Are You Crunchy? The Danger of Social Media Trends That Become Cult-Like

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Transformed Podcast Episode 144 | October 09, 2025 Dr. Greg Gifford explores the rise of “crunchiness,” a lifestyle centered on avoiding chemicals, alternative health practices, and strict food rules. Through stories and biblical reflection, he explains where healthy stewardship ends and unhealthy obsession begins. Listeners will gain clarity on how to honor God with wise choices without falling into fear-driven extremes. ___ Thanks for listening! Transformed would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Transformed we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

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0:00.0	What is?
0:01.0	What is?
0:02.0	What is?
0:03.0	What is?
0:04.0	Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.
0:07.0	I think what you just said made me look at those scenarios differently.
0:10.0	God replaced all my job with a beautiful light.
0:14.0	God's really been changing the way that I parent my children.
0:19.0	The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word. This is
0:24.1	Transform. And now your host, Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at the
0:29.4	Master's University and certified biblical counselor Dr. Greg Gifford.
0:34.4	Welcome to Transform. My name is Dr. Greg Gifford.
0:39.9	And today we are covering biblical counseling stories on crunchiness.
0:45.3	Okay.
0:46.3	You have been, for those of you that have been keeping up with social media, I've been on social media asking questions about crunchiness, particularly on
0:54.8	Instagram. Ask my viewers and followers like, hey, what is, what are we talking about with
1:02.0	crunchiness? GMO, plant-based, no gluten, no soy, organic, sourdough, no vaccines, natural diapers, probiotics, gut health,
1:15.6	don't touch receipts, pools and chlorine are bad for you, you have to homeschool. Crunchiness.
1:23.7	It was really a newer term to me. I've been learning a lot about what crunchiness
1:30.1	actually means. And in these next few episodes, maybe three total, we'll see if I can do it in two,
1:35.6	but these stories might last for three episodes. I want to help cover this craze,
1:41.2	and I've even set a potential cult of crunchiness. In this process, I've tried my
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