This week, we discuss whether it’s wrong to name a ministry after yourself. Also, on Ask the Pastor, the prophet Isaiah seems to conflate service to the poor with effective fasting, how should we understand that? And on Dear Live From The Path, helping friends make their way back to church and a wife who retired and is now consumed by crosswords.

episode 513

This week, have you ever been afraid to pray something? And do you remember the moment your faith became “real”, not just something you were surrounded by, taught or know as a fact. Plus, advice for the lady who thinks all men are dumb and the teen who has trouble finding friends on Dear Live From The Path.

episode 512

This week, the main reason reason people ditch God, demons in the library, when the church endorses drinking, and why Proverbs and the Songs of Solomon. Also, advice on Dear Live From The Path.

episode 511

This week, King Saul seems to catch prophesying like it’s the flu and ends up nude in the process. Also, we’ll discuss whether the books of Job and Jonah describe real, historical events, 7 ways in which some paster somewhere thinks its harder to do his job nowadays vs. 30 years ago, and whether it’s a cop out to not call out sin.

Plus advice on Dear Live From The Path

episode 510

This week, is it possible that we have gotten the wrong idea about God’s prerogatives based upon actual right understandings of His mercy? Saul sacrifices to God before a battle because the prophet Samuel was running late and ends up losing his throne because of it. Later, a dude tries to keep God’s Ark of the Covenant from tipping over and dies for his trouble. Is God overreacting here? Or is there something else to consider and does it still apply to us today?

Plus, loose lips sink ships…or create Christian hits. We discuss an article from New Release Tuesday about the pervasiveness of swearing, crude images, and other decidedly less worshipful contents of modern Christian music. Also, advice on Dear Live From The Path.

episode 509

This week, phrases to stop saying when evil strikes (including letting go of the phrase “evil has struck”.) Also, a witch calls a deceased Samuel back from the dead in 1 Samuel 28. Did she actually bring him back from the dead? Or was it perhaps an evil spirit acting like they were Samuel. And, how important is theology?

Plus advice on Dear Live From The Path.

episode 508

This week, we’re talking about how a suggestion to stop using the word “Father” in the Lord’s prayer brings into relief the difference between trauma informed vs. trauma excused. Also, how being “seen and heard” by the world around us is the equivalent of interacting with the first dude in the good Samaritan story. Plus, fresh round of woke or toke and advice on Dear Live From The Path.

episode 507

In addition to an intro inquiry about getting cut and jacked, we hit up a question about how you know whether Jesus is trying to get in touch with you as well as commonalities between 50 atheists who came to faith. We also may have wandered into a conversation around how evolution seems to have given up too early.

Plus, advice on Dear Live From The Path, including how to handle a flirty doctor and a friend who wants to branch out post-COVID.

episode 506

This week, we discuss an article claiming to have 15 ways a dad can leave a legacy. Plus, Pope style advice and Dear Live From The Path.

There are numerous situations where an open mic is dangerous: poorly attended karaoke, a funeral, an elementary school performance and…social media? This week Grace and Emma join us in studio to talk technology use from an actual teenager’s perspective vs. the luddite stylings of your usual Live From The Path crew. However, stick with this one, as it wanders into the troublesome nature of intentionality, control, failure, guilt and discipline.

Plus, advice on Dear Live From The Path including how far to press the issue of overly-friendly dogs on the local walking path and whether your kids who can’t handle the world.

episode 504