{"podcast":{"title":"Grace in the Grind: Biblical Faith for Everyday Life","slug":"grace-in-the-grind-7570221","podcast_index_feed_id":7570221,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/grace-in-the-grind-pod1/feed.xml","website_url":"https://arrowandrootscoffeeco.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/grace-in-the-grind-pod1/podcast_cover_20260712_110708_2d2e2e83817c761fcf7fa4d384de763e.png","author":"Cody Hudson","episode_count":77,"summary":"Does the way we’re living actually match what Scripture says? Grace in the Grind: Biblical Faith for Everyday Life is a conversation built over a cup — sometimes a whole pot — of coffee. We take serious biblical truth and bring it into the places where faith actually gets lived: work, marriage, family, church, success, disappointment, suffering, calling, relationships, and all the ordinary stuff that has a way of getting complicated fast. Through honest stories, biblical teaching, real conversation, and the occasional caffeinated detour, Cody keeps coming back to that same question — not to stir up outrage, but to help us examine what we believe, how we live, and where we may have confused what is familiar with what is biblical. That means questioning assumptions. Challenging familiar patterns. Admitting when something we’ve called normal may not actually line up with Scripture. Grace in the Grind is about letting Scripture correct us, letting grace meet us where we’ve failed, and learning to follow Christ more faithfully in the middle of real life. Each twelve-episode season is a “Pot,” with each episode serving as a “Cup.” Shorter Extra Shot episodes dig deeper into the theology…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T00:19:15.499326+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-in-the-grind-7570221"},"episode":{"title":"When Love Has to Tell the Truth","slug":"when-love-has-to-tell-the-truth","published_at":"2026-09-09T10:00:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-in-the-grind-7570221/when-love-has-to-tell-the-truth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-in-the-grind-7570221","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/grace-in-the-grind-pod1/3132021","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/354257/3132021/grace-in-the-grind-pod1/2026_09_07_21_32_22_62afe85e-84f1-41f5-8bd8-7172aba4bc6b.mp3","summary":"What should Christians do when someone we love is walking in serious sin? In Pot 3, Cup 8 of Grace in the Grind, Cody Hudson examines biblical correction, church discipline, repentance, and restoration—and why Christian love cannot always remain silent. Church discipline can sound harsh, controlling, or even abusive. And sadly, it has sometimes been practiced that way. But that is not the picture Scripture gives us. Jesus describes a patient process of personal confrontation in Matthew 18. Galatians 6 calls believers to restore someone caught in sin with gentleness. First Corinthians 5 shows that persistent, unrepentant sin can harm the whole body. And 2 Corinthians 2 reminds us that when repentance comes, discipline should give way to forgiveness, comfort, and reaffirmed love. This episode explores: • Why loving someone sometimes requires telling the truth • What Matthew 18 actually teaches about confronting sin • The difference between correction and condemnation • Why not every disagreement is a church-discipline issue • Why persistent, unrepentant sin cannot simply be ignored • How gentleness and holiness belong together • Why the whole church shares responsibility for one another • Why discipline should aim at restoration rather than punishment • How Christians should respond when genuine repentance occurs • Why grace never means making peace with destructive sin Ignoring sin can feel compassionate. Sometimes it is simply easier. But biblical love wants something better for our brothers and sisters than leaving them alone in what is destroying them. At the same time, holiness never gives Christians permission to become harsh, self-righteous, controlling, or humiliating. Biblical correction is not about winning. It is about restoration. The goal is not to make some…","meta_description":"What should Christians do when someone we love is walking in serious sin? In Pot 3, Cup 8 of Grace in the Grind, Cody Hudson examines biblical correction,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1678,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grace-in-the-grind-7570221/episodes/when-love-has-to-tell-the-truth/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-in-the-grind-7570221/when-love-has-to-tell-the-truth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}