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Hard question June 21, 2021 · 14:29 · 23 min

When God's design doesn't feel right: trust, identity, and a weeping God

A host reframes the dead man's 'lived a lie' quote, arguing most critiques of the church are really disagreements with Yahweh's design, and that God's restrictions work like a parent's — felt as rules at 15, recognized as love at 25. The hosts work through the church 'billboarding' others' sins while sticky-noting its own (contrasted with how patiently it handles porn), the line where unbelief begins (stop trusting God's goodness), God as the potter who knows how the vase operates, and God weeping over deceived children rather than swinging hammers. They distinguish identity from behavior, discuss Paul's church-discipline prescription as distinct from this case, assert that actions bear out beliefs, and land on prayer as the believer's game — asking God to meet people even in dreams — and on supporting people without affirming actions.

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