The Dialog

If you think you're in Texas and you want to get to California, you go west. If you're actually in Hawaii, going west takes you most of the way around the world.

The Bible is like a map with X's drawn on it. Most of us can find the X. Our problem is we don't know where we are on the map, because we don't know our own thinking very well.

My dad always asks it this way: who taught you to think the way you think? My co-host Nick Surface and I trace where our filters come from and test them on the subject that makes everybody emotional: money.

Am I being logical or emotional?
Ask yourself: am I looking for something I agree with, or something that's true? Truth will offend you and challenge your preconceived notions.

Do you trust money?
Jesus said you can't serve God and mammon (Matthew 6:24). The Greek word is μαμωνᾶς (mamōnâs), and as I read it, it's whatever you trust in or value. Most people worship money and use God as a tool, rather than worship God and use money as a tool.

Does God only want you to have spiritual abundance?
In John 10:10 the word for life is ζωή (zōḗ), and the word for abundantly is περισσός (perissós). It means more than what's required, more than full.

Are you asking a question or making a point?
The hardest thing as an adult is being willing to be wrong. God's thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-9).

Scriptures
Matthew 7:16 · Matthew 6:24 · John 10:10 · 2 Corinthians 8:9 · Luke 8:3 · Acts 17:27 · Isaiah 55:8-9 · 1 Corinthians 8:1

Chapters
0:00 Cold open and show intro
0:53 The filter you see the world through
3:28 NLP, CBT and Stoicism
4:49 Adults are making it up
6:04 Whatever your parents do becomes normal
6:58 Bible college in England
8:13 The Bible is a map with X's on it
9:43 "Who taught you to think the way you think?"
10:49 Logical or emotional?
12:55 Black and white, or gray?
15:02 If it's true, it's always been true
16:32 The fruit of your thinking
18:56 "We can't afford it"
22:21 God and mammon
24:17 Money makes you more of who you are
26:14 Do you trust money?
27:59 Worship God, use money as a tool
30:21 A question or a point?
31:36 Was Jesus poor?
33:23 Being willing to be wrong
34:41 "One of those prosperity gospel churches"
36:41 Abundant life in John 10:10
38:53 Why you believe what you believe
40:23 Would God want to make you poor?
43:49 God's thoughts are higher
48:21 Knowledge puffs up, love builds up
49:04 Next time: does God want me to be rich?
51:00 Find the "you are here" dot

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What is The Dialog?

Ancient philosophers used the dialog to find answers to life’s greatest questions. The Dialog is a search for truth in modern life through the lens of ancient philosophy, history, and theology. This podcast will challenge your assumptions, change your thinking and show you how to master modern living.