Faith & Doubt

Rev. Sarah Kim

Clergy, theologians, and lay practitioners across traditions on faith, doubt, and the questions in between.

Episodes

  1. Jul 7

    Breaking Financial Struggles Through Prophetic Decree

    ## 1. Episode summary Wayne Sutton unpacks his practice of "releasing prophetic decrees" — speaking scripture like Deuteronomy 8:18 and Job 22:28 over financial struggles as both petition and declaration. The conversation pushes into the harder edges of prosperity-adjacent theology: what happens when a spoken word doesn't come to pass, how doubt can block blessing, and where paid financial coaching fits alongside free ministry. ## 2. What you'll learn - The difference Wayne draws between "positive thinking" and what he calls "positive activation" — using scripture itself as the spoken decree. - The two-part framework for financial decrees: petitioning God to "remember his word" and prophetically declaring it will manifest, per Job 22:28. - How he separates spiritual attacks on finances from practical causes (bad decisions, wrong career path) — and why both still call for asking God for wisdom. - His seed metaphor for unfulfilled prophecy: "every seed does produce after its own kind, but not always in the time that we may lock it to." - Why he charges for coaching but not salvation — invoking "a workman is worthy of his hire" and "receive a prophet's reward" to justify paid ministry work. ## 3. Notable quotes > "Every word is a seed. And seeds take time to germinate and then of course produce fruit." — Wayne Sutton > "A double minded man receives nothing from the Lord... that unbelief actually will stop the blessing." — Wayne Sutton ## 4. About the guest Wayne Sutton is a pastor and financial/life coach who teaches on activating scripture through spoken prophetic decrees, particularly around money and provision. He runs a ministry at pastorwaynesutton.com offering both free counseling and paid coaching, publishes on YouTube as "Pastor Wayne Sutton," and is the author of the book *Spoken*. His framework blends biblical petition, spiritual warfare language, and practical financial wisdom, drawing on verses like Deuteronomy 8:18, Job 22:28, and James on unanswered prayer. ## 5. Topics covered - Prophetic Decrees - Scripture As Activation - Financial Breakthrough Theology - Discerning Spiritual Vs Practical - Unfulfilled Prophecy - Doubt And Blessing - Paid Ministry Coaching - Prosperity Gospel Critique

  2. May 16

    Bo Bennett on Faith & Doubt

    ## Episode Summary Can a life without God be fully human — and fully good? Bo Bennett, philosopher, social psychologist, and author of *Positive Humanism*, makes the case that secular flourishing doesn't require dismantling religion, just ignoring the parts that aren't doing any work. The sharpest moment: Bennett's argument that accepting "I don't know" is an act of intellectual discipline, not defeat — and that filling mystery with God is a form of lazy thinking he calls the God of the Gaps fallacy. ## What You'll Learn - Why Bennett separates "angry atheism" (fueled by feeling deceived by parents, churches, and pastors) from Positive Humanism, which simply ignores religious critique rather than waging it - The one thing Bennett concedes religion does better than humanism: structured, weekly social cohesion — the community formed by showing up to the same place with the same people, reliably - Why humanists say people should be good "for goodness sake" — rooted in evolutionary cooperation and biological empathy — rather than fear of cosmic judgment or an afterlife - How Bennett distinguishes high-empathy people (for whom hurting others is "literally against their nature") from the small sociopathic segment where religious belief might actually serve as a behavioral guardrail - Why "I can't fully explain this, and that's okay" is the honest humanist response to mystery — and why reaching for a god-story instead is the same cognitive move humans have made since the first myths were invented ## Notable Quotes > "We are good for goodness sake. That's the only reason for the sense of being good." — Bo Bennett > "The truth is, we don't know — and I'm okay with that." — Bo Bennett ## About the Guest Bo Bennett is a philosopher and social psychologist whose work centers on Positive Humanism, a secular philosophy focused on human flourishing rather than religious critique. He has written extensively on the subject and operates multiple web properties, including his personal hub at bobennett.com and his business site at archieboy.com. In conversation, he draws fluidly on both evolutionary psychology and social science to explain why humans tend toward cooperation and empathy — without any appeal to the supernatural. His tone throughout is notably non-combative: he explicitly leaves religious debate to others while staking out his own affirmative ground. ## Topics Covered - Positive Humanism Defined - Angry Atheism vs. Secular Flourishing - Religion and Social Cohesion - Goodness Without God - Biological Empathy and Morality - God of the Gaps Fallacy - Tolerating Uncertainty

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Clergy, theologians, and lay practitioners across traditions on faith, doubt, and the questions in between.

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  • Creator
    Rev. Sarah Kim
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
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