The Overflow

Breaking the Algorithm

We pull back the curtain on the algorithm and expose how it is constantly feeding us. How do we sort through all the voices, ideas, outrage, temptation, and even once-trusted leaders who may have drifted from truth? This episode is a wake-up call to recognize the dangers, test what we allow into our hearts and minds, and break free from the loop before it consumes us. QUESTIONS: 1.  What is your algorithm currently feeding you? What does that reveal about your heart, habits, or hidden desires? 2.  Are the voices you trust online aligned with God’s Word and God’s ways, or have they drifted from truth? 3. Who are the God-given friends, family, or spiritual leaders in your life helping you test what you consume with wisdom and discernment? READ MORE *  God’s Word as a lamp to our feet and light to our path in Psalm 119:105 * Testing every spirit to see whether it is from God in 1 John 4:1 *  The Bereans searching the Scriptures daily in Acts 17:11 * The Word of God as living and active in Hebrews 4:12 * Guarding against bitterness and offense in Hebrews 12:15 * Taking every thought captive in 2 Corinthians 10:5

The Problem with Pride Month

We address one of the most contested cultural conversations facing Christians today: Pride Month. In a world that often separates love from truth, we talk about God’s design for identity, sexuality, marriage, and family. This episode is a call to reject hatred, resist compromise, and respond with humility, conviction, grace, and truth. Christians must love people deeply while refusing to celebrate what God calls sin. QUESTIONS: 1. How has culture shaped the way you think about love, truth, identity, and sexuality? 2. Where are you tempted to compromise God’s Word in order to avoid tension or conflict? 3. What does it look like to speak truth with humility, love people with compassion, and still stand firmly on God’s design? READ MORE: * God creating male and female in Genesis 1:27 * God’s design for marriage in Genesis 2:24 * Exchanging the truth of God for a lie in Romans 1:21–27 * Removing the log from your own eye before addressing others in Matthew 7:3–5 * Speaking the truth in love in Ephesians 4:15 * Grace and truth coming through Jesus Christ in John 1:14–17

Will the Real Men Please Stand Up? with Guest Pace Hartfield

Brandon Thomas sits down with Pastor Pace Hartfield for a powerful conversation about big leaps of faith and biblical manhood. Pace shares how leaving comfort to plant One Place Church in Idaho was built on small acts of obedience. Together, they challenge men to reject harsh dominance and passive comfort, lead with surrendered strength, “win the driveway,” and courageously build the marriage, family, and legacy God has entrusted to them. QUESTIONS: 1.     What small step of obedience might God be asking you to take now to prepare you for a bigger leap of faith later? 2.     Where are you most tempted to drift toward harsh control or passive comfort instead of surrendered, Spirit-led strength? 3.     What would it look like for you to “win the driveway” and lead your home with greater tenderness, responsibility, and vision? READ MORE: ·      Walking by faith, not by sight in 2 Corinthians 5:7 ·      Remembering God’s faithfulness in Psalm 77:11–14 ·      Humanity created for dominion and stewardship in Genesis 1:26–28 ·      Men living with their wives in an understanding way in 1 Peter 3:7 ·      Husbands loving sacrificially like Christ in Ephesians 5:25–33 ·      The Holy Spirit as Comforter and Helper in John 14:16–17, 26

How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage

We address every marriage’s greatest fear: adultery. Whether physical, emotional, or a fantasy in your mind, unfaithfulness tears at God’s design and breaks the covenant between husband and wife.   We talk about the warning signs that often come before an affair, how to guard your heart, and what it takes to rebuild after trust has been broken. QUESTIONS: 1. Where are you most vulnerable to seeking fulfillment outside of God’s design? 2. What boundaries would help you interact wisely with the opposite sex? 3. What does it look like to take responsibility for your part in the health of your marriage without excusing someone else’s sin? READ MORE: * God’s design for two becoming one in Genesis 2:24 and Malachi 2:14–15 * Adultery beginning in the heart in Matthew 5:27–28 * Temptation, desire, and sin in James 1:13–15 *  The enemy seeking to steal, kill, and destroy in John 10:10 and 1 Peter 5:8 * Marriage, love, and respect in Ephesians 5:21–33 * Love defined by patience, kindness, humility, and endurance in 1 Corinthians 13:4–7

Is it God's Will or Just My Feelings?

We talk about the desire to know God’s will, especially when we’re facing big in life. But discerning His will requires more than looking for a sign or asking God to bless what we already want. It requires refusing to be shaped by the patterns of this world and allowing God to renew your mind. As we obey God in the small things, we become more prepared to recognize and follow His good, pleasing, and perfect will. QUESTIONS: 1. Why is it important to start by looking back at God’s faithfulness? 2. What small act of obedience might God be asking you to take today? 3.  If you feel like you can’t hear God’s voice, what may need to change in the way you listen? READ MORE: *  God’s good plans for His people in Jeremiah 29:11 * Renewing your mind to discern God’s will in Romans 12:1–2 * Asking God for wisdom in James 1:5–8 * Sowing and reaping in Galatians 6:7–9 * Wisdom and wise counsel in Proverbs 1:1–7; 11:14 * Listening to God’s voice through His Word in Psalm 119:105