![]() And so there’s this sense that if you say you’re good it’s like you’ve offended Christian sensibilities. No, not one.” And I believe that is the King James Version. But one of the things we found out right away is that people are nervous about the word good because of Romans 3:10 that says, “There is none good. So that’s the spectrum in the New Testament or in the Bible. God forms a good covenant with people to form a relationship with Him. We studied that word-I should say I studied this word in the Old Testament. Tov is the Hebrew word for good or goodness. This is going to be the hopeful podcast as we close out before Christmas. So much of-especially evangelical culture is right now. And on the last few episodes of the Bare Marriage podcast, we have been talking about how traumatic church can be and how problematic. The Priorities, Practices, and Powers that can Transform Your Church into a Tov Culture. And your new book, Pivot, which I have here as well. And you were on our podcast probably two years ago when that book was first out talking about that. Sheila: And I see in the background Scot has a two of his most recent books or two of the books that we’re going to be talking about. Scott: Laura says, “I’m just a,”-she says of herself, “I’m just a teacher.” And I say, “I’m a teacher too.” And his daughter, Laura Barringer, who is a teacher and a friend of mine. Scot McKnight, who is a professor of-is it New Testament? I forget. Sheila: I am so happy to bring back on the podcast a father/daughter duo, who have written another book together. We would love to raise $28,000 by the end of the year, which will help us make a good start at our scholarship program and getting our materials together to do some courses. law (we’re working on making similar connections in Canada and elsewhere, but right now it’s just in the United States). ![]() Will you join us in this? This is tax receiptable in the United States as applicable to U.S. If pastors are taught differently from the outset, then churches won’t be as toxic. ![]() We want to create continuing education for pastors and counselors get more of our research into peer reviewed journals and so much more. But we’d like to see change at an institutional level, with more pastors and counselors getting on board so this toxic stuff isn’t taught in the first place. Up until now we’ve been focused on helping individuals change, and we’ve done very, very well at that. Bosko wanted to team with us to do something important: help influence the church to learn about our data and healthy relationships, and then start teaching it. We’re a new initiative under the Bosko Foundation, called Good Fruit Faith. I also introduced our new fundraising capability. The Get Out of Your Head Study Guide uses projects, stories, and Bible study in the book of Philippians to engage the mind and heart.ĭesigned for use with the Get Out of Your Head Video Study available on DVD or streaming video, sold separately.You can be part of our work in pivoting the church. But when we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways. Our enemy is determined to get in our heads to make us feel helpless, overwhelmed, and incapable of making a difference for the kingdom of God. Defeating anxiety with a mind like Christ's.Learning to forget what's behind so we can move ahead.Escaping our comfort zones with weapons of connection, intentionality and gratitude.Fighting toxic thoughts with weapons of humility, silence, and delight.Shifting the focus of our minds from our circumstances to God.Taking every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ.We can find freedom from the downward spiral by: In Get Out of Your Head, a six-session video Bible study (DVD/streaming video sold separately), Jennie gives us tools from the book of Philippians to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances, by taking control of our minds. And yet the apostle Paul tells us in his letter to the Philippians that conforming our minds to Christ is possible, and it's the ultimate goal for every follower of Christ. Changing the way we think seems nearly impossible. Stopping the spiral of toxic thoughts by learning how to become imitators of Christ.Īre your thoughts holding you captive? Jennie Allen-the visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering-knows what it's like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, and she knows that from those thoughts, beliefs begin to form: "I'll never be good enough." "Other people have better lives than I do." "God couldn't really love me."
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