Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - Ep 746 | Crowder vs. DW, Predestination & the Importance of Shame | Q&A

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey, this is Steve Day. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is true about God, humanity, and reality itself. On the Steve Day show, we take the news of the day and tested against first principles, faith, truth, and objective reality. We don't just chase narratives and we don't offer false comfort. We ask the hard questions and follow the answers wherever they leave, even when it's unpopular. This is a show for people who want honesty over hype and clarity over chaos. If you're looking for commentary grounded in conviction and unwilling to lie to you about where we are or where we're headed.

Starting point is 00:00:33 You can watch this D-Day show right here on Blaze TV or listen wherever you get podcasts. I hope you'll join us. What are my thoughts on the He Gets Us campaign? What about the Daily Wire and Crowder feud? And would I rather wear flip-flops on airplanes or only eat oatmeal for the rest of my life? Also, how can I be pro-death penalty for murders and believe? leave in the saving work of Jesus on the cross. Why are seed oil so bad?

Starting point is 00:01:06 These are some of the many questions that I will be answering today on this episode of Relatable, which is brought to you by our friends at Good Ranchers. Go to Good Ranchers.com. Use promo code Alley at checkout. That's good ranchers.com. promo code Alley. Hey guys, welcome to Relatable. Happy Thursday.

Starting point is 00:01:33 So as you can see in here, I don't look and sound. like I usually do. I'm not in my studio. I don't have my normal microphone, so you'll just have to bear with us. I am recovering from the flu. And thankfully, I am truly recovering. I still have kind of like a lingering cough going on. Yesterday, we were able to put up our interview that we recorded last week with Ginger Dugger, Volo. Oh my gosh, you guys are absolutely loving that conversation. Go listen to that. Watch on YouTube if you haven't already. So good. I'm so thankful that she took the time to come on. And thank all of you, by the way, who have been praying for me for the past couple days. I've been posting on Instagram that I haven't felt well.

Starting point is 00:02:17 And some of you have been like, wow, I feel like you've been sick a lot recently. And that is true. I have been sick a lot recently over the past few months. I used to pride myself on never getting sick, such a strong immune system. For some reason, over the past few months, like my family has just gotten like cold after cold like I had a stomach bug which wow I don't think I've gotten in like years probably since I was like in middle school or high school um but I think that this is the first season honestly when so many things went back to normal even though we lived our lives in a relatively normal way during COVID and all of that still this fall was when things like really started getting back like I started traveling more speaking more places like my family and I we went more places uh also I started

Starting point is 00:03:05 like working out at like a public place and I didn't used to. My kids started going more places. So I think it's just being exposed to a lot more things and all of that. I'm not sure. But thankfully all of these sicknesses have lasted only a couple days or so, but they have really taken me down for the count. I'm so thankful for all of you. And I'm also thankful for just like a flexible job that I get to do what I love to do, what I'm enthusiastic. about doing, but I also have the ability to move things around. So I'm not like tied to a desk for eight hours of the day. And I'm worried about like taking paid time off and things like that.

Starting point is 00:03:46 So just thankful. Thankful to the Lord for a lot of things, not least of which modern medicine. I just, I just want to say that. That's something I've been thinking about before we get into our Q&A. It's something I've been thinking about recently because there has been this cross section that's grown over the past couple of years of like crunchy and conservative and what I'd be in my. crunchy is like non-traditional Western medicine and just ways of healing and living. So very

Starting point is 00:04:14 natural. And I have like a lot of sympathy for that. I would say I'm partly crunchy. Like I've got my burky water filter. There are things that I do that are on the more holistic side of things. But I would say I'm more like want to be crunchy than actual crunchy and holistic. But I have to say like I am so thankful to live in the time that we do when it comes to access to medication. Like I do think that something that I see in like the crunchy influencer world a lot is, well, we've started doing X, Y, Z or taking this medicine, but, you know, we didn't have that in the 1800s. Our ancestors didn't have that. Our ancestors had to do this. And our ancestors were fine. But I think about all of our ancestors that were totally not fine, that didn't have all of the medication that we had, that didn't

Starting point is 00:05:05 have things like antibiotics, that didn't have things like access to hot running water constantly where they could just take a warm bath when they felt bad or they could just sit in the shower to try to get over their symptoms. I mean, so many different pieces of medicine and technology that I'm so thankful for today. I probably will never go like full on crunchy because I am too thankful for access to these kinds of modern wonders. Grocery stores, love them. Antibiotics, love them. Indoor plumbing, love it.

Starting point is 00:05:42 So, yeah, that's just something I've been thinking about over the past couple of days as I've had to take some medication to manage my symptoms and try to, like, to sleep well and all of that stuff. I wouldn't trade any of this for the holistic life of the 1800s. Hey, this is Steve Day. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is true about God, humanity, and reality itself. On the Steve Day show, we take the news of the day and tested against first principles, faith, truth, and objective reality.

Starting point is 00:06:19 We don't just chase narratives and we don't offer false comfort. We ask the hard questions and follow the answers wherever they leave, even when it's unpopular. This is a show for people who want honesty over hype and clarity over chaos. If you're looking for commentary grounded in conviction and unwilling to lie to you about where we are or where we're headed, you can watch this D-Day show right here on Blaze TV or listen wherever you get podcasts. I hope you'll join us. Okay, we've got a variety of questions that we will be answering. Also, just let me say, you guys probably don't even notice things like this, but this just is a rule. Whenever we have, so typically we have like three to four ads that we read on the show.

Starting point is 00:07:03 And we are very careful, by the way, in case you were ever in one, wondering like how we pick our sponsors. Like we are very thoughtful about the sponsors that we pick. I don't just read any sponsor. I only work with companies that I think have something to offer you that my specific audience will really like and we'll find value in. So anyway, we've got about three or four of those sponsors every episode. And it's always whenever we have like an hour and 15 minute long episode, it's like,

Starting point is 00:07:32 oh, we only have three ads to read. But whenever we have a shorter episode, like today is going to be about 30 minutes, we have four ads to get in. I don't know why it just ends up happening like that. So I know it's a little bit difficult when you've got these shorter episodes and I've got to get a lot of ads in. It might feel like we're taking a lot of breaks. So just bear with us. But that's also how you are able to listen to this podcast for free is our wonderful sponsors that they are who make that possible for you. Just FYI.

Starting point is 00:08:04 All right, let's get into some of these questions. Daily Wire and Crowder drama. Now, I have publicly said that I am not going to wade into this conflict. I tweeted about this that one of the best things that you can do for yourself, both personally and professionally, is to not involve yourself in conflicts that don't involve you. I'm talking about conflicts like this. I'm not talking about like standing in the stead of the most vulnerable

Starting point is 00:08:29 when I'm talking about like standing against abortion and things like that. I'm not talking about like saving someone's life. And I do think that there are situations where maybe someone has to wait into a conflict in order to try to actually bring peace to it or to try to bring clarity to omlookers or to the situation, whatever. I just don't think that is my particular role in this conflict. Do I have thoughts on the Crowder, Daily Wire stuff? Of course I do.

Starting point is 00:09:00 And if you don't know what I'm talking about, you can go back. You can listen to watch Crowder's video and then you can watch Daily Wires Response to Crowder's video and then you can watch Crowder's response to Daily Wires video and then you can watch Candace on Timcast and then you can watch Crowder on Timcast. I have to say I have enjoyed watching all of it. And the reason that I've enjoyed watching all of it is because I've been in conservative media officially since I guess 2017. So I've seen a lot of these contracts.

Starting point is 00:09:29 I know a lot of the people who are involved in this. I understand a lot of the conversations that go on behind the scenes, not just because of my own dealings and my own contract negotiations over the years, but also my friends in conservative media. We talk about these things. So it's all super interesting to me, probably even more so than it is to someone outside of conservative media because, like, this is my life.

Starting point is 00:09:57 I, you know, there's not many things that I know the intricate details of, but like conservative media and contract negotiations, I at least know a segment of of that pretty well. So anyway, all very fascinating to me. I have enjoyed following along, even though it's sad to see some kind of, you know, conflict like this between friends. But I just don't think that it is valuable to me to like insert myself into this at all or to even give my thoughts. publicly. I have a ton of thoughts. My husband is the only one that knows all of my thoughts. I'll like watch the video. I'll pause it and I'll be like, but you remember X, Y, Z. Oh my gosh, but what about this? So many different things. And there are some friends that I've talked to

Starting point is 00:10:45 talk to about all of this who are in conservative media. But I just don't feel like there needs to be yet another voice who is, I don't know. I don't want to say stirring the pot because not everyone who is talking about it is necessarily stirring the pot. They're just sharing their thoughts and adding clarity. But for me, I feel like that's almost what I would be doing. And I just don't think I have that much to add publicly that's valuable. But I got a lot of questions on Instagram about that. And so I just wanted to say that's like my non-response.

Starting point is 00:11:19 Super interesting. We'll see how it plays out. Maybe I'll have something to say when it all kind of concludes. But yeah, that's really the only thing that I'll share. right now. All right. Some of you have been asking me, and I will have a more thorough response to this question at some point about, you've been asking me about the He Gets Us campaign, the He Gets Us campaign. Some of you have probably seen that. I have like, we had like a whole episode plan to do this, but I just need like a little more time to really solidify and

Starting point is 00:11:53 research my bivocally based answers when it comes to this. But it is the, they're the commercials that you've probably seen. Maybe you've seen it in like a tweet on Twitter or maybe you saw it. I think I saw it for the first time in like a Super Bowl commercial. But it is basically saying going through all of these descriptors of Jesus and saying that Jesus gets us. Like Jesus was an activist. Jesus was a refugee. Jesus did all of these things that you and I do.

Starting point is 00:12:27 He gets us. I have had the he-be-g-bees about the He-G-S campaign since the very beginning. And they were He-B-G-Bs that I didn't want to have, honestly. Like, when you see a commercial about Jesus, a positive commercial about Jesus, like, of course, as a Christian, I want to say, you know what? Whatever it takes. Yes, if this gets people to go to their local Bible teaching, gospel, preaching, church, then, yeah, that's awesome.

Starting point is 00:12:56 I wanted to be on board with it. I did not want to be a critic of it. But it just kept on making me uncomfortable. And the more that I thought about it, the more that I realized. And again, I will get into this more thoroughly in a future episode, probably even as soon as next week. It is because it is so focused on making Jesus relatable that we lose who Jesus actually is. it really isn't about, like, these commercials aren't really about Jesus. Like, they're really about us.

Starting point is 00:13:32 They really don't center on who Jesus is, on what the amazingness of the gospel is, but really on who we are. And that's not the gospel. And maybe the argument is, well, that's where you have to start. You have to start with that. And you have to start with that relatability, that impasse factor. And then you have to, like, work from there and hope that people will, eventually get on board. I'm just not so sure that that method is reflected in scripture.

Starting point is 00:14:01 And I don't know that Jesus getting us is the main message that I want to be driving home to unbelievers because that alone is not good news. So if I only have like a few seconds to capture an unbelievers attention about the gospel and who Jesus is, I don't think I want my message to be that God relates to you. Well, there's, or that Jesus. relates to you. Yes, he is a high priest that sympathizes with our weaknesses who was tempted in every way, but was without sin. But I don't think the main thrust, the main point of the gospel is that he can relate to everything that we've done and everything that we are. And also, some of the descriptions aren't true. Jesus was not an activist. He was not. There is no scriptural

Starting point is 00:14:51 references that back up this idea that Jesus was an activist. He absolutely was not an activist. And it's not even necessarily historically correct to say that he was a refugee. We've talked about that several times. And so I think that can also be what happens when we try to impose like who we are and the scriptures of ourselves or of human groups today on God to try to make him more relatable. We actually end up being on biblical and being relatable to the point of being a biblical means that you miss the good news and miss the gospel altogether. So again, I will get into that more thoroughly and more biblically going forward, but just my initial reaction, not a huge fan if he gets us. All right, next question. Would you rather someone ask eat oatmeal for the rest of your life or only be able to wear

Starting point is 00:15:55 flip-flops on planes? Well, I like oatmeal and I think that there are a variety of ways to eat oatmeal. I really don't like wearing flip-flops on planes. I would feel like a giant hypocrite for the rest of my life. And I would also feel bad because if you guys have been around for a long period of time or any period, You know that I have very strict airport attire rules. And one of them is that I don't believe that you should ever wear open-toe shoes on an airplane. Many reasons, like when you're going through security, unless you have TSA pre-check,

Starting point is 00:16:38 you got to take your shoes off. You don't want to walk barefoot through the airport. Also, I just don't think people in close quarters like airplanes need to see or smell your feet. And so I just think the, and also for emergencies, if you've got a. run like if you've got to run to your plane that's about to take off then you need to wear clothes to shoes you need to wear shoes that you can run in even like burck and stocks are not really good for that although they pass my test they're not really good for the emergent reasons or the emergent issues that could come up like you got to run to your flight or if a real emergency happens and you got to

Starting point is 00:17:17 get off the plane if there's like fire the shoe protects the tennis shoe protects your foot all kinds of reasons to wear tennis shoes, clothes-toe shoes on planes. And so if I had to wear flip-flops on planes for the rest of my life, I would feel really sad about that. I would at least have to remind everyone who saw me that I lost a would you rather or something like that. And that would be the reason why. So I think I'm going to have to go with oatmeal

Starting point is 00:17:44 because I don't want to be a giant hypocrite. You know what I'm saying? All right. Someone asked me about some pushback that I got on an episode, on an interview that I did last week, I think it was, about shame. Because I said that shame can be good. Shame can actually be productive. And I believe my guest, I think it was about porn.

Starting point is 00:18:06 I actually said, well, there's a difference between shame and godly grief. Shame is not good. Godly grief is good. And the person on Instagram asked me, like, what do I think about that pushback and about that distinction? Personally, while I, you know, respect and honor my guest and I understand what he was saying, and I'm not even sure he was necessarily pushing back. I think he was just, you know, making his own distinctions for people, which is totally fine.

Starting point is 00:18:29 I personally think that that is a distinction that Christians make that is something that sounds good, but is not necessarily based on scripture. Like, I do think that shame over sin is productive. And I think it's good and I think it's biblical. I don't think that we need to necessarily distinguish between godly grief and shame. I think that if you are a Christian and you sin and you are ashamed of that sin, or if you're not a Christian and you're ashamed of that sin, the Holy Spirit convicted you of that sin and you repent, all of that. And then, you know, become a believer. I think that that shame is good.

Starting point is 00:19:07 I don't think that shame is always from Satan. I think that shame can actually be a gracious gift of the Lord. And I don't think that there is this huge difference between shame. and guilt, not that we see in scripture. And there are a few verses that I was looking at this morning as I was thinking about this question. And if you look at Romans 1, Romans 1, obviously describing just the upside downness of the sinful world. And one of the verses, verse 27 says this. And the men, likewise, gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another. Men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their

Starting point is 00:19:51 error. So obviously the problem here was homosexual or homosexual behavior, but there was a shamelessness to what they were doing. They were not ashamed of their sin. They were proud of what they were doing. And what the scripture is saying is that there is shame associated with that. There is shame that is associated with sin. And yet they were committing these acts shamelessly, which just speaks to, especially in the context of this chapter, the callousness that was in their heart. 1 Corinthians 1534. This is Paul speaking to the church in Corinth. Wake up from your drunken stupor as is right and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. To your shame. Not necessarily to your guilt, although I think that can be the same thing, but I'm saying

Starting point is 00:20:42 he's not distinguishing there. He is actually now he's speaking to Christians. So in Romans, we were kind of talking about how non-Christians are shameless in their sin. And he is saying here in this context, and you can go read the whole chapter, 1st Corinthians 15, that he is saying, I say this to your shame. He's saying, I am ashamed you, that some people are walking around without any knowledge of God. And he's saying that you share some responsibility in that.

Starting point is 00:21:12 And so he's not afraid to use shame as a tool for other Christians. Ephesians 512, for it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret, talking about the, talking about sinners, talking about the world, talking about the depraved and perverse acts that they do and the lives that they live. It is shameful to even speak of the things that they do in secret. Shameful. It is full of shame. We should have shame over sin.

Starting point is 00:21:41 So we are actually seeing a trend throughout the New Testament. and in the Old Testament too. Like if you look, especially in the book of, in Psalms, like we see constantly prayers for God to shame the enemies and promises that God's people whom he will deliver will not be put to shame. So God does deliver us from shame, but really the theme that we see in shame

Starting point is 00:22:04 and the old and the New Testament is shame over sin. That is the right feeling that Christians should have. People who are called by God should have shame. over their sin. I think shame is a very useful and gracious tool. Now, that doesn't mean that we constantly berate someone for their sin. Like, we believe in grace and forgiveness and total redemption and reconciliation and restoration that God makes us a new creation and all of that. So we shouldn't feel shame all the time about everything. We are new creations if we are in Christ. But when we sin, we should be ashamed of that sin. That shame shouldn't put us into hiding. It should actually bring us to a place of

Starting point is 00:22:49 conviction and accountability with other believers so that we will not go on sitting. But I do think shame, yes, can be helpful. And in a societal sense, shame can also be helpful too. Maybe not to the point of some older Asian cultures where people are literally like publicly shamed for doing something that is like, you know, not socially acceptable, but stigma has is something that has been hard won over many generations. There are stigmas that exist for a reason. Not all of them are justified, but some of them are. There should be shame around certain things like public nudity or public defecation or public drug use or, you know, kinds of like sexuality and, um, um, like sexuality and, different kinds of lives that people leave that are not good for the individual, not good for society.

Starting point is 00:23:46 There should be a level of shame and stigma around those things, this idea that everything is relative, that everyone should just go their own way and do their own thing. How's that working out for us? Not good. I'm not saying that we should have a shame-fueled society, but shame is a or an, an important aspect to every healthy functioning society. All right. Next question is about the death penalty, a question that I get a lot. How can you be pro-death penalty? Did Jesus not die for our sins? So I've done a whole episode on this. You can go back and listen to them if you want. By this logic, Jesus died for our sins. So we shouldn't be pro-death penalty, which is what I think that you're saying. We shouldn't have any punishment for any crimes. There should be no punishment because Jesus died for our sins. So why should we have any laws? Why?

Starting point is 00:24:39 should there be any law enforcement? Jesus's death and resurrection does not take away earthly judgment. How do we know that? Well, we see that in Romans 13. You can read the whole chapter, but verse 4 speaks to this. But if you do wrong, be afraid for he, the government, does not bear the sword in vain, for he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out wrath on the wrongdoer. So there's so much packed into that verse.

Starting point is 00:25:07 If you do wrong, be afraid for the government does not. bear the sword, the sword in vain. For he is a servant of God an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. This is the New Testament. This is after the death, burial, resurrection of Christ. So just because Jesus died for our sins and just because we earn earthly or we earn, or not we earn, but we have been given salvation through him does not mean that we don't abide by laws here on this earth. Not all laws, any law that causes us to sin against God, we don't follow. But we do have to abide by the laws in our society, handed down by the government.

Starting point is 00:25:58 And the government has a role in responsibility as called by God to actually enforce that law, even to the point of bearing the sword, Romans 13 says. So God loves justice. He loves order. He loves these things because they are good for people. We are people made in God's image. God is a God of order. We thrive best with order. In order to have order, you have to enforce laws. You have to have rules. You have to have boundaries. You have to have restrictions that curb against man's evil. Genesis 9-6, whoever sheds the blood of man by man shall his blood be shed for God made man in his own image. So God actually here in Genesis 9, 6 demands the death penalty for murder. He doesn't just say it's a possibility. He demands the

Starting point is 00:26:51 death penalty for murder. Why? For God made man in his own image. So the reason that God gives for the death penalty for murder is a reason that transcends time and culture that does not stop after Jesus died and rose again, we are still made in God's image to this day. So the reason that God demands the death penalty for murder is because we are made in his image, because we are so precious, because we are so valuable that the only just punishment

Starting point is 00:27:29 for purposely murdering an image bearer is killing the person who murdered him. that's how that's how much worth we have that's how much value we have that's so serious it is to purposely kill another human being there are lots of things that god demands the death penalty for in the old testament uh like being a false prophet or prostitution or rape we are not ancient israel here in america we do not live in a theocracy so we don't have to apply all of the the rules the laws that ancient israel abided by to America today, but we can look to God's laws as a standard and foundation of justice and

Starting point is 00:28:11 realize there's no way for us to out justice him. We can't out compassion him. We can't out love him. So if God demanded a certain penalty for something, we are not going to out love or outjustice him by saying, oh, no, like that's too much or that's too harsh. And so God demands the death penalty for a variety of crimes in the Old Testament. And of course, one of those is murder. And I think that we should be much more consistent on that in the United States because I believe in protecting innocent life. It's the same reason that I am anti-abortion because I believe in the protection of vulnerable and innocent life. There can be a high standard, a high evidentiary standard for that. I think that there should be, of course, do process and all of that before any kind of conviction,

Starting point is 00:29:04 but certainly before the death penalty. But the death penalty is absolutely just. So let me answer this question about predestination. I might actually answer a couple more quick questions, too. So someone asked me if I believe in predestination. And again, I have a whole episode on this. You can go back and listen to it. It's just titled predestination.

Starting point is 00:29:33 If you're ever wondering, has Ellie ever talked about this? Just type in the subject that you're looking for, plus relatable. Ali Bestucky, wherever you listen to your podcast, it'll come up. Or the guest, I get emails, messages all the time. Why have you never had this person on? Just type in that person's name plus Ali Bestucky. I probably have. I've had a ton of people on at this point. So predestination. I do believe in predestination. And let me read you just a few, a few passages of many in scripture that support this belief. Ephesians 1,4 through 5, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world. That's pretty clear, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love, he predestined us

Starting point is 00:30:13 for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ according to the purpose of his well. Romans 828 through 30. And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined, to be conform to the image of his son in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined, he also called. And those whom he called, he also justified, and those whom he justified, he also glorified. So those are just two of many passages that talk about God choosing his people for himself, even before creation.

Starting point is 00:30:51 And so God is all knowing, he is all powerful. So of course he chose us in him. There is a mysterious aspect in there that John 316, for God so loved the world that he gave his only son. We also read that God wants no one. to perish. And yet we also read in Romans 9 that he creates vessels of wrath and vessels of mercy. So there is a there is a little bit of a mystery there that I'm not sure we finite humans will ever fully understand that yes, he wants everyone to come to know him. And yet he has chosen,

Starting point is 00:31:28 he has chosen his people. He has chosen his flock before the foundations of the world in his sovereignty. There's comfort in that. I know some people are scared by predestination, but there's actually comfort in that. That if you believe in Christ, if by grace through faith, you have been saved and you are in him, then there's nothing that you can do to change that because you had no contribution to your salvation. That was God and God alone. And so there's nothing that you can do to mass it up. That's what I believe. And there's a lot of comfort in that. There's a lot of security in that, that all glory and all praise goes to God for your salvation, not to us. Okay, a couple more questions.

Starting point is 00:32:13 We'd love to see you and Matt Walsh discuss theology ever considered. We've done that. You can go back and listen to that episode is from a couple years ago. Let's see. Hardest part about writing a book. Hardest part about writing a book is just the paralysis that comes from staring at a blank page knowing what you want to say, but not knowing how you're going to say it. It's a lot easier to write a podcast to know how you want to say something rather than how you want someone to read something. That's a lot more difficult because it's a lot more

Starting point is 00:32:43 permanent. I can't hop on here next week and say, oh, I know I wrote that in my book, but this is what I really meant. And so there's just a lot more pressure to get things right in a book. Let's see. How tall are you? Five, six, are you answering? Says, because it didn't have a question Mark said, how tall are you? Five, six. I am five, six. I'm actually like five, five and three-fourths. But really close. Have I ever had Candace Cameron Buree on my podcast or what I plan to? I have asked her to come on the podcast. I would love for her to come on the show. Thoughts on dating apps. Should I use them? I know people who have gotten married from dating apps. I don't know if they're necessarily the best place to find people. I imagine they would be really

Starting point is 00:33:29 difficult places to be on. I'm not saying you can't find your spouse there. I just would think it would be difficult and hard for your, just how you see people and how you see yourself too. Thoughts on the Hillsong Exposed documentary. You talked about that last year for a full episode with Megan Basham. Why do I think seed oils are bad? you talked to farmers on this.

Starting point is 00:34:02 Seed oils just create an inflammatory response in your body from what I've heard because they are highly processed. They are not naturally occurring. Can I make my airport rules and Instagram highlight please? Sure. I can try to do that. All right. Just to close us out, someone says, how are you feeling today?

Starting point is 00:34:34 I am it's it's been a rough it's been rough recording this episode I've had to take quite a few breaks because the lingering cough is just really tough but I appreciate you asking and thanks again as I said at the top thanks again for all of your prayers what do you think about gentle parenting man there's a lot that I have to say about gentle parenting and I'm going to do a whole episode on that at some point that's again another one that requires a lot of a lot of stuff a lot of research to make sure that I get it right. I think there are some goods and some bads. Oh, tips for coping after breaking off my engagement because I felt God was calling us out of it. Well, you know, I always say that you should listen to that very often. I can't say every time,

Starting point is 00:35:21 but very often listen to that tug, that pull that tells you this relationship isn't right. And calling off an engagement is like a very small price to pay. And, I know it seems like a huge deal and it is a big deal. I don't want to minimize that for you. But man, to be single and sad is way better than being married and sad and realizing that you didn't listen to the Holy Spirit and now you're trapped in something that was maybe, you know, not the right decision. Now, if you are married and you're in that situation, then you are married and there's a way to glorify God through contentment and through serving your spouse and all of that. And that's really, I'm not saying if it's an abusive situation, obviously. But that's a different scenario. Breaking up an engagement is absolutely the right thing to do if you just kept on feeling that

Starting point is 00:36:16 tug like, this is not right. This is not right. So I'm sorry that that happened. I'm sure that, man, you are going through so much right now and so much emotional turmoil. Know that time and the Lord will absolutely heal it. that one day you will look back, probably, I'm guessing, and know that you did the right thing because God was leading you in a different direction. So allow yourself to feel sad right now, and it might not seem like things are ever going to change, but they will. Time and the Lord,

Starting point is 00:36:48 they really heal a lot. All right. I'm trying to think if I, someone just says dinosaurs, I have so many questions after I got saved, girl, we have got a whole past episode on debating whether or not dinosaurs are, what is depicted to us today by paleontologists? I've cut my doubts as well. I've got my doubts. How do they know what they sound like, look like? I think they're just a bunch of nerds coming together and having a good time,

Starting point is 00:37:23 making up stories about what they think these creatures would have looked like when really they have absolutely no idea. I'll show you. If we have it, I will show you a picture of a hippo skull. And like what artist just looking at the school thought that it looks like it looks like some crazy, like scary dinosaur. And really it's a hippo skull. So that's basically all they have. All of the paleontologists just have bones. And they're just like literally making up what the scales looks like, what colors they were, what they sounded like. They literally could have been hippos. It's all I'm saying. all I'm saying. All right, that's all we've got time for today. Thanks so much for listening. Usually we wouldn't do a Q&A if you're new here on a Thursday, but this is the easiest I could do since I'm under the weather. We'll be back with our normal programming next week. Thanks so much for tuning in. Hey, this is Steve Day. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is

Starting point is 00:38:28 true about God, humanity and reality itself. On the Steve Day show, we take the news of the day and against first principles, faith, truth, and objective reality. We don't just chase narratives and we don't offer false comfort. We ask the hard questions and follow the answers wherever they leave, even when it's unpopular. This is a show for people who want honesty over hype and clarity over chaos. If you're looking for commentary grounded in conviction and unwilling to lie to you about where we are or where we're headed, you can watch this D-Day show right here on Blaze TV or listen wherever you get podcasts. I hope you'll join us.

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