WHOA That's Good Podcast - When Posts Backfire: I Wasn't Ready for That | Sadie & Christian | Preston & Jackie Hill Perry

Episode Date: September 17, 2025

Sadie and Christian are thrilled to welcome Preston and Jackie Hill Perry in-studio for a real and honest conversation about social media presence and authenticity, the risks of oversharing on stage, and how to grow in discernment when listening to preaching and teaching about God and His Word. They also talk about the beauty of discipleship: what it is, and what it doesn’t have to be. Preston issues a challenge to believers about how we show up online, and Sadie shares the story of a reel she posted a few years back, the huge backlash that came with it, and why she ultimately decided to take it down. https://liberty.edu/Sadie — Get your application fee WAIVED when you start your future with Liberty University today! Start taking your sleep seriously with AGZ. Head to https://drinkag1.com/whoa to get a FREE Welcome Kit with the flavor of your choice that includes a 30-day supply of AGZ and a FREE frother https://drinklmnt.com/whoa — Get a free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase! Chapters:  01:00 When Sadie first met Jackie 02:30 Social media break 07:00 Authenticity on social media 18:30 Oversharing on-stage 25:30 Discernment 31:30 Discipleship & being a disciple 39:30 Heresy hunters & judgmental people Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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this is super exciting because right now I am on maternity leave. as you're watching or listening to this. And as we were pondering, like, what kind of episodes are we going to have while I'm on maternity leave? I was like, we got to have some epic people, okay? And so we thought of the two most epic people we could think of, and they're both here.

We have the Perry's in the house, so thank you. Hello. I don't know which camera I'm looking at, but hi, hi, hi. Hi, y'all. Jackie, you know everyone loves our energies colliding. They do. It's me being way too extra It's not extra

Being right where you're at Thank you It's not extra Do you know what This is true story I think I told you this But I used to be really intimidated by you

You know It's just real And because I just didn't know What you would think about me You know And so it was so cool At Jen Johnson's house At her retreat

You was pregnant I was pregnant And I was like I'm gonna go tell Jackie How much I respect her And love her And I was nervous So I go over there, I was like, hey, just sort of let you know.

I just love the way you preach that. You just preach with so much boldness and truth. And you were like, so do you. And it meant so much to me. Like, it really did. And I was like, wow. And you asked me like, well, I was surprised by that. And I think because you don't mean to,

but sometimes you compare yourself to other people and you talk about this, like not comparing your boldness to someone else's boldness because it's more about obedience. I think I just kind of felt like, I feel weaker in some sense or in some areas. But you encourage me so much by like seeing me where I was at and being like, no, you're awesome.

You're preaching good stuff. Keep doing it. So thank you for doing that. Yeah, I love unpretentious people. And so I think if anybody sees your content, they can tell. You're telling the truth through the personality that the Lord gave you. Yeah, it's just dope. I don't know.

I like it. That's so sweet. I love that. Well, I'm super glad you're here. Christian's also on the podcast for those listening and not watching. So we're going to have a little convo. Speaking of social media, Jackie, you just took a big social media break. I did.

Inspired by Sadie. Which is so cool. I mean, what I love about it is, you know, and I talked to you about this during your social media break. I was like, I don't know how much you're seeing or not saying, but it's really cool. Ever since you've gotten off, like your videos that your team's posting haven't slacked in number. Like just as many, if not more some of views, you know, and some of those things. And I think the fear of taking a social media break is like, oh, you're not going to be relevant when you come back or you're going to lose the algorithm, all these different things.

Talk to me about why you took the break and what it taught you. Yeah. So I remember when we had the conversation and you mentioned taking a super, super long sabbatical. And you know when you're in conversation, particularly with Christians and they say something that like, I don't know, it feels interesting. Like I'm supposed to put that in my pocket. Kind of how like when the angel came to Mary and it said like she hit it in her heart. It was one of those things.

I put it in my pocket for the future. And so after last year, I always usually take a sabbatical in the month of December, but it felt like I needed to take a really big one. And I was like, what would hurt me? Like what would bore me? What would be intense? What would be dramatic? And it was like, oh, five to six months. I feel like that would be a very intense one.

And so a big part of it is the principle. I think that Jesus shows us in the scriptures where in Luke it says that when the report of him grew, he would withdraw to desolate places and pray. And to me, that text is always ministered to me because it's like he's getting more famous. He's getting more attention. He's getting more popular.

And he decides not to lean into that, but actually to withdraw. And not to withdraw and do nothing, not to withdraw and just go on vacation not to withdraw and just have you know mimosas all day but to pray yeah and so in our generation it's like how do you withdraw if not from social media especially if that's your ministry context and so that was the biggest thing it's like I did not yeah things took a hit the podcast took a hit I came out with an EP that took a hit upon waking I couldn't push it during Christmas season, which is publishing's, you know, bread and butter.

Like, it was all types of stuff, but it was like either I'm going to withdraw and pray and get with the father so that when I come back out, I can actually have more integrity, have more character, more wisdom, or I'm going to lean into the algorithm and affect my character in a way that doesn't serve anybody. So that's why I did it. That's so good. I mean, it's so true. It's so interesting when you study the word when it comes to, like, fame and popularity,

because it's so opposite of what you tend to start. striving and do like Jesus like you said every time he did a miracle or the crowds together then he would step away we'd dip out we've been reading that verse about um make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and then it says for you will gain the respect of the outside world it's like how do those two things go hand in hand because you think if i live a quiet life if i take time off if i sit back then i'm going to lose the respect of the outside world but somehow in god's goodness in the way he designed you not to be getting the glory, you really do. And we've been talking about that with my grandpa, because this is a man who literally had no cell phone, never ever got on the internet,

never had a computer, lived in the middle of nowhere, hunted for a living. He was like a monk. And he's like crazy. Like this is a crazy thing. And he gained the respect to the outside world. Like, I mean, it's wild, you know? So it just shows you it can be done. Like if God has something on your life and a platform comes with that, you don't have to try to keep it. Like Kristen Kane says, if you build it yourself, you have to keep it yourself, you know. That's the pressure. And why do you want to keep it? That's the pressure.

I think that's the question. That's so true. So y'all make me laugh because when you talk about being real on social media, no one's more real and authentic than the two of you. Like some of your posts are like straight preaching, fire down from heaven. And then some of them, like, I'm going to be real with y'all. Like, you get your lip gloss on. And, you know, y'all just start talking and telling people how it is.

I don't even put in lip gloss. I mean, you don't be putting the lip gloss on. That's more Jackie's thing. But, like, y'all just come on so real. Preston, maybe you can speak to this. Like, is that intentional? Did y'all set out to do that? Or is that just, like, who you are?

No, I don't necessarily think it's intentional. I think if it's intentional, I think, in some ways, it's still fake. I think, you know. That's not real. Yeah. I think, I think God wants to use us how he has uniquely made us. And I think one of the things that I'm blessed by is it didn't always come easy being ourselves. We got a lot of criticism.

We got a lot of flag. You know, I've been on stages and with Yeezy's on and got a lot of criticism when I'm comfortable. I'm not going to wear, you know, bugle boy pants. And to come on this platform, I'm going to be myself, you know. And I think, I think it's just a testament to, you know, if God has made me, it made me, you know, grew me up in the context that he grew me in the mama that he gave me, like he wants to use me how he has uniquely made me. And I think God has honored that and I think that he has allowed us to develop, you know, followers that has

appreciated it. And so that's why I love, I think it's risky at first, but it pays off in the end. I'm so true. I love that because I think a lot of people think of it like, oh, you don't want to hype yourself up, but you also don't want to dump yourself down. You know, It's like some people might go, I'm not going to dress like that. I'm not going to wear this because I don't want people to think that I'm this way. But it's so much freedom to say, I'm not that way. Like, it's not for any other reason than this is who I am. You know, this is how I express myself and that's not bad.

We were laughing this morning and watching a clip of you pressing talking about people crying on social media. Well, it's just about I was going to say that. I was going to say, I don't want to get ahead of myself. Because you just talked about being intentional. And yeah, that sometimes things that are premeditated can actually be fake when you, You are trying to be... Right, let me be real. Yeah, you're trying to be real, but you're actually being fake because it is not...

I hate people write me about that, and, you know... Did you really? Yeah, because one girl was like, I actually do it all the time, you know. People spreading the legs. You know, every joke has some seriousness in it. I was just saying, you know, it is kind of weird where you see how people have whole breakdowns in their car. It's like, did you plan? Like, I'm gonna cry at 3.30.

Did you plan that? Like, it's kind of, you know. But I'm not saying that everybody has done it. hasn't been sincere. You know, it just, it's kind of weird. No, it made me laugh because we've talked about that before. I mean, I've cried on social media before, for sure. But sometimes you see these videos, and it's like you did have to get out the camera in that moment. You did. You know, press play. And then this is just a weird thing. So all that to say, authenticity on social media really does come across. You know, it comes across, and that's what reaches people.

And it's super cool to see. And I also want to say this. I think that, you know, on social media, things can become marketable. Like, I think mental health and therapy and self-awareness, it can become so trendy where it starts to be, like, not authentic how we display it to the world. And there actually gifts that, you know, that the Lord has given us to make us better people. But I think that when people see that it can get us views, I think that it can be abused. And so I think one of the things I was trying to make a joke out of it

But I think what I was trying to communicate Was no use these things For the glory of God So that you could be better people So that you could be better disciples Better husbands, better fathers And don't do it for clicks You know, because when you do it for clicks

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and take the next step towards your future. You've got this. And being performative, because that's what it is, is exhausting. It is. You know what I'm saying? To try to be something other than what you are

is tiresome. And which means that you might not actually have the stamina to maintain it lest you lose your mind, be burdened with anxiety, all the stuff. And I think you also, you undercut the way God wants to use the actual you. And so it's like the Lord has given you the parents that he gave you, the genes that he gave you, the context. Like even your history is ministry.

And so how you were cultivated is what God wants to use. And I think we deny that aspect of our stories and of our ministry and on God's hand on our life when we become something that we actually weren't cultivated to be. Does it make sense what I'm saying? That's a good word. It's good. You know, me coming from St. Louis, me being raised by a single parent, like the voice I have, the texture.

Like, all of that is ministry too, not just the content, also the context through which the content comes through. That's a good. Even your history is ministry. You got to put that in one of your books. It's in a talk on YouTube. It's so good. That's a good word. I love how you all hype each other up.

It's like the best thing. If it's good, it's good. If it's good, it's good. I feel you. That was really good. Amen. This podcast is called Will. that's good. That's all right. Whoa. Whoa. That's really good. Um, you know, it's so

interesting because I think I'm kind of thinking of if I want to say this or not, but this morning Ashley got on social media and one of the first things I saw was this girl, basically, it was like a 10 slide post and it was like things that my ADHD, like ways that it, you know, interferes with my daily life or whatever. And it was so interesting because all 10 of them were like things that I do, you know, and it wasn't anything that I would have thought was bad or whatever, but then it makes you think like, oh, like, okay, is that weird that you do that? And it just makes you think about yourself so much. And I know that some of you all talk about a lot is that there's so many, um, not just influencers, but pastors and preachers out there preaching so many like self

messages. And so it's just interesting because on one hand, it's like, yes, we do need to be confident in who we are. We need to be confident in our story, our personality, all that matters. but then there is this line that's crossed where we get obsessed with ourselves and how do you discern the two and not just like I don't know take all that self-talk in that's a good question you go first you go first because I got I have a lot to say but I feel like you have probably this doesn't it have to be a buttoned up answer we can talk about this for a hot minute I'll just say that I should go in on this I'll just I'll just say this. I think having a

biblical theology around sin and the human condition already puts you on alert to how self-centered you naturally are. So I think if you look at Genesis 3 and you see that, oh, you eat at the fruit, you'll be like God, you're going to be special,

you're going to be important, you're going to be all-knowing, you're going to be wise, which is a lie, but they believe it. And so we all, I think, exist on this narcissistic spectrum where we do everything with ourself at the center. I think even just knowing that, just acknowledging if I'm a sinner, then I'm self-centered, then that allows you to be more watchful of what you listen to, what you read, and how you think so that you can catch

all the places in your life where you're actually repeating the pattern of Adam. And so I think just knowing that theology will help. And I think, and I think I want to just talk about the preachers who actually fall into, you know, the mode of doing that. Because I think if you're just honest, it is a huge temptation not to give people what they want. Hmm. Like that, or to give people what they want. It's true.

Yeah, it's so true. I mean, like, parents deal with that with, you know, giving their kids junk food because they want it, you know. And I think when the Bible talks about itching ears, I think that's exactly what it is. It's like they've accumulated teachers for themselves. It's like the people actually want it. Yeah.

And so this is the reason why you see. faithful teachers for years and their message change because that's what they think they have to do to fill seats. And so I think what God wants to do, I think God wants to raise up a generation of Bible teachers and just leaders who have integrity and who will listen to him first and not the people. Because if you are a leader, I think one thing that you have to understand is people cannot tell you what they need. God has to tell you, you know. And so I think that we just need people who would just be obedient. to God and not feel so much pressure from people where you are happy with the amen's, but you're actually not feeding anybody's soul.

Yep. Yep. Can I say something? Yes, you can. Because Paul tells Timothy, keep a close watch on your life and your doctrine. And I said this in our podcast tour, people are preaching what they themselves are out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. And so if you are a communicator, I'm not even talking about the consumer, if you're a communicator or a content creator, keeping a close watch in your heart means all the places in my life where I'm self-centered, where there's selfish ambition, where there's pride, I have to put it to death, I have to guard myself from it because it's going to come through in my articulation. It's just you can't, like I think we think we're good at hiding. We're not actually that good. We're not that tight. And so if you read the text and all you see is you, you, you, you, where you're moving to application quicker than you move to exegesis, that's crazy to me. But that means

that's how you live. That's how you are. And so if you put it to death here, like, your teaching going to be dope. Yeah. That is such good advice. That kind of like speaks to something we've been talking about recently because I've been, I guess, like, preaching publicly for a lot of years now because I was like 19 when I started at I'm like 27. But this year particularly has been so busy and so full just having the two kids and then being pregnant and filming and all that stuff and I felt like my messages I started hearing myself as I was preaching talking about things that were more of a personal thing that I was going through than maybe what they need to hear is what I need to hear and but not in like a helpful way you know not in like a way that I'm like oh I'm being

really authentic in a way that I'm probably oversharing because I haven't worked this out yet with the Lord, and I'm processing this on a stage. Yeah, it's like a diary. Yes, and I had never really done that before, and I didn't even mean to, but then after I felt so in my head about it, like, I didn't feel confident. I was like, oh, man, like, and we've been talking about that, because I'm like, how do you, like, preach when you are going through something privately that you haven't worked out yet? And I was like, maybe I just maybe I just talk about something completely different

than what I'm going through but that feels hard because so much of my energy is on that so I'm sitting here in my authenticity and maybe even oversharing this to ask you how do y'all do that like how do you get on a stage when you're walking through something and not let it bleed into

what you're sharing? I'm curious when you would overshare as you call it was that during extemporaneous moments or was that in the manuscript itself more I feel like it was what do you think

I think you would have like a certain thing you'd be teaching on I feel like you would be so like that like the hypocrite part we talk about so like when Jesus calls the Pharisees hypocrites so the word that he uses it translates more so to actors

than like hypocrites of like you're hypocritical because you do this but you don't live it out because you're talking about actors on the stage is what the word translates to, which is why he says that their reward's not in heaven, but he talks about the other people. And I feel like you would kind of... Yeah, what I was sharing, I was sharing that. But what I had been wrestling with in my personal life was not letting myself ever become that. Because right now we're in a season where we're filming a show. And when the

camera's on, whether you mean to or not, you act better, you know? And I was like, I don't Lord, I don't want to get that way in my walk with you. Like, I don't want to, like, know how to turn it on, you know, because the Pharisees knew what to say. And that verse, like, was so convicting to me. I read it. And it was like, Jesus said, do what the Pharisees say, but don't live the way that they live.

And I was like, oh, I never want to get to that. Like, I never want to just be saying the right thing and not really walking it out. So I had been wrestling with this in my own life. And then I started preaching about it. And I felt like when I was preaching about it, when other people were hearing it, it was coming out really harsh.

Like, as if I'm calling all these people hypocrites and I'm like, I'm really not saying anyone is. I'm just saying, I don't want to be like that. But I think because I was so in my own prayer life about it and keeping my heart clean from it, it was coming out with a passion that might have sounded harsh or judgmental that didn't mean because it was more just really personal.

You've been too similar. Yeah, I would ask that question because it's a really practical question because, for example, I had to teach at a conference maybe a month ago and I stepped away from the manuscript to try to teach the gospel, but I kind of just harped on sin and never got to the cross like that. And when I stepped away, like, I think we was at dinner the next day. And I was really mad. I was like, why did I not preach the Bible? Like, why I didn't preach the gospel? like I know the gospel and I was praying about it like why didn't that come out of me why did what came out of me was more harsh shaming and I really sense the Lord say because that's how you've been talking to yourself all week so what came out of you is what was in you but it also was easy to come out because you stepped away from the manuscript and so that isn't to say that we shouldn't be extemporaneous it means that I think our prep has to be tighter that's true so that if we're prepping that is true because this was one of my least prepped because of how busy the season of life felt. So it just,

it just flows over where when the prep is tighter and the process with God and the Holy Spirit is tighter, then you're able to come and present in a more balanced, more edifying way. And so I really do think it's all the work that goes into preparing for the sermon rather than the sermon itself. That's what I've found. That is good. Hey, it's Christian back for Sadie while she is on maternity leave, and I've always said how you start your day matters. And I have had AG1 dialed for years to fuel my mornings. But this fall, I'm focused on both ends of the day, not only the morning, but also the evening. Optimizing your nighttime routine matters so much for getting good sleep, and that's where AGZ comes in. AGZ is AG1's new nighttime drink built to help your body and mind wind down. It supports restful sleep, so you wake up feeling refreshed. No melatonin. Just a clinically studied blend of calming herbs, minerals, and adaptogens that work with your body's natural rhythm. It also happens to taste awesome with flavors like chocolate, chocolate mint, and mixed berry. Plus, you can enjoy AGZ hot or cold depending on the weather or just your mood.

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legit. That's drinkag1.com slash woe to get started today. That's really good because that's so true because I used to prep so much probably to a fault like over prep because I wanted it to be whatever and then now I'm like oh I don't have that kind of space mentally and nor do I even think some of that was healthy but I do it does need to be more button up and I need to work those things out with the Lord because I'm like am I still talking about this from a place in my own fear because I'm like I was like Lord don't let me go there don't let so I'm preaching it from a different tone. And so that is so good. I'm glad we talked about that. You know, it's interesting you talked about the pastors who are preaching things that they know people want to hear. And a lot of that is mostly like things that puff you up or things about yourself. And there was like a well-known pastor at one point and me and a bunch of people were listening to them. And I was like, I'm just not growing from this.

This is not good teaching. It's so about the self. It's so about me. you're never hearing about God like it's just every sermon was so me focused and it would be like one verse in it you know but you could tell that verse was only

to like prove his point that he was trying to make about the person and I started sharing this with a friend she was like really she's like I haven't noticed that and then she started noticing it she was like you know I just she literally said she's like I don't think I know the Bible enough to know

like she was like because I wouldn't have even noticed that so let's talk about that for a little bit Because there's, in one hand, we have pastors not having, like, conviction what they're preaching. But other hand, we have consumers who don't know the words so they can't discern what's good. Yeah. I love this conversation. Yeah, yeah. We were just talking about that.

We literally talked about this 10 minutes ago. Yeah, yeah. We were talking about this on the plane. We were talking about, you know, we talked about this a lot. You know, I think there is a generation of believers who are not biblically literate, who don't know how to read the scriptures contextually who are not taught

to ask the scriptures good questions and so and I think what's scary I think social media is giving so many other people's platforms

who are teaching the Bible who actually don't how to read the Bible themselves and so whatever questions that they come up with in their own mind they think it's from the Lord

because they don't really know and it's not me shaming I'm just saying like I do think that biblical literacy is a very, very important, like, it's a problem, you know, in the church. And so this is the reason why I think that, you know, if everybody can go to seminary, I do think that it will be beneficial for churches to start doing hermeneutics courses,

just basic study of the scriptures, learning about the person of Christ and how he exists, learning about the trying of God of Scripture, learning how it's saved by grace through faith. When you read the scripture, asking yourself good questions, It's like, who's writing the text? Who is he writing the text to? Why is he writing the text?

Just simple, basic hermeneutics, I think, will give us a good framework. And we can identify when somebody is teaching the Bible wrong. Yeah. Because what good Bible teaching does, it just doesn't equip us to be Christians. But it actually teaches us how to read the Bible away from the church when we're at home. And so I think that's what the church needs. That's really good. So it's not just like, you know, leading a church that's dependent on you.

you are on the Sunday morning, but who's really ready for the world? Because a good leader is not going to point you to himself. A good leader is going to point you to Christ and train you how to hear his voice through the scriptures yourself. That's what a good leader does. It's really good.

Yeah, I think, I just want to read this text because I think it's a text that everyone should know, which is 2 Timothy 3, verse 16. It says, all scripture is breathed out by God and profitable, helpful, good for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man and woman of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. And I think I think there are a lot of hindrances to biblical literacy. One, it's an ancient book. It's confusing.

It's like, I don't know, I don't know why all these genealogists here. I don't know why the priest got blood on his, on his thumb. So what am I supposed to do with that? And so I, I think, reading this ancient book can feel intimidating because it doesn't seem to make sense to us. I think also there's a sense where our sin can get in the way. And so I'm less likely to read a mirror if I don't like what it's going to show me. Right. And so I think us even like acknowledging I'm afraid of conviction. I'm afraid of what the responsibility that's going to come from knowing what God has to say about my life. But I think if you just rest on the fact, that this is God's words to us to equip us for every good work,

I think that incentivizes why this is worthy to be studied. That's one, two, if it is also God's word and God breathed, that means you need God to understand it. So yes, it is an ancient book, but it's also a spiritual book, meaning you don't actually have the natural resources to understand what it says anyway. That should actually relieve you. It simply means, oh, I just got to pray, and maybe the Lord will help me. So I think, I think it's worthy of our work.

It's worthy of our time, especially if we want to be faithful. It's so true. And it's amazing how, like, speaking of prep, my dad always says, I wish everyone had to preach a sermon because it would get them in the word. Oh, yeah, it's so true. Because recently, since that last time, you know how, like, if you do something one time and then you're like, okay, I don't want to do that again. So you're like, I'm like, repositioning my heart.

getting ready for this next message. It has been so fun to study the word because it's just so exciting. And I started reading about John the Baptist. And, you know, I've read about John the Baptist a thousand times, but then you read it in a new context, and God will show you, like, one thing that you get so excited about.

Like, it's like so fun, you know, to have revelation and God to give you that revelation, and you know that it's from him. And I'm like, calling Christian, I'm like, did you know? And it's like, that's like the best feeling. you know? Because it gets you in the word. You're bringing other people in. And it's just, it's fun to study. It's worthy of studying. It's fun to study. You're going to find things that you didn't realize that you didn't know. There's going to add more context to. It's awesome. One thing I heard y'all say is, like, y'all feel really passionate about not just being disciples, but not just being disciples, but not just being disciples. I love that. Because I think a lot of people in the church are totally okay with just being a disciple or being disciples, but have not even considered that, like, they're the one to go. and make disciples.

Speak a little bit to that person. What's crazy is early, we were also talking about discipleship. And I was talking about a guy, I'm disciplining. She's talking about a young woman that she's disciplining. And Jackie says something dope. I'm going to misquote her. But she said something along the lines of...

I'll correct you with respect. Yeah. She says something along the lines of like, you know, when the person that you're disciplining have the Holy Spirit, like it's like literally guiding them and like the Holy Spirit is guiding them and you're just kind of shaping how the Holy Spirit is kind of guiding them

and I think when we think about discipleship and even how she talked about how the Bible could be confusing that's one thing that we've learned is you know you might have a young believer who don't understand the Bible but the Holy Spirit is shaping their hearts

and maybe they don't even have language and so because you went down the road that that they're going down you can say actually what the Lord is showing you that you don't have language for it says it right here mark 10 let me let me teach you and so now they're not just learning the book but they're learning experientially and i think that's the role of discipleship it's not to be the holy spirit yeah it's to help shape people you know um with the word and so i think that's one thing that i've been learning in this season it's not trying to be perfect

or trying to be god but it's i think god just wants us to come alongside people and help grow them in faith by pointing them to the scriptures. That's cool. Yeah, I think discipleship is such a big thing for us and the church. One, it's a command in Matthew 28, go therefore make disciples of all nations teaching them to obey all that he's commanded. But I think our entire marriage, our parenting, our podcast, our ministry is the fruit of discipleship.

You know what I'm saying? Like, I remember coming to the faith in 2008 at 19. And I didn't understand anything about I wasn't raised in a Christian home. So I didn't know how to read the Bible. I didn't know how to pray. I didn't know how to fast. I didn't know what ecclesiology was or Christology or atonement. I didn't know anything.

I just knew that the Lord saved me and I loved him. I didn't know how to love him well, though, you know? And so it wasn't until I went to a church where they started to even use that word discipleship and that you actually need someone to help you love Jesus, where I started to love him more, know him more, understand him more, that it's like,

I want to do that same thing for other people because I know what it's like to not know what the heck you're doing. You know what I'm saying? And so I think because our life has benefited so much, my knowledge of God, everything, it's like I have to pass that along. You have to.

It's so good. And I would just add, I think a lot of times people overcomplicate discipleship. Yeah. And they, yeah, they, yeah, they, they, you got to do a Bible study here two days. Yeah. With scrolls. Oh, you know, like Matthew 28, it says go, therefore, make disciples.

And it can really be translated as as you go. Like, as you go and do life, just bring somebody along with you. Yeah. And I think about the scripture in John when Jesus is walking past the river and John the Baptist is standing there with his disciples. And they say, he says, look, they go down with God. And they begin to follow Jesus. Jesus turns and he turns around and says like what are you seeking yeah like basically why y'all following me you know and they said jesus rabbi they say rabbi where are you staying and essentially

in the greek he's not they're not saying uh we want to see what your house look like they're basically saying jesus show us how you live that's all they're saying yep and so then jesus says follow me and in following him like they he just did life he did life and he taught you know when he needed to but I think in Jesus's day, that's how Rabbis, notice how they didn't say Jesus when the next conference. Or Jesus, when the next Bible study or when you're doing the sermon on the mouth. Right, right. They just said, no, Jesus.

Like, Rabbis, like, teach us by showing us how you live. And I think it's a powerful thing when you could just invite somebody into your life and allow them to see the gospel lived out in front of them. And weakness. In weakness. That is so true. I'm so thankful for that personally. Like, I had, we both had so many great mentors and people who kind of like took us in under the wing and invited us into their homes.

And I'm like, I don't know who I would be without going into those homes. And sitting, one of my mentors, they lived in Alabama, was about hour, 30 minutes from where I was living. And I would go there every Saturday and sit on their front porch with them, and their little rocking chairs. And they would just teach me the word. And they'd teach me about prayer. And I'd ask them all my questions. and that was some of the most pivotal times of my spiritual journey. It is time for fall, y'all, that means cooler mornings, busier days, and all the activities.

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I understand where you're eyes so crazy that you, Probably didn't even know that the next, like in a amount of time, a small amount of time, you'd be having millions of followers. Like, there's anything you ever need, never hesitate. And I've gotten to some of the best conversations and, like, really, really cool conversations because I always think, man, like, that was me. You know, that was, I didn't know what I was doing. I didn't know what I was. I'm so young. I was, you know, I was doing the best I code of what I knew and what I had, but I had so much to learn.

And people let me into their home and taught me and people called me and people were available for me. That's dope. And I just feel like so many times, like, we're so judgmental of other believers who, like, don't know what they're doing. It's like, don't be as judgmental, like, help them, draw them in, teach them, be a friend to them. And I don't know, that was some super helpful for me because I don't know where I'd be without that. Amen. I'd probably fall under the more judgmental category. Yeah, he is the judgmental.

I'm always like, I'm reaching out to them. We're going to be best friends. They're going to be at our house. So you just know that. Well, kind of teetering to that line. my next, the question I wanted to ask, y'all spoke in this really well and articulated it better than I would have ever thought,

but y'all kind of speaking towards false teaching and something that you said was really interesting, you talked about how when you call it out, doing it to where people that listen, you give them their own discernment to go from there. Because I think you'll call that heresy hunters, which I loved it because I was, but like, yeah, people that build platforms

on calling other people out. Okay, why don't you just say how annoyed do you get when you speak about judgmental? Because in the past, you have made comments on people's YouTube channels. Only two. In seven years, I've commented on two specific things. And I don't think the person even knew was me because I thought it was like, oh, okay, I bet this really is Christian Huff. I was actually, it's me. But, yeah, because people will come at you, and it's like a 20-minute thing on what you're, it's like what Sadie didn't say.

say, or it's what she did say, it's what she didn't say. Yeah, they're picking apart a sermon or something, you know. But then all the comments are like, oh, this is so helpful. Thank you. And I'm just like, who? One thing we have seen is like, if I do one thing that's questionable, it's like all of these micro-influencer, like church pastors will come at me and be like, this is why you shouldn't listen to her because blah, blah, blah, blah.

And it's like, man, that's so sad in the church. It's so divisive because it's like, how do people think that is? trying to like basically knock it down but how is that helpful yes because i think there's a way to do it but a lot of the ways people do it it's it's like divisive i know you got a lot to say it's not it's not it's not beneficial we're going through this right now um yeah can i just lay out something lay it out like two minutes go ahead back just two things two minutes open the word yeah two things i i think when i when i so what you're referencing is that i talked about how In Ephesians, Paul does say to take no part in the unfruit, this is Ephesians 5,

take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. And so I think a lot of content is using that as a framework to say, if it's wrong, if it's off, if it's dark, I have the right to expose. The thing is that we need not take that verse from the first verse before that is therefore be imitators of God as beloved children and walk in love. So even the way you expose should be in submission to love. And that's what I see lacking. That's one too.

I think Jude also shows us that exposure can also look like giving people a framework that isn't just pointing out the person you think is false or pointing out the person you think is an error, but giving a context so that people, you don't have to baby feed people discernment. And so when you look at Jew's letter, he says, I meant to write to y'all about salvation. But, you know, I'm a right to y'all about these people over here. saying that God's grace is licensed for sin and he never even tells them who he's referencing but he gives them all these Old Testament examples of what they look like so they would notice them and I think taking both of those into consideration I think a lot of what's happening on social

media is not authentic love I don't think it's authentic concern for the body I think it is selfish ambition and envy masquerading in religious formats yeah I completely believe that yeah now that's not to say, that's everybody. I think it's a lot of it. Because I just, I don't know, I think it's ironic that y'all got an ad placed in between every critique. And I know what YouTube checks look like. So I know, I know what's happening here.

Yeah, because we just got to keep it a bug. That means real. Yeah. Right? Not the animal. That, there are some people and this is not to dash you. This is a compliment. There are some people who God has gifted

with the ability to articulate the gospel and your gifts have made room for you. It has given you followers and followers give you access to resources. You can call respected leaders to have them on your podcast and they'll say yes. And that's a result of faithfulness. There are some people who do not have that gift. The only way they can obtain what you have is by calling people like you out. That's why they do it. true and so and so there are people that will never have lots of views by teaching the gospel

and they're mad about it yeah and so they have to sit and wait for you to do something that seems off to to get views off of your name which is lovelessness and which is which is sin and so I think that's what we see a lot of yeah but also the lord is kind and sovereign and he uses criticism to disciple us. True. He uses criticism to prune us. The scripture says,

woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did your ancestor do the false prophets, you know? And what I found,

I am, yeah, it's content out as we speak that I am a secret lesbian that a person is a liar,

all the stuff. It's like intense. A person that never met us. People are in my DMs, right? I'm literally, people are on my DMs right now telling me to repent because someone put out content that I am X, Y, and Z.

And I often have to say, you know, Lord, you're giving me the opportunity to share in your sufferings. You are God and Christ, and they said you had a demon. So why should I think I should be exempt from slander? And then, too, it's the Lord also knows I have an idol at times of wanting to be liked. wanting to be accepted, wanting to be valued and appreciated. And so these moments often push me back on my face to say, you see me, you love me, you know me, cool.

So he uses it. It hurts. It sucks, but he uses it. So at the same time that they need to repent, at the same time the Lord is doing something good in us through it. And I'll also just add to just ask ourselves like, God, what is it? Because I think what you just said is God also testing us. Like, what is it that you're trying to teach me about me?

You know, and how are you trying to grow me? Like when, you know, 1st Peter 412 says, Don't be surprised when the fiery darts come upon you to test you as though something was strange was happening to you. It's a strange part. It's always strange to me. Yeah, yeah. Like, he's saying, Jesus literally says, don't think it's strange.

Yeah. The same thing happened to the son of man. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? But he said, but rejoice insofar as you share in Christ's suffering. And so, like, I think, you know, God is, he allows, he's a sovereign God who allows all things to happen for a reason. And, you know, the saying, we don't kill you, make you stronger is actually true.

It's like, like, you become better because of it. You become wiser. You become more loving, all the things. And so past it as well. It's so cool because, like, whenever you hear, I feel like used to, I would read things. like don't think it's strange or do not be afraid and all that stuff as if like oh I just shouldn't think it's stranger I shouldn't be afraid but I love that God says that and Jesus says that because he's like you're gonna think it strange yeah you are it is strange but don't even

think it's strange because I'm telling you right now this is why don't be afraid I'm telling that because you're going to be afraid because what's about to have is it's going to be scary you don't have to be afraid because I'm going to be with you and so it's not that like oh you're so wild for thinking it's strange or you're so it's like no you're human so this is what's going to happen. This is how you're going to feel. But take heart, I've overcome it. Yeah, that's why he told us. I've been through it. So I love that context of looking at things. Like, it's not so much of a do not because you shouldn't. It's like, do not because I got this. You know? And it's so true. I do think sometimes we throw too much of that out. It's like people say,

oh, just don't pay attention to the comments. So there are sometimes where you do need to pay attention to what people are saying because there is something that it can teach you or it can grow you or even just being okay with being misunderstood and learning how to do that. that like today um i posted this real and it was just like a uh trendy clip like a trendy trend i get what's the word like the audio the audio was trending and it was like basically say uh you know i really have thick skin when it comes to and my mom was like you don't have thick skin and i was like yeah i really don't have thick skin and christian common i was like if you don't have thick skin then i'm toast because i'm done so i'm done so because i actually do have really

thick skin and Christian is learning how to have thick skin but I was I was joking to Christian like yeah well this thick skin was grown you know like this is I used to actually be so sensitive like when I was teenager my parents like called me what a sensitive sue just to make me mad to make me be like I don't want to be sensitive because I was so sensitive comments and now I'm actually not at all I have grown thick skin but that was like because of yeah walking it out That was because of the all the comments and the things and the this and the that. And it was funny. Someone even said to me this week because this has just been a crazy week with the show coming out.

They're like, oh, did you see that article? I was like, yeah, I thought it was really good. They were like, well, did you see the part that it said? And I was like, oh, yeah. I was like, I just read over it. Because it's like that I don't, which used to, maybe that would have been the thing I fixated on too, the one negative thing. But now I don't even, that's not even hitting me because I know who I am. You can get protein at home or a protein latte at Tim's, no powders, no blenders, no shakers.

Starting at 17 grams per medium latte, Tim's new protein lattes, protein without all the work, at participating restaurants in Canada. In a generation, I was telling them pressing this today, I was like, I think the Lord is helping us or training us to train others on how to do ministry in this generation. And so the Bible says, in the last days, love will wax. code. And so there is a increase in criticism because there's a decrease in love. And I think we have to have soft hearts and thick skin to be faithful. And I'm even thinking about my kids. I'm like, the generation they coming into is going to be even more scary. I don't, I have no idea what it will be like for my children to be Christians. But at least God is helping me develop a framework of how to

suffer well so I can train them so when y'all get when y'all try to tell the truth on these campuses and they they might be hanging y'all about in I don't know hanging is a bit much but you know what I'm saying like I just feel like the Lord is training us so we can train yeah I really think that another thing is I think you know we talked about this before I think on our podcast and I said man if I ever became a pastor which I pray the Lord never tells me to do that um but one of the things that I would do for this generation is social media training because I think with the age of social media and the time that we live in, we develop such strong parasocial relationships where people who comment on you, they do that because they think that they have access or look at your life

that they actually don't have. And in reality, social media is like that sign in the review mirror. Objects in this mirror seem closer than they appear. You think that you have access and you think you see me more than you actual see me. So the Bible actually does tell us to judge one another. It says that we would know a good tree by the fruit it produced. So it does tell us to examine each other fruit. The thing is you're trying to examine my fruit through a phone. And you really cannot properly.

And so what we have to do is that we have to stress the importance of a local community. And we have to learn how to just pray for people online because you do not have all the information that you think you know. And so if I was a pastor, I, like, I wouldn't be online searching for my members. But if I see something, I will correct it. It's like, why you comment on Sadie Robinson's post when you don't even want to fold the chairs out of the service? Hello! Like, you don't even love people in our community well. Like, how are you trying to, like, correct people online?

And you're not even a good sister to the people in your local context. You're left before the benediction. And you got something to say about something. It's like we have we have to have the right priorities in place. It's true. It is our home. It's God. Then it's our home.

Then it's our local community. And social media, we have to take what's beneficial and leave what it's not. That's true. That's great. There is something too. Like you've, whenever I wrote,

who are you following? I wanted to write a book about social media because I didn't feel like people had advice for how to navigate social media in a Christian context. But more than just a book or that, like you need to be pastored in it you really do and I think that's the thing like whenever so what got me people all talking I think we talked about this at one point because I did a little dance with my sisters and it was a very innocent dance but to a Beyonce song it was the country song she did and we were doing like the line dance okay I had no idea I literally had no idea that what was about to happen on my social media from posting that

Yeah. It was so innocent the way that I did it. I was just like, oh, this is so cute. It was like, oh, my gosh. I got destroyed. Like, it was so bad. Yeah. Okay, well, then that was what surprised me.

It was all these, like, youth pastors posting my video and adding on the commentary as to why their students shouldn't follow me and blah, blah, blah. And it's like, then people start tagging me in pictures with, like, the red flag emoji over my face. I'm red flag now. It was so crazy. It was so crazy. I don't even, oh, wow. And I was just like, whoa.

Well, then I ended up deleting the post, not because I actually thought what I did was wrong, but I deleted the post because it was causing such a division. Just divisive, yeah. Like, people are like, why are Christians like this? This is horrible. What did she do? And then the church's coming out and the world's coming out, and it was like so crazy. And this is all in like a day.

It had gotten like millions of views already. I was like, whoa, it was too much. So I deleted it. Then I made a story about it. But I was thinking about that, I'm like, okay, to pastor well in that situation, maybe what I did was wrong. Maybe we shouldn't listen to Beyonce. I shouldn't have done that, whatever.

To each their own how they feel about that and their own discernment. But to pastor a youth group through that would not be putting a red flag over me and saying no one should listen to her. To pastor then would say, hey, let's talk about many of you follow Sadie. she, you know, is preaching stuff and she's listening to, like, secular music that I don't think is right. Like, you know, a conversation, you know?

And I think that's the thing where it's like, it's good to pastor through those things. It's good to think about those things. It's good for me to ask myself, maybe I really should pay more attention to the voiceovers that I'm using and the songs that I'm using. Absolutely.

But, like, as a pastor, I think that that should be more of a conversation and leading people through it. And the only reason I think you would do that on social media would be to get, the likes and attention and following from someone else's downfall in the church which is sad yeah and also are you about to say something that was you got you you can go back i was last time i was just gonna say like um james says be slow to speak

be uh quick to listen slow to anger and i think there's an element of being slow to speak and quick to listen that even has you consider this person's platform and the fruit that God is producing through them that can then temper your such a quick judgment

does that make sense? What has Sadie consistently been saying consistently been doing consistently and that's not to gash you I'm giving framework here it's like if there is a consistent pattern of faithfulness that has to be considered

before you just say no we're not going to listen to her because what you could be doing is opposing a faithful witness for the cross in the earth. And I think the Lord will judge people like that. And I'm not even trying to be intense. I mean, like, when we put stumbling blocks

in between faithful witnesses and say, don't listen to them when that might be the voice that they need to listen to, I just think that's unfair. I think it's unreasonable and I think it's crazy. I think that's a sad thing

because there are people tagging passion saying, you should take down all of her sermons because... But that's how it's... extreme. And it's like, okay, so we should take off all of the sermons that I have, you know, preached out of obedience. You memorize the Bible. Because I dance to this thing. She memorized the Bible. You know, to your point. But that's not just me. That's a lot of people. That's church leaders. It's like looking for one

thing to go, now it's canceled. Yeah, yeah. That's what I was going to say to kind of what Jackie said on the other side of parasycial relationships is people who think that they have a deeper access and a clear look at your life. But it also develops opinionated people who are just graceless because they don't have proximity to you. And so it's real easy to have grace with somebody that you actually do life with. And you see them make something, you know, in the end, it's way easy to say, don't listen to Sadie because I actually never talk to Sadie. I don't do life with her. And so I do think that we have to fight. for grace. And I think the reality is, you know, the world is not going to let us live

our humanity. Or make mistakes. Or make mistakes. They're just not. Or not even mistakes. Like, they're not going to have grace for us when the Bible is filled with men who make mistakes. Like, we're not going to, you know, cancel Peter for denying Jesus three times. But there's levels, there's levels to mistakes, right? There's levels. So it's like, you know, that might, what you went through might be equivalent to when I was on Twitter back in the day

I posted a clip from Farrakhan because he said something I thought was legitimate I forgot you know what I'm saying I was in a lot

of white evangelical spaces all the stuff and I'm like oh I did post Farrakhan the way they lost their mind like why would you but in my mind

I'm like what he said was true I'm not affirming him but I'm not affirming him but I said step back and was like, huh, I can see how that looks crazy. You know what I'm saying? But it's levels to it. It's not like I got on there smoking a blunt. Like I wasn't out here whaling out. And I think there's this book that I always advocate for people to read, especially

now, is called Theological, No, Finding the Right Hills to Die On, which is about theological triage. Yeah. What, like, what are the things like biblically? There are some things that, Like, no, you are probably not a believer because you believe this and you said this. There are some things like, you know, I disagree with that, but we can continue to fellowship. There are other things that it's such a gray area. Should I go to church on Saturday or Sunday? It's like, we can fellowship, but we just disagree to agree to disagree. I think if people had a theological triage, then they would see that not all matters deserve the same intense response.

Yeah. You know, like there are, like, we need to temper our responses based on, like, the degree of the offense. Because I think also to what pastors and leaders have to start doing with themselves and then teaching the congregation is to help people to discern what is a sin issue and what is a wisdom issue. Now what we – That's really good. Now, what we do – there's a difference. What we do as public leaders, I think God does hold us to a moral standard to be wise and how he's toward our platform. But me making an unwise decision doesn't mean I'm in sin and doesn't mean that people should stop following me.

And so there has to be a certain amount of grace given for wisdom issues and not sin issues, right? And so, like, if congregations don't know how to distinguish the two, we'll be counseling faithful believers who are just being human, you know? And I think it's the difference between disobeying the scriptures and then moving in a way that might lead a follower of yours astray or confuse somebody. I love that. Like, I've never heard it put like that. And that's so true because I feel like even back to the sermon that I preached, I was like, oh, I didn't love how that came across. It's like I have to give myself grace too knowing like it wasn't like a sinful thing,

but I didn't prep very well. And I let my emotions, you know, take over or whatever. But I can't live there, you know, and like cancel myself and say, well, I can't preach at the next place because of what, you know? And I heard Lisa Harper one time say, She was, like, coming in for this event we were doing, and I knew she spoke the night before. I was like, oh, how'd it go? She's like, oh, it was bad.

I was like, what? She's like, oh, it was bad. She was like, I just, it was just, my message just fell flat. Everything I tried to say wasn't funny. Yeah. And I've never heard somebody say that before, like a preacher like that. And, but she was just like, it's okay. You know, tonight's a new, new night.

She said, when I was driving here, I just prayed about it, received the grace to the Lord. I'm going tonight. We're preaching new message. And I was like, that's so cool. Like, you've got to give yourself that grace, you know. And people do, too, to know that, hey, you're human. Like, you're not always going to have the perfect discernment. You're not always going to use the best wisdom.

And you're going to do dumb things sometimes and reshare something you might shouldn't have reshared or like something you shouldn't have liked or dance to a song you shouldn't dance to. But, like, you got to keep going, you know? Like, there's more to the story. Because we are learning out loud. Mm-hmm. Whereas some people can make unwise decisions or unhelpful or whatever.

But they're doing it with 10 followers or within a youth group or, you know what I'm saying, where the pushback isn't to the same degree. But we're figuring it out publicly on some level, which when you listen to Crawford-Loritz, he talks about how in leadership, the Lord puts people in leadership positions often to expedite sanctification. So because of the breath and width of the platform, it means we have to tighten up on wisdom quicker than somebody that won't be held accountable as loud as us. You know, and so it's cyclical.

It's like it sucks, but it's also like, this is what it means to be a disciple and to be a leader. Yeah. Yeah. And I would just say, too, I think two type of people get angry and stuff like that, I think self-righteous people who, like, I think it makes people feel good when they feel like another Christian is not being righteous.

It makes them feel more righteous when we, you know, but I also think it's a lot of, it's a lot of idolatry. I think in a lot of times we, like, we get so disappointed in people because we desperately want them to be perfect like Jesus. And so we get so disappointing when somebody, humanity is shown. And it's just like, no, you're not Jesus. You're not, you're flawed. And so I'm going to make mistakes.

And so I do think that people be like legitimately disappointed in the people that they follow. and your disappointment should not be that deep when you know It's true Because that's the thing that was eye-opening for me When that happened Because I was like This is something that I really

I mean yes I can use more wisdom But I don't feel like it's horrible But what happens in the day That I do really mess up You know like What happens in the day When I just fall totally flat

Or just say something totally stupid You know Hopefully that doesn't happen I'm pursuing the law I'll see but I'm human Like, I'm going to fall. I'm going to do stupid things. I do them all the time, actually.

It's just not always on camera, you know? And so that would just make me think. I was like, okay, well, if this happens now, what happens when, you know, I really do? You know, I want you to remember? Speak to it. Just remember a lot of these people would be fake mad. They don't even be mad for real.

They just bored because it's Tuesday. And so they ain't your comments, like literally just, like you just, you feel like you're a part of something. something in this comment section. And so, like, one, you have to understand that it's not even real rage for a lot of these people. Some of it is. Go on day night.

It's channeled rage. Yeah. Go on day night with your husband and don't worry about that. That's true. Like, God will vindicate you. The unfortunate thing about social media is the most, the funniest mean comment will get the most likes, you know? So, like, the most mad, dramatic person is probably going to be at the top.

So it's so true. It is what it is. Well, y'all, I'm really glad we decided to do. two podcasts because we can keep we're going to get to keep talking because everyone listening i know is excited for more of this conversation so we are going to end now but we have another one coming next week we're going to be talking about relationships marriage all the different good things that you want to hear from the paris so come back next week for a whole new episode You know,

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