The Quest for Religious Experience

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Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Is the Christian life one where believers move from spiritual experience to spiritual experience? Or from triumph to triumph? Or is the Christian life one where we learn to trust Christ in the midst of weakness and the battle against sin? What does it mean to be satisfied in Christ? Jon and Justin seek to answer these questions and consider how the quest to find true religion in anything subjective leaves us unsettled and exhausted. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin talk personally about what a subjective emphasis in religion tends to produce--and then the guys turn to consider how the gifts of God to us don't have anything to do with us. Resources:Our episodes on the implications of covenant theologyOur episode on law/gospelOur episode on theology of the crossOur episode on "More Than a Feeling"

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0:00.0	Hi, this is John. And today on Theocast, Justin and I have a conversation about the quest for
0:09.4	spiritual experience. You may have felt this where you're always trying to get back or reach that new
0:15.5	high, where you feel close to God and you're loving him as he loves you and yet you're falling short and you're
0:22.0	wondering if there's something wrong with you. But we look at history where this possibly
0:26.2	came from and how it's the exact opposite of rusting in the sufficiency of Christ. We hope you
0:31.1	enjoy. If you'd like to help support Theocast, you can do that by leaving us a review on
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0:42.3	Plus, we have a Facebook group if you'd like to join the conversation there.
0:46.0	Thanks for listening. Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian
1:03.8	life. From a reformed confessional and pastoral perspective, we're going to throw a new in there.
1:09.3	Look out.
1:10.2	And then Man alive.
1:11.5	Justin and I are coming off the weekend.
1:13.6	It's a Wednesday morning.
1:14.9	And yes, we are excited to be here.
1:17.0	Your host today, Justin Purdue, Pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Nashville,
1:20.1	North Carolina.
1:21.3	And myself, John Moffat, pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
1:25.8	Someone got confused that I was in Columbia. But I am in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Someone got confused that I was in Columbia,
1:28.2	but I am in Spring Hill. Our church plant is in Columbia. If you live there, you can go visit
1:34.2	Pastor Patrick Crandall. He's doing a fantastic job. Justin, today's a fun subject. This is one
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