Grace
316 conversations where the hosts get into grace.
316 conversations
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Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
- Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
A host asks whether following Jesus should feel more comfortable as time goes on — noting the low-level tension many feel around am-I-doing-enough and the stigma that contentment equals laziness.
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Dear LFTP: the friend group's new wife
- How do we tell the husband that they are not invited, and who should deliver the message?
A host reads a second Dear LFTP letter: ten college-friend couples are planning a once-in-a-lifetime cruise, and nobody wants the remarried friend's demanding new wife on the ship.
From No. 592 · Because I Got High
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Dear LFTP: the $600 lawnmower and buying them a mower
- My nephew's wife took my $600, lied about it, and is avoiding me. Should I say something or let it go?
Mike reads a letter from someone who gave a nephew's wife $600 for a self-propelled lawnmower; she spent it, never bought the mower, and now avoids them.
From No. 587 · Coffee After Sunday
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Dear LFTP: the $900 couch letter
- My best friend and her son (about a thousand pounds combined) cracked my new $900 couch and want to bring more family over — what do I do?
Mike reads the second letter (same anchor/merge note): the writer bought a new house and a $900 couch; her best friend and the friend's son — 'about a thousand pounds' combined — audibly cracked it and now want to bring more family.
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Dear LFTP: the messy shared vacation home
- How do we confront the family sharing our vacation home about their mess without causing tension?
A Dear LFTP letter: the writer and their spouse share a vacation home with another family that leaves dirty dishes for days and dirty diapers on the living room floor; the writers clean up after them but it has gotten out of hand.
From No. 552 · Affirming the Nasty Part
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Dear LFTP: the new stepmother's pushy parenting advice
- How should a new mother handle a new stepmother's pushy and dangerous parenting advice?
Ben reads a Dear LFTP letter from a new mother whose father just remarried: her new stepmother, who claims to have been a nurse, pushes parenting advice that contradicts the CDC…
From No. 535 · Solo Contendere
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Does God affirm our struggles or call us to repent of them?
- Does God affirm our struggles or call us to repent of them?
Mike frames two camps: one that says God affirms our struggles as-is, another that says He calls us to repent of what is in our control.
From No. 534 · The Antagonistic Bison
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The overweight jogger: is God for you or against you?
- Do most people believe God is disappointed in them, or for them?
Ben offers a deliberately crude thought experiment: seeing an overweight man jogging, you can mock him or cheer him on - and asks which posture resembles God's toward strugglers.
From No. 534 · The Antagonistic Bison
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Why so many assume God is disappointed in them
- Do most people believe God is disappointed in them, or for them?
Ella and Will report that their default is assuming God's disappointment; Ella says people who act like they know Jesus still feel He thinks they are worthless.
From No. 534 · The Antagonistic Bison
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Dear LFTP: wife's self-neglect and possible depression
- Is it normal to be disgusted by my wife's lack of concern about her appearance and belongings, and how do I start helping her?
A husband writes that his wife no longer showers, lets the house and car fill with mess, gains weight, and has retreated into political meme-forwarding; he suspects a chemical imbalance and asks how to start.
From No. 516 · Pastor Rico Suave
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Fear, guilt, self-deprecation, and identity
- How should Christians handle guilt and self-deprecation without excusing sin?
The room digs into why failure over little things feels crushing: self-imposed expectations versus rightful ones, and the guilt that follows addiction relapses.
From No. 498 · The Tennessee Birdwalk
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Dear LFTP: a 16-year marriage with an affair and a new romance
- Dear LFTP: should a wife in a broken marriage wait until the kids are 18 to leave?
Mike (addressed on air) reads a letter from a woman married 16 years: after their first child her husband withdrew, went to a concert with a female friend while her brother was…
From No. 497 · Nothing More Than Feelings
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Dear LFTP: the self-hosted baby shower, then the benediction
- Dear LFTP: is hosting your own baby shower in poor taste, and how do you repair the relationship?
Mike (addressed on air) reads the last letter: a new grandmother-to-be asked her pregnant granddaughter who was hosting the baby shower and said hosting your own is "in poor taste," and now the granddaughter is dodging her calls — "am I behind the times?"
From No. 497 · Nothing More Than Feelings
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Bear Grylls' church critique, prayer, and discipleship
- Is Bear Grylls right that Jesus would struggle with 99% of churches, and would you stay if the production were stripped away?
- How do you practice real one-on-one discipleship instead of relying on church programs?
The hosts discuss Bear Grylls' Christian Post interview: he is unabashedly open about his faith but says Jesus would struggle with 99% of churches today, urging people to stay…
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Dear LFTP: christening versus the ballgame
- How should I respond to my sister skipping the christening to go to a ballgame?
A Dear LFTP letter: a writer's oldest daughter had her first child and sent christening invitations a month early; the youngest daughter (two kids, not named godparent) declined to attend a ballgame with her family.
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Spiritual disciplines: how to start without bailing by day three
- If you wanted to start a spiritual discipline, what should the first weeks look like?
The hosts get practical about starting prayer, fasting, Scripture reading, and meditation from zero.
From No. 472 · Sometimes We Read Stuff
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Sinner or valued: how to lead the gospel; milk vs meat
- Should the gospel lead with God's love (milk) or with conviction of sin (meat)?
A long discussion on whether the world needs to be reminded they are sinners or that they are valuable to God — verdict: both, depending on motive.
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Dear LFTP: The Smoking Wife of 32 Years
- My wife of 32 years hides and lies about her smoking, and her health is declining. Should I leave her?
Dear LFTP letter: a husband of 32 years is infuriated that his wife hides and lies about her smoking as her health declines, and asks whether he should leave.
From No. 470 · Two Claps and a Ric Flair
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Parenting into the deep: Dan on sending kids out and Jesus reaching deeper
- How do you parent kids for a world that will deepen rather than flip their faith?
One host voices his fear of becoming a father who can't save his kids from the world. Dan answers at length: protect their innocence while age-appropriately acknowledging the…
From No. 465 · Cults May Be Wonderful
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You cannot be the heavy in someone's life
- Can accountability work if you cannot be the enforcer?
The hosts discuss why accountability fails when you try to be the enforcer: one host's story of accountability with a much bigger man he could not intimidate, a parenting analogy…
From No. 455 · Don’t Spit On Folk, Among Other Wisdom
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Dear LFTP: dating Mark while his 17-year-old daughter Hailey rages
- My boyfriend's 17-year-old daughter hates me and he will not parent her. Do I walk away or wait it out?
A letter writer dating Mark for 18 months describes his 17-year-old daughter Hailey forbidding her from the house, melting down, and turning violent toward her sister Lily, with Mark refusing to set consequences.
From No. 453 · Whispering Diesel
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Dear LFTP: the husband who explodes when she is five minutes late
- My husband explodes when I am a few minutes late picking him up from his run. Is this verbal abuse?
A letter writer drops her husband at the park for his run, is five to nine minutes late about one time in five, and asks whether his furious rants count as verbal abuse.
From No. 453 · Whispering Diesel
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Dear LFTP: the homeschooled alumnus and the 'nothing burger'
- I was homeschooled and now work for my hometown district; I cringe when mislabeled as an alumnus. How should I handle it?
A homeschooled K-through-12 listener with multiple master's degrees, now working for his hometown public school district, cringes when mistakenly announced as an alumnus and asks how to handle the shocked silence when he says he was homeschooled.
From No. 453 · Whispering Diesel
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Be careful about enjoying a takedown
- What makes someone a false teacher, and how forcefully should Christians call out false teaching?
The hosts warn against taking joy when a non-Christian world attacks a Christian figure, even one whose teaching they disagree with: the heart should break for Osteen's wasted influence, not celebrate his embarrassment.
From No. 452 · False Teachers and Freeloaders