In today's episode, author Catherine McNiel shares the inspiration and questions behind her upcoming book, Fearing Bravely: Risking Love for Our Neighbors, Strangers and Enemies. It's a call back to the kind of discipleship that Jesus lived out and asks of us, and of his earliest disciples. What prompted a transformation of the timid disciples into the bold, fearless preachers we see after Jesus's resurrection?
We talk about:
- how fear is a helpful - yes, helpful! - feeling, and how it can also hold us back
- warning signs of being "discipled by fear"
- why loving others can feel threatening
- the idol of safety, and the good news about surrendering it to God
- what fear of God looks like, and doesn't
- what privilege adds to our propensity for fear
- how to respond when your calling is not comfortable
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