Episodes 1-8

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    The Shape of Love

    This episode wraps up our series by looking at how the J-Curve helps in a mini-crisis.

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    In-Ministry vs In-Christ

    The podcast team looks at what it means to be "in Christ" and how ministry is a particularly subtle idol.

    View Episode 7
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    In-Sports vs In-Christ

    In this episode, we look at what it means to be "in Christ" and discuss what it means to have lesser loves (like sports.)

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    In-Harvard vs In-Christ

    The podcast team looks at what it means to be "in Christ" which is mystical, but it’s remarkably unmystical as well.

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    Marketing the Self

    In this episode, we look closer at what we tend to do instead of the J-Curve, marketing ourselves and trying to climb the failure-boasting chart.

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    All of Life Is a Gift

    The podcast team explores the idea that gift-giving is deep in the structure of the universe... reflecting the heart of our gift-giving God.

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    The Love J-Curve of Christmas

    In this podcast episode, we discuss the love J-Curve of Christmas and the very nature of love is to have your freedom constricted.

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  • Paul and Kim: A J-Curve Story
     

    "I'll Never Do This Again!": How the J-Curve Helps

    This episode begins a new series on Paul's book, J-Curve: Dying and Rising with Jesus in Everyday Life. Paul begins by sharing a story about his daughter, Kim.

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  • The American church is like me at the back of the plane, at many levels, thinking everything has gone wrong. And part of what has gone wrong is that we don’t really have any teaching on dying and rising with Jesus.

Dying and Rising with Jesus in Everyday Life – Together!

Four years ago, I was hard pressed on every side, perplexed, persecuted, struck down. And I did feel crushed, in despair, abandoned, destroyed! But Jesus led me to the "J-Curve" book, and since then, I am truly amazed at how He has used seeJesus to lift me up in resurrection.

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