The Shut Up, Devil Show with Kyle Winkler

Can’t get over rejection, no matter how hard you’ve tried? You might be healing only half of it. Kyle explains rejection’s two roots: one spiritual and one neurological. And why healing just one leaves the wound open. Drawing from scripture and brain research, he shares the one truth and one practice that helped him heal for real.

Finding it hard to forgive yourself for past mistakes, especially the ones you “should’ve known better” than to make? Kyle explains why self-forgiveness feels so hard for people who freely extend grace to everyone else. From Peter’s denial of Jesus to Paul’s past to a crooked step on his own staircase, you’ll learn how to give yourself the grace God already gives you. Plus, a simple declaration to say the next time you mess up. (Encore episode, originally released January 6, 2026.)

Still struggling with the same sins? Feel like you should be better by now? Longtime pastor, author, and radio Bible teacher Steve Brown joins Kyle to reveal what’s better than trying to be a better Christian. Discover why lies of guilt and shame drive our behavior, how sin can be a surprising gift, and why confession is our most powerful witness.

Struggling as a Christian? Feel like a failure no matter how hard you try? Many believers spend years fighting to become better Christians—more disciplined, less flawed, closer to perfect—only to end up exhausted, discouraged, and sure they’re falling short with God. Discover why that fight so often ends in defeat, and the real battle Jesus came to help us win.

Searches for “how to find purpose in life” have doubled in recent years. People continue to search with no real answers because they’re overlooking 3 places where purpose is really found. In this message, Kyle walks through biblical and historical examples, including insights from his own life, that help you stop chasing purpose and start recognizing it.

God still speaks. Yet most people mistake His voice for things that only add more guilt, fear, and condemnation. Kyle shares a simple test to tell God’s voice apart from the noise, opinions, and misapplied Scripture it gets confused with every day.

Does anxiety run in your family? Addiction? Sickness? Maybe you’ve wondered if you’re paying for something you didn’t even do. In this teaching, Kyle asks if generational curses are real, and traces the idea back to its root to find out. What he found will change how you see your family history, your struggles, and what you actually inherited.

You’ve been told to “love God more” through longer prayers, Bible reading, and service. Or you look at your struggles and think, “If I loved God more, I wouldn’t do this.” Kyle makes the case that disciplines don’t grow your love. And your struggles aren’t proof you need more. He traces where the pressure to perform love for God comes from, and a better way to think about it.

Your life runs on what you believe, not what you do. Change your thoughts consistently, and you rewire your brain, which changes how your body responds emotionally and physically. Kyle breaks down how this works, then hands you three Bible-backed thoughts that produce more confidence, courage, even better behavior.

Do you keep asking “Why do I keep making the same mistake?” no matter how many times you swear it’s the last? Or, if you’re a Christian, maybe it’s “Why do I keep sinning?” even after promising God (and yourself) it’s over? Kyle uncovers one lie that keeps sending you back to the start of the cycle.

There’s a pattern in Jesus’ healings that shows up before more than half of them. It’s the same condition science says your body needs to heal, physically and emotionally. Kyle traces it from Eden, to the Old Testament law, to Jesus’ healing ministry, to what neuroscience now confirms.

Do you ever feel like you’re one bad moment away from God smiting you? I have! But there are four times Jesus did something that revealed to me a different story, each one dismantling a piece of the angry-God picture I held. This teaching gets into what He actually said and did with people religion was sure he’d never tolerate, and why it matters for how you see God, yourself, and others.

Think sharing the gospel means pointing out sin first? This teaching shows that’s not what God asks, and never was. You’ll hear how to reflect the Holy Spirit in how you talk to people—the same way people did in the book of Acts, where thousands came to Christ without a single threat or guilt trip. You’ll leave this teaching with a simpler way to share your faith.

Brain scan studies have found what phrase works best to stop guilt, and it lines up with something Scripture has said for centuries. In this episode, Kyle Winkler breaks down the brain science behind guilt and explores the game changer for getting over it.

The rest you feel on vacation? It’s not meant to end. Kyle Winkler shows how to let rest in Christ influence your soul—your mind, will, and emotions. Through Bible study and his own story of trading years of performance-based faith for grace, you’ll discover how to truly live on vacation.

Learning how to forgive someone who hurt you starts with a surprising truth: stop trying. Kyle Winkler shares what he has learned about forgiveness that most churches don’t tell you, including why it’s not just a decision, not about their apology, and why understanding God’s grace for you is the real key to letting go.

Most Christian messages tell you to get better for God. This one makes the case that it’s the one thing you don’t need to do. In fact, trying to do that actually backfires. Kyle Winkler breaks down why you’re already blessed, already holy, and already complete with no effort required. If you’ve ever felt like you need to get better before God will use or bless you, this episode dismantles that belief with scripture and psychology.

If you’ve ever prayed for healing—of a sickness, a struggle, or something deep inside you that just feels broken—this message is for you. Kyle Winkler takes you back to the place where the real wound began, and then walks you through one of the most powerful healing stories in the Gospels to show you what Jesus actually came to fix.

What actually attracts God to you? It’s not your best behavior, your clean record or your strongest moments. And Kyle proves it from Scripture. Walking through the stories of Jesus, Kyle dismantles the idea that imperfection pushes God away and makes the case that weakness—including sin—is precisely what draws Him near.

Do you feel like God is disappointed in you? Your mistakes, your struggles, the things you can’t shake—do those change how God feels? Kyle Winkler and friends Andrew Farley, Susie Larson and Rick Manis say no, and they’ll show you why and what to do when that feeling hits.

The feeling that you’re not enough didn’t start with you, it started in Eden. And it’s been rewiring the human brain ever since. In this episode, Kyle traces it back to its roots, and shows you how to finally get free.

Is God angry? Distant? Waiting to punish you the next time you fail? Most people believe some version of that. But the Bible tells a completely different story. And the clues are hiding in plain sight.

You’ve been taught to fight. To prayer harder, fast longer, declare louder, do more. But what if that approach is hurting not helping? In this episode, Kyle explores four grace-based spiritual warfare strategies that will completely reframe how you think about the devil, starting with a revelation buried in Colossians 2 that most churches never talk about.

Do you ever feel distant from God, even when you’re praying, reading, doing everything “right”? While the distance you feel isn’t real, that doesn’t mean it’s not worth understanding. In this episode, Kyle breaks down the science behind why so many Christians feel far from a God who literally lives inside them. Plus, a practical process for closing the gap between what you know is true and what you actually feel.

You’ve heard that God loves you—so why don’t you feel it? Kyle gets honest about the gap between knowing God’s love and actually feeling it, unpacking the psychology behind why the brain rejects love, why knowing the right Bible verses doesn’t always change that—and what actually does.

Most us were taught that feelings are the enemy—something to deny, resist or just push though. But that’s actually making things worse! Discover where that idea came from (hint: it’s not in the Bible), why suppressing your feelings doesn’t produce healing, and what to do instead.

You’re exhausted trying to fix people: correcting family, policing friends, warning strangers. But that’s not your job. Kyle makes the case that kindness is more powerful than correction, and letting go of the “holiness police” role leads to more peace, stronger relationships, and surprisingly, more obedience to God.

Have you spent years trying to fix yourself for God, only to end up feeling more exhausted than free? Kyle teaches through his own story of how the pursuit of perfection through spiritual formulas, church programs, and sheer willpower makes you worse, not better—and what he discovered that actually works.

Most people picture Jesus’ crucifixion as satisfying an angry God. But the cross wasn’t about Jesus changing God’s mind about you. It was about changing your mind about God. Drawing from the events of Holy Week—from the Last Supper to Gethsemane to Golgotha—explore why no other method could demonstrate what Jesus came to prove.

The Christian life was never meant to be rule-led, routine-led or even Bible-led—but Spirit-led. Kyle unpacks why God’s desire has always been for us to live from union with Him, and how the Holy Spirit guides, grows and produces fruit in us better than any discipline ever could.

How do you find peace with yourself when you've believed something is wrong with you for as long as you can remember? Kyle shares his personal journey through self-doubt and shame—and the biblical truths that finally brought him lasting peace. Learn why low self-esteem forms early, how toxic coping patterns follow and the two foundational beliefs that begin the healing.

If you’ve built your spiritual life around confessing your sins and examining yourself for more, this message is going to challenge you. Kyle makes the case that constant sin-confession isn’t what the New Testament calls Christians to. The shift? Stop being sin-conscious. Start being Son-conscious.

What if the New Testament doesn’t actually start in Matthew? Join Kyle Winkler, Andrew Farley and John Lynch to uncover the Bible’s true dividing line, and why it changes how we read Jesus, understand spiritual warfare and see ourselves. (Originally released April 16, 2025)

Is prayer really about the right words, place or formula? Join Kyle to discover how to pray in light of the new covenant—a freeing, grace‑filled conversation with your loving Father that brings strength, renewal and rest.

The Bible is often treated like an instruction manual for life, but approaching it that way can leave you burdened, condemned and spiritually drained. Join Kyle to uncover Scripture’s true purpose—and the healing, freedom and strength that flow from using it correctly.

Despite knowing God, many Christians feel distant from Him, unsure if they’re truly wanted and loved. If shame, regret or fear have ever made you feel like God’s love has limits, this message is for you. Join Kyle to explore one woman’s encounter with Jesus’ love, which is sure to open the door for your own.

Much of what’s taught about “spending time with God” actually makes you feel farther from Him, not closer. Tune in as Kyle draws from early church history and biblical truth to correct one of religion’s most subtle lies: that time with God is something you have to schedule.

Ever consider that something good could become dangerous? That spiritual practice, routine or discipline might actually be working against you? Join Kyle as he explores the warnings in Scripture that most never hear, much less heed.

Are you struggling to feel loved—by God, others or even yourself? There’s a reason, and it goes deeper than you think. Counselors Jerry and Denise Basel join Kyle to uncover the hidden wounds that shape how you see God, yourself and others.

You’ve heard that God’s love is unconditional. But that truth carries implications most people never hear. Join Kyle to unpack what unconditional love actually means, and why it reshapes everything about how we see God, faith and ourselves.