The baby that changed the world forever.

Who Jesus is?

Jesus is the revelation/embodiment of God on earth.

Jesus shows us how we are created to live and how we should view ourselves.

The wise men from the East.

Matthew 2:1,2

They were expectant.

They responded.

They took action.

They persevered.

They never backed down.

Mary the mother of Jesus-

Young woman 14-16 years old.

"My soul glorifies the Lord!"

Great example of deep faith before the new covenant.

Talk about radical faith! Joseph was betrothed to a woman who is going to have a baby that isn’t yours. In that culture and time, the implications were HUGE!

In part 3 we begin to talk about how we initiate the process of looking inward, how we conquer the fear of facing our darkest secrets and why it's worth it to do so. 

We continue our conversation with Stephanie as we look at the ways in which we behave to avoid having to look inward. Busyness, distraction and denial are among the culprits. 

We all have things about ourselves that we'd rather not face or even admit exist, but these things hurt us as long as they stay hidden. Join us and special guest, Stephanie Hutcheson, as she shares her journey inward and tells us how she is learning to confront and conquer the dark areas of her life. 

Renegade Atlas podcast Hosts: Matt Doud and Chad Hawk 

Our personality is not our identity. It's certainly a big part of who we are, but it doesn't tell the whole story. In this episode Matt and Chad explore the concept of identity - what it is, what it isn't, and where it comes from. 

Takeaways from the episode:

1. Recognizing what drives us 
2. The perception of safety 
3. Confession, repentance, and accepting forgiveness 
4. Know your why: what is your purpose, drive in life, what is your calling? 



Key Milestones: 

[00:01:37] - Identity vs Personality

[00:04:55] - The conformity of the school system in our culture

[00:08:02] - Where does our identity come from?

[00:10:30] - What is Safety?

[00:16:19] - Straying from the path and correcting your course

[00:19:02] - What is the purpose of life?

[00:22:52] - Do you know your why?

[00:26:27] - Jesus’ humanity, the demonstration of a perfect human life

[00:31:04] - Repentance, What we think vs what it actually is.

[00:34:28] - Common themes of characters in the Bible, they were broken

[00:39:08] - The Story of Nebuchadnezzar  

Key Quotes: 

• “What does it mean to shed this persona or personality and develop and let your own identity bloom.” [00:03:49] 
• “Our identity, that like god’s eternal fingerprint on our soul.”

Faith

God has called me his Tiller of the Soil, meant to bring freedom. I understand this to mean that I am uniquely equipped to help people gain a new perspective by preparing their hearts and minds to learn something new. In this episode, I go into how I do that, why it's important and when/why it works or doesn't work. If you are someone who has this ability to help people uncover the 'why' behind what they think and believe then you will really enjoy this episode.  - Matt Doud