Distractions Vs. Discipleship: How Your Environment Makes A HUGE Difference

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9 • 710 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Dr. Greg Gifford shares three powerful biblical principles on how your environment shapes your faith. Learn why King Solomon’s downfall still applies today—and how to avoid the same fate. You’ll walk away equipped to create godly spaces that cultivate Christlikeness. Transformed Podcast Episode 151 | November 27, 2025 ___ Thanks for listening! Transformed would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Transformed we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

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0:00.0	What is?
0:01.2	What is?
0:01.5	What is?
0:02.0	What is biblical counseling?
0:03.8	Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.
0:07.6	I think what you just said made me look at those scenarios differently.
0:10.3	God replaced all my junk with a beautiful light.
0:14.6	God's really been changing the way that I parent my children.
0:19.6	The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word.
0:23.2	This is Transform.
0:25.1	And now your host,
0:26.6	Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at the Master's University
0:30.1	and certified biblical counselor, Dr. Greg Gifford.
0:36.3	Welcome back to Transform.
0:38.2	It is my joy to be with you on video and on audio.
0:43.4	Today, we are going to pick up with part two of our series, understanding the role of
0:49.1	environment in your Christian walk.
0:51.3	And I wanted to help reframe the way we think about environment.
0:54.9	So some of us, we think about our environment as determining who we are.
0:59.5	Or some of us will think about our environment in terms of we are the product of our environments.
1:05.9	But the way the Bible talks about your environment is that your environment is not everything,
1:10.4	and yet your environment is still something environment is not everything, and yet your
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