Show notes
Some talk about God too much. Others are said to be too embarrassed ever to do so. I think much of the pickle around God-talk arises from a fundamental, modern mistake. God is not an object to be proven, evidenced or possessed. God is the subjectivity of existence itself - beyond talk, though talk we must do, because talk too is already in God.I muse on what that might mean, not least when it comes to talking about God.01:11 Why the religiously wary seem religiously alive02:40 The mistake of trying to prove God’s existence05:00 The mistake of going by religious success06:12 The mistake of presuming a gap between God and humanity07:11 The mistake of treating religions as complete08:36 The mistake of separating grace and nature11:17 Beyond peak experiences to the existence itself13:15 Beyond praying to God and God as an object in religious settings16:11 Beyond human and divine relationality17:59 On the lovely limits of talking about God23:00 On reason as a guide, reflection as discernment24:34 On divine union and the fundamentals of existence28:30 On the meaning of love30:06 How to talk of God in God and the greatest question33:49 Why we don’t need anything though there’s everything to know35:35 The nature of true apologetics36:36 The nature of “religio”39:25 Teacherly authority and sages42:20 Direct presence and the spiritual senses44:15 Spotting when God becomes an object again46:54 There are many revelations not one true product49:17 Christianity beyond Christianity and sensing a future55:12 The good news and the question not of if but how