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What if having a pure heart has less to do with our actions or more to do with our motives? In this episode, Fawn Ellerbrook discusses Matthew 5:8 with Tabitha and Brian Caplinger, and we're challenged to understand that spiritual flourishing isn't about checking boxes or maintaining a perfect image. Instead, it's about the internal work God does within us when we position ourselves in the right place. The Hebrew understanding of 'heart' reveals it as the center of our intellectual and emotional life, where our desires, affections, and choices originate. This means purity isn't about following a religious checklist; it's about having undivided allegiance to God, with motives aligned to His will rather than our own self-protection or image management.

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In this episode, Brian and Tabitha Caplinger sat down with Mary Stoinski - founder of Demential Life STL - and Wanita Foster - a member of Faith Community staff.

They talk about what it means to show mercy, why it's important to receive it ourselves, and how showing love to others can make a huge difference in the world around us.

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00:00 Welcome & Introductions

03:15 Blessed are the Merciful - Defining Terms

06:52 Simple kindness matters

17:30 We're not above needing help

24:00 Healthy boundaries for caregivers

28:30 Where does forgiveness fit in?

37:45 How do you express mercy in everyday life?

49:30 Barriers to Mercy

54:00 Receive mercy yourself

Learn more about Dementia Life STL here.

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Following Jesus is a choice, not a feeling. In this conversation, we continue our look at the Beatitudes with a couple of new guests you're going to love! Chet Hunter and Madison Hunter have such great insight into what it means to hunger and thirst after righteousness throughout the seasons of life.

02:30 Recap & today's Beatitude

04:00 Defining Terms

10:00 How our journeys began

20:00 Going after the healthy food for your soul

28:00 What does it look like to find satisfaction in God?

30:00 Following God is a choice, not a feeling

40:00 How do we identify what's missing?

50:00 People can be weird, God is not

55:00 The Power of Community

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If you're new to the Bible or want to take your study further, consider these free resources we use ourselves:

Bible.com - A free, digital Bible with many translations from YouVersion that also provides hundreds of devotionals

BibleProject.com - A free resource from The Bible Project that provides in-depth overviews and studies of Scripture as well as key concepts and themes within the Bible.

What Matters Most is a podcast from Faith Community Church.

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No matter where you're at on your journey, you are welcome here.

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