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The Dialog

The Dialog

By: Josh Craft
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 Ancient philosophers used the dialog to find answers to life’s greatest questions. The Dialog is a search for truth in modern life through the lens of ancient philosophy, history, and theology. This podcast will challenge your assumptions, change your thinking and show you how to master modern living.
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  • 7. What's in your hand?

    7. What's in your hand?
    Nov 25 2025
    In this episode of The Dialog, Josh Craft and Nick Surface confront a tension nearly everyone feels at some point: Why doesn’t my life look like I thought it would? From the “life blueprint” we’ve absorbed from culture to the quiet disappointment of unmet expectations, they explore how comparison, insecurity, and timing shape the way we interpret our own story.

    Drawing from the lives of Moses and David, along with insights from Viktor Frankl and Epictetus, Josh and Nick reveal a challenging but freeing truth: God doesn’t activate you — He redirects you. Instead of waiting for clarity, calling, or a burning-bush moment, Scripture shows us that God meets us as we work. Purpose begins not in perfect circumstances but in faithfulness to what’s already in our hand.

    This conversation unpacks why comfort is often mistaken for calling, why small beginnings matter, and how meaning isn’t discovered but assigned through the way we choose to show up every day. If you’ve ever wondered what you’re supposed to be doing, or whether you’re already behind, this episode offers a grounded, biblical perspective on purpose, effort, and the way God shapes a life.

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    45 mins
  • 6. Transactional or transformational?

    6. Transactional or transformational?
    Nov 18 2025
    In this episode of The Dialog, Josh Craft and Nick Surface ask a deceptively simple question: Are your relationships transactional or transformational? From mass layoffs and shareholder capitalism to marriages and friendships, they explore how modern culture has quietly trained us to treat people like costs instead of investments — and what that does to our souls, our communities, and our view of success.

    Drawing on Scripture, Aristotle’s idea of hamartia, and the biblical law of sowing and reaping, Josh and Nick unpack why we so often approach relationships asking, “What do I get out of this?” instead of, “What am I called to give?” They dig into generational patterns of thinking, how we inherit our default philosophy of relationships from our families and culture, and why true transformation begins when we see people as entrusted to us, not leveraged by us.

    If you’ve ever felt tension between “protecting your peace” and actually loving people well, this conversation will challenge the way you think about marriage, friendship, leadership, and the purpose of every relationship in your life.

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    53 mins
  • 5. Finding The Truth Hidden Around Us

    5. Finding The Truth Hidden Around Us
    Nov 11 2025
    For centuries, humanity has wrestled with the nature of truth — from Plato’s “forms” and Aristotle’s “good” to Jesus’ claim, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”

    In this episode, Nick and Josh trace how the deepest ideas of philosophy and religion reveal the same thing: every search for truth is ultimately a search for God.

    They discuss Plato’s ideal “form of the good,” Paul’s conversation in Athens, and the ancient Jewish concept of Derek Yahweh — the “way of God.” Then they bring it all together through the lens of Jesus’ promise of living water — a metaphor for the Holy Spirit and the spiritual hunger within every human beingThe Dialog - Episode 5_otter_aiThe Dialog - Episode 5_otter_ai.

    This is not a lecture — it’s a conversation that moves from philosophy to personal encounter, from the abstract to the alive.

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    30 mins
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