Sin
85 conversations where the hosts get into sin.
85 conversations
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Do accountability partners actually work?
- Do accountability partners actually do anything?
Mike raises his accountability-partners question: the standard dude-circle advice to get a buddy to hold you accountable for Bible reading, porn, church attendance, and drinking.
From No. 598 · Emphasis | Accountability, Worship and Praying with Strangers
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Dear LFTP: the kleptomaniac
- How can a kleptomaniac stop stealing when she cannot tell anyone?
A 50-year-old married woman confesses she cannot stop stealing shoes, makeup, and jewelry, and cannot tell anyone.
From No. 563 · Raptors and Heifers
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Dear LFTP: should we tell Julia about the affair?
- Our friend is having an affair with our best friend's husband — should we tell her?
A listener letter: their friend Carrie revealed she has been having an affair with her best friend Julia's husband for years; their kids are best friends and take family vacations together.
From No. 545 · By Invitation Only
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Dear LFTP: husband talks filthy to other women
- What should a wife do about her husband's filthy talk toward other women?
A letter-writer describes a husband who makes lewd comments and asks sexual questions of other women and says she ruined his fun when confronted.
From No. 505 · Because of Fussy and Fuzzy
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The salve, boldness, and calling out sin
- Am I the person supposed to call out sin in a given context?
- Why is it easier to be bold with Christians than with non-Christians?
A host offers the "salve" metaphor: the gospel is healing salve that believers protect and wrap up, while others lick it off.
From No. 504 · Saul, Naturally
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The sinlessness survey: American Worldview Inventory 2023
- Fewer than half of born-again Christians say Jesus lived a sinless life on earth: is that surprising, and what explains it?
A host presents the American Worldview Inventory 2023: the share of born-again Christians saying Jesus lived sinlessly fell from fifty-eight to forty-four percent since 2020, with…
From No. 494 · 500-ish
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Survey top ten: success, sex, sin, and wealth
- How should success be defined?
The hosts run through the survey's top ten spiritually inclusive beliefs. They debate how to define success (happy? comfortable? good? fulfilled potential?) and why comfort-driven measures cannot motivate communal or sacrificial action.
From No. 442 · Christians Don’t Understand Christianity
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When to leave a situation you keep failing in instead of fighting through it
- Is it ever right to leave a situation you keep sinning in rather than fighting through it?
- Is resisting temptation more holy than avoiding it?
A host lays out a years-long struggle: he keeps sinning in the same way at work, reacting with pride to people with authority, and asks whether at some point the godly move is to…
From No. 440 · Redeem or Reject
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Is there no fear of God anymore?
- Is there no fear of God anymore?
The hosts ask whether anyone fears God anymore, arguing that modern accountability infrastructure tries to replace a missing fear of God.
From No. 387 · Renewing Deuces and Fearing God
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Kim Davis part 1: what does the average man do Tuesday morning
- What should the average Christian man do, think, and say in response to the Kim Davis situation?
The hosts take up the framed question directly: what should the average Christian man do, think, and say tomorrow morning about the Kentucky clerk jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses?
From No. 249 · Kim Davis
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Resign rather than refuse: conscience and the price of discipleship
- Should the clerk have resigned rather than refused to issue the marriage licenses?
A host addressed by name in the audio as Dan is asked whether he has the right approach, and says he'd resign before signing licenses he believes violate his conscience, noting following Christ comes with a price.
From No. 249 · Kim Davis
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Do support groups help? Victims, perpetrators, and Jesus the oncologist
- Do problems really get solved by getting a bunch of people with the same problem in a room together?
A host wonders whether gathering people with the same struggle in a room actually solves problems, using a hypothetical marital-lust class and the risk that pornography strugglers might swap tips or relativize their sin.
From No. 245 · The Billboard Apology
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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 #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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Identity, judgment, and how Jesus treated sinners
- Am I what I do - does my behavior define my core identity?
The hosts work through the leaver's point 3. A host argues identity is bigger than behavior (a murderer analogy: condemning harm is naming truth), and asks when 'the real you' shows up.
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Dear LFTP: 'book burner' and children's Bibles
- Is there a good children's Bible for a toddler that doesn't omit sin, repentance, and judgment?
A letter signed 'book burner' asks for a children's Bible for his 1.5-year-old son Judah: the two garage-sale picture Bibles omit sin, repentance, and judgment — one says only…
From No. 149 · Listening
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Pope-style advice: true forgiveness vs letting go of emotions
- What is true forgiveness — and is it different from just letting go of the emotions?
A second Pope-style advice session argues society confuses emotional letting-go with biblical forgiveness: true forgiveness absolves the offender of guilt and punishment and never…
From No. 123 · November 19 2012
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Troy's question: David, Bathsheba, and 'a man after God's own heart'
- How can David be called a man after God's own heart after adultery and murder?
Troy recounts reading 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel for the first time and being appalled by the Bathsheba-and-Uriah story: David sees Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, lies with her, gets her pregnant, and has her husband Uriah killed.
From No. 114 · September 10 2012
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The tobacco testimony: three weeks nicotine-free
- Is using chewing tobacco sinful, and what should be done about it?
A host recounts giving up chewing tobacco three weeks earlier after a callback from a previous show's question: a woman saw tobacco products at his house and said 'that's not how we grow,' which he took to prayer in the car and accepted as God's answer.
From No. 527 · Angels and Blessings
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Critique 4: do serving and affirming equal the same thing?
Addressing the fear that showing a priest washing a gay man's feet affirms his behavior, the hosts ask where Scripture teaches that serving someone affirms every sin in their life.
From No. 521 · He Gets Us…Again
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Six Things, Part 1: The Devil Made Me Do It
The hosts walk through item one of the article: 'the devil made me do it.' They agree Eve's blame-shift and Adam's are real but unhelpful, cite James 1:14 on being dragged away by…
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When God's design doesn't feel right: trust, identity, and a weeping God
A host reframes the dead man's 'lived a lie' quote, arguing most critiques of the church are really disagreements with Yahweh's design, and that God's restrictions work like a parent's — felt as rules at 15, recognized as love at 25.
From No. 433 · The Heavy
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Calling people into something better
Mike's alcoholic-friend example: if someone sees no problem with their behavior, all you can offer is something better.
From No. 407 · Can We Always Be Like Jesus?
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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