I love this podcast! It never ceases to amaze me how these podcasts provide exactly the words or resources I need to assist with processing through a specific spiritual issue. I feel a solidarity with these people. I am grateful that they don’t shy away from the hard stuff. My faith continues to be nourished and stretched here.

I stumbled on this podcast via someone's recommendation on Instagram. All of the topics and people on here are fascinating. I am so curious about them all I want to just be able to listen to all of them right away. Thank you for making this podcast! It’s awesome! If you haven’t already, you’ve got to get Dr. Stephen Backhouse on here as soon as you can!

I love the guests and topics on this podcast, but many times I have been stopped from sharing specific episodes with others because of the long pre-show chatter and the dad jokes at the end. I feel like you assume everyone listening already knows and loves you and would find it endearing, but when I’m wanting to share with people unfamiliar with your podcast I think it’s a barrier. Most recent episode (Five Challenges) is perfect example, a thoughtful conversation was deflated by Matt’s dad joke. Maybe you could offer extended episodes with chatter and bonus jokes to Patreon subscribers or something? 😬

This gentle yet powerful podcast is intentionally hosted. Matt and Ben bring a certain level of thoughtfulness that is not often found as they dig deep into the issues that stir our hearts, awaken our souls, and activate our minds… all the things that help to strengthen our faith and demonstrate Christ’s love, truthfully, powerfully, and lightly.

Nathan Cartagena explaining Critical Race Theory is such a gift. Matt and Ben were so cued into their guest, they don’t say much but ask clarifying questions that the audience may be asking themselves. Am so looking forward to parts 3 and 4. Matt, Ben, Christy- great hosts for your listeners and guests.w

Racist, white-hating, woke and non-biblical garbage. This emergent load, high on how many godless false teaching degrees they have, needs to go somewhere else and call itself something else. This is neither Christian nor progressive. It’s intellectualized marxist GARBAGE, of the exact kind that saw millions killed in the 20th century.

More people & podcasts are talking these days about the things Jesus taught (in the 4 gospels), but there are a few of his teachings that almost never get serious coverage. Several references (EXCLUDING the “rich young ruler”) are made in Luke about selling all of one’s possessions & giving to the poor and then this teaching is shown to be taken seriously by the time we get to the book of Acts (end of chapters 2 & 4). Another powerful & often neglected paradigm-changing (IF taken at face value) teaching of Jesus is found in Mt. 6:24; Lk. 16:13-14). This has been called the “Two Masters teaching”, one being God/Love and the other/opposite one being money. What would Christianity look like, both inside its confines and to the world at large, if these teachings were given much more serious consideration and application? Take a leap of faith and dive deep into these teachings! ✌🏼

There are Christians out there that don’t hate everyone. Who knew.

1, 2 and 4 are available, but not 3? Thanks for any help.

Ready for honesty, reality and scary truth that will shake you to your core? Are you angry at the church culture or burned by superficial unthoughtful ways of practicing the Christian faith? Want to see what a real Christ like faith looks like as an unbeliever? This podcast fills all of those roles, even at the scratch of the surface. Dig in, and get some coffee. Open your heart and get ready to be challenged and laugh. Especially valuable for pastors, and leaders who want to stop doing the same old thing and missing Jesus in the process.