Seeking the God Who Seeks You | Trevor Hudson on Dallas Willard and St. Ignatius (Solum Podcast 21)

This episode of Solum Podcast features Trevor Hudson on his new book Seeking God, the influence of Dallas Willard and St. Ignatius, and how to become friends with God.
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Time Stamps:
00:38 - Intro
01:43 - Tell us a little bit about your new book, Seeking God.
02:33 - What prompted you to write Seeking God?
04:44 - How did the book unfold in your thinking?
08:57 - Why did you choose Dallas Willard and St. Ignatius as models for the book?
10:46 - Is it idolatrous to look up to men like this?
14:22 - Did God give Willard special grace or can we all be like Willard?
16:49 - What drew you, as a Protestant, to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius?
19:41 - Why do you think exploring spiritual formation is particularly important in the evangelical church today?
23:21 - What would you say is the biggest obstacle to spiritual formation? Why do you think that is the case?
24:51 - William Barry, SJ, writes in your foreword that “God has, from the arrival of human beings, wanted our friendship." Why should we think this is true?
28:24 - You write that Christians tend to believe the only seekers of God are unbelievers, and once they accept Christ as Lord and Savior, the search ends. Why do you think this is the case today?
31:19 - You mention that you seek to follow Jesus into the Kingdom of God here and now. Most people take the Kingdom of God to be the afterlife. Why think we can enter God’s kingdom now?
35:43 - You write that “step by step, [Jesus] leads us into the fullness of life that is the astounding promise of the gospel." This is different from the popular conception of the gospel as the acknowledgment of Christ’s atoning death and the acceptance of his lordship. Tell us first how you would articulate the gospel and how you came to your conception of it.
38:40 - How does repentance factor into your conception of the gospel?
41:04 - Do you think reframing repentance positively as part of this new life with God is “dancing around” what repentance is or diminishing the gravity of turning from sin?
47:36 - You mention that “the God who seeks you, far more than you seek him, will surely meet you and lead you along the way into another kind of life." Though many Christians would be reluctant to admit it, a lot of them don’t feel that God pursues them - in fact, they often feel that God withdraws from them. Why think that God pursues us more than we pursue him?
52:40 - What can we do when God seems distant?
54:04 - Why do our spiritual lives become stale in the first place?
58:33 - How do we discern or hear the voice of God?
1:01:27 - How can we engage our churches in spiritual formation on a practical level?
1:03:29 - How do you hope your message will resonate with your readers?
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