Too Busy to Flush

www.tb2f.com | We kick off with some humorous happenings around the house regarding kids, vets and scantily-clad mannequins before moving to Molly's early gardening and growing that's yielding some tasty snacks. This then leads to a discussion about relationships that make you better simply because you've been around them and being someone who does the same to others.

www.tb2f.com | In the midst of Molly's work travel, skiing and working we manage to get in an episode talking about some changes to our food intake, adapting palettes and the requisite lament about rising food costs. Then Molly dives in with a discussion about whether or not our impure hearts prevent us from seeing God and the world accurately. We ask many questions: how can we approach God with certainty? Is this an appropriate application of the Beatitudes? Molly then concedes a really good point to J.R. and she wraps the discussion with a contrast between Barth and Francis Schaeffer. Naturally, there's a recipe in here too.

www.tb2f.com | This is a retake! We cover the same topics though: a new cake and frosting recipe, health issues with vaping, its use among kids and parents who don't engage with them. How we can engage with them and others when we're just feeling overwhelmed with the assault of the world on our families and lives.

www.tb2f.com | Naturally good steak leads to a discussion about God's predestination and the tension with prayer. Or, at least that's where this episode goes. Molly shares a few episodes along with insights into current topics being discussed around the house at the moment.

www.tb2f.com | JR's comment on last week's show about repenting just not being adequate sparks a conversation and the inadequacy of fixing problems through just vaguely confession and using the Gospel as a sanctimonious Jesus Juke. We also (still?) are struggling with a kid's sleep habits and Molly talks about Bacon Fig Jam. EPISODE NOTES 1:48: Ski Patrol training and tree wells 6:07: Mixing shows and Star Wars 7:20: Bacon fig jam 9:30: Bible Project’s Introductory to the Psalms 12:00: More struggles with our daughter 16:01: Repentance and specificity 19:48: There is truth in confessing more but… 22:30: Depression and confession [Spiritual Depression, Martin Lloyd-Jones] 25:50: Using the gospel as law and Jesus Juking 28:03: What you must do to experience fulfillment 30:54: Lecturing kids and the law 33:41: Why does James call the NT law perfect but then calls it Liberty 35:23: The importance of leaning in to God’s perfect law as people who chafe against rules 37:06: Start with the question of who God is 37:43: Practical examples for the kids 41:54: You’re going to feel like a slave 43:30: History of the Christmas Hymn: Joy To The World 48:52: Show Close

Too Busy To Flush podcast episode 121. www.tb2f.com EPISODE SUMMARY We open the year with some thoughts and comments about the show and our amazing listeners and explore the topic of what do when the world goes crazy around you and there's nothing you can do about it. EPISODE NOTES Open: Elese Birthday, Stories from kids about dead cats 5:03: neutering and spaying animals and puberty blockers 7:05: Cats reproductive systems 8:31: Pete and Kim’s dogs 10:27: Snowflakes and being so severed from reality 12:06: Apocalyptic Politics; Carl Trueman article 15:02: The real world experience vs. virtual and being increasingly marginalized in the public sphere 19:06: China’s covid policy reversal 20:53: Molly and JR bicker 22:00: Ukraine, all the whys, and real suffering 25:28: Reflections on Psalm 2 and the Jump to Jesus. 29:37: Kings are never referred to as “Son of God” 31:08: What is our posture towards the rulers of the earth 33:41: What God calls us to do 36:23: Voddie Baucham talk on Psalm 2 40:01: Our brains were not designed to know more than we can control 41:33: All the news all the time gives us a sense of omniscience and omnipotence 43:05: JR’s comments about Liturgy Devotional, Be Thou My Vision. 45:07: Thoughts and reflections on TB2F and our listeners. 46:23: Rebecca’s voicemail 48:25: Show close

Too Busy to Flush Podcast Episode 102. TB2F.com Episode Summary In this episode, life has brought full circle the fact we don't know everything and we're not in control. So how do we respond? Episode Notes Intro & Housekeeping, 2:14: Thorns in the flesh, David and Saul, pride. 4:50: Behold the Lamb of God. 6:49: Parenting struggles with our 4 year old. 8:52: Forgetting bad things with your kids, the struggle with our human nature, why health and wealth. seems so appealing. 10:51: Community Comments on the news, anxiety and hopelessness. 12:28: Our desire to know and control, be omniscient like God, and our finite capacity to do so. 14:43: Embracing the life God gives us and just rolling with it. 15:50: Great Christmas books: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever; The Family Under the Bridge, Great Joy. 17:59: Lessons from the book of Judges about trying to control our world and being drawn away from the Lord because we’re trying to control. 22:22: “Going well” is different for God than it is with us. 27:05: The tension of the whole human life: enjoying your work but doing so in a fallen world and bumping against uncomfortable things- it’s for God’s glory. 28:55 Unbelievers thriving and the unjust and God’s glory will get accomplished eventually. 29:35: John Piper on Forgiveness, Justice and Mercy, Miroslav Volf: Exclusion and Embrace; Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace 34:10 The death of Molly’s great uncle and The Forgotten 500 from WW2 41:35: Death and Christmas and permanent loss 43:30: Control, Jesus’ humility and working for our salvation 45:38: Derek Webb, Abraham Piper, and Josh Harris themes on not being good enough 49:09: Being good and being good enough to earn salvation, psychologizing Christianity. 54:10: Freedom in our lack of control: don’t overcomplicate, do what’s in front of you today, eat drink and be merry.