Pope-style advice: trust in God when teaching
- How can a new believer trust God when asked to teach Scripture despite fear of getting it wrong?
A host delivers pope-style advice, framed by the running gag that crowds gather on his front lawn 'like the pope' demanding counsel. About two and a half years into following Christ, he was asked to teach a chapter of Luke to youth and froze with anxiety about misinterpreting Scripture - then discovered his passage was Luke 12's 'do not be anxious,' including the promise that the Holy Spirit will teach believers what to say when brought before authorities. The advice: trust in God, especially to speak through you. The hosts riff on the 'hyssop branch' threat as a running joke.
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'When God is silent': what counts as hearing from the Lord?
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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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Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
- Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
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Do accountability partners actually work?
- Do accountability partners actually do anything?
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Mike frames the question: are more people hearing from God?
- Does it seem like more and more people are hearing from God — and is that real or a lie and a huge distraction?
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