You think you’re hard to figure out. You’re not. Your words, your money, your friends — and even your isolation — are broadcasting exactly who you are whether you mean to or not. In this episode, Tim Owen unpacks what Jesus, the apostle Paul, and Christian psychiatrist Dr. Curt Thompson all agree on: the interior life always finds a way to the surface. And the most penetrating scan available isn’t a therapist or a trusted friend — it’s scripture. If you’ve been managing a surface instead of dealing with what’s underneath, this one’s for you.

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What God Sees That You’ve Stopped Looking At

Most of us have something we’ve gotten really good at ignoring. Not a headline-worthy failure — just something quiet. Something we manage instead of address. Something that lives just beneath the surface.

In this episode, Tim Owen takes an unexpected detour through Leviticus 13 and finds a spiritual principle that cuts straight to the heart of how honest we’re willing to be with ourselves. Because what you leave in the dark doesn’t stay on the surface. It goes deeper.

But here’s where everything changes. Under the Old Testament Law, uncleanness always spread outward. Then Jesus walked into the story — reached out and touched a man no one would go near — and the direction reversed entirely.
He doesn’t come to quarantine what’s broken in you. He comes to touch it.

What you bring into the light can be healed. What you conceal may spread.

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We all have people we call family — by blood, by history, by loyalty. But Jesus once made a statement so shocking it stopped an entire room cold. Standing in a packed house with his mother waiting outside, he looked around and redefined family completely. Not by bloodline. By alignment.

In this episode of You Finishing Well, Tim Owen unpacks that moment and asks a question most of us avoid: are the people closest to you calling you higher — or just making it comfortable to stay where you are?

This isn’t about cutting people off. It’s about getting honest. Because you’re not just finishing a week or a year. You’re finishing a life. And the people standing closest to you are either shaping that finish — or softening it.

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You think the problem is your job, your boss, or your circumstances. But what if the real issue is who you are when nobody’s watching? In this episode, Tim Owen asks the question most of us avoid — are you the same person at home that you are at work? Because your habits, your reflexes, and the way you move through life in private? That’s not just a lifestyle issue. That’s a spiritual one. And the mirror doesn’t lie.

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What if there was one place you could go to find answers to every question life throws at you? Not just the Sunday morning questions — the real ones. How do I fix my marriage? How do I forgive someone who isn’t sorry? How do I find purpose before I run out of time?

In this episode, Tim shares why he’s read the Bible cover to cover nearly thirty times — not because he’s a scholar, but because it works. Every time he opens it, it speaks directly into whatever he’s actually carrying that day.

Most of us treat the Bible like a spare tire — in the trunk, glad it’s there, only pulling it out when we’re already stranded. But it was never meant to be an emergency reference guide. It’s a living conversation with someone who already knows everything about you and showed up anyway.

If you feel too far behind to ever finish well, this one’s for you.
It’s never too late to finish well.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Why does it feel like you keep working on the same thing and nothing’s really changing?

 Your marriage. Your weight. Your addiction. Your peace. You’ve tried new strategies, new apps, new therapists — and you’re still stuck. 

In this episode, Tim unpacks Jesus’ powerful teaching about new wine and old wineskins and reveals why patching your old life with new techniques will never work. 

The problem isn’t that you need a better strategy. You might need a new you. Drawing from his own painful experience of trying to fix a broken marriage with the wrong approach, Tim shows why transformation isn’t about improvement — it’s about surrender. 

Stop patching. Start surrendering. Because Jesus didn’t come to make you better. He came to make you new.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Why would Peter and Andrew drop everything to follow Jesus? Because it wasn’t their first encounter—they’d already seen him turn water into wine. They knew who he was. But they went back to fishing, wrestling with what to do. Then Jesus showed up and said, “Time to decide.”

Tim shares his own wrestling match with God’s call. From barely graduating high school to managing a Shoney’s. From worst salesman to corporate trainer to HMO executive. From divorce and repentance to cancer and watching his parents and sister die. Then God asked him to do something with all of it—to take what he’d been given and give it away.

What has God been preparing in your life? Your past training? Your failures? The deaths you’ve experienced? Your divorce? Your addiction? What if none of it was wasted?

The question isn’t whether you’re qualified. The question is: Will you take your story to the grave, or will you use it to help others live for eternity?
God doesn’t call the qualified. He qualifies the called. And he’s calling you.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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When is it okay to get really mad? We usually think of Jesus as gentle and patient, but in Matthew 21, He’s flipping tables and driving people out of the Temple. Jesus got angry at what was corrupting worship and keeping people from truly following God with their lives. Maybe it’s time we get angry at what’s corrupting our own worship too.

We love talking about Jesus as Savior, but what about Jesus as Lord? That’s where it gets uncomfortable. Using the image of soldiers being baptized while holding their swords above the water, we ask: What are you holding above the water? What part of your life have you not surrendered—your health, your addiction, your relationships, your money, your ambition?

This episode challenges you to let Jesus clear out what doesn’t belong in your life. Because when He clears out what corrupts our worship, He makes room for healing, transformation, and genuine relationship. Whether you’ve never surrendered to Jesus or you’re a believer keeping Him out of certain rooms, this message will challenge you to offer your whole life—holding nothing back.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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What if one simple act—done in faith—was the difference between life and death, bondage and freedom?

In this short, powerful episode, we step into the night of Passover, where blood on a doorframe meant everything. Not belief. Not intention. Application. This story cuts straight through religion and asks a confronting question: Is the blood actually on your doorframe—or just in your head?

If you’ve ever wondered what real faith looks like when it costs something… if grace feels too clean, too easy… or if you’re tired of trying to be “good enough,” this episode is for you.

Freedom passed over one house at a time.

It still does.

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What if the answer to your biggest struggle is already sitting on your shelf, and unopened?

In this episode, we walk straight through Psalm 23, not as a comforting cliché, but as a raw, honest collision between what God promises and what life actually feels like. This isn’t about pretending everything’s fine. It’s about doubt, depression, anger, marriage on life support, and faith that feels paper-thin at 3 a.m.

We talk about why your emotions lie, why truth doesn’t move, and how God often gives a candle when you’re begging for lightning. If you’re tired, skeptical, overwhelmed, or secretly wondering if God is big enough for your situation, this one’s for you.

No hype. No platitudes. Just the next step - and the Shepherd who’s been there the whole time.

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