How big does a decision have to be to pray about it?
- How do you know when something is 'big' enough to pray about -- how much prayer does a decision require?
Speaker-1, addressed on-air as 'Ben' (seg-00068), returns to his opening question: if God does not seem to care about coffee versus soda, how do you know when something is big enough to require serious prayer -- illustrated by a trip he agreed to without praying much first, which others felt he had rushed. Speaker-2 advises judging case by case: life-course decisions (for example, spending a year and a half in Uganda) deserve prayer, while ordinary choices need no 'cookie cutter.' A host (speaker-3) recommends a standing general prayer for guidance and wisdom, noting how hard it is to distinguish God's prodding from one's own bright ideas. They discuss the Bible as highlights rather than a daily log (the SportsCenter analogy; forty years of desert complaining summarized in a line), Stephen's stoning as part of God's plan, and the 'Here I am, send me' posture, landing on Matthew 28's 'as you go, make disciples.'
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'When God is silent': what counts as hearing from the Lord?
- What does it mean to 'hear from the Lord,' and how often should we expect it?
Mike brings a question from his Bible study, whose paragraph heading was 'when God is silent': the author wrote that he experienced God's silence for a couple of weeks and freaked out, and Ben expected a relatable years-long drought story — 'Oh, two weeks.
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'What would I fight God on?': buildings, pews, and the zero-fruit youth group
- What would I fight God on — and would my heart go along with following him?
Ben shares what he ran into in the last couple weeks: 'what would I fight God on even if I knew it was him?'
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Is modern Christianity biased toward a personality type?
- Is modern Christianity (its sermons and worship music) biased toward a certain personality type?
A host asks whether what churches teach, focus on, and sing is biased toward a certain personality type — prompted by emotive worship lyrics (the 'sloppy wet kiss' line in a…
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Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
- Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
A host asks whether following Jesus should feel more comfortable as time goes on — noting the low-level tension many feel around am-I-doing-enough and the stigma that contentment equals laziness.