What happens when forgiveness goes so deep that you begin rooting for the person who hurt you most?

In this deeply moving episode, Brant shares a remarkable email from a listener whose life was forever changed after a violent home invasion years ago. Through grief, healing, and learning to truly forgive, she arrived at a place she never expected: hoping one day to embrace the very man who tried to kill her.

Brant unpacks why reacting in anger is actually the harder way to live, how praying for enemies softens the heart, and why forgiveness is anything but weakness

In this episode, a powerful story from a friend whose wife's purse was stolen—along with cash, gift cards, IDs, credit cards, and even their car key fob. Instead of spiraling into bitterness or revenge, something unexpected happened while mowing the lawn and praying for the people who stole it....

What happens when loving something good turns into hating people who threaten it?

In this episode, Brant reads a powerful email from a Marine veteran who wrestled with what it meant to love his enemies in the middle of war. It sparks a deeper conversation about anger, idolatry, justice, patriotism, and how even good things can become destructive when they take God's place in our hearts.

Brant also explores why evil almost never sees itself as evil, how grievance can transform people, and why praying for enemies changes us just as much as it changes the people we pray for.

This is an honest, thoughtful look at forgiveness, reordered loves, and the kind of inner transformation Jesus actually invites us into.