Why do we worship? How do we worship? Is it all about singing? What about when it becomes emotional manipulation? Or is it more about connecting to God? Plus, singer/songwriter (and former Bachelorette contestant) Brady Toops as our Heretic of the Week!

Show Notes

  • 00:20 – Introduction.
  • 04:20 – Text to the hotline: What is sexual morality?
  • 08:30 – Text: How do you teach your children about God if a couple disagrees?
  • 14:47 – Heretic of the Week, Brady Toops.
  • 19:45 – Human beings creating religions and institutions. The impossibility of separation from God.
  • 23:45 – Questioning the ideas of institutional Christianity. Leadership and tithing.
  • 27:00 – The violence of God and the Bible.
  • 29:33 – Experiencing the Divine.
  • 34:04 – Understanding God in a non-theistic way.
  • 40:05 – www.bradytoops.com and The Unravel with Brady Toops podcast.
  • 44:08 – End of interview.
  • 45:19 – Worship: Is Jesus My Girlfriend?
  • 48:07 – What is worship?
  • 51:22 – Feeling connected to the Divine.
  • 53:06 – Worshiping other humans.
  • 59:26 – The idea that God is about God’s own glory. John 17. Giving glory to human beings.
  • 1:04:27 – Loving God by loving others.
  • 1:06:10 – Sex as an act of worship.
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