SHOOT THE BREEZE (Podcast)

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott walk through the process of resolution by defining forgiveness, repentance, reconciliation, and restoration through the lens of Jesus and the gospel. They challenge behavior-based gospel narratives and show how the good news begins with who people are as God designed them, not what they’ve done. This episode reframes salvation, propitiation, reconciliation, and restoration as participation in God’s new creation, inviting Christians to live as ambassadors who reflect grace in real relationships. — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) Why Definitions Matter The conversation opens by exposing how misunderstanding propitiation, forgiveness, repentance, reconciliation, and restoration can keep people stuck in brokenness, bitterness, and pain. Clear definitions remove fear, dismantle deception, and make it possible to begin the process of resolution. (24:06) Identity v Behavior Using 2 Corinthians 5, the discussion reframes the gospel as identity-first. People are not defined by sin or behavior, but by who God says they are — reshaping how we view repentance, forgiveness, and ultimately, evangelism. (1:03:27) Ambassadors of Reconciliation Attention turns to our role as participants in God’s work. Believers don’t repeat Jesus’ sacrifice, but they do carry His message — inviting others to repent, return, and live from their restored design. (1:22:58) Activation Steps This episode closes with reflection and application, inviting listeners to examine how they view people, release behavior-based judgments, and actively practice reconciliation as ambassadors of God’s new creation. — EPISODE LINKS — • Episode Notes https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb159/ • Podcast Playlist | Forgiveness https://cultivaterelationships.com/forgiveness/ • Podcast Playlist | Revelation https://cultivaterelationships.com/revelation/ • The Freedom Booklet https://cultivaterelationships.com/the-freedom-booklet/ • What is the Septuagint? https://cultivaterelationships.com/bible-tools/old-testament/#ot-texts • More Content & Resources at Our Website https://cultivaterelationships.com/

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION — Nathan and Pastor Scott conclude their two-part teaching on anger by clarifying how anger reveals what’s happening in the heart. In this second episode, they move from unhealthy expressions of anger (smoldering and explosive) into a biblical understanding of righteous anger, showing how anger can either protect one's self or serve restoration. The conversation challenges listeners to discern motive, submit reactions to the Holy Spirit, and practice repentance that leads toward maturity, forgiveness, and reconciliation. This episode brings both teachings together, offering a clear pathway for handling anger in a way that reflects the heart of our Heavenly Father. *Please note, this discussion takes place in two episodes. This is episode two.* — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) From Smoldering to Explosive Anger The episode wraps up smoldering anger (quiet resentment, avoidance, passive control) and transitions into explosive anger—how outbursts, escalation, and intimidation often reveal unprocessed offense and unmet desires. (21:28) Righteous Anger The focus shifts to righteous anger—how anger can be a Spirit-led response when it protects what is good, confronts what harms, and refuses to let injustice or distortion stand, without becoming self-righteous or cruel. (33:42) Application: Checking Our Anger This section closes the righteous anger teaching with application questions that help expose motives. The aim is discernment: is anger rooted in love and restoration, or in ego, control, fear, and self-protection? (50:20) Activation Steps (for episodes 1 & 2) This episode closes by combining the activation questions from both parts—identifying your anger pattern, inviting the Holy Spirit to search your heart, repenting where needed, and taking practical steps toward repair. — EPISODE LINKS — • Episode Notes https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb158/ • STB157 | BSE | Conflict: Anger E1 https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb157/ • Bookshelf | UnLove https://cultivaterelationships.com/bookshelf/#unlove • The Habit Tree https://cultivaterelationships.com/the-habit-tree-worksheet/ • The Freedom Booklet https://cultivaterelationships.com/the-freedom-booklet/ • Lacey's Story with Anger https://cultivaterelationships.com/small-group-videos/cwc-laceys-story/ • More Content & Resources at Our Website https://cultivaterelationships.com/

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION — Nathan and Pastor Scott begin a two-part conversation on conflict by reframing anger through the lens of Scripture. Rather than suppressing anger or labeling it as a sin, this episode examines indignation as a morally neutral response that reveals our motives and how we respond to offense. Together, they unpack how unresolved anger creates space for the enemy, how misapplied Bible verses fuel control instead of maturity, and why learning to process anger rightly is essential for healthy relationships, leadership, and spiritual growth. *Please note, this discussion takes place in two episodes. This is episode one.* — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) Irreverent Humor and Honest Humanity The episode opens with unscripted humor and cultural banter, setting a relational tone that contrasts with the weight of the topic ahead. This opening reminds listeners that conflict and anger are discussed best within real, human connection. (15:41) Be Angry, But Do Not Sin The teaching begins by examining Ephesians 4.26–27. Anger is defined as neutral, while sin is determined by how it’s expressed or stewarded. Misusing this passage to force resolution is challenged in favor of heart-level responsibility. (39:26) Indignation, Control, and the Heart The conversation turns to indignation as a shared biblical word used of both Jesus and his opponents. The distinction isn’t necessarily the behavior, but rather, the underlying motivation — a righteous response versus self-righteousness or unrighteousness. (46:46) Smoldering Anger vs Explosive Anger The conversation turns to two unhealthy, unrighteous, and self-righteous expressions of anger. Smoldering anger hides beneath passivity and avoidance, while explosive anger surfaces through outbursts and control. Both avoid honest processing and set the stage for deeper conflict if left unresolved. — EPISODE LINKS — • Episode Notes https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb157/ • Bookshelf | UnLove https://cultivaterelationships.com/bookshelf/#unlove • The Habit Tree https://cultivaterelationships.com/the-habit-tree-worksheet/ • The Freedom Booklet https://cultivaterelationships.com/the-freedom-booklet/ • Lacey's Story with Anger https://cultivaterelationships.com/small-group-videos/cwc-laceys-story/ • More Content & Resources at Our Website https://cultivaterelationships.com/

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION — Nathan and Pastor Scott wrap up the Identity series by focusing on participation, clarifying how redemption invites us into active cooperation with what the Holy Spirit is rebuilding. After an opening conversation on humor, reverence, and knowing your audience, the study begins by confronting the idea that participation equals performance. Instead, obedience is framed as a response to grace, not an attempt to earn it. Drawing from Isaiah 61, this episode shows how true participation requires submission, stretches comfort, and forms maturity as we join God in His ongoing work of restoration. — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) Irreverent Humor, Reverence, and Knowing Your Audience Before the study begins, the conversation wrestles with “irreverence”: being accused of it, pulling back in group threads, and sorting out when humor is healthy (and when it can unnecessarily offend). (15:48) Participation Is Not Performance The study begins by reframing participation in God’s work. Obedience is not earning, striving, or religious effort—it’s responding to what the Spirit is already rebuilding through redemption. (41:45) Rebuilding Requires Submission Using Isaiah 61, the discussion clarifies that restoration involves cooperation. Participation often stretches comfort, challenges control, and reveals where surrender—not self-direction—produces maturity. (1:13:20) Activation Steps This episode closes with an invitation to ask the Holy Spirit where participation has been confused with performance and where submission is needed to join what God is actively rebuilding. — EPISODE LINKS — • Episode Notes https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb156/ • Podcast Playlist | Galatians Series https://cultivaterelationships.com/galatians/ • Bookshelf | Identity Booklet https://cultivaterelationships.com/bookshelf/#identity • STB107 | Grieving the Loss of a Child + Sarah P1 https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb107/ • Podcast Playlist | Forgiveness https://cultivaterelationships.com/forgiveness/ • More Content & Resources at Our Website https://cultivaterelationships.com/

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION — Nathan and Scott continue the Identity series by focusing on redemption, not as behavior management, but as restoration to God’s original design. They explore how redemption is not merely forgiveness of sin, but a reclaiming of purpose, desire, and identity—freeing us to live as God intended from the beginning. This episode challenges reductionistic views of redemption and invites listeners into Spirit-empowered transformation that reshapes how we think, live, and relate. — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) Redeemed to God’s Design The conversation opens by reframing redemption as being restored to how God originally designed humanity—good, relational, and empowered—rather than merely being rescued from wrongdoing. (18:07) Desire, Design, and Distortion Attention turns to how desires themselves are not sinful, but become distorted when disconnected from God’s design, shaping unhealthy habits, beliefs, and identity. (35:48) Transformation Beyond Behavior This section explores how true transformation goes deeper than behavior modification, addressing thought patterns, motivations, and identity through ongoing submission to the Spirit. (59:29) Activation Steps This episode closes with an invitation to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal where redemption has been reduced to rule-following and to embrace restoration into God’s original design. — EPISODE LINKS — • Episode Notes https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb155/ • Bookshelf | Identity Booklet https://cultivaterelationships.com/bookshelf/#identity • More Content & Resources at Our Website https://cultivaterelationships.com/

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION — Nathan and Scott step into the next part of the Identity series by examining corruption — not as a loss of identity, but as the breaking of our perception of it. Through Scripture, design analogies, and honest stories, they reveal how false beliefs, unhealthy habits, and misplaced desires slowly shape us away from God’s intention. This episode invites listeners to explore how the Spirit restores clarity, exposes unhealthy patterns, and rebuilds us through truth, community, and surrender. — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) Identity, Design, and Why Corruption Matters Opening reflections highlight how salvation and identity overlap. The conversation explores why understanding our broken patterns is essential to restoration. (17:34) Facing the Rubble This section digs into the “building rubble” analogy — showing how we must examine the mess, not ignore it, so God can rebuild what’s been fractured through false views of design. (39:11) Healthy vs. Unhealthy Patterns Examples from sexuality, food, and legalism reveal how desire itself isn’t sinful — but how we pursue fulfillment can distort or align us with God’s design. (1:08:56) Activation Steps This episode closes with practical guidance for inviting the Holy Spirit to expose corruption, clarify truth, and lead us into restored identity through community and surrender. — EPISODE LINKS — • Episode Notes https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb154/ • Bookshelf https://cultivaterelationships.com/bookshelf/ • Bible Project | 1 Timothy (Modesty - Begins at 3:01) https://youtu.be/7RoqnGcEjcs?si=lSopJip8BTIp4WB2&t=181 • More Content & Resources at Our Website https://cultivaterelationships.com/

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION — Nathan and Pastor Scott launch a new identity series by challenging the lie that people are “broken” at their core. Using Scripture and real-life stories, they explain how our identity as God’s image-bearers is intrinsic and irreplaceable, even when our lives feel messy. This episode reframes “blessing” as an opportunity to prosper, unpacks our mission to bring order to chaos, and invites listeners to see themselves the way the Father already does. — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) Perception, Value, and Identity The conversation moves from lighthearted banter into a story about “laundered” vacation money, illustrating how our identity retains value even when life, sin, and pain make everything feel ruined. (16:35) Made in God’s Image and Likeness Attention turns to Genesis 1, 5, and 9, showing that humanity remains God’s image-bearers before and after the fall and the flood. Our mission to multiply, steward, and bring order has never been revoked. (37:51) Intrinsic Worth vs. Broken Narratives The focus shifts to how religious language, like “less of me, more of Him”, can distort identity when misapplied. Nathan and Scott contrast those clichés with Jesus calling us light, salt, and a city on a hill. (55:22) Activation Steps This episode closes with an invitation to ask the Holy Spirit where your view of yourself has been devalued, to agree with God’s declaration of your worth, and to step into your calling to bring order to chaos. — EPISODE LINKS — • Episode Notes https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb153/ • The Identity Guide https://cultivaterelationships.com/the-identity-guide/ • The Freedom Booklet https://cultivaterelationships.com/the-freedom-booklet/ • More Content & Resources at Our Website https://cultivaterelationships.com/

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION — Nathan and Pastor Scott explore salvation through the lens of submission, revealing that true freedom comes not from self-rule but from willingly aligning ourselves under God’s design. They unpack how salvation leads us into a life of surrendered trust — choosing the Spirit’s authority over the impulses of our habitual inclinations. Submission is not passivity; it’s the doorway into Spirit-empowered living, where obedience produces maturity, purpose, and the fruit of God’s life within us. — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) Living by the Spirit The episode opens by reframing salvation as a call to surrender — choosing the Spirit’s leadership over self-direction so that our lives reflect God’s design rather than our impulses. (17:03) The Tension of Flesh and Spirit The focus turns to Paul’s contrast between flesh and Spirit, showing that the battle is ultimately about submission: whichever authority we yield to shapes our character, choices, and destiny. (34:46) The Purpose of Freedom This section highlights that freedom isn’t autonomy — it’s empowerment to submit to God’s design for human love, service, and holiness. True freedom expresses itself through Spirit-led obedience that benefits others. (1:04:20) Activation Steps This episode closes with an invitation to ask the Holy Spirit to expose areas of resistance, surrender those places to His leadership, and step into the peace and power that come from daily submission. — EPISODE LINKS — • Episode Notes https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb152/ • Study Booklets https://cultivaterelationships.com/bookshelf/ • A Tale of Three Kings, by Gene Edwards https://a.co/d/f8xwl1n • More Content & Resources at Our Website https://cultivaterelationships.com/

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION — Nathan and Pastor Scott continue their series on salvation, revealing that Jesus’ redemption isn’t just about being set free from sin but being set free to live empowered by the Holy Spirit. They uncover how salvation restores humanity to its original design — living in partnership with God’s purpose and authority. They show that redemption is not a single moment of escape but an ongoing journey of transformation, where believers learn to walk in true freedom, maturity, and Spirit-led life. — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) Understanding Sin and Rebellion Nathan and Scott revisit Genesis and Romans to redefine sin as rebellion against design, not inherited corruption, and explore how the gospel restores divine purpose. (18:01) The Nature of Redemption They discuss how salvation reconciles creation, humanity, and God’s authority, shifting our view from legal transaction to relational restoration. (36:55) Growing into Maturity This section explores sanctification as an ongoing process — how believers are transformed by the Spirit into the likeness of Jesus through daily surrender. (1:08:22) Activation Steps This episode closes with an invitation to let the Holy Spirit reveal where rebellion has distorted identity and to embrace the continual renewal found in walking with Him. — EPISODE LINKS — • Episode Notes https://cultivaterelationships.com/shoot-the-breeze/stb151 • Podcast Playlist | Romans https://cultivaterelationships.com/romans • The Freedom Booklet https://cultivaterelationships.com/the-freedom-booklet/ • The Habit Tree https://cultivaterelationships.com/the-habit-tree-worksheet/ • More Content & Resources at Our Website https://cultivaterelationships.com/