EAST Podcast: Managing Emotions – Father Heart of God

Managing Emotions – Discovering the Father Heart of God

This podcast episode on Managing Emotions featured Dr David Eckman, Founder of Becoming What God Intended Ministries and Dr Jarred Jung, EAST Resident Faculty in Systematic Theology. Eckman’s focus in this episode is on the theology of emotions and how to manage them in light of whom God as the Heavenly Father is to us.

“Recently I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. David Eckman, President of Becoming What God Intended Ministries. The topic of our interview was the importance of emotions to the humans. As a faculty in theology at EAST who teaches on the image of God, I found this conversation to be particularly interesting and important as I often find that emotions are seen as something to be avoided, or at least something thought of as less important to the individual. Sure we have them, but it is best to manage them by keeping them underneath the surface. While such a view of the emotions is valued in Confucian Asian societies, it is also regaining in some Western societies due to a resurgence in popularity of Stoicism. In this podcast interview, Dr. Eckman discusses how our emotions are indeed an important part of who we are, but also how we are created to enjoy God with our emotions and how God redeems our emotions with his fatherly love for us, even in cultures where emotions are seen as more of a negative. I hope you enjoy Dr. Eckman’s reflections on the Triune God, humanity, and emotions.” – Dr Jarred Jung

 

Please visit the podcast video on YouTube to directly view the chapters listed below.

• Introduction – Jarred Jung
• What role does emotions play in us as humans and image bearers of God?
• How the Fall twisted the passionate delight in God to being enslaved to desires of darkness
• Redemptive understanding of emotions affecting the horizontal and vertical relationships
• Turning away from self-hatred to self-love through the love of God the Father
• Expressing emotions in cultures where such outward expressions are not the norm
• Holistic relational evangelism in drawing people to a relationship with the Heavenly Father
• Knowing the Father’s love and his passionate desire for us and its impact on discipleship
• Personal example of emotions being the temperature of the soul
• What’s going on inside of you?
• Conclusion

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Related resources by Dr Eckman include a publication, Theology of Emotions: How to Minister to Our Emotions, co-authored by David Eckman, PhD and Kimberly Grassi, PhD, and a Head to Heart website.