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Today’s Friday Conversation draws an important distinction between “your truth,” and “The truth.” So much in our culture today sounds true when we hear it. “Live your truth,” “I am enough,” “God just wants us to be happy,” and more. But what if those things that the world promises will make us happier are actually lies that keep us imprisoned, trapped in a cycle of chasing targets we can’t hit, comparing ourselves to others, and finding ourselves anxious, exhausted, and self-obsessed? In today’s conversation, we meet a former pop star-turned-Christian writer, apologist, theologian, and mom who wants to help clear away these popular deceptions and help us find The Truth again. Join me for a great talk with one of my favorite authors and podcasters, Alisa Childers. Official bio: Alisa Childers is a wife, mom, author, podcaster, blogger, speaker, and worship leader. She was a member of the award-winning CCM recording group ZOEgirl. She is currently a respected speaker at apologetics and Christian worldview con

It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Today we talk about Job, a man who went through unspeakable tragedy and managed to hold onto his faith anyway. Here’s Tata’s thoughts on how Job managed to pull that off. Scripture: Job 1, 2, 19 Music by Matt Redman and Scott & Rachelle Galloway. (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed (Replay of Season 4, Episode 71. Back with an all-new Tuesdays with Tata tomorrow!) A quick conversation about how to prepare for and deal with overwhelm. Self-Brain Surgery Tip #15: The secret to overcoming overwhelm is to stop worrying about all the things you need to do. Pick one and do it. Then do that again. You’ll feel so much better, and you’ll have two less things to do! Scriptures: When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.Psalm 94:19Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.John 14:1We have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We do not know what to do, but we do not give up the hope of living. We are persecuted, but God does not leave us. We are hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed.2 Corinthians 4:8-9Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you restMatthew 11:28I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take

Left unchecked, fear can take over our brains and our hearts When that happens, fear becomes an idol. Here is a helpful conversation on how to use the power of neuroscience and self-brain surgery to get fear under control, improve your thinking, and let God show you the path forward! Scripture: Psalm 16 Proverbs 3:5-6 Philippians 4:6-7 I John 4:16-18 Music from Carl Miner, Andre Crouch, and CC Winans Website mentioned: The North American Guitar on YouTube (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-Brain Surgery Tip #3: Having a problem w/a brain chemical like dopamine is no more of a spiritual issue than having a problem w/a pancreatic hormone like insulin is. One causes depression, one causes diabetes. We don’t tell people to have more faith to fix their diabetes. Music by North Point Worship (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some thoughts on vulnerability and letting God redeem our stories Scriptures Mentioned: 2 Corinthians 11:30 2 Corinthians 12:9-11 Book mentioned: Where the Light Fell by Philip Yancey Music by David Crowder and Francesca Battistelli  (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Lies Beyond the Darkness of Life’s Hardest Moments? Clarissa Moll’s new book is a companion, a gentle guide, for those of us who are hurting from great loss. She’s a writer, a podcaster, a mother of four, and a widow since 2019 when she lost her husband Rob in the prime of his life. Today’s Friday Conversation is a great talk about her journey with grief, and how she decided to help the rest of us learn to move forward so we can discover the hope that lies beyond the darkness. Clarissa Moll’s Official Bio Clarissa Moll (MA, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is an author, a podcaster, and the young widow of author Rob Moll. Clarissa’s writing has appeared in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, Grief Digest and more. Her husband’s first book, The Art of Dying, was released in April 2021 with Clarissa’s new afterword. Clarissa’s debut book, Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Walking with Grief and Thriving After Loss releases with Tyndale in 2022. Clarissa co-hosts Chr

It’s Throwback Thursday! Here’s one of my favorite quiet time episodes of all time, Adorn, from January 9, 2022. I was overwhelmed one morning with a thought from a Tweet by writer and pastor Dane Ortlund. Here are some thoughts on Titus 2:10 for your quiet time today. Book mentioned: Andrew Peterson Adorning the Dark Music from Paul Baloche and Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A story about what to do when life hurts and you can't understand how to make it stop. Scriptures: Psalm 34 Psalm 122:1 Music by Cody Carnes (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Today, Tata gives us some thoughts on the permanence of God’s promises, his mercy, and how there’s always hope! Scripture: Jeremiah 31 and 32 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Do You Do When Your Life Feels Like a War? Here are some thoughts on foxholes and faith for Mind Change Monday. (I wrote a post yesterday about this. Click below to read it!) Music by Matt Redman (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Quiet Time Gives Us a New Approach to Bible Study When we read the Bible, it’s important ask questions, seek resources to broaden our understanding, and try to find out where we sit in the story we’re reading. Psalm 19 gives us a perfect model of this approach: God’s creation is amazing and shows his faithfulness, his word is powerful and necessary for a happy and solid life, and WE can only find solid ground and true happiness by trying to be more like him, and allowing him to redeem us. Scripture: Psalm 19 Book mentioned: In the Lord I Take Refuge by Dane Ortlund Music by Michael W. Smith and Cody Carnes (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Michael W. Smith’s Worship Albums: Worship Worship Again Worship Forever This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm

It’s Self Brain Surgery Saturday! Today we take a lesson from James Clear and two Bible stories to learn how to change the story we tell ourselves when things seem impossible. Check out James Clear’s newsletter Without altering the facts of the situation I am facing and without ignoring the reality of what must be done, what is the most useful and empowering story I can tell myself about what is happening and what I need to do next? - James Clear Scripture: Psalm 77, Lamentations 3 Music by Jenn and Brian Johnson (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) “Impossible” level on Super Mario Brothers This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jon Swanson is a pastor, chaplain, writer, and holds a PhD. He’s been helping me and Lisa for years, and his books and 300WordsaDay.com blog have helped our lives tremendously. I’m so excited to be bringing you this conversation that Jon and I had, because I think it will really help you when you’re trying to help someone else who’s hurting. We’re going deep on the other side of pain, and we’re going to start today. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you sleep when the voices are so loud? Spend a few minutes learning how God wants you to rest, to hear His voice, and a neuroscience trick I learned from a Navy Seal.  Scriptures: I Kings 19:11-13 Psalm 127 Psalm 46:10 Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes, God seems really far away. (Replay of Season 3, Episode 22 for Wildcard Wednesday!) Today, I want to talk about the parallels between two passages I keep running into that seem opposite of each other Isaiah and James describe two sets of life change: one is God's dream for what he wants to do for us, and the other is what we should do when we realize that our issues are keeping us from being close to God. Scriptures Mentioned Isaiah 61: 1-3 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,    because the Lord has anointed me    to proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,    to proclaim freedom for the captives    and release from darkness for the prisoners,2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor    and the day of vengeance of our God,to comfort all who mourn, 3     and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty    instead of ashes,the oil of joy    instead of mourning,and a garment of praise    instead of a spirit of despair.They will b

It’s Tuesdays with Tata!  Today, we discuss a strange passage from Jeremiah 12:9 about the great “speckled bird.” What in the world does that weird verse have to do with us today? Everything.  If you’re wondering why everything in our current culture seems so hard, scary, and ever-changing, this trip back in time for a conversation with the old prophet will help. Listen to learn from Tata how some things never change, what the speckled bird is all about, and that no matter what, there’s always hope! Scriptures: Jeremiah 12:9-11, Jeremiah 6: 14 Books mentioned:  Live Your Truth and Other Lies: Exposing Popular Deceptions That Make Us Anxious, Exhausted, and Self-Obsessed by Alisa Childers Run with the Horses by Eugene Peterson Music by Roy Acuff and Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.subst

When it feels impossible for us, God reminds us it's possible for Him! (It’s Replay Monday; I have an urgent surgery this morning, so I’m bringing you this super-helpful classic episode, and then I’m on my way to work!) Here's a quick list of times in scripture when God made something IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE. So, He can do it for us too! Sometimes, God... Whistles Zechariah 10:8, Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 7:18 (FLIES, BEES, AND PEOPLE) Roars Hosea 11:10 Gets up Isaiah 30:18 Roams the earth 2 Chronicles 16:9 Sees the end from the beginning (not surprised) Isaiah 46:10 Finishes what He starts/Ends it like he says he will/Calls his shots Isaiah 46:11 Floats axe heads 2 Kings 6:1-7 Sends bears 2 Kings 2:23-25 Calls for birds and leaders Isaiah 46:11 Parts waters Genesis 1:6 (Beginning), Exodus 14 (Red Sea), Joshua 4:10 (Jordan), 2 Kings 2:8 (Elijah), 2 Kings 2:13-14 (Elisha) Knocks down walls Joshua 6 Moves the sun Joshua 10:12-14 Raises up dry bones Dry bones in Ezekiel 37 Sends angels Daniel 10 Coins in fish  Matthew 17

Today’s operation is a little switch between worrying and preparing, and then getting after it. A few thoughts on golf, football, and self-brain surgery will help us stop worrying and start preparing to take action when it’s time! Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34, I Corinthians 9:24-26 Music by Tommy Walker Newsletter mentioned: James Clear (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa Bevere is a powerful voice for troubled times Join me for a conversation with New York Times bestselling author and international minister Lisa Bevere. We talk about her important book, Adamant, how holding onto truth and embracing our God-given strength helps up face any situation in life.  Lisa’s Official Bio: Lisa Bevere has spent nearly three decades empowering women to find their identity and purpose. She is a cancer survivor and a New York Times bestselling author.  Her books include Without Rival, Adamant, Lioness Arising, and Girls with Swords. Lisa and her husband, John, cofounded Messenger International to develop uncompromising followers of Christ who transform their world. To this end, Messenger has given away over 30 million resources in 111 languages. Get the Messenger X app here for iOS, and here for Android. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your