Description

Paul McDonald and Britt Mooney break open the 1995 movie Heat. We recorded this conversation back in October, but wanted to save it to help kick off the new year. As we reflect on the past year, we have the opportunity to look at what we chase and what’s really important to us. Will we live in a comedy, where we realize the truth and live by it, or will we choose tragedy, where we know the truth but decide to live aligned with a lie? What are you attached to? And what can you walk away from? The law and legalism is powerless to transform us, but salvation is offered through relationship. Let’s head to the diner and grab a cup of coffee and discover God’s truth in this movie.

Questions

• How have you seen tragedies work out in real life? When have you seen others continue to choose what is harmful for themselves?
• How have you chosen what is harmful for yourself?
• How is the Bible a comedy? How is it a tragedy?
• What is your favorite heist movie?
• Why do we love heist movies?
• What does a regular life look like to you?
• What pressure do you feel?
• What are you chasing?
• Where do you feel like you don’t have a choice?
• What are you attached to?
• What impact do you have on those closest to you?
• Ask your wife (without defending or responding), what impact do I have on your heart?
• What’s most important in your life?
• Where do you avoid difficult conflict/uncomfortable situations?
• Where do you feel imprisoned?
• What are your priorities in your life? Is that reflected in time? Attention? Financial?

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Edited and mixed by Grayson Foster (https://graysonfoster.com/)

Audio quotes performed by Britt Mooney, Paul McDonald, and Tim Willard, taken from Epic (written by John Eldredge) and Song of Albion (written by Stephen Lawhead).

Southerly Change performed by Zane Dickinson, used under license from Shutterstock