Jake shares his own journey from a fundamentalist, know-it-all faith to something fuller and more honest, and unpacks why institutions, including the church, have lost people's trust. He and Dennis talk about loneliness, the risk built into hope, and why modeling a hopeful life matters more than teaching it. As Jake puts it, hope is "this stubborn belief that says, yeah, things are bad... but they're not always going to be bad."
Shownotes:
Having Hope in a Hopeless World (https://jakedoberenz.substack.com/p/having-hope-in-a-hopeless-world)
Christianity without Compromise Podcast (https://jakedoberenz.substack.com/s/podcast)
Heavy Lies the Stole (https://churchandmain.substack.com/p/heavy-lies-the-stole)
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