Today we explore a growing trend among Christian women: approaching the Bible more for emotional comfort than for the knowledge of God.

Why do we gravitate toward the "easier" books of the Bible and avoid the ones that require deeper study? Has church quietly become a place for therapy rather than transformation? And how has a worldview known as Moralistic Therapeutic Deism shaped what many Christians expect from faith?

Shanda shares a personal lesson that exposed this mindset in her own life and offers a biblical solution—one that doesn't dismiss emotional healing, but roots it in theology instead of self-focus.

If we want lasting wholeness, we have to move from reading the Bible for ourselves to reading it to know God.

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In this important conversation, I sit down with Cortney Donelson, author of Loving Them to Death, to talk about one of the most emotionally charged issues in our culture: love.

What if the way culture defines love isn't actually loving? What if affirmation without truth is doing more harm than good?

We unpack how "love" has been redefined to mean unconditional approval, why that definition falls short of the biblical standard, and how Christians are often pressured to compromise truth in order to appear compassionate. Cortney shares why untethering love from God's design doesn't rescue people — it enables destruction.

We also discuss what it really looks like to love people well: speaking truth with courage, refusing emotional manipulation, and anchoring our compassion in the character of Christ.

If you've ever been told you're unloving for holding to Scripture, this episode will equip you to think clearly and respond biblically.

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"Love" is one of the most used—and most argued-about—words in our culture. With over 2.1 billion hashtags on Instagram and 76 million posts declaring "love is love," it's clear that everyone has a definition. But does God?

Christians are often told we're "not loving enough" when we speak about God's design for marriage, the reality of biological sex, or the sanctity of life. We're reminded to "speak the truth in love"—sometimes as a correction, sometimes as a weapon. But before we argue about how to love, we have to ask a more important question: What is love, according to God?

In today's episode, we'll unpack what Scripture tells us to love, what God explicitly tells us not to love, and how to discern whether love is truly present—or merely being used as a slogan.

FREE Lesson: The Greatest is Love

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