Often times, we put the cart before the horse. We try to evangelize people into a Christianized version of the insanity they are already living. The path of the Righteous leads us through the desert which gives us perspective on our own insanity so God can heal us, and heal the world through us.

When we walk through the tough desert times in our life with the humble posture of Jesus, God transforms our hearts and we learn to renounce our addiction to comfort and security and adopt a heart of faith.

The Bible describes the path of the righteous. As we explore the narratives of the Bible we notice a pattern of spirituality repeated in the three themes of desert, grave, and exile. On today's episode we explore the role of the desert in our spiritual formation.

In an interview with counselor, author, teacher, and pastor, Dave Beach, we talk about how he made peace with his life's suffering, and how it sparked a passion in his life to understand a theology of suffering from an incarnational approach.

Do you believe things about Jesus, do you believe in Jesus, do you believe Jesus, or do you believe what Jesus believed? Switching to a journey motif when understanding the Gospel is essential to spiritual formation.

To answer the question, "How God Changes Us," we need to start with the basic understanding of the Gospel, and shift it from an exterior foreign thing imposed upon us to an interior thing written on our hearts that we are called back toward.