We’re back! Join Rick and the Becky-nator for a new season of Paying Ridiculous Attention to Jesus- Episode 1 of Season 9: “Kindness for Broken People” - a continuation of the series “THE WAYS OF JESUS.” Here Rick and Becky explore themes drawn from his new book Editing Jesus. In this episode they continue “reverse-engineering” back from Jesus—that means we adjust our “operating system” in life by starting with Jesus, then working back into our priorities, values, and choices. In this episode we explore the difference between “nice” and “kind” in the words and actions of Jesus. Jesus is always kind but only sporadically nice. His kindness must address our brokenness, and we don’t really understand how broken we are. His way of living and relating stretches the boundaries of our imagination. His kindness supersedes our expectations. Because we crave His kindness, let’s invite Jesus to stretch those boundaries…
Check out Rick’s new book, Editing Jesus. Go to its Amazon page here: https://tinyurl.com/48erume9
In this episode we talked about Becky’s “other” podcast project, co-hosted by her friend Steph. It’s called Orderly, and you can find it here: mentioned Rick’s book Sifted: God’s Scandalous Response to Satan’s Outrageous Demand. You can check it out here: https://www.beckycrawley.com/orderly-podcast/
And here’s a short (15 minutes) interview that Randy Robison of Life Today did with Rick—it’s a great overview/primer on the message of Editing Jesus, buried in an interesting conversation: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/life-today-live-on/twisted-scripture-rick-pmYPAcw2xMD/
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Spiritual Grit: A Journey Into Endurance. Character. Confidence. Hope.
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