What does the Bible actually say about dating? And why does the church barely talk about it?

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We brought in Greg Gifford — biblical counselor, professor, and author — to give us a theology of dating that applies whether you're 22 or 45. This is one of the most practical and honest conversations we've had on the show.

Topics covered:

• Acquaintance → Friend → Best Friend: the 3 stages of a dating relationship

• How to communicate at each stage (and what oversharing too early costs you)

• How to define the relationship (DTR) without being weird about it

• Online dating: sin or Christian liberty?

• Evaluating spiritual maturity — and why it's not about reading John Calvin

• Why technology since 2007 has made relationships harder If you've ever felt like no one's giving you real, biblical guidance on dating — this episode is for you.

📍 Find Greg: The Force Institute Podcast

What is worship, really? Most people say "singing" — but Jesus has a very different answer.

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In John 4, Jesus sits down with the last person anyone expected: a Samaritan woman with a broken past. And in that conversation, he gives the clearest definition of worship in all of Scripture — in spirit and in truth.

Here's the problem: most churches pick a lane.

Some go all-in on the spiritual experience — the emotion, the atmosphere, the "encounter." Others go all-in on doctrine and truth — deep teaching, sound theology, the Word. And both camps look at the other and think they've got it figured out.

But Jesus says they're two sides of the same coin.Spirit without truth leads to hysteria. Truth without spirit leads to stoicism — more morgue than a meeting with the living God. Real, biblical worship refuses to separate the two.

In this episode we unpack:

✅ Why worship is far more than a song

✅ What "spirit" and "truth" actually mean — and why you need both

✅ How superficial teaching always produces superficial worship

✅ How the most rejected woman in the story became the first evangelist

✅ What God actually thinks about your worship

📖 John 4:16–42

In John 4, Jesus has the longest recorded conversation found anywhere in Scripture — and he has it with the most unlikely person imaginable: a Samaritan woman with a broken past.

In this episode, we unpack why Jesus went out of his way to find her, what "living water" really means, and why he lovingly confronted her sin before offering salvation.Whether you feel too good to need a Savior (like Nicodemus in John 3) or too far gone to deserve one — this passage is for you.

📖 Key Passages: John 4:1–26 | Jeremiah 2:13 | Isaiah 55:1 | John 7:37–38 | Revelation 21:6

🔑 In this episode:

• Who were the Samaritans — and why did Jews despise them?
• Why Jesus "had to" pass through Samaria
• What living water means and why your soul is thirsty
• Why Jesus confronts sin before offering grace
• How the cross is the only reason Jesus can quench your spiritual thirst

👉 This episode is sponsored by The Master's University. To learn more about how you can invest in a college education devoted to Christ & Scripture, visit https://www.masters.edu