Justice
44 conversations where the hosts get into justice.
44 conversations
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Street justice debate: is vigilante justice okay for a follower of Jesus?
- Is it okay for a follower of Jesus to deliver street justice outside the bounds of the state?
The hosts debate whether street justice is permissible for Christians. Mike cites Moses and Elijah calling Israel back to God's law and dubs Moses the original Batman; Boova draws…
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Why was Paul never arrested for his crimes against the church?
- Why was the apostle Paul never arrested for his crimes against the church?
Ben opens the theological thread of the show: reading Galatians and Romans, he wonders why the apostle Paul — who vouched for Stephen's execution and says he violently persecuted the church — was never arrested or held accountable for that violence.
From No. 579 · Wanted: Paul and Hope | Paul’s Persecution of Christians and Radical Redemption
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Dear LFTP: the $900 Taylor Swift ticket
- Am I wrong to think my neighbor was not acting as a good friend by selling my 15-year-old a $900 Taylor Swift ticket?
A letter writer says a friend and neighbor sold her 15-year-old daughter a Taylor Swift ticket for $900 after buying it for $300, and wonders if she is wrong to think of the woman differently now.
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Don't take macro action based on micro analysis
- Am I taking macro action based on micro analysis?
A host introduces his principle — 'don't take macro action based upon micro analysis,' or 'don't take broad action based upon narrow analysis' — and the room tests it across examples.
From No. 450 · Good News of Narrow Focus
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Dear LFTP: night-shift discrimination
- Is it discrimination when I'm always scheduled for night shifts?
A listener letter asks whether being scheduled for four night shifts a week while younger coworkers get days is age discrimination.
From No. 388 · Allie Crummy and Video Game Jesus
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Obedience over emotional weight; the 'emotional tattoo'
- Is there something wrong with my faith if I don't emotionally feel the weight of the gospel?
The hosts conclude that the proper reaction to the gospel is obedience, which goes further than feeling an emotional weight.
From No. 355 · The Weight of Grace
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Reading the Denhollander interview
- Can God's call to forgive be misapplied or weaponized against abuse survivors?
- How should the church respond when sexual abuse happens inside its own community rather than outside it?
A host reads through the Christianity Today Q&A with Rachel Denhollander. She describes wrestling with God's perspective on abuse, her conviction that Christians gloss over the…
From No. 340 · Rightfully Miffed
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Forgiveness weaponized and the gospel's protection
- What does a person actually do when someone discloses sexual abuse to them?
The hosts continue with Denhollander's answers: forgiveness can be misapplied, Christian coverage focused only on her forgiveness while ignoring her pursuit of justice, and her…
From No. 340 · Rightfully Miffed
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Chasing half-committed disciples
- When discipling people who stay half-committed, is the right move to keep chasing them or to move on?
Talking over recent conversations with Joy Fatima of Wings of Refuge and an upcoming film on sex trafficking in Iowa, the hosts wrestle with a ministry frustration: people who…
From No. 339 · Kenny Got A Plane
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Dear LFTP: should she tell her brother's probation officer?
- Should I report my brother's crimes to his probation officer?
A listener's brother is in and out of prison, steals, writes bad checks, and leaves her number with collection agencies calling at 4am; she found his probation officer and her dad is furious she's considering telling.
From No. 231 · Don’t Isolate in Christian Cliques
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Dear LFTP: uninviting an accused coworker from a wedding
- How do I tell a coworker he is not invited to my wedding after a collapsed sexual-assault accusation?
The second Dear LFTP letter: a listener getting married soon asks how to not invite coworker Daryl, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting his daughter but whose case collapsed when the daughter failed to appear in court.
From No. 189 · Lindgren and Lewis
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Answering Proof #1: God is not a genie
- How should a Christian apply Mark 11:24, 'whatever you ask in prayer, believe you have received it'?
The hosts dismantle the cancer-prayer challenge: God is sovereign, answers yes/no/wait, and won't be peer-pressured into a trick; prayer isn't voicing agreement with what God put…
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Hard question: is it a sin to hit a man who hit a woman?
- Is it a sin for a man to hit another man if that man hit a woman?
The hosts take up a listener question relayed from a man exploring Christianity: is it a sin for a man to hit another man who hit a woman?
From No. 90 · February 27 2012
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Justice, force, and a time for war
- What does God consider just, and where is the line for acting on behalf of justice?
Stepping back from the punch debate, the hosts frame the underlying question: what does God consider just, and where does acting on behalf of justice begin?
From No. 90 · February 27 2012
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Job theology: was Satan right, and the 'sin causes suffering' assumption
- Was Satan right — did Job sin by demanding justification from God after his blessings were taken?
Responding to a chat question asking whether Satan was right and Job sinned by demanding justification from God, the hosts argue Job got whiny but never outright rebelled.
From No. 78 · November 28 2011
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The goldfish question resolved: they knew better
The room lands the goldfish question. Ben concedes Mike is right and his framing was too childish: humans have agency and moral accountability that goldfish and six-month-olds do not.
From No. 577 · The Spirit, the Goldfish and the Way
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A right-sized Christian posture toward the conflict
The hosts argue against two wrong readings: that the conflict is a biblical battle of the sons of Abraham, and that the 1948 nation-state's actions are automatically blessed by God.
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Ask the pastor: the fast God chooses in Isaiah 58
Boova reads Isaiah 58 aloud in full, then asks what to make of the seemingly different fast God describes.
From No. 507 · What’s in a Name
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The broad point: don't make God's message more palatable
Wrapping the article, the hosts land the unified point: the temptation is to take God's message and make it more palatable, leave parts out, or pretend justice isn't God's interest.
From No. 429 · Following the American Jesus
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Advice premised on Jesus is King; gospel transformation
One host explains his advice is premised on Jesus being King and his word being good and true — without that shared premise he can't help, illustrated with marriage counseling ('I…
From No. 421 · What Christians Do in a Divided Country
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Exile but not destruction: God's pattern of mercy
A second host picks up the thread: God's relationship with his people is consistently exile-not-destruction as a call to repentance — Adam and Eve, Cain, Babel, Moses' petitions, the Canaanites after 400 years.
From No. 418 · Top Bible Searches of 2020
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Justice, mercy, and the weight of sin
The hosts argue you cannot under-color God's forgiveness or over-color his justice, compare today's churches to Malachi's priests who called evil good, and insist the fear of God cannot be forced into anyone; it is a recognition of reality that produces submission.
From No. 387 · Renewing Deuces and Fearing God
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After the break: American justice, contempt of court, and elected office
Back from the break: a host (addressed by name in the audio as Mike) says he would have issued the licenses anyway, finding participation-in-sin concerns moot since every job touches sin.
From No. 249 · Kim Davis
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Hosts' rebuttal: murder versus God's justice
The hosts answer the Exodus 32 objection by distinguishing individual murder from God-commanded justice: 'thou shalt not kill' forbids taking justice into one's own hands, while God as sovereign judge may decree a cleansing judgment.
From No. 113 · September 3 2012