Bad Religious Practice and It's Adverse Effect on Society
Vintage god isgood_5.19.13
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3. 1. COMMMIT to being here – or listen to the podcast
– weekly
2. COMMMIT to doing the weekly soul training
exercises
3. COMMIT to journaling your thoughts, feelings &
reflections from those experiences & see what
god might be saying to you
in the process...
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF
THIS SERIES
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7. You shall love the Lord your God
WITH all your heart & with
all your soul & with all your mind.
This is the great & first commandment.
MATTHEW
22:37-38
9. A DISCIPLE OF JESUS...
Knows who & whose they are
I am an adopted child of god, co-heir
w/Jesus
& am empowered & sustained by his holy
spirit
10. A DISCIPLE OF JESUS...
Knows who & whose they are
I am an adopted child of god, co-heir
w/Jesus
& am empowered & sustained by his holy
spirit Knows where they are
I am a citizen in the
unshakable kingdom of god
13. False narrative #1
We change by our own willpower
HOW WE’RE SPIRITUALLY
TRANSFORMED
TRUE narrative #1
We change by indirect effort
(doing the things we can do,
by the spirit’s power, to help us
do the things we currently can’t)
16. 1. FAMILY NARRATIVES
STORIES WE LEARN FROM OUR IMMEDIATE &
EXTENDED FAMILY
2. CULTURAL NARRATIVES
STORIES WE LEARN FROM THE
REGION/CULTURE WE GROW UP IN
CHANGING OUR NARRATIVES
17. 1. FAMILY NARRATIVES
STORIES WE LEARN FROM OUR IMMEDIATE &
EXTENDED FAMILY
2. CULTURAL NARRATIVES
STORIES WE LEARN FROM THE
REGION/CULTURE WE GROW UP IN
3. RELIGIOUS NARRATIVES
STORIES WE LEARN FROM “THE PULPIT,”
SUNDAY SCHOOL, ETC.
CHANGING OUR NARRATIVES
18. 1. FAMILY NARRATIVES
STORIES WE LEARN FROM OUR IMMEDIATE &
EXTENDED FAMILY
2. CULTURAL NARRATIVES
STORIES WE LEARN FROM THE
REGION/CULTURE WE GROW UP IN
3. RELIGIOUS NARRATIVES
STORIES WE LEARN FROM “THE PULPIT,”
SUNDAY SCHOOL, ETC.
4. JESUS’ NARRATIVES
CHANGING OUR NARRATIVES
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20. False narrative #2
GOD IS AN AGRY GOD...IF YOU DO WELL,
HE WILL BLESS YOU; IF YOU SIN, HE WILL
PUNISH YOU
CHANGING OUR NARRATIVES
21. False narrative #2
GOD IS AN AGRY GOD...IF YOU DO WELL,
HE WILL BLESS YOU; IF YOU SIN, HE WILL
PUNISH YOU
CHANGING OUR NARRATIVES
TRUE narrative #2
GOD IS A GOOD FATHER
WHO LOVES HIS creation &
CARES FOR ALL THAT HE’S MADE
22. There were some present at that very time
who told Him about the Galileans whose
blood Pilate had mingled with their
sacrifices.
And He answered them, “Do you think that
these Galileans were worse sinners than all
the other Galileans, because they suffered
in
LUKE 13:1-5
23. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in
Siloam fell & killed them: do you think that
they were worse offenders than all the
others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell
you;
but unless you repent, you will
all likewise perish.”
LUKE 13:1-5
24. For He (God) makes His sun rise ON THE
evil & on the good, & sends rain
on the just & on the unjust.
MATTHEW 5:45
25. “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his
parents,
that he was born blind?” Jesus said,
“It was not that this man sinned,
or his parents, but that the works
of God might be displayed in him.”
JOHN 9:2-3
26. ...which one of you, if his son asks him
for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him
a serpent? If you then, who are evil, KNOW
how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father who
is in heaven give good things
to those who ask Him!
MATTHEW 7:9-
11
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28. SOUL TRAINING EXERCISES
OPTION #1
PRACTICING AN AWARENESS OF
CREATION...
- TAKE A WALK, a bike ride, etc.
- PAY ATTENTION TO THE
SIGHTS/SOUNDS
- WATCH A NATURE DOCUMENTARY
- REFLECT ON THE EXPANSE &
29. SOUL TRAINING EXERCISES
OPTION #2
RUTHLESSLY ELIMINATE HURRY FROM
YOUR LIFE
- drive the speed limit or below
- come to a complete stop...
- choose the long line @ the store
- let someone w/more stuff
go ahead of you in line
30. A DISCIPLE OF JESUS...
Knows who & whose they are
I am an adopted child of god, co-heir w/jesus
& am empowered & sustained by his holy
spirit
Knows where they are
I am a citizen in the
unshakable kingdom of god
