Learning to Love: https://a.co/d/07ZmY8S2

Learning to Love: Discipleship, Rebellion, and the Hard Work of Real Love

In this episode of the “Learning to Love” conversation, the host interviews Kendra M. Dublin about what discipling believers has taught her about love beyond studying Scripture, using 1 Corinthians 13 to explain how patience, kindness, and perseverance become real when walking with people through immaturity, setbacks, and conflict.

They discuss how lived experience turns biblical truth from theory into embodied practice, especially when disciples want to quit or resist correction.

The conversation then explores Kendra’s chapter on how God “bypasses rebellion” in His pursuit of humanity and how legalism can cause Christians to respond with judgment rather than love, prayer, and warning.

They also debate boundaries, forgiveness, reconciliation, and loving those who do wrong, ending with an invitation to buy “Learning to Love” on Amazon.

00:00 Intro and Setup

00:23 Discipleship Teaches Love

01:27 First Corinthians Love

04:23 Theory Becomes Reality

08:00 Love Bypasses Rebellion

10:21 Legalism Versus Love

13:56 Personal Season and Reflection

15:46 How to Love in Spite

18:08 Truth and Growth

18:30 Loving Your Enemies

19:07 Reflecting on Faults

20:07 Love Versus Like

21:21 Theory Meets Testing

23:19 Prayerful Baby Steps

24:51 Believers and Wrath

26:34 Boundaries Debate

29:43 Gospel and Reconciliation

32:08 Sanctification Spectrum

33:19 Closing and Book Plug

Resources for Church Leaders

People Growth Discipleship System: https://www.kendradublin.com/funnel

Pathway to Patience: https://www.amazon.com/Pathway-Patience-Kendra-Dublin/dp/1304626768/

Resources for Individuals

People Growth Discipleship Workbook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYDPYVKD

Pathway to Patience Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pathway-Patience-Kendra-Dublin/dp/1304626768/

Speak to Your Storm: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYPCKHJ9

God’s Perspective for Me® Volume 1: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Perspective-Me-Kendra-Dublin/dp/153952616X

God’s Perspective for Me® Volume 2: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Perspective-Me-Vol-2-ebook/dp/B079RFT4N7

Social Media/Website

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kendradublin/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kendradublin/

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

https://www.kendradublin.com

Guest Opportunity and Contact Information

Partnership Opportunities: kendra@kendradublin.com

Calendar: https://calendly.com/kendra-dublin/interview

Links for audio podcast

Podbean: https://pgdwithkendradublin.podbean.com

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0mYDEtftohwOplYeeUMAVe

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/people-growth-discipleship/id1745786230

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f9149c8b-b492-493e-ae69-809f16ecfc85

IHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/173776178

Player FM: https://player.fm/series/3572921

Learning to Love: https://a.co/d/07ZmY8S2

Learning to Love: Writing Through Warfare, Vulnerability, and Meditation

In this episode, Pastor Kevin reconnects with Kendra M. Dublin to continue their conversation about her book, Learning to Love, after an earlier interview missed several questions.

They discuss how resting in God’s inseparable love anchors life through change, why Kevin wrote the foreword after hearing Kendra’s approach to love, and how a grace-centered view of Jesus contrasts with legalism.

Kendra shares that the most emotionally taxing chapter to write was chapter one, “Wrestle with Love,” because it required deciding how much to reveal about spiritual warfare since age nine.

She says her biggest fear isn’t vulnerability but being seen as a public theologian without formal training. The conversation emphasizes meditation as essential for embodying Scripture, deepening intimacy with God, and fueling Spirit-led creativity in preaching and writing, and closes by inviting viewers to buy the book on Amazon and return next week.

00:00 Welcome Back and Book Plug

01:04 Audio Mishaps and Monkey Business

01:59 Gods Love in Life Changes

03:36 Why He Wrote the Foreword

04:32 Grace Over Legalism

06:21 Hardest Chapter to Write

10:55 Fear and No Formal Training

13:34 Being a Vessel and Giftedness

18:36 Why Meditation Matters

26:09 Trusting the Spirit to Create

28:22 Manuscript Preaching to Freedom

31:32 Wrap Up and Next Episode

Resources for Church Leaders

People Growth Discipleship System: https://www.kendradublin.com/funnel

Pathway to Patience: https://www.amazon.com/Pathway-Patience-Kendra-Dublin/dp/1304626768/

Resources for Individuals

People Growth Discipleship Workbook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYDPYVKD

Pathway to Patience Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pathway-Patience-Kendra-Dublin/dp/1304626768/

Speak to Your Storm: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYPCKHJ9

God’s Perspective for Me® Volume 1: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Perspective-Me-Kendra-Dublin/dp/153952616X

God’s Perspective for Me® Volume 2: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Perspective-Me-Vol-2-ebook/dp/B079RFT4N7

Social Media/Website

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kendradublin/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kendradublin/

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

https://www.kendradublin.com

Guest Opportunity and Contact Information

Partnership Opportunities: kendra@kendradublin.com

Calendar: https://calendly.com/kendra-dublin/interview

Links for audio podcast

Podbean: https://pgdwithkendradublin.podbean.com

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0mYDEtftohwOplYeeUMAVe

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/people-growth-discipleship/id1745786230

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f9149c8b-b492-493e-ae69-809f16ecfc85

IHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/173776178

Player FM: https://player.fm/series/3572921

Learning to Love: https://a.co/d/07ZmY8S2

In this episode of the Learning to Love series, the conversation explores why love is foundational to understanding identity, emphasizing that “God is love” and that centering life on God’s love shapes character and behavior beyond feelings.

Kendra connects love to scripture’s greatest commandments and to humility as a byproduct of love that enables surrender and teachability. She reflects on her earlier self, academic failure, and the shift from living “for me” to living as Christ’s disciple, arguing that believers surrender their will to God’s will.

Kendra also shares how God’s deliverance from alcoholism—and later an experience of deliverance from severe shaking—deepened her confidence in God’s power and expanded her grace toward others.

The discussion between Kendra and Kevin closes with insights from her book, Learning to Love, including how earthly fathers can shape or distort one’s view of God as Father, and an invitation to return for part two.

00:00 Why Love Defines Identity

02:34 Love Beyond Feelings

05:35 Depth With Practical Balance

07:39 Surrender Over Self

10:47 Humility From Love

15:53 Deliverance And Grace

22:16 Seeing God As Father

26:14 Part One Wrap Up

Resources for Church Leaders

People Growth Discipleship System: https://www.kendradublin.com/funnel

Pathway to Patience: https://www.amazon.com/Pathway-Patience-Kendra-Dublin/dp/1304626768/

Resources for Individuals

People Growth Discipleship Workbook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYDPYVKD

Pathway to Patience Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pathway-Patience-Kendra-Dublin/dp/1304626768/

Speak to Your Storm: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYPCKHJ9

God’s Perspective for Me® Volume 1: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Perspective-Me-Kendra-Dublin/dp/153952616X

God’s Perspective for Me® Volume 2: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Perspective-Me-Vol-2-ebook/dp/B079RFT4N7

Social Media/Website

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kendradublin/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kendradublin/

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

https://www.kendradublin.com

Guest Opportunity and Contact Information

Partnership Opportunities: kendra@kendradublin.com

Calendar: https://calendly.com/kendra-dublin/interview

Links for audio podcast

Podbean: https://pgdwithkendradublin.podbean.com

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0mYDEtftohwOplYeeUMAVe

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/people-growth-discipleship/id1745786230

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f9149c8b-b492-493e-ae69-809f16ecfc85

IHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/173776178

Player FM: https://player.fm/series/3572921