Carl Lentz podcast: brokenness, disobedience, and pastoral failure
- Why couldn't Carl Lentz just keep it in his pants?
The hosts react to Carl Lentz's podcast interview, where the former Hillsong New York pastor admitted not one affair but many, plus domineering behavior and pain-medication abuse, explaining it as coming from extreme brokenness. A host argues brokenness is true but not the whole story — there must also be disobedience and a failure of the will, or 'brokenness made me do it' becomes inevitable. Mike says he could not preach the gospel as Mike Fust and wonders how someone so far from God could preach fiery sermons for years without stepping away; a host calls it arrogance to believe the ministry needed you rather than stepping down for renewal. Mike closes by working out 'his strength is perfected in your weakness' on air and finding hope that God's faithfulness does not hinge on ours.
More on Accountability
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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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Telling your spouse about past sin: pornography, the granola bar, and the Holy Spirit
- If you have repented of a sin your spouse never knew about, do you have to tell them?
The hosts work through whether a repented-of sin a spouse never knew about must be confessed: a pornography habit versus a stolen granola bar from fifteen years ago.
From No. 579 · Wanted: Paul and Hope | Paul’s Persecution of Christians and Radical Redemption
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Feeling spiritually meh: causes, experiences, and ways through
- Have you ever felt spiritually meh, what does it feel like, and how do you get out of it?
The main discussion: what it means to feel "spiritually meh" — not rebelling against God, but not wanting to do the prayer, Bible reading, and other connecting practices you know are good.
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What does it mean to make disciples
- What does it mean to make disciples — is it just giving information, or does it involve accountability and structure?
The hosts take up the third topic: two extremes of disciple-making. On one side, being only an information provider and leaving everything to the Spirit; on the other, running…
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