Loving people isn't always easy.

Some of the hardest questions that we often get on the show have to do with how to love someone when they are continually and intentionally making poor choices in life. At what point does helping the person actually do more harm than good? This is especially difficult and one that Jeff and Dave share insights on in this series of podcasts on tough love.

Does using "tough-love strategies" work? What is tough love?

Today’s teens need so much support, it seems, just to stay on the faith journey. So much is after our young people’s attention that faith can seem like just another small piece of life instead of what it needs to be - what guides and directs your life.

Today’s teens need so much support, it seems, just to stay on the faith journey. So much is after our young people’s attention that faith can seem like just another small piece of life instead of what it needs to be - what guides and directs your life.

Who’s on this episode?

Jeff Strommen @jstrommen | Dave Wager @wagerdaw | Jason Kemper @kempster220

Augustine said that faith is “to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.”

This week, students across America take a stand at their flagpole to pray for their school choosing first to be guided by their faith this school year. See You At The Pole is Wednesday, September 28.

 

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See You At The Pole is coming September 28! | NNYM North Central

 

New Alpha Courses Starting

Alpha is a series of sessions exploring the Christian faith, typically run over eleven weeks. Each talk looks at a different question around faith and is designed to create conversation. Alpha is run all around the globe, and everyone’s welcome. It runs in cafés, churches, universities, homes, bars—you name it. No two Alphas look the same, but generally they have three key things in common: food, a talk and good conversation.

Scott joins us to give us an update on the Alpha – Green Bay classes.  Learn more

Words have power. By a word you can build someone up. By a word, you can tear someone down. It's amazing that the words we use can be a force of good or a force of evil, sometimes without even knowing it. This week, Jeff and Dave tackle the issue of bullying. And it's bullying that is leading young teens to consider ending their life. If you've been bullied, you know the emotional and physical scars it can leave. Sometimes, it's the emotional scars that are most painful.

Who’s on this episode?

Jeff Strommen @jstrommen | Dave Wager @wagerdaw | Jason Kemper @kempster220

 

Our second showdown is addressing our deepest appetites. Why? Because the things we want so badly are things that often aren’t good for us. Let’s face it. What I want and what God wants for me are usually polar opposites. I want to feel good and have fun at the same time. God wants me to show people who He is, which is all about character. It’s like there’s an internal battle going on that I do things I know are wrong, but do them anyway because my desires are leading me astray.

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See You At The Pole is coming September 28! | NNYM North Central

 

New Alpha Courses Starting

Alpha is a series of sessions exploring the Christian faith, typically run over eleven weeks. Each talk looks at a different question around faith and is designed to create conversation. Alpha is run all around the globe, and everyone’s welcome. It runs in cafés, churches, universities, homes, bars—you name it. No two Alphas look the same, but generally they have three key things in common: food, a talk and good conversation.

Scott joins us to give us an update on the Green Bay classes starting soon.  Learn more

Who’s on this episode?

Jeff Strommen @jstrommen | Dave Wager @wagerdaw | Jason Kemper @kempster220

 

Millions of students returned to school over the past couple of weeks. In this week’s episode, Jeff and Dave unpack how to best navigate through life when it seems like it’s all a mess of chaos and change. One of the top issues we hear about coming from the chats with our live coaches centers around anxiety. If you’re feeling anxious about the new school year, take a few minutes and have a heart-to-heart with one of the amazing Coaches on our chat line. You’ll be glad you did. Then, have a listen to our conversation.

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See You At The Pole is coming September 28! | NNYM North Central

 

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New Alpha Courses Starting

Alpha is a series of sessions exploring the Christian faith, typically run over eleven weeks. Each talk looks at a different question around faith and is designed to create conversation. Alpha is run all around the globe, and everyone’s welcome. It runs in cafés, churches, universities, homes, bars—you name it. No two Alphas look the same, but generally they have three key things in common: food, a talk and good conversation.

Scott joins us to give us an update on the Green Bay classes starting in September.  Facebook event

 

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Who’s on this episode?

Jeff Strommen @jstrommen | Dave Wager @wagerdaw

 

Have you ever asked yourself, “What am I conforming my life to?” Every person who has ever walked this planet has conformed his or her life to something.  It’s why we are influenced through peer pressure and the like. This week, Jeff and Dave welcome back Mike Jewel of Relational Integrity to look at the different ways we conform our life and what it will take for real transformation to take place.

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Who’s on this episode?

Jeff Strommen @jstrommen | Dave Wager @wagerdaw

Who knew that pocket monsters could be so entertaining? In a matter of a week, news headlines went from protests of the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, followed by the senseless murders of 5 Dallas law enforcement officials to… Pokémon?

Yup. It’s true.

One of the hallmarks, in my humble opinion, of my beloved Millennial Generation is its ability to display empathy for 30 seconds and completely forget something ever happened. This week, Jeff and Dave welcome back Mike Jewel of Relational Integrity to discuss how this Millennial generation could become the least greatest generation in modern history.

 

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The term “The Greatest Generation” is the title of Tom Brokaw’s 1998 book profiling members of this generation, stemming from his attendance at the D-day 40th anniversary celebrations. In the book, Brokaw wrote, “it is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.” He argued that these men and women fought not for fame and recognition, but because it was the “right thing to do.” (Source)

Pokemon Go Fast Facts

15 million app downloads

Read this: Pokémon Go tops Twitter’s daily users, sees more engagement than Facebook | TechCrunch

 

So, if this simple little game is getting people out of their parents’ basement, what could be so bad? Well, aside from the early privacy issues, there is a little known story out there involving a former shaman in the Yanomamo tribe in Venezuela known as Chief Shoefoot. Dave shares this story of Chief Shoefoot’s thoughts on the Pokemon characters.

 

Here’s a response to the comments about Pokemon from Mike Dawson, missionary to the Yanomamo in Venezuela:

“It has been extremely interesting to read all the comments and especially to note the defensiveness of some of the comments (regarding the Pokemon/Bautista true story). Reminds me of the last verse in the book of Judges where it says “In those days there was no king in Israel and every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” It seems the major theme I am reading is, “It might be wrong for you, but for me, I don’t see any thing wrong with it, so it is fine for me”. That is an interesting view.