For their first episode of season three, RD and Greg jump into the conversation of "cancel culture." RD takes a few minutes to explain what they mean by "cancel culture" and talks about how this is a rising cultural issue of people saying you're "canceled" because of something you've done wrong in the eyes of society.

Greg voices that this trend really started on college campuses and has more to do with atonement than reconciliation or forgiveness. But, as Christians, we are called to forgiveness; Greg references Ephesians 4 where Paul talks about being kind to one another. Greg also states that our standard of forgiveness has to be that Jesus forgave you so you have to forgive others. RD brings up the story in the Bible of the woman caught in adultery, and how people wanted to publicly shame and oppress her, but Jesus confronted her sin privately and told her to "sin no more."

Greg brings up that there is so much anonymity on social media, so it's easy to write things on someone's Facebook page who's not really in your life and who you'll never see in real life, but if you wrote the same thing on a coworker's page, you would have to face them the next day, and that drastically changes what you would write on their page. RD jumps in and says that walking away and not commenting on social media is such a lost practice because instead we live in a culture that tells us we have to get the last word.

RD chimes in and points out that Jesus never withdraws support or love from people who are in the wrong; instead, He calls out their sin in truth and love, and then welcomes them to Himself with open arms. Greg references Paul's writing in the books of Corinthians where he says you're a Christian, and God is the only One you belong to, so there shouldn't be divisions among Believers.

RD and Greg wrap up by talking about how Jesus never defined anyone by their worst mistakes, or by their best achievements; instead, He said, "You are defined by Me." RD insists that Jesus will never cancel or kick you out of His House for making a mistake. Greg ends by emphasizing that if we can even offer someone a glimpse of how Jesus forgave us by forgiving them, we should never hesitate to do so.

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