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Religion on the Mind

To Trust Your Experience (Dustin Kensrue) (#38)

Religion on the Mind

Religion on the Mind

Religion, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.7542 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Is experience potentially a direct pathway to the God of the universe? Or is it simply “the heart [being] deceitful above all things”? Can we trust our spiritual experience, and if so, which experiences are trustworthy? This topic was recommended by my guest Dustin Kensrue (singer/songwriter of the band Thrice, former worship director at Mars Hill Church in Seattle), and I jumped at it. In today’s episode, we go through Dustin’s own story, from young Christian punk rocker, to prominent Neo-Calvinist, to church scandal whistleblower (sort of), to reconstructed liberal Christian, all the while considering the role of experience in that journey.Check out Dustin's new podcast Carry the Fire wherever you get your podcasts.Edited by Josh Gilbert (Gwall.Gilbert11@gmail.com)Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankochYHP Patron-only FB group: https://tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98Website: youhavepermissionpod.comJoin Dan's email list: dankochwords.comArtwork by http://sprungle.co/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.

0:04.7

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0:07.5

They think they're better than us.

0:08.5

Who do you think you are?

0:09.8

I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.

0:11.5

She's punishing me.

0:13.0

You destroyed my family.

0:14.3

I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.

0:17.0

A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.

0:24.2

My name is Dan Koch.

0:26.1

Like many of you, I've been on a complicated faith journey for a number of years now.

0:30.9

And while I tend to find myself on the progressive side of Christianity, my goal is not to make

0:36.4

liberal converts.

0:39.3

I want this show to be a resource for Christians to my right and to my left, as well as former Christians and non-religious

0:44.9

folks, anyone who finds themselves asking difficult questions about God, science, prayer, fate,

0:58.9

suffering, evangelism, and more. So many of us have been given bad answers to those good questions, often by people with pure intentions. I want to say that

1:05.4

you have permission to take both Christianity and the modern world very seriously.

1:11.8

And I hope to facilitate that by introducing you to people seeking God across the Christian

1:17.1

spectrum, engaging hard questions in a multitude of ways.

1:21.5

Thanks for listening.

1:24.6

Experience.

1:25.8

Is it a direct pathway to the God of the universe, or is it simply, quote,

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