Mike's car won't break down so he can fix it
- Why does Mike's car run fine for him but break down for borrowers, and why won't God reveal what's wrong with it?
Mike (addressed by name on-air) brings his dilemma: a 200,000-mile loaner car that stranded a borrower twice, got an expensive new part, stranded the borrower again, then drove 45 minutes home for Mike without a hiccup - leaving him wanting it to fail so he can diagnose it. The hosts reframe it as a control problem: 'faithful in the means, God handles the ends,' and you don't get to know. Ben adds his own week driving Mike's decrepit truck - bad taillight, flat tire, rigged seatbelt - and choosing to stop fearing the traffic stop. Includes the Aaron-prays-for-a-sword joke.
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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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Dear LFTP: long friendship broken by a theft accusation
- Are we oversensitive to feel insulted and end a long friendship after a theft accusation without an apology?
A letter asks whether the writers are oversensitive: friends of many years apparently think they stole items from their house, say it is in the past and they have forgiven them, but offered no apology, and the writers can no longer be friends.
From No. 562 · Enter the McCormick II
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Dear LFTP: husband's ex-fiancee memories
- Am I overreacting to finding photos of my husband's elaborate proposal to his ex-fiancee?
Mike reads a Dear LFTP letter from an eight-months-pregnant wife who found old photos of her husband with his ex-fiancee, including an elaborate proposal like the one he never gave her, and asks if she is overreacting.
From No. 560 · Chill Out
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Ben's three questions: is he real, is he good, is he capricious?
- Is God even real?
- Is God good?
Ben frames three reasonable reactions to Old Testament violence: (1) maybe God isn't real; (2) maybe he isn't good; (3) maybe he's capricious.
From No. 540 · Justice is Mine