I Come to the Garden Alone?

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The title for today's episode comes from a 20th century hymn. That hymn is illustrative of the common mindset in the evangelical church--that the real stuff of the Christian life happens when we are alone. Is that what the New Testament teaches? How is it that we grow in the faith? How is it that we become mature in Christ? Jon and Justin consider these questions and discuss how the Christian life is inherently corporate, how devotion is church-shaped, and how the corporate realities of the gathered church drive our private lives. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin give some of their perspective on personal time of Bible reading and prayer. What are healthier ways to approach these things? How does the corporate life of the church help us devotional lives? Resources:Our episode on "How Not to Read Your Bible"Our episode "Have We Missed the Point of Church?"Our episode on "Leaving Pietism"Our episode on "Your Sanctification Is Not for You?"Our "Dazed and Confused" episode on Hebrews 12:1-14

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0:00.0	Hi, this is John, and today on Theokast, Justin and I are going to have a conversation about
0:10.1	what does it mean to mature in Christ? How do we grow to be in the fullness and likeness of Jesus Christ?
0:17.8	And we may have a little bit of fun with an old hymn that's used out there,
0:21.3	but the hymn is definitely a result of a theology that individualizes our faith, and it has us
0:29.3	emphasizing a seclusion of our faith instead of the corporate body. So we're going to look at it to
0:34.5	the Bible and ask the question, how is it that God grows us in our faith?
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1:12.8	Conversations about the Christian life from a confessionally reformed and pastoral perspective.
1:18.7	Your host today are Pastor Justin Perdue of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.
1:24.6	And I'm John Moffat, pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
1:29.0	And as always, Justin, we find it good to just get to the point. And it's what we're going to do.
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