Dear Emmy: the agnostic father, and 'Street Jesus'
- How do I answer my children's 'Is there a God?' when I am an agnostic, borderline atheist myself?
A host reads a final letter ('Dear Emmy') from a married father raised Christian who now considers himself agnostic, borderline atheist, asking how to answer his children's 'Is there a God?' A host advises him to seek honest answers in Scripture rather than outside sources before trying to lead his kids, warning of the weight of directing children away from God. The conversation turns to witnessing tactics - being 'shrewd as snakes, innocent as doves' and 'Street Jesus,' example-led faith dropped casually over time - closing with a sung 'Street Jesus' theme riff.
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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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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?'