The fruits of the Spirit are what you're actually after
The hosts round out the self-help topic. The remedy for chasing feelings and outcomes is proximity to Jesus: the things people actually want — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control — are his presence in you, not products you can manufacture. A host addressed as Boova describes Scripture's truth breaking the self-deprecating stories his mind tells him ('truth beats drama'), and the room agrees the practice is to change only what Scripture shows is faithfulness and let the ends arrive.
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'How do I know if I'm saved?' discussion
- How can a person know they are saved?
The hosts take up the episode's marquee question, prompted by a listener disturbed by a Pastor Bruce-or-Chuck CD that quoted Matthew 7:21–23 ('Lord, Lord...
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Advice: patience, scripture memory, and the secular answer
The crew answers the letter. Boova (addressed by name) says he would ask whether the annoyance is general meanness under stress; don't just compliment the quirk, just don't say…
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Wishy-washy faith and unstable lives
- Why do wishy-washy faith patterns track with unstable life patterns, and how do you counsel someone in that cycle?
Ben's observation: people whose faith seems wishy-washy often also show nonstandard, dramatic patterns in the rest of life — jobs never held long, chaotic relationships.
From No. 557 · Pope Reese Bobby
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How to discern the Holy Spirit's leading
- How do you distinguish a life led by the Holy Spirit from someone just claiming God led them to do something?
The Miller story sparks a serious exchange on how to distinguish someone living under the Holy Spirit's direction from someone blaming the Spirit for erratic behavior.
From No. 124 · November 27 2012