Why kids stay connected to Jesus, factor one: family dinner
- What keeps 18-to-29-year-olds who grew up in church connected to Jesus?
The hosts take up a statistic that 75 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds who grew up in church walk away, and shift to an infographic's five factors that kept the remaining 25 percent connected. Factor one: eating dinner as a family five of seven nights a week. They argue shared meals build a dependable community kids can count on in a culture that constantly redefines everything, and that dinner conversations should include why the family believes what it believes — building out the kids' worldview rather than just imposing it. Nathaniel reports his young kids make dinner at home an easy win, plus a comedy bit about his son's made-up flavor of God's favor.
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Do accountability partners actually work?
- Do accountability partners actually do anything?
Mike raises his accountability-partners question: the standard dude-circle advice to get a buddy to hold you accountable for Bible reading, porn, church attendance, and drinking.
From No. 598 · Emphasis | Accountability, Worship and Praying with Strangers
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Dear LFTP 2: the neighbors' piling newspapers
- Dear LFTP: at what point can we pick up our out-of-town neighbors' piling newspapers and recycle them?
Mike reads the second letter: new neighbors have been out of town for weeks and their newspapers are piling up — at what point may the writer recycle them?
From No. 595 · Trust But Verify
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Local pastors, mutual refinement, and the 'pods' joke
- What word comes after "community"?
The best pastor for you is the person in your life who can look you in the eyeballs; walk into every room expecting the other person might refine you — that only works locally.
From No. 590 · Theodore Franco
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Dear LFTP: Martha, John, and Jerry
- How should a woman in love with her ex's brother tell friends, family, and his parents?
A host reads the first Dear LFTP letter: Martha dated John for two years, then he kept living with her six months after the breakup; John is an emotionally and verbally abusive alcoholic who burned every bridge.
From No. 584 · When Vanek Was Here | Cambodia Testimony, Church Mission, Josiah Queen