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Intro and a miraculous emergency ((00:00-17:18)

What does having a “Christ-centered” relationship actually mean? (17:30-30:19)

Closing Song: Amos 5:24 (David and Alaina Coplin)

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Intro and a christian radio conspiracy (00:00-15:30)

What do you do when you feel frustrated with God? Or frustrated with life, but that’s the same thing, right? (31:09-47:06)

How much do I need to try at my job? I heard a lot growing up about “working as if for the lord, not for me” and “excellence in all things”. But, that kind of seems like a scam when it means do more work than I am getting paid for. (31:09-47:06)

Hebrews 6:1 talks about “moving beyond the elementary teachings about Christ”. What does that mean? Are there extra teachings? How do you know if you’re ready to move on? (47:10-01:00:24)

Closing Song: God Don't (Lee Younger)

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In this 600th episode(!) the guys take a look back at the Christian world of 2012 when the podcast launched. Including the Dove awards, Christianity Today headlines, and some characters that would reoccur over and over.

Closing Song: The original SayThat outro song

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Intro and a pastor made his own cryptocurrency, that is definitely an emergency. (00:00-21:460

I tried a meditation app. It talked about just letting your thoughts happen without judging them. How does that go with “taking every thought captive to Christ”? (21:55-36:49)

A friend recommended a Christian book to me. I really didn’t like it and thought it had some harmful stuff in it. They are very excited to hear what I thought. What do I tell them? (36:53-53:00)

I have heard people talking about “social media fasts” and how being online is so toxic. I don’t like get into fights or get obsessed about likes. I don’t really post that much, but I enjoy scrolling through stuff- maybe spend a little too much time doing it some days. How do I know if this is a problem or not? (53:03-01:07:14)

Closing Song: So Here I Am (Jed Brewer)

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Intro and a winter weather emergency. (00:00-15:24)

Did you guys see the story of the Ohio pastor who was charged for letting homeless people sleep in his church during the cold snap (https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2024/01/19/ohio-pastor-charged-zoning-violations/72281784007/). It got me thinking about what I would do. Would breaking the law be the right thing to do? (15:37-33:14)

What is fasting for? I don’t see how being hungry is going to make me a better Christian. (33:19-49:17)

In Mark 7, Jesus is roasting the Pharisees about how they honor God with they lips “but their hearts are far from Him”. Isn’t that true of everyone? Is there something particular about their case? (49:20-01:03:04)

Closing Song: Child of Wandering Will (Lee Younger)

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Intro and the rare good movie emergency (00:00-19:00)

I would like to try something different with reading the Bible in 2024. I have done the one year Bible and audio Bible. Any other suggestions? (19:31-31:20)

Any tips for dealing with seasonal affectedness? (31:26-41:03)

In John 4, Jesus tells the woman at the well that whoever drinks from him will ever thirst again. I feel like I need to be refilled over all the time, and I hear other people talk about that too. How does that reality match with what Jesus says in the story? (41:12-59:14)

Closing Song: Cannons on a Lighthouse (Randall Goodgame)

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Intro and Sports Emergencies! (00:00-18:04)

There are things I would love to “leave in 2023”. But I am not sure how to go about actually putting them behind me. (18:17-31:57)

I am a little confused about the way the Bible talks about Old Testament figures.  Some of them do pretty bad stuff, but then in the New Testament they are described in glowing terms (David is a man after God’s own heart, Abraham walked in Fatih, Moses was faithful in all God’s house). Am I missing something? (32:06-45:18)

What is the difference between wanting to succeed and/or have nice things and being greedy? (45:26-01:01:07)

Closing Song: Though The Mountains (The Yearwoods)

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Intro and a cascade of emergencies (00:00-26:00)

Reading bible books like Numbers 5 makes me very angry to be a Christian. How do you guys reconcile such content in the bible? And how do you keep hope for decent relations between men and women? Thanks for your thoughts! (26:12-43:38)

I know it’s the Christian thing to be kind to people when they are being unkind to me. But like, how kind do I need to be? (43:43-51:34)

Sometimes, when I see churches or ministries try to hop on a social media trend, or do something “cool” it kind of rubs me the wrong way. Like it’s cheapening the message to put it to a tik tok dance. Is that legit? Or am I falling into the same thing as people who don’t like contemporary worship just because it doesn’t seem as churchy? (51:38-01:02:41)

Closing Song: I Am New (Jed Brewer)

Merry Christmas from SayThat!

Please enjoy this Christmas meditations we put together a few years ago.

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Intro and an emergency from an Indiana creationism conference. (00:00-17:00)

There is a lot of advice out there about how to go after what you want, or let go of things you want. What do you do when you have no idea what you want? (17:02-28:58)

What does it mean to make amends? Is that part of repentance? (29:02-41:20)

Why is John the Baptist important? He is talked about in early chapters of the gospels as this huge deal but I don’t really get why. (41:24-54:03)

Closing Song: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Lee Younger)