Drop the nets: discipleship and bringing people with you
From Peter dropping his nets to follow Jesus, the hosts discuss discipleship as following Jesus and bringing people with you, whether one's own kids count as disciples, keeping every option on the table, and marriage as a 'great filter' for discerning God's leading, with a callback to the magic hand joke.
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Dear LFTP: the rain cloud and the value of work
- How can I get out from under this rain cloud at work - do I want too much out of life?
Mike reads the second letter: a woman in her early thirties, happy in marriage and new house, but miserable in high-stress tech marketing - 'How can I get out from under this rain cloud?
From No. 577 · The Spirit, the Goldfish and the Way
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Dear LFTP: rejected for the job, lost my vision
- Dear LFTP: After a humiliating job rejection and losing my sense of direction at 25, how can I find my way again?
A 25-year-old writes that he was rejected for a job that would have become a career after telling everyone it was in the bag; humiliated and shaken, he says he knew what he wanted in middle school and has lost his vision since.
From No. 339 · Kenny Got A Plane
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Pope-style advice: faithful in the means
- Have you ever felt a deficit in serving the kingdom because your personality is not like someone else's who serves well?
The night's pope-style advice, requested of the host addressed in the audio as "Mike": "be faithful in the means; God will handle the ends."
From No. 239 · Faithful in the Means
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RELEVANT article, part 1: the messiah complex
- Should Christians chase 'sold out' radical devotion, given the article's six problems?
A host (addressed as 'Ben' in the audio) reads 'Six problems with trying to be sold out for Jesus' from RELEVANT magazine: the author's story of dropping out of college at 20 for…
From No. 234 · The Messiah Complex