The 10ofthose Podcast

When Laurie's husband took a secular job after 29 years in ministry, it surfaced a question a lot of Christians carry: is my life significant if I'm not a missionary or in full-time ministry? In this episode of Take 10, Jonathan and Laurie dig into the subtle pressure to do something "big" for God, why faithfulness in Christ matters more than the role you're in, and how godly ambition and ordinary devotion hold together in the body of Christ. Whether you're preaching on Sunday or cleaning up after your kids, God sees it, and it all counts as glorifying our gracious King.

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Every Christian doubts at some point; about the Bible, suffering, science, or whether God really hears our prayers. In this episode of Take 10, Jonathan and Laurie talk honestly about why doubt is a normal part of the Christian life, why the danger isn't the doubt itself but what we do with it, and how to fight back. They cover the powerful discipline of doubting your doubts with the same vigour they come at you, the link between doubt and depression, why you sometimes need other people to speak truth when you're too weak to fight alone, and why anchoring yourself in the character of God matters more than any single book about doubt.

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Welcome to Take 10! A brand new segment for the 10th season of the 10ofThose podcast, where we take on one topic in just 10 minutes. First up: forgiveness.
Tim Keller called forgiveness the hardest thing Christians are asked to do. In this episode, Jonathan and Laurie get honest about why that's the case; the pride that makes us want others to pay, the instinct to fake peace rather than do the harder work of genuine forgiveness, and the tricky question of how to forgive someone who isn't sorry. They point to Christ's example on the cross, the freeing truth that we forgive because we've first been forgiven, and a few short books worth picking up if you're wrestling with a grudge you can't quite let go of.

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The 10ofThose Podcast is turning 10! Join us as we tease a little of what is coming soon, and why we think our tenth season will be the best yet...

Andrew Sach was an atheist who dismissed Christianity until someone challenged him to investigate the resurrection as a historical question. That single shift changed everything. Not just his beliefs, but the way he saw the Bible, the world, and what it means to actually understand Scripture rather than just read it.
In this episode of 10ofThose, Laurie and Jonathan sit down with Andrew (neuroscientist, pastor, preaching trainer, and co-author of Dig Deeper) to talk about how ordinary Christians can read the Bible for themselves without needing an expert in the room. They cover the practical tools that unlock careful reading, why context changes everything, how to get back into Scripture when the habit has gone cold, and what role the Holy Spirit actually plays alongside human effort.
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