Maybe God With Eric Huffman

If God is really good, why does life seem so unfair? If He really loves us, why doesn’t He do something about our suffering? Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Curt Thompson teaches us how to find and maintain hope in the face of immense personal and global suffering.  Also, Maybe God host Eric Huffman opens up about the very recent and devastating loss of his mother.   Read Dr. Thompson’s latest book: “The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope”   Listen to Dr. Thompson’s first Maybe God interview: “Should We Get Naked Together?”   Watch this interview: youtube.com/maybegodpodcast   Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate    Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com    Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

A replay of a popular 2019 episode where Gossip Girl actress Zuzanna Szadkowski and world-famous psychologist Barry Schwartz helped us understand what’s wrong with the modern dating world.   Most of us grew up being told that one day we’ll find The One, get married, have babies, and grow old together. It’s a formula that seems to have served past generations well, so as we came of age, the search was on. And we liked our chances because, thanks to dating apps like Tinder, we have more options at our fingertips than any generation before us. Still, fewer young adults than ever are walking the aisle, and for the first time in America’s history, single adults outnumber married ones. In this episode, we explore the wild world of online dating, which empowers singles to accept or reject hundreds of potential mates an hour without ever really seeing them, and we ask the question: with all these choices, why aren’t more people finding The One?    Featured book: The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwa

Is Infidelity Unforgivable?   According to recent stats, 20% of married men and 13% of married women admitted to having sex with someone other than their spouse. Can a marriage survive secrets and infidelity? Humorist and author Harrison Scott Key recounts the most shocking tale he’s ever told about how his own marriage nearly fell apart following years of infidelity, and in a rare interview, his wife Lauren tells her side of the story.   Read Harrison’s memoir: “How To Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told”   Watch this interview: youtube.com/maybegodpodcast   Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com    Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate    Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

In a recent sermon from The Story Church, Eric Huffman exposes one of the most common lies being told in our culture today - that marriage is “just a piece of paper”. He ends with an emotional and powerful story about his own parents who spent years battling cancer together. This episode is part of Maybe God’s month-long series exploring better ways to approach dating, intimacy, and marriage.   Watch this sermon: youtube.com/maybegodpodcast   Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com    Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate    Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

Maybe God kicks off a month-long dating and marriage series with a conversation on sex and intimacy with trusted marriage experts and hosts of the popular Naked Marriage Podcast, Dave and Ashley Willis. In this episode, they address what a healthy marriage and sex life looks like, how pornography and masturbation can negatively impact relationships, and how to talk to your kids about sex.   Listen to the Naked Marriage Podcast: https://xomarriage.com/podcasts/the-naked-marriage   Find featured books: https://www.daveandashleywillis.com   Watch this interview: youtube.com/maybegodpodcast   Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com    Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate    Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

No one was more surprised than bestselling crime novelist and Edgar Award-winner Andrew Klavan when, at the age of fifty, he found himself about to be baptized. Born into a secular Jewish family outside of New York City, he grew into an alienated young writer whose disconnection and rage devolved into depression and suicidal breakdown. Searching for truth in the aftermath, he started to pray, almost experimentally, and the result was a relationship with the Messiah he’d been taught most of his life to reject.  More on Andrew Klavan: https://www.andrewklavan.com Watch this interview: youtube.com/maybegodpodcast Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com  Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate  Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

Professor Nancy Pearcey, bestselling author of Love Thy Body, reveals why she believes the secular view of human life and flourishing is contrary to nature itself and doesn’t deliver on its promise to value life or promote well-being. In this episode, she tackles issues like abortion, euthanasia, transgenderism, homosexuality, hookup culture and pornography. Plus, why Prof. Pearcey believes her latest book on masculinity has become her most controversial to date.  Nancy Pearcey is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, as well as Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual." Watch this interview: youtube.com/maybegodpodcast Sig

A replay of the popular 2019 episode that inspired Maybe God's award-winning documentary series called ACROSS. As the crisis intensifies along the southern border, scoring political points is easier than getting to the heart of the matter. Some say the US has a moral obligation to receive all refugees; many others, including 68% of white evangelicals, insist we have no responsibility to receive any refugees at all. But what if we're looking at this crisis from the wrong point of view? By giving migrants a platform to share their powerful stories of faith, this episode compels us all to walk a mile (or 2,000) in their shoes. When we take the time to listen, their faith will change our hearts, and when all our hearts are changed, we'll change the world together. Watch ACROSS: www.acrossdocumentary.com Support the San Antonio Mennonite Church: www.sanantoniomennonite.org Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate Follow Mayb

A replay of the popular 2019 episode that inspired Maybe God's award-winning documentary series called ACROSS. Since 2014, the number of migrants crossing the border has skyrocketed, leading to the highly politicized border crisis we've seen in the news. In debates like this one, we’re so quick to point out who the villains are and what the solutions are that we forget to answer the most important questions: Where is God in this crisis? What does He want us to learn from it? What does He want us to do about it?  In this episode, the Maybe God team travels to El Paso to search for God’s voice in voices the asylum-seekers and their allies. Learn more and watch ACROSS: www.acrossdocumentary.com  Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com  Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate  Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

For nearly 35 years, legendary mythologist, author and storyteller Martin Shaw turned his back on Christianity, feeling from a young age that the evangelical faith of his childhood didn’t fit with his deeply artistic soul. Maybe God guest host Justin Brierley speaks with Martin about the mystical experiences that led to his unexpected and miraculous return to Christianity in 2019.   About Martin Shaw: https://drmartinshaw.com/   Read more from Martin Shaw: https://martinshaw.substack.com/   Watch this interview: youtube.com/maybegodpodcast    Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com    Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate    Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

In a recent sermon for The Story Church, Eric Huffman warns us about the strategies of our greatest enemy so that we can be better equipped to fight and win the spiritual battles that each day brings. Watch our interviews: youtube.com/maybegodpodcast Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com  Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate  Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

After nearly four years in production, the Maybe God team is thrilled to announce that our award-winning documentary series called ACROSS is now available for streaming at www.acrossdocumentary.com! Released on World Refugee Day (June 20, 2023), ACROSS shares heartbreaking and inspiring stories of asylum seekers fleeing imminent danger and finding hope and healing through the love of faithful individuals and churches. On this special episode, Maybe God host Eric Huffman, Maybe God and ACROSS producer Julie Mirlicourtois, and ACROSS cast member Pastor John Garland talk about the series, share powerful clips, and reveal behind-the-scenes details.  Receive a special discount for World Refugee Day by streaming ACROSS today - June 20, 2023! Watch ACROSS: www.acrossdocumentary.com Help us spread the word on Facebook and Instagram: @acrossdocumentary Watch this interview: www.youtube.com/maybegodpodcast Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com  Donate to future episodes: www.mayb

On this special edition of Maybe God, Justin Brierley commemorates the life and legacy of Timothy Keller, world-renowned pastor, author, and theologian, who passed away on May 19, 2023 at age 72 after a three-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Justin speaks with three people who were personally impacted by Keller’s work, including Collin Hansen, author of “Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation”, Molly Worthen, a journalist and associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Max McLean, an award-winning actor and founder and artistic director of New York City-based Fellowship for Performing Arts. Featured Book: “Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation” https://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Keller-Spiritual-Intellectual-Formation/dp/0310128684/?tag=thegospcoal-20 Featured Obituary by Molly Worthen: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/05/tim-keller-pastor-obituary/674124/  Molly’s story on Gospel Coalition:   https://www.t

Do miracles still happen the way we believe they did in biblical times? Why are we so skeptical when people say they’ve witnessed a miraculous healing or supernatural event? In this episode, Dr. Craig Keener, New Testament professor and author of “Miracles Today: The Supernatural Work of God in the Modern World”, shares the concrete evidence he’s discovered for reasonable belief in modern-day miracles. Featured book: “Miracles Today: The Supernatural Work of God in the Modern World” by Dr. Craig Keener Watch this interview: youtube.com/maybegodpodcast Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com  Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate  Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

Contrary to popular belief, the most dangerous place for kids is a lot closer than we think. On today’s episode, Sam Chapman, husband of world-renowned sex and relationship expert Dr. Laura Berman, shares their tragic story of loss at the hands of an online drug dealer targeting teens with fentanyl. Plus, online safety expert Rania Mankarious offers solutions for how parents can protect an entire generation of children growing up in unprecedented times, and a special offer for Maybe God listeners from the founder of Parent ProTech. Featured book: “The Online World, What You Think You Know and What You Don't: 4 Critical Tools for Raising Kids in the Digital Age” by Rania Mankarious Access Maybe God Discount for Parent ProTech: https://course.parentprotech.com/courses/parentprotech?coupon=maybegodpodcast Dr. Laura Berman’s organization for parents: https://parentsforsaferchildren.org/ Watch this interview: youtube.com/maybegodpodcast  Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com

Even as our culture grows more cynical toward monogamy and marriage, the majority of young Americans still hope to find "The One" and get hitched. Deep down, we still believe in life-altering, breathtaking, rapturous love. But what if the love we're searching for isn't the kind of love we really need? Today, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from 2019 (with a BIG update!), where a young woman shares the story of how one man's love changed her life forever in the most unexpected way. Their love story left us wondering if we've lost the plot when it comes to dating and relationships. What if the love we need isn't necessarily romantic or sexual? PLUS, a very special update from Meredith Kirk, four years after recording her original interview.  Operation Matchmaker: https://www.maybegodpod.com/matchmaking Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com  Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate  Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

It’s Justin Brierley’s debut episode as guest host of Maybe God! Justin begins by moderating a lively discussion between Secular Humanist Bart Campolo and Maybe God host and Christian pastor Eric Huffman. Bart Campolo, son of famous pastor Tony Campolo, was the very first guest on Maybe God five years ago, but the conversation didn’t quite go as the Maybe God team had hoped. With Justin’s help, round two is much more fruitful; both Bart and Eric explore what caused them to completely changed their worldviews about 10 years ago and what challenges them most about the other’s current worldview.  Watch the ACROSS trailer: https://www.acrossdocumentary.com More on Bart Campolo: https://bartcampolo.org/ More on Justin Brierley: https://justinbrierley.com/ Send encouragement to Dr. Tony Campolo: Dr. Tony Campolo c/o Beaumont at Bryn Mawr 601 N Ithan Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Watch this interview: www.youtube.com/maybegodpodcast Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com  Donate to

What is hell, and why would a loving God send people there forever? In part two of this 2018 episode, Maybe God host Eric Huffman continues his conversation with "Imagine Heaven" author John Burke, who insists that the God of the Bible isn't who most people believe Him to be. We also reveal the dramatic conclusion to Howard Storm's harrowing descent into hell, and introduce you to Crystal McVea, a sexual abuse victim who believed God could never love her...until the day she died and met Him, face to face. Featured book: "Imagine Heaven" by John Burke Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate

Eric Huffman takes a look back at one of Maybe God's most popular and impactful episodes of all time. We all know that death is a fact of life, but is it the end of life? In part one of this 2018 series, Maybe God host Eric Huffman talks to pastor and New York Times best-selling author John Burke about his 30-year journey studying over a thousand near-death claims, people from all different countries and religions who say they've "crossed over" and met God. We'll also introduce you to Jeffrey Olsen and Howard Storm, two men who say they experienced the afterlife, in one case, hell. Featured book: "Imagine Heaven" by John Burke Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com  Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate  Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod

Listen up Unbelievable? fans! For the first time, author and broadcaster Justin Brierley and his wife, Reverend Lucy Brierley, sit down together from their home in the U.K. for a rare conversation on why Justin left the Unbelievable? show after 17 amazing years, how his role in their local church has informed his work, and how they’ve both witnessed the conversations surrounding Christianity shifting in big ways. The Maybe God team is thrilled to announce that Justin will be guest hosting a series of fascinating conversations for Maybe God starting in May! Follow Justin’s latest work: www.instagram.com/justin.brierley Listen to our full episode featuring Justin Brierley and Unbelievable?  Sign up for our weekly newsletter with exclusive content: www.maybegodpod.com  Donate to future episodes: www.maybegodpod.com/donate  Follow Maybe God on Instagram and Facebook: @maybegodpod