This week on the show we’re talking with Dirk Von Stein as he shares songs and stories about his recovery from alcoholism and the road that led him back to music and eventually to Jesus. Plus, Mike’s wife thinks he might be angry with God…and she was right. And on Ask the Pastor, Boova wonders how we can be confident about what is or is not in our Bibles, especially when there are parts of the Scripture that tell us about other writings that are out there that we don’t have.

Plus, advice on Dear Live From The Path.

This week, we’re talking about the difference between believing you are primarily doing things for God compared to with God. Also, prayer in Oklahoma schools, an ask the pastor around how you choose what to teach, and advice on Dear Live From The Path.

This week, why folks are having a hard time making friends nowadays. Plus, what the heck is going on with these Jesus/Psychology/Self-help types who seem to constantly have a new revelation on what it looks like to follow Jesus that waxes and wanes by a dating app relationship? Also, what does it actually mean to make disciples? Is the responsibility just to share information and the Spirit handles the rest or is it more akin to guiding people through a Christian bootcamp type of experience to help them know what it looks like to follow Jesus?

Plus advice on Dear Live From The Path where we once again affirm that it’s perfectly fine to rat out cheating friends if they won’t do it themselves.

This week, we’re talking about looking back in lament and ahead in wonder when it comes to your relationship with Jesus. Plus advice on Dear Live From The Path.

episode 551

It’s a Pizza Hut week, 30 minutes or less. Enjoy some quick advice and go about your day.

episode 550

This week, Ethan Huffey joins us in studio to talk about delivering Bibles to the villages of Peru. Also, he joins us for a fresh round of Secular vs. Solomon and we give some advice on Dear Live From The Path, including a man with an intrusive concierge and another man who has a fiance who tells long, long stories.

episode 549

This week on the show, is it possible to read too much Bible? What about the risk/rewards of using supplemental material like videos, commentaries and other things to help with Bible study. Plus, when Paul says in 2 Corinthians that he went to the 3rd heaven, what does that mean?

No advice this week, but we take a couple of Bible quizzes. You’ve been warned.

episode 548

This week, encountering the stories of God administering physical judgment on His own people in the Old Testament can be difficult to understand. How do we understand the seeming differences between the things that Jesus points us to and the scenarios of judgment and justice we see in the Old Testament. Plus, 7 habits to break if you want to get along with your kids when they’re older and a Dear Live From The Path segment that asks whether husbands should be required to accompany their middle-aged wives to the dance club.

episode 547

This week, is baptism necessary for salvation? And, is worry and anxiety sinful? And if that doesn’t tickle your feathers, we tie up the show with some advice on Dear Live From The Path, including an extended set of Russian bird impressions at the end.

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This week, Mike has a visceral reaction to Bitcoin. Plus, Boova asks the pastors whether Judah was a jerk or a savior when he sold his brother to the Ishmaelites. And, how the state of the church might be more like Weekend at Bernie’s.

Finally, advice on Dear Live From The Path, including a man who only showers every 3 weeks and a wife who wants to be on the deed of her house because her husband holds it over her.