{"podcast":{"title":"Speak The Truth","slug":"speak-the-truth-243909","podcast_index_feed_id":243909,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/speak-the-truth","website_url":"https://www.speakthetruth.org","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1ATOD1RFZwLW_CFeXmQDGUOcfdmx82TB4z8YMIWZJvA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NTQ5/ZmE0NzIwZjE5ZTJj/ZWRjMTAzOWRkNWJk/YTVjYi5wbmc.jpg","author":"Association of Biblical Counselors","episode_count":224,"summary":"A podcast devoted to giving biblical truth for educating, equipping, and encouraging the local church in counseling and discipleship.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T14:21:14.470393+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-the-truth-243909"},"episode":{"title":"EP. 217 Recognizing Bitterness: When Pain Turns to Resentment W/Author & Biblical Counselor Shannon McCoy","slug":"ep-217-recognizing-bitterness-when-pain-turns-to-resentment-w-author-biblical-counselor-shannon-mccoy","published_at":"2026-06-29T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-the-truth-243909/ep-217-recognizing-bitterness-when-pain-turns-to-resentment-w-author-biblical-counselor-shannon-mccoy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-the-truth-243909","url":"https://speakthetruth.org/217","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/2cf80db8/7c5c99bf.mp3","summary":"Michael interviews biblical counselor Shannon McCoy, who shares her current counseling season in South Carolina and her new role hosting shepherdpresspodcast.com. They discuss her emotions-track session on recognizing bitterness, defined as settled resentment formed when pain is rehearsed and judgment is retained rather than entrusted to God, drawing from Hebrews 12:15, Deuteronomy 29:18, James 3:14–15, and Acts 8:23. McCoy outlines a progression from pain to interpretation, judgment, and resentment, noting bitterness is often camouflaged as irritability and can defile individuals and communities. They emphasize a missing step between bitterness and forgiveness: lament, which includes honest complaint to God, repentance, and surrendering justice to Him, leading to peace, joy, and fruit-of-the-Spirit living even amid unresolved conflict. 00:00 Conference Welcome 00:58 Meet Shannon McCoy 01:22 New Season in Ministry 01:49 Podcast Hosting Adventures 02:54 Emotions Track Highlights 04:04 Why Bitterness Matters 04:48 Defining Bitterness Biblically 05:42 Calling Out Bitterness 07:05 From Bitterness to Forgiveness 08:10 Lament and Repentance 11:16 Bitterness Toward God 13:02 Surrendering Justice to God 13:32 Joy Versus Bitterness 14:29 Roots of Bitterness 15:32 Pain to Resentment Cycle 17:13 Family Estrangement Example 18:50 Bitterness Defiles the Heart 20:58 When Bitterness Turns Toxic 24:39 Flesh Versus Spirit Choice 26:34 Wrap Up and Next Steps Episode Mentions Shepherd Press Podcast W/Shannon","meta_description":"Michael interviews biblical counselor Shannon McCoy, who shares her current counseling season in South Carolina and her new role hosting shepherdpresspodc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1643,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/speak-the-truth-243909/episodes/ep-217-recognizing-bitterness-when-pain-turns-to-resentment-w-author-biblical-counselor-shannon-mccoy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-the-truth-243909/ep-217-recognizing-bitterness-when-pain-turns-to-resentment-w-author-biblical-counselor-shannon-mccoy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}