21 conversations
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What's happening: Tony Stewart and the biblical approach to anger
- What is the most biblical approach to interacting with someone when you are angry?
Dan frames the Tony Stewart-Kevin Ward Jr. racetrack tragedy as a question about anger: A) speak your mind freely, B) hold your tongue until calm, C) fake a smile then kick your dog.
From No. 201 · As We Are
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Is recreational marijuana okay for Christians where it is legal?
- Is recreational marijuana use okay for a Christian where it can be purchased legally?
Prompted by Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana, the hosts debate whether use is permissible for Christians where legal.
From No. 173 · Marijuana and Spiritual Leadership
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Dear LFTP: the backseat-driver sister and the labels riff
Dear LFTP: a retired man's slightly younger sister is a loud, aggressive backseat driver whose outbursts distract him.
From No. 515 · Beyond Despacito
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Pope Style: Mike on his first fast — 'I can say no'
- What advice would you give someone contemplating a fast?
After the Pope Style setup (a crowd on Mike's porch demanding pope-like wisdom), Mike tells of his reluctant first three-week fast with his wife — beans and water.
From No. 231 · Don’t Isolate in Christian Cliques
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Article: the one thing keeping your sin on life support
- What is the one thing keeping your sin on life support?
Ben walks through an article on persistent sin, starting from a US News & World Report claim that two thirds of Americans admit to some form of addiction.
From No. 535 · Solo Contendere
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Dan: Overeaters Anonymous and the food battle
Dan says he went to a few Overeaters Anonymous meetings earlier in the year at a friend's prompting and realized he genuinely has an addiction to food.
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Trending: the Spielberg dinosaur and Christian conduct online
- How should a Christ follower treat social media discussions?
Dan opens with the viral joke photo of Steven Spielberg posed beside the mechanical Jurassic Park dinosaur, which tens of thousands shared to shame him for 'killing' an animal, and asks how a Christ follower should treat social media discussions.
From No. 198 · The Border Crisis and the Church
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Contentment as the key; fasting discipline
Ben lands on contentment as the practical answer the article gets right: being content with what you have undercuts the chase for more, whether money or gas-station coffee in a Styrofoam cup.
From No. 535 · Solo Contendere
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Ben's thesis: the problem is the inability to say no
Ben argues the core problem is not the thing but the inability to say no: he once allowed himself gas-station trips with no dollar limit and realized he never denies himself - naps, snacks, canceled plans.
From No. 530 · Know Self Control
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Self-control as fruit of the Spirit; Ben's control confession
Boova asks whether self-control is a fruit of the Spirit, then reframes it: less about supernatural avoidance, more about being full of God so temptations lose their power.
From No. 530 · Know Self Control
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New Year self-control confessions
Comedy round on failed resolutions: Nathaniel confesses to doubling down on gas-station convenience food instead of quitting it, surrenders his wallet to his wife, and deletes Apple Pay from his phone.
From No. 518 · Jesus Blocked the Jukebox
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Pickup-put-down and the husband pillow
One host explains his ‘pickup, put down’ monthly habit — pick something up and put something down each month, January being sit-ups for soda — before the room derails into the…
From No. 518 · Jesus Blocked the Jukebox
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Discomfort is not a diagnosis
The hosts distinguish ordinary discomfort from clinical conditions: one tells of getting the 'willies' in the upper deck of the Wells Fargo Arena at a Bob Seger concert, another…
From No. 383 · Trigger Me This
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Time with God; the Arby's and cigarettes stories
A host says his own version is simply time with God: prayer and study for no teaching purpose. The room trades failure stories: a Minneapolis work trip that escalated from…
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Pope-style advice, barrel two: you are not strong enough
Boova's second advice bit: after losing 200+ pounds and then a week of binge eating while telling himself 'I'm strong enough,' he argues nobody is strong enough to beat sin on…
From No. 236 · Why the Church Isn’t Hearing Jesus
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Secular vs. Solomon: final rounds and wrap
The game closes with 'Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless is a proverb in the mouth of fools' (Solomon, Proverbs 26:7) and 'A man without self control is like a city broken…
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Pope-style advice: fast little things, learn self-control
The Pope-style advice segment, drawn from a Catholic-radio preacher on fasting: do not fast things that are already easy — train self-control on the small stuff first, especially the eyes.
From No. 131 · January 28 2013
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Mental pornography and the wandering mind
Ben cites a Christian Post article on 'mental pornography' and argues mental lust was the universal form of the sin before actual pornography became ubiquitous.
From No. 541 · Why Not The Second Heaven
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'I will not be mastered by anything': strength over temptation
Continuing in 1 Corinthians 6, the host centers on verse 12 — 'I will not be mastered by anything' — and preaches strength over temptation: stop managing sin and be mastered by…
From No. 25 · Potiphar, Hosea, and Winnie the Pooh
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Mike's devotional extrapolates the Greek
Mike (addressed by name in the audio) recounts his devotional taking Matthew 4 ('Jesus, knowing their thoughts'), pulling 'knowing' into Greek, and concluding that Jesus physically sees your thoughts like a movie -- then using that to command thought control.
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The sumo wrestler: feeding temptation
A host shares an illustration from an Every Young Man's Battle class: your sin nature is like a sumo wrestler you keep feeding.