Death to Life podcast

Love Reality Podcast Network
  • 4.8 (228)
  • Christianity
  • Updated Biweekly

A podcast that tells the stories of people that used to be one way, and now are completely different, and the thing that happened in between was Jesus. 

  1. 5h ago

    Throwback episode: Uprooting Past Traumas and Strengthening Relationships through Forgiveness: A Conversation with Morgan Huffman

    This week marks 7 years since Morgan got free — so we're resurfacing one of our all-time favorite episodes of Death to Life. If you want a picture of what God can do when His people pray, this is it. Morgan Huffman's real struggles with control, self-confidence, and pride in her marriage are laid bare. Betrayal, religious differences, and past trauma challenge her relationship with Tyler. Confronting communication issues, addiction, and infidelity, she finds transformation through faith in God. Keywords: Struggles, Battles for Control, Self-Confidence, Pride, Betrayal, Religious Differences, Past Trauma, Communication Problems, Addiction, Infidelity, Transformative Power of Faith, Redemption 💰 DONATE & SUPPORT our Ministry: lovereality.org/give 👍 LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alovereality 📷 FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riyoung31/ 📚 LEARN more at our site: lovereality.org Join us for the best gathering on the internet, Internet Church. Every other Friday. Find out at www.lovereality.org/circles Continue growing with friends! Join a circle over at www.lovereality.org/circles

  2. Sep 11

    #276 Vineta: Learning That God’s Approval Is Enough

    We hear Vineta’s journey from a sincere love for Jesus into perfectionism, burnout, and the exhausting chase for approval. We talk through how the gospel set her free, reshaped her view of mental health, and taught her to meet depression with the gentleness of Christ. • growing up with deep faith while absorbing a works-driven mindset • discovering living faith outside one denomination through high school friendships • carrying leadership titles as a substitute for worth and belonging • hitting burnout and naming the need for people’s approval • healing in layers through rest, simplicity, and community • hearing that Jesus died for sins done against us and choosing forgiveness • walking through depression and anxiety without treating it as spiritual failure • learning discernment between spiritual health and mental health • practicing Jesus’ way of gentleness and humility with ourselves and others • replacing striving with the truth that we are already loved 💰 DONATE & SUPPORT our Ministry: lovereality.org/give 👍 LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alovereality 📷 FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riyoung31/ 📚 LEARN more at our site: lovereality.org Join us for the best gathering on the internet, Internet Church. Every other Friday. Find out at www.lovereality.org/circles Continue growing with friends! Join a circle over at www.lovereality.org/circles

  3. Sep 4

    #275 Kira: The Denim Skirt Scorecard Finally Failed

    We sit down with Kira as she tells the long, winding road from church kid to skeptic to strict religion and finally to real rest in Jesus. Her story is raw, surprising, and full of moments where God keeps showing up when she cannot hold herself together. • growing up in a stable home while feeling socially “off” and trying to fix herself through effort • drifting from childhood faith into atheism, purpose seeking, and an identity built on achievement • a relationship collapse, depression, and a late-night prayer that shifts everything • getting pulled into fear-based religion and harmful control that looks like devotion • wandering alone, small mercies, and reminders that God protects even in confusion • years of Adventist legalism and the inability to feel truly safe with God • marriage strain, shame cycles, and the limits of behavior-based righteousness • hearing testimonies that spark hope and the gospel “clicking” through the Adam One and Adam Two lens • Sabbath as rest rather than a transaction and blessing as something already given in Christ • learning to speak life to her younger self and to anyone still trapped in performance 💰 DONATE & SUPPORT our Ministry: lovereality.org/give 👍 LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alovereality 📷 FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riyoung31/ 📚 LEARN more at our site: lovereality.org Join us for the best gathering on the internet, Internet Church. Every other Friday. Find out at www.lovereality.org/circles Continue growing with friends! Join a circle over at www.lovereality.org/circles

  4. Aug 28

    #274: Savannah Carlson, Gospel Over Guilt

    We sit down with Savannah to trace how fear, secrecy, and image-management in church culture fed a long cycle of shame and sexual sin, even while she tried hard to be a “good Christian.” A breakthrough in Hebrews 9 reframes everything, moving her from dead works to a confident identity in Christ that actually empowers lasting change. • growing up in a Christian home where weakness feels unsafe • chasing affirmation and confusing performance with closeness to God • a youth leadership “contract” that teaches secrecy over confession • the weekly cycle of temptation, crossing lines, guilt, and condemnation • how shame spreads through family and friend reactions • Hebrews 9 and “dead works” as the turning point • learning righteousness, forgiveness, and freedom through Jesus as High Priest • Romans 6 and renewing the mind as a daily practice • redefining humility as receiving what God already gave • helping others through coaching that targets limiting beliefs and gospel truth 💰 DONATE & SUPPORT our Ministry: lovereality.org/give 👍 LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alovereality 📷 FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riyoung31/ 📚 LEARN more at our site: lovereality.org Join us for the best gathering on the internet, Internet Church. Every other Friday. Find out at www.lovereality.org/circles Continue growing with friends! Join a circle over at www.lovereality.org/circles

  5. Aug 21

    #273: Crista Few, Grace That Outlives Grief

    We sit down with Crista Few as she grieves her mom’s death and explains why the resurrection of Jesus gives her peace even when she doesn’t have every answer. We talk through Adventist culture, church politics, and legalism, then come back to the simple center: the gospel is what Jesus has already done to reconcile us to God. • her mom’s oral cancer, hospice decision, and the “God moments” in the final days • the difference between beliefs and facts, especially around death and hope • why “being right” can quietly replace a relationship with Jesus • identity in Christ as a stabilizer through grief and change • experiencing church politics for the first time and how it reshapes trust • baptism vows, fear-based faith, and the pressure to perform • coffee controversy and how small issues reveal big control patterns • discovering Death to Life and rethinking what the gospel actually is • seeing the temple as a picture of Jesus rather than a checklist • assurance that salvation is secure because Jesus finished the work • readiness for the Second Coming without panic or superstition 💰 DONATE & SUPPORT our Ministry: lovereality.org/give 👍 LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alovereality 📷 FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riyoung31/ 📚 LEARN more at our site: lovereality.org Join us for the best gathering on the internet, Internet Church. Every other Friday. Find out at www.lovereality.org/circles Continue growing with friends! Join a circle over at www.lovereality.org/circles

  6. Aug 13

    #272 Jessica: What If The Gospel Sounds Like Being Wanted

    Some stories don’t start with rebellion. They start with devotion that slowly turns into a cage. We talk with Jessica from the Pacific Northwest about growing up around faith after God rescued her family, then spending years trying to “do it right” with relentless zeal. The deeper she went into religious performance, the more her inner world fell apart: suicidal thoughts, constant mental warfare, and a view of God that felt like tolerance instead of love. A painful relationship and deep shame only tightened the loop, until a moment overseas in Guam exposed what she couldn’t see yet: she believed she could only approach Jesus with fear, not with closeness. From there, Jessica walks us through stepping away from the systems that formed her, rebuilding her faith through Scripture, and wrestling with the question that many Christians avoid: what if the gospel really means freedom, not just forgiveness? She shares a seven-year stretch of severe physical breakdown, panic attacks, and loss that forced everything to the surface, and the turning point where God challenged her to “tame it”, not through willpower, but through renewing the mind and replacing lies with truth. We connect the dots between identity in Christ, nervous system overwhelm, religious trauma, and the healing that can follow when you finally see God as a Father who smiles over you. If you’ve ever felt trapped by shame, terrified you’ll never be “enough,” or exhausted from carrying the weight of the world, this conversation is for you. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review so more people can find these stories of death to life. 💰 DONATE & SUPPORT our Ministry: lovereality.org/give 👍 LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alovereality 📷 FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riyoung31/ 📚 LEARN more at our site: lovereality.org Join us for the best gathering on the internet, Internet Church. Every other Friday. Find out at www.lovereality.org/circles Continue growing with friends! Join a circle over at www.lovereality.org/circles

  7. Aug 6

    #271 Aly and Danny: Freedom That Survives A Breakup

    A breakup can feel like proof that you are unlovable, but what if it is actually the moment you discover who you are? Richard sits down with Danny and Aly for an honest, funny, and deeply human conversation about how a relationship that started with crushes and church culture expectations turned into codependency, collapsed under pressure, and then got rebuilt on something sturdier than validation. We walk through Danny’s spiral after the breakup, the loneliness and neediness he admits he put on Aly, and the surprising moment a gospel-centered truth landed: he could be okay even when his circumstances were not. From there, Allie shares her own turning point, facing the conditional-love mindset many Christians absorb over time, plus the purity culture shame that teaches people their worth is tied to performance, behavior, or sexual “cleanliness.” The thread running through both stories is simple but disruptive: identity is secure because Jesus says so, not because you can keep every rule or keep someone happy. Then the conversation goes where most Christian podcasts avoid: early marriage disappointment, painful sex, fear of intimacy, and the shame loop that convinces couples they are broken and alone. Danny and Aly talk about the slow path toward healing through better communication, couples therapy, pelvic floor physical therapy, and supportive mentors, all while learning to remove fear and speak honestly without blaming. 💰 DONATE & SUPPORT our Ministry: lovereality.org/give 👍 LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alovereality 📷 FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riyoung31/ 📚 LEARN more at our site: lovereality.org Join us for the best gathering on the internet, Internet Church. Every other Friday. Find out at www.lovereality.org/circles Continue growing with friends! Join a circle over at www.lovereality.org/circles

  8. Jul 23

    #270 Jacob Walda: How A Diluted Gospel Fueled Hidden Sin

    We sit down with Jacob Walda to talk about how a “heaven someday” gospel left him trapped in cycles of sin until Scripture and the power of Jesus rewired his identity. We trace the turning points that moved him from shame and confusion to freedom, discernment, and a life shaped by prayer and mission across Canada. • growing up churched with a list of rules and little power • college compromise, pornography struggles and the “fake Christian” sting • a concussion that forces a life audit and a return to God’s call • simple Bible and prayer habits that spark real change at home • studying Acts through Revelation and confronting the “wretched sinner” lens • Romans 6, baptism and learning to count ourselves dead to sin • weighing teachers by love and fruit rather than internet noise • building a consistent secret place and a mobile prayer shed • leaving pastoral work after fasting, visions and a new direction • evangelism, healing and Spirit-empowered ministry across Canada’s Arctic • a challenge to pray, seek God diligently and obey quickly 💰 DONATE & SUPPORT our Ministry: lovereality.org/give 👍 LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alovereality 📷 FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riyoung31/ 📚 LEARN more at our site: lovereality.org Join us for the best gathering on the internet, Internet Church. Every other Friday. Find out at www.lovereality.org/circles Continue growing with friends! Join a circle over at www.lovereality.org/circles

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A podcast that tells the stories of people that used to be one way, and now are completely different, and the thing that happened in between was Jesus. 

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  • Creator
    Love Reality Podcast Network
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    276
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Death to Life podcast
  • Show Website
    Death to Life podcast

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