Episode 1271: What Real Faith Looks Like (and Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?)

The RELEVANT Podcast

RELEVANT Magazine

Christianity, Entertainment News, News, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

After reflecting on their recent conversation with viral creator Jimmy Darts, the crew dives into what living out real faith actually looks like — not just believing the right things, but showing compassion and generosity in everyday life. Then they tackle the big October question: should Christians celebrate Halloween, or skip the costumes altogether?

In RELEVANT Buzz, they unpack Mel Gibson’s questionable new Resurrection of the Christ casting, AI’s takeover of the internet, and Miley Cyrus’ surprising thoughts on sobriety. Plus, in Slices, wild stories about speeding tickets, Switzerland’s $100K fines, and self-driving cars gone rogue.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Cameron’s New Setup

05:44 A Serious Discussion About Facial Hair

10:23 Reflecting on Our ‘Impact Series’ Conversation With Jimmy Darts

16:28 Showing Compassion in Everyday Life

18:32 Shaming for Generosity: A New Approach

18:56 RELEVANT Buzz

19:07 Mel Gibson Recast Jesus

24:28 The Internet Is Now 50% AI-Generated Content

32:06 Why Miley Cyrus Got Sober

35:26 SLICES

35:38 Don’t Get a Ticket in Switzerland

41:57 But Can You Ticket a Robot?

45:31 Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

59:10 ASK THE CAST

01:00:10 What Would Your 16-Year-Old Self Think of You Now?

01:02:16 What Cringey Christian Thing Do You Secretly Still Love?

01:06:29 What’s an Unexpected Hill You’ll Die On?

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0:00.0	It's episode 1271, and it's the relevant podcast here in Orlando.
0:10.0	I'm your host, Cameron Strang.
0:11.4	And joining me, no Jesse today, joining me from Nashville, artist, producer, Mogul, Derek Miner.
0:16.4	What up, Do?
0:17.5	Just down the street there in Nashville, our managing editor, downtown Emily Brown. Hey, y'all. And from L.A., it's his first video podcast with us. It's Marty. I'm so excited, guys. Dude, feels good to be here. Cameron looks like he's on ESPN. Derek, he looks like he's in some really cool studio. You know, Emily, she's in a log cabin that Taylor Swift owns, and I'm in an Afghanistan
0:41.1	hostage video.
0:44.3	You do have a cool blue light.
0:47.0	They gave you that.
0:48.2	If it wasn't for Derek, it was spun around.
0:50.3	I didn't know they're supposed to hit the wall.
0:51.6	I didn't even...
0:52.3	You're in those, like, you're in those, like, Japanese Japanese micro hotels. You're in like... Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm actually in jail. You know how they have cell phones in jail? That's where I am. Yeah. I, uh, I did turn everything around for me. I mean, if people have watched the first three episodes, I was in front of a big TV, which is right there. And I just was like, I don't like how confide.
1:11.6	I have this big room like Derek does.
1:13.5	I have this big long room.
1:15.1	My desk is over there.
1:16.4	There's shelves and aquariums.
1:18.5	There's this whole area over here that's like the podcast.
1:20.6	I was just like, I'm just going to flip it.
1:22.3	So there you go.
1:23.7	It looks better.
1:24.9	It's good.
1:25.2	Now you can see my actual interest. There's a relevant magazine with Jerry Lorenzo right there. Very cool. Charles Barkley, going up against Horse Grant in the 90s. I love that. There's a signed Aaron Gordon winning the dunk competition. Right there. There's a band right there. That's Bastille. I'm not a huge of distilled. I was wondering if we were going to get to any non-sport things. Okay, right there, right there. That's Bastille. I'm not a huge of I was wondering if we were going to get to any non-sports things.
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