{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Church Is Messy: Welcome Home - Single Life and Dating","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2308,"description":"Today's Topic\n\nRick and Svea talk about singleness, dating, and loneliness. They discuss Jesus and his singleness, guarding against being defined by another person, and not choosing a path that leads away from Jesus.\n\nTopics Discussed in this Episode\n00:00 Intro.\n00:52 Nerding out on church history.\n04:58 Fighting against alienating singles - Svea's experience.\n06:02 Feeling the anti-gospel pull toward homogeneity and seeing the world as we are.\n08:24 Looking at Hagar: an outcast seen by God and our fundamental need to be seen.\n09:28 Being single isn't the problem; being alone is the problem. A vision to known and be known.\n10:56 The soapbox: the weekend services are not a church; they are something our church does. Don't be a consumer and evaluate church by what we receive, but also by what we give.\n13:11 We are a diverse group of people united in Christ.\n14:27 A discussion about two groups that tend to be successful at building community\n17:56 Coaching for those who come to Autumn Ridge: throw the ball back - help make it easier to keep a conversation going.\n20:02 A theology of singleness: Jesus' humanity as a single person.\n23:48 As a human, Jesus needed other people, but he NEVER used people.\n26:43 Guarding against defining our significance by someone else.\n31:25 Practical tips to avoid problems in pursuing a pure life\n35:24 Don't ever let yourself be wooed into walking down a path that leads you away from Jesus.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}