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The Jess Connolly Podcast

Episode 97: Why I Love The Apostle Paul + Greece Interview with Emily Vogeltanz

The Jess Connolly Podcast

Jess Connolly

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9872 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Jess opens up about her journey from struggling with Paul’s tone to deeply loving his writings, and why his view on suffering, weakness, and grace matters today. She also shares how Paul inspired her new book, What Comes Next, and talks with Emily Vogeltanz about their upcoming Steps of Paul trip to Greece in 2026

If you’ve ever wrestled with Paul or want to see Scripture come alive, this episode is for you!

Let’s go.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey friends, I'm Jess Connolly. I'm an author, a coach, a Bible teacher, and a local church leader,

0:07.1

and I love talking to real people who know what it means to have full lives, but also want to walk in abundance.

0:14.4

This podcast is for you. It's not my podcast. It's ours. It's for people who crave lighthearted conversations and deeply

0:23.4

spiritual truth. It's for people who are busy, tired, waiting, growing, dreaming, working,

0:30.4

or praying about what's next. Wherever you're listening from, if it's quiet, mundane, or busy,

0:38.8

I am praying for you and I'm so glad you're here from, if it's quiet, mundane, or busy, I am praying for you,

0:41.5

and I'm so glad you're here. Let's go.

0:49.1

Hey, friends, welcome back to the podcast. I have got something really special for you. Today,

0:53.7

we are talking all about Paul, and then we're going to talk a little bit about Greece. For me, I go back to

0:55.9

the Apostle Paul time and time again for courage when I'm feeling weak, for clarity, when I'm

1:02.3

confused. If you love the Apostle Paul, if he confuses you, if you have never learned anything

1:08.7

about him or never read any of his letters, this episode is for you.

1:13.5

We're going to talk about my favorite apostle.

1:16.1

And we're also going to talk about why and what it's going to look like for me to lead a steps of Paul trip to Greece in 2026.

1:25.9

Ah!

1:26.6

Let's go.

1:30.0

Listen, people have got mixed feelings about Paul.

1:34.1

Some people love him.

1:35.5

Some people can't stand him.

1:37.1

Some people are sure that he would agree with them.

1:40.0

I would say, interestingly, almost everybody feels like Paul would agree with them.

1:44.4

And what's interesting is I feel like Paul would disagree with almost all of us about something.

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