God Made Podcast

Have you ever felt like giving up on prayer because nothing seems to be changing? You're not alone. In this episode of the God Made Podcast, Greg and Kristi talk about one of the hardest parts of the Christian life: continuing to pray when God seems silent and your circumstances stay the same. Looking at Luke 18, where Jesus tells the parable of the persistent widow, we discover why persistent pra...

When God feels silent, it's easy to assume He's distant—or even gone. But what if His silence doesn't mean His absence? In this episode of the God Made Podcast, we open Psalm 13 and discover how David wrestled with God's silence, why honest prayer is an act of faith, and how to trust God's character even when He seems quiet. If you're walking through unanswered prayer, spiritual dryness, or a seas...

What does it really mean to trust God when you still feel afraid, disappointed, uncertain, or tempted to take control? In this episode of the God Made Podcast , Greg and Kristi Rains talk honestly about why even faithful Christians can struggle to trust God. Trusting God sounds simple until life gets hard, prayers seem unanswered, fear creeps in, or disappointment leaves us wondering what God is d...

You are not a bad parent. You are just pouring into your kids' world — and quietly leaving eternity on the table. This is a conversation about godly parenting in a culture that never stops adding to the calendar. Greg and Kristi Rains offer honest christian parenting advice for the family that is doing everything right and still feels like something is missing. Drawing from biblical parenting prin...

Why do smart people keep making dumb decisions? The problem is not always a lack of information. Sometimes being smart simply makes us better at justifying what our hearts already want. In this solo episode of the God Made Podcast, Greg unpacks James 3:13–18 and the difference between intelligence and biblical wisdom. James warns us that not everything that sounds reasonable is actually wise. Some...

Words don't just hurt — they break. And most of us have made the promise to change. We meant it every single time. So why do we keep failing? Greg and Kristi sit down for a raw, honest conversation about what it actually looks like to live with the weight of your words — inside a marriage, a family, and a real life. They talk about sarcasm that became a weapon, promises made and broken, and why no...

What if the most dangerous kind of faith isn’t unbelief — but belief without surrender? In this episode, we explore the sobering reality that someone can follow Jesus closely and still miss Him. Using the example of Judas and the teaching from James 2, we unpack the difference between dead faith, demonic faith, and dynamic faith. We discuss:  What “dead faith” really means   The difference between...

What does James 2 really mean when it talks about favoritism? In this episode, we discuss what it looks like to live out the principles of James 2 in everyday church life — especially when it comes to who we welcome, who we overlook, and who makes us uncomfortable. It’s easy to say “everyone belongs.” But do we actually move toward the people Jesus moved toward? We talk honestly about: Subtle favo...

Are you showing up, hearing all the right things, and still  walking out unchanged? James has a word for that. In Episode 3 of The God Made Podcast, Greg and Kristi Rains  have an honest conversation about the gap between what we  believe and how we actually live — and why the book of James  calls that gap exactly what it is: self-deception. This isn't a lecture. It's a real conversation between t...

Most of us have a list of reasons why we can't seem to break the cycle. This week Kristi asks Greg the questions most people think but don't say out loud — what does it feel like to know the truth and still feel the pull, what does a pastor lose that he preaches against, and what's the honest first step when conviction hits and you don't know what to do with it. No scripts. No polish. Just two peo...

I launched this podcast this week. The whole plan was to record it with my wife Kristi as co-host. Then she got sick. Episode one, solo, on a podcast about faith meeting real life — and real life showed up before I hit record. This week's sermon was about choosing joy in the middle of trials from James 1:1-8. This episode takes that one step further — what does that actually look like when Monday...