The Walking Closer Podcast

Are we left to our efforts when it comes to transformation of the heart? Does grace play a role in our transformation? In this episode we will explore grace, what it is, and the role it plays in being transformed into the image of Jesus. While this is not a comprehensive study on grace, it does seek to show we are not alone. We have the grace of God.

What good is it to have the right answers or proper external religous form when our heart is essentially in the same condition it was prior to our claim of discipleship? Something is missing and its time to do something about it. This episode touches on the role we play, what we can control when it comes to our spiritual transformation.

This is the first of several episodes which will focus on what it takes to experience transformation. In this episode we talk about being okay with not having to have our way, but submitting to the way of Christ. If we do, He will lead us out of the ruined condition.

In this last episode for 2017 we are looking at lives formed under God. I share a few practices I am engaged in and a few helpful resources.

Link to Revised Common Lectionary

Link to Daily Planner

Link to Advent Resource

This episode is focused on pointing out the ruined condition in which we find ourselves. That is, what a life formed away from God looks like.

What do we mean when we use the term soul? What is the soul? Is there a difference between our spirit and soul? This episode explores the answers to these questions.

In this episode, we talk about our social context and the expectations we bring to each situation. We also address what often happens when we experience failed expectations and how to respond.

We sometimes have a tendeny to separate the Spiritual from the Physical. However, we live out our experiences in and through our physical bodies. This podcast addresses why it is conterproductive to separate the spiritual from the physical and how interconnected they are.

The greatest power that Humans have is the power to choose. We all have our own personal wills, and we have the capacity to inititate those wills making our choices a reality. How we choose to utilize this power forms, and continues to form, the human spirit within us. A transformed Will (heart/spirit) will be subordinate to God and helps to organize the rest of our lives around God.

This episode further exolores the mind, or thoughts and feelings, and the roles they play in a transformed mind.