Conversation beings at 9:24. What happens when your Christian convictions collide with today's cultural realities? How do you love people while staying true to biblical principles? And what do you do when you're too exhausted from ministry to actually live out your faith? Marc and Fuller tackle some of the hardest questions facing Christians today while driving to a wedding in Peru, Indiana. From the RTC Facebook group, listeners asked about everything from spiritual armor to same-sex weddings t...
Aug 21, 2025•55 min
Join Marc and Fuller as we start a new series called "RTC On The Road!" In this episode, Marc and Fuller are heading to an RTC listener's wedding and had some real, honest conversations. In this episode, they talk about three different questions, asked by RTC listeners. These questions are: "What's one way to stay spiritually disciplined when traveling or outside of routine?" "What's the difference between conviction and guilt in a Christian life?" "What's one mistake you made in your faith jour...
Aug 07, 2025•45 min
Show Notes:: Episode Starts: 12:11 Artificial Intelligence is on the rise in this day and age. Some say it will benefit mankind in unimaginable ways while others say it is the doom of the human race. But the question remains, should christians praise or fear it? Can it be used for furthering the kingdom of God, or is it some. new type of unethical idol? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller look at the good and bad of AI and attempt to draw some lines ...
Jul 24, 2025•57 min
Last week, we received this question: "I have a question that has been keeping me awake at night. If god predestines people to hell for his glory, is he still good? I understand that hell exists as the ultimate absence of God and as the final form of giving people over to sin. However I don’t understand how god can allow sin to exist, knowing that he is sending his children to hell." In this bonus episode, you'll hear Marc's answer to this question. Do you have a question that you'd like us to a...
Jul 18, 2025•21 min
Show Notes:: Episode Starts: 14:37 The death penalty. This has been a highly debated topic over the last 30 years, but where should Christians fall into that discussion? Should Christians be for or against the death penalty? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller take a look at scripture and struggle with the debate of whether Christians should indeed be for or against the death penalty. Tune in //Other Episode You Might Enjoy// https://realtalkchristia...
Jul 10, 2025•1 hr
Show Notes:: Episode Starts: 9:55 Worship is such an important part of our corporate gathers and our everyday lives. But does it really matter if the lyrics are 100% biblically sound? Can there be poetic freedom? Can every song be played during a corporate gathering? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller sit take a look at how worship can truly effect us and how we should take care in what we listen to and sing. Grab a hymnal and listen along. //Resour...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr
Show Notes:: Episode Starts: 10:50 Remember the old Sunday song "read your bible, prayer every day..... you'll grow grow grow" and then there's the reverse of "neglect your bible; forget to pray . . . you'll shrink, shrink, shrink." Is this actually correct or is there a better way? Should Christians read their Bible and Pray everyday? What happens if they don't? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller discuss the foundations of Christianity and why it i...
Jun 12, 2025•48 min
Show Notes:: Episode Starts: 11:00 Christianity seems to always be in the forefront of the culture. From starting orphanages, to hospitals, to influencing politics and running businesses. But what is the difference between being in the world but not of the world? Is there a difference between being a biblically based christian or a culturally based christian? If there is a difference, which one is right? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller dive into ...
May 29, 2025•50 min
Inside of our online Facebook group community, we have been getting a lot of questions around the topic of how to study the Bible and understand what you are reading when you are trying to study the Bible. If you are new to the faith or new to truly wanting to study the Bible, it can be a daunting task, and in this episode, we want to come alongside you and help you learn how you can study the Bible for yourself. *Note, this is a classic replay from season 2 of RTC. Connect with RTC: Website: ht...
May 15, 2025•52 min
Christian Nationalism, it is a word that has been associated with conservative Christians that view things in a certain way. But is this something that Christians should wear as a badge of honor, or run as far away from as they can? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller dare to tackle the topic of christian nationalism. This is an intense conversation that you won't want to miss. //Resources Used In This Episode// https://ambs.edu/learn-now/what-is-chr...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 24 min
As we enter into one of the most holy and sacred weeks in the Christian calendar, what we now call "Holy Week," we want to help you prepare your heart, mind, and soul for what is to come on Easter Sunday. Each day leading up to Easter (and on Easter Sunday), we are going to be following the traditional church Holy Week calendar and have a reading for each of the days, including: Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Spy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Black Saturday Resurrection Sunday Toda...
Apr 20, 2025•6 min
As we enter into one of the most holy and sacred weeks in the Christian calendar, what we now call "Holy Week," we want to help you prepare your heart, mind, and soul for what is to come on Easter Sunday. Each day leading up to Easter (and on Easter Sunday), we are going to be following the traditional church Holy Week calendar and have a reading for each of the days, including: Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Spy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Black Saturday Resurrection Sunday Toda...
Apr 19, 2025•6 min
As we enter into one of the most holy and sacred weeks in the Christian calendar, what we now call "Holy Week," we want to help you prepare your heart, mind, and soul for what is to come on Easter Sunday. Each day leading up to Easter (and on Easter Sunday), we are going to be following the traditional church Holy Week calendar and have a reading for each of the days, including: Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Spy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Black Saturday Resurrection Sunday Toda...
Apr 18, 2025•46 min
As we enter into one of the most holy and sacred weeks in the Christian calendar, what we now call "Holy Week," we want to help you prepare your heart, mind, and soul for what is to come on Easter Sunday. Each day leading up to Easter (and on Easter Sunday), we are going to be following the traditional church Holy Week calendar and have a reading for each of the days, including: Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Spy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Black Saturday Resurrection Sunday Toda...
Apr 17, 2025•4 min
As we enter into one of the most holy and sacred weeks in the Christian calendar, what we now call "Holy Week," we want to help you prepare your heart, mind, and soul for what is to come on Easter Sunday. Each day leading up to Easter (and on Easter Sunday), we are going to be following the traditional church Holy Week calendar and have a reading for each of the days, including: Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Spy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Black Saturday Resurrection Sunday Toda...
Apr 16, 2025•4 min
As we enter into one of the most holy and sacred weeks in the Christian calendar, what we now call "Holy Week," we want to help you prepare your heart, mind, and soul for what is to come on Easter Sunday. Each day leading up to Easter (and on Easter Sunday), we are going to be following the traditional church Holy Week calendar and have a reading for each of the days, including: Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Spy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Black Saturday Resurrection Sunday Toda...
Apr 15, 2025•7 min
As we enter into one of the most holy and sacred weeks in the Christian calendar, what we now call "Holy Week," we want to help you prepare your heart, mind, and soul for what is to come on Easter Sunday. Each day leading up to Easter (and on Easter Sunday), we are going to be following the traditional church Holy Week calendar and have a reading for each of the days, including: Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Spy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Black Saturday Resurrection Sunday Toda...
Apr 14, 2025•6 min
As we enter into one of the most holy and sacred weeks in the Christian calendar, what we now call "Holy Week," we want to help you prepare your heart, mind, and soul for what is to come on Easter Sunday. Each day leading up to Easter (and on Easter Sunday), we are going to be following the traditional church Holy Week calendar and have a reading for each of the days, including: Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Spy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Black Saturday Resurrection Sunday Toda...
Apr 13, 2025•6 min
Marc went live over in the Facebook group to talk all about Pontius Pilate. Over the last few weeks, we have received a few different questions about Pontius Pilate, including: Was Pontius Pilate real? Why didn't Pontius Pilate just release Jesus if he knew Jesus was innocent? Why does the Church Creed blame Pontius Pilate for Jesus' death even though Pilate washed his hands of Jesus' death in the Bible? We hope this conversation is a blessing to you this Holy Week! Want to join our online Faceb...
Apr 10, 2025•29 min
Ever wonder how to disciple your child, or maybe your teaching a Sunday school, or VBS, and wonder "How can I effectively share the foundations of the christian faith with the children? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller sit down with the creator of Cross Formed Kids Ryan Coatney to talk about how to place the "Wonder" of the gospel in the lives of children. This was a great conversation that you won't want to miss. //Resources Used In This Episode/...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Show Notes:: Heaven is a place of bliss, where we will be reunited with our loved ones and worship the King forever. But has our vision of heaven been tainted by the thoughts of man? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller discuss some of these misconceptions about heaven and what the Bible gives us a some truth into what eternal life will look like. //Resources Used In This Episode// 1. "Heaven is a Boring, Eternal Church Service” Many imagine heaven as...
Mar 20, 2025•38 min
Show Notes:: Sharing your faith can be such a beautiful thing, but often times we do not do it. Something always seems to stop us, whether fear, time, no opportunity, lack of training, but should this stop us? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller look at the statistics that keep up from sharing our faith and discuss ways to over come them. Make sure to tune it and get you pencil ready for this exciting episode. //Resources Used In This Episode// https...
Mar 06, 2025•43 min
Show Notes:: Love is such a powerful word and can be applied to so many different aspects of life and take shape in so many different ways. But what can we learn about love from the biblical perspective? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller discuss 4 different Greek forms of love that we can see permeate from the teachings in the Bible and how they impact our daily lives. This is a episode you don't want to miss. //Resources Used In This Episode// htt...
Feb 20, 2025•45 min
Show Notes:: There are big words that are thrown around Christianity. Words such as Salvation, Redemption, Justification, Sanctification, Purification, Glorification, and election. But have you ever heard of the Words Imparted and Imputed as it pertains to righteousness? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller continue on with the series of Big Christian words and discuss the importance of know the wordsImparted and Imputed, and how their understanding c...
Feb 06, 2025•53 min
Wrath, a deadly sin that can lead to a host of problems. But what truly is wrath and is it always bad? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller finish the final episode of the 7 deadly sins. Wrath is an important topic because we see that even God has wrath, but if God has wrath, then how is it a sin? Tune in to find out the answer. //Resources Used In This Episode// Matthew 5:21-24, Ephesians 4:17-28, Colossians 3:5-11, Ephesians 4:31, Proverbs 14:29, Pr...
Jan 23, 2025•39 min
In this episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller sit down with Emily Berning, the Founder of Let Them Live, an organization dedicated to helping mothers who have thought or are currently thinking about abortion, and how they can help them. This is an episode you definitely don't want to miss. So tune in. //Resources Used In This Episode// https://www.youtube.com/@LetThemLive https://letthemlive.org //Other Episode You Might Enjoy// https://realtalkchristianpodcast.com/e...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Often in a person's life, there are many changing that can happen. From jobs to friends, places that you live, people you love, things you eat, and so on. But with all of these changes, is there something that stays the same? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller sit down and look into the immutable aspect of God and how that can help us in times of change.Grab your Bible and join along. //Resources Used In This Episode// https://www.azquotes.com/quote...
Dec 26, 2024•29 min
This week, we are reflecting on the fifth and final advent candle: The White Candle, symbolizing that Jesus is here! The word advent means “coming” or “arrival” and speaks of Jesus’ arrival that first Christmas morning in Bethlehem. The season of Advent is a time when we joyously and prayerfully anticipate the celebration of Jesus’ first coming. And, we look forward to His second coming, while also affirming that He is present in the world today offering His redeeming love to anyone who will sim...
Dec 25, 2024•6 min
This week, we are reflecting on the fourth advent candle: Love. The word advent means “coming” or “arrival” and speaks of Jesus’ arrival that first Christmas morning in Bethlehem. The season of Advent is a time when we joyously and prayerfully anticipate the celebration of Jesus’ first coming. And, we look forward to His second coming, while also affirming that He is present in the world today offering His redeeming love to anyone who will simply receive it. One of the most beautiful symbols of ...
Dec 22, 2024•5 min
Real Talk Christian Podcast brings you A Christmas Carol: Audio Drama. This audio drama was done by Chris Fuller as a way to help continue to bring stories to life for his kids. He decided that it would be a great Christmas gift to all of those who love this story as much as RTC does. Please enjoy this story of Ebenezer Scrooge, and his Christmas Eve journey from a greedy and selfish, to an all new man, as he discovers what Christmas is about. Merry Christmas from all of us at Real Talk Christia...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 2 min
