Navigating Faith When Influencers Falter
I stood, emotionless and scrutinizing, as I watched everyone around me worship freely, unaware of the liars and deceivers who had written these songs they sang.
Suddenly, it hit me...
My eyes watered, and my heart broke into a million pieces as I finally succumbed to this awful realization in the MIDDLE OF WORSHIP at my church back in 2023. Like you, COVID was a difficult season for me. During that time, my mind was blown by the deep dives I was taking—none more devastating than the one about faith and the musicians I trusted to "lead us into the presence of God" through their powerful words. I will never forget the moment I realized that "wolves in sheep's clothing" and "testing the spirits" were reality.
This realization sucked the spiritual life out of me for several years. I was left to drown in my confusion alone.
In this episode of Honest Christian Conversations, I share my experiences and insights on navigating faith when those we look up to falter, and on maintaining trust in God despite influencers' failures. I don't know if you have noticed lately, but the Christian community is facing a deep crisis of trust, and sadly, influencers are leading the way into confusion. Pastors are being scrutinized amid public scandals and eroding trust. Many believers (including you and me) are left with NO CHOICE but to question things. Sometimes people leave the faith altogether, while others seek to rebuild it on a firmer foundation.
But how do you rebuild? ⬇️ Listen now and find out.
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Ana Murby
Wife. Mother of five. Podcaster. Fiction Novelist
Ana is the host of the Honest Christian Conversations podcast and a prodigal saved by God’s unending grace.
She grew up in a legalistic Christian home where asking questions often felt wrong. In her early twenties, overwhelmed by confusion and hurt, she walked away from her faith. Yet even then, God’s love never stopped pursuing her. At thirty years old—and after a painful second divorce—He brought her back to himself, and she has never looked back.
As Ana returned to Christ, she began rebuilding her faith from the ground up and asked the questions she once feared to ask. Along that journey, she discovered inconsistencies, misplaced teachings, and even lies woven into the Christianity she grew up with. Instead of destroying her faith, this only deepened it. Out of that discovery, she founded Honest Christian Conversations. Ana's heart is to help others navigate the same tension she once lived with: wanting to know the real Jesus while sorting through the noise of deceptive teachings, spiritual manipulation, and “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”
Everything she creates flows from gratitude for the God who rescued her, restored her, and continues to shape her into who He intended her to be.
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