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Does My Faith Belong to Me? (Ep137)

Does My Faith Belong to Me? (Ep137)

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Some Christians worry that their Christianity is only theirs because they grew up in a Christian home. But is this a weakness, or a strength? We’re used to thinking that an idea must be individually chosen to be legitimately one’s own, and this taps into a valuable scriptural assertion–that the human individual either does or doesn’t have a relationship with the God of the universe, and that individual has an individual, personal responsibility to this relationship.

But on the other hand, the pursuit of a relationship with God as an isolated individual, as though one could know God without any insight or direction from any other human being, is a false dream. None of us can know anything without others guiding us–either personally, through writing, YouTube videos, or the like. And this reflects an even deeper biblical truth: God has created us for community, for the body of Christ. And as such, there is no way of getting around a relationship with God that is tied up inextricably with relationships with other Christians.

Hosts: Aaron Mueller and Chuck Rathert

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