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The Scott Sauls Podcast
Pastor, author, and mentor to leaders, Scott Sauls offers thoughtful, gospel-centered teaching for people who seek Christian wisdom for modern life.
Adapted for audio from Scott’s teaching videos, this podcast is for thoughtful adults who are seeking depth, clarity, and hope in a noisy and complicated world.
Each 7-to-10-minute episode explores how the truth, goodness, and beauty of Jesus Christ meet the real pressures of life: work, ambition, doubt, disappointment, relationships, suffering…
Episodes
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Can I Be Both Authentic and Christian?
One of the stranger pressures of religious life is the pressure to appear as though your religion is working. Scott Sauls reflects on what happens when the…
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Why Do I Feel Like an Outsider at Church?
Feeling like an outsider at church can come from very different places. Scott Sauls brings together C. S. Lewis’s uneasy experience of worship and Hannah’s…
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Are You Trapped in a Cycle of Guilt? Some Things to Know
You apologized. They forgave you. But when you are alone, the memory still returns. Scott Sauls considers why receiving forgiveness can be so difficult, and…
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Life Didn’t Go as You Planned – Now What?
What do we need when the explanations people offer only make our pain harder to carry? Scott Sauls reflects on Kate Bowler’s experience of cancer and the…
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Why Comparison Steals Your Joy
Why does someone else’s success have the power to make us dissatisfied with our own lives? Comparison promises that we will finally feel secure when we have…
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Dealing With Idols: The Good Thing You’ve Started Trusting More Than God
Most of us reach for the phone before our feet hit the floor, hoping something on the screen will tell us we matter. That reflex points at something older than…
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Identity in Christ: Why the Self You’re Building Keeps Falling Apart
What does true success look like in the kingdom of God? Scott Sauls explores how Jesus challenges our culture’s pursuit of status, control, power, and…
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Hearing From God When You’ve Heard Nothing for a Long Time
Feeling far from God? In this first episode of a twelve-part series based on The Mercy King, Scott Sauls explores Psalm 23:6 and the God whose goodness and…
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When God Won't Fix Your Situation
Can you have real joy if you're carrying something that may never get better on this side of heaven? Fanny Crosby was blind from infancy. She lived with that…
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What Makes a Life Meaningful?
One of the most unsettling experiences in life is getting what you wanted — and discovering that it still isn’t enough. Leo Tolstoy reached extraordinary…
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Must You Forgive When They Aren't Sorry?
What do you do when someone has hurt you deeply – and isn’t sorry? After Dylann Roof murdered nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, several family…
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There are Only Two Kinds of People
We often think we need to be strong, polished, and "over it" to be effective at helping the people around us. But what if our biggest impact actually comes…
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When People Betray You, What Do You Do Next?
We often look for peace by trying to escape the storm, but what if peace is found by standing in the center of it? In this episode, we unpack the life and…
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C.S. Lewis – The Most Reluctant Convert in All England
C.S. Lewis once described himself as “the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England.” He did not come to faith because he was eager to find God. He…
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Why Is There Anything At All?
Why does anything exist at all? And why do we exist? It is the kind of question we can avoid for a long time, until awe, grief, success, failure, or exhaustion…
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The Tragic Cost of Friendless Popularity
Why do so many successful, admired, high-capacity people feel so deeply alone? In this episode, Scott Sauls explores the hidden loneliness that often lives…
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The Hidden Joys of Ordinary Faithfulness
The small acts of faithfulness in your life may feel ordinary, hidden, and easily forgotten. But because Jesus walked out of the grave first, none of it is…
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3 Lies That Steal Your Joy
Leo Tolstoy had nearly everything people associate with a successful life: literary genius, wealth, family, fame, influence, and security. Yet by his own…
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When Achievement Becomes A Trap
You can believe in grace and still live as though God is disappointed in you. In this episode, Scott Sauls reflects on the hidden equation many Christians…
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Angry With God?
What should you do when your prayer is not calm, composed, or polite, but angry? In this episode, Scott Sauls looks at Habakkuk, C.S. Lewis, Job, the Psalms…
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When God Goes Quiet
In this episode, Scott Sauls reflects on John 11, the death of Lazarus, and Jesus’ stunning promise to Martha: “I am the resurrection and the life.” Drawing…
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When Your Worst Mistake Becomes Your Identity
In this episode, Scott Sauls explores the difference between guilt and shame through The Scarlet Letter, Genesis 3, Brené Brown, Brennan Manning, and the mercy…
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My Most Personal Book So Far
In this episode, Scott Sauls shares personally about struggles like perfectionism, drivenness, shame, and the exhausting attempt to find worth through…
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Words I Wish I Hadn't Said
In this episode, Scott Sauls explores why gossip can feel satisfying in the moment while quietly damaging the soul. Drawing from Scripture and personal…
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We All Want Justice (Until We Don't)
We all demand justice until it shows up at our own front door. In this episode, Scott Sauls works through the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in…
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The Sickness That Poses as a Virtue
Workaholism is the most socially acceptable addiction in our culture. Nobody stages an intervention for it. Nobody tells you to get help. Instead, we get…
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Easter Monday: What's Next After Easter?
Easter Monday brings us back to everyday life. The resurrection has happened, but the disciples still have to work, eat, and move forward. This is where most…
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Easter Sunday: What Resurrection Means for Your Life
Easter Sunday is the turning point of the Christian story. The resurrection of Jesus is not only about what happens after we die, but about what is already…
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Silent Saturday: God Goes Quiet - Then What?
Silent Saturday captures the space most of us know well. A space where prayers feel unanswered, clarity is absent, and God seems quiet. The disciples lived…
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Good Friday: Why Jesus Didn't Save Himself
Good Friday forces us to reconsider everything we believe about power, suffering, and love. As Jesus hangs on the cross, he refuses to save himself, even…
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Maundy Thursday: How Jesus Redefined Power
Maundy Thursday captures a moment that reshapes how we understand power, leadership, and love. On the night before his death, Jesus kneels and washes the feet…
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Spy Wednesday: Judas and Spiritual Drift Warning Signs
Spy Wednesday is a quiet day on the surface, but something decisive is unfolding in secret. Judas, one of Jesus’ closest followers, moves toward betrayal…
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Holy Tuesday: How Jesus Handled Hostile Questions
Holy Tuesday reveals a side of Jesus we often overlook. Under constant pressure, criticism, and traps, he responds with clarity, composure, and truth without…
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Holy Monday: Jesus Flips Tables in the Temple
Holy Monday is one of the most surprising moments of Holy Week. In the temple courts of Jerusalem, Jesus overturns the tables of the money changers and…
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Palm Sunday: The Crowds Get Jesus Wrong
Palm Sunday begins Holy Week with celebration—but it also reveals a profound misunderstanding about the kind of king Jesus came to be. In this episode, Scott…
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Why Did Jesus Eat With Rejects?
Why did Jesus spend so much time eating with people respectable society rejected? In the Gospels, Jesus regularly shares meals with tax collectors, sinners…
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What Happened in Jesus' Hidden Years?
Most people focus on the final week of Jesus’ life. But what about the thirty years before his public ministry began? In this episode, Scott Sauls explores the…
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What Do You Do When Someone Ghosts You?
Being ghosted by someone can be confusing and deeply painful. In this episode, Scott Sauls explores why ghosting wounds us so profoundly and what a healthy…
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Why Do People You Love Most Trigger Your Deepest Fear?
Why do the people closest to us sometimes trigger our deepest fears? In this episode, Scott Sauls explores the strange vulnerability that comes with love…
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Is Health Anxiety Trapping You in Worst-Case Thinking?
Knowing Scripture doesn’t always quiet health anxiety. Psalm 139 offers something deeper than information - it offers the steady presence of a God who fully…
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Why "Do Not Be Anxious" Isn't What You Think
Many believers assume that if anxiety lingers, they must be failing spiritually. But in Matthew 6, Jesus’ words “Do not be anxious” are not a demand for…
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How To Thrive Where You Don't Feel At Home
Many people who love their country feel like strangers in it right now. They vote and feel misrepresented. They engage and feel displaced. Scripture speaks…
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When Government Demands Your Worship
Most of us want to be good citizens. We also sense that the political moment keeps asking for something more than our participation—something closer to…
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How to Overcome Fear of Death
Our bodies are breaking down and our mortality rate is one person per every one person. But the gospel reframes death as a doorway that transforms how we live…
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What Is the Cost of Overprotecting Your Kids?
Helicopter parenting feels like love, but what if it's creating the fragility we're trying to prevent? Children today spend half as much time playing outside…
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We're Safer Than Ever — Why Are We So Fearful?
Ancient Sparta prepared their youth for hardship. Modern culture protects our youth from it. We've created the most anxious generation in history by…
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Is Your Phone Hijacking Your Attention?
We pick up our phones 2,617 times per day, scrolling for five hours, searching for comfort but finding anxiety instead. Our devices promise connection but…
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Why Does Loneliness Hurt So Much?
That sinking feeling when friends are together and you weren't invited. The loneliness when calls and texts go unanswered. It all contributes to the feeling of…
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Has Work Become Your Identity?
What happens when your job becomes your identity? Many of us tie our worth to our work, living with fear that if our career falls apart, we'll fall apart with…
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Why Can't Money Buy Me Peace?
Why does financial security never seem to quiet our fears about money? In this episode of That’s a Great Question, we examine why money can promise peace but…
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Why Can't I Stop Worrying About Tomorrow?
Why do we keep worrying about tomorrow even when today is manageable? In this episode of That’s a Great Question, we explore how our desire for certainty fuels…
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What Do I Do When Change Feels Impossible?
Every new year awakens hope for change, yet many of us feel defeated when old patterns return. In this episode, Scott Sauls explores the deeper longing beneath…
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Why Is It So Important To Believe In Santa Claus?
Christmas often brings more pressure than peace. Beneath the lights and traditions, many people feel anxious, guarded, and stretched thin. In this Christmas…
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What Does God’s Love Mean When You Feel Unworthy Of It?
Many of us know John 3:16 by heart yet quietly assume we are the exception. In this Advent episode, Scott Sauls speaks to the hidden ache of feeling unworthy…
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How Can I Find Rest When Life Never Slows Down?
Life doesn’t slow down just because we’re exhausted. Many people live tired, telling themselves rest will come later, but it never does. In this episode, Scott…
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How Can I Experience Joy When I Don’t Feel Joyful?
Joy is one of the most familiar words of the Christmas season, yet many of us enter Advent feeling anything but joyful. In this episode, Scott Sauls explores…
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How Do I Stop Imagining the Worst About the Future?
Many of us live with a constant habit of imagining the worst about the future. We rehearse disasters that may never happen and exhaust ourselves with “what if”…
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How Can I Find Peace When My Life Feels Chaotic?
Peace is one of the most printed words at Christmas, yet for many of us it feels like the one thing we do not actually have. In this Advent episode, Scott…
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How Can I Let Go of Last Year’s Failures and “Should-Haves”?
Regret has a way of settling into the soul, sometimes quietly and sometimes with relentless intensity. As a new year begins, many people feel the weight of…
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How Do I Overcome Spiritual Apathy Going Into the Next Year?
Spiritual apathy rarely arrives all at once. It drifts in quietly until prayer feels routine, Scripture grows sporadic, and worship becomes familiar instead of…