Truth Talk is a bold, dialogue-driven podcast where filters die and truth speaks. Hosted by Caleb Cross and Eliana Rivers, each episode strips away religious fluff, hyper-grace distortions, self-help illusions, and New Age counterfeits to uncover the raw, Edenic truth of Scripture. Through honest back-and-forth conversation, they expose the hidden layers of sin, the scandal of the Cross, and the shocking hope of resurrection life. From the garden of Eden to the torn veil of the temple, every ...
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The Counterfeit Spirit of Revival: When Grace Becomes License
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Send us a text 💡 Hosted by Caleb Cross & Eliana Rivers 📢 Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. 🔔 Follow for new episodes every day Monday to Friday. 📲 Share this trailer with someone who needs unfiltered biblical truth in their life today. Disclaimer: The content of this podcast addresses theological ideas and teachings ofte…
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The Overcomer's Inheritance: Beyond the Sinner's Prayer
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Send us a text The comfortable narrative of the rapture as Christianity's emergency escape plan has lulled many believers into spiritual complacency. We confront this widespread teaching head-on, challenging the notion that simply "praying the prayer" guarantees your seat on heaven's flight manifest. Drawing from Revelation's repeated refrain to "t…
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What if Everything You Thought About Sonship Was Half-True?
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Send us a text Something dangerous has infiltrated modern grace teachings—a half-truth that's creating entitled Christians who want all the benefits of sonship with none of the responsibility. Diving straight into controversial territory, we confront the popular but misguided notion that since "Christ has already done everything," believers need on…
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Lordship vs. Salvation: Debunking the "Once Saved, Always Saved" Myth
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Send us a text 💡 Hosted by Caleb Cross & Eliana Rivers 📢 Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. 🔔 Follow for new episodes every day Monday to Friday. 📲 Share this trailer with someone who needs unfiltered biblical truth in their life today. Disclaimer: The content of this podcast addresses theological ideas and teachings ofte…
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Spiritual Amputation: Why Jesus Wasn't Joking About Sin
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Send us a text What happens when a grace-filled believer sins? Contrary to popular teachings, true repentance doesn't vanish under perfect love—it transforms. We tackle the problematic doctrines of hyper-grace head-on, exposing how they've created a false dichotomy between divine love and ongoing repentance. When Jesus spoke about cutting off hands…
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Perfect Love Doesn't Eliminate Fear—It Transforms It
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Send us a text Have we misunderstood what it means to fear the Lord? Many believers wrestle with anxiety about their partnership with God, wondering if grace should eliminate all fear. This thought-provoking episode dives deep into 1 John 4:18, revealing that perfect love casts out torment (phobos), not reverence. The distinction transforms our und…
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The Performance Trap: Why "Just Let Go and Let God" Creates Spiritual Paralysis
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Send us a text The million-dollar question that reveals the deepest confusion in modern Christianity: "Do I do anything or does God do everything?" This raw, unfiltered episode tackles the well-intentioned but problematic teaching of "let go and let God" that has quietly paralyzed countless believers. We explore the biblical paradox found in Philip…
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The Wrath Problem: Why "God's Not Mad at You" Creates Dangerous Saints
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Send us a text What happens when the comforting phrase "God's not mad at you" becomes an excuse for spiritual carelessness? In this raw, unfiltered conversation, we dissect popular "hyper-grace" teachings that have swept through modern Christianity, revealing both the liberating truth and hidden dangers within these messages. At the heart of our di…
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The Misunderstood Cross: How God's Wrath Works in Light of Grace
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Send us a text God's wrath—has it vanished, or just found a new address? This question strikes at the heart of contemporary Christianity where comfortable half-truths often replace biblical realities. When someone says, "God isn't angry anymore, just rest in his finished work," it sounds reassuring. But what if this popular teaching misses somethin…
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Holy Disobedience: Are Churches Accidentally Prepping for Antichrist?
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Send us a text We tackle the dangerous misunderstanding that grace excuses disobedience, revealing how this mindset aligns with what the Bible explicitly calls "lawlessness." Jesus warned that many religious people will be rejected as "workers of lawlessness" despite calling Him Lord, showing that profession without obedience leads to spiritual dec…
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Without fruit, there is no life flowing through your faith.
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Send us a text Jesus explicitly tells us that we will know believers by their fruit, challenging popular teachings that downplay the importance of spiritual evidence in our lives. • True faith always produces visible fruit as evidence of genuine connection with God • Faith without manifestation in obedience is not real faith but fiction • The Greek…
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Finding Life Through Surrender: Why Jesus Called the Path Narrow
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Send us a text Jesus challenges popular "easy believe" theology by emphasizing the narrow gate that leads to life, contrasting it with the wide road to destruction that many follow. • Grace isn't a broad road but a narrow person—Christ himself • The wide road feels easy because it bends to our will, while the narrow gate bends our will to God's • F…
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Is Your "Rest in Christ" Actually Spiritual Sleepwalking?
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Send us a text We explore the tension between resting in Christ's finished work and the call to active obedience, revealing how true spiritual rest is active alignment rather than passive disengagement. • Rest in Christ is real but was never meant to be laziness - rest is strength, not slumber • Jesus offers rest with a yoke - not no yoke, but the …
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BONUS : Your Conscience Is Not the Enemy: Rediscovering True Biblical Rest
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Send us a text Have you ever found yourself silencing your conscience with a Bible verse, only to feel that nagging sensation return stronger than before? You're not alone. Many believers today are being taught a dangerous version of "rest" that actually undermines true biblical freedom. The blood of Jesus doesn't delete your conscience—it cleanses…
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The Scandalous Exchange: How Jesus Died As You, Not Just For You
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Send us a text We explore the scandalous truth that Jesus didn't just die for you—He died as you, taking your entire Adamic nature into Himself on the cross. This revelation transforms our understanding of salvation from mere forgiveness to complete identification with Christ in His death and resurrection. • Jesus became sin itself on the cross, no…
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Holy Demolition: How a Torn Curtain Changed Everything
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Send us a text When Jesus breathed His last, the temple curtain — 60 feet high and impossibly thick — tore from top to bottom. Why does that moment matter? In this episode of Truth Talk, Caleb and Eliana uncover the shocking meaning behind the torn veil, and why it changes everything about how we approach God today. You’ll discover: What the temple…
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The cross wasn't cruelty—it was God absorbing the cost Himself.
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Send us a text If God is all-loving and all-powerful, why not just forgive sin with a word? Why demand blood? In this episode of Truth Talk, Caleb and Eliana wrestle with one of the most uncomfortable questions of faith — and uncover the stunning truth hidden since Eden. You’ll discover: Why sin isn’t just breaking rules, but breaking creation itse…
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Dead in Adam, Alive in Christ: The Ultimate Makeover
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Send us a text What if all the systems we trust to “fix ourselves” are actually powerless? From religion’s rules to New Age affirmations to self-help mantras — they promise transformation, but never change the bloodline we inherited from Adam. In this episode of Truth Talk, Caleb and Eliana strip away the illusions and uncover the scandalous truth:…
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Beyond Eden: The Corruption We Inherit and the Freedom We Receive
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Send us a text What if you were guilty… before you ever did anything wrong? In this first full episode of Truth Talk, hosts Caleb Cross and Eliana Rivers uncover one of Christianity’s most misunderstood truths: You don’t sin and then become a sinner — you sin because you were already born one. Here’s how we break it down: The Truth → Adam’s sin inf…
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Send us a text Truth Talk is a bold Christian podcast uncovering hidden wisdom in the Bible, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the Kingdom of God. Hosted by Caleb Cross and Eliana Rivers, this show cuts through religion and opinion to reveal the unfiltered truth of Scripture. What if there was a place where filters died and truth spoke? That’s what y…
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