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325 Secular vs. Sacred (15) Spirituality vs. Religion

325 Secular vs. Sacred (15) Spirituality vs. Religion

Uncensored Unprofessor
Secular vs. Sacred, Christian Worldview, Current Events

The global church has seen its fill of horrors: pastors and priests betraying their call by sinning and deflating congregants' attitudes toward Christianity. And yet the broader culture still makes evident a hunger for transcendence: spirituality is on the rise. So what, respectively, do religion and spirituality take as their focus and their telos? I compare spirituality and religion in this episode. Along the way I also share more strategic questions one might ask in thoughtful conversations. Come think and laugh with me! 

183 What is Christian Spirituality?

183 What is Christian Spirituality?

Uncensored Unprofessor
Spirituality

Spirituality means a kazillion diverse things today. But in the bible there are specific ways of framing what spirituality means. Variously the doctrines of creation, eschatology, and incarnation reveal what spirituality looks like through godly lenses. It's time for believers to process more biblically and less Gnostically on this important topic.

154 The Grand Mystery: Trinity (1) What caused it to arise in history?

154 The Grand Mystery: Trinity (1) What caused it to arise in history?

Uncensored Unprofessor
Trinity

What caused the doctrine of the Trinity to arise in ancient history? A quest for religious marketplace advantage? Was it all just mere philosophic speculation? If the Bible doesn't come right out and say "Worship God as three who is one" then why do we? In this episode I unpack the God-at-work-in-history reasons why Christianity is resoundingly trinitarian. Come and think and laugh and sing with me! 

103 Why is the Church Sick? (4) What We Worship

Uncensored Unprofessor
top25, Why is the Church Sick?

Where our treasure is there is our heart. What we worship makes evident what we believe. The Low churches have, unintentionally, turned worship into a private experience, something not unlike what we enjoy at the mall or the theater. We can have private experiences even when we're in a crowd. And all this? Precisely when people are starving for community and so leaving the Church. I probe some painful lines of inquiry and make some simple curative suggestions.

066 The Shape of The Soul

066 The Shape of The Soul

Uncensored Unprofessor
Spirituality

The human soul is not hard-wired, it gets shaped. Two authors I just read argue that our souls get shaped more by the western marketplace than by Christianity. How does that happen? What goes into that? Are they simply irritated with capitalism? Should we be? And then, what shapes your soul? Are you being intentional? Have you ever met beautiful souls? How can we go about shaping our souls?