4:13 Podcast with Jennifer Rothschild

For billions of people around the world—and for me—Heaven is an awe-inspiring place. But there are so many who doubt that Heaven exists and question if there's life after death. Well, today we get to hear proof from investigative author and theologian, Lee Strobel, as he makes a case for Heaven. He'll explore the evidence for an afterlife as he addresses mankind's biggest fear: death. Plus, you'll...

Do you want to make a difference with your life but feel inadequate to the task or limited by your everyday responsibilities? You, my friend, have incredible influence, and today you'll learn what it means to own it. When you live a lifestyle of leadership, it turns the mundane into meaningful and the small into significant. Today, Author Bobi Ann Allen will help you define what it means to live o...

We are spilling some sizzling hot beans today with Nicole C. Mullen and Jo Dee Messina. Nicole answers a tender question about how a white woman should approach a black woman, and Jo Dee gets honest about her marriage and her faith, and how to start reading the Bible if you, like her, are new to it. Plus, we answer a tough question about suicide, share our role models from the Bible, and give some...

Do you ever feel like you just don't have enough time, and you can't figure out how to get everything done? According to today's guest, it doesn't have to be this way! Author and business coach, Christy Wright says finding true life balance is possible. Christy reveals the main reasons we feel out of balance and how to combat that problem. She also lays out the path to balance that anyone can walk...

Rebekah Lyons spent years battling fear, anxiety, and panic until she found freedom and surrendering her yes to God. From moving to New York City with young children to adopting a child with Down syndrome, Rebekah learned that saying yes to God is the best way to live free. Today, Rebekah will help you move from striving and fear to freedom, joy, and rest. She'll share her own rescue journey from...

Hey, 4:13ers! I just finished recording a podcast episode with my good friend, Ann Voskamp, about her newest book, Waymaker. This podcast episode will be posted in a few weeks, but our conversation was just so good that I couldn't wait for you to hear what she had to say. So, here's a BONUS episode as an appetizer for what's to come! Ann talks about what to do if you're having a hard day, a hard y...

How did you do it? Dr. Debbye Turner Bell heard that question countless times during her reign as Miss America. Everybody wanted to know how, in her words, "this little black girl from Jonesboro, Arkansas" ended up winning one of the most iconic titles in the world. She realized the question wasn't about process but possibility. People wanted to know how they, too, could overcome the odds and find...

Since LifeWay Women is doing my Take Courage Bible Study this spring as their Online Bible Study, I thought an encore of episode #92 would be a great way to get you started. Plus, you're invited to join the Online Bible Study with LifeWay Women. During the study, you'll get free access to my 7 Take Courage teaching videos plus get to be part of an amazing community of women just like you. Head to...

Everyone thinks you've got it together. But inside you're asking, "Am I enough?" No matter how good we may look to others, the nagging voice of self-doubt is hard to shake.    Well, today, it's time to get honest about self-doubt, and then kick it to the curb! Author Erica Wiggenhorn will draw from the story of Moses—the greatest self-doubter in the Bible—to show us how self-doubt is tied closely...

Today on the 4:13, I'm spilling the beans with some of my favorite people. And since you are one of my favorites, too, I want you to join us. Liz Curtis Higgs, Michael O'Brien, and Tammy Trent joined me in Chattanooga, and we had a great conversation.    Tammy Trent lost her husband to a drowning accident, and she shares what she prays when she is at her lowest. I was asked if I ever got mad at Go...

Have you ever felt like you are barely holding on? Some days, some seasons are just hard and no matter how much we know we need to chin up and soldier on, we often just want to let go.    Today, Sheila Walsh is candidly and vulnerably sharing her personal struggles with mental health and how, especially during the pandemic, those struggles threatened to overwhelm her.   In this episode, this belov...

Hey, 4:13ers! KC had two BIG events take place in December—one planned and one not. On this Behind the Scenes episode, KC talks about his car accident that took place just a few days before his mom's wedding. And it was a serious accident, my friends! We're not talking about a little fender bender over here. Well, because you're part of our 4:13 family, I want you to hear from our brother and frie...

Hope Carpenter nearly destroyed her family, her church, and her ministry by living a double life—but then God did something miraculous. Out of her brokenness, He made something beautiful.    In this episode, Hope will tell her story while she helps you understand your own. She'll give you practical steps to recover from mistakes and get on a path of honesty and healing.    SHOW NOTES: 413Podcast.c...

The world wants you to believe a person, product, or lifestyle can bring you fulfillment. Even as a Christian, it's easy to fall for these empty promises and find yourself frustrated when they don't deliver.    So, how can you experience soul-deep peace that endures beyond the sugar rush of earthly distractions?    In this episode, bestselling author Phil Waldrep will help you find the meaning God...

Life is full of hard things. Loss, betrayal, hurt, disappointment, pain, and anger. In a world riddled by these things, and still reeling from a global pandemic, we may ask, how can life really be good?   When author Lisa Whittle lost her beloved dad, she found herself asking the same question, and eventually learning that there is good, even in the hard.   So, if you're fighting the temptation to...

On episode 175, we talked about growing slow. In this bonus episode, Jennifer Dukes Lee is jumping back on with three practical steps to help you unhurry your heart.    SHOW NOTES: 413Podcast.com/175

We long to make a break from the fast pace of life. But, if we're honest, we're afraid of what we'll miss if we do. Yet when going big and hustling hard leaves us stressed, empty, and out of sorts, perhaps this can be our cue to step into a far more satisfying, sustainable pace. Today, author Jennifer Dukes Lee will show you a path to unhurried living by teaching you the ancient art of growing slo...

We've made it to a New Year! And we want this year to be 365 days of joy. So, KC and I are dropping a joy bomb into your heart today! Joy is a supernatural force that can fuel this coming year. So, we'll talk about how to get it and how to protect it from joy thieves. And we will laugh a lot along the way. It's time to stop what you're doing or let us do it with you because you need to get your jo...

We want you to just pause and let this audio Christmas card we put together last year bless you today. It includes our families wishing you Merry Christmas plus Michael O'Brien singing some beautiful carols and Christmas songs over you. We love you our 4:13 family and we wish you the merriest, most blessed Christmas! SHOW NOTES: 413Podcast.com/173

This may be an odd spin on Christmas ... but I want to share a letter with you that was written December 19, 1944. It was written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. And it will inspire you to face anything this season or this new year with faith. Plus, I actually put the words of this inspiring letter of his to music, and I'll sing it over you at the end of this episode! SHOW NOTES: 413Podcast.com/172

After almost 14 years of marriage, Leeana Tankersley walked into a counseling appointment with her husband, prepared to fight for their marriage. Halfway through the appointment, she came to realize that no amount of logic or emotion could stop the inevitable. Overcome with numbness and disappointment, Leeana entered a new season that would reveal God's antidote for her darkness: hope. Today, Leea...

Do you control your feelings, or do your feelings control you? Lots of us let guilt, anger, or self-criticism be the boss of us. And it just messes up everything. You may say to yourself, "I need to get over it," or "I've got to stop thinking that way." But you probably know it rarely works and, in fact, it can make things worse. Well, today, you're going to get some calm for that inner turmoil wi...

We all face issues that try to rob us of our joy—anxiety, loneliness and discontentment just to name a few. Well, today, author and podcaster Alysa Bethke will help you recognize them for what they are: distractions.   You know, with all of its expectations and contradictions, this world can take a major toll on us. Be fit, but not too skinny .Work and hustle but stay home and be a good mom. Be wi...

There is just something about an empty nest. Sometimes you can't decide whether you feel grief or delight. You're caught between wanting to hold on to the past and letting go to grab your new freedom. Empty nesting can be a disorienting time, but it can also become the best season of your life, if you'll let it. Today author Jill Savage will guide you through this unpredictable season. She'll teac...

Have you ever asked yourself, "Why am I stuck spiritually when I read the Bible, pray, and go to church?" Sometimes it seems like we're doing all the things we're "supposed" to do, yet we feel like there's still got to be a way to bridge the gap between God's promises and the life we're living. Today, our guest, Justin Kendrick will share what he's learned about this as he invites us into an entir...