061 | You Are Not Obscure to God: Identity Crisis Series

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SS061 Shepherd & The Shrink You Are Not Obscure to God: Identity Crisis Series

Welcome back to the Identity Crisis Series, in which we ask why we’re in an identity crisis and discuss what that looks like. In this episode, I (the Shepherd) talk about our second problematic identity: the spectator.

Today, I talk about what it means to be a spectator and explain why that’s a problem. I share some troubling stories that emphasize that we’re becoming a world of spectators, and I note that boredom is largely a result of the Industrial Revolution. I talk about why multimedia puts our brains in low gear and share a snorkeling analogy. I list the three main ways that being a spectator is harmful, and I emphasize what it means to accept that God is a seeing God.


“Realize [that] God is absent in 99% of what you watch, although the evidence of the quest for God is everywhere in what you watch.”

- Dr. Matt Hook

This week on Shepherd & the Shrink:


  • What it means to be a spectator

  • The effects of constant entertainment

  • Boredom as a product of the industrial revolution

  • The effects of multimedia

  • Why constant entertainment picks apart our souls

  • What it means that God is a seeing God

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Martin Fletcher