Christian steadiness for anxious seasons.
Faith Over Fear brings Christian teaching into anxious, emotionally heavy seasons without pretending faith makes struggle disappear. Hosts and guests connect Scripture, prayer, body-calming practices, and honest stories about waiting, illness, relationships, and hope.
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Faith Over Fear is a Christian podcast about anxiety, fear, and the hard spiritual questions that surface when life does not improve on schedule. It is not breezy reassurance. The show spends time with people who are waiting on test results, carrying relational wounds, recovering from deep discouragement, or trying to trust God when prayers seem unanswered. Jennifer Slattery and Carol McCracken shape many episodes around a clear emotional problem and a corresponding Christian truth. That structure gives the conversations a steady rhythm. Fear is named plainly. So are the lies that can attach to pain, including the belief that struggle means weak faith or divine rejection. The show’s strongest episodes combine biblical language with practical regulation tools. Breath prayer, Scripture focus, progressive muscle relaxation, deep breathing, and stress awareness appear alongside discussions of grace, identity, hope, and God’s presence. That mix gives Faith Over Fear a useful texture: devotional, but not detached from the body. Guests broaden the frame. Courtney Reisig talks about belief when circumstances change. Kirby Kelly brings testimony, theology, and language around hope after severe emotional pain. Mary DeMuth speaks to past wounds, safe relationships, disagreement, misunderstanding, and restored patterns. Dr. Charles Stone addresses stress, resilience, peace, and productivity. Chris Roman connects emotional limits, self-care, and continuing work through change. The show is also recognizably Christian in its assumptions and vocabulary, with regular references to Jesus, Scripture, prayer, redemption, calling, and God’s faithfulness. Its tenderness is grounded in conviction rather than vagueness. Some episodes include sponsor segments and cross-promotions, which can briefly shift the flow. Still, the editorial center is consistent: fear may be loud, but it is not treated as the final authority. Faith Over Fear suits listeners who want Christian counsel for anxious thoughts, painful waiting, family stress, and old relational patterns without being told to simply try harder or move on.
Made for: Faith Over Fear is for Christians navigating anxiety, unanswered prayers, emotional exhaustion, family stress, or relational wounds. It especially suits listeners who want biblical encouragement paired with practical calming tools.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by treating anxiety as spiritual, emotional, and physical at once. It pairs Scripture-centered reassurance with concrete practices such as breath prayer, muscle relaxation, and stress-response awareness.
Life is too short and God has too much for us to do for any of us to live enslaved. Jesus promised His followers would experience filled to overflowing life, a life characterized by joy, peace, and spiritual and emotional vitality. And yet, we daily make decisions based on fear, not faith. In Faith Over Fear, author and speaker Jennifer Slattery helps us see different areas of life where fear has a foothold, and how our identity as children of God can help us move from fear to faithful, bold living.This podcast covers topics like:⭐️ How to Overcome Fear⭐️ Biblical Strategies for Overcoming Fear and Anxiety⭐️ Powerful Steps to Fight Anxiety⭐️ Finding God Faithful in Hard Seasons⭐️ Courage to…
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A faith-centered discussion pairs breath prayer and muscle relaxation with a grounded view of anxiety's physical toll.
Faith Over Fear looks at anxiety as both a body-level response and a spiritual burden, which gives the episode a helpful lane beyond the harmful assumption that stronger faith should simply make distress disappear.
A Christian conversation about past wounds, misunderstanding, and meeting differences with curiosity.
On Faith Over Fear, Carol McCracken talks with returning guest Mary DeMuth about how old wounds can make disagreement feel threatening. DeMuth describes the pain of being misunderstood and urges curiosity about people with different views before assuming the worst.
Faith Over Fear links faith to the courage of trusting God before the outcome is clear.
Faith Over Fear treats receiving as a matter of trust, especially when God removes something painful and the next gift still feels difficult to accept.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
A pastor and apologist discusses how to manage emotions and express grace and truth in difficult spiritual conversations.
A podcast episode exploring how to maintain faith, hope, and connection with loved ones and God while enduring profound pain and loss.
Jennifer Slattery and Max Lucado discuss relying on the Holy Spirit's power to overcome fear and anxiety in difficult seasons.
Jennifer Slattery talks with Mike Donaghey of 10th Avenue North about "letting go for dear life," a release shaped by his car crash recovery, the band's break, and its later return.
Faith Over Fear features Carol McCracken and Kristin discussing anxiety, trauma, and Christian mental health after Kristin's daughter came home from the NICU with a severe chromosomal deletion.
Jennifer Slattery and Courtney Reisig discuss unanswered prayer, spiritual abuse, and the claim that “delayed rescue doesn't mean diminished love.” Reisig recounts resigning from church staff after reporting sexual-abuse allegations, losing employment and community relationships, and helping her children understand child-protection boundaries.
Faith Over Fear examines how Kirby Kelly’s experiences with parental addiction, grief, bullying, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm shaped the Christian hope discussed in The Fabric of Hope.
A Christian podcast episode addressing the struggle of trusting God when prayers seem unanswered, featuring a host and a promo for the Salvation Army's Words of Life podcast.
Jennifer Slattery and Carol McCracken discuss how biblical truth can calm anxiety and fear, sharing personal experiences with health scares.
On Faith Over Fear, Carol McCracken and Mary DeMuth examine why repeated relationships with narcissistic or predatory people can reflect attempts to resolve childhood wounds.
Host Jennifer Slattery interviews Dr.
Chris Rohman from Sanctus Real discusses overcoming fear and anxiety through faith, even when facing major life changes like finding a new lead singer.