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The Reality Is
Welcome to "The Reality Is," a podcast where the pastors of Crossroads Community Church gather to discuss the practical application of biblical principles in our daily lives. Join us as we explore how faith can guide us through the challenges and triumphs of real life. Whether it's relationships, work, or personal growth, we're here to help you live out your faith meaningfully. This podcast's premise is about how to apply biblical principles to our everyday lives. Tune in for insightful…
Episodes
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Strengthen The Weak Spots
Send us Fan Mail “I’m fine” can sound like confidence, but it can also be camouflage. When we keep saying it while we’re getting eaten up inside, we leave the…
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How To Build Spiritual Walls That Hold
Send us Fan Mail You can pour a perfect foundation and still end up with nothing but a mud hole. That’s the picture we keep coming back to as we talk about…
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How To Check Your Spiritual Foundation Before Life Hits Hard
Send us Fan Mail If your life got hit with a storm tomorrow, would what you built actually hold? We start a brand-new series by digging into the part nobody…
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Small Daily Habits Can Grow Real Spiritual Change
Send us Fan Mail Your worst moments don’t create your character, they reveal what’s been shaping it. Joey opens with a travel meltdown from Alaska: delays…
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Why Hiding Sin Makes Life Heavier
Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to make sin louder isn’t “doing worse” it’s going quiet and going alone. Joey and Richard get brutally practical about what…
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Practical Ways To Protect Your Mind And Habits
Send us Fan Mail What if the worst thing you said this week wasn’t a “moment,” but a mirror? We get brutally honest about anger, bitterness, and criticism, and…
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The Cute Fox That Ate Your Devotion
Send us Fan Mail You can be trying your best and still be drifting. That’s the uncomfortable truth we sit with as we talk about “little foxes” the small, cute…
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How Sin Sneaks In
Send us Fan Mail Sin almost never shows up looking dangerous. It shows up looking small, reasonable, and easy to manage, like a “cracked window” you leave open…
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The Two-Month Challenge
Send us Fan Mail “How are you doing?” is a loaded question when we never slow down long enough to hear the real answer. For our season finale, we leave you…
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Simple Daily Habits That Strengthen Your Walk With God
Send us Fan Mail Your calendar may be packed, but your spiritual life doesn’t have to run on leftovers. We talk about a hard truth with a simple picture: when…
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Christian Accountability That Actually Helps
Send us Fan Mail “Am I my brother’s keeper?” sounds like a simple question, but it exposes a huge gap in modern Christian community. We’ve heard it used as a…
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Six Biblical Ways To Break Habitual Sin
Send us Fan Mail Touch a candle once and you learn fast. Keep reaching for it anyway and you learn something deeper about yourself. That’s where Pastor Joey…
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A Practical Guide To Thriving Church Life Groups (Part 2 of 2)
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever heard “join a life group” and thought, OK but what do you actually do there, we get it. Pastor Joey sits down with Pastor Ed to…
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What Happens To Faith When You Stay Isolated (Part 1 of 2)
Send us Fan Mail Church can be packed and still feel lonely. We’ve both seen it: you can worship with hundreds of people, shake a few hands, and leave with…
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Breaking The Revenge Cycle
Send us Fan Mail Revenge has a way of feeling like justice, especially when the wound is fresh and the story keeps replaying in your head. We’ve both felt that…
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Letting Go Of Grudges
Send us Fan Mail Resentment doesn’t usually announce itself. It slips in when an offense goes unspoken, a tone gets misread, or a “that wasn’t fair” moment…
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Chocolate Bunnies Are Fine But That Is Not Easter
Send us Fan Mail Easter gets packaged as candy, brunch, and a spring holiday, but we can’t get around the central claim: the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We…
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Stop Measuring Your Life And Start Living For God
Send us Fan Mail Jealousy can hide behind jokes, ambition, or “just being human,” but it quietly steals joy and turns gratitude sour. Pastor Joey and Pastor…
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A Biblical Guide to Overcoming Pride
Send us Fan Mail Struggling with pride? This episode offers a clear, biblical guide to developing humility. Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard share how serving…
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When Anger Takes Control
Send us Fan Mail Why does anger seem so common today? Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard examine the spiritual dangers of uncontrolled anger and how it affects…
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Why the Old Testament Still Matters
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Joey sits down with Pastor Pete, an Old Testament professor and pastor at Crossroads Community Church, to explore why the Old Testament…
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Stop Blaming, Start Confessing: Breaking Free from Spiritual Guilt
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Richard and Pastor Joey unpack the weight of guilt in the believer’s life and why denying sin only deepens spiritual bondage. Rooted in…
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Grieving with Hope: A Biblical Path Through Loss
Send us Fan Mail In this heartfelt episode, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard discuss the reality of grief, from losing loved ones to enduring life altering…
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Pet Sins Part 3: From Isolation to Restoration
Send us Fan Mail Why do we cut ourselves off when we’re struggling the most? Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard discuss how secrecy, pride, and hopelessness keep…
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Pet Sins Part 2: Stop Feeding What’s Killing You
Send us Fan Mail Why do we protect our sin like a cherished pet? In this convicting follow-up, the pastors challenge listeners to quit justifying disobedience…
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Pet Sins Part 1: Why We Struggle and How to Fight Back
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard launch a powerful three-part series diving into the persistent struggle with “pet sins,” those hidden…
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What It Really Means to Be Christlike
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard dive into what true Christlikeness looks like, not just in church but in daily life. They explore Romans 8:29…
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Eight Habits for 2026: A Roadmap to a Mature Christian Life (Part 2)
Send us Fan Mail In this impactful continuation, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard reveal the final four habits of a spiritually mature Christian: embracing…
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Eight Habits for 2026: A Roadmap to a Mature Christian Life (Part 1)
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard close the episode by tying together the first four key habits for spiritual maturity: daily Bible study…
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A Thanksgiving Message of Hope
Send us Fan Mail In a lighthearted yet powerful conversation, Pastors Joey and Richard share family Thanksgiving traditions and move into a deep discussion on…
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God’s Glory Through Our Pain
Send us Fan Mail This episode explores how God brings glory to Himself through our hardships. With references to Acts 12, Romans 5, and 2 Corinthians, the…
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When the Body Breaks the Heart
Send us Fan Mail In this heartfelt episode, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard dive deep into the raw and often unspoken pain of church hurt. They open up about…
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From the Couch to the Congregation
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard unpack the spiritual importance of church attendance, tackling common objections and cultural excuses. From…
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What God Teaches Through Hard Times
Send us Fan Mail In this heartfelt episode, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard explore how trials are not the end, but classrooms where God teaches us endurance…
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Pray Charleston: A City United on Its Knees
Send us Fan Mail Special Guest Craig Tuck shares the inspiring story behind Pray Charleston, a 24/7 interdenominational prayer movement uniting over 50…
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How Christians Endure Through Battles
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard dive into what it really means to remain faithful during life's hardest battles. With scriptural truth from…
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Ask. Listen. Speak. The Simplicity of Witnessing.
Send us Fan Mail What’s the simplest and most effective framework for sharing your faith? Pastor Richard and Pastor Joey break it down: ask people their story…
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The Cost of Keeping It Quiet
Send us Fan Mail This episode confronts the lie that “it’s just between me and God.” Pastors Joey and Richard illustrate how concealed sin damages not only the…
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Is Your Faith Where It Should Be? Heart Exam: Part 2
Send us Fan Mail In this heartfelt episode, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard challenge listeners to move beyond surface-level Christianity. What does it mean to…
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Is Your Faith Where It Should Be? Heart Exam: Part 1
Send us Fan Mail In this candid and convicting episode, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard invite listeners to evaluate their spiritual lives through the lens of…
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Embracing God’s Ultimate Forgiveness
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Season 3! In this episode, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard dive deep into the struggle many face with lingering guilt from past…
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Debunking the Divide: The One True Jesus
Send us Fan Mail Is there really a split between the Jesus of history and the Jesus of faith? Pastor Joey and Dr. Gravely say no—and explain why. Together…
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If I Were the Devil...
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard dive deep into the topic, "If I Were the Devil," exposing the deceptive tactics Satan uses to derail believers…
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Is That Really in the Bible?
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard tackle widely quoted sayings like "God helps those who help themselves" and "Cleanliness is next to godliness,"…
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Trusting God When the Road Changes
Send us Fan Mail Life rarely unfolds the way we plan. Pastor Richard and Pastor Joey explore what it means to remain faithful when God redirects our steps…
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He Is Risen... So What Does That Mean for Me? Pt.2
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard continue their powerful conversation on the real-life impact of the resurrection. They ask the tough questions…
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He Is Risen... So What Does That Mean for Me? Pt.1
Send us Fan Mail As the Easter season approaches, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard confront the question: does the resurrection matter to you? In this heartfelt…
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More Than Good Advice
Send us Fan Mail In this heartfelt episode, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard dive deep into the true essence of biblical counseling. They discuss the danger of…
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The Pet Sin Problem: What Are You Still Holding On To?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard explore the deeply personal issue of “pet sins”—those sins we justify, excuse, or quietly…
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Breaking Free from Isolation
Send us Fan Mail Isolation may feel safe, but it can be spiritually dangerous. This week, Pastors Richard and Joey discuss the effects of isolation on faith…
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The DNA of a Christian Role Model
Send us Fan Mail The company we keep shapes who we become. In this insightful discussion, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard examine how to identify godly role…
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The Danger of Drifting
Send us Fan Mail Just like drifting in the ocean, we can slowly and unknowingly drift away from God. Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard break down how small…
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Creative Ways to Disciple in Everyday Life
Send us Fan Mail Discipleship doesn’t have to be limited to a classroom. Whether fishing, having coffee, or simply spending time together, discipleship happens…
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Love, Laughter, and Lessons | Part II
Send us Fan Mail Marriage is full of ups and downs, but faith makes all the difference. Pastor Richard and Joy open up about their journey—the lessons, the…
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Love, Laughter, and Lessons | Part 1
Send us Fan Mail After 41 years, Pastor Richard and his wife, Joy, have learned what it takes to make a marriage thrive. From learning each other's triggers to…
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Do You Have the Right People in Your Life?
Send us Fan Mail Not all friendships are created equal. Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard break down what makes a true Christian friend and why it matters. They…
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How Your Life Preaches the Gospel
Send us Fan Mail People may not always listen to what you say, but they will watch how you live. In this thought-provoking episode, Pastor Joey and Pastor…
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Living Beyond Sunday Morning
Send us Fan Mail What does your Monday faith look like? In this episode, Pastors Joey and Richard challenge listeners to align their daily lives with their…
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The Five Relationships Every Christian Needs
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Reality Is, Pastors Joey and Richard explore the five key relationships every believer should cultivate. From the…
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A New Year's Call to Leave the Past Behind
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Pastor Joey and Pastor Richard discuss the importance of leaving the past behind, whether it’s past failures or successes…