Hard question: can you follow Jesus and be an unpredictable wild man?
- Can you follow Jesus and be an unpredictable wild man?
Mike poses the hard question: can you follow Jesus and be an unpredictable wild man? He frames it through spiritual disciplines: the regimented 5:30 a.m. Bible reading and prayer time were unavailable through most of history, yet God made both organized 'neat and tidy' people and free spirits. Greg Hudson brings up John Eldredge's Wild at Heart, recalling the church elder who, after surviving a storm at sea, could only describe a follower of God as 'dutiful.' The hosts warn of the real danger on the wild side: people with no grounding in scripture or outside teaching who reverse-engineer Christianity to suit their lives. They agree missing one twenty-minute Bible reading does not separate you from God.
More on Prayer
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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.
From No. 603 · Found Out
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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?'
From No. 603 · Found Out
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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.