Andrew Arndt on Spiritual Burnout, the Desert Fathers, and Connecting with God (Solum Podcast 22)

Описание: This episode of Solum Podcast features Andrew Arndt on his new book Streams in the Wasteland and how the Desert Fathers and Mothers can help us recover a vibrant faith in Christ.

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Timestamps:
00:22 - Intro
01:47 - What is Streams in the Wasteland about?
03:37 - What does the title mean?
07:07 - How is our society a spiritual wasteland?
13:17 - What is the monastic movement?
19:19 - What are some practical ways we can implement the practices and teachings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers?
23:46 - You quote Abba Moses as saying that spiritual disciplines like fasting, silence and solitude, and scriptural meditation don’t “constitute perfection but are the means of perfection.” Some might balk at language like this, interpreting it as saying that we can become righteous through works. How would you address this concern?
27:41 - You write that if you don’t love, you don’t know God. What would you say to a fellow Christian who struggles to love others?
29:58 - You write that “the very last thing that love does is turn a blind eye to the world. . . . Indeed, [love] leans into conflict.” What does this look like practically?
33:42 - Describe your Charismatic upbringing. Do you think Charismatics tend to be more relational than Christians of other denominations?
36:53 - In your Charismatic upbringing, you sometimes experienced miracles, received words from the Holy Spirit, and generally had a felt presence of God. Are Christians who don’t experience God so viscerally lacking something spiritually?
40:04 - What is the connection between the theology of the Desert Fathers and Mothers and Charismatic theology?
44:31 - Do you think we lost the theology of the Desert Fathers and Mothers? If so, why did we lose it?
47:02 - Perhaps the lack of a coherent doctrine of sanctification in evangelicalism is leading to the “spiritual deconstruction” movement we’re seeing now. First, what is spiritual deconstruction? Second, why is it happening so much? And finally, what would you say to those who are reevaluating their faith?
52:00 - How does community factor into healthy spiritual lives? And why is it so transformative for us?
53:49 - If you told someone to study just one of these Desert Fathers or Mothers, who would it be?
55:00 - If readers take away only one thing from Streams, what do you hope it is?

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