What happens when your whole world falls apart and you have to keep going? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin and Ainsley Huckaby sit down with Courtney Pray Duke, author of And She Got Up: Shattered by Loss, Restored by Jesus. Courtney shares her story of losing her husband Andrew in a sudden bicycle accident the day before Thanksgiving and having to tell her three young children their daddy was with Jesus. The conversation tackles what real surrender looks like when your worst fear becomes your reality, why we need the church more than we think we do, and how God's Word became the lifeline that carried her through. If you're walking through something hard right now, this episode will remind you that you were never meant to carry it by yourself.

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Is it too late for me to start over? It's the question almost everyone asks themselves at some point, whether it's about a marriage, an addiction, a regret, or a relationship with God. In this episode, Pastor James Griffin and Ansley Huckaby sit down with guest Pastor Joshua Broome to walk through the story of Zacchaeus and confront the lie that anyone is too far gone.

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Where do you run when life falls apart? In this episode of The Pursuit, Pastor James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby dig into Matthew 17 and unpack what a desperate father's impossible situation teaches us about faith, suffering, and where we turn when we're out of options. They explore why God allows hard things, why faithlessness frustrates Jesus, and what it actually means to trust God versus just agreeing with him. James gets personal about his daughter Arden's heart defect and what that season taught him about clinging to hope when God doesn't answer the way you wanted. If your faith feels too small or barely hanging on, this episode is for you. 

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Can you really stay neutral about Jesus? In this episode of The Pursuit, Pastor James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ainsley Huckaby dig into Acts 5 and unpack why neutrality is never actually an option when it comes to Jesus. We'll explore why people resist things that are clearly good, how jealousy and pride drive people to protect what they've built, and what it looks like when confirmation bias keeps someone from accepting the evidence right in front of them. They also walk through some of the most compelling evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. 
If you've been sitting on the fence about Jesus, this episode is for you. Not deciding is deciding. Liar, lunatic, or Lord are the only real options. And the tomb is still empty.

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In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Ansley Huckaby, and Carlos Fernandez dig into Acts 5 and the story of Ananias and Sapphira, unpacking one of the most sobering passages in the New Testament. The conversation confronts the reality that division in the church is not just a relational problem, it is a spiritual one. James and Carlos explore how Satan uses disunity to destroy the mission of the church, what it actually looks like to be a divisive person, and how the relationships you run with will shape the direction of your life. They also get practical about dating, marriage, work, and friendship, and what it means to set healthy boundaries without abandoning the people you love.

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In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby unpack Acts 4, where Peter and John face opposition from the Sanhedrin and are commanded to never speak about Jesus again. Instead of caving to pressure and going silent, they prayed for boldness. The conversation explores how we're living in a "negative world" where society views Christianity as a threat, why staying silent is so dangerous, how to see opponents as captured by the enemy rather than as enemies themselves, and what it means to hold both boldness and compassion together like Jesus did.

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Recorded live at Woven Women Conference, this conversation with author and podcaster Annie F. Downs is one you'll want to share. James Griffin and Ansley Huckaby sit down with Annie to talk about the fears that quietly keep us from the life we actually want — the "what ifs" that show up at 2am, the gossip that's killing community before it even starts, and why worship might be the most underrated weapon you have against anxiety. Annie also pulls back the curtain on her podcast That Sounds Fun and its new 18-month theme Spiritually Stronger, and what it looks like to build real spiritual muscle in a world you cannot control. Whether you're a woman who needed this conversation or a guy who didn't think it was for you, stay for this one.

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When someone shuts down the moment you push back on what they believe, it's not random — there's actually a psychological reason for it. In this episode, James Griffin, Matt Moody, and Carlos Fernandez break down why so many conversations go sideways the moment truth enters the room, what motivated reasoning is and why it makes people combative instead of curious, and how Christians can stop trying to win arguments and start actually winning people. If you've been putting off a hard conversation with someone you love, this one's for you.

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You are Barabbas. In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Matt Moody walk through Peter's sermon in Acts 2 and 3, unpacking the Barabbas exchange and what it really means that Jesus took the cross reserved for a murderer. The conversation goes deep on penal substitutionary atonement, why we struggle to believe God actually forgives us even when we're confident he forgives others, and the critical difference between Holy Spirit conviction and shame from the enemy.

They also tackle why so many believers keep fishing up what God has already cast into the ocean, what repentance actually looks like versus self-improvement, and why the prodigal son story might be the most important thing you read this week.

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In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Jacob Whitehead, and Carlos Fernandez tackle one of the hardest questions in the Christian faith: if God can heal, why doesn't He always do it? Diving into Acts 3 and the story of a man healed, the guys get personal, sharing real stories of praying for miracles that never came, wrestling with God's silence, and what faith actually looks like when the answer is no.
This is an honest, vulnerable conversation about unanswered prayer, suffering, and why you can still trust God even when He doesn't do what you asked.

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