Thinking Out Loud with Pastor-D

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This podcast is a follow-up to the sermons presented at Coast Life Church. In it, we'll examine some of the topics mentioned in the Sunday sermon in greater detail. We'll also get Pastor-D's take on some different local and national topics and how they apply to Christians.

  1. 19h ago

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    Let us know what you think! This week on Thinking Out Loud with Pastor-D, Joe sits down with Pastor-D for an episode that somehow manages to travel from Hollywood to Narnia, wander through the wilderness with the Israelites, and eventually land on one of the hardest things Christians are ever asked to do: wait on God. We kick things off with actress Anna Faris and the unusual spiritual conversations she’s having with her teenage son, who has been challenging his mom to consider Christianity. What happens when the kid is the believer and the parent isn’t? How should young Christians handle tough questions about abortion, hypocrisy in the Church, and faith when Mom or Dad doesn't share their beliefs? Then we're off to Narnia, where Hollywood has once again managed to make a talking lion controversial. We discuss the decision to cast Meryl Streep as Aslan, C. S. Lewis's unmistakably Christian symbolism, artistic license, and the larger cultural debate over whether modern adaptations should preserve an author's original religious vision or reinterpret it for a new generation. Then we get biblical—and Coast Kids asks the question everybody reading Genesis has wondered at some point: Why in the world did people live 900 years back then, and why can't we do that now? From there, we dig into persistent prayer. Can you actually pester God long enough that He finally says, “FINE! Here—now leave Me alone!” What was Jesus really teaching with the persistent widow? Does more faith mean we get more of what we ask for? How does doubt affect prayer? And when God doesn't give us the answer we want, why are we so tempted to grab the steering wheel and say, “That's okay, Lord. I got it from here”? We also tackle why children can sometimes accept faith so easily while adults can turn believing in Jesus into a doctoral dissertation, why James tells us to actually rejoice in our trials, and whether those trials are testing our faith, building it—or both. Finally, Pastor Stephen Cline's sermon brings us to the Israelites, their impatience, their homemade gods, and an uncomfortable question for the rest of us: Have we really surrendered our lives to God—or just the parts we don't mind Him controlling? And perhaps the biggest question of the episode: Why is “wait on the Lord” sometimes so much harder than “trust in the Lord”? Faith, doubt, prayer, patience, Hollywood, 969-year-old men, golden calves, Meryl Streep, and Mr. Booger Lips. Yep. Sounds like another perfectly normal episode of Thinking Out Loud with Pastor-D. Coast Life Church Website Coast Life Church on Facebook Coast Life Church on YouTube Coast Life Church App Please send any questions to Joe at or text to 228-365-4156. If you would like to be added to the podcast's text-to-listen service, please text your name to 228-365-4156. If you are interested in helping out with the podcast, please get in touch with Joe Flynt at or call/text to 228-365-4156. Interested in advertising on the podcast or have a question you'd like answered by Pastor-D? Please email Joe Flynt at or call/text at (228) 222-2212. No minimum required and ALL advertising proceeds are tax-deductible and go directly to the Coast Life Church building fund. Music by Alex Grohl

  2. Sep 23

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    Let us know what you think! What do a new storage shed, the world’s wealthiest one percent and a midnight craving for Twinkies have in common? Apparently, quite a bit. This week, we begin with a Vatican statement condemning antisemitism and Islamophobia and ask whether growing interfaith cooperation is simply an effort to oppose religious hatred—or whether it could point toward something much larger in biblical prophecy. Could Catholicism and Islam ever move toward some kind of religious alliance, and might the Catholic Church play a role in the events Christians associate with the end times? We then turn to Jesus’ stories of The Rich Fool and The Friend at Midnight. Why did the wealthy farmer keep talking about “my crops, my barns and my grain?" When does responsible planning become selfish hoarding? Can someone give generously and still be spiritually greedy? And when God blesses us financially, how do we determine whether that money is intended for us—or entrusted to us for someone else? Finally, we tackle prayer: Where did it begin? Does persistent prayer actually change God’s mind? If He already knows what we need, why must we keep asking? When should we continue knocking, and when should we accept that the answer may be no? We even ask how God handles two people praying earnestly for completely opposite outcomes. Join us for a conversation about wealth, stewardship, unanswered prayer, religious unity, spiritual greed and why answering the door after midnight could leave you short a box of Twinkies. Coast Life Church Website Coast Life Church on Facebook Coast Life Church on YouTube Coast Life Church App Please send any questions to Joe at or text to 228-365-4156. If you would like to be added to the podcast's text-to-listen service, please text your name to 228-365-4156. If you are interested in helping out with the podcast, please get in touch with Joe Flynt at or call/text to 228-365-4156. Interested in advertising on the podcast or have a question you'd like answered by Pastor-D? Please email Joe Flynt at or call/text at (228) 222-2212. No minimum required and ALL advertising proceeds are tax-deductible and go directly to the Coast Life Church building fund. Music by Alex Grohl

  3. Sep 16

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    Let us know what you think! This week on Thinking Out Loud with Pastor-D, Joe sits down with the man who apparently believes the IRS is doing the Lord’s work—and somehow, that isn’t even the most troubling subject of the day. We begin with politics, taxpayer-funded promises and one rather uncomfortable question: Are we watching democracy slowly vote itself into oblivion? From there, we turn to two of Jesus’ most challenging stories and ask what He really expects from people who claim to follow Him. Can someone be a genuine Christian without producing much visible fruit? What about a deathbed confession and repentance? Are good works evidence of salvation—and how many works are "enough?" Why did Jesus give the barren fig tree another year, and was the manure merely fertilizer…or was Jesus making a deeper point with the poop? We also discuss conviction versus conversion, grace versus accountability and the difference between trying not to do wrong and actively trying to do right. Joe then submits himself for a spiritual inspection involving an occasional drink and a good party. Finally, we ask whether calling Christianity the “superior decision” could lead us straight into the pride Jesus condemned in the Pharisees—and how we can know whether our faith is truly changing us or merely serving as a comfortable blanket over the things we don’t want to confront. It’s an honest conversation about repentance, spiritual fruit, self-deception and the patience of God—with Pastor-D, Joe and a smelly fig tree. Coast Life Church Website Coast Life Church on Facebook Coast Life Church on YouTube Coast Life Church App Please send any questions to Joe at or text to 228-365-4156. If you would like to be added to the podcast's text-to-listen service, please text your name to 228-365-4156. If you are interested in helping out with the podcast, please get in touch with Joe Flynt at or call/text to 228-365-4156. Interested in advertising on the podcast or have a question you'd like answered by Pastor-D? Please email Joe Flynt at or call/text at (228) 222-2212. No minimum required and ALL advertising proceeds are tax-deductible and go directly to the Coast Life Church building fund. Music by Alex Grohl

  4. Sep 9

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    Let us know what you think! Apparently, Pastor-D believes we all need a little weed in our lives. Before anyone calls the elders, he’s talking about Jesus’ parable of the wheat and the weeds—but that doesn’t stop Joe from asking how to recognize the human weeds tangled around our spiritual roots and, more importantly, how to remove them without pulling ourselves apart in the process. This episode begins with a serious discussion of the Lindsay Clancy trial, the lone holdout juror and a society that often seems quicker to explain evil than to call it evil. Can mental illness explain a terrible act without excusing it? Why does public sympathy sometimes drift away from the victims and toward the person responsible? And does standing alone against eleven other people offer Christians a glimpse of the pressure they may face when conscience collides with culture? From there, Joe and Pastor-D travel from a Massachusetts courtroom to the streets of Kathmandu, where Ramesh started a church without waiting for money, a building or perfect circumstances. They also examine why Jesus called Himself the “Son of Man,” why He taught through parables, why Christianity attracts hostility in supposedly tolerant places and whether churches have softened Jesus’ teachings about judgment and hell because they make people uncomfortable. Finally, they confront the “posers”—people who admire the idea of Jesus but have little interest in actually following Him. What separates genuine faith from a carefully maintained Christian image? It’s an episode about courage, accountability, dangerous weeds, uncomfortable truths and why looking religious is considerably easier than living faithfully. Listen now—preferably before Pastor-D’s gardening advice gets taken out of context. Coast Life Church Website Coast Life Church on Facebook Coast Life Church on YouTube Coast Life Church App Please send any questions to Joe at or text to 228-365-4156. If you would like to be added to the podcast's text-to-listen service, please text your name to 228-365-4156. If you are interested in helping out with the podcast, please get in touch with Joe Flynt at or call/text to 228-365-4156. Interested in advertising on the podcast or have a question you'd like answered by Pastor-D? Please email Joe Flynt at or call/text at 228-365-4156. No minimum required and ALL advertising proceeds are tax-deductible and go directly to the Coast Life Church building fund. Music by Alex Grohl

  5. Sep 3

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    Let us know what you think! Ready for the Rapture…But Not the Gym Pastor-D gets dressed for the gym. Whether he actually makes it there is another matter. But that raises a surprisingly good question: Are we doing the spiritual equivalent—looking ready for Jesus without actually living ready? This week on Thinking Out Loud with Pastor-D, Joe and Pastor-D go from questionable ’80s expressions and 12:30 a.m. pizza-and-Bible-study sessions to a much bigger question: If Jesus returned today, what would we wish we’d taken care of yesterday? Jesus told His followers to stay dressed, ready, and keep their lamps burning. But what does that look like on an ordinary Monday? Can we be ready without being afraid? And why do we keep trying to hide things from God—as though the Creator of the universe hasn’t checked that particular drawer? We also explore the surprising picture of a Master who serves His servants, how to recognize God’s calling when your next step isn’t clear, and whether being comfortable has made us spiritually sleepy. When the world feels increasingly hostile to our faith, how do we stand firm without treating people of other religions as enemies? And finally: What do you think Jesus will say to us first when He returns? Come for the laughs. Stay for the questions that might follow you home. No gym membership required. Coast Life Church Website Coast Life Church on Facebook Coast Life Church on YouTube Coast Life Church App Please send any questions to Joe at or text to 228-365-4156. If you would like to be added to the podcast's text-to-listen service, please text your name to 228-365-4156. If you are interested in helping out with the podcast, please get in touch with Joe Flynt at or call/text to 228-365-4156. Interested in advertising on the podcast or have a question you'd like answered by Pastor-D? Please email Joe Flynt at or call/text at 228-365-4156. No minimum required and ALL advertising proceeds are tax-deductible and go directly to the Coast Life Church building fund. Music by Alex Grohl

  6. Aug 26

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    Let us know what you think! Does the devil have a wife? Would Jesus want Christians to keep an “open mind” about worldly issues? And is bringing up abortion really the fastest way to escape a barroom conversation that has gone completely off the rails? This week, Joe and Pastor-D begin with listener questions that somehow take them from Satan's wife to marijuana, Mississippi politics and Joe’s highly effective—though probably not pastor-approved—method of ending an argument. Then the conversation moves from rocky barroom theology to the rocky soil of Jesus’ Parable of the Sower. Why did people accuse Jesus of working with Satan when He was casting out demons? Why did His own family question whether He had lost His mind? And when Jesus scattered the good news so freely, was He also showing us how we should share it—even with people who seem unlikely to listen? Joe and Pastor-D dig into hardened hearts, shallow faith, the cost of becoming a genuine disciple and the modern-day thorns quietly choking the spiritual life out of us. Are worry, wealth, politics, entertainment and comparison keeping Christians from producing fruit? Should we focus on people most likely to respond, or throw seed everywhere and let God handle the harvest? And can someone be enormously successful in God’s eyes while looking like a complete failure to the world? Grab your gardening gloves, check the condition of your soil and join us for an episode featuring demons, discipleship, questionable conversational strategies and one uncomfortable question: Are we actually producing fruit—or have we just become very good at looking like a field? Coast Life Church Website Coast Life Church on Facebook Coast Life Church on YouTube Coast Life Church App Please send any questions to Joe at or text to 228-365-4156. If you would like to be added to the podcast's text-to-listen service, please text your name to 228-365-4156. If you are interested in helping out with the podcast, please get in touch with Joe Flynt at or call/text to 228-365-4156. Interested in advertising on the podcast or have a question you'd like answered by Pastor-D? Please email Joe Flynt at or call/text at 228-365-4156. No minimum required and ALL advertising proceeds are tax-deductible and go directly to the Coast Life Church building fund. Music by Alex Grohl

  7. Aug 19

    That’s My Jam!

    Let us know what you think! What do a ’68 Mercury Cougar, a four-cylinder Camaro, Matchbox Twenty, and one very nervous Joshua have in common? Somehow, they all found their way into this episode of Thinking Out Loud with Pastor-D. Joe and Pastor Dewayne talk about what it means to dream big as a Christian—and whether our dreams should look different when God is involved. How can we tell the difference between a God-given calling and something we simply want? When should we wait, when should we move, and how do we know when it’s finally time to jump? They also wrestle with fear, failure, planning, conflicting advice, unexpected setbacks, and whether choosing the safe path can limit what God wants to accomplish through us. Plus, Pastor-D reveals what he might pursue if money, fear, and failure were removed from the equation. Can you be scared and still be following God? Does faith eliminate the need for a plan? And what exactly did Pastor-D mean when he said Christians have access to “the vault of the King?" Listen in—if you can get past the fact that someone willingly traded a classic Cougar for a four-cylinder Camaro. Coast Life Church Website Coast Life Church on Facebook Coast Life Church on YouTube Coast Life Church App Please send any questions to Joe at or text to 228-365-4156. If you would like to be added to the podcast's text-to-listen service, please text your name to 228-365-4156. If you are interested in helping out with the podcast, please get in touch with Joe Flynt at or call/text to 228-365-4156. Interested in advertising on the podcast or have a question you'd like answered by Pastor-D? Please email Joe Flynt at or call/text at 228-365-4156. No minimum required and ALL advertising proceeds are tax-deductible and go directly to the Coast Life Church building fund. Music by Alex Grohl

  8. Aug 12

    That’s My Jam!

    Let us know what you think! This week on Thinking Out Loud with Pastor-D, Joe sits down with the man who apparently believes Coke Zero qualifies as hydration to discuss prayer, spiritual warfare, and victory over darkness. After hearing powerful stories involving Patrick Toth and Mike Welch, we consider how many unseen prayers may be working behind the scenes in someone’s life—even when that person has no idea what God is doing. We also tackle an important listener question: Christians are called to obey the law, but what happens when the law is completely ridiculous? If you sing off-key in North Carolina, photograph the wrong rabbit in Wyoming, or encounter an unlicensed mouse hunter in Ohio, are you facing divine judgment—or merely some very confused local authorities? Then the conversation gets deeper. How can we recognize spiritual darkness without blaming a demon for every bad decision we make? Why is it sometimes easier to say yes to Jesus than to say no to another helping of dessert, a “little white lie,” or something else our flesh wants? We discuss unstable feelings, unanswered questions, prayer as spiritual warfare, surrendering to God before resisting the devil, and trusting that God may be rescuing us even when life appears to be falling apart. Is that difficult person really the enemy? Have we unknowingly wandered outside the fortress? Join us for an honest, humorous, and practical conversation about recognizing darkness, standing firm, and finding victory through Christ. Coast Life Church Website Coast Life Church on Facebook Coast Life Church on YouTube Coast Life Church App Please send any questions to Joe at or text to 228-365-4156. If you would like to be added to the podcast's text-to-listen service, please text your name to 228-365-4156. If you are interested in helping out with the podcast, please get in touch with Joe Flynt at or call/text to 228-365-4156. Interested in advertising on the podcast or have a question you'd like answered by Pastor-D? Please email Joe Flynt at or call/text at 228-365-4156. No minimum required and ALL advertising proceeds are tax-deductible and go directly to the Coast Life Church building fund. Music by Alex Grohl

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This podcast is a follow-up to the sermons presented at Coast Life Church. In it, we'll examine some of the topics mentioned in the Sunday sermon in greater detail. We'll also get Pastor-D's take on some different local and national topics and how they apply to Christians.

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