Scripture
336 conversations where the hosts get into scripture.
336 conversations
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'It's not a religion, it's a relationship': framing the big question
- Does God want a relationship with you - and if so, what do we actually mean by it?
Ben frames the night's first big question: the phrase 'it's not a religion, it's a relationship' is common, and evangelicals say 'God wants to be in relationship with you' - but is it true, and if so, what do we mean?
From No. 602 · Relationship Counseling
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The New Testament case for human shaping
- What does the New Testament actually say about spiritual authority and submission?
Ben walks the New Testament texts: Hebrews 13:17 ('obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls') presumes a soul-watching laborer, not a rule-maker;…
From No. 600 · Rage The Elephant
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How to tell your voice from God's: the Bible test and leniency
- How can you tell the difference between you speaking and God speaking?
Ella distills the question: how do you tell the difference between you speaking and God speaking? Her first answer: we have a Bible — what God is telling you is probably already in it ('Ben's gonna have a proud papa moment').
From No. 597 · Maybe A Word From God
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Self-help Jesus and the wave problem
- Why do believers cycle through self-help-style Jesus fads instead of lasting growth?
The hosts move to the second topic: 'self help Jesus' content on social media — spirituality coded with affirmations that God loves you but really centered on self-improvement, arriving in waves like fad diets.
From No. 545 · By Invitation Only
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Is Job literal or a parable? Prophecy discussion
- Is the book of Job a literal story or a parable?
- What is prophecy, and can it be infectious or physical?
The hosts dig into the hard question of whether the book of Job is a true story or a parable-style teaching, noting it may be the oldest written book of the Bible.
From No. 504 · Saul, Naturally
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Point one: 'it causes panic, not calm' — pushed back
- What verse comes to mind after that opener?
The article's first claim — Satan's voice causes panic while God's brings calm — gets rejected: Moses panicked, Jesus sweated blood in Gethsemane, and in the temptation of Jesus the obedient path was the anxious one.
From No. 492 · Show Me The Toes
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Is it more holy to sing only the Psalms or only scripture?
- Is it more holy or valuable for a church to sing only the Psalms or only scripture in worship?
The hosts take up the man whose church sings only Psalms (and a harder variant: only exact scripture, citing Ephesians' "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs").
From No. 487 · Sing What You Want
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Rapture article: thirty seconds after, and the hosts' one-return view
- Is there a two-stage rapture, and what would happen thirty seconds after it?
Mike asks for a theology level-set and Ben explains the pre-trib rapture view before reading the Jeff Kinley and Todd Hampson article on what happens thirty seconds after the rapture.
From No. 483 · Ahhh Hell
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Putting certainty over wonder
- How much certainty should Christians claim, and where does wonder belong?
On 'putting certainty over wonder,' a host agrees the church has claimed certainty where none exists and set fire to things it had no business defending — like the details of Christ's three days before the resurrection.
From No. 458 · 12 to 13 Mistakes From Wildin
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What makes a false teacher?
- What makes someone a false teacher, and how forcefully should Christians call out false teaching?
The long central arc: what counts as false teaching, and how forcefully should Christians call it out?
From No. 452 · False Teachers and Freeloaders
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What is the actual biblical good news?
- What is the actual biblical good news?
- Is the Sermon on the Mount the good news, or is it something else?
A host opens the show with the question of what counts as the good news: conversations where people call things like jelly beans or general niceness the good news prompted him to sort out the biblical definition.
From No. 450 · Good News of Narrow Focus
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Only thirteen percent of evangelicals tithe
- What percentage of evangelicals actually tithe?
- Does a day set apart as holy still matter beyond legalism?
A giving study ("The Generosity Factor" finds only 13% of evangelicals tithe, half give less than 1% of income, and the median church giver gives about $800 a year.
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The church at Sardis and what makes a church great
- How would you know if you were in a dead church?
A host who has been preaching through Revelation 2-3 raises the church at Sardis, which has a reputation of being alive but is dead, and wonders how anyone would know they were in a dead church.
From No. 442 · Christians Don’t Understand Christianity
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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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Mike mulls the book of Hebrews
- Who is the book of Hebrews for — is it written for the one stray sheep, or only for people who can handle its depth?
A host shares what he has been mulling over: Hebrews feels so deep it is 'not the milk' — he could tell the gospel without it — so is the whole book written for that one sheep who wandered off and actually needs it?
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What's Jesus talking about: the Pharisee and the tax collector
- What is Jesus getting at in the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector?
A host retells Luke 18's parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector and asks what Jesus is getting at; the hosts conclude the Pharisee's prayer agrees with himself while the…
From No. 303 · Live From The Path w/ Jacey
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Hearing from God: Pete's questions and the cessationist article
- If people can hear from God outside the Bible, why isn't that included in the canon of scripture?
- Is it dangerous to believe God speaks outside of scripture, and if He does, what do we need scripture for?
The hosts continue last week's conversation on whether God speaks outside the Bible, framed by a listener's Twitter questions: if people hear from God, why isn't it in the canon, and is it dangerous to believe He does?
From No. 261 · Hearing from God
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Jesus Calling: does God still speak directly?
- Does God still speak to people directly today, or is scripture alone sufficient?
The host reads a critical article about Sarah Young's 'Jesus Calling' (15 million copies sold, Thomas Nelson) and its claim that she receives divine messages.
From No. 260 · Does God Still Speak?
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Discerning God's voice: risks, scripture, and the both-and
- How do you tell a genuine 'God told me' from a false one?
Dave Herrick (speaker-5, addressed by name on-air) walks through the risks of 'God told me' claims, including Jeremiah 28's false prophet Hananiah, whose two-year liberation prophecy failed the biblical test (did it come to pass?).
From No. 260 · Does God Still Speak?
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Statement #3: 'We're all God's children'
- We're all God's children - is that biblically true?
A host reads the article's case: only those with faith in Christ and the Holy Spirit can claim God as Father (Romans 8:15, Ephesians 2, 1 John 3).
From No. 229 · Unbiblical Statements
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Statement #5: 'God won't give you more than you can handle'
- Does God really never give you more than you can handle?
A host reads the article's reversal: everything is more than we can handle; faith is surrender (2 Corinthians 1:8, Matthew 11:28).
From No. 229 · Unbiblical Statements
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Statement #7: 'Bad things happen to good people'
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
A host reads the article's argument: comparison-based goodness is flawed (Romans 3:10). The hosts push back on being heavy-handed: people saying it usually mean well, not posturing.
From No. 229 · Unbiblical Statements
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'What's Jesus talking about': the Pharisee and the tax collector
- What is Jesus trying to get at in the story of the Pharisee and the tax collector?
- What does humility look like when your culture actually praises humility?
Dave Herrick (speaker-3, named in the show rundown) opens the 'What's Jesus talking about' bit with a full retelling of the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector and asks what Jesus is getting at.
From No. 227 · JC
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'What did Jesus mean?' — your faith has healed you
- What did Jesus mean by 'your faith has healed you' (Greek sozo), and how should Christ followers live those passages out today?
Dave Herrick, named on-air, leads the hard-question segment: Jesus repeatedly said 'your faith has healed you' (Greek sozo, also rendered 'saved you') — to the sinful woman who…
From No. 212 · 50 Things the Holy Spirit Does