The Jesus juke: honesty over performance in sharing faith
- Am I wrong to be irritated by constant Jesus posts on Facebook?
Prompted by Jon Acuff's stuffchristianslike.net post on the 'Jesus juke,' the hosts discuss believers who drop showy Jesus bombs into conversation — the voicemail 'you are my sunshine' answered with 'the only sunshine I have is Jesus Christ' — and deleting such posters from Facebook. They argue genuine faith is recognizable by humility, cite Matthew 28 ('as you go make disciples') and the 'received your reward in full' warning against phony piety, and allow that sometimes it is just clumsy believers doing what they were taught. A host asks whether he is wrong to be irritated by daily Bible-verse posts.
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Is the devil after you? Oppression versus circumstance
- Is the devil after you — can evil spirits focus effort to disrupt your life and work?
Asked for context on the docket question, one host describes his and his wife's sense of being attacked from all sides — finances, vehicles, family — while stepping into what they believe is God's path, and asks whether it's the enemy or just life.
From No. 525 · Asking AI Lamech
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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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Sidebar: spiritual gifts you would not want
- Is there a spiritual gift you would not want to have?
- What is the difference between preaching and teaching?
The second sidebar: which spiritual gifts would you refuse? Tongues and prophecy top the list, with Ezekiel's watchman ('his blood is on you') terrifying one host; Boova says he…
From No. 494 · 500-ish
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Deconstruction: Nicodemus, demolition, or examination?
- Is deconstruction like what Jesus did to the Pharisees, or is it more destructive, and why?
Mike's question: when Jesus showed up and presented a reality of following Yahweh that was completely foreign to the Pharisees, was that deconstruction, and is modern deconstruction like that or more destructive?
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