Fear ultimately is a poor motivator. Only love makes us want and wish for the good.

If we do wrong, we should want to be punished versus entering into the abyss of avoidance and addiction, which just leads to more pain. Punishment is meant as a corrective, to get us back on the right path.

Soren goes deeper into the Reward Disease. When we do and act and don’t get the reward we anticipate, the soil of revenge and retribution can take hold. Autumn teaches us to let go of those leaves, let them fall where they will. And trust that God will recompense.

Soren really starts to zero in on why we do what we do. Is it for the worldly reward, the pride, the power, and the possessions? Or is it to Will the One Thing? The will of God. Regardless of the temporal consequences?

Although Soren himself sought to have “Purity of Heart Is To Will One Thing” it was a struggle. We can be thankful that he wrote through this struggle to find the clarity, peace, and purpose, to will the one thing.

We continue walking through Chapter 3 in Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing. Barriers to Willing One Thing: Variety of Great Moments Are Not One Thing. Prayer is the path in the Office of Confession.

We begin Chapter 3 in “Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing.” Soren brings the Truth and it didn’t always make him popular. He predicted, though, that the Truth of what he wrote would triumph over time.

God uses punishment to slow our steps down so we stop and become silent. And when silent, we hear his voice and end up arriving at hope if we heed.

Having contrition for our sin and the consequences may not truly be Confession. We must be forgiven through the merits of Christ. Soren writes first to himself and then to us about how to proceed on our way to eternity.

Using Soren as a guide, this podcast explores the rise and fall of Nazism and Hitler. And how confession keeps the rocket from exploding.