Brent talks to Kelly Kapic, a professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia about his new book from Brazos Press, ‘You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good News’.
We find out how our limits reflect God’s design and why that’s good news!
(0:45) Why should we reflect on our human limitations?
(1:30) Ways we’re not in control;
(2:39) How we can face our human limitations;
(3:52) Anxious children;
(4:20) Modern life is ‘violent’. Anxiety is an inappropriate r...
Brent talks to Kelly Kapic, a professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia about his new book from Brazos Press, ‘You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good News’.
We find out how our limits reflect God’s design and why that’s good news!
- (0:45) Why should we reflect on our human limitations?
- (1:30) Ways we’re not in control;
- (2:39) How we can face our human limitations;
- (3:52) Anxious children;
- (4:20) Modern life is ‘violent’. Anxiety is an inappropriate relation to time. Anxiety can overwhelm us;
- (5:30) The history of clocks and of time;
- (6:00) Our view of time;
- (8:16) Is God efficient?
- (9:15) How we live in harmony with time;
- (10:00) Cultivating the fear of the Lord. God is near;
- (10:30) The original temptation was to be infinite;
- (12:45) We sometimes view matter as evil;
- (14:00) How we should relate to ourselves with regard to body image;
- (16:50) How does our culture interfere with our ability to be ourselves;
- (18:45) How do we get real with time;
- (20:00) Sleep as a spiritual discipline;
- (21:22) The importance of humility;
- (23:30) Why we should praise God for our limits.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Brazos Press Division Homepage | Baker Publishing Group
Kelly Kapic 'You're Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God's Design and Why That's Good News'
Kelly M. Kapic (covenant.edu)
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