Into the Light, Part 1

Episode 17 of the Ronnie McBrayer podcast, hosted by Ronnie McBrayer, titled "Into the Light, Part 1" was published on May 9, 2025 and runs 24 minutes.

May 9, 2025 ·24m · Ronnie McBrayer

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Summary

”Saul of Tarsus was a fundamentalist; and very little can be more damaging, more hurtful and harmful, than hard-shelled, hard-hearted fundamentalism. Fundamentalism is spirituality gone wrong; it is piety turned sour. It is a form of compromised, contaminated religion that has substituted right living with rule-following. It is fueled by impending judgment and certain punishment rather than by spiritual liberation. Fundamentalism trades in the currency of control, manipulation, and coercion. The short of it is this: Fundamentalism is a pathology of the heart, that has exchanged love for fear.”

Episode Description

"Saul of Tarsus was a fundamentalist; and very little can be more damaging, more hurtful and harmful, than hard-shelled, hard-hearted fundamentalism. Fundamentalism is spirituality gone wrong; it is piety turned sour. It is a form of compromised, contaminated religion that has substituted right living with rule-following. It is fueled by impending judgment and certain punishment rather than by spiritual liberation. Fundamentalism trades in the currency of control, manipulation, and coercion. The short of it is this: Fundamentalism is a pathology of the heart, that has exchanged love for fear."