Upset The World Studios You Can’t Heal in a Church That Worships Perfection | Wide Open #134
Oct 21, 2025
This discussion launches with a hilarious food poll about jelly flavors and Uncrustables. The hosts dive into the quirky niche of halal corn dogs at Costco. They explore the peculiar world of rural snake-handling churches, enriching the humor with impressions and personal anecdotes. A poignant call-in segment addresses recovery from addiction and the importance of community support. They also touch on grief, the need for honest expression in faith, and promoting personal well-being through boundaries and sabbaticals.
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Give Yourself Grace And Communicate
- Do give yourself grace during recovery because long-term patterns take time to change.
- Do communicate to your spouse and supporters that temptation can persist and is normal in healing.
Divine Rescue Requires Human Unwrapping
- Insight: Jesus performs the act people cannot do, while community does the rest of the healing work.
- This shows theological balance: divine intervention plus human responsibility in recovery.
Perfection Culture Breeds Hidden Sin
- Insight: Legalistic church environments breed hidden sin and duplicity.
- People perform perfection to survive, which increases hypocrisy and long-term damage.