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Rebuilding Faith

Rebuilding Faith

Hosted by: Jeremy Jernigan

Rebuilding Faith is a podcast for people who haven't given up on the Bible but can no longer read it the way they used to. Hosted by Jeremy Jernigan (a recovering megachurch pastor), each episode spends ten minutes...

Episodes

Leave Her Alone (John 12:1-11)

Season #1

This is a story many of us think we already understand... until we sit with it a little longer. In John 12, a woman’s extravagant act of devotion is met with a “reasonable” religious objection, and...
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The Right Kind of Danger (John 11:53-57)

Season #1

What happens when the buzz around Jesus gets louder, but the danger gets closer? In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, we step into the rising tension at the end of John 11, where rumors spread, crowds...
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The Ministry of Imagination (John 11:45-52)

Season #1

Jesus raises a man from the dead—and the response is a committee meeting. In Episode 50 of Rebuilding Faith, we step into John 11:45–52, where resurrection doesn’t lead to celebration but to panic,...
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When God Cries (John 11:28-44)

Season #1

Jesus doesn’t stay composed in this story. He gets angry. He’s deeply troubled. And then he breaks down and weeps. In John 11, standing at the tomb of his friend Lazarus, Jesus shows us something we rarely talk...
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A Holy Capacity to See (John 11:17-27)

Season #1

What do you do when God could have shown up… but didn’t? In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, we step into one of the most emotionally honest moments in the Gospel of John. Lazarus is dead. Jesus is late. And Martha...
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When Jesus Takes Too Long (John 11:1-16)

Season #1

What do you do when Jesus doesn’t make sense? In this week’s episode of Rebuilding Faith, we open John 11 and discover that Mary and Martha weren’t the only ones frustrated by Jesus’ timing. He says Lazarus won’t die…...
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God Among the Gods (John 10:34-42)

Season #1

What do you do when Jesus quotes a Bible verse that completely dismantles the version of God you’ve carried your whole life? This week in Rebuilding Faith, we hit one of the strangest, most theologically explosive...
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The Religionists (John 10:22-33)

Season #1

What if the reason some people miss Jesus isn’t doubt, but religion? In this episode, we look at a moment in John 10 when people surrounded Jesus and demanded, “Tell us plainly.” But the problem wasn’t Jesus’ clarity....
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The Flock Without Borders (John 10:11-21)

Season #1

What if Jesus wasn’t trying to protect our borders, but break them open? In John 10, Jesus calls himself the Good Shepherd… but then says something that would have shocked everyone listening: “I have other sheep that...
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The Thief of Religion (John 10:1-10)

Season #1

What if the biggest threat to your faith isn’t the world… but religion itself? In this episode, we look at one of Jesus’ boldest metaphors — calling out thieves and robbers who climb over the walls of faith to control...
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Eyes Wide Shut (John 9:35-41)

Season #1

What if the people who thought they saw God most clearly… were actually blind? In John 9, Jesus heals a man who was born blind—and then tells the religious leaders they’re the ones who can’t see. It’s a moment of...
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Thrown Out of Church (John 9:18-34)

Season #1

What happens when following Jesus gets you kicked out of church? In John 9, a man healed by Jesus is thrown out of the synagogue. Not because he did something wrong, but because his story didn’t fit the approved...
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