Women Encouraged

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Hope for Marriage When Life Hurts - with Jeff and Sarah Walton May 07, 2020

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In this episode, Bethany and her husband Alex sit down with Jeff and Sarah Walton to talk about their new book, Together Through the Storms. Speaking from their own experience, the Waltons share biblical encouragement to help couples to strengthen their marriage during times of trial. The Waltons discuss the role of suffering in the Christian life, and how we ought to respond to it as believers. For both the married and the single, this is a message that both challenges and encourages the Christian to live with an heavenly perspective.

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Feminism and Christianity - with Summer Jaeger (Sheologians) Apr 30, 2020

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Today, I’m talking with Summer Jaeger about the topic of feminism. We hit a variety of topics related to this worldview, including legalism, faithfulness, Bible reading, agreeing with God, and cultivating discussion about hard topics with our friends. Summer is a great encouragement to us to be living for God’s approval and to evaluate all things through Scripture. You can check out her show Sheologians wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Vulnerability, Shame, and Belonging: WE Chat Apr 23, 2020

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What is the goal of vulnerability for a Christian woman? What do we do with our shame? And how do we look at these in relation to finding belonging? In this episode, I sit down with WE team member Katie Morin to talk about these topics from a Christian perspective. We discuss some of the problems with the worldview and answers offered to us by a popular writer and researcher, and talk about how the gospel answers those problematic solutions.

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Saints and Scoundrels in Jesus' Story - with Nancy Guthrie Apr 17, 2020

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In today's episode, Bible teacher and author Nancy Guthrie shares about her newest book, Saints and Scoundrels in the Story of Jesus(Crossway, 2020). We discuss some of the things God is teaching us about His generous grace through a few particular people in Jesus' story highlighted in her book. Nancy answers for us some ways we might grow by learning more about these people and some warnings we should heed. We also discuss encouragement we can receive as believers in Jesus from these accounts in Scripture.

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Understanding Sin and Forgiveness - with Pastor Bo Cogbill Apr 09, 2020

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In this episode, Pastor Bo Cogbill talks with Bethany about sin and forgiveness and the truths Pastor Bo covers here with us are things we as believers in Christ need to be reminded of over and over. Bo discusses specifically what sin is, dealing with feelings of guilt, how Christians should be thinking about sin, our identity now, confession, and the Father’s heart for us. Bo has so much encouragement for you in this episode and we are praying it will be a blessing to you.

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Jesus, Broken Bodies, and Lent - with Danielle Hitchen Apr 02, 2020

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Author and podcaster Danielle Hitchen is back on the show to talk with me about Jesus, broken bodies, and Lent. Even though I recorded this conversation with Danielle before COVID19 became a pandemic, it’s not lost on us that as we get nearer to Good Friday and Easter, we are in the midst of something that is daily confronting us with the way sin brings brokenness, disease, and death. I’m grateful for this chance to share this conversation with Danielle and think together about the importance of our bodies, why Jesus coming and being physically present with and for us matters, and how we can talk with our children about their bodies.
This episode is made possible by donations from friends of the show (like you). Supporters through Patreon have access to the full content of the last WE conference talks, the opportunity to help us choose upcoming content, monthly supporter video chats and more! You can find out about how to support the show at our Patreon page.

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Expectations and Identity - with Jasmine Holmes Mar 19, 2020

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Jasmine Holmes joins the show today to talk about understanding our identity from a Scriptural perspective as well as dealing with expectations and people-pleasing. We love this conversation and how Jasmine points us to God's Word as our authority to evaluate the different voices and opinions in our lives. You can find Jasmine on Facebook and Instagram, as well as at her website.
Thank you so much for listening and for sharing the WE podcast with your friends!
Did you know? Women Encouraged is made possible through friends of the show (like you). You can find out about becoming a supporter of the podcast and the other work we do at our Patreon page. For as little as $5-10 per month, your financial support gives you access to conference recordings, the opportunity to vote on content, monthly video hang-outs, and participation in our upcoming "ask us anything" episodes.

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You're Not Enough, But Jesus Is - with Jen Oshman Mar 03, 2020

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Jen Oshman joins the show today to talk about the good news that we're not enough - but Jesus is! Today, we talk about why the philosophy of you're enough is failing us, how to identify me-centered practices and relationship with God's word, what repentance looks like, and how Jesus demonstrates true joy for us.
Jen recently wrote the book Enough About Me: Finding Lasting Joy in the Age of Self (Crossway, 2020).She is a clear communicator and you will definitely want multiple copies of this book on your shelf: one for yourself and several to give away to your friends.

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Whatever is True: a Recap and Update with Bethany Barendregt Feb 27, 2020

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Today, we have a slightly different style of a show for you because we’re giving you a little taste of the content from our latest Women Encouraged conference in the Portland, Oregon area. If you’re a longtime listener you might already know that WE started as a women’s conference, and in fact, the reason we originally started the podcast was to share great teaching with women in our community. At the end of the episode, Bethany shares about a new way to support the Women Encouraged podcast, the goals we have going forward, and the benefits of being a patron - which include access to the full content of the talks we highlighted today. Thanks for listening!

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Beauty and the Body - with Trillia Newbell Feb 19, 2020

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Author Trillia Newbell joins Bethany to discuss how we should think about beauty and our bodies from a biblical perspective. They discuss how the gospel changes our view of our bodies, and the necessity of reflecting Christ's beauty.

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