You’ve Heard It Said is a conversation about faith, doubt, church, culture, and what comes next.
Hosted by longtime pastor Dr. Jared Huntsinger and healthcare professional Bill Huckaby, this podcast explores the questions many Christians are asking but few feel free to discuss out loud. Drawing on decades of experience in ministry, healthcare, and everyday life, Jared and Bill tackle topics ranging from deconstruction and church culture to politics, discipleship, post-Christian mission, and the future of faith.
This isn’t a podcast about tearing faith down. It’s about examining what we’ve inherited, asking honest questions, and searching for a more authentic, hopeful, and Jesus-centered way forward.
Whether you’re wrestling with doubt, rethinking church, or simply curious about where Christianity is headed, pull up a chair and join the conversation.
Episode 20: Can AI Replace Your Pastor? We Put AI Jesus to the Test
Would you trust a chatbot over your pastor? A recent Barna study found nearly 1 in 3 American adults, and 44% of Millennials, say spiritual advice from AI is just as trustworthy as advice from a pastor. So for Episode 20, Jared and Bill put it to the test.
We ask “Jesus AI” about women preachers, climate change, politics, Jesus’ favorite disciple, and one very real question from someone thinking about coming out to their evangelical parents. Then we try a pastor’s AI “digital twin” and run the same question through ChatGPT. Plus: Jared confesses how he actually uses AI as a pastor, and we land on the one thing no chatbot can do.
Faith, church & culture. No easy answers.
00:00 Episode 20!
00:24 Would you trust a chatbot over your pastor?
01:15 Jared’s AI confession
02:07 The pastor with an AI digital twin
03:17 How Bill uses AI
05:20 Questions you’re too embarrassed to ask your pastor
09:04 Meet “Jesus AI”
10:50 Should women preach?
14:07 Climate change
15:13 Which party would Jesus vote for?
16:35 Jesus’ favorite disciple
17:47 A hard question: coming out to evangelical parents
19:41 AI Jesus sounds like a pop Christian book
20:24 Trying the Robopastor
21:53 What ChatGPT said
23:22 Why AI can’t replace a pastor
25:53 Who will sit in your pain?
27:22 The verdict
SOURCES & LINKS
Barna – AI Is Becoming a Spiritual Authority, Even Among Practicing Christians: https://production.barna.com/articles/christians-trust-ai-flourishing-spiritual-authority (https://production.barna.com/articles/christians-trust-ai-flourishing-spiritual-authority)
ABC7/CNN – Vallejo pastor creates AI version of himself: https://abc7news.com/19731252/ (https://abc7news.com/19731252/)
Roys Report – California pastor rolls out AI duplicate: https://roysreport.com/california-pastor-rolls-out-ai-duplicate-a-digital-discipleship-assistant/ (https://roysreport.com/california-pastor-rolls-out-ai-duplicate-a-digital-discipleship-assistant/)
Jesus AI: [paste the URL you used]
#faith #AI #deconstruction #christianity #church #podcast
9 Oct 2026
Episode 19: Climate Change - We're #2. Does the Church Care?
Bill's kids give him grief about his cruises. Jared just paid more for a tank of gas than ever before. Somewhere in between, we ask the real question: why does the evangelical church treat climate change like a threat to the faith?
We dig into the Southern Baptists' 2007 resolution on global warming, the Cornwall Declaration, and the "Resisting the Green Dragon" series that called environmentalism a false religion. Then we fact-check ourselves live, and Jared has to take something back.
Where's the line between caring for creation and worshiping it? And if stewardship is biblical, what does that mean for how Christians live, and vote?
If you're an evangelical who's at peace with where the US stands, tell us why in the comments. We genuinely want to hear it.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:48 Bill's confession: recycling vs. cruises
03:45 The Southern Baptists' 2007 resolution
05:00 The fuel economy rollback
05:33 The Cornwall Declaration
08:40 Genesis 1:28 and the call to stewardship
11:30 "Resisting the Green Dragon"
12:10 Jared's China smog story
14:52 How much are we willing to sacrifice?
18:23 Wait, the US is #2?
21:46 Why is this a church issue?
23:15 Creation care vs. creation worship
24:46 Should stewardship change how you vote?
27:21 Where we land
28:50 Data centers, and your turn
EPISODE CORRECTION: Around 20:10 Jared says the US is "second behind India." I meant ahead of India: China ~30%, US ~11%, India ~8% of global emissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
SBC resolution "On Global Warming" (2007): https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/2007-sbc-resolution-on-global-warming/ (https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/2007-sbc-resolution-on-global-warming/)
Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship (2000): https://acton.org/public-policy/environmental-stewardship/theology-e/environmental-stewardship-judeo-christian-traditi (https://acton.org/public-policy/environmental-stewardship/theology-e/environmental-stewardship-judeo-christian-traditi)
Carbon Brief, historical emissions by country: https://carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are-historically-responsible-for-climate-change (https://carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are-historically-responsible-for-climate-change)
#CreationCare #FaithAndCulture #Deconstruction
30 Sept 2026
Episode 18: Wes Huff Told Steven Bartlett He's Going to Hell. Did He Get It Right?
An atheist asks a Christian apologist the hardest question there is: "I don't believe in God. Am I going to hell?"
This week Jared and Bill react to Wes Huff's viral answer on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett, and then things go way into the weeds. C.S. Lewis says hell is locked from the inside. Is universalism the best news ever, or not the gospel? Did you know traditional Judaism teaches a hell that lasts twelve months max? Is the Bible's imagery of fire, darkness, and worms literal? Did Jesus offer a second chance when he descended after the cross? And does the rich man in Luke 16 shut that whole idea down?
We also get into the sinner's prayer (spoiler: the thief on the cross never prayed it), Rob Bell's Love Wins, the LDS three kingdoms of glory, and the most important apologetic of all: don't be a jerk.
Also: Bill finally breaks his margarita streak with peanut butter tequila. Yes, that's a real thing.
Mentioned in this episode: The Great Divorce (C.S. Lewis) · Love Wins (Rob Bell) · Erasing Hell (Francis Chan) · Luke 16:19–31 · Luke 23:39–43 · Romans 10:9 · James 2
Where do you land on hell: forever, annihilation, or something else? Tell us in the comments (kindly 😉).
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