What would it take for you to stop believing Christianity?
- What would it take for you to think that Christianity wasn't true?
A host poses the question directly: 'Dan, what would it take for you to think that Christianity wasn't true?' The answer given is the verified body of Jesus — a tangible, testable event that would blow up the whole faith, as even Paul agrees (1 Corinthians 15). The hosts note the contrast: political positions flip on rumor, but faith rests on a foundation of historical evidence, answered prayer, and the Holy Spirit's work.
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Midlife-crisis faith questions: when suffering gets close to home
- Which of God's promises can I count on as mine when people are free to refuse them?
The hosts name the first cluster of midlife-crisis faith questions: when the broken world's weight lands close to home, believers ask whether God is really good even when they cannot see it.
From No. 556 · A Christian Mid-Life Crisis
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Why people ditch God
- Why do people ditch God?
Reading a Christian Post article by Robin P. Shoemaker, the hosts work through three reasons people leave faith: bad events that wreck a life, bad representatives of the faith, and bad morals that collide with sexual freedom.
From No. 505 · Because of Fussy and Fuzzy
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Don't take macro action based on micro analysis
- Am I taking macro action based on micro analysis?
A host introduces his principle — 'don't take macro action based upon micro analysis,' or 'don't take broad action based upon narrow analysis' — and the room tests it across examples.
From No. 450 · Good News of Narrow Focus
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Pope-style advice: obedience before confirmation
- How do I know whether I've heard God correctly or just manufactured the prompting myself?
- Are Christians — or people generally — too risk-averse to take steps of obedience?
Dave Herrick — whom a crowd of followers has decided is the pope, and who was trapped by them in a cave over the weekend — delivers pope-style advice on the order of faith: we…
From No. 234 · The Messiah Complex