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Life Church (http://www.life.church/) ‘s innovation leader and creator of the YouVersion Bible app (https://www.youversion.com/) Bobby Gruenewald shares about the growth of Bible engagement over the last two years, not just of the YouVersion app, plus the record of almost 19 million people globally using YouVersion on Easter Sunday 2025.  Bruce Becker of Time of Grace Ministries’ Bible Threads Podcast (https://timeofgrace.org/bible-threads-with-dr-bruce-becker-podcast/) and author of “Torn (https://www.amazon.com/Torn-Living-Earth-Longing-Heaven-ebook/dp/B0DSX5M5VK) ,” reminds us we are exiles of another kingdom living in this world.  While we are in this world, we live now as citizens of Heaven.   Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here (https://give.unwsp.edu/site/Donation2?df_id=3342&3342.donation=form1&utm_source=myfaithradio.com&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=frn_podcasts)  

Aubrey Sampson (https://www.aubreysampson.com/) , host of the Nothing is Wasted (https://www.nothingiswasted.com/podcast) podcast, shares from her book “What We Find in the Dark (https://www.amazon.com/What-We-Find-Dark-Presence/dp/1641583126) ,” including the loss she went through with the death of her close friend and ministry partner Jen, and in the darkness seeing God move and finding the importance of community. Along with news of Christians around the world, Ruth Kramer of Mission Network News (https://www.mnnonline.org/) talks about the situation many exiled Christians who are living in the US and who have valid green cards are experiencing in light of our immigration crackdowns.   Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here (https://give.unwsp.edu/site/Donation2?df_id=3342&3342.donation=form1&utm_source=myfaithradio.com&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=frn_podcasts)  

Do you feel your at rock bottom?  Is life worth living? Do you have any hope? Ray Orlund of Renewal Ministries (https://renewalministries.com/) talks around his new book “Good News at Rock Bottom: Finding God When the Pain Goes Deep and Hope Seems Lost (https://www.crossway.org/books/good-news-at-rock-bottom-tpb/) .”  This conversation causes Carmen to reflect on the epidemic of hidden hurt many Christians have.  Can you be their friend?  Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here (https://give.unwsp.edu/site/Donation2?df_id=3342&3342.donation=form1&utm_source=myfaithradio.com&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=frn_podcasts)  

Along with reflecting on the first 100 days of President Trump’s second administration, Political scientist Adam Carrington (https://twitter.com/carringtonam) delves into the arguments heard by the Supreme Court around a parental and religious rights case against a school that won’t allow for opt-outs to families when it comes to controversial instructional material.  CBN FaithWire (https://www.faithwire.com/) ‘s Billy Hallowell shares stories about God working beyond the headlines, and also about some of the conversations from his new podcast series Into the Supernatural (https://intothesupernatural.transistor.fm/) .   Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here (https://give.unwsp.edu/site/Donation2?df_id=3342&3342.donation=form1&utm_source=myfaithradio.com&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=frn_podcasts)

In light of the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, security analyst Elizabeth Neumann (https://elizabethneumann.org/) talks about what is now called “nihilistic violent extremism (https://www.courtwatch.news/p/122-why-meaningless-matters-to-the-fbi) ,” how the feeling of meaninglessness is leading some to “burn it all down.”  Laine Lawson Craft (https://lainelawsoncraft.com/) , author of “Warfare Parenting (https://www.amazon.com/Warfare-Parenting-Battle-Comfort-Rebellious/dp/1424568803) ,” offers hopeful ideas for praying and relating to your children if they have walked away from faith in Jesus.   Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here (https://give.unwsp.edu/site/Donation2?df_id=3342&3342.donation=form1&utm_source=myfaithradio.com&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=frn_podcasts)

Lionshare (https://lionshare.org/) ‘s Dave Buehring openings up Jesus’s words from the Beatitudes about blessed are those who mourn (https://lionshare.org/happy-are-the-unhappy/) .  He also talks about this summer’s Lionshare Leadership Games (https://brushfire.com/lionshare/theleadershipgames2025/598427/details) , a time for young adults to be mentored by older, mature Christian adults in the same occupational field.  Carmen then addresses the news headlines recently around the deportation of illegal aliens, issues of immigration law, the collateral issues, and how Jesus would want us to address these.   Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here (https://give.unwsp.edu/site/Donation2?df_id=3342&3342.donation=form1&utm_source=myfaithradio.com&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=frn_podcasts)