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Rebuilding Faith

Jeremy Jernigan

Rebuilding Faith is a podcast for people who haven"t given up on the Bible but can no longer read it the way they used to. Hosted by Jeremy Jernigan (a recovering megachurch pastor), each episode spends ten minutes working through a passage of Scripture with honesty and curiosity. If you"ve ever felt like the Bible was used against you, or wondered whether there"s a way to read it that can hold your doubts without collapsing, you might be ready to rebuild something better.

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9:43

Active Stillness (John 15:1-17)

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2026/04/12

Most of us have been taught that the Christian life is about doing more, trying harder, and producing results. But in John 15, Jesus reaches for an image that flips all of that: a grapevine. He doesn't tell His disciples to work harder. He tells them to remain. Eight times in one passage, that's the word He keeps coming back to. What does it actually look like to live connected to something rather than just visiting it when you need it? And what if the fruit you've been straining to produce

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9:56

The Posture Works (John 14:22-31)

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2026/04/05

Jesus says the Father is greater than him. His words aren't his own. He's doing whatever the Father requires. This episode sits with those claims rather than explaining them away, and traces the posture Jesus models: receiving from God and passing it on. It turns out that posture is contagious in ways that talking about Jesus often isn't, and Easter is what happens when the Father confirms it actually worked.Watch the episode on video:https://youtu.be/Qhmvan3e8OE ----------------- My new

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9:05

The Spirit of Truth (John 14:15-21)

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2026/03/29

Jesus tells his disciples that after he leaves, God will send another advocate. And then, within the same breath, pulls them into one of the most bewildering sentences in the farewell discourse. In this episode, we look at the Eastern Orthodox concept of theosis and ask what it would mean for spiritual formation to be less about moral discipline and more about proximity, that virtue comes from participation rather than effort, and that the Spirit isn't just a comfort

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9:44

The Way of Jesus (John 14:1-14)

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2026/03/22

Most people know "I am the way, the truth, and the life" as a claim about Jesus' identity. This episode looks at what Jesus said it was supposed to lead to, which turns out to be more demanding than a statement of belief. A Buddhist monk shows up witha clear explanation of what it actually means to follow Jesus. And somewhere between Thomas's honest confusion and Philip's frustrated request, Jesus lays out a vision of faith as practice rather than position.Watch the

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9:57

The Platinum Rule (John 13:31-38)

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2026/03/15

Jesus gives his disciples a new command, and somehow it's both simpler and more demanding than anything he's asked before. Most of us know the golden rule, but Jesus isn't talking about that. He's raising the bar to something that, if we actually did it, would be unrecognizable to most of what gets called Christianity today. This episode sits in the space between Peter's boldness and his collapse, and asks what it actually looks like to follow Jesus when your theology of what that means

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9:49

When Jesus Disappoints Us (John 13:18-30)

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2026/03/08

Most of usknow the feeling when Jesus doesn't do what we hoped he would. Doesn't say what we needed. Doesn't show up the way we expected. And in John 13, two disciples face exactly that crisis, and they go two completely different directions. One of them is Judas — and before you mentally cast him as the villain, consider that his problem might be closer to yours than you're comfortable admitting. The other is a disciple so mysterious that scholars still can't agree on who he is, known only

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8:33

Bad for the Ego (John 13:12-17)

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2026/03/01

Last week, Jesus used all His authority to do the lowest job in the room... He washed feet. This week, He asks a haunting question: “Do you understand what I was doing?” You can watch Jesus, read about Jesus, even follow Jesus... and still completely misunderstand Him. In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, we wrestle with what it really means to call Jesus “Lord” and why you don’t get to worship Him and refuse the towel. If authority in your life has ever felt more about ego

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9:59

Undercover Boss (John 13:1-11)

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2026/02/22

If you’ve ever felt burned by authority—or wished you had more of it—this episode is going to mess with your categories in the best possible way. In John 13, right after we’re told that Jesus has been given “authority over everything,” he doesn’t seize power… he grabs a towel. What would you do if you had unlimited authority? Fix the system? Crush your enemies? Finally, prove yourself right? Jesus kneels down and washes dirty feet (including the feet of the man who will

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8:59

God Without Clouds (John 12:44-50)

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2026/02/15

In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, wewrestle with a bold claim: if you’ve seen Jesus, you’ve seen God. Not a cloudy, filtered, fear-based version of God—but God without distortion. What if Jesus isn’t explaining the Trinity here, but revealing the clearest picture of God we’ve ever had? And if Jesus says he didn’t come to judge but to save, what does that mean for how Christians talk about power, politics, and vulnerable people today? This conversation may challenge the God you’ve assumed

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9:46

Blind by Choice (John 12:37-43)

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2026/02/08

What if the real opposite of belief isn’t disbelief, but self-protection? In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, weask why people can witness truth, injustice, and even Jesus Himself—and still refuse to see. This episode connects an ancient Gospel text to our very modern moment, where clarity feels costly and courage feels rare. If you’ve ever wondered why faith can feel so tangled up with hard hearts that refuse to change, this episode is for you.Watch the episode on

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9:56

All Who Live to See Such Times (John 12:27-36)

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2026/02/01

What do you do when faith feels heavy, and obedience doesn’t come with clarity or peace? In this episode of Rebuilding Faith,we explorethe moment when Jesus finally names what’s coming and admits, “My soul is deeply troubled.” As confusion spreads, God’s voice thunders, expectations collapse, and the cost of following Jesus becomes unmistakably real. Drawing a powerful line from the anguish of Jesus to our own troubling times, this episode wrestles honestly with fear, moral courage, and the

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9:39

The Tipping Point (John 12:20-26)

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2026/01/25

Jesus spendsmuch of the Gospel of John saying, “My time has not yet come.” Again and again, he delays, deflects, and resists going public. Then, suddenly, everything changes—not because of a miracle, a confrontation, or a demand for proof, but because a group of outsiders shows up and says, “We want to see Jesus.” In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, we explore why that moment becomes the tipping point, why Jesus redefines glory as the cross, and why the universality of Jesus was just as

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9:58

Some Dude on a Horse (John 12:12-19)

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2026/01/18

What kind of king are we really hoping for? In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, we step into the tension of Palm Sunday — cheering crowds, shouts of Hosanna, and a Messiah who stubbornly refuses to ride a warhorse. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, we uncover how deeply our ideas of power shape the faith we practice and the world we help create. From ancient expectations of military deliverance to our modern obsession with force and dominance, this story exposes an uncomfortable

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9:22

Leave Her Alone (John 12:1-11)

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2026/01/11

This is a story many of us think we already understand... until we sit with it a little longer. In John 12, a woman’s extravagant act of devotion is met with a “reasonable” religious objection, and Jesus responds in a way that still unsettles the church today. Instead of debating logic or correcting the numbers, he protects the person. In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, we explore why that matters, how easily faith can be used to shame rather than to love, and who Jesus

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9:25

The Right Kind of Danger (John 11:53-57)

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2026/01/04

What happens when the buzz around Jesus gets louder, but the danger gets closer? In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, we step into the rising tension at the end of John 11, where rumors spread, crowds speculate, and everyone is wondering the same thing: Is he actually going to show up? As religious leaders quietly move from suspicion to resolution, Jesus does something unexpected—not avoiding danger, but refusing to be controlled by it. This is a conversation about wisdom,

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9:21

The Ministry of Imagination (John 11:45-52)

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2025/12/28

Jesus raises a man from the dead—and the response is a committee meeting. In Episode 50 of Rebuilding Faith, we step into John 11:45–52, where resurrection doesn’t lead to celebration but to panic, because a clear view of Jesus threatens those in control. This episode explores why religion so often chooses preservation over faithfulness, how imagination becomes dangerous when power is at stake, and why the cross is never good news for people who like things the way they

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9:58

When God Cries (John 11:28-44)

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2025/12/21

Jesus doesn’t stay composed in this story. He gets angry. He’s deeply troubled. And then he breaks down and weeps. In John 11, standing at the tomb of his friend Lazarus, Jesus shows us something we rarely talk about—a God who feels deeply and who doesn’t rush past grief or explain it away. In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, we explore why Jesus’ strongest emotions matter and what they tell us about God’s heart.Watch the episode on

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9:45

A Holy Capacity to See (John 11:17-27)

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2025/12/14

What do you do when God could have shown up… but didn’t? In this episode of Rebuilding Faith, we step into one of the most emotionally honest moments in the Gospel of John. Lazarus is dead. Jesus is late. And Martha says out loud what so many of us have only thought: “If you had been here…”We talk about the kind of faith that lives in the tension between hope and disappointment. We wrestle with unanswered prayers and why Jesus responds to loss not with explanations, but with an invitation

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9:59

When Jesus Takes Too Long (John 11:1-16)

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2025/12/07

What do you do when Jesus doesn’t make sense? In this week’s episode of Rebuilding Faith, we open John 11 and discover that Mary and Martha weren’t the only ones frustrated by Jesus’ timing. He says Lazarus won’t die… then announces Lazarus is dead. He even waits two extra days before doing anything. But buried in this story is a detail most of us miss, and it's one that changes everything about what we assume God is doing. If you’ve ever wondered why Jesus takes so long to show up, or why

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9:56

God Among the Gods (John 10:34-42)

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2025/11/30

What do you do when Jesus quotes a Bible verse that completely dismantles the version of God you’ve carried your whole life? This week in Rebuilding Faith, we hit one of the strangest, most theologically explosive lines in the entire Old Testament—one most Christians have never even noticed.We’ll talk about why ancient Israelites didn’t see God the way most of us assume, why Jesus intentionally taps into a worldview we’ve forgotten, and how this strange little passage actually expands who

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