Where Does My Help Come From? [205]

Flying Free

Natalie Hoffman

Emotional, Narcissism, Christianity, Abuse, Religion & Spirituality, Spiritual, Christian, Self-improvement, Education, Divorce, Marriage

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Modern Christianity tends to champion Bible worship over Christ worship, and in this episode, we are joined by Keith Giles to discuss the implications of essentially replacing Christ with the Bible. Keith is a former pastor who “left the pulpit to follow Jesus.” He is the author of notable books such as Sola Mysterium, Jesus Unbound, and Jesus Undefeated, the podcast host of Heretic Happy Hour, Apostates Anonymous, and Second Cup with Keith, and is the Founder of the Square 1 Community. Having been self-taught, Keith has insight into what isn’t being taught in seminary school, and in our conversation, he explains the difference between education and indoctrination, as well as that between faith and certainty. He breaks down the Jesus-centric approach to scripture and what it truly means when it’s said that scripture is God-breathed. Tune in to hear Keith’s take on the fallibility of humans and the Christ-centric way we should approach the Bible. Key Points From This Episode: - The implications of the Bible becoming the modern Christian’s God. - The danger of indoctrination in seminary school. - The difference between education and indoctrination. - The undeniable mystery of God. - The difference between faith and certainty. - The heresy of replacing Christ with the Bible. - Keith breaks down Timothy 3:16, “All Scripture is God-breathed…” - The importance of considering human fallibility when approaching the Bible. - The Anabaptists’ Jesus-centric approach to scripture. Listen or download the transcript at flyingfreenow.com/205 FREE: I'll send you the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage. Just hop on my mailing list at flyingfreesisterhood.com/free-download. (I will NEVER spam you or sell your information.) Desperate for real help and safe people who understand what you're going through? Find out about my online education and support program for women of faith at joinflyingfree.com And, if you are an already divorced Christian woman who wants to take back her life and get healthy, have amazing relationships, build a business or career, or even find a good man - check out joinflyinghigher.com

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now. And you're listening to the
0:09.3	Flying Free Podcast, a support resource for women of faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden
0:16.4	emotional and spiritual abuse. Welcome to episode 205 of the Flying Free Podcast. I have a special surprise
0:28.7	guest this week, meaning that we decided to do this interview at the last
0:32.4	minute and I think it's a God thing.
0:34.8	The stars just lined right up and here we are. So before I let him say anything though,
0:39.6	I want to give you all a little bit of background. At the time of this recording, I just finished dropping episode 195,
0:46.8	where I answer the question, am I being unbiblical
0:50.4	if I choose not to reconcile with my abuser.
0:53.0	And in that episode I talk about how modern Christianity
0:56.0	has gotten away from a Christ-centered approach to living,
1:00.0	which is what the early Christians were known for,
1:02.0	and what I personally believe is our main objective as Christians, hence the name Christian.
1:08.8	Kind of makes sense when you think about it. But instead of focusing on Jesus Christ as our God and living as he lived, we are currently
1:17.5	mired in a Bible-centered religion or a book-centered religion, much like other world religions and much like the religion of the
1:26.4	Pharisees.
1:27.5	And as a result, we are seeing all kinds of spiritual gas lighting and abuse.
1:33.0	And if that doesn't make any sense to you,
1:35.0	just go back and listen to that episode 195 for more insight.
1:39.0	Here's the thing though, every time I drop a new podcast episode, I usually get a handful of folks who will
1:44.7	unsubscribe. I talk about controversial things, so it's natural that the conversations I'm
1:50.3	having are not going to resonate with everyone and people are going to drop off.
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