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In this episode, Brandon, Linda and Rob finish their conversation on the topic of how we change and grow.

The first part of the episode explores the current cultural trend toward tolerance and what we’re calling radical acceptance - this idea that no one should have to change anything about themselves if they don’t want to and, more than that, the act of asking someone to change is now considered an affront - real love would just accept people however they are.  

In the second half of the episode, we turn a corner in this conversation to begin to see how  the way we’ve been designed (think neuroscience and the psychology of attachment) shape our approach to change and growth.  We also explore how each of the previous approaches - knowledge, action and power -  come together as aspects of change and growth that emerge from our attachment to God as his dearly loved children. 
Resources mentioned or used in the episode

The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl R. Trueman

Renovated: God, Dallas Willard, and the Church That Transforms by Jim Wilder

The Connected Life: The Art and Science of Relational Spirituality by Todd W Hall and Curt Thompson

Becoming a Face of Grace: Navigating Lasting Relationship with God and Others by Ed Khouri

Paul and Union with Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study by Constantine R. Campbell

Found episode #3 - Freedom - What is it good for?

Found episode #6 - What is love? (Baby Don’ Hurt Me)

Found episode #7 -  How do we change and grow? (part 1) 

The Well episode: “Joy” 

List of philosophers/thinkers/scientists/physicians mentioned:
Philip Rieff
Carl Trueman
Immanuel Kant
John Locke
John Stuart Mill
Isaiah Berlin
Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
Jacques Derrida
Michel Foucault
Charles Taylor
James Wilder
Dr Alan Schore
Ed Khouri
Saint Clair of Assisi

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How do we change and grow?  Seems like a pretty straightforward question…until you dig a little deeper.  This is the first of a two-part episode that explores the various ways this question has been answered by secular philosophers  as well as how the church has incorporated these ways of thinking into the approaches it uses to help people change and grow.  This episode explores three paradigms - 

The first is: “Information = Transformation” and it poses the question - does transformation happen as I accumulate correct knowledge?

The second is: “Do the Right Thing” which seeks to determine if transformation happens as we accumulate longer and longer strings of good deeds.

The third is: “Power to the People” which asserts that the ability to change and grow is tied to  having the power in a given situation. 

Episode two will look at our current cultural reality and then propose a Biblical perspective for change and growth that involves knowing, doing and power under the umbrella of attachment to God.   

Join your hosts Brandon Bathauer and Linda Tokar and their special guest, Rob Jacobs as we seek to really understand how we change and grow.  

Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
 
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.

Books referenced in the episode:
The Connected Life by Todd Hall 
The Solution of Choice by Dr. Marcus Warner and Jim Wilder.

Early Thinkers:
Tertullian Augustine
Justin Martyr Boethius
Philo Thomas Aquinas
Clement 


Knowledge = Transformation 
Descartes
Locke
Hume
Kant

Do the Right Thing 
Hobbes
Einstein


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Kick off this series on the Fruit of the Spirit by diving into the hotly contested, deeply forming, culturally appropriated word of all words: LOVE.

Join your hosts Linda Tokar and Brandon Bathauer as they process the loves presented by our culture, in contrast with the love shown to us by God.

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Special thanks to: Logan Tullius, Lindsey Sun, Andrew Obnial, Ryan Bathauer, Ian Greenhalgh, Scott Tokar, Doug Jones, Bethany Bathauer, and Rob Jacobs for your insights and research on this topic.

An update on what is coming up next for the Found Podcast.

Join your hosts Linda Tokar and Brandon Bathauer as they introduce the upcoming series on the Fruit of the Spirit, why looking for the real Jesus is important, as well as give some hints
on some exciting things on the horizon.

In this episode, we are talking about work. We all work - it’s what consumes the best waking hours of our days for nearly the entirety of our lives. No matter who you are or where you live, whether you gain income from it or not - work is a reality for all of us.

Recently, as a result of the "Great Resignation" and the "Great Reconsideration", along with record inflation and job insecurity, we're all asking questions about what we're doing for work and why we're doing it.

So, how do we view the work that put our hands to day in and day out?

Join your hosts Linda Tokar and Brandon Bathauer as they explore three stories about work...The Incomplete Story, The Misguided Story, and The Often Untold Story. We will dig into how these stories, these narratives, dramatically shape our work, and ultimately, our lives, seeking to find God's Grand Story amidst it all.

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In the world we live—America particularly—freedom brings up lots of emotions, questions, thoughts, and concerns. “Give me liberty or give me death” stirs up the hearts of all of us. William Wallace crying out “Freedom” at the end of Braveheart will always give us the chills. Why? Why does freedom matter to us, and how should we engage and live with the freedom around us?

Whether topics of freedom of speech, abortion, the legislation of drugs or weapon ownership, we are bombarded daily with questions of freedom. What freedoms should we have as a society, and more, what should we do with the freedoms we currently have? Join us as we talk through what would Jesus say as he stands amidst this noise and says, “whom the son sets free is free indeed”.

Join your hosts, Linda Tokar and Brandon Bathauer, as they discuss different views about freedom, and the ramifications of buying into these views.