In this episode, Looking for God: The Search for Something More explores the pressures and ideologies within Western culture that push people to constantly achieve and prove themselves in order to gain acceptance from others--and even from God. Donna VanLiere and Carman LaBerge discuss how we are created in God's image and loved apart from our striving or accomplishments. God accepts us not because of what we do, but beause of who He is and how He created us. While work and purpose are valuable parts of life, even more important is becoming who God made us to be.

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In this episode, founder of Place of Hope, Mike Coupe talks about how Jesus saved him from alcohol addiction. Mike shares the power addiction can hold over a person, but even more importantly, the power of Jesus and the Holy Spirit working in and through us. He explains that while we have a responsibility to renew our minds, Jesus transforms our hearts. Coupe also emphasizes that the opposite of addiction is help and community. We cannot break addiction in our own strength, but only through the power of Jesus Christ.

In this episode, Dr. Ben Pate shares his experience growing up in the Middle East and North Africa as a missionary kid and how his faith in Jesus became deeply personal. Holding a PhD in Biblical Studies with an emphasis on the Old Testament, Pate reflects on how Jesus and the Scriptures came to mean more to him than mere stories or myths. He also compares the Bible to other well-known historical texts, offering a closer look at why he finds the Scriptures especially compelling in their credibility.

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