S2 E33: Tom Rundel: Holding Conviction Confidently and Non-violently

Liminal Living

English - November 29, 2023 11:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Previous Episode: S2 E32: Scot McKnight: Revelation, End Times, and Christian Nationalism

Next Episode: S2 E34: Dr Thomas Jay Oord: God is not Omnipotent, and that's good news

Have you ever learned a new perspective, started a new diet, or become really religious, and then get on a mission to convert everyone in your path to this new thing… only to leave it behind at some point and wonder what’s real? Me too. It leaves you feeling guilty for being “wrong” or feeling shamed for convincing so many people of something you are not so sure of anymore. What do we do with this part of our history, and how can we hold our current convictions with both confidence and humility?

In this episode I share some thoughts I have learned along the way of having conversations with wonderful folks on this podcast. I also offer some perspective on passages of scripture like the widow’s two mites, and the parable of the talents.

Time Stamps for the episode:

00:43 Mental Furniture

05:45 Convert, Convince, Convict

11:14 Frames and how we hold them

16:13 Learning from perspectives not my own

21:52 Naming your frames to hold them non-violently

27:48 The Parable of the Talents

33:33 Parable of the Whistleblower

39:36 Interpreting scripture through our frame

44:12 Creating subcultures and naming it reality

49:38 Christian Nationalism

53:52 Hope is not an emotion, but an imagination

57:02 Conclusions

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