Joshua Keith Craft

The Dialog

with Joshua Craft

Season 1: dialogs with Nick Surface · Season 2: God and money

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Every episode is a search for truth: asking the questions we all wrestle with and finding answers in Scripture, the great thinkers and real life. New episodes most weeks.

The great questions we have don’t get answered by consuming more. They get answered by working them out while being willing to be wrong - and change our minds.

The term "dialog" isn't just a word for conversation. It was named for what philosophers believed it did: dia — through, across, between — and logos — word, reason, the logic that governs the universe. Dialog through the logos. - is how we find answers. Truth emerges in the space between two people willing to be honest. The power is not information. It is in the synthesis between two people thinking logically. They arrive at a third - usually better - perspective neither of them could have created on their own.

“I’m happy to have a mistaken idea of mine proved wrong. There’s nothing worse for a person than holding mistaken views about the matters we’re discussing.” — Socrates, Gorgias

Season 2: God and money

• Are God and money incompatible? 2.1
• Does God want me to be rich? 2.2
• If God wants you rich, why aren't you? 2.3

Season 1: dialogs with Nick Surface

• Why you should want to be proved wrong 1.1
• Is happiness a worthwhile goal? 1.2
• Is life a problem to solve? 1.3
• Is poverty a mindset? What Jesus told John the Baptist 1.4
• Is there truth in other religions? 1.5
• Are your relationships transactional or transformational? 1.6
• What does God want me to do with my life? 1.7
• Who taught you to think the way you think? 1.8
• How much money does God want you to have? 1.9
• Values vs. virtues: what's the difference? 1.10
• Should Christians believe in Santa? The real St. Nicholas 1.11
• One degree off: when church tradition drifts from truth 1.12
• Judge the fruit, not the motive 1.13
• Who is my neighbor? 1.14
• What is God actually holding you responsible for? 1.15
• What's your standard for truth? Socrates vs. the sophists 1.16
• What are you really certain of? 1.17
• What does the Bible say about leadership? 1.18
• Should Christians set goals? Process vs. outcome 1.19
• Have we confused our preferences with principles? 1.20
• What did your opinion cost you? 1.21
• How do you hold conviction without losing compassion? 1.22
• Where did your beliefs about money come from? 1.23
• Trusting God when you can't control the outcome 1.24
• Are you living what you say you believe? 1.25
• How to stop letting your past define you 1.27
• How to stop people pleasing: choose who you'll disappoint 1.28
• Do you want the truth, or just to feel right? 1.29
• How do you live with uncertainty? 1.30
• Why do we hate being corrected? 1.31
• Why do people stop giving you feedback? 1.32
• What is your fatal flaw? The Greek word behind sin 1.33
• How did the early church grow under persecution? 1.34
• Do you have to honor a leader you disagree with? 1.35
• Are you saying what people need to hear? 1.36
• The voices in our head 1.37
• Whatever you blame controls you 1.38
• What do you do with feedback you don't want? 1.39
• Have we mistaken tradition for truth? 1.40
• What is the church for? 4 roles the Bible gives it 1.41
• Is manifesting biblical? 1.42
• 39 lessons in 39 years 1.43