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Biblical Critical Theory— An Oxymoron?? (with Christopher Watkin)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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Think Biblically, Conversations on Faith and Culture

Chris Watkin: The Bible reflects a distinctive view of humanity that's grounded in human beings being made in the image of God. We want you to join us in our next session when we do part two of this and Chris, we're going to allow you to cash out theological ideas like original sin or the incarnation. Think Biblically about everything.

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For me, for me,
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i would say the big umbrella is honesty. And it doesn't always come and i'm not always honest, but it is how i try to live now, whereas before, i probably tried to live dishonestly. So attempted to ask all questions. Onoong o, do
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it. Molly. What about you?
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I mean, i love, oh, i'm gon i'm going to give a long, in won od answer, but i'm not going to do it. Em. For me, think honesty is huge. That is huge. Because if you're not honest, that's what leads us to want to hide from ourselves, or abandon ourselves, or nom otis when we can't live with the truth. So i think honesty is huge. But i would also add consistency. You're able to be the same person and continue to build on that person every day, whether it's in your, you know, wellness practices, your workout routines, your 12 step skin care regiment, your friendships, like, you can show up consistently and do those healthy habits that you can do to grow consistently. And that's what builds self esteem overtime. So i used alcohol for confidence and for social anxiety and all those things. And only when i had to take alcohol away did i force myself to actually learn those skills without leaning on a substance. So it really, like taught me to grow up and be who i figure out who i was. That's as short as i can do it. Say that. That's fine. I
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love it,
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sand. What about you? Ye, you
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know, i thought i was born on the wrong planet, you knowan
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and i really did case i didn't belong, you know. And i lived with that for 30 years. You know. I got sober at 38. I'm sure i started drinking at us n was 13. Or 14. You know, in turns out i was wrong, you know, n an recovery revealed that for me, that being said, possibilities infinite.
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You
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know, in having opportunities to nourish those possibilities means everything. You know, i got sober, so i wouldn't diead an as tay, sober to live.

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