From Bluetooth forks and GPS shoes to $1,000 smart toilets that text you hydration updates, this week’s Hot Takes prove one thing: humans have a gift for overcomplicating simple things.e

The crew also takes aim at corporate buzzwords like “synergy,” “pivot,” and “paradigm shift,” exposing how jargon makes people sound smart while saying almost nothing. But then the mirror turns inward.

Host Steve Wyatt draws a bold parallel between boardroom jargon and “Christianese” — the insider language that can make faith feel exclusive, exhausting, and joyless. He unpacks how religious leaders once buried simple truth under thousands of add-on rules, and how modern believers sometimes do the same.

The message is clear: faith was never meant to be a bureaucratic maze. It was meant to be simple, relational, and freeing.

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John Samples – https://www.jsam.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/jsamtv
Todd Bussey – https://www.facebook.com/todd.bussey.71/
Bruce Templeton – https://www.instagram.com/coltoncross

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What do Guinness World Records, Instagram filters, LinkedIn job titles, and Sean “Puff Daddy / P Diddy / Brother Love” Combs all have in common? Labels. And our obsession with them.

This week the crew laughs through ladder-balancing stunts, social media comparison culture, creative job-title inflation, and Diddy’s endless rebrands. From fake filters to fake reinventions, the conversation exposes how often we try to polish the outside while ignoring what’s broken inside.

Then Host Steve Wyatt takes it deeper. While we label people by their failures, God does the opposite. He renames people based on what they can become. From David the shepherd boy to Peter the unstable fisherman, Scripture shows a pattern: what God names, He makes.

If you’ve ever believed the labels stuck to you — broken, failure, too far gone — this episode will reset that narrative. God doesn’t rebrand you. He renews you.

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Todd Bussey – https://www.facebook.com/todd.bussey.71/
Maribeth Dodd – https://www.maribethdodd.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/@TheHealthyHustlePodcast
Kimberlee Herman – https://www.promisehillpodcast.com/ & https://www.redeemedhopeaz.com/

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From breakdancing at the Olympics to Simone Biles stepping away at the peak of her career, this episode opens with humor and culture, but quickly turns personal. The crew explores moments when confidence outruns clarity, labels get stuck, and life suddenly doesn’t make sense.

Host Steve Wyatt connects these stories to a deeper struggle many people carry silently: the belief that if life hurts this much, God must be displeased. Drawing from the raw lows of King David’s life, Steve explains why caves happen, why silence doesn’t mean abandonment, and how wallowing keeps us trapped longer than necessary.

The episode closes with a hopeful challenge: you don’t have to be defined by your worst moment. You can flip the script, renew your resolve, and move forward... even if you’re not healed yet.

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Todd Bussey – https://www.facebook.com/todd.bussey.71/
Bruce Templeton – https://www.instagram.com/coltoncross
Kimberlee Herman – https://www.promisehillpodcast.com/ & https://www.redeemedhopeaz.com/
Garrett Shelp – https://www.facebook.com/garrettshelp

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Would you trust powdered hippo teeth, crocodile dung, or a tobacco smoke enema to heal your body? Apparently, humans once did—and the Wyatt Matters crew opens this episode with hilarious, jaw-dropping stories of ancient medical “remedies” that prove one thing: we’ve always been desperate for quick fixes.

From there, the conversation jumps to modern faith in technology after San Francisco’s robot taxis froze in place during a blackout and AI evangelists began predicting a future where algorithms dominate words, law, and even religion. Host Steve Wyatt responds with a firm but hopeful truth: Christianity was never built on words alone.

Steve walks listeners through Jesus’ parable of the wise and foolish builders, reminding us that storms are unavoidable—but collapse is optional. AI can process words, but it cannot live truth, embody grace, or transform a soul. Only the Living Christ can do that. The call is simple and urgent: don’t just hear His words... put them into practice.

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This episode proves once again that humans are great at delaying... and terrible at admitting it. From fake cops with sirens to a man who debated himself into winning the lottery, and a driverless car that nearly met a train, these Hot Takes reveal how hesitation and overthinking play out in real life.

Host Steve Wyatt and the team then peel back the humor to expose a deeper issue: procrastination isn’t laziness... It’s fear, perfectionism, and self-protection disguised as wisdom. The conversation tackles doubt, analysis paralysis, and why waiting until everything feels “just right” often keeps us stuck.

Steve closes with a sobering look at spiritual procrastination, reminding listeners that faith isn’t about having every question answered... It’s about responding when truth knocks. Felix waited for a more convenient time. Agrippa was almost persuaded. Neither ever moved. This episode challenges you not to make the same mistake.

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From meeting famous heroes who turn out to be jerks to realizing even legends fail outside their gifting, this episode blends laugh-out-loud stories with uncomfortable truth. The Wyatt Matters crew shares firsthand encounters with celebrity letdowns, ministry disappointments, and why putting people on pedestals always ends badly.

Host Steve Wyatt uses unforgettable Superman imagery to make a deeper point: everyone has a kryptonite. No matter how carefully you curate your image or hide your weaknesses, the truth always leaks out. The episode challenges listeners to stop pretending, stop hiding, and stop trying to be bulletproof.

The message is liberating and clear... grace begins where honesty starts, and the cross is the only cover that never fails.

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Why are people willing to humiliate themselves, risk injury, or chase viral fame just to feel noticed? From people shoving matchsticks up their noses for world records to robot rooster fights, skateboarding pigs, and bizarre collectible obsessions, this episode exposes how far culture will go for attention and validation.

Host Steve Wyatt and the team use these outrageous headlines to pull back the curtain on something deeper: the universal need for significance and the regret that follows when we chase the wrong things. New year optimism collides with old mistakes, lingering shame, and the haunting desire for a reset button that doesn’t exist.

Steve delivers a clear and sobering truth—success can’t erase guilt, popularity can’t heal shame, and effort can’t undo sin. There is only one place where messes are truly covered, and that’s the cross. This episode is a cultural mirror and a spiritual reset for anyone tired of chasing what never satisfies.

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In one of the most powerful conversations we’ve ever recorded, Host Steve Wyatt sits down with his mentor, hero, and longtime friend Dr. Leroy Lawson... a man who has served in ministry for more than eight decades, written 32 books, led universities and churches, and shaped countless lives.

This episode goes far beyond biography. Dr. Lawson opens up about leadership, humility, authenticity, the Velcro Family, the art of friendship, why suffering deepens wisdom, and his own heartbreaking journey after losing his son to suicide.

If this conversation resonates with you, Dr. Lawson’s book "Son, We Need to Talk" delves even deeper into the journey of grief, healing, and hope.
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Whether you're discouraged, searching, or simply hungry for wisdom from someone who has truly lived it, this conversation will challenge you, comfort you, and stay with you long after it ends.

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