What Do You Intend Podcast

S1:E24 (FGT) — The Real Enemy in Your Relationship (Hint: It’s Not Your Partner) | Hollywood, Deception & NASA

In this episode, Jem and Dustin explore how Hollywood, cultural narratives, and modern influence shape the way we think about relationships, marriage, and identity. From subtle messaging in entertainment to deeper questions around deception, truth, and systems like NASA, this conversation uncovers how these patterns may be influencing everyday life more than people realize. What if the tension in your relationship isn’t actually coming from your partner? What if there’s a deeper pattern at play—one that’s been working its way through generations, shaping expectations, behaviors, and beliefs? This is Part 1 of a two-part series focused on identifying that pattern—where it started, how it evolved, and how it shows up in relationships today. Because before you can fix what’s broken… you have to understand what’s actually working against you.

S1: E23 (FGT) Division Before the Fall: The Origin of Choice

Why does Genesis call every day “good” — except Day 2? In this episode, Jem and Dustin examine the first divisions in creation and ask whether contrast itself was part of God’s design for freedom. Drawing from Scripture, philosophical traditions, and reflections on love and marriage, they explore whether the separation of light and darkness laid the foundation for choice long before the Fall. If love requires the possibility of rejection, then division may not be a flaw in creation — but the condition that made relationship possible.

S1: E22 Why Believe At All?

After years of exploring mysticism, physics, evolutionary theory, and alternative narratives, Jem kept running into the same three questions: Where did this begin? Who defines what’s real? Why does meaning feel binding? She shares why evidence wasn’t the real obstacle — authority was — and why belief became less about religion and more about bending toward truth.

S1: E21 (FGT) Genesis 1:11-1:12 When Matter Responds

In Genesis 1:11–12, God doesn’t simply create plants. He speaks, and the earth responds. In this episode, Jem and Dustin slow down and examine what Scripture is actually claiming about reality itself. Is matter passive, or is it designed to respond? What does “good” mean before sin ever appears? And what does creation’s obedience reveal about intention, order, and accountability? Together, they explore the tension between modern scientific assumptions and the biblical framework, unpack key Hebrew terms, and trace how ideas like materialism, animism, and deism emerged in moments of historical pressure rather than neutral discovery. This isn’t a science-versus-faith conversation. It’s a question of alignment. If creation listens when God speaks, what does that say about us?

S1: E20 (FGT) Genesis 1:9–10 Order, Waters, and the Ancient World

In this episode of What Do You Intend?, Jem and Dustin step into the ancient world to explore how different civilizations understood the origin of reality — and why Genesis stands apart. Rather than treating creation as a myth competing with other myths, this conversation examines the shared assumptions behind Babylonian, Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Chinese, and other ancient cosmologies, many of which begin with chaos, instability, or competing forces. Genesis tells a different story. Through thoughtful dialogue, dry humor, and honest skepticism, Jem and Dustin unpack the biblical claim that order comes first, boundaries are established by God’s word, and creation is not something humanity must fear, manage, or appease. This episode invites listeners to consider whether modern cosmology is truly new — or whether it echoes ancient frameworks dressed in scientific language — and why accountability, intention, and trust in the Creator remain central to the biblical worldview.