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The PursueGOD Truth Podcast
The official faith and life podcast for the discipleship resources at pursueGOD.org. Great for families, small groups, and one-on-one mentoring. New sermonlink topics every Friday.
Episodes
The PursueGOD Truth PodcastA Field Guide for Parents: The Digital World and Your Kids - The Family Podcast
In this episode, Tracy and her son AJ (almost 23) share a field guide for parenting in the digital age. Drawing from AJ’s experience growing up with…
The PursueGOD Truth PodcastBrandi and AJ’s Story: BYU Mormons Grinding for Godhood - Unveiling Mormonism
In this episode, Bryan sits down with Brandi and AJ to hear how a lifetime of devotion to Mormon exaltation turned into what they call “grinding for godhood”—a…
The PursueGOD Truth PodcastEcclesiates: A Brutally Honest Take on the Uncontrollables - The PursueGOD Sermon Podcast
A Brutally Honest Take on the Uncontrollables We live in a culture obsessed with control. Hustle harder. Plan smarter. Pray longer. If you do all the right…
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Everything You Need to Know About Baptism
Welcome back to the podcast! -- The PursueGOD Truth podcast is the “easy button” for making disciples – whether you’re looking for resources to lead a family…
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The Holy Spirit: More than a Feeling - Unveiling Mormonism
In this episode, Bryan and Layne show why the Holy Spirit isn’t a reward you earn or a feeling you chase—but God’s personal presence given to everyone who…
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Ecclesiates: A Brutally Honest Take on Work and Wealth - The PursueGOD Sermon Podcast
A Brutally Honest Take on Work and Wealth We spend an enormous amount of our lives thinking about work and worrying about money. How much should we save? How…
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Talking to Your Teens About Sexuality and Gender - The Family Podcast
In this episode, Tracy confronts the reality that culture is already discipling our teens about identity and sexuality and challenges parents and mentors to…
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The Holy Spirit: Better than a Prophet - Unveiling Mormonism
In this episode, Bryan and Layne show from Acts and the Old Testament that Jesus didn’t set up His church to be led by “one guy,” but by the Holy Spirit—giving…
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Ecclesiates: A Brutally Honest Take on Pleasure - The PursueGOD Sermon Podcast
A Brutally Honest Take on Pleasure Ecclesiastes has a way of cutting through our assumptions and exposing reality. Where Proverbs often presents life in clean…
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Expectations in Marriage - The Family Podcast
In this episode, Tracy talks about expectations in marriage—why they matter, where they come from, and how to navigate them in a way that strengthens your…
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The Torn Veil: How It Changed Everything - Unveiling Mormonism
In this episode, Bryan and Layne explore how the Bible teaches direct access to God through Jesus, not through prophets or religious institutions, using the…
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Secrets for a Fruitful Life
Welcome back to the podcas, as we close out this year with a special New Year's episode! -- The PursueGOD Truth podcast is the “easy button” for making…
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The Christmas Family Tree: We Three Kings
Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we are in week two of our Christmas series! -- The PursueGOD Truth podcast is the “easy button” for making disciples –…
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The Year-End Episode
In this episode, Bryan wraps up 2025 and gives us a clear snapshot of what God has been doing through PursueGOD—and what’s coming next in 2026. -- The…
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The Christmas Family Tree: The Part We Usually Skip
Welcome back to the podcast! Join us today as we start a new Christmas series! -- The PursueGOD Truth podcast is the “easy button” for making disciples –…
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Noemi’s Story: Did I Ever Feel Worthy? - Unveiling Mormonism
In this episode, Bryan talks with Noemi about her journey leaving Mormonism and discovering a relationship with the God of the Bible. -- The Unveiling…
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David: Failure Doesn't Have to be Final
Welcome back to the podcast, we are in our last week of the David series! -- The PursueGOD Truth podcast is the “easy button” for making disciples – whether…
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Restoring What Wasn’t Lost: How Mormonism Rebuilt the System Jesus Already Replaced - Unveiling Mormonism
In this episode, we compare the church in the book of Acts with the church Joseph Smith built—showing how the LDS ‘restoration’ actually rebuilds the…
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David: When Ziklag Burns
Welcome back to the podcast! We're in week number five of our series on David! -- The PursueGOD Truth podcast is the “easy button” for making disciples –…
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From Revivals to Denominations: How the Church Took Shape
In this episode, we trace how small movements, bold revivals, and ordinary believers shaped the explosive growth of Protestant Christianity from Europe to…
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David: How to Keep Your Heart Clean
Welcome back to the podcast! We're in week four of our David series! -- The PursueGOD Truth podcast is the “easy button” for making disciples – whether you’re…
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The First Denominations — From State Churches to Free Churches
This episode shows how the church moved from state-controlled religion to voluntary, Scripture-governed communities—and how the Baptists, Congregationalists…
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David: The Comparison Trap
Welcome back! We're in week three of our David series, and today we'll be talking about the trap of comparison that plagues humanity, and we'll be using…
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Attachment Styles in Marriage - The Family Podcast
In this episode, we learn how understanding attachment theory can help couples grow closer to one another as they reflect the steadfast love and reliability of…
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The Reformation — Rediscovering the Gospel
In this episode, we trace how the Reformation rediscovered the gospel—from Luther’s 95 Theses to the rise of Protestant movements—and how God used ordinary…
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David: The Making Of
Welcome back to the truth podcast! We're in week two of our David series, and this week we look at how God led David from boyhood toward his most famous…
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Before the Reformation: Wycliffe and Hus
In this episode, we explore the courageous men who paved the way for Martin Luther—followers of Jesus who, long before the Reformation, risked everything to…
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David: A Heart after God
We’re kicking off a 6-week series on one of the most recognizable figures in the Bible—David. But before we meet the shepherd who became king, we have to meet…
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Responding to Your Spouse’s Bids - The Family Podcast
In this episode, we’ll talk about how marriage isn’t just destroyed by the big blowups—but more often by the small, everyday moments when we ignore each…
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The Great Schism: Catholic vs. Orthodox
In this episode, we trace how one global faith became divided between East and West — from the councils of Nicaea, Chalcedon, and Constantinople to the final…
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Believable Lies: God Is Dead
Welcome back to the podcast! We’ve all heard them. Little phrases that sound wise, comforting, or even spiritual—but they’re not true. In this series, we’ll…
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Church History: From the Apostles to the Catholic Church
In this episode, we're kicking off a new series walking through the story of the Church — from the apostles to the modern day — to uncover where things went…
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Believable Lies: Loving Means Affirming
Welcome back to the podcast! We’ve all heard them. Little phrases that sound wise, comforting, or even spiritual—but they’re not true. In this series, we’ll…
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Is Gentle Parenting Biblical? - The Family Podcast
In this episode, Tracy examines the growing trend of Gentle Parenting through a biblical lens, showing how compassion without correction can miss God’s bigger…
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How to Pick a Non-Mormon Church - Unveiling Mormonism
Many people coming out of Mormonism ask, “So now that I’m free to choose, how do I pick a church?” In this episode, we explore what it really means to find a…
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Believable Lies: Real Faith Means No Doubts
Welcome back to the podcast! We’ve all been told that if you really trust God, you’ll never have questions or doubts. But that’s simply not true. Listen today…
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The Kinderhook Plates Hoax - Unveiling Mormonism
In this episode we reveal how the infamous Kinderhook Plates—once hailed by Joseph Smith as an ancient record—turned out to be a deliberate 19th-century hoax…
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Believable Lies: God Won’t Give Me More Than I Can Handle
Welcome back to the podcast! We’ve all heard them. Little phrases that sound wise, comforting, or even spiritual—but they’re not true. In this series, we’ll…
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The Four Parenting Styles - The Family Podcast
In this episode, we explore the four main parenting styles—authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved—and look at how each one impacts children…
The PursueGOD Truth PodcastWhat is Purity? - Fight Club
“But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.”…
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A Battle Tested Guide to Conquering Lust - Fight Club
This is a real life story from a real life dude dealing with real life lust. Mentioned in this episode: Intro Outro
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Believable Lies: I’m Too Far Gone for God
Welcome back! We’ve all heard them—little phrases that sound wise, comforting, or even spiritual—but they’re not true. In this series, we’re exposing some of…
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Welcome to Fight Club - Fight Club
Welcome to Fight Club. A community of young men dedicated to pursuing freedom from lust and victory in Jesus Christ. Join or Die (in your sin). Mentioned in…
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Temple Worthiness Interview (Part 2) - Unveiling Mormonism
In this episode, Bryan and Layne unpack the final temple recommend questions—showing how LDS “worthiness” tests create pressure and why the Bible offers true…
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Believable Lies: God Is a Killjoy
Welcome back to the podcast! We’ve all heard them. Little phrases that sound wise, comforting, or even spiritual—but they’re not true. In this series, we’ll…
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The Fundamental Law of Parenting - The Family Podcast
In this episode, we explore how biblical parenting is about more than rules—it’s about helping your kids move from “renting” values to truly owning a faith…
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Temple Worthiness Interview (Part 1) - Unveiling Mormonism
In this part 1 of 2 episodes, Bryan and Layne pull back the curtain on Mormonism’s temple recommend—walking through the 16 worthiness questions, why they…
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The "O" Word (2 Thessalonians 3:1-18)
Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we wrap up our Thessalonians series with the "O" word. In this lesson, we’ll see why Paul made "Obedience" his closing…
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The Holy Ghost in the Book of Mormon - Unveiling Mormonism
What role does the Holy Ghost (or Holy Spirit) really play in a believer’s life? In this episode, Bryan and Layne explore how Mormonism, the Book of Mormon…
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Chosen by God (2 Thessalonians 2:13-17)
Excerpt -- The PursueGOD Truth podcast is the “easy button” for making disciples – whether you’re looking for resources to lead a family devotional, a small…
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Are All Contraceptives the Same? - The Family Podcast
In this episode, Pastor Bryan sits down with Dr. Carson and Dr. Andrea Morley—married physicians and parents-to-be—to discuss the medical, ethical, and…
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Jesus in the Book of Mormon - Unveiling Mormonism
In today’s episode, Bryan and Layne explore how the Jesus of the Book of Mormon compares with the Jesus of modern Mormonism and the unchanging Jesus of the…
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The Man of Lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)
Welcome back to the podcast! In today’s episode, we unpack Paul’s teaching on the “man of lawlessness” in 2 Thessalonians 2 and explore two main views—whether…
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God in the Book of Mormon - Unveiling Mormonism
This episode exposes how Joseph Smith’s view of God shifted dramatically between the Book of Mormon and his later teachings—raising big questions about the…
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The Theology of Suffering (2 Thessalonians 1:1-12)
Welcome back to the podcast! In today’s episode, we unpack why God allows suffering and how it can actually open the door to His justice, His rest, and His…
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Parenting Your Adult Kids Without Losing the Relationship - The Family Podcast
Parenting adult kids means shifting from control to connection—this episode unpacks four biblical principles to help you build trust, encourage independence…
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Salvation in the Book of Mormon - Unveiling Mormonism
In today’s episode, we compare what the Book of Mormon says about salvation with what the Bible teaches, exposing the extra layers Mormonism has added and…
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Good to Great ( 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28)
Welcome back to the podcast! In today's episode, we explore Paul’s blueprint in 1 Thessalonians 5 for how a church can move from good to great by honoring…
The PursueGOD Truth PodcastGreat Physical Intimacy in Marriage Starts Before the Bedroom - The Men's Podcast
Welcome back to the podcast, men! In today’s episode, we’re unpacking God’s good design for sex in marriage—and how to protect that intimacy from the enemy’s…
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A Deep Dive on 3 Nephi 11 - Unveiling Mormonism
Layne, a former Mormon of 40 years, has a deep love for the LDS community and a heart to help them see how the Book of Mormon points to the biblical Jesus. --…