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In this episode Talmage interviews his first non Latter-day Saint. Jim Tart is a colleg football national champion, former alcoholic, entrepreneur, family man, and Christian. They talk about his experience when his football career ended and how he had to go back to normal life and live as a normal guy. They discussed his addiction to alcohol and the affect it had on his family. But most importantly Jim shares his experience of how God literally took away his addiction when he gave himself to Christ. Now Jim and his family travel all around the USA selling their famous Sopchoppy Sauce and spreading the good word.

Go support Jim and check out his Sopchoppy Sauce website.

Jim’s Links:

https://sopchoppysauce.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jbs_sopchoppy_sauce/

Talmage's Links:

https://www.instagram.com/talmagethayne/

https://www.youtube.com/@talmagethayne21

https://www.tiktok.com/@talmagethayne

TimeStamps:

0:00 Intro: Jim's background and football career

5:27 Turning point: Praying for God to take addiction

9:49 Overcoming alcoholism through faith in Christ

15:38 The power of scripture in daily life

18:41 How sobriety improved family relationships

22:55 Uprooting family to travel and sell sauce

28:50 Homeschooling and unique educational experiences

34:30 Parallels between football and missionary routines

38:16 Challenges for athletes transitioning after college

41:59 Advice for returning missionaries: Focus on Jesus

Remember, God is good and is planning on your success. And though you've been released from your mission, you haven't been released from your ministry.

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In this episode (Sz4 Ep2) Colton Miller came on. Colton is a family man, an entrepreneur, a recovered porn abuser, and a defender of the faith.

In this episode, Talmage and Colton talk about: The power of the priesthood to heal, Colton’s story of finding porn so young, how porn has affected his life and marriage, his faith crisis, therapy techniques like EMDR and internal family systems, studying The Book of Mormon, and defending the gospel against hate online.

Colton’s Links:

https://www.instagram.com/colton_b_miller/

https://www.tiktok.com/@brother_miller

Talmage/Released’s Links

https://www.instagram.com/talmagethayne/

https://www.instagram.com/released_thepodcast/

https://www.youtube.com/@talmagethayne21

https://www.tiktok.com/@talmagethayne

Timecode:

0:00 Introduction and Colton Miller's Childhood

16:48 Mission Experiences and Post-Mission Challenges

28:38 Battling Feelings of Unworthiness

37:50 Inner Child Healing and Identity Formation

47:30 Navigating Relationships and Addiction

54:35 Personal Faith Journey and Doctrinal Understanding

1:03:13 Examining Controversial Church History Topics

1:13:54 Prophetic Fallibility and Modern Faith

1:18:26 Spiritual Experiences with the Book of Mormon

1:23:12 Defending and Living Faith in the Modern World

Remember, God is good and is planning on your success. And though you've been released from your mission, you haven't been released from your ministry.

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In the first episode to launch season 4, we had Wes Wright on. Wes is a former BYU football player, avid golfer, gunshot survivor, and evangelist for Christ. In this episode, Talmage and Wes talk about: Casual discipleship, how the crime doesn't always fit the punishment with repentance, caring more about your standing with God than your standing with girls, and Wes's suicide attempt and his 2nd chance. This was an awesome episode to start of this new season.

Wes' Links

https://www.instagram.com/wesfunbro/

https://www.tiktok.com/@wesfunbro

Talmage's Links

https://www.instagram.com/talmagethayne/

https://www.youtube.com/@talmagethayne21

https://www.tiktok.com/@talmagethayne

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

5:09 Growing up with limited church involvement

16:18 Mission Experience andBible bashing

29:24 Returning home and struggling with faith

41:35 Breaking up and prioritizing spiritual growth

57:55 Wes's suicide attempt and miraculous survival

1:08:27 Finding purpose after surviving suicide attempt

1:13:35 Where to follow Wes's story online

1:17:54 Advice for returning missionaries

Remember, God is good and is planning on your success. And though you've been released from your mission, you haven't been released from your ministry.