Dear LFTP: protecting kids in a connected world
- How do I stay connected to the internet yet protect my children from the perverts, and what has worked for your family?
A mailed-in Dear LFTP letter: a father of a young family wants to go off the grid to shield his kids from pornography, violence, and cat videos, and asks how to stay connected yet protect his children — and what has worked for the hosts' families. The hosts answer that the grid only grows: teach children how to handle and respond; model it yourself; be honest that temptation is desirable but bad news rather than painting it as pure evil; don't hide it. One host describes his arrangement with his eight-year-old daughter around YouTube (she declares what she will watch and reports anything surprising). They cite God walking with Adam and Eve through the garden with the dangerous tree still present, and the Essenes as a failed withdrawal model. "There is no secular advice. That was just a pure dear Life From The Path."
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