193: How the Gospel Puts an End to Shame with Jasmine Holmes
Jasmine Holmes is a wife, mom of 3, writer, teacher at heart, and author of the brand new book, “Never Cast Out: How the Gospel Puts an End to the Story of Shame”. She comes on the show today to encourage us with the truth of how the gospel frees us from shame. WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT ON THIS EPISODE: ~Jasmine's new book, “Never Cast Out: How the Gospel Puts an End to the Story of Shame”, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect ~The impact shame has on women especially ~The wrong idea that shame is a tool that Jesus uses to whip us into shape; what the truth actually is ~The different responses we have to shame and the part shame plays in our lives ~Shame as a sub-par motivator for holiness ~The context of our call to holiness as being in light of Christ’s love for us, not in the context of shame ~The truth that Christ does not call us to shame, but to full-hearted confidence in Him ~Seeing shame as an indicator light; questions to ask yourself when you’re feeling shame ~The importance of knowing the character of God ~How shame cuts into our relationship with Christ ~Shame and how it manifests itself in moms through the issues of the mommy wars and mom guilt ~The difference between shame (worldly grief) and repentance (godly grief) ~Understanding that shame will never lead you to Christ and towards the path of reconciliation and restoration ~The difference between conviction and condemnation ~The 3 false gospels or wrong reactions we tend to respond with to the issue of shame ~Finding your way back to God after realizing that the god of shame that you believed in was not the God of the Bible ~The beautiful freedom we can find in Christ ~And more! For full shownotes head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast