Pope-style advice: lose your life to gain it
- What does it actually look like to give up your life to gain it?
Mike (addressed by name in the audio) delivers the night's sage advice on 'giving your life so you may gain it.' Drawing on Romans 1, 1 Corinthians 13, and Jesus' provision for the lilies of the field, he argues that following Jesus is not Bible-reading or prayer as earners but spending your life on people: God's kingdom is built on people, the joy comes from dealing with his people, and much of Christian burnout is two kingdoms fighting for control. The hosts extend the point with a line-in-the-sand experiment: make it 'not you today, it's everybody else today,' and note how entertainment habits (like skipping Bible reading for Person of Interest) reveal whose kingdom is really running the show.
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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