Christian faith podcast
CREDO
What I believe—and why.
An ordinary Christian asking honest questions about faith—and figuring out what he believes and why.
Published episodes
Questions worth
asking aloud.
Each episode begins with one question and follows it without pretending that belief is simple—or that the person asking has already arrived.
The Men We Pretend to Be
Why so many men perform strength—and how grace begins when the real man finally allows himself to be seen.
Why Suffering?
Why does a good God allow suffering? James considers the limits of tidy answers, the witness of Job, and the God who enters suffering rather than explaining it from a distance.
Behind the Psalms
David Shepson joins James to explore the lived experiences behind Why the Psalms—from Psalm 88 and the Shepherd who carries us to prayers that sound more like a grunt.
Why the Psalms?
Why return to the Psalms? James explores lament, anger, praise, silence, and the prayers that teach the heart what it has forgotten how to feel.
Why Grace?
Why grace rather than achievement? James examines transactional faith, self-sufficiency, shame, and the gift of God that cannot be earned or managed.
Finding Grace in an Unfinished Life
James tells the story behind Hymns for the Unfinished and considers what grace looks like when toughness, competence, and self-reliance can no longer carry us.
Why Pray?
Why pray if God already knows what we need? James explores prayer, performance, the Lord’s Prayer, lament, and Augustine’s Letter 130 to Proba.
Why the Bible?
Why trust the Bible? James explores its human authorship, preservation, canon, historical reliability, relationship to the Church, and difficult passages.
Introduction
James introduces CREDO, a Christian faith podcast from an ordinary Christian asking what he believes, why he believes it, and which questions remain.
Why God?
Why believe in God at all? James explores consciousness, morality, suffering, beauty, Augustine, and a late-night prayer that began before certainty.
Why Christianity?
Why Christianity rather than generic belief? James considers Jesus, the resurrection, the earliest witnesses, miracles, and Christianity’s historical claims.