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Season 9 Trailer

Season 9 Trailer

S9Trailer · · 00:53

Trailer for the Dr. Lee Warren Podcast, Season 9New season premiers September 22, 2023!

The Physics of Hope, and the Last Worst Thing

The Physics of Hope, and the Last Worst Thing

S8E93 · · 23:34

What Do Grief, Loss, Hope, and Faith Have to Do With Quantum Physics? (Adapted from Season 1, Episode 7 for Throwback Thursday)Life is uncertain. You can observe that in the real wor...

What Do You Say? With Tommy and Eileen Walker and Lisa Warren

What Do You Say? With Tommy and Eileen Walker and Lisa Warren

S8E92 · · 01:20:31

What Does God Say When We're Hurting?Join Lisa and me for a conversation with Tommy Walker and his daughter Eileen Walker about how to hear God's voice when things are hard, what wor...

Defined or Refined?

Defined or Refined?

S8E91 · · 23:25

Defined or Refined?A short talk about how to answer the question of whether suffering will define us, or refine us. Scripture: Isaiah 48:10, Romans 5:3-5PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show ...

Mind Change Monday: A Thread of Hope

Mind Change Monday: A Thread of Hope

S8E90 · · 54:29

Mind Change Monday: A Thread of HopeA long talk about 9/11, the value in connecting the dots of your life, and the hope found in the long arc of a story.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show ...

What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

S8E89 · · 39:44

When life hits you hard, sometimes you don't know what to do next. In this episode, we'll find out. Music by Tommy WalkerPLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here t...

When Issues Mount, Don't Despair

When Issues Mount, Don't Despair

S8E88 · · 11:20

A short talk about recent tech problems, and a simple request for you. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of ho...

Be Kind to Yourself

Be Kind to Yourself

S8E87 · · 27:31

Recurring Negative Thinking Can Harm Your LifeToday, some self-brain surgery tools to help you learn to be kind to yourself.Scripture: Psalm 28, Psalm 143, Psalm 139, II Samuel 12PLE...

Happification: Finding Your Way Back to Hope

Happification: Finding Your Way Back to Hope

S8E86 · · 41:06

What Do You Stand On When the World Gives Way Under Your Feet?Today, we talk about how we find our way back to hope, meaning, purpose, and maybe even happiness again when the world f...

The Road is Life?

The Road is Life?

S8E85 · · 35:09

What Happens When You Squeeze an Orange?A few thoughts on why movies and novels about “the road” are so compelling as metaphors for life, an alternative viewpoint for Christians, and...

30 Good Decisions

30 Good Decisions

S8E83 · · 25:58

If Making Dramatic Changes Sounds Intimidating, Here’s an AlternativeHere's a short talk about a great idea for September. What if we just made one good decision every day? How would...

Susie Larson: How to Be Fully Alive

Susie Larson: How to Be Fully Alive

S8E82 · · 48:37

Our physical bodies are intimately linked to our mental and spiritual health.Join me for another incredible talk about how to come fully alive with author, speaker, and radio host Su...

Take Charge of Your Own Brain

Take Charge of Your Own Brain

S8E81 · · 27:33

It’s Time to Take ChargeIt’s September 1, and it’s time to take command of the incredible ability we all have to change our own minds. Today, we talk about self-directed neuroplastic...

Radical Mind Shift

Radical Mind Shift

S8E80 · · 28:59

It’s Time to Radically Examine Our WorldviewDo you know where your worldview came from, and who influenced it the most? Was it “caught,” or “taught?” Is it Biblically based, influenc...

Small Beginnings

Small Beginnings

S8E79 · · 13:26

It's Time to Pick Up the Hammer and Get After It!All-In August is almost over, and it's go time. Here are some thoughts about how God rejoices when we start today. Scripture: Zechari...

The Type of Relationship We Need (Tuesdays with Tata #88)

The Type of Relationship We Need (Tuesdays with Tata #88)

S8E78 · · 28:39

It’s Tuesdays with Tata!Today, Tata takes us through the arrival of three visitors at Abraham’s house in Genesis 18. It’s a great talk about the kind of relationship we should all se...

Same Old Mistakes

Same Old Mistakes

S6E6 · · 11:01

If You Keep Making the Same Mistakes, Don't Give Up!Quiet time around mistakes.Colossians 3:13PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the Fi...

Mind Change Monday: The 10 Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery

Mind Change Monday: The 10 Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery

S8E77 · · 11:21

It’s Mind Change Monday!Today, a quick run through the Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery.If you want to change your life, you have to change your mind first, and these ten ideas...

All In: Feelings vs. Faith

All In: Feelings vs. Faith

S8E76 · · 25:05

Today, we talk about the difference between feelings and faith. Scripture: Proverbs 3:4-5, James 1:6Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, hea...

Everyday Hope: Hayden Vroegop

Everyday Hope: Hayden Vroegop

S8E75 · · 38:51

An Inspiring Story of Overcoming Moral InjuryThe Covid pandemic of 2020 caused all of us problems, and cost many people their lives. We are still counting the costs as a society, and...

Theology and Self-Brain Surgery

Theology and Self-Brain Surgery

S8E74 · · 50:29

Today, we’re talking about how getting your theology right is the key to changing your mind and changing your life.Scripture: Isaiah 55:11, Galatians 5Books mentioned:The Knowledge o...

Max Lucado on Hope in Anxious Times

Max Lucado on Hope in Anxious Times

S8E73 · · 39:37

These are troubling times. It helps to have a pastor.Today for Throwback Thursday, I’m bringing back a conversation I had with New York Times Bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado...

Is it Serving You Well?

Is it Serving You Well?

S8E72 · · 21:47

We all have a response to the challenges we face in life.The question for today is: is your baseline response serving you well? We talk about the self-brain surgery seen in Psalm 73 ...

Tuesdays with Tata: Is Your Name in the Book?

Tuesdays with Tata: Is Your Name in the Book?

S8E71 · · 27:31

Tata talks about how we can know our names are in the Book of LifeJoin us for a fascinating and hopeful conversation about “the books,” and “The Book” mentioned in Revelation 20 and ...

Mind-Change Monday: Change Your Mind With Memory and Movement

Mind-Change Monday: Change Your Mind With Memory and Movement

S8E70 · · 19:00

Psalm 73 is a perfect example of self-brain surgery in the BibleToday, a great look at the thought biopsy technique, lousy attitude lobotomy, and better thought transplant operations...

Don't Make an Operation Out of Suffering

Don't Make an Operation Out of Suffering

S8E69 · · 31:20

A New Self-Brain Surgery Operation for Sufferers“Pain is inevitable. But suffering is optional”Haruki MurakamiToday, a very personal talk about how to reframe our thinking about long...

Susie Larson: God is Closer Than Your Next Breath

Susie Larson: God is Closer Than Your Next Breath

S8E68 · · 43:40

Where is God when we need Him the most?Join me for the first of two incredible talks about God’s loving presence in our lives with author, speaker, and radio host Susie Larson!This i...

Ejection Seat Theology

Ejection Seat Theology

S8E67 · · 24:54

What Happens When Life Launches You Out of the Path You Thought You Were On?Here's a talk about those unexpected events that change our lives dramatically and unexpectedly, those "ma...

You Can't Have That, and It's Okay

You Can't Have That, and It's Okay

S8E66 · · 31:30

Sometimes God Says No. Do We Believe He’s On Our Side Even Then?“Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they ma...

The Physics of Suffering and Joy

The Physics of Suffering and Joy

S8E65 · · 28:26

The Laws of Physics Help Us Navigate the Zone Between Suffering and HopeLife is hard, and either suffering or joy will fill your heart eventually. The good news is, you get to choose...