Kelly Kapic – You’re Only Human

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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