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Intro and a guitar-drowing, pastor-dangling emergency (00:00-19:30)

I found something on youtube [The pilot of the TV Show The Promised Land] I loved it and i'm curious to hear your thoughts on this christian media. i could be overthinking but want to make sure this is okay to watch before i get too attached. (19:34-37:52)

How to deal with people who lack empathy? Who are so blinded by the comforts they now have that they are indifferent to the hardships of others? (37:56-55:01)

What does Paul mean in 1 Corinthians 11:27 when he warns about taking communion in “an unworthy manner”. That seems like a very different vibe than Jesus’ description of communion. (55:04-01:08:07)

Closing Song: All Hail The Power of Jesus' Name (Glenn Kaiser)

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Intro and we discuss what makes a true Chicago pope (00:00-19:14)

People talk about feeling something profound during worship, but I people also feel stuff while singing secular songs or being at concerts. Is worship something different, or just that same emotional high that music gives? (19:26-41:19)

How do I know if someone can’t change what they are doing or if they just won’t? Those things feel very different. (41:23-56:39)

What does it mean that we died in Christ, but we also live in Him? (56:45-01:09:27)

Closing Song: As I Am (Lee Younger)

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Intro and a Jeepin' emergency (00:00-19:30)

How do you distinguish between hypocrisy and when people just being people and falling short of something they talk about? (19:42-36:59)

I have been praying about a situation in my life. What am I looking for now to tell if God is answering me? (37:03-48:36)

In John 21, what is the significance of Jesus asking Peter if he loves Him 3 times? I get that it mirrors Peter’s denial, but what does that mean for us? (48:45-01:02:20)

Closing Song: Women, God, and Rock and Roll (Jed Brewer)

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Intro and the guys try to get on a blessings grift (00:00-18:25)

What are we supposed to make of Judas? Jesus seems to say he is a unique kind of bad. But also things couldn’t have happened the way they were supposed to without him, right? (18:38-32:36)

Why are there different accounts of the resurrection in the Bible? (33:50-47:33)

What does it mean to personally have peace when the world around you is so crazy? (47:39-59:05)

Closing Song: Break of Day (Lee Younger)

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*Note: Matt somehow broke his mic without knowing it, so his audio is a little thinner than normal. Apologies, everything will be back to normal next episode. If you are Matt's wife and reading this, don't worry about any microphone sized Amazon boxes you may see in the next few days, those are nothing.

Intro and a new offering strategy - hostage taking! (00:00-16:41)

When things are bad, is being positive or hopeful kind of irresponsible or denial? (16:56-31:29)

There are some promises made to people in the Bible, the OT specifically, that do apply to all Christians, but not all of the promises do - Is that right? How do we know which is which? (31:32-44:05)

The story of the faith of the centurion in Luke 7 has always confused me because “people at work do what I tell them” doesn’t seem like amazing faith to me. Is there something I am missing? (44:14-01:02:34)

Closing Song: The Old Rugged Cross (Front Toward Enemy)

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Intro and Church Gym Emergency! (00:00-14:27)

Is the "age of accountability" a thing? (14:31-34:46)

How do I accept that some relationships in my life are just about as good as they are gonna get? Like I could try to set more boundaries, explain myself more, etc, but it feels like the other person has come about as far as they are going to. Is it okay to accept that? (34:48-46:19)

In Matthew 18:19, Jesus says “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.” I feel like that is not how it works, but what does this verse mean? (46:26-01:01:12)

Closing Song: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Pete Lawson)

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Intro and Oscar worthy emergency (00:00-15:20)

This week, Matt ran across the phrase “Anger feels like power to [some] people.”  And it got the guys thinking. (15:28-32:37)

Are there such things as biblically “masculine” or “feminine” traits? I hear people say masculine traits are things like courage and strength, and feminine traits are being nurturing and caring. But shouldn’t everybody try to be those things? (32:40-43:48)

How should I think about bible verses like Philippians 2:14? It is a clear command, it’s also not something that I (or anyone else) can actually do. So what does it mean for me? (43:54-57:55)

Closing Song: Bigger Than My Fears (Jed Brewer)

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Read Jed's article about the song Lee wrote for his wedding: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/what-wedding-song-teach-us-about-creative-commercial-success-1235262312/

Intro and a totally-not-jealous emergency (00:00-18:35)

Jesus says we should pray for our enemies. Does praying for them to get hit by lightning count? (19:26-36:48)

There are times in the Bible where it says that Jesus heals someone, but also times where Jesus tells them “your faith has healed you.” Is that just a way of saying the same thing, or is there something different going on with some of them? (36:52-47:35)

Obviously racism, sexism, etc is wrong. But is it un-christian? Is there a Christian/biblical case against it? (47:38-01:04:46)

Closing Song: Take My Life and Let It Be (Lee Younger)

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Intro and an emergency segment so off the rails, even I lost track of what we were talking about (00:00-21:42)

When I hear people like politicians say things like “God is on his throne” after bad things happen, it makes me angry. Like great, but shouldn’t you be doing something too? Is that being unreasonable or judgmental? (21:45-37:12)

How do I know if I am ready to get married? (37:17-51:22)

What is “the flesh” that Paul talks about? I feel like that only gets talked about referring to sexual stuff, but it seems like he is talking about something broader. (51:28-01:0:43)

Closing Song: Amazing Grace (Glenn Kaiser)

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Intro and some 2025 pitches (00:00-12:50)

How do I have a heathy friendship with someone when they are going through things in their life where they don’t really have the bandwidth to be a good friend back to me? (13:04-27:11)

I was raised with a lot of religious guilt. Like always talking about how “everybody you are do something bad, you are basically crucifying Jesus yourself”. I have done a lot of work letting go of all the shame. But I don’t know how to think about concepts like sin without going back to all that. Help? (27:16-46:27)

In John 12, Jesus defends the woman pouring out oil on him. After reading that, I wondered, is there a chance I am to judgmental of things like big churches that have a lot of expensive stuff? (46:31-59:37)

Closing Song: Cannons on a Lighthouse (Randall Goodgame)