http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/2008/10/the-voice-of-the-lord/ Two guys thinking out loud about life beyond the box of institutional religion Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/2008/10/the-voice-of-the-lord/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Raborn Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:13:28 +0000 http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/?p=22#comment-160 Big C, I LOVE the Matrix...it is my favorite movie of all time. I have way too many favorite scenes to mention, but I love the part where Mopheus takes Neo through the "jump program". Just as he gets ready to make a ridiculous jump, Morpheus turns to Neo and says "You've got to let it all go Neo; fear, doubt and disbelief. Free your mind." Then you see the process of Neo trying to talk himself into opening his mind to new possibilities. Up until this point he has always believed that what he just saw Morpheus do was impossible. Now, in a moment, he tries to talk himself into letting go of his preconceived ideas of the nature of reality and embrace a world of limitless possibilities. This is much like how I felt after leaving the institutional church. Suddenly, I began to discover a faith that felt simultaeneously much more exciting and much more dangerous. I'm still in the "jump program", letting my Father stretch my heart beyond the boundaries and limits I have embraced. Big C,
I LOVE the Matrix…it is my favorite movie of all time. I have way too many favorite scenes to mention, but I love the part where Mopheus takes Neo through the “jump program”. Just as he gets ready to make a ridiculous jump, Morpheus turns to Neo and says “You’ve got to let it all go Neo; fear, doubt and disbelief. Free your mind.”
Then you see the process of Neo trying to talk himself into opening his mind to new possibilities. Up until this point he has always believed that what he just saw Morpheus do was impossible. Now, in a moment, he tries to talk himself into letting go of his preconceived ideas of the nature of reality and embrace a world of limitless possibilities. This is much like how I felt after leaving the institutional church. Suddenly, I began to discover a faith that felt simultaeneously much more exciting and much more dangerous. I’m still in the “jump program”, letting my Father stretch my heart beyond the boundaries and limits I have embraced.

]]> http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/2008/10/the-voice-of-the-lord/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Big C Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:51:02 +0000 http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/?p=22#comment-159 Ok so I may be falling into the stalker category, but you guys say so many things that fall into my way of thinking. All of my "religious" leaders thought I was crazy and reaching when I saw "The Matrix" as a parable for life in the church. The line of "So you think thats air your breathing" was sucha hammer on the misconceptions of religion. And the actual matrix being designed to placate, subdjugate, and misguide those who are locked into it just screamed most religion to me. I still could teach a whole spiritual study on the Matrix trilogy so I will stop talking now. I totally agree with you guys. God doesn't care if it is "christian" or "secular". He moves when He moves. I am always reminded of that verse in Psalms I think or maybe proverbs. "He holds in his hands the hearts of kings, and guides thew like the river" or something like that. To mean it means it mans intentions or design never hold water - God uses all to His purpose. Ok so I may be falling into the stalker category, but you guys say so many things that fall into my way of thinking. All of my “religious” leaders thought I was crazy and reaching when I saw “The Matrix” as a parable for life in the church. The line of “So you think thats air your breathing” was sucha hammer on the misconceptions of religion. And the actual matrix being designed to placate, subdjugate, and misguide those who are locked into it just screamed most religion to me. I still could teach a whole spiritual study on the Matrix trilogy so I will stop talking now.
I totally agree with you guys. God doesn’t care if it is “christian” or “secular”. He moves when He moves. I am always reminded of that verse in Psalms I think or maybe proverbs. “He holds in his hands the hearts of kings, and guides thew like the river” or something like that. To mean it means it mans intentions or design never hold water – God uses all to His purpose.

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