Still Small Voice

Samantha is joined again by Micaela Torain, and today's topics revolve around relationships and how to be in healthy relationships with others. 

Samantha attempts to answer the misunderstood question about "the call" on our lives by clearly looking at how the word describes our call, our gifts, and what we are to be doing with those gifts to service the call. 

What is our role in calling out possible false teaching and prophecy? How do we respond to public charismatic nonsense? Is forgetting necessary when we forgive? How do we know if we've completely forgiven someone? These are the questions we tackle in this episode! 

Samantha addresses her conviction to build up the church rather than throw constant criticism. 

Tune in to hear Samantha piece together her testimony and share the future of the podcast.

The Christian culture throws around phrases like "love the sinner, hate the sin," "be uncompromising," "love all people," and "tolerance," but - what do these really mean? As Jesus interacted with people, he perfectly navigated the tension of loving them and telling them the truth.  We are faced with the same task, as we must daily make a choice to either be uncompromising as Christ-followers...

The gospels show several instances where Jesus retreated or withdrew to be alone, for a variety of reasons. We, too, should value this time alone with the Lord, but what we should be doing is maybe different than what we are actually doing. Join Samantha to talk it out and see how we can all do better in this area.

Tired of hearing messages on identity, yet continuing to struggle with it? Join the club. It's quite large.  Jesus models for us how to do this correctly and it all begins with actually believing what is written in the Word and then finding some courage, with the help of the Spirit, to help you walk out this journey.  Samantha talks through the story of Jesus' testing in the wilderness w...

Jesus didn't bride, barter or do anything to coerce His disciples into following Him. He didn't do that with anyone. He just simply loved people and revealed Himself in the process. Are you intentional in your relationships with other people, regardless of the context? Join Samantha as she looks through the Gospels to look for how Jesus invests time, patience, teaching and edification as He intera...

Dive into the Gospels with Samantha each week to learn what it really means for us to live, look and love like Jesus. 

Churches stealing rights to Broadway musicals, indignant responses to COVID protocols, insensitive responses to racism - has the church done lost it’s mind? Discernment goes beyond us knowing the difference between right and wrong, it helps us not be stupid and wreck our testimony! Come talk it out with Samantha, today! 

We should be careful to judge something as false just because we've not experienced it ourselves, yet - we can and should be able to recognize things that have fruit that glorify God. This is the final episode in this series on some of the claimed aspects of the Charismatic/Pentecostal church culture.  Samantha shares her own thoughts, including thoughts from scholars and eyewitness accounts....

Samantha has questioned this manifestation of the Holy Spirit most of her life due to spiritual trauma. Join Samantha as she searches the scripture and the Spirit for understanding of several manifestations and aspects of the charismatic church culture.

Samantha walks through the validity of miracles and healing through investigation of the "otherness" of God and, of course, the critical opinions and interpretation of biblical scholars. 

Samantha pauses her series on the gifts of the Holy Spirit to address the realities of false teaching in the modern-day church. Join her for an emotional conversation about what this looks like and what our responsibility is as believers in Christ.

Have you ever heard teachings on the Holy Spirit and scratched your head? Have you ever seen someone "move in the gifts" in a way that has made you uncomfortable? Do you even know what you believe about the gifts? Do you know what the Bible says about the Holy Spirit or do you just trust what other people say? The next several episodes are going to be looking at scripture to tackle some of the mor...

After last week's episode on the desires of our hearts, Samantha wants to address the toxic judgmental side of Christianity that seems to hold some people captive, yet give others a free pass. 

Some know the desires in their hearts are from God and are confident in them. Others are walking in fear and confusion, not sure if what they are feeling is fleshly or of God.  Of course, there are also others who haven't even stopped to evaluate! This podcast discusses what the scripture means that says "God will give you the desires of your heart," and gives some checkpoints that we can use...

When things go wrong, no matter the context, we tend to utter phrases like "Well, God must be trying to teach me something." But, is he? What kind of implications come with a statement like that? Do you think God is always mad at you? Samantha confronts this question by examining the character of God and possibly misconceptions we have of who God is and how he interacts with us. 

Samantha is ready to discuss an array of difficult subjects that shape the how we believe, the way we live and how we view God. Today, she simply starts by asking us if we truly know why we believe the things that we believe. Tune in to hear all of the details. 

Samantha is excited to share with you her journey on learning to surrender her emotions to the Lord DAILY. First, she wants to attempt to reconcile how it is that God can be WHO we know Him to be and still have emotions. Also, how does being made in God's image connect with surrendering our emotions? 

This is the final hour of the convo with Samantha, Katie and Lana discussing what it has been like for them to be women in ministry. Be encouraged, ladies!

Samantha welcomes Katie Alvis and Lana Carver, two ladies who have spent years serving the church in various capacities, to discuss the "call" the "cost" and various experiences they've had being a woman in ministry. No church or male bashing, just honest conversation. 

Tune in for the final part of this mini-series on covenant relationships as Samantha explains the benefits to these types of relationships and how to pursue them in healthy ways. 

Sam Petty joins Samantha this week to discuss how the survivalist mindset and orphan heart keep us from entering into God-ordained covenant relationships with others and negatively impact our personal relationship with the Lord.