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We [Still] Love the Church
"Stop Listening to Podcasts and Just Read the Bible"
In this episode, Bryan interviews Rebekah on some of the resources that have helped her over the years, and especially in the time post ministry.
Resources
Rebekah Holt
We [Still] Love the Church
Books:
The Bible, God’s Holy Word
By David Gibson:
Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End.
The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus our Shepherd, Companion, and Host.
The Undivided Life: A Guide to Wholehearted Faith from the Book of James.
By John Lennox
Joseph: A Story of Love, Hate, Slavery, Power, and Forgiveness.
By C.S. Lewis:
A Grief Observed
By Whitney Pipkin:
We Shall All Be Changed: How Facing Death with Loved Ones Transforms Us
By Dan Allender and Tremper Longman:
Bold Love
Podcasts:
1. Confronting Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/confronting-christianity-with-rebecca-mclaughlin/id1637505896
2. Renewing Your Mind by Ligonier Ministries
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/renewing-your-mind/
3. GospelBound with Collin Hansen
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gospelbound/id1499898207
4. Crossway
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crossway-podcast/id1457099163
5. Bible Project
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bibleproject/id1050832450
6. Knowing Faith
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164
7. Mere Fidelity
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mere-fidelity/id885758537
8. Elisabeth Elliot
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-elisabeth-elliot-podcast/id1537596556
9. CCEF: Where Life and Scripture
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ccef-podcast-where-life-scripture-meet/id1196426810
10. Deep Dish,The Gospel Coalition
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dish/id1794426491
11. The Best of You with Dr. Alison Cook
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-of-you/id1620059010
12. Ministry Wives (Formerly with Christine Hoover)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ministry-wives-podcast/id1341513188
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