Sound Mind is a podcast that invites listeners into immersive, scripture-rich reflections on the mental, emotional, and spiritual realities of life—guided by a biblical lens and pastoral heart
The Host of Sound Mind is Jonathan Kindler is faculty professor of Biblical Counseling at the Living Faith Bible Institute, professional counselor and associate pastor at Midtown Baptist Temple.
New episodes of the Sound Mind released weekly!
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EP 71 | THE LION AND THE LAMB: Strength, Emotion, Anger, and Tenderness
What does real strength look like when something powerful is happening inside you?
In this episode of the Quit You Like Men series, Jonathan Kindler explores what Scripture teaches about emotion, anger, tenderness, and self-control—and why biblical strength is neither shutting down nor being ruled by whatever you feel. Looking to the example of Jesus as both the Lion and the Lamb, Jonathan examines what it means to feel deeply while bringing your entire inner life under the authority of Christ.
Blending scripture, personal stories, counseling insight, and practical reflection, this episode explores anger as a signal, the difference between emotion and obedience, how to sit with someone else's pain without immediately trying to fix it, and why another person's sin never has to determine your response.
A strong man is not a man who feels less. He is a man who can be honest about what is happening inside him, test it by truth, and faithfully ask: What does Christ require from me now?
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EP 64 | Let the Good Spill Over
What if one reason God gives us more peace, strength, time, or provision is that now some of it is available for someone else?
In this episode, Jonathan Kindler continues the Stewarding the Good series by exploring what happens when life finally gets a little easier—and our instinct is to protect what we’ve gotten back. Through stories about parenting, opening his home to someone who needed a place to stay, and his own struggle with overcommitment, Jonathan considers how to enjoy God’s good gifts without guilt while still remaining available for His purposes.
Drawing from 1 Timothy 6 and Romans 12, this episode explores the difference between generosity and guilt, why being open-handed doesn’t mean saying yes to every need, and how a good Christian life can become so carefully protected that there is little room left for God to redirect it.
If you’re in a season where God has given you a little more margin, strength, stability, or provision, this episode invites you to receive it, enjoy it, and then ask:
What has this good made available?
Maybe stewardship isn’t about immediately filling every open space. Maybe it’s learning to hold what God has given you with an open hand—enjoying the gift while allowing some of its goodness to spill over into someone else’s life.
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