The Hope Podcast with Lina Abujamra

On today’s podcast I invite you to listen to my friend Wendy Alsup who is well acquainted with the sting of suffering but also knows the faithfulness of God to walk with us through our deepest valleys and give us hope and purpose amid the hardest things. Her story of going through divorce, cancer, raising two boys as a single mom, while being involved in ministry will offer genuine insight into persevering through suffering and scriptural truths about the character of God.  

Today I have the joy of sharing a conversation with Hannah Anderson about the significance of slowing down, noticing the world around us, finding beauty in everyday life, and learning what the natural world reveals about God. We’ll also talk about what’s happening in our church culture today and how to navigate some of the challenges that the Church and believers are facing currently.

In today's world, it can be difficult to have faith in the power of God. We know of the miracles recounted in Scripture, but today miraculous events seem rare, and perhaps God worked differently in the Old and New Testament periods than the way He works today. In this episode I answer the question if miracles still happen today and why we don't experience more of them in our lives?

Today’s question is a tough one. The topic of suicide fills one with sadness and heartache and suicidal thoughts trouble both Christians and non-Christians alike. The question most believers wrestle with is whether or not suicide is the unpardonable sin. While the subject of suicide and salvation is no simple matter, in today’s podcast I’ll present three brief ideas that I hope will help us think scripturally and compassionately about this question.

The trend of deconstruction extends far beyond the publicity of well-known Christians to ordinary folks who wrestle with and abandon the beliefs they once held dear. How should we respond when someone we love’s faith deconstructs? What are you supposed to do when your spouse no longer believes in God?

It has become more and more frequent to hear from Christians that they haven’t committed to a local church because they haven’t found the right fit. On today’s podcast I’m giving three reasons why I believe we’re having a hard time to feel like we belong to a body of believers, and how to fight for living out our faith in the community of other Christians. 

We live now in a highly polarized and divided society when it comes to politics, but we as Christians are not left without a roadmap to navigate this argumentative and conflicting society. How are we to show respect to a government that holds views that do not align with our biblical worldview? In today’s podcast I’ll point out to you one truth to RECOGNIZE, one notion to REMEMBER, and one RESOLUTION you must make.

While love for one’s nation has a clear place in the Christian order of love, we must be careful to not allow a devotion to our country become our ultimate commitment. What is Christian nationalism and Christian patriotism, and how can we differentiate between the two?
Listen to today’s podcast where I try to answer these questions, as usual, from a biblical perspective, in a succinct way, and practically applicable to our everyday life.