22 APR 2024 · Have you ever wondered how the Bible came to be? How did we end up with the books that we have and who made that decision? Are all of the stories true? Should we take every book of the Bible literally? Dr. Susan Lim, historian, and professor at Biola University, sits down with Rebecca Carrell, Nika Spaulding, and Liz Rodriguez to discuss how knowing the history of the Scriptures can fortify our faith. Susan Lim is a former professor who spent over 20 years teaching in higher education.  She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in history (B.A. from UC Berkeley and M.A. and PhD from UCLA) and spent several decades researching the Puritans and colonial religion in North America at large.  But she is now venturing into new territory by researching the history of the Bible.  Still a historian at heart, she desires to devote her second career to studying the making and revelation of Scripture. She is passionate about God, her family, friends, good food, and napping.  Connect with Dr. Lim on https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=677966148; Purchase Light of the Word: How Knowing the History of the Bible Illuminates Our Faith https://www.ivpress.com/light-of-the-word.  We love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though, on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to ensure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us... Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG( Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775 Nika Spaulding: http://stjudeoakcliff.org/ ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidas We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at https://gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge

15 APR 2024 · As a little girl, Christian Williams tried to flush her tights down the church toilet. As a teen and into her twenties, she was told she was "the wrong kind of girl." Those messages led her to question sexuality, gender, femininity, and godliness. Today she encourages anyone who feels they fail to fit in, measure up, or fit the mold with the beautiful reminder that our highest call is to grow in the image and likeness of Christ. Christian Williams (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary) serves as the Director of Adult Discipleship at Christ Community Church in Fayetteville, AK. You can find Christian on https://www.facebook.com/christian.williams.96995, or IG - @thecw1990.   We love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels just like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to make sure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us... Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG( Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775 Nika Spaulding: http://stjudeoakcliff.org/ ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidas We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at https://gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge

8 APR 2024 · Everyone experiences mental affliction in some way. Sometimes through long seasons of suffering. Other times through a quiet discomforting sense that all is not as it should be. Dr. Alan Noble sits down with Rebecca Carrell and Nika Spaulding to talk about "the burden and gift of living," and how, in the darkest times, even get out of bed is an act of worship and an acknowledgment of God's goodness. To learn more about Alan Noble and to purchase his book, visit his website: https://www.oalannoble.com/ We love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels just like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to make sure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us... Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG( Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775 Nika Spaulding: http://stjudeoakcliff.org/ ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidas We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at https://gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge

1 APR 2024 · For centuries, Christians have wrestled with the wrath of God and how to understand why Jesus flipped tables in the temple. Old Testament scholar Lindsay Ann Nickens sits down with Rebecca Carrell and Liz Rodriguez to discuss how Herod's temple became a hotbed of exploitation, sexism, and racism. We love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels just like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to make sure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us... Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG( Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775 Nika Spaulding: http://stjudeoakcliff.org/ ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidas We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at https://gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge

25 MAR 2024 · Author and Pastor Brian Zahnd walked a five-hundred-mile pilgrimage from France to Spain, examining crucifixes and meditating on what he saw. Five years later, he put pen to paper to discuss a kaleidoscopic view of the cross of Christ and what we miss in our modern-day understanding of Jesus's death, resurrection, and ascension . We used some big seminary words! Here they are:  - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atonement: The reconciliation of God and humankind through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/substitutionary-atonement/: The teaching that, on the cross, Jesus Christ received the punishment we deserve for our sins and gave his perfect righteousness to all who make a sincere profession of faith. - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/christus-victor/: The teaching that the cross signifies the victory that Christ won over the world and the spiritual powers of darkness, thus winning salvation and eternal life for all who make a sincere profession of faith. - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/i/iconography: The study and interpretation of visual symbols or images in a work of art. Connect with Brian Zahnd: https://brianzahnd.com/ Purchase The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross: https://tinyurl.com/3pnm6w2b Connect with Ivanka Demchuk: https://www.ivankademchuk.com/ We love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels just like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to make sure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us... Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG( Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775 Nika Spaulding: http://stjudeoakcliff.org/ ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidas We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at https://gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge

18 MAR 2024 · Life has a way of throwing curve balls and, every now and then, smacking us in the face with a bat. Author and podcaster Cynthia Yanof says it's in the mess of everyday life that God comes alongside us to guide us, and even show us how to laugh along the way. Join Rebecca Carrell, Liz Rodriguez, and Cynthia for a discussion that will leave you laughing out loud and filled with hope, no matter how messy your life currently is. Find Cynthia's book, Life is Messy; God is Good:Sanity for the Everyday Chaos of Life wherever Christian books are sold or at https://cynthiayanof.com/. Listen to her podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/messmerized/id1687839937. Connect with her https://cynthiayanof.com/contact-us/. Find the Walmart sneakers https://www.walmart.com/ip/Time-and-Tru-Women-s-Platform-Fashion-Sneakers/102290176?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=4240&adid=22222222277102290176_117755028669_12420145346&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-306310554666&wl5=9026805&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=102290176&wl13=4240&veh=sem_LIA&gclsrc=aw.ds&&adid=22222222237102290176_117755028669_12420145346&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-306310554666&wl5=9026805&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=102290176&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqdqvBhCPARIsANrmZhN1uUw4GVRfNOwbw79-y_5-L6cIQg-OCQYQLmBTShZj5gLFFXmfNYQaAtz8EALw_wcB. We love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels just like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to make sure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us... Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG( Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775 Nika Spaulding: http://stjudeoakcliff.org/ ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidas We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at https://gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge

11 MAR 2024 · In a world consumed by youth and beauty, where worth is enmeshed with our ability to produce, how should we approach age? Author Missy Buchanan sits down with Rebecca Carrell, Liz Rodriguez, and Nika Spaulding for some "age myth-busting," and shows how our golden years should be our greatest years. Connect with Missy at https://missybuchanan.com/ We love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels just like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to make sure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us... Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG( Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775 Nika Spaulding: http://stjudeoakcliff.org/ ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidas We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at https://gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge New show alert! Our dear friend and repeat offender, Kat Armstrong, has a new podcast we'd love for you to check out. Discover Holy Curiosity anywhere you find your podcasts or by visiting http://katarmstrong.com/podcast.

4 MAR 2024 · How do you define hope? What do you hope for? Paul, writing to the believers in Rome, promised that hope would never put us to shame (Romans 5:5). So how do we reconcile that with all of the times that which we hoped for did not come to pass? Author Irwyn Ince joins Rebecca Carrell and Liz Rodriguez on this episode of Honestly, Though to discuss biblical hope, and how it powers us to do all that God calls us to do. Learn more about Irwyn Ince and purchase his latest book, Hope Ain't a Hustle, at https://www.irwynince.com/. We love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels just like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to make sure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us... Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG( Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ; IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775 Nika Spaulding: http://stjudeoakcliff.org/ ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidas We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at https://gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge New show alert! Our dear friend and repeat offender, Kat Armstrong, has a new podcast we'd love for you to check out. Discover Holy Curiosity anywhere you find your podcasts or by visiting http://katarmstrong.com/podcast.

26 FEB 2024 · The fourth commandment states, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy," and for thousands of years, faithful Jews around the world have abstained from working on the sacred day. Should Christians do the same? On the one hand, Paul said we are not under the law but under grace (Rom 6:14). On the other hand, all of the other commandments are restated in the New Testament. This week on Honestly, Though, Rebecca Carrell, Liz Rodriguez, and Nika Spaulding discuss the spirit of the law and what it means to keep it. We love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels just like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to make sure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us... Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG( Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ; IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775 Nika Spaulding: http://stjudeoakcliff.org/ ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidas We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at https://gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge New show alert! Our dear friend and repeat offender, Kat Armstrong, has a new podcast we'd love for you to check out. Discover Holy Curiosity anywhere you find your podcasts or by visiting http://katarmstrong.com/podcast.

19 FEB 2024 · Is it possible to hear God's voice? How do you know if it's God. you, or something more sinister? This week on @HonestlyThoughThePodcast. Rebecca Carrell, Liz Rodriguez, and Nika Spaulding discuss the wide will of God and why we should be careful with the words "God said." Resources: Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World by Michael Horton. Buy https://www.amazon.com/Ordinary-Sustainable-Faith-Radical-Restless/dp/0310517370/ref=asc_df_0310517370/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312143170987&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14282084430129938984&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026805&hvtargid=pla-564200444121&psc=1&mcid=9a44a9b962ad3aaabde9d521755b2da6&gclid=CjwKCAiA04arBhAkEiwAuNOsIgdZ-qoPT6Hd0XENiWYg6GiOosiFJ1FTlfYLMpxZByImaFKg8bLA0hoCKKgQAvD_BwE. We love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels just like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to make sure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us... Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG( Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ; IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775 Nika Spaulding: http://stjudeoakcliff.org/ ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidas We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at https://gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge