S2: E13: Ask Me Anything: Spiritual Practice Edition

Liminal Living

English - July 09, 2023 19:06 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Today I asked many of you to submit your questions to me for an Ask Me Anything episode, and I was absolutely shocked at the amount of questions I received. I have four pages of your questions, and today I took on four of them.

#1 from Joseph: Do I have to love myself in order to have a relationship with God or to love God?

#2 from Jason: How does one "grow in their faith?"

#3 from Jacki: What is the point of praying on behalf of someone? Does a person/s praying for someone bring them to the attention of God and he gives them grace, protection, or healing? My thought is that God is already taking care of that person and has them on his radar. It just doesn’t seem like we need to remind God to have grace or mercy on an individual.

#4 from Jeremie: Do you think the current interpretation of prayer in modern Christianity is lost in translation? Meaning instead of asking an omnipotent spirit in the sky for favors, prayer is intended to be a time of meditation and introspection, maybe similar to meditative practices in other religious traditions.

#5 from Jason: Is there a difference between Christian meditation and meditation in other religions?

#6 from Tim: - If you could give spiritual advice to your 20 year old self, what would the most important thing you'd say?

Time Stamps for the episode:

0:45: Introduction

3:45: The Revivalists Screwed with us

8:48: The Worst Sermon Ever Preached

13:53: Charles Finney Ruins Church

19:16: The Origin of “Backslider” Theology

26:13: Fostered Religious Anxiety

32:45: Stages of Love

37:57: Psychological Projection and Hate

42:43: 3 Dimensional Spiritual Growth: Discipleship

48:25: 3 Dimensional Spiritual Growth: Spiritual Formation, Contemplation

53:50: What Does Prayer Do?

1:01:44: Christian Meditation vs Other Religions

1:03:48: Advice I’d give my 20 year old self: Chill out

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