Obedience
110 conversations where the hosts get into obedience.
110 conversations
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'What would I fight God on?': buildings, pews, and the zero-fruit youth group
- What would I fight God on — and would my heart go along with following him?
Ben shares what he ran into in the last couple weeks: 'what would I fight God on even if I knew it was him?'
From No. 603 · Found Out
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Discerning impressions: the exact phrase, obedience, and daily decisions
- Did God give you the exact phrase?
Mike shares a fifteen-year-old unresolved memory of someone saying "God told me," then frames the practical question: "did God give you the exact phrase?"
From No. 593 · Do You Hear What I Hear
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Would God's design still be best without the promise of eternity?
- Would God's principles for living still be the best life on offer even without the promise of eternity?
- If God said he didn't care whether you were faithful in your marriage, would you still be faithful?
Mike poses a thought experiment: if the Bible changed its tune and there were no everlasting heaven, would he still choose the life of sacrificing for others over selfishness and greed — he says yes, it is the most inherent joy in the world God created.
From No. 531 · Just For The Taste Of It
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Ask the pastor: Ezekiel 39:17 — God telling a prophet to speak to birds and beasts
- In Ezekiel 39:17, why would God tell a prophet to speak to birds and beasts, and is there precedent for God interacting with animals this way?
Boova was struck by Ezekiel 39:17, where Ezekiel is told to speak on God's behalf to the birds and beasts, inviting them to feast on God's defeated enemies.
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Saul's unauthorized sacrifice — isn't the Lord overreacting?
- Is the Lord overreacting when he judges Saul, Uzzah, and Nadab and Abihu?
- Can Jesus' approachable humanity coexist with God's prescribed, holy demands?
The hosts retell 1 Samuel 13: Samuel is late for the pre-battle sacrifice, Saul offers it himself, and Samuel declares he will lose the kingship.
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"Let the dead bury their own dead" — what Jesus meant
- Is there a "but first" in your life — something you insist on before obeying God?
Ben (addressed by name on air) works through the passage where a man says "let me first bury my father" and Jesus answers "let the dead bury their own dead": he argues the father…
From No. 497 · Nothing More Than Feelings
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Pope-style advice: what are we waiting for?
- What is the biblical precedent for how long to wait after God speaks?
A host delivers his "pope-style advice" as a question: what is the biblical precedent for waiting after God speaks?
From No. 438 · Acting When God Speaks
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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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Pope-style advice: obedience before confirmation
- How do I know whether I've heard God correctly or just manufactured the prompting myself?
- Are Christians — or people generally — too risk-averse to take steps of obedience?
Dave Herrick — whom a crowd of followers has decided is the pope, and who was trapped by them in a cave over the weekend — delivers pope-style advice on the order of faith: we…
From No. 234 · The Messiah Complex
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RELEVANT article, part 1: the messiah complex
- Should Christians chase 'sold out' radical devotion, given the article's six problems?
A host (addressed as 'Ben' in the audio) reads 'Six problems with trying to be sold out for Jesus' from RELEVANT magazine: the author's story of dropping out of college at 20 for…
From No. 234 · The Messiah Complex
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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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Small vs God-sized work; pray and move
- Is there a danger in justifying small, seemingly unfruitful work as 'reaching the one' when God may not be in it?
A host turns the granularity question inward: is it dangerous to justify small, seemingly unfruitful work — like their own modest-audience show — by saying 'we're just reaching the one'?
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God's will and God's plan: overused?
- Do Christians overuse 'God's will' and 'God's plan' as a reason not to act?
- Does God care about small decisions like which job to take?
The carryover discussion: the hosts argue Christians overuse "God's will" and "God's plan" to avoid acting, framing God as having an umbrella of options rather than a single straight-arrow path.
From No. 30 · Tyson vs. Holyfield
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What work does the phrase do? Don't worship the structure
Ben asks 'what work is that phrase doing?' The answer: it channels people away from being drawn into a religious system - 'your connection is with God himself, like the Godhead.
From No. 602 · Relationship Counseling
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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,…
From No. 545 · By Invitation Only
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Obedience over outcomes — God sees the heart
The hosts land the holiness discussion: the graciousness and relatability of Jesus does not cancel God's prescribed call.
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The Bible is not a moral handbook; apply broad principles, don't fish for silence
Reading on from the article, a host argues it is folly to build a moral worldview around what Jesus did not explicitly discuss — Jesus said nothing about sexual assault or flying planes into skyscrapers, yet God's view is clear.
From No. 445 · Being a Tool for Halloween
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Andrew Carson’s pope style: useless to the kingdom
- Is fearing being seen as useless by people — but not by God — the right reaction?
Andrew Carson (addressed by name in the audio) tells how, after admitting his greatest fear is being seen as useless by other people, he sensed God asking why he does not fear…
From No. 258 · Paris and the Refugees
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Discussion: hearing God's voice, discernment, and divine promptings
- What is it like to hear from God, and how do you tell his voice apart from your own thoughts?
Asked what experiences of 'hearing from God' are like, Kristen describes learning discernment in her discipleship training school: testing whether a thought is from God, herself, or the devil, and finding promptings confirmed in ways she would never naturally do.
From No. 151 · Failed Predictions
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RELEVANT article, part 2: no room for ordinary
Problem 2: 'there's no room for ordinary' — chasing overseas glamour while ignoring the soup kitchen at home.
From No. 234 · The Messiah Complex
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RELEVANT article, part 6: never measuring up — sold out for the work
Problem 6: 'you never seem to measure up' — trying to prove your love for God becomes trying to earn his; 'Jesus was a sacrifice to end all sacrifices.'
From No. 234 · The Messiah Complex
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Interview: Tanya Hughes on obedience and provision
- What was Tanya Hughes's 2009 transition to full-time music like?
The hosts interview Tanya Hughes, a gospel and soul singer playing the festival's main stage Saturday at 1:25. She addresses a host she greets as Ben by name.
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Dawson's prayer-at-the-fair story
Dawson tells how, after a season of disobedience and hours face-down in prayer asking for the next obedient thing, he felt prompted to pray for strangers at the Iowa State Fair.
From No. 598 · Emphasis | Accountability, Worship and Praying with Strangers
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Obedience vs. show: the loving-God discussion
The hosts argue that 'love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind' engages the whole person — emotion and intellect — and that people relate to God the way they relate to people.
From No. 36 · Stop Crying! Loving God Without Weeping.