269. Three Reason Churches Unintentionally Reward Survival Patterns
From 2 Pastors and a Mic by Hill City
March 11, 2026 · 21 min
About this episode
The episode discusses how certain behaviors labeled as 'spiritual maturity' may actually be survival patterns that churches unintentionally reward.
In this episode of Two Pastors and a Mic, we kick off a brand new conversation about something many Christians never stop to question: what if some of the behaviors we’ve called “spiritual maturity” are actually survival patterns? We talk about three reasons churches often unintentionally reward unhealthy patterns, not because leaders are malicious, but because many of us were formed by the same systems ourselves. From self-shrinking that looks like humility, to overworking that looks like s...
People in this episode
Host: Hill City
Topics covered
- spiritual maturity
- survival patterns
- church behavior
- unhealthy patterns
- Christianity
Keywords
- spiritual maturity
- survival patterns
- church behavior
- Christianity
- unhealthy patterns
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