“Big Truss! Woo woo!”

In 2019, Baltimore Ravens running back Mark Ingram went viral when he enthusiastically introduced Lamar Jackson to the media as the “MVP frontrunner” and declared one unforgettable phrase: Big Truss.

It was funny. It was over the top. But underneath all the energy was something powerful: Ingram had complete confidence in his quarterback.

In this episode of Sermons on the Side, Richard and Brad take that viral NFL moment and ask a much bigger question: What does it look like to have that kind of trust in God?

There’s a difference between saying we trust God and actually making God our trust - building our lives, our decisions, our hopes, and even our uncertainties around who He is. Psalms 40 give us that picture, while Jeremiah 17 describes the person who trusts in the Lord as a tree planted by water, whose roots remain secure even when heat and drought come.

Because biblical trust doesn’t mean difficult seasons never arrive. It means we know where our roots are when they do.

From Lamar Jackson and an unforgettable Ravens press conference to Psalms 40, Jeremiah 17, faith, fear, and learning to depend fully on God, Episode 85 asks what might change in our lives if we stopped simply talking about trust - and started living with Big Trust.

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What does surviving as a prisoner of war have to teach us about faith, hope, and confronting the hard realities of our own lives?

In Episode 84 of Sermons on the Side, Richard takes us on a brief history lesson through the incredible story of Admiral James Stockdale, who spent more than seven years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. His experience eventually inspired what became known as The Stockdale Paradox: the idea that we must confront the brutal facts of our present reality while never losing faith that we will ultimately prevail.

Brad and Richard use Stockdale’s story as a launching point for a deeper conversation about the Christian life. Following Jesus doesn’t mean ignoring our struggles, minimizing sin, or pretending everything is okay. Real hope allows us to honestly recognize the habits, temptations, failures, and hazards in our lives while still trusting in the freedom, grace, and redemption found in Christ.

Sometimes faith isn’t pretending the battle is almost over. It’s seeing the battle for exactly what it is - and still believing that God is faithful in the middle of it.

Join us for a conversation about the Stockdale Paradox, the Vietnam War, perseverance, Christian hope, spiritual growth, overcoming sin, and what it means to live with both honest reality and unwavering hope.

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College football is back - and these days, you can’t talk about college sports for long without talking about NIL.

Name. Image. Likeness.

For student-athletes, those three words have completely changed the game, allowing players to leverage who they are and the value attached to their identity.

But a recent conversation with Richard’s friend Steve got us thinking: What if Christians have an NIL, too?

Not one we’ve earned, negotiated, or built for ourselves - but one that has been given to us through Jesus Christ.

We pray and live with the authority of His Name. We are being transformed into His Image. And as followers of Jesus, we are called to grow into His Likeness, representing Him to the world around us.

In Episode 83 of Sermons on the Side, we use the wild world of college football NIL as a launching point for a much bigger conversation about our identity in Christ. What does Scripture mean when it says we bear His image? What does it mean to pray in the name of Jesus? And if we claim His name, how closely should our lives resemble His likeness?

College athletes may be cashing in on their name, image, and likeness - but as believers, we’ve been entrusted with something infinitely more valuable.

His Name. His Image. His Likeness.

Join us for a conversation about college football, NIL, identity in Christ, spiritual transformation, and what it really means to represent Jesus in the world around us.

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