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Podcast: Erin Church of the Nazarene
Episode: To Know Christ: From Trivia to True Intimacy With Jesus
Description: Pastor Daniel Medders begins by admitting his frustration that his mind remembers trivial facts, song lyrics, and useless information more easily than important things like people’s names, which leads him to ask what is truly worth knowing. He turns to Philippians 3:10 and explains that Paul, who was once obsessively focused on religious achievement, later counted those pursuits as rubbish compared to knowing Christ. Throughout the sermon, he warns against settling for head knowledge or Bible trivia and explains that the Bible’s language of knowing Christ is about an intimate, lived relationship where we deeply understand his character, hear...