tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13694001.post3756126336118516980..comments2023-09-04T07:31:02.413-06:00Comments on Sightings, Sounds, and Sniffs of the Kingdom: How Do You Know What You Know?Collin Packerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05426927070542873291noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13694001.post-43599525771176643122014-11-08T14:24:57.956-07:002014-11-08T14:24:57.956-07:00Good questions, heavy ones if we really are questi...Good questions, heavy ones if we really are questioning. For the first 30 years of my life, I didn't really question what I knew. Why would I? Life was about doing good so that life would be easier. When it ended up getting harder the "gooder" I was, I really had to question what I knew, if anything. I pray that God is surrounding you with people who point you to Him during these questions. I had to seek them out, but they were easy to find once I started looking. I have seen similar questions lead people away from God when they didn't get the answer they wanted. Too many times we define what is real by what we want. When we don't get what we want, we tend to redefine our reality. Seeing things as they are, frees us to communicate with people who don't see things the same way. If frees us to love more, and hopefully gives us a better understanding of who God really is, not who we want him to be. BradBrad and Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927215131698292007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13694001.post-12679968800147773612014-11-08T07:10:48.316-07:002014-11-08T07:10:48.316-07:00I'm a fan of lean startup which can be applied...I'm a fan of <a href="http://theleanstartup.com/" rel="nofollow">lean startup</a> which can be applied to <a href="http://leadnet.org/the-lean-startup-for-church-planting/" rel="nofollow">church planting</a>. It defines knowledge through assumptions that have been confirmed or refuted via validated learning in context of the <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/OODA.Boyd.svg" rel="nofollow">OODA loop</a>.<br /><br />If you ever get writers block, I'd be interested in hearing what you have really <i>learned</i> and how that differed from what you though you knew.Mark Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700817173427017274noreply@blogger.com