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Barely Believing Podcast

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This is the only podcast for people who live their faith in the open... or barely at all.

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1/7/2026

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July 3, 2026

Help! I Feel Alone Even Around People

<p>Have you ever been around people and still felt completely alone?</p><p>Not physically alone. Not abandoned. But unknown. Unseen. Disconnected. You have coworkers, family, people online, maybe even people at church — but somewhere inside you still wonder, “Does anyone actually know me?”</p><p>In this episode of the Barely Believing Podcast, Dustin Hall talks about the loneliness nobody sees: the ache of being surrounded but alone.</p><p>We’ll look at why modern life gives us so much contact but so little connection, why loneliness is more than just a bad mood, and what the famous Roseto story reveals about the power of community. Then we’ll go deeper into the Bible’s picture of human connection — from God saying “it is not good” for man to be alone, to the way shame makes us hide, to the way Jesus comes near to the unseen, rejected, and lonely.</p><p>This episode also explores the New Testament idea of <strong>koinonia</strong> — not just religious friendliness, but shared life, real fellowship, and deeper communion with God and others.</p><p>If you’ve tried to connect and felt rejected, ignored, or disappointed, this episode is for you too. The answer is not to become hardened. The answer is to take wise, small steps toward the kind of connection we were made for.</p><p>In this episode:</p><p>• Why you can feel alone even around people<br>• The difference between contact and real connection<br>• What loneliness does to the human heart<br>• The story of Roseto, Pennsylvania<br>• Why God said aloneness was “not good” before sin entered the world<br>• How shame teaches us to hide<br>• Why Jesus understands rejection and loneliness<br>• What koinonia really means<br>• Four practical steps toward deeper connection</p><p>Key idea: <strong>Being around people is not the same as being known by people.</strong></p><p>If this episode connects with you, subscribe to Barely Believing for honest conversations about faith, doubt, life, and following Jesus when belief feels complicated.</p><p>Website: barelypod.com<br>YouTube: @BarelyBelievingPodcast</p><p>#Loneliness #ChristianPodcast #BarelyBelieving #FaithAndLife #MentalHealth #Friendship #Koinonia #Jesus #Christianity #FeelingAlone #augustaGA #PastorDustinHall</p>

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June 26, 2026

Why Didn’t God Stop It? | The Origin of Evil

<p>Why didn’t God stop it?That may be one of the hardest questions anyone can ask about faith.If God is loving, why is there so much suffering?If God is powerful, why doesn’t He end evil right now?Did God create evil?And when something terrible happens, where is He?In this episode of Barely Believing, Pastor Dustin Hall sits down with Zachery for an honest conversation about the origin of evil, why God allows suffering, and why the Bible’s answer is deeper than “everything happens for a reason.”This isn’t a polished theology lecture. It’s a real conversation about one of the biggest questions people wrestle with when faith meets pain.We talk about the beginning of evil, the freedom God gives His creation, the war behind the brokenness of our world, and why the cross is at the center of the Christian answer to suffering.Because Christianity does not teach that suffering is good. It teaches that suffering is an enemy — and that God did not stay far away from it. He entered into it.So if you’ve ever wondered whether God sees the pain, whether He cares, or why He hasn’t stopped evil yet, this episode is for you.Barely Believing is for those who live their faith out loud… or barely at all.Subscribe for honest conversations about God, doubt, faith, the Bible, and real life.#BarelyBelieving #WhyDoesGodAllowSuffering #OriginOfEvil #ChristianPodcast #FaithAndDoubt #ProblemOfEvil #GodAndSuffering #Christianity #BibleQuestions #Jesus #pastordustinhall #augustaga</p>

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June 12, 2026

Jesus' First Miracle Wasn't About Wine

<p>Most people think Jesus’ first miracle was simply about turning water into wine.</p><p>But what if John was showing us something much deeper?</p><p>In this episode of the Barely Believing Podcast, Pastor Dustin Hall takes a closer look at the wedding at Cana in John 2 and the strange details John includes: six stone water jars, Jewish purification, living water, the temple, the rock in the wilderness, and the blood and water that flowed from Jesus’ side at the cross.</p><p>Why were the jars stone?<br>Why were there six of them?<br>Why were they used for purification?<br>Why does John immediately move from the wedding feast to Jesus calling His body the true temple?</p><p>This episode traces the biblical thread from the purification laws of Leviticus, to Moses striking the rock in Exodus, to Paul saying “that Rock was Christ” in 1 Corinthians 10, and finally to John 19, where Jesus is pierced and blood and water flow from His side.</p><p>Jesus’ first miracle was not merely about wine. It was about cleansing, fulfillment, righteousness, and the true source of living water.</p><p>If you have ever felt spiritually empty, unclean, tired of trying harder, or unsure where righteousness actually comes from, this episode will help you see the gospel in a story you may have heard a hundred times.</p><p>Scriptures discussed include John 2:1–11, John 2:19–21, Leviticus 14, Leviticus 15, Numbers 19, Exodus 17:6, Psalm 105:41, 1 Corinthians 10:4, John 19:34, Matthew 27:51, and 1 Corinthians 1:30.</p><p>Subscribe for honest conversations about faith, doubt, Scripture, Jesus, and what it means to follow God when you are living your faith out loud… or barely at all.</p><p>#JesusFirstMiracle #WeddingAtCana #John2 #WaterIntoWine #Jesus #BibleStudy #ChristianPodcast #BarelyBelieving #LivingWater #ChristOurRighteousness #ThatRockWasChrist #Gospel #BibleTeaching #ChristianYouTube #FaithAndDoubt</p>

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