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Finding it hard to forgive yourself for past mistakes, especially the ones you “should’ve known better” than to make? Kyle explains why self-forgiveness feels so hard for people who freely extend grace to everyone else. From Peter’s denial of Jesus to Paul’s past to a crooked step on his own staircase, you’ll learn how to give yourself the grace God already gives you. Plus, a simple declaration to say the next time you mess up. (Encore episode, originally released January 6, 2026.)

Still struggling with the same sins? Feel like you should be better by now? Longtime pastor, author, and radio Bible teacher Steve Brown joins Kyle to reveal what’s better than trying to be a better Christian. Discover why lies of guilt and shame drive our behavior, how sin can be a surprising gift, and why confession is our most powerful witness.

Struggling as a Christian? Feel like a failure no matter how hard you try? Many believers spend years fighting to become better Christians—more disciplined, less flawed, closer to perfect—only to end up exhausted, discouraged, and sure they’re falling short with God. Discover why that fight so often ends in defeat, and the real battle Jesus came to help us win.

Searches for “how to find purpose in life” have doubled in recent years. People continue to search with no real answers because they’re overlooking 3 places where purpose is really found. In this message, Kyle walks through biblical and historical examples, including insights from his own life, that help you stop chasing purpose and start recognizing it.

God still speaks. Yet most people mistake His voice for things that only add more guilt, fear, and condemnation. Kyle shares a simple test to tell God’s voice apart from the noise, opinions, and misapplied Scripture it gets confused with every day.

Does anxiety run in your family? Addiction? Sickness? Maybe you’ve wondered if you’re paying for something you didn’t even do. In this teaching, Kyle asks if generational curses are real, and traces the idea back to its root to find out. What he found will change how you see your family history, your struggles, and what you actually inherited.

You’ve been told to “love God more” through longer prayers, Bible reading, and service. Or you look at your struggles and think, “If I loved God more, I wouldn’t do this.” Kyle makes the case that disciplines don’t grow your love. And your struggles aren’t proof you need more. He traces where the pressure to perform love for God comes from, and a better way to think about it.

Your life runs on what you believe, not what you do. Change your thoughts consistently, and you rewire your brain, which changes how your body responds emotionally and physically. Kyle breaks down how this works, then hands you three Bible-backed thoughts that produce more confidence, courage, even better behavior.

Do you keep asking “Why do I keep making the same mistake?” no matter how many times you swear it’s the last? Or, if you’re a Christian, maybe it’s “Why do I keep sinning?” even after promising God (and yourself) it’s over? Kyle uncovers one lie that keeps sending you back to the start of the cycle.

There’s a pattern in Jesus’ healings that shows up before more than half of them. It’s the same condition science says your body needs to heal, physically and emotionally. Kyle traces it from Eden, to the Old Testament law, to Jesus’ healing ministry, to what neuroscience now confirms.

Do you ever feel like you’re one bad moment away from God smiting you? I have! But there are four times Jesus did something that revealed to me a different story, each one dismantling a piece of the angry-God picture I held. This teaching gets into what He actually said and did with people religion was sure he’d never tolerate, and why it matters for how you see God, yourself, and others.

Think sharing the gospel means pointing out sin first? This teaching shows that’s not what God asks, and never was. You’ll hear how to reflect the Holy Spirit in how you talk to people—the same way people did in the book of Acts, where thousands came to Christ without a single threat or guilt trip. You’ll leave this teaching with a simpler way to share your faith.

Brain scan studies have found what phrase works best to stop guilt, and it lines up with something Scripture has said for centuries. In this episode, Kyle Winkler breaks down the brain science behind guilt and explores the game changer for getting over it.

The rest you feel on vacation? It’s not meant to end. Kyle Winkler shows how to let rest in Christ influence your soul—your mind, will, and emotions. Through Bible study and his own story of trading years of performance-based faith for grace, you’ll discover how to truly live on vacation.

Learning how to forgive someone who hurt you starts with a surprising truth: stop trying. Kyle Winkler shares what he has learned about forgiveness that most churches don’t tell you, including why it’s not just a decision, not about their apology, and why understanding God’s grace for you is the real key to letting go.