Game: 'jump in the hole' — digging deeper into Bible study
- What problem does the solution 'if you want to dig in deeper, sometimes you have to jump in the hole' solve?
The host addressed on-air as Ben launches the new game: he gives the solution — 'if you want to dig in deeper, sometimes you have to jump in the hole' — and the others guess the problem (stagnant faith, helping people, shallow relationships). He reveals the real target: shallow Bible study habits, where people read Romans 1-9 and retreat to the bullet point they already knew ('we were bought with a price') instead of staying in the passage. The hosts extend the point: read Scripture with the same curiosity you'd bring to any other book, asking why everyone is mad at that guy or why the woman is at the well alone. Mid-segment the Truth Network radio audience is dismissed and sponsor reads air for the Eisenlauer team (Bob Eisenlauer, ASR 'Eisenhower') and Westfield Veterinary Hospital.
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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.
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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?
From No. 598 · Emphasis | Accountability, Worship and Praying with Strangers
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Recovery ministries, charismatic experience, and sustainable faith
- Can recovery ministries replace a chemical high with a spiritual high, and is that sustainable?
A long pastoral discussion starting from recovery ministries, which tend to come from charismatic backgrounds: the risk of trading a chemical high for event-driven spiritual highs.
From No. 555 · The Aslan Wears Prada
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What does it mean to make disciples
- What does it mean to make disciples — is it just giving information, or does it involve accountability and structure?
The hosts take up the third topic: two extremes of disciple-making. On one side, being only an information provider and leaving everything to the Spirit; on the other, running…
From No. 545 · By Invitation Only