Part 1: The Truth About Lies

Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Bridgetown Church

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

From the series, "Fighting the World, the Flesh, & the Devil" as part of Practicing the Way. The modern, secular world laughs off the idea of the devil as a relic from the pre-scientific age. “Now we know better” is the mantra of the progressive west. And yet, secular theories that attempt to explain evil fall flat of the human experience. For Jesus, there is an invisible but intelligent evil at work in the world, but his primary strategy isn’t what most of us expect. It’s lies. Fighting the devil is first and foremost about the war to believe truth over lies.

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0:00.0	Here we are ready to go.
0:03.0	Please turn in your Bibles to the Gospel of John, chapter 8,
0:07.0	as we kick off our fall practice on fighting the world,
0:11.0	the flesh, and the devil.
0:13.0	Before we begin, recommended reading, there is a lot on your bookmark
0:17.0	from the way in. Let me highlight three to kick it off.
0:21.0	First is the renovation of the heart by Dallas Willard.
0:24.0	This is one of my top 10 books of all time.
0:26.0	It is a synthesis of spirituality and psychology.
0:29.0	If you have not read this yet, it is worth your time.
0:33.0	If you have, go back and reread his two chapters on transforming the mind,
0:38.0	which were the spark that got me thinking down the path that we are about to embark on.
0:44.0	Secondly, the truth about lies and lies about the truth by David Tackle.
0:48.0	You've never heard of this book.
0:50.0	It's not on any bestseller list anywhere, but it is an off the beaten path,
0:55.0	and what it may be lacks in design or whatever.
1:01.0	It makes up for content.
1:03.0	It's all about truth and lies.
1:05.0	More on that to come and take a look at that.
1:07.0	Finally, how many of you read the Scrutape letters by C.S. Lewis?
1:11.0	Yes, all three.
1:12.0	The other two gatherings, it was at least 50-60% for you.
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