As 2025 comes to a close, I wanted to pause and look back, not at what was loud or polarizing, but at what people actually stayed with. This episode gathers the 10 most listened to conversations of the year, and together they reveal something honest about this moment: a deep longing for a faith shaped by humility instead of power, a discipleship rooted in real life, and a way of Jesus that resists fear, shame, and easy answers. This episode counts down from #10 to #1. I introduce each clip, then step back and let the voices speak for themselves. You’ll hear excerpts from conversations with John Eldredge, Sheila Gregoire, Trevor Hudson, Michael John Cusick, Kerry Burnight, Matthew Bates, Beth Allison Barr, Andrew Root, and John Fugelsang voices that helped shape Shifting Culture this year and, judging by the listens, shaped many of you as well.

Episodes featured:

Ep. 280 Andrew Root - Hope Beyond the Failed Promise of Happiness

Ep. 287 Sheila Gregoire - The Marriage You Want

Ep. 327 Dr. Kerry Burnight - Joyspan

Ep. 281 Beth Allison Barr - Becoming the Pastor's Wife

Ep. 259 Trevor Hudson - Discerning God's Will in Our Lives

Ep. 314 Daniel Hummel - The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism 

Ep. 257 Michael John Cusick - Sacred Attachment

Ep. 279 Matthew Bates - What Does the Bible Really Say About Salvation?

Ep. 278 John Eldredge - Experience Jesus. Really.

Ep. 341 John Fugelsang - Separation of Church and Hate

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