Wisdom
83 conversations where the hosts get into wisdom.
83 conversations
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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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Dear LFTP: should a father disinherit his daughter over her boyfriend?
- Should people's misuse of a gift be a reason to not give a gift?
- How do I tell my daughter I am removing her from my will?
Boova reads the full letter: the boyfriend stole $200,000 from his grandparents, has a denied gambling problem, and already took $200 from the daughter's checking account since release; the father fears telling her about the will change will end the relationship.
From No. 529 · Enter The McCormick
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Dear LFTP: the difficult apartment neighbor
- How do I politely but firmly set boundaries with a difficult neighbor?
Mike reads the 'doormat' letter: a lonely, miserable neighbor demands rides, walks into the apartment uninvited, and fumes when the writer goes to the store without her.
From No. 507 · What’s in a Name
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Dear LFTP: dating a widower with possible bipolar episodes
- Should I stay with a widower who has manic-like episodes, or let him go?
A divorced listener dating a widower describes apparent manic episodes — working himself to exhaustion, not eating or sleeping, abrupt departures, then nitpicking her for trivial things — and wonders if the relationship has a chance.
From No. 452 · False Teachers and Freeloaders
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Dear LFTP: the boyfriend who answered his son's job-interview questions
- Is it weird for a parent to accompany their teen into a job interview and answer for them?
The last letter: a woman's boyfriend of eleven years accompanied his 16-year-old son into a job interview and answered the questions for him; she says parents don't do that, he says she's being critical.
From No. 428 · Old Church Ideas
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Dear LFTP: dating your ex-wife's sister, plus the dog in the manger
- Is there any reason a divorced man should not pursue a serious relationship with his ex-wife's sister when it is upsetting the ex-wife's family?
- What is the dog in the manger fable about?
A 57-year-old divorced man writes that he's seriously dating his ex-wife's sister Edith and his ex is turning family and friends against them.
From No. 373 · Don’t Wet Your Pants
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Dear LFTP: the estranged mother who wants Skype with the grandkids
- What should a daughter do about her estranged, unrepentant mother who abandoned the family and now demands Skype with the grandchildren?
A listener writes that her mother abandoned the family in college for a much younger boyfriend, lied about affairs, never apologized, and now stalks her on Facebook demanding Skype with her grandchildren.
From No. 155 · August 4, 2013 Podcast
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Dear LFTP: the boyfriend who offered to pay for a boob job
- Does my boyfriend's offer to pay for cosmetic surgery say something about his character?
A 23-year-old listener, happy with her appearance, learned from a friend that her boyfriend of over a year plans to pay for cosmetic breast surgery once they are married and financially stable.
From No. 155 · August 4, 2013 Podcast
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Iron Sharpens Iron: mom engaged to a prisoner she sends money to
- My mother is engaged to a prisoner she sends money she can't afford, and my sister snoops in her accounts — what should I do?
- Is it okay to read your kid's diary?
A listener writes that her divorced, depressed mother is engaged to a prisoner with fraud and domestic-abuse history, sending him money she can't afford, while her sister Susie snoops in the mother's accounts.
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Landing it: love, not vulnerability; beware quippy phrases
The rounding thought: 'I think that God does want to be in a love relationship with you... I said it and it irked a bunch of people and I think it's right' - with two cautions:…
From No. 602 · Relationship Counseling
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Mike: disagreement, sanctification, and the comfort of the law
Mike raises the hard case: if all Spirit-indwelled people should agree on what is good and right, and they don't, are the dissenters grieving the Spirit or being sanctified over time?
From No. 580 · Not Sure | Old Testament Law, Holy Spirit Guidance, Christian Discernment
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When do we stand a rebuke from someone with no fruit?
The main hard question, asked on Mike's behalf and pressed with real emotion: is it necessary or appropriate to receive a rebuke from a person with no otherwise-visible fruit of following Jesus?
From No. 555 · The Aslan Wears Prada
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Generosity vs. being defrauded: helping when you can't sort it out
The story sparks a long reflection: the hosts debate whether to help people when fraud is possible. A host admits he passed up helping because he feared being scammed — 'you run…
From No. 434 · Rebuilding Tower of Babel
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Ask the Pastor: why is Proverbs in the Bible?
- Why is the book of Proverbs in the Bible?
- Should we be looking for Jesus in every Old Testament text?
A host asks why Proverbs belongs in Scripture, launching a wide answer: Proverbs is a curated collection, and the Bible preserves the whole range of the human experience with God,…
From No. 505 · Because of Fussy and Fuzzy
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Framing a reasonable conversation about coronavirus
- What are the undisputed facts about COVID-19?
The hosts lay out the episode's premise: reacting to the coronavirus 'in a reasonable way, in a prudent manner that shows wisdom,' rather than talking into a vacuum for outrage.
From No. 398 · Thus It Begins…COVID
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Bob's newlywed marriage advice
- What was the best piece of marriage advice you received as a newlywed?
Bob recently married, and the hosts ask what advice he got. Bob's answers: don't try to explain reason or logic in marriage ('smile and nod'), and 'you can be right or you can be happy, but you can't be both.'
From No. 243 · July 27 2015 Podcast – Eisenlauer Team
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Secular vs Solomon setup, points, and Andy Griffith
- How do we know where our wisdom is coming from?
The host announces the night's main event, a return of Secular vs Solomon after weeks away, with the premise that listeners should know where their wisdom comes from, since people quote the Bible and then quote Ben Franklin.
From No. 422 · Jesus, Technology and Persecution
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Secular vs. Solomon, part 2: lids, striking back, and final scores
- Who changed Jesus' name from Yeshua, and where were they from?
The game continues: 'a good name is better than a nice scent' = Secular Kenya (after Egypt/Russia guesses and a Stinky Joe riff), with a tangent on Yeshua-to-Jesus transliteration…
From No. 373 · Don’t Wet Your Pants
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James 1 on wisdom, and the Zimbabwe street-evangelism trip
- James 1 says if you lack wisdom, ask — what about the person who asks for years and never hears back?
Asked what to do with James 1 ('if you lack wisdom, ask'), a host answers: ask, then move — wisdom is only proven in practice.
From No. 347 · Risky Expectations
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CNN article on phantom Bible verses
- Are Christian cliches like 'this too shall pass' genuinely comforting or empty platitudes?
A host reads from a CNN article about pop-culture figures quoting Bible verses that don't exist, sparked by a famous fired football coach's 'this too shall pass.'
From No. 314 · Phantom Bible Verses
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Comfort in suffering: presence over cliches
- What distinguishes wisdom from intelligence?
The hosts and guest push past the platitudes: Michael talks about being paralyzed four years ago without really grieving it, then being dumped in January by a woman he expected to marry — and realizing he'd built a false 'happy paralyzed guy' self on unrecognized pride.
From No. 314 · Phantom Bible Verses
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Secular vs. Solomon game
- Can you colonize a heap of ash?
The full Secular vs. Solomon game: the host reads nine proverbs and the panel guesses secular or Solomon plus a country of origin.
From No. 300 · Divided Attention
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Secular vs Solomon game
- What does 'whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind' mean?
The hosts play the returning Secular vs Solomon game: a host reads a proverb and the players must say whether it is secular wisdom (naming a country of origin) or biblical wisdom (Solomon, naming the Proverbs reference).
From No. 265 · Praying Specifically
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Secular vs. Solomon: the proverb game show
- Secular or Solomon: 'The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence'?
- Secular or Solomon: 'Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way'?
The hosts play nine rounds of 'Secular vs. Solomon,' billed as 'America's fastest growing Internet game show.'
From No. 171 · The Phil Robertson Controversy