The Person You Never Talk To | The Pursuit with James Griffin
About this episode
The episode discusses the difference between seeking God's gifts and seeking God Himself, using the story of Simon in Acts 8 as a backdrop.
In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby open in Acts 8, where a man named Simon watched the Holy Spirit show up in power and immediately reached for his wallet to buy it. The team unpacks how easily we do the same thing in subtler ways, coming to God wanting His gifts more than we want Him. The conversation digs into what genuine faith actually looks like, the difference between seeking God's hand and seeking His face, and why the worst form of...
People in this episode
Host: James Griffin
Guests: Carlos Fernandez, Ansley Huckaby
Topics covered
- faith
- Holy Spirit
- genuine faith
- seeking God
- spiritual gifts
Keywords
- Holy Spirit
- faith
- Acts 8
- spirituality
- Christianity
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Acts 8
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