Curiously Kaitlyn

Why don't Christians talk about the Holy Spirit more often? Have we quietly replaced dependence on God's Spirit with confidence in our own smarts and systems? What starts as a kid's Halloween question about the "Holy Ghost" quickly turns into a bigger conversation about why the church is so divided, whether we'd even notice if the Spirit disappeared from our theology, and how we might learn to let...

Do you have weird dreams? Could they be from God? In the Bible, God sometimes talks to people through dreams. Why did he do that? Does he still do that today? Kaitlyn and Mike talk about prophetic dreams and what they tell us about our relationship to God and to our own minds.   12:10 - Sponsor - Check out the Gracebased Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts or learn more at https://gracebased.c...

It's a miracle! Kaitlyn's here to talk about miracles. They seem to be all over the Bible, so Christians obviously believe they happened—but do miracles still happen? What does that say about God?   0:00 - Theme Song   4:00 - Do Miracles Still Happen?   12:15 - Sponsor - Blueland - For 15% off first order of Blueland cleaning products, go to this link: https://www.blueland.com/CURIOUSLY   13:35 -...

Will we have ferocious sports rivalries in heaven? Will we have tantrums over lost card games? Will we play? This week, Kaitlyn and Producer Mike answer the question - Will we have competition in heaven? Along the way, they discuss questions about how we categorize effects of the fall v. natural human limitations, what we can and cannot know about life in eternity, and how our work in this world c...

This week, Kaitlyn tackle a kid's big question:  "I know there's one true God, but are there little gods beneath him?"  From Psalm 82 to Job and Paul, the Bible's language about gods, angels, demons, and spiritual powers is stranger than most of us realize. Kaitlyn unpacks what these passages mean, why scripture sometimes blurs the line between human rulers and spiritual beings, and how it all poi...

Most of us imagine heaven as somewhere "up there." We look to the sky when we pray, talk about loved ones "looking down" on us, and even build churches to lift our eyes heavenward. Yet, Scripture's vision is far richer. In this episode, Kaitlyn explains why heaven isn't simply a place above the clouds, but wherever God's reign is made real. Both in the world to come, and even in our lives today.  ...

Producer Mike joins Kaitlyn again to discuss a seemingly easy but surprisingly tricky question: did Jesus get sick? Mike and Kaitlyn talk about the meaning of the incarnation: What does it mean that Jesus was (and is!) really, truly human, but did not sin? If Jeus was without sin, does that mean he was without illness? Did Jesus get especially tempted when he got a cold? What does it mean for us i...

Most of us don't give sidewalks a second thought. They're ordinary, unremarkable, and everywhere. But Kaitlyn Schiess explains why even something as plain as a sidewalk can reveal profound truths about God and humanity. Responding to this week's child's question,  If God made everything, why did people make sidewalks?  Kaitlyn explores the Christian belief that God created the world out of nothing...

Kaitlyn and Producer Mike tackle not one, but four kid questions in this week's episode! They explore what it means to be made in God's image, why creation itself longs for redemption, how Christians have understood original sin, whether the serpent in Genesis was really Satan, and why Jesus calls even grown-ups "little children." 0:00 - Theme Song   1:04 - Can Really Smart Animals Become Christia...

Theologian and pastor Dr. Barry Jones joins Kaitlyn to tackle a tricky question that leads us to some of the most beautiful passages in Scripture. Why does God allow evil things to happen in the world when he is sad about them? Dr. Jones explains how sin grieves God, and how God's sadness at our suffering can be a comfort to us. He also shows us how we can trust God even as we await answers to som...

Theologian Dr. Christa McKirland joins Kaitlyn to answer a question on the podcast that she has already answered before bedtime from one of her own children: why do we call each other brothers and sisters? Dr. McKirland gives us a picture of the people of God as a family, shows us what Scripture says about our relationship to each other as siblings, and points us back to our true identity as child...

Theologian and pastor Dr. Mika Edmondson joins Kaitlyn today to tackle a pretty challenging question: Why doesn't God answer my prayers? Dr. Edmondson describes what prayer is, walks us through some of the different answers God gives to our prayers, and shows us how Jesus models trusting God in the midst of suffering.   0:00 - Episode Starts   0:58 - Theme Song   1:50 - Why Does God Not Answer My...

This is an exclusive episode of Getting Schooled from Holy Post Plus! Lots of us do Bible-in-a-year reading plans, for good reason—but how much do we retain? Are we treating the Bible like a vitamin supplement? Kaitlyn and Skye break down the history, pros, and cons of daily Bible reading plans.   0:28 - Theme Song   3:14 - History of "Bible in a Year" Plans   10:32 - Treating the Bible like a Vit...

God loves everyone, right? Well, what about people who use their power to hurt others? Kaitlyn Schiess has thought a lot about this and is here to explain what a dictator is, how God talks about them in scripture and what that requires of us as Christians.   0:00 - Theme Song   0:37 - Does God Love Dictators?   2:05 - Does God Still Love Dictators?   4:05 - The Fall and Authority   7:55 - Sponsor...

Kaitlyn Schiess sits down with Amy Peeler (who's on a real Bible translation committee) to answer what's the right version of the Bible. There's so many Bible translations. Why are they different if they're all God's word? Amy Peeler explains why the translations turn out different and why you shouldn't be too alarmed when you read an unfamiliar translation.   0:00 - Theme Song   1:50 - What's the...

Old Testament scholar (and Holy Post pundit!) Carmen Imes joins Kaitlyn to talk about a question both little kids and grown ups ask a lot: why did God harden Pharaoh's heart?  Was God causing Pharaoh to do something evil? Was God overriding Pharaoh's free will? Dr. Imes teaches us about the Hebrew words for "hardening" a heart, how historical background can help us understand this passage, and wha...

How do we explain something as big and complicated as the Trinity to kids? Kaitlyn's here with advice on how to approach the topic—and how we may be making this much harder on ourselves than it needs to be. 0:00 - Theme Song 1:20 - Listener Question 4:14 - Sponsor - Glorify - Sign up for the #1 Christian Daily Devotional App to help you stay focused on God. Go to   https://glorify-app.com/en/curio...

Mike Erre joins Kaitlyn to tackle a big question that is also deeply personal: is it wrong to doubt God? Mike shows us some ways we misunderstand both doubt and faith, brings us to Bible passages that help us understand doubt more clearly, and reminds us that God welcomes our questions.   0:00 - Theme Song   4:02 - Is it Ok to Doubt God?   8:53 - Lament vs. Doubt   12:46 - Sponsor - No Small Endea...

Kaitlyn is back with another Getting Schooled episode, this time about heresy. Are heresies even real? How do we define them? And most importantly—should you call someone on the internet a heretic? We'll be back to normal kid questions on Curiously, Kaitlyn next week!   0:00 - Show Starts   0:38 - Theme Song   4:00 - What Even is Heresy?   8:00 - What's a Core Doctrine?   13:30 - Sponsor - Hiya He...

Kaitlyn and Skye Jethani are back to explain the egalitarian stance. What Bible verses at first glance seem complementation, but may reveal, with context, a more egalitarian view? What else do people overlook in our desire to find a clear "role for women" in the church?   0:00 - Theme Song   3:21 - Biblical Exemples   7:20 - Prescription vs Description   16:18 - Looking for Scriptural Logic   20:3...

Kaitlyn and Skye Jethani go over the different kinds of complementarianism, the verses used to justify it, and how weird this becomes in practical application.   0:00 - Theme Song   2:30 - What Does "Complementarian" Mean?   7:43 - Nature vs. Culture   17:17 - Sponsor - Dwell - Listen to scripture throughout your day. Go to   https://www.dwellbible.com/CK   for 25% off!   18:56 - Sponsor - World R...

In today's installment of the "Kids Say the Most Heretical Things," Kaitlyn tackles a big question: What will heaven be like? We hear from lots of kids about what they think - from what it will look like ("shiny, like a necklace!") to what we'll do in heaven ("eat orange cinnamon rolls") to what they hope for ("to talk to Jesus in real life"). These kids have a lot to teach us about the future we...

In this mailbag edition of Curiously Kaitlyn , Kaitlyn and Producer Mike tackle real, handwritten questions from kids. This time: Do we go straight to heaven when we die? Why doesn't God just take all the believers now? Are our parents technically our siblings in God's family? What would life be like if there was never any sin? And why did God create… angles ? (Or maybe that was angels.)   - Spons...

This week Kaitlyn is joined by pastor Clayton Keenon to answer a mind-bending question: was God bored before he made us? What was he doing before creation, and why did he create anything at all? Plus, Clayton shows us how understanding God's character and nature allows us to more freely respond to his freely given love.   0:00 - Theme Song   3:00 - Was God Bored Before Creation?   8:30 - Why Did G...

This week we have an incredibly special guest on the show: Kaitlyn's mom! Debbie Schiess joins us to talk about what little Kaitlyn was curious about, how to respond well to your kids' big questions, and how serving with the children of the church can change how you think about the whole church.   0:34- Theme Song   2:08 - What was Kaitlyn like as a kid?   8:06 - Parenting a Child with Big Questio...