Because the celebration of Pentecost is coming soon, we wanted to take space to invite God to bring “Pentecost” into our lives. When we pay attention to special days like Pentecost, not only do we remind ourselves of what God has done in sending His Spirit, we remind ourselves that the Spirit’s coming on Pentecost is not merely history, it is a practical and present reality in our daily lives.
Read MoreAs we saw in our previous podcast, Christian spirituality is quite different from a vague, generic spirituality. When we talk about spirituality, we mean “life in the Holy Spirit.” In this All Saints conversation, we’re going to learn about spirituality from two people from our Christian heritage: Jeanne Guyon and John Cassian. Though from different countries and different eras, they both have something to teach us about a life lived with the Holy Spirit.
Read MoreSpirituality can be a fuzzy word — it’s used in all manner of ways in our culture today. But when we talk about spirituality in All Saints, we’re going to the heart of the term: the practices and experience of Christian life with the Holy Spirit.
Read MoreIf we don’t pay attention to where we’ve been in history, we lose the plot, and wander around disoriented. It happened at times in Scripture, and it can happen again today. As we study Church History, we keep our eyes on the plot of what God has done in the world, what He is doing, and what He will do.
Read MoreHistory is not only human history or church history — it’s the story of God Himself. If you’re going to study the work of God, you can’t avoid history, because God enters into human history, from start to finish. We also must know that there are going to be some glorious moments where we see what God is doing, but there will also be very disturbing moments. Church — and biblical — history is full of lots of ups and downs, potholes, and broken people. Even so, Ts study church history is more than to study groups of human beings who are doing it well or not doing it well. It is to study the works of God through human beings.
Read More“There is something healthily dangerous about reading the Bible.” That’s what we’re going to talk about in this All Saints conversation as we explore how we approach Scripture. We’ll deal with what Scripture is, what we can expect when we open the Bible, some pitfalls we can find ourselves in — and how an experience of God comes to us through His written Word.
Read MoreThe Bible isn’t merely a textbook to be studied or a useful life manual full of wise principles. Scripture is a sacrament — a conduit through which the presence of God comes to us, through which we encounter God. The point is not to read words and master them, but actually to encounter the one who gives us these Words. A life-giving way to encounter God in Scripture is to pray a phrase or passage back to Him, and in this episode we’ll show you what that sounds like.
Read MoreIn this podcast, we're continuing to talk about watchfulness — paying attention to our thoughts — and we have two practical ways we've used to turn our thoughts to God: Focusing on who God is, and arrow prayers drawn from scripture.
Read MoreHow can we keep watch over our hearts and minds — our inner landscapes? One way is to "frisk" our thoughts and choosing what to think about. In this All Saints conversation, Brock Bingaman and Connie Willems discuss the "inner city" of the mind, and what it looks like to set a watch on the gate, paying attention to what we are thinking about and why.
Read MoreIn this All Saints conversation, Brock Bingaman and Connie Willems talk about theology, what it means to have fellowship with the Holy Spirit, and how we reflect on and experience the Holy Spirit.
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