38 conversations
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What stops us from sharing the gospel
- Should church-service outreach and personal-life evangelism be treated differently?
- What are our biggest hangups in creating opportunities to talk about the gospel?
The hosts catalog the hangups that keep Christians from creating gospel opportunities at work and in clubs: fear of people's reactions, not knowing the right thing to say, worry…
From No. 456 · Just Do It
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Truth as healing ointment, not a shovel
- How do Christians balance telling the truth with being charitable?
A long host monologue: society's positions often come from fear of being on the wrong side rather than belief; schools' COVID measures go beyond science into fear.
From No. 424 · When Culture Lacks Objective Reality
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Dear LFTP: the family-baggage letter
- How do I handle my brother moving back to town with his criminal children and grandchildren?
The reader reads a second letter: the writer's widower brother, described as depressed and a terrible father, plans to move back to their hometown with his children and adult…
From No. 422 · Jesus, Technology and Persecution
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How much damage can misreading Revelation do?
- How much damage can a strong misinterpretation of the book of Revelation do?
A host poses the episode's hard question: how much damage a strong misinterpretation of Revelation can do.
From No. 409 · Super Sign of the End Times
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Hard question: the greatest false idol of modern Christianity
- What is the greatest false idol of modern Christianity?
A host brings a Relevant Magazine article asking for the greatest false idol of modern Christianity and polls the panel: family, the megachurch, salvation.
From No. 273 · Fear, the False Idol
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Dear LFTP: the 19-year-old and her baby blanket
- How can a 19-year-old give up her baby blanket before sharing a college dorm?
The reader reads a letter from a 19-year-old who, after past traumatic events, is afraid of the dark and sleeps with her baby blanket; she's moving to a shared college dorm and fears being teased again.
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Entrusting each child, and the prayers we avoid
The host says yes: after each of his kids was born, within a week he prayed 'God, I trust this child to you' — and felt the weight of recognizing God's purposes can put idealized…
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Hauntings, ghosts, and the demonic
A listener comment about haunted houses opens a discussion of ghosts, spoon-movers, and serious demonic activity.
From No. 505 · Because of Fussy and Fuzzy
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Cult warning signs, part three: PR fronts, exclusivism, fear, and no accountability
The hosts work through the remaining warning signs: a slick PR front hiding what the group is really like (prompting a joke that the city of Portland is a cult), exclusivism that punishes leaving, fear and intimidation leadership, and zero accountability for leadership.
From No. 465 · Cults May Be Wonderful
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Generosity vs. being defrauded: helping when you can't sort it out
The story sparks a long reflection: the hosts debate whether to help people when fraud is possible. A host admits he passed up helping because he feared being scammed — 'you run…
From No. 434 · Rebuilding Tower of Babel
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Fear of the conversation; ashamed of the gospel
- What tips can you give people who are afraid to start faith conversations?
A host admits he is 'scared to death' of starting faith conversations and asks Brett for tips for people who are bad at it.
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Love among the godless; fear and shame are not Jesus
The thread says he found love among godless people while the church burdens people with fear, shame, and guilt.
From No. 371 · 40 and Out
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Sin 1: Fear
The hosts work through the list's first sin, fear. They push back on the article's '365 times do not fear' framing (a host notes many of those are angels startling people),…
From No. 246 · Nine Sins the Church Is Okay With
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Bonus lie: 'cross spiritual communication is dangerous'
A host adds a lie of his own: he was lied to by religious people who said 'cross spiritual communication' (evangelism) is dangerous because it divides and makes enemies.
From No. 225 · Seven Lies, Part Two
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Executive-order travel ban: Christians, refugees, and the government's role
- How should Christians respond to refugee admissions and a travel ban on people from Muslim-majority countries when security is a concern?
The hosts turn to Mike — named on-air as bringing the topic — who frames the presidential executive order restricting travel and immigration from seven Middle Eastern countries as…
From No. 309 · Forgiveness vs. Fitness
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Fear, addiction, and total reliance
John (the guest) raises the fear behind letting go of sin -- people don't know how to live without their money, habits, or outlets.
From No. 166 · Guilt vs. Conviction
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Fear, trust, and defensive medicine
- Is the fear that non-doctor community caregivers will miss something serious unfounded?
A host names fear as the core barrier - laypeople afraid to take responsibility for someone's health - and one host confesses he is 'that guy' who shows up five years late to the doctor, joking that only TV's House could diagnose his hypothetical weird disease.
From No. 335 · Good News Changes the World: Health Care
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Hating the news: is information overload too heavy to carry?
A host describes his growing hatred of the news — two paragraphs in, all he feels is weight — and how one day lost to an event beats years lost fearing it.
From No. 418 · Top Bible Searches of 2020
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Hope, not fear: John's pastoral intent and God's control
A host shares how, as a young man, every red moon made him fear the end because he misunderstood grace and pictured God as angry.
From No. 405 · Reading Revelation Wrong
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I Have Peace: eclampsia testimony and song
Ali tells the story behind her single "I Have Peace": eclampsia during pregnancy, a two-minute grand mal seizure, emergency delivery of her son Lincoln at 30 weeks in January…
From No. 388 · Allie Crummy and Video Game Jesus
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Hidden sin one: Fear
- Is fear a sin?
The hosts read the article's first item, the sin of fear, and push back on calling it a sin at all: Jesus died for fear, not to shame people for it, and fear only becomes sin when it owns you or keeps you from walking with God.
From No. 475 · Finding Sin, Missing God
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Preview: fear of failure and the truck scream fit
One host previews the extended segment coming later: for weeks he has felt a crushing fear of failure over everything going well in his life, culminating in tears with people he cares about.
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Real fear, incomplete data, and confirmation bias
- What are fallible humans supposed to do when complete, unbiased data is unavailable?
Ben distinguishes real fear from fear the facts don't warrant — his example is someone terrified a car will spin off a cul-de-sac into their house — and argues everyone grabs the…
From No. 406 · A COVID Debrief
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The restaurant server and unlearning fear
A host tells a personal story: where he once would have mocked a transgender restaurant server to his family, he now simply saw a person who needs Jesus — and his family didn’t know what to do with the change.
From No. 273 · Fear, the False Idol