141 Exchanging our Emotional Yo-Yos for Jesus's Yes
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Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw discuss the Great Exchange in Christianity, contrasting emotional instability with Jesus's steadfastness.
In this episode of the Attaching to God podcast, Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw explore the ancient Christian “Great Exchange”, that Jesus became what we are so we could become what he is—taking on humanity, sin, weakness, and death to give righteousness, strength, adoption, and life. They contrast Peter’s Passion-week emotional “yo-yo” with Jesus’ steady “yes,” holding both intimacy and independence with the Father and his disciples through the Last Supper, Gethsemane, and the cross. The episode clo...
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Hosts: Geoff Holsclaw, Cyd Holsclaw
Topics covered
- Great Exchange
- emotional health
- spiritual formation
- Christianity
- intimacy with God
- resilience
Keywords
- Great Exchange
- emotional yo-yos
- Jesus
- spirituality
- Christianity
- intimacy
- independence
- Last Supper
- Gethsemane
- cross
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Last Supper, Gethsemane, the cross
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