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The 9941 Podcast

Your Spouse Might Not Be a Christian

The 9941 Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we dive into a heartfelt question from Katie, a 38-year-old wife and mother of three, who is navigating a challenging situation in her marriage. Katie's husband, though a believer in Jesus, has begun to question the Christian faith, expressing concerns about the church and the history of Christianity. Katie asks whether she should follow her husband's lead in questioning or find a church on her own. Join us as we explore the complexities of faith within marriage, addressing the importance of understanding, respect, and personal conviction. We discuss the distinction between Jesus and the organized religion of Christianity, and how to approach a spouse's doubts with grace and truth. Don't miss this candid conversation about staying grounded in your faith while also supporting your partner through their spiritual journey

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0:00.0

What's up everybody? Welcome back to the podcast America's favorite

0:13.3

podcast in the whole world. I'm just kidding I made that up.

0:16.8

I probably America's most unprepared podcast. So we could probably fall in that category. What I do here is I

0:25.3

answer your questions which is why I'm not prepared because I think it's better if

0:28.7

I'm not because you ask me a question anything could be about any subject and you email it

0:35.5

podcast at granger Smith dot com that's an email podcast at granger Smith

0:40.3

com and I will answer it as unpreparedly as I can because that would mean that would

0:48.8

make it more like you and I are sitting in the cap of a truck and you ask me a question we're driving down a back road and you say hey man could I could I run something by you

0:57.4

something that's been bothering me in that situation I would not be prepared I would say shoot

1:01.8

tell me and you would dump it on me and I would give you my best

1:06.7

advice as a friend with a biblical worldview sitting firmly on a biblical worldview and and try to come to

1:17.5

continue to direct you back towards what I firmly believe is the right, the true worldview.

1:30.0

That's the introduction of of trying to explain why I like to keep this loose. Okay, let's go to the first question

1:41.0

It comes from Katie. It says, hey Granger, this is Katie. I'm 38 married for 16 years.

1:47.8

Got three kids. Both my husband and I grew up in church. My husband doesn't like most churches we have attended as an adult. Either he thinks

1:59.5

that they are slightly racist or too old school. It's interesting. He loves Jesus and

2:05.8

praise at night like I do, although lately has been questioning the religion of

2:11.8

Christianity.

2:14.0

It says that Jesus was the King of the Jews,

2:17.0

and Christians in general have been evil in the past.

2:20.0

My question is, should I follow my husband and understand his questioning or find a church myself and go alone?

2:26.0

So Katie, right off the bat, you know, we're riding in the truck, we're having this conversation,

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