Dear LFTP: beer, marriage, and a sober husband
- Am I doomed not to be able to drink anymore to support my husband's sobriety, or can I have an occasional beer?
A listener writes that her husband got a DUI, stopped drinking, and attends AA -- but she still enjoys an occasional beer and feels guilty, wondering if she is doomed to abstain or is being selfish. A host advises keeping it away from him out of respect, since his AA attendance signals a serious struggle. The consensus: she has freedom in Christ to drink, but should ask her husband honestly whether it bothers him and be willing to give it up -- if she can't, she may share his problem. A 'Secular' answer is read: if she calls abstaining 'doom,' she may be alcohol-dependent herself.
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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?
Ben redirects to the docket's denomination question: when someone hears Silas's church described as 'the confetti and lasers people,' should that sting?
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Dear LFTP: saying "I love you" too soon
- Is there a recommended timeframe for saying "I love you" in a new relationship?
Mike reads a letter from a man who reconnected with a woman he dated in the 1980s and told her he loved her too soon, then tried to walk it back to "caring and affection."
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Putting orthodoxy over love
- Does holding orthodox doctrine conflict with loving people?
The hosts take up the list's 'putting orthodoxy over love' item. One host argues orthodoxy IS love — communicating doctrine God intended people to know is itself an act of love — but warns against wielding doctrine as a tool of manipulation without the heart of God.
From No. 458 · 12 to 13 Mistakes From Wildin
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Church charity and the discernment line
- Is it wrong for a church to ask help-seekers to attend a service before giving aid?
Mike reads 2 Thessalonians 3:9-11 — "if anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat" — and the hosts revisit the Canadian church that offers a grocery gift card to help-seekers…
From No. 452 · False Teachers and Freeloaders