[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6672664/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] When the going gets tough, the faithful get…incredibly tempted to build golden calves (i.e., to call upon pagan deities). Like Israel at Sinai, we don’t intend to abandon the covenant God of Israel entirely. We just…want some immediate help and think another, more...
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unORTHODOX, Part 02: Gnosticism, Docetism and Why Plato Isn’t the Best Spiritual Director
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6668610/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] If the church has a favorite heresy, it is likely that of gnosticism – the belief that the main problem with the spiritual life is that we have bodies. They seem to be forever getting in the way of pure spiritual pursuits, dragging us...
God, Self & Other – Luke 46: When Will the Kingdom Come?
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6429571/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] The great theologian Johnny Cash once wrote: “You’re so heavenly minded you’re no earthly good.” Only Jesus said it better. In this episode we look at the temptation to be so focused on the hereafter that we miss the presence of the kingdom of...