In this episode of the Thinking Fellows podcast, Bruce Hillman, Scott Keith, and I take a look at the difference between the comfort that comes from the gospel and the kind of therapeutic language that's become common in our culture. We talk about how this language has crept into everyday life—including the church—and how it ends up reshaping the way people think about faith, identity, and community. Along the way, we highlight the importance of the gospel as an objective promise, the problems with journey-style language, and the real need for Christian community when people are struggling. At the heart of it, we’re calling for a return to the central message of Christianity: the forgiveness of sins and the church as a place of genuine comfort and consolation.

Show Notes:

What’s New from 1517:

Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug
The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction by Donavan Riley
Ditching the Checklist by Mark Mattes
Broken Bonds: A Novel of the Reformation, Book 1 of 2 by Amy Mantravadi

The Difference Between the Comfort of the Gospel and Therapeutic Language

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