motherhood, and Well-Watered Women. She enjoys fresh flowers, good coffee, and laughter with loved ones.Connect with Heather Cofer

Website: https://www.heathercofer.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercofer/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heather.a.cofer

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Why does she have more? Why do I have less? And what does Jesus say, when I want what's fair? In this episode of the Live Like It's True Podcast, we're looking at a story Jesus told in response to these very questions—the parable about the bigger barns. 

 I'm so honored to have Lydia Brownback, author of the Flourish Bible Studies, joining me for this conversation.

 Listen in and find out how you can heed Jesus's warning about a "bigger barns" mindset, and find contentment and security instead.

Guest: Lydia Brownback

Bible Passage: Parable of the Bigger Barns - Luke 12:13-24 (ESV)

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Mentioned Resources

• Luke: Good News of Great Joy (Flourish Bible Study)
• ESV Study Bible
• Lydia, as guest on "Help Me Teach the Bible" with Nancy Guthrie

Music: Cade Popkin

Lydia Brownback

Lydia Brownback is passionate about promoting biblical doctrine with a high view of God. She is the author of several books, including the Flourish Bible Study series, and a speaker at Christian conferences and events. Lydia holds an MAR in biblical studies from Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) and a BS in communications from Syracuse University. More information about Lydia can be found at lydiabrownback.com.Connect with Lydia:

Website: lydiabrownback.com

Instagram: @lydiabrownback_author

Facebook: @lydia.brownback

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Check out Shannon's new book, Kinda Judgy. 

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Have you ever felt unworthy, because of your sin? Or have you every tried to comfort yourself by comparing with someone who sinned in worse ways that you? In this series, we're looking at comparison stories that Jesus told, and this one is a story about comparing sin. But it's a story with a twist that might surprise you in the best way—especially if you're the one feeling unworthy.

Guest: Lindsay Schott

Bible Passage: "The Pharisee and the Publican" Luke 18:9-14

Teen Comparison Quizzes: ComparisonGirl.com

Mentioned Resources

• Lindsay Schott Artwork
• Teach Equip
• "Christians in an Age of Outrage" by Ed Stetzer
• Live Like It's True Podcast Episode with Lindsay Schott on Rest
• Comparison Girl by Shannon Popkin
• Comparison Girl for Teens: Thriving Beyond Measure in a World That Compares by Lee Nienhuis and Shannon Popkin

Music: Cade Popkin

Resound Media: Go to www.ResoundMedia.cc for more Gospel centered resources.

Lindsay Schott

Lindsay Schott is a watercolorist, Bible teacher, and co-creator of the Women's Teaching Program at Stonegate Church. She has a passion for women to know the scripture and to experience deep transformation in relationship with Jesus and others . Lindsay's also the co-author of Trying: Reflections on Faith Through Infertility, Miscarriage, and Loss. She and her husband, Landon, live in the Dallas area with their four children, Hannah, Ruby, Piper and Ben. You can see Lindsay's watercolor work at lschottartistry.com and see her creative journey on Instagram.

Connect with Lindsay:

Website

Facebook

Instagram

More from the Judgy Series on Live Like It's True. 

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Are you kinda judgy? Take the QUIZ. 

Check out Shannon's new book, Kinda Judgy. 

Learn more at ShannonPopkin.com.

"Which of us is the greatest, Jesus?" Jesus's response to the disciples might surprise you, but it also might bright you comfort and peace. There's a foolproof way to be great in the kingdom of God, and it's backward from the way of the world. Want to learn the secret?

Join Kelly Needham and I on the Live Like It's True Podcast, as we talk about Jesus's illustration of a child, in response to his disciples asking, "Who's the greatest?"

Guest: Kelly Needham

Bible Passage: "Who is the Greatest?" Matthew 18:1-5

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Mentioned Resources

• How to Bear God's Image by Gender {Kelly Needham}
• How to Overcome My Desire to Control My Husband (Kelly Needham}
• How to Live Like it's True that You're Forgiven {Kelly Needham}
• Your Eternal Reward by Erwin Lutzer
• Comparison Girl for Teens: Thriving Beyond Measure in a World That Compares by Lee Nienhuis and Shannon Popkin
• The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn
• One Minute After You Die Sermon by Erwin Lutzer

Connect with Kelly:

Website: KellyNeedham.com

Kelly Needham: Facebook

Kelly Needham- Instagram

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Are you kinda judgy? Take the QUIZ. 

Check out Shannon's new book, Kinda Judgy. 

Learn more at ShannonPopkin.com.

What if Jesus could read your thoughts about other people's sins? And what about your own sins? Do you have shameful secrets that seem too awful to even confess? In this episode, we're going to consider a story Jesus told at a dinner party where someone was comparing sin. It's a story that exposes our false narratives about sin, and invites us into a beautiful story of forgiveness.

Tasha is an author, speaker, Bible teacher, and the host of the “Digging In with Tasha Calvert” weekly podcast.

Guest: Tasha Calvert

Bible Passage: Story of the Two Debtors in Luke 7:36-50 CSB

Teen Comparison Quizzes: ComparisonGirl.com

Mentioned Resources: 

• Digging In Podcast with Tasha Calvert
• Prestonwood Women - studies and Bible teaching that Prestonwood makes available upon request.
• Prestonwood Women - resources on Youtube and Right Now Media
• Comparison Girl for Teens: Thriving Beyond Measure in a World That Compares by Lee Nienhuis and Shannon Popkin
• Worship the King by Chris Tiegreen
• The Gospel Primer by Milton Vincent

Transcript: Available here

Music: Cade Popkin

Resound Media: Go to www.ResoundMedia.cc for more Gospel centered resources.

Connect with Tasha:

Website: tashacalvert.com

Instagram: tistashcalvert

Podcast: Digging In with Tasha Calvert

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What would Jesus say about your efforts to get healthy? When you wake up in the morning, is your first thought about what you ate the night before? Has your lifelong obsession been to finally like what you see in the mirror?

With the launch of Comparison Girl for Teens, I've invited a number of guests to join me on the Live Like It's True podcast, to talk through various ways we tend to compare ourselves and what Jesus has to say about it. In this episode, we are comparing our skin-deep packaging. Often we're not only comparing our appearances with others; we're comparing ourselves against what we're "supposed" to look like.

 Guest: Heather Creekmore

Bible Passage: Whitewashed Tombs - Matthew 23:27-28

Teen Comparison Quizzes: ComparisonGirl.com

Mentioned Resources

• 40 Day Body Image Workbook by Heather Creekmore
• Aging Gratefully by Heather Creekmore 
• Comparison Girl for Teens: Thriving Beyond Measure in a World That Compares by Lee Nienhuis and Shannon Popkin
• Compared to Who? Podcast with Shannon as Guest

Heather Creekmore

Heather Creekmore writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. She’s the author of four books including her 40-Day Body Image Workbook: Hope for Christian Women Who’ve Tried Everything and Aging Gratefully a devotional on aging for women in midlife.

Heather has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, For Every Mom, and dozens of other shows and podcasts.

Connect with Heather

Website: www.improvebodyimage.com

Podcast: Compared to Who? 

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Check out Shannon's new book, Kinda Judgy. 

Learn more at ShannonPopkin.com.

When a teen walks into a room, statistics show that there's an 80% chance she believes she doesn't belong there. She wonders, Am I okay? What are they thinking? How do I measure up? 

In our new book, Comparison Girl for Teens we're inviting teens to find new freedom, confidence and true influence in the middle of a world that compares.

Guest: Lee Nienhuis

Bible Passage: What Did Jesus Say about Comparison?

Take the Teen Quizzes: ComparisonGirl.com

Mentioned Resources

• Comparison Girl for Teens: Thriving Beyond Measure in a World That Compares by Lee Nienhuis and Shannon Popkin
• Brave Moms, Brave Kids by Lee Neinhuis
• Counter Cultural Parenting by Lee Nienhuis

Music: Cade Popkin

Lee Nienhuis

Lee is a passionate Bible teacher who invites girls of all ages to pray boldly and believe God for their own generation and the next. Lee’s books include Brave Moms, Brave Kids and Countercultural Parenting and she cohosts several podcasts.

Lee and her husband, Mike, have four great kids and live at a Christian Camp in West Michigan. When she isn’t at sporting events or whipping up dinners, she loves hot cups of coffee, deep friendships and laughing till her sides ache.

Connect with Lee:

LeeNienhuis.com
Facebook
Instagram

Books
Brave Moms, Brave Kids
Countercultural Parenting
Comparison Girl for Teens

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Check out Shannon's new book, Kinda Judgy. 

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