Who’s Calling?

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The Lord impressed upon my heart… The Lord told me… The Lord is calling me to... The Lord is leading me to… These are common church speak when making decisions. The crew has been led to offer some thoughts on them. Is strong conviction or impression the same as God calling? Is there a place for “calling”? What does it look like, and how do we know it’s real? Are there dangers in believing that God is calling one to do this or that? And is “feeling a peace about it” an accurate indicator?There’s no question that God leads His people through sovereign providence, but do we really have an infallible insight into that? Let’s listen in about sanctifying wisdom and the role other believers play in our decision making!We have a several copies of "Just Do Something" by Kevin DeYoung courtesy of Moody Publishers that we are giving away. Enter for your chance to win.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count.
0:21.7	With Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird, Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:30.6	Let's join this week's conversation. Welcome to Mortification of Spin.
0:46.6	I'm Amy Bird, and I'm here with my usual co-hosts, Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:52.8	And today we wanted to discuss some language that we commonly
0:56.8	hear used in the church. I know I hear it a lot more. I don't know if it's more of a
1:03.3	occurrence in women's conversations, although I know I've definitely talked to couples who have used
1:08.6	this language as well together.
1:11.5	And that is the language of calling.
1:13.7	For instance, maybe a couple is debating or prayerfully considering how they want to educate their children.
1:23.7	And I've heard then their decision was made because God is calling them to do this particular form of education, maybe homeschooling.
1:34.3	Or maybe someone is thinking about moving. And they end up closing a conversation by using this word God is calling me to move here.
1:47.6	And so it's a little different than God told me.
1:51.0	They use this language of calling and that leads me to wonder then, you know, what kind
1:57.5	of authority does a strong impression carry?
2:01.3	Or what is calling?
2:02.7	How do you know if you're being called in a particular way?
2:06.9	And then is it disobedient if you feel – because the language is used then.
2:11.0	It would be disobedient for me to send my children to private school or public school
2:14.9	because God is calling me to homeschool.
2:18.9	What do you think, guys?
2:19.5	Have you ever heard that kind of language?
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