What's Trending: prayer at council meetings
- What do you think of the Supreme Court allowing prayer at civil meetings?
- Should a Christian leader keep praying at civil events, go all-in for Jesus there, or bow out?
The game continues with the Supreme Court upholding opening prayers at local council meetings. The options: (a) who cares, most don't believe anyway; (b) awful, unbelievers shouldn't be forced to pray; (c) great day in America. The hosts pick (a), calling it pomp and a show, noting the kingdom-of-God and kingdom-of-America positions are too intertwined, and one host shares his discomfort praying at civil events like chamber banquets and Kiwanis - feeling he must either go guns-blazing for Jesus or bow out rather than phone in generic prayers.
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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.