Why Bible Study Isn’t Enough: From Information to Transformation | Ep37

What if knowing the truth isn’t the same as being transformed by it?

In Part 1 of our new Meditation Series, Michele and Martin connect the journey from Secrets of Spiritual Growth and Simply Jesus to the next stage of spiritual formation: meditation.

Spiritual children discover Scripture. Spiritual youth study Scripture. Spiritual parents meditate on Scripture — not merely to collect more information, but to allow truth to become embodied in their hearts, nervous systems, relationships, and everyday lives.

In this delightfully unhinged conversation, we explore biblical meditation, mind renewal, identity, conscious and subconscious beliefs, spiritual maturity, and why Christians can know that God is love while still struggling to feel safe with Him.

We also discover what Rumi, the Spice Girls, spiritual vitamins — and possibly dropping acid — have to do with contemplative spirituality.

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Meditation isn’t about emptying your mind. It’s about allowing truth to take root until it becomes something you embody... because what you behold, you become.

CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 Welcome to Unhinged: Separating Faith from Fiction!

00:03:00 Why We Created the Simply Jesus Series

00:05:32 Preaching the Gospel to Evangelicals

00:11:54 What Happens When Correction Becomes the Culture

00:16:01 From Understanding Truth to Embodying Truth

00:20:18 Meditation, the Slow Digestion of Truth, and a Shift in Perception

00:24:36 Rumi + the Spice Girls: What Do You Really, Really Want?

00:30:50 Why the Church Rarely Teaches Meditation

00:33:33 Sneak Preview of the Meditation Challenge

00:43:03 Join the September Meditation Challenge!