Spill the Word

Have you ever bargained with God, then tried to quickly swap in an easier promise?

Hannah actually followed through on hers. Lauren and Jessica unpack how Hannah handled heartbreak without firing back at her rival, why her story isn’t a “pray hard, get stuff” formula, and how her prayer of thanksgiving echoes Mary’s hundreds of years later.

It’s a reminder that we only see one tiny piece of the puzzle, and that unanswered prayers can be some of God’s greatest gifts.#biblestudy #christianity #jesus

People come and go, but God doesn’t. Lauren and Jessica wrap up Elijah’s story, starting with Ahab’s surprising moment of humility and the mercy God shows even him.They also look at King Ahaziah’s choice to trust a false god when he’s hurting, and what that says about where we put our own security. The episode lands on Elisha’s question at the Jordan: not “Where is Elijah?” but “Where is the God of Elijah?”

Elijah called down fire from heaven, and then a day later he was hiding under a tree asking God to take his life. Lauren and Jessica talk about how this prophet, so close to God, still crashed hard when Jezebel put a hit out on him, and why that makes him so relatable.They also look at how Elijah prayed for rain even though God had already promised it, and how God met him at his lowest point with bread, water, and rest instead of a scolding.

Female-on-female crime, but make it biblical. Lauren and Jessica take the toxic mom era into the friend group: the gossip, the alliance-building, the backhanded comments, and what to do when half the group decides to be Switzerland.

They dig into what Scripture actually says and why women pushing 40 should probably stop handling friend drama like college girls in a bar bathroom.

When our kid doesn't make the team, every mom instinct says fix it, but what if the disappointment is exactly what they need? Lauren and Jessica get real about the youth sports arms race, from first-grade flag football drafts to a "you made the team" email that got taken back two hours later. They talk about the difference between advocating for your child and positioning them, and why not getting picked can teach resilience, humility, and dependence on God, plus a gut-check list for figuring out whether it's wisdom or fear running the show.

Everyone else is organizing the activities, planning the play dates, and curating the friend groups, so why does it never feel like enough? Jessica and Lauren look at how social media turned parenting into a game of catch-up that their own parents never played.Then they turn to Mary, the mother of Jesus, for what it looks like to stop running and trust God with your kids (Luke 1).

Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of stew, and honestly, Lauren and Jessica get it — they'll admit to hitting "add to cart" for the same dopamine hit. This week they trace one moment of instant gratification all the way from Esau and Jacob to Laban's wedding-night bait-and-switch, to the Amalekites, to King Saul's half-hearted obedience, to Haman and Esther centuries later — showing how one small choice to value what's in front of you over what God promised can ripple through generations.Plus: prayer walks, why Lauren can't listen to anything without also scrolling, and a very thorough breakdown of Jacob's 14-year situationship.

This week on Spill the Word, we're breaking down the Book of Esther — the seven-day benders, the "please show up naked, honey" party invite, a year of beauty treatments that low-key sound like a nightmare, and the girl who became queen and then risked it all to save her people.We get into the infamous "for such a time as this" verse, why it's not just a cute Pinterest quote but a call to actual courage, and what it means to live boldly for God in a culture that makes it so easy to stay comfortable and quiet.If you've ever wondered whether your position — in your family, your friendships, your workplace — actually means something, this one's for you. Esther was always that girl, and we should strive to be Esthers too.Follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode.

Turns out you can inherit more than your mom's nose — patterns of divorce, anger, and bitterness can get passed down too, and Lauren and Jessica are calling it what it is: generational curses.

They walk through the real context of Exodus 20:5, why "punishing the children" isn't the scary curse-verse it sounds like, and how forgiveness is actually the key to breaking the cycle.

Plus: Jessica's grandmother's story of trading a hard start for a legacy that "trickled down" into something good.

Jessica gives Paul his full backstory this week — Damascus road, blinding light, and all — before getting into why the Corinthian church was falling apart over whose "team" they were on.She and Lauren talk through the danger of putting leaders on a pedestal, why "idolized or known" might be the realest saying they've ever heard, and what it actually means to move from spiritual milk to solid food.

God had a plan since before the beginning of time, and honestly? He really likes the long game.This week Lauren and Jessica connect the dots from Abraham to Moses to the Last Supper, breaking down why Jesus didn't cancel the law, He fulfilled it.Expect talk of torn temple curtains, unblemished lambs, "sin eras," and why surrendering to Jesus is actually freedom, not confinement.

Turns out Abraham wasn't the only one who tried to take the wheel instead of trusting the plan. This week Lauren and Jessica finish out the Abrahamic covenant, following the descendant promise from a famine in the promised land straight into Abraham's fake-sibling scheme in Egypt and the mess with Hagar that follows. Jessica opens up about her own season of trying to control her fertility journey, and Lauren shares the fear that gripped her after becoming a mom.It's a real look at what happens when we stop trusting God and start trying to fix things ourselves.

Lauren and Jessica zoom in on Abraham — why God picked one imperfect guy to build a whole covenant people through, what the whole cut-up-animal ceremony in Genesis 15 actually means, and why the promise of the land keeps coming back to "offspring, generations, everlasting." They also get into the popular podcast take that Christians are simply grafted into Abraham's bloodline, and explain — scripture in hand — where they see it a little differently.

Deuteronomy might sound like Leviticus and Numbers on repeat, but Lauren and Jessica dig into why it's actually preparation, not repetition.

They walk through Moses' final words to a generation of "kids" about to enter the Promised Land.

Plus: bird's nests, grief periods for captive brides, and why Jessica prays the Abrahamic blessing over her kids.

Submission is a loaded word, and Lauren and Jessica aren't afraid to sit in the discomfort of it.

This episode walks through Ephesians 5, Peter's "quiet witness," and the difference between godly submission and letting someone walk into sin or abuse.

Real talk from their own marriages included: Jake's mic-drop arguments, Justin's premarital-class epiphany, and the long road to actually trusting your husband enough to let him lead.

"Look good, feel good, do whatever" sounds empowering — until you hold it up against Luke 9:23.

Lauren and Jessica dig into the self-love, self-care messaging that's everywhere right now and ask what happens when "choose yourself" quietly becomes self-idolization.

They talk through pride as the real opposite of dying to self, why commitment has gotten a bad rap, and why biblical joy and worldly happiness are not the same thing.

Leviticus: the book you skim, not the book you study. Lauren and Jessica break down why that's a mistake, walking through the tabernacle, the sacrificial system, and what "set apart" really meant for the Israelites (and what it means for us now). It was never about control, it was about restoration.#bible #christian #biblestudy

Before they were "spilling the Word," they were just two moms driving each other crazy about whether to start a podcastThis first episode is part friendship story, part Bible study, as Lauren and Jessica walk through Genesis 1-2 — the Spirit hovering over the waters, why "let us make man" points to the Trinity, and how sin distorts things that God actually called good.They also get into the God-shaped hole we all try to fill with everything except God.#bible #christian #biblestudy