Pope-style advice: who deserves God's love
- Who gets to decide who deserves to hear about God's love?
In the recurring comedy bit, a host explains that 10,000 people have mistaken the house for the pope's location after a newsletter mix-up, so John Boova - introduced on-air as 'John Buva' - must deliver pope-style advice to move the crowd off his lawn. Boova, speaking as the advice-giver, says his normally upbeat advice will be heavier this week: no one has the authority to decide who deserves God's love, so believers must tell everyone. He argues that since none of us deserve grace, judging who is 'worthy' of hearing about Jesus is arrogant and unloving.
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Church, emotions, and the self-focus of affluence
- How do you help people in an affluent, self-focused culture see that they need Jesus?
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Confetti and lasers: what should God's people be known for?
- Do we want to be known as the confetti and lasers people?
- What should God's people be known for?
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Dear LFTP: the $600 lawnmower and buying them a mower
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Mike reads a letter from someone who gave a nephew's wife $600 for a self-propelled lawnmower; she spent it, never bought the mower, and now avoids them.
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Maintaining hope for people who won't choose Jesus
- How do you maintain hope for someone who keeps rejecting Jesus when God won't override their free will?
The episode's centerpiece: Mike's pre-show question about how to maintain hope for people who reject Christ when God won't override their free will.
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