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You are their mission
Hanging out with folks from different denominations than yours is just fine. Just think twice about attending their Bible study!
070 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
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069 Wisdom Takes Time
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Trauma salvation fantasy
Living for random followers on social media is a thin way to live. As Rev Fisk notes, if you spend your life watching, then you live as if you're being watched.
068 The Good Shrinking
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Life, the movie:starring you
Living for random followers on social media is a thin way to live. As Rev Fisk notes, if you spend your life watching, then you live as if you're being watched.
The damage lingers
Everything in moderation? Screen time has a long half-life, so use with caution. The Fisks discuss screens, anxiety and lies we tell ourselves.
067 Friday Evening Special
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Not on the label
There is no "vanilla" Christianity – every Bible study has a doctrinal flavor. That's not a bad thing, the issue is when there people think there is something is "just...
You could just meet together
Women-led Bible studies are rather contentious. Rev Fisk suggests leaving the Bible study to the Pastor and instead provide space for the ladies to talk about their fa...
Beset by pornography
Rev Fisk observes that lingering sins like pornography are often the spawn of addiction. Don't keep judging yourself for being weak but instead fight the idols.
066 Wake up!
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Slowly taking down the high places
Long game or short game? Rev Fisk responds to a question about when pastors should introduce changes slowly, and when they should move quickly.
Just be the best
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065 Mutual Trust
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Remember your Creator and rest
How is the Sabbath relevant to us today? Rev Fisk unpacks how far from being restrictive, the third commandment is full of grace.
God did it, you can trust it
Your baptism was not a "waste of holy water".
Woe to me if I don't go to every meeting
A letter from the wife of a busy pastor prompts a discussion of how church culture and congregational expectation can create a whole lot of busywork. In addition, some...
064 Standing firm, set apart
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Build towards Paradise
We don't teach the faith to our children then complain that America has become godless...
Love is not calculus
Discussions of law and Gospel can get pretty crazy. Rev Fisk says the arguments can gut the text of its meaning and stop a Christian from loving the Word and seeking a...
063 Can We Do Hard Things?
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Disembodied work
Creating a spreadsheet is not quite the same thing as carving some wood..
Delete them one by one
More social media = more anxiety!
Busy pastors and their wives
A new pastor's wife writes in to ask how to avoid becoming a "Lutheran pastor's widow".
062 Who's in charge here?
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We live as if God's not here
The Mad Christian observes how the slow secularizing of our culture is revealed by general ignorance of Scripture and that we live as "practical atheists". The lesson ...
How women can actually help men
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Expectation world
The Risks discuss how Instagram, Pinterest and other social media sites project unrealistic expectations for what it means to have a beautiful life. Less stuff and mor...
061 Incise Your Gates!
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