Reading Proverbs and Receiving Criticism
I can look at all of my failings and foolishness because I know who Christ is for me. I rest in his wisdom and life not my own.
Contributors
Katie Koplin
Katie is passionate about highlighting Christ for us in the Scriptures and encouraging others to live in the freedom we have on account of Christ in her writing, speaking, and coffee dates. She co-hosts the podcast Freely Given with Gretchen Ronnevick. Katie lives in Minnesota where fields of grain meet woods and water. She shares her home with her husband Dallas, 4 kids, and a sturdy lab named Moose. She graduated from Bethany Lutheran College in 2007 (B.A. Communications).
Most Recent
Deconstruction and Doubts
What do you do when you doubt? What happens when people or churches who have lead you to faith have betrayed you? What is deconstruction anyway?
Weary Without Fellowship
The heaviness of being lonely and weary has fallen on the church collectively in the last year. But for many people, this isn't anything new.
Bible Study or Social Hour
Gretchen and Katie talk through what can sometimes feel like opposing needs: studying the Bible deeply, and fellowshipping with one another.
Bible Study Dynamics
Gretchen and Katie continue talking through leading or being a part of Bible studies.
Leading Bible Studies
Whether you lead Bible studies, attend Bible studies, or are thinking about joining a Bible study, you will find something helpful in this episode.
Truth, Connection, and Growth with Bible Studies
In this episode, Gretchen and Katie talk about how we learn, and what to do when people in a Bible study are all in different places of Biblical knowledge.
Let's Talk About Bible Studies
One of the last questions given to Gretchen and Katie was about Bible study recommendations. This was a perfect transition episode into our next series as we go deep into the topic of Bible studies.
What Do I Have to Give?
Regardless of my experience, my talents, or even my mood, it’s these gifts of Christ that I have to give away. They are all I have, and they are everything.
Q and A - Books and Theology
In this episode as Gretchen and Katie pause to answer a few questions from listeners.
Goal Planning
Should we set goals like reading our Bible in a year, or working on our sanctification? It's that time of year when we all think about new year, new us, new goals.
Unconditional Forgiveness
In this 2nd episode in the 2-part discussion on marriage, Katie and Gretchen discuss forgiveness in marriage. Where does it come from? What does it mean? What doesn't it mean? While both comforting and painful, forgiveness in marriage comes from…
Husbands and Wives
In this episode, we bring on Katie's husband, Dallas, and Gretchen's husband, Knut, as we start talk about marriage and how poor theology can lead to unhealthy expectations.
Relationship Status and Righteousness
Gretchen and Katie, two women who are married with kids, sit around and talk about singleness. hey unpack the false idea that it is in marriage that we find our sanctification and fulfilled Christian life.
Freely Given
n this episode, Katie and Gretchen talk about how law and gospel distinctions affect relationships we have at church and in ministry.
Waiting Like Sarah
It turns out the family trait of not being able to wait runs deep and wide in the family of God. We do foolish things while we wait for promises to be fulfilled.
Friendship Part 3: Bearing One Another's Burdens
In the final episode on the 3 parts of friendship, Gretchen and Katie talk about what it means to bear one another burdens.
When There's Nothing to be Thankful For
In a year where things are unclear, tensions are heartbreaking, and uncertainty is rampant, what can we be thankful for?
Healthy Friendships Part 2
This episode focuses on healthy expectations of people, as well as our own insecurities going into friendships.
Resilient Kids
Life will not go as planned nor as we would hope, but "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
Healthy Friendships Part 1
Gretchen and Katie are starting a new series on how law and gospel theology effects relationships.