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TIMpactful Topics with Tim Messer — 249 episodes

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Ep 250 | The Episcopal Church: Where Sin Gets a Rebrand

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Ep 249 | California Manifold of Madness: Lego Swaps and Luxury Bear Fraud

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Ep 248 | The Delta King Hotel: Riverboat Chic with a Side of Stair Climbing

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Ep 247 | Faith That Works: The Book of James in Real Life | You May Be Gen X...

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Ep 246 | Special Monday Edition: Dinner, D.C., and a Deranged Plan

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Ep 245 | Scandals, Silence, and Scoreboards: The CSUB Circus

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Ep 244 | Cruise Ship Chaos: When Partying Too Hard Results in Lawsuits and Even Death

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Ep 243 | The Moment Protestants Start Idolizing the Pope is the Moment They Forget Why the Reformation Happened

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Ep 242 | Not Your Savior: When Politics Gets Blasphemous

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Ep 241 | Artemis II: Moon Mission or Misplaced Priorities?

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Ep 240 | The Iran Ceasefire: Two Narratives, One Messy Reality

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Ep 239 | The Awkward Intersection Between Faith and Sports | Canada's "Combatting Hate Act"

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Ep 238 | Barkley Immigration Detour | Jaden Ivey Cut for His Religious Convictions

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Ep 237 | No Kings Day Part 3 | Latest Tiger Woods Accident | TSA Woes Continue

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Ep 236 | A Line of Fire: The Train Wreck I Couldn't Stop Watching

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Ep 235 | Christian Buzzwords That Sound Deep But Mean Nothing

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Ep 234 | The Spiritual Gift of Sitting in the Same Pew Every Week

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Ep 233 | The $10,000 Childhood: How Travel Sports Hijacked the American Family Calendar

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Ep 232 | Samurai Swords and Slam Dunks: The Wild West Years of Fresno State Basketball

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Ep 231 | CSU Bakersfield Basketball Drama

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Ep 230 | JUCO Basketball and the NIL Wild West

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Ep 229 | That Ain't in There: Bible Misquotes

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Ep 228 | SOTU Brief Preview | NYPD Pummeled with Snowballs | Destroying Talarico's Biblical Same-Sex Marriage Claims

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Ep 227 | Do Women Have to Work Harder to Vote? | What Does the Bible Say (And Not Say) About Abortion?

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Ep 226 | Toys That Tried to End Us: 70s & 80s Edition

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Ep 225 | Bless Your Heart: Surviving the Social Justice Pop Quiz

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Ep 224 | Super Bowl Recap: The Seahawks' Defense Stifled the Patriots | Bad Bunny's Halftime Show Broken Down Simply

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Ep 223 | Why I'm Sitting Out the Super Bowl (Maybe) and Why That's Hard to Admit

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Ep 222 | Deconstructing Deconstruction

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Ep 221 | In Defense of the 90s: Why the Best Music Came from the Most Depressed People

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Ep 220 | How Christians Can Pursue Unity and Truth in a Divided Nation (Truth Without Being a Jerk) | The Paper Bag Paradox

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Ep 219 | The Renee Good Shooting - Everyone's Mad For Different Reasons | How Can a Christian Navigate the Transgenders in Sports Debate?

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Ep 218 | A New Year's Eve Message

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Ep 217 | An Announcement to My Listeners

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Ep 216 | Trump vs. MTG: The Loudest Split in Politics | Consent...but Make It Diapers

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Ep 215 | Movie Review Monday! When Santa Snaps: A Review of Fatman

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Ep 214 | From Urine to Uterus: DIY Face Masks Gone Wild

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Ep 213 | The City Council Meeting That Needed a Parental Advisory Label | Ballad of the Nepo Babies: Bronny & Shedeur Get Cooked

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Ep 212 | When the Flight Attendant Needs a Flight Attendant | When Protesting Goes Wrong | Old Timers Who Are Still Getting it Done in the Arena and On the Court

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Ep 211 | Outrage Olympics: Why Everyone's Mad About Everyone | The 50-year Mortgage Idea is Absurd | The Penny Gets Retired

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Ep 210 | The Free Lunch Fallacy: Why Socialism Never Works

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Ep 209| Grace, Conspiracies & Reality TV: Why Everyone's Judging Everyone

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Ep 208 | Shutdown Shenanigans: The Pain Deepens | Why Scream is Better Than I Know What You Did Last Summer | "The Perfect Neighbor" is a Susan

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Ep 207 | Civilization Will Collapse in 2040 (According to a Computer)

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Ep 206 | Full-Court Press...From the FBI

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Ep 205 | 6/7, Ozempic Vagina, and the Kratom Conundrum

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Ep 204 | TDS: Identifying the Symptoms and the Road to Recovery

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Ep 203 | Why You Should Vote No on California Proposition 50

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Ep 202 | The Lost Art of Critical Thinking | Malachi vs. the Modern Church: When "Woke" Replaces "Holy"

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Ep 201 | Halftime of the Apocalypse

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Ep 200 | Nebuchadnezzar 2.0: Trump vs. Newsom | NPR/PBS | Taylor Swift's New Album

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Ep 199 | The Secret Constitution of Humanity | Football "Back In My Day"

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Ep 198 | California's Road Charge: The Road to Broke | The Clock Strikes Twelve on a Solar Fairy Tale

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Ep 197 | The Bullet Train That Never Left the Station | My Idea: The Bullet Train to Blackjack (With a Stop in Fresno)

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Ep 196 | Is Freedom of Speech Really in Danger? | Taylor Swift: High Priestess of the Pop Cult

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Ep 195 | Why Do The Raiders Suck? Plus, The Latest On: The Kirk Assassination | NC Train Stabbing | Colorado School Shooting | Luigi Mangione | Ryan Routh

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Ep 194 | Why Are So Many People Gleefully Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Murder?

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Ep 193 | Charlie Kirk Assassinated! | The Train Stabbing They Didn't Want You to Know About

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Ep 192 | What is Christian Nationalism?

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Ep 191 | Progressive Churches: Gospel or Gimmick?

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Ep 190 | Special Edition: Minnesota Shooting Reminds Us of the Modern Attack on Christianity

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Ep 189 | My Take on Swift and Kelce's Big Announcement | The Great Woke Word Purge of 2025

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Ep 188 | Fat, Skinny, Crazy… and Other Words We Can’t Use Anymore

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Ep 187 | The Wizard of Oz: The Yellow Brick Horror Show

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Ep 186 | Bible Characters Who Would Crush It on Reality TV | Cancel Culture vs. the Apostle Paul

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Ep 185 | Why Was the Word "Paradox" Spoken to Me?

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Ep 184 | Is Gavin Newsom the Anti-Christ (Asking for a Friend)

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Ep 183 | Presidential Fitness Test Trauma | What is Toxic Positivity?

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Ep 182 | Scroll, Snap, Sin: Social Media and the Slow Collapse of Civilization

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Ep 181 | Locked Down and Dumbed Down: How COVID Rules Wrecked Our Kids

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Ep 180 | Should I Create an OnlyFans Account? | Late Night Comedy is Dead

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Ep 179 | The Las Vegas Shooting: Nothing to See Here Folks

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Ep 178 | Civil War: The Left's Fanfiction for Armed Resurrection

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Ep 177 | Letters from Below: A Modern Look at Screwtape | Shane Gillis ESPY Performance | You May Be a Dummy

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Ep 176 | California ICE Raids: The Christian Case for Lawful Borders

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Ep 175 | The Poop Cruise: A Floating Monument to First-World Fragility

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Ep 174 | Crimes Against Decency: Alligator Alcatraz Awaits

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Ep 173 | Guadalupe Floods, Epstein Files, and the Death of Decency

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Ep 172 | Trump's Big Beautiful Bill: Walls, Work, and Woke-Free Healthcare

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Ep 171 | Fourth of July: Fireworks, Freedom, and Feelings

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Ep 170 | Scams Through the Decades - From Rotary to Robocalls

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Ep 169 | What If California Became Its Own Country? | National Days No One Asked For, But We Celebrate Anyway

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Ep 168 | Sermon Bingo: Phrases You Hear Every Sunday

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Ep 167 | What Do Jews Believe About Jesus? A Christian Look

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Ep 166 | Wars and Rumors of Wars, Guns and Kings: The Week the World Went Off Script

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Ep 165 | Sanctuary Cities or Lawless Circus?

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Ep 164 | Graduation Be Bussin', Apparently

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Ep 163 | Why Does it Hurt So Much? Dealing With Loss God's Way

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Ep 162 | Why Don't Teenagers Chase Athletic Excellence Like Generations Before Them?

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Ep 161 | Satan in the Suburbs: The 1980's Panic That Rocked America

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Ep 160 | Why the U.S. Should Totally (Maybe) Acquire Greenland | Should We Reopen Alcatraz?

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Ep 159 | Should We Annex Canada? The 51st State Debate

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Ep 158 | The Most Hated Woman in America: The Story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair

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Ep 157 | Which U.S. States Are Most Likely to Survive an Alien Invasion?

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Ep 156 | Saturday Brief - Shadeur Sanders’ Freefall in the NFL Draft

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Ep 155 | What is the Mandela Effect?

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Ep 154 | I Finally Made My First Trip to Yosemite!

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Ep 153 | Modern Day Pharisees: Are We Overcomplicating Faith?

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Ep 152 | Happy Happy Tax Day!!

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Ep 151 | Flashback Friday | Helicopter Mishaps | My Mount Rushmore of Superheroes

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Ep 150 | Christian Pet Peeves: Things We Love to Hate (but Should Probably Pray About)

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Ep 149 | The Recent Seismic Activity From a Biblical Perspective | Torpedo Bats in Major League Baseball

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Ep 148 | The Massive Myanmar Earthquake Should Have Us Paying Attention

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Ep 147 | Is NIL Ruining March Madness?

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Ep 146 | Is the Illuminati Real?

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Ep 145 | Why March is the Best Time of the Year For Sports Fans | My NFL Mt. Rushmore

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Ep 144 | My Mt. Rushmores of Sitcom Dads and Women of the Bible.

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Ep 143 | My Mt. Rushmore Picks for NBA Players, Canadian Rock Stars, and Men in the Bible

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Ep 142 | Spring Training Trip Recap | Zelenskyy FAFO | Epstein Files Disappointment | Tate Brothers Return to U.S. | Newsom's New Podcast | Gene Hackman's Death

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Ep 141 | Faith, Fertility, and Ethics: A Christian Perspective on IVF

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Ep 140 | Is the Earth Flat?

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Ep 139 | Should Women Be Pastors?

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Ep 138 | Recap of Date Night With My Wife

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Ep 137 | News Nuggets on a Tuesday

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Ep 136 | Was the Moon Landing Fake?

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Ep 135 | What is Fur Con? What is a Furry?

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Ep 134 | Woke Bishop Makes Headlines at National Prayer Service

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Ep 133 | Digging Deep: The World of Travel Volleyball

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Ep 132 | National Quitters Day from a Biblical Perspective

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Ep 131 | Down with Daylight Saving Time!

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Ep 130 | The Blaze of Bureaucracy - The 2025 LA Fires

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Ep 129 | First Show of 2025: Catching Up on Newsworthy Events of the Last Two Weeks

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Ep 128 | It’s a Wonderful Life in a Nutshell

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Ep 127 | Fresno State Football's Coaching Shakeup | Gun Control Hypocrisy Again | De'Vondre Campbell is Done | Mystics Owner's Absurd Comments About Caitlin Clark | Hunter Wins Heisman

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Ep 126 | Is God the Answer to School Shootings?

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Ep 125 | Drones Gone Wild | Belichick Gets Hired | Caitlin Clark Goes Woke | Campbell Quits on the 49ers | Trump Continues to Win | Hannah Kobayashi is Located

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Ep 124 | Daniel Penny Found Not Guilty! | UHC CEO Murderer Captured!

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Ep 123 | Deodorant on Lockdown | Aaron Rodgers | UHC CEO Executed on the Street | Daniel Penny Trial

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Ep 122 | A Look at Basketball Referees | San Jose State Volleyball Season is Over | Last Weekend's Flag Planting in College Football

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Ep 121 | Latest on San Jose St. Volleyball Controversy | My Fantasy Football Rant | What I'm Thankful For

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California Ridiculosity

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What is DOGE and Why Does America Need It?

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What is the 4B Movement?

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What a Crazy Week!

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Special Election Brief

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Why is the NBA so Unwatchable?

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Joe Biden, Mark Cuban "Help" Kamala Harris.

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Is Halloween Evil?

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Let's Give a Shout Out to Middle-Aged Guys

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A Relatively Lighthearted Look at the Presidential Election

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Props 36 and 47 Are Two Reasons Why You Should Do Your Homework When Voting

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A Christian Guide to the Ballot Box

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The Argument for Pete Rose

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Hurricane Helene Response, Showering Other Countries with Money, Hurricane Milton Prep, and Weather Manipulation

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Krazy George: A Bay Area Treasure

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Israel, VP Debate, and Pete Rose

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I Experienced the End of an Era in Oakland

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Waiting on God Pt. 2

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Waiting on God Pt. 1

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I’m Excited to Officiate Another Wedding Today!

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It's the 100th EPISODE!

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Olympic Boxing Controversy and the New Title IX Goes Into Effect

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How Are People Reacting to the Mocking of The Last Supper?

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It's Been a News Overload the Past Few Weeks, and Chick-fil-A Has Been Dethroned!

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Trump Assassination Attempt Fails and I Review the Netflix miniseries, Eric

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What Happens to the Missing Socks?

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Biden's Poor Debate Performance Spurs Panic, the Lakers Draft Bronny James, and Hire J.J. Redick

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Briefly Previewing Tomorrow's Presidential Debate

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Ten Commandments Controversy in Louisiana

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One Year Anniversary Episode!

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Celtics Go for the Sweep, Caitlin Clark, and Another NBA Legend Passes

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Weekend Recap: Four Hostages Rescued, Caitlin Clark Gets snubbed, Celtics Take a 2-0 Lead, and George Lopez Walks Off Stage

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D-Day, Caitlin Clark, and the NBA Finals

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MLB Decides to Include Negro League Stats

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Talking About the Big Redhead, Bill Walton

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Is This the End for the Talking Points Podcast?

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Harrison Butker receives blowback for faith-based speech

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Special Saturday Edition of Talking Points

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Breaking Down My NBA Mt. Rushmore, But First a Word About "Peaceful Protesters"

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Are You a Lukewarm Christian?

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Title IX is Now a Female Athlete's Worst Enemy

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The World's Oldest Conjoined Twins Die at 62

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Mike Schmidt May Be the Best 3rd Baseman of All Time

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Bakersfield Woman Goes Viral For All the Wrong Reasons

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Football Legend (and Murderer) O.J. Simpson Has Died

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A Brief History of the Rainbow

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Caitlyn Clark, NHL, and the Oakland A's

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Marriage is Racist Now?

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The Rudest Things to do When Visiting Someone's Home

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March Madness is Upon Us

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Bonus Episode: Talking Point Tidbits SOTU Recap

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MSNBC Thinks the Border Crisis is Hilarious

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Super Tuesday is Here

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Yesterday's Dueling Border Visits

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Dr. Phil Dropping Truth Bombs

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What Would an Infiltration Look Like?

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It's Official: The NBA Sucks

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Tay Tay Wins Her First Super Bowl.

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Brief Saturday Super Bowl Preview

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"The Greatest Night in Pop" Was a Fun Trip Down Memory Lane.

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Did I Predict the Israel Conflict in My Latest Book?

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Hans Schmidt: A True Miracle Story

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Weekend Recap

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NBC Censors C.J. Stroud's Proclamation of Faith

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Special Saturday Edition of The Tim Messer Show.

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Grumpy Joe Gives Another Divisive Campaign Speech

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The First Episode of 2024

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It's the Final Episode of the Year!

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Patrick Mahomes Melted Down at the Wrong People Sunday

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What Did Hunter Biden Spend His Money On?

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I'm Talking Football Today

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Let's Talk a Little About Christmas Movies

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A Lot Going On Today

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Happy Thanksgiving Eve

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Did Snoop Dogg Really Give Up Smoke?

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Let's Talk About the Great American Smokeout

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I am a Volleyball Dad.

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Saturday Brief

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My Weird Dream and Off the Wall News Stories

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The New Speaker of the House is a Christian (Gasp!)

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It's Not Just a Gun Violence Issue, it's a Young Adult Violence Issue.

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America Has a Hate Problem

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It was a Good Weekend

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Talking Points Brief: Helping You Interpret Some of the Gen Z Vocabulary

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If You Were Going to Purposely Destroy a Nation, How Would You Do It?

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There Have Been an Alarming Number of Anti-Israel Protesters Throughout This Country

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Israel is at War!

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The Sports World Lost a Legend

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Who Cares About This Kelce/Swift "Romance"

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What Does the Bible Say About Masculinity?

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Does the Bible Address Climate Change?

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You May Be a Dummy If You Do These Things

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The Significance of Yesterday's 9\11 Anniversary

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Chino Valley Unified School District Sued by AG Bonta

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What Happened at Burning Man?

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My New Book is in Production

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The Latest Celebrity to Walk Back "Anti-Trans" Comments

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Sage Steele, Lou Holtz, and Standing Up for What You Believe In

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Was Yesterday Biden's Jump the Shark Moment?

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Jumping the Shark

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We Participated in a School Prayer Walk Saturday

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Saturday Bonus: Kirk Cameron's "See You at the Library"

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An Interview With My Wife

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Let's Talk About Forgiveness

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We Must Intercede on Behalf of Our Children!

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It Was a Busy News Week

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Is Digital Currency Fulfilling Bible Prophecy?

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Dealing With Anger

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Waiting on God

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Are You Thinking About Getting Baptized?

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Sacrifice is Supposed to Hurt

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A Look Back at the Week That Was

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What Are You Devoting Your Time and Attention To?

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I'm No Democrat, But RFK Jr. is a Beast

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Funnnn Friiiiiday!

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Tragic End for Titan Submersible and New Democratic Presidential Hopeful Enters the Race

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Dodgers Pride Night is Now Behind Us

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My Biggest Pet Peeves

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Special Saturday Edition of The Tim Messer Show.