Dependence – Nathan Slonaker // Acts 5

About this episode

Nathan Slonaker discusses the importance of dependence on God and others, reflecting on Acts 5 and the consequences of spiritual isolation.

In this week’s episode of The Cutting Floor Podcast, Student Minister Nathan Slonaker builds on his sermon about dependence. Reflecting on Acts 5 and the story of Ananias and Sapphira, Nathan explains how spiritual power cannot flourish where people are hiding behind performance instead of living with a posture of dependence and poverty of spirit. He also unpacks how refusing to admit our need for God and others leads not only to spiritual isolation, but relational isolation as well, making it difficult to experience genuine community and be truly known.

People in this episode

Host: John Durham

Guest: Nathan Slonaker

Topics covered

• dependence
• spiritual power
• community
• relational isolation
• poverty of spirit

Keywords

• dependence
• spiritual power
• community
• Acts 5
• Ananias
• Sapphira
• relational isolation
• poverty of spirit

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Acts 5

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