August 24, 2015 Podcast

Show opening and welcome

The episode opens with the produced intro voiceover identifying the Pathway Studios in Johnston, Iowa, followed by the live show start. A host notes that Mike and Boova are goofing off in the studio while he tries to begin the program. He welcomes listeners, jokes about assuming they are here because they love the show, and previews in-studio guest Moriah Harris.

Bosley hair-bit and a pivot to Moriah

A host riffs on Bosley hair-restoration infomercials, saying the company never explains how the procedure works and asking listeners who have done it to describe what actually happens. He then pivots to the night's guest, saying he felt a communion with Moriah Harris because both of them need the listeners' help — his request comedic, hers serious.

News rundown: the Ashley Madison hack and public sin

• Can someone sign up on a site like Ashley Madison under another person's name?

The hosts discuss a wave of public sexual scandals in the news: Jared Fogle, Josh Duggar's appearance on ashleymadison.com, and the site's data exposure. They debate whether names on the hacked list can be trusted — one host wonders whether anyone could just put a neighbor's name down — and trade jokes about Duggar's situation. A host recalls Ben's old business idea for a professional secret-keeper firm (named in the audio), likening it to a Charles Dickens plot device. The chapter introduces the night's recurring idea — Christians need to give up the concept of damage control — and closes with a teaser for the Dear LFTP letters.

Interview: Moriah Harris on El Salvador mission work

• How can listeners help Moriah's mission work in El Salvador?

Guest Moriah Harris (addressed by name on-air; speaker-2) describes her call to El Salvador: her church's annual mission trips to Honduras and El Salvador, the March 2013 trip where her heart broke for the children, and the sister church in San Salvador's development center, which feeds children a daily meal, helps with schoolwork, and provides medical and dental care alongside gospel teaching. She explains she will live in San Salvador with internet access and work daily at the rural mountainside center about 45 minutes away, and asks listeners for prayer (citing gang violence and drug trafficking), introductions to interested people, and monthly financial support via reliant.org/moriah.harris. The hosts riff on generosity, urging listeners to start giving and pray for God to tell them when to stop.

Give up damage control: the Ashley Madison lesson

The hosts return to the Ashley Madison hack and argue the lesson for Christians is to abandon damage control entirely: the hacking group exposed users after the company refused to admit the site was 98% men, and the leaked list included Vatican, federal-government, and military email addresses. They say freedom comes from telling the whole truth — using King David and Bathsheba as the biblical pattern (his real damage control came before Nathan's confrontation, when he had the husband killed; after the confrontation he wept and repented) — and cite Christian YouTube vloggers Sam and Nia as a modern example of owning sin without buck-passing. The chapter closes with a comic detour into married life: suspicious late-night office hours, ketchup stored in the fridge door, peanut butter, and why starting over is not worth it.

Promos and Bob Eisenlauer sponsor read

A host runs the mid-show promos: livefromthepath.org, past clips and music from acts like Foreverland, the audio podcast and iTunes, then the sponsor read for Bob Eisenlauer (ASR-rendered 'Eisenhower') and the Eisenhower Team at eisenhowerteam.com, with a Bondurant story about for-sale-by-owner houses sitting for weeks until a realtor sold them quickly. The hosts cap it with a joke business idea: a website that matches people with realtors.

Dear LFTP: husband cheating — confront now or later?

• Should I confront my husband now about suspected cheating, or wait to catch him in the act?

A host addressed on-air as Mike (speaker-1) reads a Dear LFTP letter from a woman nearly 100% sure her husband is cheating: she tracked his phone GPS, found a female acquaintance lives where he was, and asks whether to confront him now or catch him at the house. The hosts advise confronting him calmly the next time she sees him — no theatrics, no ambush — saying the calmer she is, the more he will recognize his own failure; they also say she must consider how far she is willing to forgive and whether the marriage matters to her. They read the 'Secular' answer (consult a family-law attorney to learn her rights and use the financial cost of divorce as leverage) and reject it as blackmail, not a foundation for reconciliation.

Dear LFTP: inviting a grieving friend to a festive occasion

• Is it rude to invite someone to a festive occasion shortly after they lost a loved one?

The Dear LFTP letter asks whether it is rude to invite someone to a festive occasion weeks after they lost a loved one, and whether there is a timetable or etiquette rule. The hosts say there is no fixed period — it depends on the relationship — and advise a direct conversation rather than a generic invitation, offering the friend an easy out; one host jokes about inviting a grieving friend to a Sammy Hagar concert ('the car would be driving by your place'). They read the 'Secular' answer (call, mention the celebration obliquely, say the invitation is open) and mock it as phony; the follow-up Secular reading claims there is no timetable for grief and that much grieving may have happened while the deceased was ailing. The chapter ends with the Truth Network radio signoff and a final plug for Moriah Harris's support page.

Podcast-only return: time-flies jokes and a 30th anniversary

Back for the podcast-only second half, the hosts riff on a failed joke — a host wanted to say 'time flies' and then 'time flies coach' but could not find a setup that worked. A host addressed on-air as Dan (speaker-3) reveals it is his thirtieth wedding anniversary, explaining he has been celebrating all day and cannot think straight.

Dear LFTP: online date who brushes his adult daughter's hair

• A man I met online brushed his 24-year-old daughter's hair — is his interest in my long hair a red flag?

A Dear LFTP letter describes a man met online who compliments the writer's long hair and told her he brushed his 24-year-old daughter's hair at her college graduation; she finds it odd and asks the hosts' opinion. The hosts land on creepy-but-possibly-innocent, noting the man is only guilty of complimenting her hair and combing his daughter's; they joke about Seinfeld-style deal-breakers, detangler chemistry, and Rapunzel, and advise her not to move states over a man she already suspects. The 'Secular' answer (discuss it with him non-confrontationally before judging) prompts the hosts to act out how impossible that conversation would be.

Dear LFTP: mother-in-law's boyfriend sharing a room

• How do I handle my widowed mother-in-law bringing her boyfriend on a visit — can they share a room in my home?

A Dear LFTP letter from a woman in Michigan whose widowed mother-in-law in South Carolina is dating a man she wants to bring on her next visit: the writer does not want the unmarried couple sharing a room in her home with her 10- and 13-year-old boys. The hosts debate whether refusing is legislating morality by bedroom location — one host says he would not facilitate it in his house but would not make a scene over a hotel or motorhome, another argues you cannot legislate morality through bed placement. They test the principle with analogies (a meth addict's Sudafed, stranded strangers, swingers and exhibitionists) and land on a split: in your own home you set the rules, and everyone is really just picking which sins they care about. The 'Secular' answer: offer to make hotel reservations for the couple.

Dear LFTP: pay-per-view cost splitting with neighbors

• How do I resolve unfair cost-splitting of pay-per-view fights with my neighbors?

The final Dear LFTP letter comes from a man who splits pay-per-view fight costs and food with his neighbors, but other people show up, do not pitch in, and eat his food — and he eats for one while they eat for five. The hosts' verdict: get pay-per-view at your own house or accept that friendships cost; one host jokes the complainer should bring only enough food for himself and eat half of it. The 'Secular' answer (talk to the neighbors about fairness) gets a laugh, and the chapter closes with the hosts telling the writer to send his money to El Salvador instead.

Show close and Moriah send-off

The show closes with thanks to Moriah Harris and a plea to help send her to El Salvador, the contact email info@liveonthepath.org, and a joke redirecting complaints to Chris Roloff at the Truth Network. The signoff catchphrase: 'be faithful in the means, and God will take care of the ends.'