So I Was Thinking...: Recent Episodes
Felipe Marcelino
This podcast is all about the random questions we have about faith as Christians. We talk about what the Bible actually has to say about topics and how it affects how we should live our lives. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soiwas-thinking/support
This is just for fun. There absolutely nothing educational or deep in this episode but we hope you learn that we’re normal too.
This is our official last episode. We are so thankful for your love and support over the past 3 years. This is episode number 60 and we've talked about so many different topics ranging from trusting in God's plan to the Characteristics of God to bad tiktok theology... From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. God bless you all.
This is our first episode of 2023 and it's one that means a lot to us. Deconstruction is a huge trending topic on social media and in Christian circles today. But, how did we get here? Why are so many people leaving their faith? Is it because of a lack of discipleship?
Hey everyone, on this episode, we want to address the current state of our podcast and let you know our plans for the foreseeable future as well as dive into a song that we recently heard with some thought provoking lyrics. Hope you all enjoy. Thank you for all your love and support over the past 2 years.
How do we define worship and how do we worship properly? Here's a clue: It's so much more than the songs we sing on a Sunday morning or in our cars in the way to work/school/sports/etc. It's all about how we live our lives.
What happens when we don't take our faith seriously? What happens when we do nothing at all to continue to grow in our relationship with God? Are we careless with our spiritual lives?
We are back with some more of our Hot Takes. Like we said before, we'd love to hear your hot takes as well!
How are we supposed to approach and address a Holy, Almighty, All-Powerful, All-Knowing, Omnipresent, Righteous, Wrathful, Merciful, Loving, Kind, Patient, Angry, and Jealous God? Do we approach Him casually? Do we get to know Him intimately? Let's talk!
We did something new! (Like we haven't said that before.) In this episode, we're going to give you some of our off the cuff hot takes when it comes to Christianity. Maybe you've heard these and maybe you haven't. Let us know what some of your hot takes are!
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Guys Weekend was something that we started a few years ago to take some time from our busy schedules, get together, and grow in our faith together. Every year, we have a different theme and we spend the weekend doing different devotionals and having conversations about the theme. This year, our focus was our purpose and our identity as Christian men. We decided to record one of our convos and have you guys listen in. Hope you enjoy.
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We think that if you can grasp the topic of justification, it might change your walk with God. Tune in and see what we mean!
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WELCOME TO SEASON 4! We are switching things up in order to be able to keep giving you guys good content! That being said, how do we figure out the Will of God? Is it mystical or knowable? Can you decipher it?
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We all have struggles. Whether it's friendships, temptation, anxiety... How are we supposed to deal with them? This episode is more of a conversation but hopefully, it helps!
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Recently, a verse that is supposed to have deep implications for a Christian, has turned into one that has been seriously taken out of context and weaponized. I'm pretty sure we've experienced someone say, "You don't love your neighbor if..." What does that actually mean and what does it actually look like?
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We hope that this episode helps you to weed out bad theology that has become popular on social media recently. We've seen a lot of videos with a lot of likes that are just sharing and preaching nonsense. We want to clear some of that up.
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The Gospel is good news! We all believe that. However, we tend to treat the gospel and the message of Christianity as only good news. The truth is, the reason for the Good News of Jesus is because there is bad news for humanity. We are dead in our sin and in need of a savior and a redeemer. On this episode, we dive into the need for Good News.
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Our last episode of the Theology series. While this wasn't super exhaustive and detailed, we wanted to give you guys a good look at the major attributes of God to spark your curiosity and urge you to go deeper in your desire of knowing God.
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When God created man, He decided to make us in His image. Is it possible that we share some attributes in common with God? While there are some attributes that we share with God, it's important that we realize that God has a MUCH holier version of these attributes. While we can be patient, we will never be more patient than God. While we can be gentle, we will never be as gentle as God. Let's talk about more of these attributes.
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This week, we continue the talk on the Attributes of God. Why do we think it's important to talk about these things? Knowing God rightly leads to worshipping Him rightly. As we grow in our knowledge and understanding of who He is, it puts everything else into perspective.
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On this episode, we wanted to talk about the person of God. In one of our older episodes, we talked about whether or not it was actually possible to know God and in this episode, we want to talk about who God is and the things we can actually know about Him.
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When we read the Bible, we are reading the grand story of God. We are reading about how God orchestrates His master plan throughout history to bring about His purpose and He does so through multiple covenants with people. We hope that this episode helps shed some light on the story of the Bible for you and helps you get more out of what you're reading!
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Dwight: "Isn't repentance just another word for saying you're sorry?"
Michael: "Dwight, you ignorant fool..."
Anyway, we wanna talk about REPENTANCE on this episode and about how its much more than just saying you're sorry. What does Biblical repentance look like? How do we repent? What is the point of repenting? We hope you like this episode!
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We've used these terms probably a BAJILLION times on our show and we've always just said that, "Salvation happens in an instant and Sanctification happens over a lifetime." While that's true, we wanted to do an entire episode dedicated to talking about doctrine! Knowing God RIGHTLY is important!
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Over the last few years, the deity of Jesus has been questioned... Is Jesus really God? Did Jesus ever SAY He was God? We've seen so many progressive "Christian" tiktokers post about how Jesus was a good man with good ideas. If that's the case, why do we talk so much about Him? Jesus made some very audacious claims about Himself that put Him in a different category than anyone else in history. Let's take a look at some of what He said.
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What do we do when we've done everything we know to do but things still don't end up going our way? Let's talk about the Godly response to failure.
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Another episode based on the questions that you guys have had! How do we grow in our faith? We hear it all the time. We talk about it on our podcast and on Sundays and at Youth Group... How do we actually do it? Let's talk!
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This episode is one that a few of you guys have asked about... How do we share our faith? What do we need to know? Is there an easy way to do this? We try and tackle some of these questions in this episode!
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What does being a Christian looks like Monday - Saturday when we're not at church? What are we supposed to do with the things that we learn on Sunday morning and how do we put them into practice? Paul writes to the church in Romans and lays it out plainly for them. What he says isn't hard to grasp, but it is REALLY hard to live out.
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We made it to the end of the series! John 17 - the longest recorded prayer of Jesus that we have and He spends most of His prayer wrapping up the main ideas of His ministry. THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER!
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This week, we're looking at John 16. Jesus continues to encourage His friends in a very interesting way. Instead of promising them money, fame, and power, He says that in this world, they need to be ready for persecution. Not exactly the biggest hoorah moment you would think but Jesus doesn't stop there. He says things in advance to His friend so that they would have PEACE.
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We're continuing our series about Jesus' last words to His disciples. Know, we know that Jesus clearly other conversations before He died and after He died but these few chapters were an intimate conversation between Him and His closest friends. Over the course of 4 chapters, Jesus is trying to give His followers all the tools they'll need for when He is no longer with them. Hope you guys enjoy the episode!
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We're starting a brand new series! We're going to be taking a look at John 14-17 and deep dive into Jesus' last words to His disciples before He was crucified. Jesus often spoke in parables but during their last meal together, Jesus spoke plainly and clearly so there would be no question to what He meant.
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On this episode, we tackle the subject of religion vs relationship. Over the last few years, this idea has emerged that you can do one without the other or that one is simply more important than the other. Is that true? We take a look at what the Bible has to say and discuss it!
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This episode, we wrap up our series on the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus warns us to not just think of His words as wise or useful. They're not just good quotes or phrases to life by. He means what He says.
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For this episode, we're looking at Matthew 6 where the disciples ask Jesus how they should pray. What Jesus says next are some simple words with heavy meaning to the Jewish audience of the time...
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Jesus GOES OFF in this section of the Sermon on The Mount. He's talking to an audience who thinks that they've got everything figured out. He goes through a few different laws from the Old Testament and shows the people that they actually had NO IDEA. We hope you enjoy this episode!
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This week we're continuing the conversation about the Sermon On The Mount. In this second part of a multi-layered message, Jesus addresses His followers and calls them the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Dive in with us as we talk more about what this looks like in our lives in today's context!
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Join us for a laid back episode where we talk about what’s good. We tell funny stories and play some games!
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We're starting off Season 3 HOT! We are doing a series on the Sermon on The Mount. There's a lot to unpack over the next few episodes so we hope you join us as we go over a few chapters in Matthew talking about some of the biggest things Jesus had to say.
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We've all been there. We ask ourselves, "Why am I here? What is my purpose?" The answer is simple... Obviously, you need to sponsor this podcast. JK! There is a clear purpose for mankind in the Bible but as for what we're all made to do, that gets a little more complicated. We hope we can start to answer that question for you on the LAST episode of season 2!
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OH SNAP! Someone just called you lukewarm! What does that even mean? Where do we get that name from? What’s wrong with being lukewarm? Tune in to this episode as we talk about what it means to be a lukewarm Christian and how to be on fire for God.
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Have you ever gone through moments where you feel stuck in your faith? As Christians, we all go through a season of feeling helpless in our faith so in this episode we talk about it. We discuss God-based solutions and try to find the root of the problem as to better become a good reflection of Christ.
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There's a lot going on in our culture today where people are changing key characteristics of God in an attempt to make Him less than who He said He is. In this episode, we use the Bible to define God by how He reveals Himself through scripture and we discuss why that is important.
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What does greatness look like as a Christ follower? What does success look like? Aren't all Christians just supposed to be sad and poor and helping out all the other poor people? We dive into this conversations with one of our closest friends about what greatness looks like in the life of someone who follows Jesus.
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On this episode, we look at what it means to "say 'Yes' to God." What does that even mean and what does that look like practically?
Thank you Austin for coming on this episode! You can check him out at @axstinrockwell and you can check out all that he's doing at @kamplove_
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This is the day that started it all, EASTER! We believe Christ is raised from the dead and for us, that changes everything!
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Judgmental Christians… No one likes them. They sit around and point fingers at others and almost never wanna actually get their hands dirty when it comes to the real issues. The tricky part is, when we’re fighting to become more like Jesus, how do we stop ourselves from becoming one of them?
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On this episode we wanna talk about all things culture and whether or not Christians should take part in them. Music, movies, traditions, celebration… What does the Bible have to say about it?
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On this episode, we talk about the question that everyone asks at least once, “If God is good, why is there...” We hope that this convo will help answer some of your questions and help you to start the conversation for you!
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In this episode, we tackle the idea of Holiness. We talk about what it means, what it looks like, AND what happened to holiness in the church today... You don’t wanna miss this one!
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This week we talk about the importance of reading the Bible IN CONTEXT! God has so much to say to us but if we put our meaning on the text, things can get out of order. So let’s talk!
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We tackle the question of whether we truly know God and form a relationship with Him.
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In this Christmas spectacular, we talk about the true meaning behind the title, "Emmanuel." We go on to share what Emmanuel means to us personally and we discuss how our circumstances shaped our faith.
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For this episode, we tackled one of the questions one of our followers submitted to our Instagram. This has been a crazy year and it’s such a good topic for us to talk about especially as we’re nearing the end of the year! Subscribe and share with your friends!
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We go over how we respect authority and how God blesses those in charge. We go deeper into how we should handle two authorities that contradict one another by looking at what God says.
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What does it mean to be a "good Christian"? Can you be a bad Christian? Let's talk about it!
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On this episode, we talk about God's grace and forgiveness and how it extends to our daily lives.
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In Part 2 of this series, we talk about the things that influence our identity but also our influence on the things and people around us.
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In this episode we discuss what makes up our identity, what SHOULD make up our identity, and how to get there.
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What does it look like to be IN this world but not OF this world? It’s a crazy season we’re living in but somehow we’re still called to make a difference. Let’s talk about it!
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In this episode we tackle the issue of us doubting God's plan. We talk about our entitlement, the importance of thankfulness and how it leads to peace. We'll also find out how humble our hosts are.
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