Compassion
34 conversations where the hosts get into compassion.
34 conversations
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Dear LFTP: the sister's belongings in the garage
- My sister's belongings are still in my garage and starting to smell — what should I do?
A letter from a woman whose formerly incarcerated sister's belongings — stored in her garage 'for a couple of weeks' — have sat there for months and started to smell, while the sister won't communicate or take responsibility.
From No. 485 · Steadfast
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Dear LFTP: the bedwetting friend and bedwettingstore.com
- How can I persuade my friend to get help for his bedwetting without embarrassing him?
Dear LFTP: 'Concerned friend in Michigan' asks how to persuade a friend who wets the bed to get help without embarrassing him.
From No. 279 · 20 Things for 20-Somethings
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Pope style: the miscarriage post and loving people like Jesus
- How should believers share hard theological truths with grieving people?
Boova shares that a Facebook post wrecked him: friends suffering miscarriages after fertility treatments were told by another commenter that their unborn children are in hell.
From No. 270 · The Evangelical Label
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Dear LFTP: Riley and the dying rescue animals
- How can a friend tell Riley, who rescues terminal animals and is crushed each time one dies, that she should stop taking them in?
A listener asks how to tell his friend Riley, who rescues terminal animals and breaks down each time one dies, to stop taking them in.
From No. 246 · Nine Sins the Church Is Okay With
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Dear LFTP: the baby sprinkle letter
- Should I attend the baby sprinkle for a pregnant wife whose husband is dying of cancer when I disapprove of the pregnancy?
Boova reads a letter from a woman dismayed that the wife of her boyfriend's dying friend announced a pregnancy while the husband faces a third bout of cancer; she's invited to the baby 'sprinkle' and dreads the small talk.
From No. 211 · The Monster Logo
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News: $100 tip for terrible service
- How should Jesus' followers respond to a bad restaurant experience?
Dan tells of a Cedar Rapids, Iowa couple who, after waiting 20 minutes for water, 40 minutes for an appetizer, and an hour for entrees on their anniversary, responded by leaving a $100 tip with a 'paying it forward' note; the receipt photo went viral.
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Verdict: the proof admits it is not a proof
- How should Christians respond when their faith is questioned?
The hosts note the proof's own conclusion asks 'is this a direct proof that God is imaginary? No,' and argue the site's strong incentives do not explain answered prayer.
From No. 138 · 30 Below
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Pain, tunnel vision, and the limits of helping
- Why do some people get through the same pain while others end their lives?
The discussion moves to pain, tunnel vision, and the limits of helping: a toothache analogy for pain obliterating logical thought, the brother's hospital conversation, and the point that you can reach out but the person must accept the resource.
From No. 35 · Suicide
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Ben's Minneapolis Skyway homeless man story
- How do I engage a homeless person as a human rather than a project?
Ben tells an unflattering story about himself: after a long work trip to Minneapolis he passed a homeless man asking for dinner, found a convenience shop, brought back food, and bristled when the man replied "well, that's a start."
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Jesus met the lost where they were; see people as blind, not as enemies
A host recalls the demoniac in Luke's gospel cutting himself with stones, then jokes that Jesus turning to Peter would have been 'I think that guy celebrates Halloween.'
From No. 445 · Being a Tool for Halloween
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What gets us off the chair?
The hosts ask what would actually move them to act -- child abuse didn't, the underwear pastor doesn't -- and recall Paul publicly rebuking Peter as the model of confrontation.
From No. 390 · Pastor Prints Face on Panties: A Rebuke in Three Parts
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Stopping on the road; 'send a prophet'
The hosts work out when to stop: if no Jesus-follower is present, a Christian should be there regardless of the situation.
From No. 390 · Pastor Prints Face on Panties: A Rebuke in Three Parts
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Christianity is local
Extending the nuance point: some homeless people want to be homeless and shouldn't be funded; others are trapped by fines they can't pay after prison -- and they look identical, which is why broad-brush government programs can't do it well.
From No. 390 · Pastor Prints Face on Panties: A Rebuke in Three Parts
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The Good Samaritan discussion: half-naked men, the QT, and the interstate
The hosts work through the Good Samaritan question with real stories: a half-naked man changing a tire in his underwear, passing a struggling man on the way to church ('I thought,…
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Shane, the tents, and seeing people like Jesus does
Dan tells how a $100 tent-auction buy led him to Shane, a homeless man who wears dresses and believes people tried to kill him in a camp fire; God seemed to cloud Dan's judgmental eyes until friendship formed, and Shane is now on his prayer list.
From No. 589 · There Must Be A Reason
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The bench, the stamp, and showing up
A host tells how he used to pray daily on a public bench as a way of offering God his time and body, then connects it to a Kurt Vonnegut story about buying a single stamp and watching fire trucks: "we are made to kind of fart around."
From No. 572 · Rippin’ Heaters
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Telling God's stories; the mother and her daughter
Mike says he's cut out most Christian books except Scripture and stories of God at work — seeing God move is what sets people on fire.
From No. 375 · Zimbobster
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Psalms in LTG; marking up Bibles; praying by a daughter's bed
A host describes grinding through Psalms in his LTG and discovering he retains far more when he underlines and writes in his Bible, recalling underlining Psalm 101's integrity lines.
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The Shack and forgiveness
- Has everyone read The Shack but me — what is it about?
The conversation turns to the novel The Shack as a lens on forgiveness. The vocalist describes the book's plot — a father whose young daughter was kidnapped and murdered,…
From No. 241 · Casting Shadows
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Trending: the border crisis and the church's responsibility
- How should the church respond to the needs of migrants and unaccompanied children at the border?
- Does a nation have a responsibility to protect its border?
Dan's third item covers unaccompanied children crossing the southern border, asking how the church should respond; the panel converges on option B — the church itself must go and care for people rather than outsourcing the job to the government.
From No. 198 · The Border Crisis and the Church
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What's Trending: KFC kicks out a girl over facial injuries
- What should the parents of a disfigured child asked to leave a restaurant do: sue, accept it, or retaliate?
The host addressed on-air as Dan runs the What's Trending segment with three news items. The first: a KFC employee asked a three-year-old named Victoria, whose face was badly…
From No. 195 · Talking to Quitters
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Pray before the news
Ben gives a quarterly-style pastoral reminder on taking in the news: immigration contention, altercations with officials, threats to invade other countries.
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Banana argument, nature design, and evolution comedy
A comedy stretch on apologetics-by-nature: the hosts mock a viral video arguing for God's existence from a banana's curvature and wrapper, then riff on animal design — giraffes,…
From No. 500 · Cut and Colby-Jacked
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Live and let live is callous
A host argues most people have never made an informed decision about anything, so 'respecting' them enough to leave them alone is actually callous — illustrated by a poorly thought-out protest against a house church one of the hosts runs.
From No. 395 · How the Church is Solving Every Modern Problem Incorrectly