142 When Believing Isn’t Blind, but It Doesn’t have Sight Either
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Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw discuss the nature of faith as relational trust rather than blind belief, particularly in the context of Easter.
During this Easter week, Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw talk about how we walk by faith, and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7), but that this isn't just blind faith. They discuss walking by faith, emphasizing that Christian faith is relational trust and attachment rather than merely ideas, and that faith crises often begin with emotional wounds and ruptures in church relationships that later get translated into doctrinal doubt. They argue resurrection faith is not blind, citing reasons why it is reaso...
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Hosts: Geoff Holsclaw, Cyd Holsclaw
Topics covered
- faith
- spirituality
- Christianity
- emotional wounds
- resurrection
- trust
Keywords
- faith
- spiritual formation
- Christian faith
- emotional wounds
- resurrection faith
- trust
- attachment
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: 2 Corinthians 5:7
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