Worship
186 conversations where the hosts get into worship.
186 conversations
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Church, emotions, and the self-focus of affluence
- How do you help people in an affluent, self-focused culture see that they need Jesus?
Ben revives a question from two or three shows back: are church services and worship tunes postured toward certain personality types — predominantly emotions and dealing with emotions?
From No. 603 · Found Out
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Is modern Christianity biased toward a personality type?
- Is modern Christianity (its sermons and worship music) biased toward a certain personality type?
A host asks whether what churches teach, focus on, and sing is biased toward a certain personality type — prompted by emotive worship lyrics (the 'sloppy wet kiss' line in a…
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Confetti and lasers: what should God's people be known for?
- Do we want to be known as the confetti and lasers people?
- What should God's people be known for?
Ben redirects to the docket's denomination question: when someone hears Silas's church described as 'the confetti and lasers people,' should that sting?
From No. 598 · Emphasis | Accountability, Worship and Praying with Strangers
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Dawson's question: what to watch for in a new church
- What should you pay attention to when stepping into a church community for the first time?
Dawson, a third in-studio voice, asks what to pay attention to when stepping into a church you've never visited.
From No. 595 · Trust But Verify
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Kassin resets the mountaintop conversation
- How do we take mountaintop religious experiences with us instead of becoming dependent on curated moments?
In-studio guest Kassin reframes the docket's third question from his church-camp curriculum work: camps and worship nights curate high-emotion experiences meant to point people to Jesus, but then drop attendees back into everyday life with no way to find Christ there.
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Evaluating the event: Elijah, Josiah, the sign of Jonah, the donuts test
- How do we tell whether a church element has become the thing itself rather than pointing to Jesus?
The hosts work through evaluation tools for curated experiences: Elijah didn't ask God to repeat the fire, and Jesus refused to repeat signs for the Pharisees ('you get the sign…
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"Fall like rain": does inviting the Spirit imply he is absent?
- Does asking the Holy Spirit to "come" into an event misunderstand our relationship to the Spirit?
Ben raises his second question: prayers and worship songs that ask the Holy Spirit to "fall like rain" and "come into this place" sound like an invitation to someone not yet there, when the Spirit is indwelt the moment you acknowledge Jesus as king.
From No. 580 · Not Sure | Old Testament Law, Holy Spirit Guidance, Christian Discernment
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Feeling spiritually meh: causes, experiences, and ways through
- Have you ever felt spiritually meh, what does it feel like, and how do you get out of it?
The main discussion: what it means to feel "spiritually meh" — not rebelling against God, but not wanting to do the prayer, Bible reading, and other connecting practices you know are good.
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Ask the pastor: the 'cakes of raisins' in Hosea 3:1
- What are the 'cakes of raisins' in Hosea 3:1, and why does the verse pair them with worshiping other gods?
Boova's last ask-the-pastor: reading Hosea 3:1, he couldn't stop laughing at the line about Israel turning to other gods 'and love cakes of raisins.'
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Bear Grylls' church critique, prayer, and discipleship
- Is Bear Grylls right that Jesus would struggle with 99% of churches, and would you stay if the production were stripped away?
- How do you practice real one-on-one discipleship instead of relying on church programs?
The hosts discuss Bear Grylls' Christian Post interview: he is unabashedly open about his faith but says Jesus would struggle with 99% of churches today, urging people to stay…
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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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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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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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The mythical 'perfect Christian' posturing
- Is the 'perfect Christian' posture a real thing churches run into, or just an easy target for opinion pieces?
A host asks whether the 'perfect Christian' — people posturing as having it all together — is a real thing churches run into or just an easy target for opinion pieces.
From No. 424 · When Culture Lacks Objective Reality
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Revelation misconceptions, part 2: the rapture and the wrong reaction
- Is COVID-19 part of biblical prophecy — are we living in the end times?
The hosts cover the final two misconceptions. Fourth: the rapture as escape — they argue God's people are rarely spared worldly pain, citing martyrs under God's throne who are told to wait.
From No. 405 · Reading Revelation Wrong
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Manufactured presence: key changes and fog machines
- Should we still do big worship events if some people get nothing real out of them?
Ben asks whether worship leaders can tell the difference when the Holy Spirit shows up — would the set go the same either way?
From No. 375 · Zimbobster
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The right-song question, the complaint line, and Ben's New Orleans heaviness
- When the right song comes on at the right moment, is that the Holy Spirit or just a feeling?
A host asks: when the right song hits at the right moment, is that the Holy Spirit or just a feeling?
From No. 597 · Maybe A Word From God
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Feelings as validation: the gushy-feeling risk
The relationship with God is 'a sacrificial close relationship - that's love,' but without 'all the time guaranteed gushy feelings.'
From No. 602 · Relationship Counseling
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Flippant God-talk: VBS videos, Jeremiah 29:11, and the 'exile' misquote
Ben tells of baptisms Sunday: an emcee's 'look at all the cool things God is doing' over a VBS video struck him as flippant — 'we're not wandering in and out of the tent of meeting; we're coming in in a bathrobe and shaving our armpits.'
From No. 597 · Maybe A Word From God
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When worship feels obligatory at non-church events
Ben describes homeschool sporting events where someone fires up a worship tune before the game; the room debates whether it feels obligatory versus genuinely drawing people in,…
From No. 583 · My Girl Likes to Holy All the Time | Public Prayer & Worship Culture
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Music, chord progressions, and over-spiritualizing feelings
The room admits the danger in the music itself: put the right chord progression under anything — Dan jokes you could sing "I love toothpaste and earwax" — and it produces a feeling that gets over-spiritualized as the Spirit moving.
From No. 580 · Not Sure | Old Testament Law, Holy Spirit Guidance, Christian Discernment
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Youth groups: games and food vs depth
The room unloads on youth groups that are mostly games and dodgeball with ten minutes of Jesus: kids come for the food, stay on their phones, and never get anything deep.
From No. 576 · Get A Dog
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Pope-style advice: gospel influence requires sacrifice
Remembering his forgotten Pope-style advice, a host argues that gospel influence in other people's lives requires sacrifice of time, talents, or money - giving the example of youth leaders who give up drinking entirely to stay above reproach with kids.
From No. 562 · Enter the McCormick II
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Rise Fest report: worship, community, and the pledge
- Is it wrong that I stopped putting my hand over my heart for the pledge of allegiance?
A host addressed in the audio as Mike recounts the Rise Fest Christian music festival: We The Kingdom, Big Daddy Weave, and Casting Crowns, whose repeated line 'you're not the…
From No. 433 · The Heavy