The Truth Response

How do you know if God is actually leading you—or if you're simply hearing what you want to hear? In this episode, Derek and Matt explore what it means to recognize God's voice and discern His leading in everyday life. They discuss why knowing Scripture is essential to recognizing God's character, how our heart posture can affect the way we hear, and why we need to ask not only, “What do I want?” but “What does God want?”

The conversation explores prayer, surrender, Biblical discernment, discomfort, Sabbath and rest, distractions, Christian community, and the importance of testing what we think God may be saying. Sometimes God's leading challenges us without confusing us. Sometimes following Him requires stepping outside our comfort zone. And sometimes the most important question we can ask is, “Am I looking for God's answer, or am I looking for God to agree with mine?”

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What do you do when you've prayed, waited, and still don't see God doing anything? In this episode, Derek, Matt, and Dave have an honest conversation about unanswered prayer, God's timing, surrender, and the frustrating reality that we often can't see what God is doing while we're living through it. Through personal stories of financial uncertainty, career changes, ministry, family, and spiritual growth, they look back and recognize moments where God's hand was working even when they couldn't see it.

The conversation explores four ways God may answer prayer: yes, no, wait, and grow. Sometimes God gives us exactly what we ask for. Sometimes His answer protects us from something we can't see. Sometimes He asks us to wait, and sometimes He uses the waiting to change us before we're ready for what we're asking for. Through Biblical examples like Joseph, Solomon, Israel, and Isaiah 40:31, the hosts wrestle with what it means to trust God when His timing and methods don't match our expectations.

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Who has shaped your faith? What does it really mean to love someone without affirming everything they believe or do? And how do we know whether the people around us are helping us grow—or simply telling us what we want to hear? In this spontaneous and honest conversation, Derek, Matt, and Dave explore Christian maturity, mentorship, encouragement, constructive criticism, wisdom, and the difference between loving someone and simply affirming them.

The conversation also turns toward the unexpected ways God works through ordinary people. From parents and grandparents who modeled faith to unplanned conversations that changed someone's life, the hosts discuss what it means to be a willing vessel for God. Sometimes we don't see the impact of our words, and sometimes we don't even realize God was working through us until much later.

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What should Christians do when Biblical truth collides with a culture that disagrees with them? In this episode, Derek, Matt, and Dave tackle difficult questions about human life, abortion, morality, politics, judgment, accountability, forgiveness, parenting, and what it actually means to love someone without affirming everything they believe or do.

But this conversation goes deeper than cultural controversy. The hosts explore how Christians can speak truth without cruelty, stand for their convictions without trying to force others to believe, and respond to fear with faith and community. They also discuss the responsibility parents have in discipling their children, the importance of teaching rather than simply giving expectations, and why Christians need to live lives that demonstrate the truth they proclaim.

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What does it really mean to follow Jesus? Is Christianity about checking enough boxes, following enough rules, and doing enough good things—or is it about having a genuine relationship with Christ that transforms your heart? In this episode, we look at Jesus' words in Matthew 5 and explore how He fulfilled the Law, challenged outward-only obedience, and called His followers to something much deeper.

The conversation moves into righteousness, forgiveness, bitterness, sanctification, prayer, idolatry, and the difference between knowing about Jesus and actually knowing Him. Ultimately, Jesus brings the Ten Commandments together under two great commands: love God completely and love your neighbor genuinely. The question isn't simply whether we're following the rules; it's whether our hearts are being transformed by Christ. Clarity in chaos. Bringing hope to a chaotic world.

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What does it really mean to obey God's commandments? In this episode, the conversation moves beyond outward behavior and into the heart, exploring the eighth, ninth, and tenth commandments: do not steal, do not bear false witness, and do not covet. The discussion reveals how these commands confront entitlement, deception, gossip, comparison, discontentment, and the desire for what belongs to someone else.

But this conversation is about much more than a list of rules. The hosts explore how our actions reveal what is happening inside us—and how stealing, lying, and coveting can all point to deeper struggles with pride, self-reliance, and misplaced worship. Ultimately, the commandments expose our need for grace and point us toward Jesus, whose call to love God and love our neighbors gives us the framework for genuine Christian living. Clarity in chaos. Bringing hope to a chaotic world.

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Sweepstakes: Mail in a letter, card, or postcard to 50 Bell Blvd Lehigh Acres FL 33936 addressed to The Truth Response and enter to win a host of prizes.

1st Place will receive a T-Shirt, 30oz cup, Keychain, Hat, Stickers, and a Thumb drive full of music written by Derek.

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What does it really mean to honor your father and mother? Does honoring parents always mean obeying them? And how do the commandments against murder and adultery reach far beyond the outward actions themselves? In this episode, the conversation explores Exodus 20:12–14 and the fifth, sixth, and seventh commandments, examining what they reveal about family, human life, marriage, and the condition of our hearts.

From difficult parent relationships and healthy boundaries to the value of every human life and the seriousness of the marriage covenant, this discussion challenges us to see God's commands as more than a list of rules. They reveal God's design for relationships and call us to recognize the God-given value of the people around us. Clarity in chaos. Bringing hope to a chaotic world.

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Sweepstakes: Mail in a letter, card, or postcard to 50 Bell Blvd Lehigh Acres FL 33936 addressed to The Truth Response and enter to win a host of prizes.

1st Place will receive a T-Shirt, 30oz cup, Keychain, Hat, Stickers, and a Thumb drive full of music written by Derek.

2nd Place will Receive a 30oz cup, Keychain, and stickers

Why would God command His people to rest? In this episode, we take a deeper look at the Fourth Commandment: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Rather than treating Sabbath as another religious rule to check off a list, the conversation explores why God designed His people to stop, rest, worship, and remember that they are not ultimately responsible for holding everything together.

In a culture where phones, work, ministry, notifications, and constant productivity make it difficult to slow down, Sabbath challenges us to trust God enough to stop. The hosts explore how our inability to rest can reveal deeper struggles with control, significance, security, and approval—and why our families and our relationship with God need more than what we can provide. Clarity in chaos. Bringing hope to a chaotic world.

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What does it really mean to have no other gods before God? Are idols only carved statues, or can they be found in our careers, relationships, hobbies, ministries, or even ourselves?

In this episode of The Truth Response, Derek, Dave, and Matt continue their Ten Commandments series by exploring the first three commandments in Exodus 20. They unpack why God begins by calling His people to exclusive devotion, why the second commandment is about worshiping God rightly rather than reducing Him to something manageable, and why taking God's name "in vain" involves far more than simply avoiding certain words. Together they discuss modern idolatry, hypocrisy, reverence, and what it means to genuinely represent Christ in everyday life.

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Whether you've studied the Ten Commandments for years or are reading them with fresh eyes, this conversation will challenge you to examine what truly holds first place in your heart and remind you that God's commands are loving guardrails leading His people toward freedom—not burdens meant to earn His love.

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Many people think of the Ten Commandments as a list of rules to follow, but what if we've been missing the bigger picture? In this first episode of our new series, we don't begin with "You shall not..."—we begin with who God is and why He gave the Law in the first place. Before God ever commanded Israel to obey, He first reminded them that He had already rescued them from slavery. That order changes everything.

Join us as we explore the historical context of Exodus 20, the purpose of the Law, and how the Ten Commandments reveal God's character rather than simply His authority. We discuss legalism, grace, freedom, the culture of ancient Egypt, and why obedience has always been a response to God's redemption—not a way to earn it.

Clarity in chaos. Bringing hope to a chaotic world.

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