{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Unrefined Podcast .com","title":"E190 Sticky Faith and False Comforts","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1140,"description":"In Part 1 of this conversation, Brandon and returning guest Tim Holloway explore the Didache (an early Christian teaching document rediscovered in the 1800s) and what it reveals about the earliest church’s worldview: two ways—life and death, love and chaos, true source vs false sources.They unpack why identity matters before you read obedience-heavy texts, how shame drives “self-soothing” behaviors, why attachment to God changes everything, and how the early church viewed baptism as an initiation marked by seriousness, fasting, and formation. They also tease what’s coming next: Eucharist, unity, and early church order that challenges modern assumptions.Timestamps:00:00:50 Brandon welcomes Tim back and sets up the Didache conversation00:03:18 Rediscovery era why the Didache matters “for a time such as this”00:05:39 Augustine and early church pivot points00:07:48 Ground-floor Christianity loosely held practices surprises ahead00:10:17 The two ways worldview life vs death and modern spiritual “both-and” thinking00:12:40 Narrow way thoughts identity before reading obedience texts00:14:41 Sermon on the Mount echoes loving God neighbor enemy00:17:01 Heart condition legalism vs grace shame enters the convo","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/SEi08kDnmS3ucXi-RfuKquACTpfh-Kjws-EHkJR3Eps/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mYjhk/MGY5YjJhYTVlZGM1/ZDZhOWQ0MzNiMjIx/NWE4Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}