Published: July 17, 2011We continue the series, Seeing God, taking heavily from Chip Ingram’s book, God: As He Long for You to See Him and A. W. Tozer’s classic, The Knowledge of the Holy.

Today Tim discusses how we can test ourselves and how well we are seeing God. Then we look at the first of seven facets of God that we need to focus in on.

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Published: July 10, 2011Trudi begins a new teaching arc with a look at 20/20 vision and how our view of God affects every part of every relationship.

Our main resources for this series are – of course – the Bible, and Chip Ingram’s book, God: As He Longs for You to See Him.

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Published: June 26, 2011Tim looks at the problem of perspective and how our perspective is sometimes flawed or incomplete, leading to dumb choices.

Much of today’s material is taken from Dr. Madeleine Van Hecke’s book, Blind Spots

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Published: June 19, 2011After recapping some of the emotions that contribute to our dumb choices, Tim explores some other factors that come into play.

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Published: June 12, 2011Insecurity can affect us all. When it does, dumb choices can quickly follow.

Trudi gives a variety of Biblical examples of those that battled insecurity and the solutions that were available.

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Published: June 5, 2011Trudi talks about one of the primary sources of our dumb choices – stress. What is special about stress, and how can we make the smart choice, even in the middle of a stressful situation?

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Published: May 22, 2011Impatience! It rarely works well for us, yet we still continue to use it. How can we avoid the traps that impatience sets for us? How can we make smarter, more patient choices.

Tim leads part 1 of this discussion.

Here is the first video we used…(The Awareness Test)

And this is the second…(Stop and Hear the Music)

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Published: May 15, 2011Trudi leads the discussion on the dumb choices that pride can lead us into. Using Biblical examples, we see how to make smarter choices.

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Published: May 8, 2011Today we talk about a couple of the ways in which fear encourages us to make very dumb choices. How can we make a better choice? What can we do to improve our relationships and avoid making the dumb choice?

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Published: April 10, 2011What are the primary factors that drive our dumb decisions? What can we do to increase our chances of making smarter decisions? Tim describes the recipe for the Dumb Cocktail, with illustrations and a look at a very rich man who did some very stupid things.

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