Acid attack on Muslim converts in Uganda and real versus comfortable persecution
The hosts read the full news story: family members in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity after a pastor shared the gospel were beaten with sticks and sprayed with acid, and their home was later burned. Discussion follows on the starkness of real persecution compared to American church comfort, where one host confesses he is not worried about being sprayed with acid but is concerned about the power of words in a feelings-first culture. One host recounts a churchgoer who worried his church's teaching might have driven someone to despair, and contrasts it with Muslims' willingness to use force. A digression on 1990s rock lyrics whining precedes a reflection on the weight teachers carry, a 1994 visit to a house church in China, and a call for listeners to pray for the persecuted.
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'When God is silent': what counts as hearing from the Lord?
- What does it mean to 'hear from the Lord,' and how often should we expect it?
Mike brings a question from his Bible study, whose paragraph heading was 'when God is silent': the author wrote that he experienced God's silence for a couple of weeks and freaked out, and Ben expected a relatable years-long drought story — 'Oh, two weeks.
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'What would I fight God on?': buildings, pews, and the zero-fruit youth group
- What would I fight God on — and would my heart go along with following him?
Ben shares what he ran into in the last couple weeks: 'what would I fight God on even if I knew it was him?'
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Is modern Christianity biased toward a personality type?
- Is modern Christianity (its sermons and worship music) biased toward a certain personality type?
A host asks whether what churches teach, focus on, and sing is biased toward a certain personality type — prompted by emotive worship lyrics (the 'sloppy wet kiss' line in a…
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Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
- Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
A host asks whether following Jesus should feel more comfortable as time goes on — noting the low-level tension many feel around am-I-doing-enough and the stigma that contentment equals laziness.