Why "Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin" Is Psychologically Impossible (#20) - a podcast by Dan Koch

Richard Beck is a psychologist, professor, speaker and author of many books, right in what I consider to be the sweet spot: the overlap of psychology and Christian faith/theology. This is more or less where I am headed professionally, and it’s encouraging to have had a conversation like this one, so chock full of interesting, challenging, and inspiring stuff. We talk a good bit about disgust, which is a big factor in the impossibility of “love the sinner hate the sin,” but we also talk about spiritual practices and habits, Jesus and the Pharisees, and even placing cockroaches in orange juice.

Later, I introduce a simple prayer practice I call The Protestant Rosary (1:26:00).

Richard’s blog/site: http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/

Directions for praying the "Protestant Rosary":
1. Get a rosary
2. Start where the three strands meet, near the cross, and pray one Jesus Prayer for each of the 10 beads before the spacer bead
3. For the spacer bead, pray the Lord's Prayer
4. Repeat until one "lap" of the rosary is finished. Repeat if you so desire.

Variation #1:
For each of the 10 standard beads, pray for a person in your life, i.e. "Have mercy on Derek," and imagine God's mercy enveloping Derek.

Variation #2:
Like Variation #1, but use multiple beads for the same person, each time saying the same prayer, "Have mercy on Derek," but with each bead, focusing on a different aspect of Derek's life, like his work life, his faith, his relationship with a loved one, his health, etc.

How to End:
Madame Guyon recommends taking a moment to "swallow" or accept whatever God has given during the prayer time, even if this time nothing appears to have been given; be grateful for the silence and peace.

The Jesus Prayer:
"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me/us (a sinner)."

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