Your Move with Andy Stanley Podcast ICON, Part 2 - “Losing Influence”
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Mar 28, 2025 The discussion delves into the challenge of maintaining influence and status in today's society. It emphasizes a life of selflessness and the transformative power of choosing to lose in conflicts. The podcast contrasts worldly strategies with the teachings of Jesus, urging listeners to redefine true power through love and kindness. It encourages introspection about personal priorities and the essence of discipleship in a culture often fixated on personal gain.
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The Cross: An Invitation
- The cross represents a way of living, an invitation to an alternative lifestyle.
- This way of life prioritizes the approval of God over the approval of others.
Choosing to Lose
- When in conflict, ask yourself what choosing to lose would look like.
- This question challenges the natural inclination to win and aligns with the way of the cross.
The Foolishness of the Cross
- The way of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, who focus on worldly gains.
- Clinging to perishable things is the true foolishness, not embracing the cross.