Six reasons you seriously need to slow down
- Does a hurried life destroy your relationship with God?
- How much control does the average man really have over slowing down given work, family, and church responsibilities?
The hosts walk through the Relevant article 'Six Reasons You Seriously Need to Slow Down.' They largely agree with the principle but push back on the practicality: a hurried life destroys the relationship with God (quoting a Chinese pastor, ASR 'Wing Mandao'), decreases capacity to love (1 Corinthians 13, Matthew Kelly), increases temptation's power (a host jokes about a plush doll saying 'oops, premarital sex again'), numbs injustice (Kirk Jones: 'hurry is a desensitizer'), increases narrow-mindedness and legalism, and clouds purpose and passion (fruit of the Spirit, burnout is not a badge of faithfulness). Verdict: the principle is solid; the execution is harder than the article makes it sound.
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