97: Hannah Anderson | Goodness and The Lost Art of Discernment

2020-12-08

www.graceenoughpodcast.com Hannah Anderson joins me on the Grace Enough Podcast to discuss the pursuit of goodness, derived from the character of God, and how it helps develop discernment in us. Questions Hannah and I Discussed: (6:37) You have described the digital age as disorienting. What do you mean by that? (13:28) As Christians our initial response is often to close ourselves off to the world and the news and live in a bubble that we perceive as safe, but you challenge your reader to take up P...

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Hannah Anderson joins me on the Grace Enough Podcast to discuss the pursuit of goodness, derived from the character of God, and how it helps develop discernment in us.

Questions Hannah and I Discussed:

(6:37) You have described the digital age as disorienting. What do you mean by that?
(13:28) As Christians our initial response is often to close ourselves off to the world and the news and live in a bubble that we perceive as safe, but you challenge your reader to take up Paul’s charge to the Phillipians. Share a little about that with us.
(19:54) In my limited experience, what I have found is people really don’t understand discernment. In your book, All That’s Good, you take the reader on a journey of understanding discernment. For someone, who may struggle to understand discernment in practical terms how would you break it down?
(31:57) We have taken the word goodness and attached a definition to it. That is we aren’t good. There is nothing in us, which is good, which is true, but that’s not what you’re talking about when you’re talking about. Goodness, it’s not about earning God’s favor, as much as it is God’s image in all people. Tease that out for us.
(39:19) “We miss a world of good, beautiful things because we are so worried about making ourselves good and beautiful that we don’t have time to see that God has already made us good and beautiful through His Son. And we miss His good gifts because we are too busy trying to earn them.” If you could charge the listener to go into the world, into challenging and uncomfortable situations and seek out the good, what final thoughts would you share with them?

Quotes to Remember:

“I don’t think we’re any more naive or gullible than any other time in history, but we just have a lot more that we’re being asked to process.”

“So for Paul, the pursuit of silencing the chaos in our minds is not withdraw, it’s engagement in a certain way. It’s engaging with the world, looking for things that are true, honorable, just pure, lovely, commendable and excellent…. Instead of just staying away from the bad things, I want you to learn what goodness looks like, because then you’ll be able to see it, and then you’ll be able to move toward it.”

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