Today Kait and JJ are joined by Phylicia Masonheimer to talk through the theology of singleness.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
07:48 Not initially attracted to her husband and vice versa
13:45 First, you are a woman of THEOLOGY, and I just love following along with you Phylicia. Can you share the BIBLICAL foundation of singleness?
16:45 How do we choose CHRIST over our human nature?
20:44 Tim Keller has a quote that says, marriage is to make you holy not happy. Would you say before you got married you might have known that idea, but in real life and how you lived, you were still putting that God-sized expectation of fulfillment and happiness on your spouse? How do you reconcile that?
23:50 One way I’ve heard unconditional love described is radical acceptance of wherever that person is at as they are right now, bearing one another’s burdens and weaknesses, is saying you do have burdens and weaknesses and I’m not trying to change a single thing about them. Do you think you can only extend that kind of radical acceptance if you’ve known that radical acceptance by God?
25:20 What if I’m a single who’s saying something along the lines of, I love God, I’ve been a Christian for 15 years, and I’m dating and I’m just not in a happy place. I feel really unsatisfied by my friendships, by the dating scene. If I had to be honest, people talk about being content and satisfied by God, and I just don’t really feel like he is satisfying me in that way.
28:25 GOD by his very nature cannot be UNSATISFYING- can you explain MORE about that? What does it mean if we are being consistently, dissatisfied by God?
34:25 What would you suggest for people who are feeling stagnant in their relationship with the Lord?
38:50 The tendency for some singles to say, fine God, you know what, I’m going to be so satisfied in you that I”m going to completely ignore my desire for a companion. What would you say to this person?
44:25 Not just theologically speaking, but experientially, in day-to-day life, as a single or as a married, or as a divorcee, regardless of relationship status…how does God begin to satisfy that innate desire for companionship?
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24 июл 2024
