Pope Style: Dan on looking for a savior in all the wrong places
- How should Christians participate in the political process without treating politicians as saviors?
Dan delivers pope-style advice - 'looking for a savior in all the wrong places' - recounting how Christians since the moral majority era have chased political saviors, including his own rally days, being kicked out of the state capital, and the day he left his political party. The hosts build on it: the church's mission is making disciples, not electing a Christian nation; no election changes the direction of Jesus' kingdom; Jesus didn't fight Roman law but pointed people to a new king; and 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' are not what Jesus promises.
More on Discipleship
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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