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Loving God Doesn’t Mean Knowing Every Answer | Sadie Robertson Huff | Lisa Harper

October 14, 2026

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Sadie Robertson Huff and Lisa Harper talk about why the word "theology" makes so many Christians anxious—and why it shouldn't. Harper's new book, Theology for the Rest of Us, is written for people who love God but feel intimidated by academic language or afraid they'll get the answers wrong. The conversation moves through the psychological barriers that keep people from deeper faith, the difference between knowledge that puffs up and knowledge that softens the heart, and practical tools for reading Scripture without becoming a bully.

Why Theology Feels Threatening

Harper points out that the word "theology" comes from two Greek roots—theos (God) and logos (conversation)—so it simply means "talking about God," something everyone does, even people who don't believe. The problem is that theology is usually presented as an academic exercise: accruing cognitive data about God. That makes people afraid of looking stupid or having the wrong answers. "Most of us are like, oh, that sounds hard, it sounds boring," Harper says. "It also sounds like it might expose that I have the wrong answers."

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (01:00) **Episode Intro and Guest Welcome** - Sadie Robertson Huff welcomes back Lisa Harper to discuss her new book *Theology for the Rest of Us*.
  • 2 (03:45) **Why People Fear Theology** - Lisa and Sadie explore why the term itself scares even committed Christians.
  • 3 (06:55) **The Hypostatic Union Made Tangible** - Lisa explains a dense theological term through a vivid, messy personal story.
  • 4 (13:36) **Gnosis vs. Epignosis: Head Knowledge vs. Heart Knowledge** - Lisa distinguishes two Greek words for knowledge.
  • 5 (18:53) **Cataphatic and Apophatic Spirituality** - Two ways of knowing God: through what we know and through what we can't know.
  • 6 (21:55) **The Danger of Mean Christians and Outrage** - Lisa critiques harsh, divisive behavior on social media.
  • 7 (23:35) **Hermeneutics: The Lens for Reading Scripture** - Lisa defines hermeneutics as the interpretive lens for understanding the Bible.

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Guests on this episode

Sadie Robertson Huff Lisa Harper

Show Notes

Doomscrolling and end times predictions lead Sadie and teacher, author, and podcast host Lisa Harper into a conversation about living with hope and raising kids with faith instead of fear. Lisa talks about receiving God’s love without trying to earn it and learning more about Scripture while keeping a soft heart toward others. They also discuss viral Bible teaching, reading verses in context, and what makes humans different from artificial intelligence. Lisa introduces her book, Theology for the Rest of Us, and reveals what the Dead Sea Scrolls tell us about the Bible.

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