Autopsy: How Theology Explains the Christian Life

Some Christians seem to move through the Christian life with a steadiness and joy that others can’t seem to find. You pray, read Scripture, come to church, and yet your spiritual life still feels uneven. One day there is warmth and nearness; the next day it feels like the sense of God is simply gone. In this episode, we look at why Christians so often confuse spiritual health with spiritual feelin...

Most Christians spend far more time listening to themselves than preaching truth to themselves. In this episode of  Autopsy , we look at one of Martyn Lloyd-Jones' most famous insights from  Spiritual Depression : the battle for the Christian life is often fought in the conversations we have with ourselves. Instead of allowing our feelings to dictate reality, Scripture calls us to speak the go...

Why does faith sometimes feel flat? Why can two Christians sit in the same church service, sing the same songs, hear the same sermon, and walk away with completely different experiences? In this episode of Autopsy, we turn to Martyn Lloyd-Jones' classic work  Spiritual Depression  to explore a surprising possibility: what we often interpret as spiritual failure may actually be a misdiagnosis....

Why do we constantly attach ultimate significance to created things? Augustine argued that the human heart never stops worshipping. We are always attaching ourselves to something we believe will save us, satisfy us, or give our lives meaning. In this episode of Autopsy, we explore Augustine's understanding of worship, desire, and the restless heart.

Why do we keep returning to the same sins, habits, and distractions even when we know better? Augustine believed the problem is not primarily ignorance. We often know exactly what we should do. The deeper problem is that our desires have become disordered. What begins as a choice can become a craving, what becomes a craving can become a habit, and what becomes a habit can eventually become a form...

We live in the most comfortable and entertained era in human history, and yet many of us remain inwardly restless. We stay distracted, exhausted, and unable to be still. Sixteen hundred years ago, Augustine diagnosed this condition with startling precision. He believed the human heart was created for God and would remain restless until it found rest in Him. In Episode One of Autopsy, we examine wh...