Baby Onsies (Short Sleeve)
Stages of Faith
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
â€â€Hebrews‬ â€11:1‬ â€KJV‬‬
My personal path; darkness to light, unknown to known; a journey shaped by exploration and life experience; a beautiful mix of pain, astounding joy and everything in between.
I once needed someone to give me the words you’ll find in these podcasts. My hope; they might save the kind of life I almost lost.
These are the stages of faith I went through, in the basic order I went through them (written versions to follow soon). They do not have to be listened to in order.
I left the whole thing behind and spent a couple of decades promoting what I thought was truth; that God, to me, wasn’t real.
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I’m a doubting Thomas, about just about everything. I need signs and data. In part it’s because I have a hard time trusting people, and also, it’s because I’m a scientist.
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Exploration of Religion and the Reality of Christ (E3)
I’ve spent time in many different churches, practiced Yoga, studied Hinduism, spent a year in Methodist services, and Grace and Jewel and I lived on the grounds of a Buddhist center while joining their practices for almost an entire year. As I've said, I've seen a lot.
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Never just look at things from straight on. Always look around the back, the sides, above, below and all sorts of angles.
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It’s going to happen. There will be times when faith is tested no matter who you are.
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We have the ability to oppose ourselves and break our own faith; to cause our own damage and then be blinded by our own consequences.
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Even if my destiny was eternal fire, I still want to learn to do the right thing.
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It means not only practicing Biblical faith, but also accepting those hard moments that God puts in my path, even when I don’t want to accept them.
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An enemy with thousands of years of training. If I don’t make it through God’s spiritual boot camp, I won’t make it through anything.
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Trust, in something that was written thousands of years ago. A surprising outcome. An uplifting experience.
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It’s about the realistic challenges in holding on to God and to forever. It’s also about truckers and pineapple-pizza-people.
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