Trending: the border crisis and the church's responsibility
- How should the church respond to the needs of migrants and unaccompanied children at the border?
- Does a nation have a responsibility to protect its border?
Dan's third item covers unaccompanied children crossing the southern border, asking how the church should respond; the panel converges on option B — the church itself must go and care for people rather than outsourcing the job to the government. The discussion widens into whether a nation may still protect its borders (consensus: yes) while the church stays 'reckless' in mercy, and the host argues the church's past failure to care for the poor is exactly why government programs stepped in. They float sending a Live From The Path relief team to the border, as they did tornado relief in Oklahoma the previous year, and close urging listeners to check everything against Scripture.
More on Compassion
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Dear LFTP: the sister's belongings in the garage
- My sister's belongings are still in my garage and starting to smell — what should I do?
A letter from a woman whose formerly incarcerated sister's belongings — stored in her garage 'for a couple of weeks' — have sat there for months and started to smell, while the sister won't communicate or take responsibility.
From No. 485 · Steadfast
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Dear LFTP: the bedwetting friend and bedwettingstore.com
- How can I persuade my friend to get help for his bedwetting without embarrassing him?
Dear LFTP: 'Concerned friend in Michigan' asks how to persuade a friend who wets the bed to get help without embarrassing him.
From No. 279 · 20 Things for 20-Somethings
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Pope style: the miscarriage post and loving people like Jesus
- How should believers share hard theological truths with grieving people?
Boova shares that a Facebook post wrecked him: friends suffering miscarriages after fertility treatments were told by another commenter that their unborn children are in hell.
From No. 270 · The Evangelical Label
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Dear LFTP: Riley and the dying rescue animals
- How can a friend tell Riley, who rescues terminal animals and is crushed each time one dies, that she should stop taking them in?
A listener asks how to tell his friend Riley, who rescues terminal animals and breaks down each time one dies, to stop taking them in.
From No. 246 · Nine Sins the Church Is Okay With