What Difference Does That Make? With Dr. Mike Courtney

Follow What Difference Does That Make? With Dr. Mike Courtney
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

Ever asked "What Difference Does That Make"? I have. And I do in every episode of these informative, entertaining collections of digital parables that help us live happier, healthier, and maybe holier. Join me, host Dr. Mike Courtney, and great guests, therapists, and friends! New episodes every other Wednesday.

Mana 3 Media


    • Apr 10, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 68 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from What Difference Does That Make? With Dr. Mike Courtney with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from What Difference Does That Make? With Dr. Mike Courtney

    4/10/23 MondayMatters: Holding on to Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 11:32


    Hope can be a desperate wish for some impossible results. Hope can be the wondering about some improbable outcome. But real hope is the confident anticipation of the positive consequences of my faith. Even that hope fades. So what do we do? How do we hold on to the Hope? 1. Read the promises. 2. Rehearse the blessings. 3. Recite your faith. 4. Remember the source. Isaiah 40:31. “They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up on wings like eagles…” Make your hopes, not your hurts, be the predictors of your future. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    The Nature of Man: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 30:03


    "What is man that Thou art mindful of him? The son of man that You care for Him?" Even the Psalmist struggled with the basic questions of the nature of man. This is the second half of the Systematic Theology lesson on The Nature of Man. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    The Nature of Man

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 26:21


    What do we believe about the nature of man? How is our personality, our temperament, our character, shaped by the person God made us to be? And, how does all of that shape our relationship with God? This is a two-week segment from a longer Systematic Theology teaching that I did at my local church this spring. I do not profess to be a scholar. I do claim to be a man that loves God and loves to talk about God, especially in ways that are easy to understand. I hope I've done that here. Welcome to "What Difference Does That Make?" with Dr. Mike Courtney. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    5/1/22 Monday Matters: Communication with Adult Children

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 10:18


    It's not easy staying in touch with our adult children, but with a little work and a little sensitivity, it can be done. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    adult children monday matters
    Going Deep Day 36: Be An Andrew

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 10:53


    Day 36 of 40 days finds us in the begging of the Passion Week. Each day as we conclude our adventure, we will meditate on what Jesus was doing that day, 2000 years ago. Today, the day after His triumphal entry, He engaging the crowd with one more invitation to know Him. And Andrew responds by bringing people to Him. I want to be an Andrew. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 31: By His Wounds

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 9:06


    When there is nothing else to look to, we look to the hands and feet of Jesus. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 30: Strangely Warmed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 7:39


    Take a minute to day and look out on that moment when God came to you for the first time as your Lord and Savior. Wesley said, “My heart was strangely warmed.” At that moment you became a priest. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 29: Look Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 10:57


    We enter in to week leading up to Palm Sunday. Today is my son, Jacob's, birthday. It is also day 29 of our 40 days. The theme for this week is Look Out, trouble is going to come. But, we can be made better and stronger for it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 26: Do Good Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 9:10


    What you do matters. Our walk with God is as much about our hands as it is our heart. Wake-up and live as God would have you live. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 25: Remember The Mountains

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 9:32


    Wake up to the cities, the mountains, and the stories that God has given you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 24: The Skin Horse

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 10:57


    When we finally wake up to what God has done for us, we will love others like never before. That might be painful but we won't care because we will be real. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 22: Waking Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 13:02


    More than halfway through our 40 Day Adventure. This week we look at the what, why, and how of waking up. To go deep you have to wake up. The scripture is Psalm 32 and Matthew 11. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 23: The Popeye Verse

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 9:12


    Wake up today to the marvelous grace of God in your life and then determine to make the best of that grace for Him. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 19: You Walk Talks

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 9:31


    The power of our testimony is not in the words we say but in the life that we live. Testify everyday by Godly living. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 18: Speak Up for the Needy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 11:06


    Your testimony is never more important than when you are speaking up for the disenfranchised. Today we talk about how to speak up and speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 17: Testify

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 8:57


    There is such power in our testimony, especially when it's done in the right way, about the right things, and for the right reasons. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 16: Speak Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 10:19


    Testify. Tell your story. Witness. Whatever you call it, going deep requires us to speak up about what we believe. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 11: It's My Lunch

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 8:55


    In John 6, the reading for today, we see the story of a little boy who has his lunch used by Jesus to perform one of the most iconic miracles in Christianity. The wisdom of this little boy to hold on to his lunch until it was time to let it go is an example for all of us. Thanks for listening. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Attachment Styles and Holding On To Who You Are

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 18:44


    In this episode of What Difference Does That Make? we combine the bi-weekly podcast with the daily, Lenten Bible study, Going Deep. Regan Harlow is a bright graduate intern at Branches. She teaches Attachment Theory and uses the wonderful illustration of a caterpillar. I follow that with a quick look at the attachment style of Jesus, modeled by His clear identity with the Father. If you would like to know more about What Difference Does That Make?, the Going Deep Lenten series, or Branches, go to BranchesBlog.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 9: Promises

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 10:03


    Off all the things we hold on to, perhaps the most important is the promises of God. Isaiah 55 is one hefty list of promises and this bride podcast is a reminder of what the promises are about. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 8: Holding On to the Hand of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 10:27


    There is both blessings and technique to hold to the hand of the Almighty. Today is Day 8 of a 40 Day Spiritual Adventure, Going Deep. This episode not only encourages us to hold on, us but instructs us on how to hold on to God's RIGHT hand. If you'd like to follow the daily blog, subscribe at BranchesBlog.com. To follow Mike Courtney on other social media platforms: facebook.com/mikecourtney716 Instagram cmichaelcourtney Twitter @michaelcourtney Anchor.FM anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast Or wherever you download your podcast at What Difference Does That Make? With Dr. Mike Courtney --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 4: Letting Go of Righteousness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 8:37


    I John 1 has a letting go theme as well. It is letting go of the notion that somehow I have worked out my own salvation, that I can figure out a way to be righteous enough. We saw and heard Him. He appeared to us. He was light. It has never been about us, our ability, our piety. Let go of that. It is only about His great grace. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 3: Letting Go of Our Own Agenda

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 8:32


    Day 3 we read John 15. The theme that plays over and over is that we let go of our agenda, our plans, our desires, in order to be connected to the agenda of the Father. But when we do, oh my, the reward is unimaginable. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 2: Letting Go of Self-Dependence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 8:02


    Day 2 of a 40 Day Spiritual Adventure. Matthew 10 is a challenge to give up those things that we normally depend on to make us feel safe, money, home, family. Going deep may require us to sacrifice what helps us to feel self-dependent in order to know what it means to rely on God and Him alone. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Going Deep Day 1: Giving Up the Right to Hold a Grudge

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 8:26


    As we begin 40 Days of Going Deep, John 13 starts us off with a gasp. We watch the Savior of the World kneel and wash the feet of His betrayer. How could I ever hope to match such depth? I begin by giving up. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    Growing Deep

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 11:34


    Monday Matters invitation to a 40 Day spiritual adventure. We will intentionally grow deeper in our faith walk. Follow along here each day beginning March 7. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatdifferencepodcast/support

    growing deep monday matters
    Monday Matters: Healthy Thinking

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 9:42


    We are created as thinking creatures and we are only as good as our thinking. Here are 5 tips to help you think better thoughts.

    healthy thinking monday matters
    Systematic Theology The Bible Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 16:21


    This is the second installment of The Bible, a brief conversation about what we believe about the most important book ever written. This is part of a series on WDDM on Systematic Theology.

    Monday Matters. The Bible pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 8:46


    A quick look at how to read and study the Bible better.

    bible monday matters
    Systematic Theology- The Bible pt1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 28:16


    I began teaching systematic theology to my home church a few weeks ago. It has been fun. We thought it might be helpful to break these live lectures into smaller segments and post them here. This week, this first episode deals with what we believe about the Bible.

    Monday Matters: The Bible

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 11:01


    A brief discussion of and encouragement to read the Bible. 4 key statements that will help you in your understanding of the Bible and teach you to study it more effectively. Monday Matters is a shorter format of What Difference Does That Make? with Dr. Mike Courtney. To learn more about Mike or Branches go to www.branchesblog.com or check us out on the following social media platforms: Facebook        MikeCourtney716 Twitter             @michaelcourtney Instagram         CMichaelCourtney You Tube         Mike Courtney

    bible branches monday matters
    S2 E18 A Different Kind Of Suffering

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 23:28


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchesblog.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E17 To Be Shot Or Not - The Vaccine Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 23:55


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchesblog.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E16 To Be Shot Or Not - The Vaccine Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 29:28


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchesblog.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E15 A Different Kind Of War

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 48:01


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchesblog.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E14 Anatomy Of Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 33:17


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchesblog.com Rhonda Rush on FacebookFrom The Pit To The Palace Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E13 My Virtual Mentor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 31:58


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchesblog.com Watch David Robertson on YouTubeDavid Robertson's website: myvirtualmentor.org Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E12 Father's Day (With Former NFL/Mike Stowell)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 45:47


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchesblog.com Learn more about guest Mike Stowell Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E11 Cross Fit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 46:15


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchesblog.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E10 Thinking Like A Millennial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 44:11


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchesblog.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E9 Tell Me Quickly

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 43:23


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchesblog.com To get the book by author Ashley Woods, go to: Tell Me Quickly To contact author Ashley Woods, email: awoodswriting@gmail.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E8 Mental Health Medication

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 44:12


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchescounselingcenter.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2 E7 21 Day Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 40:18


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchescounselingcenter.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube Watch David Robertson on YouTubeDavid Robertson's website: myvirtualmentor.org For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    S2E6 Surprised On Purpose

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 36:31


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchescounselingcenter.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube Watch Daniel Crosby on YouTube Watch David Robertson on YouTube  For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    Sad Songs (Guest Singer Songwriter Ken Hart)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 27:58


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchescounselingcenter.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube Learn about Ken Hart For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    Surrender Vs. Struggle (Guest Tammy Dickenson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 24:03


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchescounselingcenter.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube Tammy's book Stripped AwayTammy's work at Abide For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    The Art Of Crying

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 20:32


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchescounselingcenter.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    If You Want To Walk On Water (Guest Tammy Dickenson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 19:53


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchescounselingcenter.com Follow us:Mike Courtney on FacebookMike Courtney on YouTubeMike Courtney on InstagramBranches on FacebookBranches on InstagramBranches on YouTube Follow:Tammy Dickenson on Facebook For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    The Rhythm Of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 18:25


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches: branchescounselingcenter.com Follow us:Branches on FacebookBranches on InstagramMike Courtney on Instagram For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    Helping Others

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 37:43


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches coaching: branchescounselingcenter.comLearn more about our training school that brings together the best of Biblical thought and secular education: newlifeuniversity.orgFollow us:Branches on FacebookBranches on InstagramMike Courtney on Instagram For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    Dreams (Guest Publicist Jason Jones)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 42:05


    For Mike's book, blog, & information on Branches coaching: branchescounselingcenter.com Learn more about publicist Jason JonesSubscribe to Jason's podcast: The Book Publicist PodcastFollow us:Branches on FacebookBranches on InstagramMike Courtney on Instagram For other Mana 3 Media podcasts, follow: @mana3media  on Instagram

    Claim What Difference Does That Make? With Dr. Mike Courtney

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel