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πŸŽ™οΈ When God Becomes Too Familiar
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πŸŽ™οΈ When God Becomes Too Familiar

πŸ“œ A Lenten Deep Dive into John 7 β€” Why We Miss Christ When He Stands Right Before Us

Broadcast live from Chesterton Radio in Atchison, Kansas, this episode enters one of the most unsettling moments in the Gospel of John:

β€œYou know me… and you know where I came from.”

Or do we?

On this Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent, we explore a dangerous spiritual illusion β€” the belief that we already understand Christ. The crowd in Jerusalem thinks they have Him figured out. And that certainty becomes the very thing that blinds them.

In this deeply reflective conversation, we unpack:

  • Why familiarity can quietly extinguish wonder

  • How Psalm 50 reveals repentance as a recovery of sight

  • The hidden power of Isaiah’s Suffering Servant

  • And why gratitude may be the key to seeing God again

This is not just theology β€” it is a diagnosis of modern life. We have not lost God because He is absent, but because He has become ordinary to us.

If Lent is about anything, it is this:
learning to see again.

Step into a conversation where the familiar becomes mysterious, the ordinary becomes radiant, and Christ stands β€” once more β€” unrecognized in the middle of the crowd.

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