http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:43:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Listen Here *No, that's no misprint above, but you'll have to listen to the podcast to understand the title. When we are convinced that we have to earn God's favor through our own self-efforts, we will not only distance ourselves from God at our place of greatest ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/11/14/no-longer-a-tacl/ Listen Here The election results are in and Brad and Wayne aren't seeing eye to eye about, which comes out in their early conversation. Passionate followers of Jesus saw this election very differently and as Brad and Wayne process all of that they come to the common ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/11/07/reality-always-wins/ Listen Here More listener email and current events send Brad and Wayne on a protracted discussion about performance-based spirituality. Those who think they can earn their relationship with God through their own efforts end up on an exhausting and fruitless course that distorts our view of him ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-do-to-be-tree/ Listen Here Brad and Wayne take a look through the ol' mail bag and find themselves in a discussion about the relationship between truth and love in this kingdom. The religious mind-set that values truth over love is not only destructive to spiritual life, but also misses ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/10/24/bug-killing-zappers/ Listen Here Brad and Wayne start with some wonderful email they've received at the God Journey describing the journey from other people's perspective and then they dissect a conversation Wayne had on the phone with one of those dear brothers out to change the world for God. ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/10/17/tuning-into-him/ Listen Here Wayne gets recruited by an atheist and Brad and he end up in a discussion about how religion exploits us all by rewarding the achievers and manipulating the powerless. Self always wants to validate itself by what we can do and offers validation based on ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/10/10/he-is-enough/ Listen Here Economic disaster looms in every newscast and government officials fall all over themselves to hide the corruption behind it and their complicity in it all in an attempt to restore the image of an economic system based more on people's perception than reality. Sound familiar? ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/10/03/the-unshakable-kingdom/ Listen Here Mick Silva, a friend of The God Journey and editor with Waterbrook-Multnomah publishing group was in town to visit Wayne and Brad so they dragged him into the podcast booth for a wide-ranging discussion about the current state of Christian publishing in the U.S. and the ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/a-peek-into-christian-publishing/ Listen Here From time to time people ask Brad and Wayne about certain Scriptures that seem on face value to contradict the message of grace and God's invitation to live loved. They tackle a number of these Scriptures and show how when people apply them them in ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/09/19/troublesome-scriptures/ Listen Here The conversation expands as listener email takes center-stage again. Looking through the eyes of others sends Brad and Wayne on a free-ranging conversation about the joys of freedom and living loved. When our relationship with God provides all that we need, we no longer ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/09/12/no-need-to-validate/ Listen Here Wayne's back from the upper Midwest and shares some of his experiences with Brad and the joy of helping people who are just emerging from guilt and pressure of performance-based religion to contemplate the reality of grace and relationship. They tackle some listener email as ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/09/05/sowing-and-reaping/ Listen Here Sounds like Brad has been watching the Olympics which opens up a discussion about the difference between achievement in the world and spiritual growth. We also get some of the most incredible email from people who are on the God journey and seeing God do ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/08/29/hand-in-hand/ Listen Here The increasing sales figures of THE SHACK has continues to frustrate those who regard the book as a dangerous heresy. Recent attacks from a variety of sources allows Brad and Wayne to talk about the generosity of truth. You don't need to protect it, ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/08/22/open-handed-truth/ Listen Here Responding to a series of listener emails and comments, Wayne and Brad discuss knowing God for who he is and living in the moment with him as a loved child in the earth, rather than trying to define our purpose or destiny and fulfilling it by ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/08/15/enjoying-the-journey-with-him/ Listen Here Did Jesus give people a license to sin? Wayne returns from his BridgeBuilding work in Utah and that sends he and Brad into a discussion about freedom and liberty and how God relates to us in the face of our sin. Many people think ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/08/08/pathway-to-real-freedom/ Listen Here Email from listeners set the course on this podcast. First up is a discussion about God's nature and whether Scripture seeking God has a lion side and a lamb side. Then they tackle a question about worship and whether or not it is self-seeking from ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/dealing-with-dark-days/ Listen Here Back from the Christian retailing show in Florida, Brad and Wayne ruminate on their experiences and end up in a discussion about how we perceive God's generosity. Religion teaches us that we serve a miserly God who must be impressed and cajoled into giving up ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/07/25/the-welfare-state-of-religion/ Listen Here Brad and Wayne catch up on a lot of listener emails and gives them a chance to hear from people at various stages of this journey, from the pain of being disillusioned to the joy of recognizing God's love and life flowing through them in a ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/07/18/notes-from-the-journey/ Listen Here A letter in response to Brad and Wayne's recent podcast entitled Unsanctified Mercy, they get into a discussion about God's judgment and discipline and whether those are unmerciful acts, or further extensions of his mercy. Many people mistake mercy for simply being nice or enabling ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/07/11/living-in-the-mercy-of-god/ Listen Here Our last podcast about Revival Fever brought a firestorm of emails. Some liked it, others hated it. Brad and Wayne read the letters, and launch into a discussion about how to love others who may not see the things the way you do. ... http://thegodjourney.com/wordpress/2008/07/04/gracious-in-conflict/