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In this episode of Deep Spirituality, Russ Ewell chats with Matt McChlery about why picking up a book is actually a “rebellion” for your soul in a world of endless scrolling. After interviewing nearly 100 authors, Matt has seen firsthand how the power of story helps us connect with God far better than a dry lecture ever could.

They get real about authenticity, sharing that we need to drop the “perfect Christian” mask and be honest about our messy journeys. Matt even opens up about his own battle with cancer, explaining that when we share our “storms,” it creates “light through the cracks” for everyone else. To wrap things up, they talk about the magic of music—how it gets into the gaps of our hearts to take us straight to God—and why every community should celebrate its own unique “sound”.

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Scriptures:

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, [17] so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. [9] Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:8-9 NIV

We are in this struggle together. You have seen my struggle in the past, and you know that I am still in the midst of it.

Philippians 1:30 NLT

Each of us is a part of the one body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But the Holy Spirit has fitted us all together into one body. We have been baptized into Christ’s body by the one Spirit, and have all been given that same Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:13 TLB

By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

John 13:35 BSB

I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.

John 17:23 NLT

This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God: by having a passionate love for God and by obedience to his commands.

1 John 5:2 TPT

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