'Is This Love?' with Ella's scenarios
- A boyfriend gives flowers, chocolates, and cuddles on Valentine's Day but sits by his girlfriend's best friend — is this love?
- A man hasn't worked in four years, has no intention of getting a job, and expects dinner ready every night — is this love?
The game begins with Ella Fust (rendered 'Ella Fousse' in the transcript) providing scenarios. After a procedural poll ('Is Mike able to vote?'), the rounds include: a clown approaching a married woman; a Valentine's scenario (flowers, chocolates, cuddles — but he sits by her best friend) judged love, since it's a surprise-proposal setup ending in the Cayman Islands with a kid named Allison Ray ('Mike Fusser' gets cast as the husband); and a man who hasn't worked in four years, has no intention of getting one, and expects dinner ready nightly — judged not love, with Leila coming on strong ('No. They should get a divorce'). The stay-at-home-dad riff spirals into mini-duck and drug-dealing jokes before a host declares 'I hate this game. This is capitalism. We've been rused.' The old-school advice column is jokingly offered as 'Deuteronomy Dan.'
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Confetti and lasers: what should God's people be known for?
- Do we want to be known as the confetti and lasers people?
- What should God's people be known for?
Ben redirects to the docket's denomination question: when someone hears Silas's church described as 'the confetti and lasers people,' should that sting?
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Dear LFTP: saying "I love you" too soon
- Is there a recommended timeframe for saying "I love you" in a new relationship?
Mike reads a letter from a man who reconnected with a woman he dated in the 1980s and told her he loved her too soon, then tried to walk it back to "caring and affection."
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Putting orthodoxy over love
- Does holding orthodox doctrine conflict with loving people?
The hosts take up the list's 'putting orthodoxy over love' item. One host argues orthodoxy IS love — communicating doctrine God intended people to know is itself an act of love — but warns against wielding doctrine as a tool of manipulation without the heart of God.
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Church charity and the discernment line
- Is it wrong for a church to ask help-seekers to attend a service before giving aid?
Mike reads 2 Thessalonians 3:9-11 — "if anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat" — and the hosts revisit the Canadian church that offers a grocery gift card to help-seekers…
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