Can we have Christianity without Christ? Now, before you say, “You have been in quarantine way too long!”  Listen to why I ask. How I find that some Christians seem to love their religion much more than they love Jesus. We discuss how this actually prevents them from experiencing the abundant life Jesus came to give. This is not a criticism of any particular group of Christians, it is a sharing of concern over a trend I see in Christianity today. One to settle for a Christian religion that has been sweetened to our taste rather than one that develops our spiritual palate to enjoy the profound richness found in a French press style of faith. 

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Scripture Passages referenced:
John 5:39, 40 ~ Pharisees not seeing Jesus in Scriptures even though they did study them intently.
John 10:10 ~ Jesus came to give life in abundance.
Luke 24:13-32 ~ Disciples on road to Emmaus finding Jesus.

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In this episode, we talk about the tenderness Jesus shows his disciples in John 16:12. Here he says that he cannot share more things with them because they are not ready to hear them. Knowing and acting on the difference between teaching and dumping information is the mark of humble tenderness and compassion. Jesus cares enough about you to take you right up to that line and he cares enough to never cross it. That is beautiful, that is loving, that is the profoundness of his tenderness. Join me as we talk about this.

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Scripture Passages referenced:
John 16:12


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In this episode, I share a profound connection I made with Jesus while reading my devotional. This from My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. I do not talk about what Chambers wrote, but I do talk about what profoundly affected me during the reading. Something that made Jesus even more personal to me and made me question whether I was living in such a way that would cause Jesus to ask me, "Have I been with you so long, and you don't know me?" That is humbling to contemplate.


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Scripture Passages referenced:
John 14:9


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Does being a good person count for anything with God? Doesn't it matter to God whether or not we are good people? God wouldn't turn a good person away from heaven, would he? These are important questions to talk about. Is being a good person all that matters to God or is there something else, something deeper that truly matters? So, what is the deal with God and good people? That is what we are going to explore in this episode. 

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Scripture Passages referenced:

John 3:16 ~ God loves us all. 
Galatians 2:6; Colossians 3:25; Ephesians 6:9; Romans 2;11; Acts 10:34,35; and many more ~ He plays no favorites.
Romans 3:23 ~His love betrayed by us all.
Romans 3:10~ Once we betrayed, we ceased from being good.
Mark 10:23-27; Matthew 9:23-26 ~ God telling us we cannot do this on our own. Only God can do this for us.
John 3:17 ~ He came to save not condemn.
Romans 3:22 ~Through faith in Jesus alone.
Ephesians 2:8-10 ~ Paul sharing how we are not good enough.


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So, here is a question for you, is your God big enough? No, seriously, is your God big enough? Big enough for what? And why is that important? That is what we are going to explore here in episode 17. Here is why I ask. I have found that people only ever practice their religion based on who they understand God to be. Which is to say, how they allow themselves to relate to God and how they put that relationship into practice in their daily lives. Which, by the way, includes how they relate to other people.

If you always know exactly what other people have to do, what you don’t have to do, and what makes for an authentic religious experience. And you know that any experience not matching your own must be suspect. Perhaps your God, your understanding of God, is too small. Anyway, that is what we kick around in this episode.

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So, how do we not worry?  I have always found worry to be a very great nuisance; a highly troublesome companion that is rather hard to get rid of. And, how is that even done? I mean not worrying about things?  That is what we are going to explore here in this episode, number 16. We will explore how this is not done through having a good job, attaining some lofty goal, or by anything that we can do by ourselves. That it is only as we choose to focus on where we are and not on where we are not, that this is made possible. Where we are is the key.  


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Last time, we mentioned that God is the source of all deep and lasting meaning in life. In this episode, we are going to explore this a little bit and answer the question, "How is this done?" Or, asked another way, how does living from love help set you free in order to live a life full of meaning? That is what we are going to talk about here in episode 15. After all, it is one thing for Jesus to tell us he came to give life abundantly. It is quite another for him to tell us how this is to be done; what it actually looks like in our daily lives. 

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Is life meaningless? Or is it that we just don’t see it? And what does this have to do with God? That is what we are going to explore here in this episode, episode 14. Here we will explore the idea that our purpose, our sense of meaning in life and our sense of worth were given to us from the get-go. From the very first time a human being was able to take his first breath, he had a purpose, his life had meaning, and he was of great worth to God. We will even take a brief look into what our purpose has become since then.  We also consider that since God created us on purpose and with a purpose, perhaps our feeling of meaninglessness and worthlessness comes from our being disconnected from this great purpose. Get a cup of strong coffee, and slowly sip on it while we kick this around. 

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#013: Proofs that God exists are important for the Christian faith. Yet, as we saw in episode 4, these are not physical or scientific proofs. In that episode, we discovered a relational one, love for the unloveable. In this episode, we explore a second proof, on that is also relational. One that also involves love. This is the love Christians (other than myself) have for both other Christians and non-Christians. We will hear about both major displays of his love and smaller more personal displays of his love. It is how, each one of us, whether or not we are good at speaking or not, can share Christ with others. That it is what we are called to do. Enjoy. 

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# 012: In this episode, we take a look at how God honors and respects the choice of the individual, as this applies to folks calling themselves Christian. We'll take a look at how this involves asking God for our daily bread and that this is something we need to ask God to give us daily. This means, that we, as Christians, still have choices to make. Choices that God will honor and respect, even if we choose poorly. Oh, we do touch on some of the consequences of those poor choices. But he will both honor and respect them, even as he does our better ones. The show notes for this episode, along with the listing of all Bible passages referenced, are found here: https://www.simplenotshallow.com/the-sns-podcast/012

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