Did you know Jesus cares about helping you enjoy entertainment and use good discernment in what content to enjoy? And He wants to help you do both. I know this to be true firsthand. This is not a normal episode; it's a compilation of social media videos I've posted over the past couple years where I share with you personal stories and examples from my own life to help you walk out the balance of enjoying entertainment and staying true to your Christian faith. This is how I personally apply the biblical principles I shared with you in previous episodes about engaging with entertainment in a godly way.

🕛 MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE 🕛

00:00 Podcast Intro00:28 Episode Intro

03:30 Should I keep listening to this artist?

06:27 Jesus & a Coldplay concert

11:54 Choosing which content to consume or not

17:33 Response to the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony

26:00 Closing

📝 RESOURCES 📝🔶 Show Notes

🔶 For more biblical teaching about faith and entertainment and my personal story with this topic, head to my Faith, Entertainment & Culture playlist

📱 CONNECT WITH ME 📱✅ Subscribe & turn on notifications so you don’t miss future episodes!🔶 Website: https://jasminpatterson.com/🔗 Explore all my links: https://linktr.ee/jasminonsocial - Head here to follow me on Instagram and TikTok, join my free email community, listen to my original music, and support this ministry on Patreon.ℹ️ ABOUT ME + EVERYDAY WALK PODCASTHey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m an ordained minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter/worship leader, college missionary, and staff contributor at Christian music site NewReleaseToday. And I’m passionate about helping both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. On the Everyday Walk Podcast, you’ll find practical Bible teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life. I’m also a lover of all things arts/entertainment and pop culture. So, sometimes we’ll also have fun conversations about arts and faith.

Can you be a Christian and still love Wicked—the movies or the musical?! In this mini episode, I'm sharing with you three questions I think through as a Christian who’s loved Wicked since high school and loves the incredible artists who have been bringing this story to life for over 20 years! I hope this helps your discerning process too! I first made this video for my social media, so this episode looks a little different because and I don't have my usual prayer at the end. But I pray that God encourages and refreshes every on stage/screen and behind the scenes artist who has been a part of 'Wicked' as they have used and continue to use their talents to bring joy to others' lives. And I pray that He guides your decision making as you enjoy and discern your engagement with this piece of art.🕛 MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE 🕛00:00 | Podcast Intro00:28 | Episode Intro00:57 | Magic in Entertainment02:09 | Portrayal of Good & Evil03:09 | Personal Convictions + Discernment06:07 | Closing Thoughts📝 RESOURCES 📝🔶 Show Notes | Scriptures, book recommendations can be found here!🔶 Faith & Entertainment Playlist | Episodes on enjoying and discerning entertainment and personal convictions as a Christian can be found here.📱 CONNECT WITH ME 📱✅ Subscribe & turn on notifications so you don’t miss future episodes!🔶 Website: https://jasminpatterson.com/🔗 Explore all my links: https://linktr.ee/jasminonsocial - Head here to follow me on Instagram and TikTok, join my free email community, listen to my original music, and support this ministry on Patreon.ℹ️ ABOUT ME + EVERYDAY WALK PODCASTHey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m an ordained minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter/worship leader, college missionary, and staff contributor at Christian music site NewReleaseToday. And I’m passionate about helping both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. On the Everyday Walk Podcast, you’ll find practical Bible teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life. I’m also a lover of all things arts/entertainment and pop culture. So, sometimes we’ll also have fun conversations about arts and faith.

"Christianity is a relationship, not a religion." "I can live how I want because my relationship with Jesus is personal." Have you ever said or heard those things before? Sometimes people who are curious about Christianity or even people who are already Christians unintentionally draw wrong conclusions about what the phrase “personal relationship” means. So, in this episode we’re debunking four common misconceptions about what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus and learning the truth. Here are four things you should know about having a personal relationship with Jesus.

🕛 MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE 🕛

00:00 | Podcast Intro

00:28 | Episode Intro

01:16 | 1) Christianity is both a religion and a relationship.

06:56 | 2) “Personal” doesn’t mean “isolated relationship with Jesus.”

09:05 | 3) "Personal" doesn’t mean "hidden relationship with Jesus." 

13:49 | 4) "Personal" doesn’t mean you get to make the rules.

21:53 | Closing Thoughts + Prayer

📝 RESOURCES 📝

🔶 Show Notes

🔶 What Does It Mean to Know Jesus?

🔶 Are Christian Hypocrites?

📱 CONNECT WITH ME 📱

✅ Subscribe & turn on notifications so you don’t miss future episodes!

🔶 Website: https://jasminpatterson.com/

🔗 Explore all my links: https://linktr.ee/jasminonsocial - Head here to follow me on Instagram and TikTok, join my free email community, listen to my original music, and support this ministry on Patreon.

ℹ️ ABOUT ME + EVERYDAY WALK PODCAST

Hey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m an ordained minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter/worship leader, college missionary, and staff contributor at Christian music site NewReleaseToday. And I’m passionate about helping both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus.

On the Everyday Walk Podcast, you’ll find practical Bible teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life. I’m also a lover of all things arts/entertainment and pop culture. So, sometimes we’ll also have fun conversations about arts and faith. 

If you're a Christian college student and young adult (or you know one), this episode especially is for you! I want to share my advice for Christian college students based on what I did well in college and what I wish I did better, and my perspective as a current campus minister.

Whether you are a Freshman or you’ve already got some years of college under your belt, I want to give you three tips to help you put the most into and get the most out of your time in college as a follower of Jesus, both spiritually and practically. Here's what I would I would have told my younger self and what I counsel the students I mentor to do.🕛 MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE 🕛00:00 - Podcast Intro00:28 - Episode Intro01:34 - My College Journey03:57 - Tip #1: Bring God into your academic life.10:42 - Tip #2: Don't neglect your relationship with Jesus and Christian community.14:15 - Tip #3: Find wise ways to build relationships with people who aren't Christians.23:08 - Closing Thoughts & Prayer📝 RESOURCES 📝🔶 Show Notes🔶 Faith, Arts/Entertainment, & Culture playlist: - Episodes about navigating personal convictions, entertainment, and culture from a Christian perspective.📱 CONNECT WITH ME 📱✅ Subscribe & turn on notifications so you don’t miss future episodes!🔶 Website🔗 Explore all my links: https://linktr.ee/jasminonsocial - Head here to follow me on Instagram and TikTok, join my free email community, listen to my original music, and support this ministry on Patreon.ℹ️ ABOUT ME + EVERYDAY WALK PODCASTHey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m an ordained minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter/worship leader, college missionary, and staff contributor at Christian music site NewReleaseToday. And I’m passionate about helping both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. On the Everyday Walk Podcast, you’ll find practical Bible teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life. I’m also a lover of all things arts/entertainment and pop culture. So, sometimes we’ll also have fun conversations about arts and faith.

"High Water" by Tori Kelly is an inspirational song about believing you can make it through hard times. So, in this episode of the Scripture & Song series, I want to share with you a personal story of an encounter I had with God through this song at a Tori Kelly concert. Then, together, we'll learn from these lyrics and some biblical songs from the book of Psalms about how to have hope and walk with Jesus through trials in life. (And I might also full on nerd out a bit about Tori, who is my favorite artist on the planet! 😉)🕛 MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE 🕛00:00 Podcast Intro | 00:28 Episode Intro | 01:30 What I love about Tori Kelly | 02:00 My God story with "High Water" | 06:15 How Jesus helps us through trials | 21:53 Closing Thoughts + Prayer📝 RESOURCES 📝🔶 Show Notes🔶 What Does It Mean to Know Jesus episode

🔶 Faith, Arts/Entertainment, & Culture Playlist🔶 Spotify Playlist – Scripture & Songs

🔶 🎶 Songs I Love Playlist (My Covers)

📱 CONNECT WITH ME 📱✅ Subscribe & turn on notifications so you don’t miss future episodes!🔶 Website: https://jasminpatterson.com/🔗 Explore all my links: https://linktr.ee/jasminonsocial - Head here to follow me on Instagram and TikTok, join my free email community, listen to my original music, and support this ministry on Patreon.ℹ️ ABOUT ME + EVERYDAY WALK PODCASTHey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m an ordained minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter/worship leader, college missionary, and staff contributor at Christian music site NewReleaseToday. And I’m passionate about helping both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. On the Everyday Walk Podcast, you’ll find practical Bible teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life. I’m also a lover of all things arts/entertainment and pop culture. So, sometimes we’ll also have fun conversations about arts and faith. 

Do you ever wonder if it's okay to bring God your real, raw thoughts and emotions? In this episode, we’re chatting about the song “Dear God” by Hunter Hayes, how to be honest and vulnerable with God in prayer, and how to process emotions with God. This topic has changed my relationship with God for the better, and I believe it will change yours too!🕛 MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE 🕛00:00 Podcast Intro | 00:28 Episode Intro | 01:50 What I Love About Hunter Hayes + "Dear God" | 02:33 Is it irreverent to pray honestly to God? | 07:30 Practical steps to process emotions and struggles with God | 14:06 Closing Thoughts + Prayer📝 RESOURCES 📝🔶 Show Notes🔶 Hunter Hayes' "Dear God" mini documentary🔶 Interview Hunter did with K-LOVE about "Dear God" 🔶 What Does It Mean to Know Jesus episode 🔶 Faith, Arts/Entertainment, & Culture Playlist - Explore all Scripture & Songs episodes and related music videos, other faith in arts and culture episodes, and biblical teaching on engaging mainstream art as a Christian. 🔶 Spotify Playlist – Scripture & Songs🔶 🎶 Songs I Love Playlist (My Covers) 📱 CONNECT WITH ME 📱✅ Subscribe & turn on notifications so you don’t miss future episodes!🔶 Website: https://jasminpatterson.com/🔗 Explore all my links: https://linktr.ee/jasminonsocial - Head here to follow me on Instagram and TikTok, join my free email community, listen to my original music, and support this ministry on Patreon.ℹ️ ABOUT ME + EVERYDAY WALK PODCASTHey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m an ordained minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter/worship leader, college missionary, and staff contributor at Christian music site NewReleaseToday. And I’m passionate about helping both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. On the Everyday Walk Podcast, you’ll find practical Bible teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life. I’m also a lover of all things arts/entertainment and pop culture. So, sometimes we’ll also have fun conversations about arts and faith. 

“Sinner’s Prayer” by Anne Wilson is a beautiful song about someone coming to a place of faith in Jesus and readiness to surrender your life to Him. And it's a great model for what to pray when you're ready to give your life to Jesus. In this Scripture & Songs themed episode, we'll unpack these lyrics together, learn what the Bible says about the sinner's prayer, and how you can take the first step to following Jesus.

🕛 MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE:00:00 Podcast Intro | 00:28 Episode Intro | 01:33 What I Love About Anne Wilson | 02:55 Things to know about praying a "sinner's prayer" | 11:42 You're not too broken to turn to Jesus | 17:11 Want to know more about Jesus? | 18:11 Closing Thoughts + Prayer

📝 RESOURCES 📝🔶 Show Notes

🔶 What Does It Mean to Know Jesus episode

🔶 Faith, Arts/Entertainment, & Culture Playlist - Explore all Scripture & Songs episodes and related music videos, other faith in arts and culture episodes, and biblical teaching on engaging mainstream art as a Christian. 🔶 Spotify Playlist – Scripture & Songs🔶 🎶 Songs I Love Playlist (My Covers)📱 CONNECT WITH ME 📱✅ Subscribe & turn on notifications so you don’t miss future episodes!🔶 Website: https://jasminpatterson.com/🔗 Explore all my links: https://linktr.ee/jasminonsocial - Head here to follow me on Instagram and TikTok, join my free email community, listen to my original music, and support this ministry on Patreon.ℹ️ ABOUT ME + EVERYDAY WALK PODCASTHey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m an ordained minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter/worship leader, NewReleaseToday Staff Contributor, and lover of all things arts/entertainment and pop culture. And I’m passionate about helping both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. On the Everyday Walk Podcast, you’ll find practical Bible teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life.

In this episode, you and I are exploring the lyrics of three of my favorite mainstream songs by two of my favorite artists that deal with themes of God, faith, and spiritual questions–"7 Days" and "All We Know" by Alessia Cara and "The Architect" by Kacey Musgraves. Together we'll unpack the topics and questions brought up in the lyrics of these songs and look at how the Bible speaks to those themes. If you've ever wondered why bad things happen in the world and what God plans to do about it, whether we can know for sure there is a God, and if so, whether He can be known personally (or if you're interested in music or faith), this discussion is for you!🕛 MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE00:00 Podcast Intro | 00:28 Episode Intro | 03:03 "7 Days" by Alessia Cara | 15:20 "All We Know" by Alessia Cara + "The Architect" by Kacey Musgraves | 24:53 Closing Thoughts + Prayer

📝 RESOURCES 📝🔶 Show Notes🔶 Alessia track-by-track interview🔶 What Does It Mean to Know Jesus episode

🔶 Faith, Arts/Entertainment, & Culture Playlist - Explore all Scripture & Songs episodes and related music videos, other faith in arts and culture episodes, and biblical teaching on engaging mainstream art as a Christian. 🔶 Spotify Playlist – Scripture & Songs

🔶 🎶 Songs I Love Playlist (My Covers) 📱 CONNECT WITH ME 📱✅ Subscribe & turn on notifications so you don’t miss future episodes!🔶 Website: https://jasminpatterson.com/🔗 Explore all my links: https://linktr.ee/jasminonsocial - Head here to follow me on Instagram and TikTok, join my free email community, listen to my original music, and support this ministry on Patreon.ℹ️ ABOUT ME + EVERYDAY WALK PODCASTHey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m an ordained minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter/worship leader, NewReleaseToday Staff Contributor, and lover of all things arts/entertainment and pop culture. And I’m passionate about helping both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. On the Everyday Walk Podcast, you’ll find practical Bible teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life.

Are you curious about who Jesus is, how to start a relationship with Him, or what it means to be a Christian? Are you a Christian wondering how to better understand or communicate your faith to others? In this episode, I get into those questions, share my personal story of coming to know Jesus, and I'll lead you in a prayer to become a Christian if you're ready to take that step too. Whether you're exploring faith or looking for a resource to help introduce people in your life to Jesus, this conversation is for you.

⏱ MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE:00:00 Podcast Intro00:28 Episode Intro01:30 What Being A Christian Is NOT03:30 What IS Knowing Jesus All About? (The Gospel)08:50 4 Ways Jesus Changes Our Lives13:09 My Story: How I Came to Faith In Jesus16:16 How to Become a Christian18:14 Prayer to Become a Christian19:48 Next Steps for New Christians

📝 RESOURCES 📝

🔶 ⁠Show Notes⁠

🔶 What Does It Mean to Be a Christian? Episode

📱 CONNECT WITH ME 📱

✅ Subscribe & turn on notifications so you don’t miss future episodes!

🔶 Website: https://jasminpatterson.com/

🔗 Explore all my links: https://linktr.ee/jasminonsocial - Head here to follow me on Instagram and TikTok, join my free email community, listen to my original music, and support this ministry on Patreon.

ℹ️ ABOUT ME + EVERYDAY WALK PODCAST

Hey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m an ordained minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter/worship leader, NewReleaseToday Staff Contributor, and lover of all things arts/entertainment and pop culture. And I’m passionate about helping both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. On the Everyday Walk Podcast, you’ll find practical Bible teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life. Occasionally, we'll also have some fun conversations about arts and faith.

Throughout my life, learning to navigate being passionate about both arts/entertainment and the Church/my faith in Jesus, I've noticed that those two worlds and two communities don't always understand each other or get along well a lot of the time, and that breaks my heart. I don't believe it has to be that way or that God wants it to be that way.

So, in this episode, I share from Scripture and my experience three practical ways Christians can better love, value, support, and relate to artists and entertainers of all kinds who create art in what some in the Church would call the "secular entertainment" industry.

🕛 MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE:00:00 Podcast Intro00:28 Episode Intro04:13 Appreciate the work of artists.10:13 Treat artists with respect.19:29 Pray for artists.26:15 Closing Thoughts + Prayer

📝 RESOURCES 📝

🔶 Show Notes

🔶 Faith, Arts/Entertainment, & Culture Playlist - Explore all Scripture & Songs episodes and related music videos, other faith in arts and culture episodes, and biblical teaching on engaging mainstream art as a Christian. 

🔶 🎶 Songs I Love Playlist (My Covers)

📱 CONNECT WITH ME 📱

✅ Subscribe & turn on notifications so you don’t miss future episodes!

🔶 Website: https://jasminpatterson.com/

🔗 Explore all my links: https://linktr.ee/jasminonsocial - Head here to follow me on Instagram and TikTok, join my free email community, listen to my original music, and support this ministry on Patreon.

ℹ️ ABOUT ME + EVERYDAY WALK PODCAST

Hey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m an ordained minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter/worship leader, NewReleaseToday Staff Contributor, and lover of all things arts/entertainment and pop culture. And I’m passionate about helping both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. On the Everyday Walk Podcast, you’ll find practical Bible teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life. Occasionally, we'll also have some fun conversations about arts and faith.