“If I can just stay in control.”
Manifestation, optimization, productivity culture. Different century, same instinct as bargaining with a storm god for rain.
Who is God, really?
Most of us are working with a picture of God we never actually
chose. It came from a parent, a church, a bad year, or a
headline. This free course walks through the longings
underneath that picture and what God is actually like.
100% Free. Self-paced. No catch.
- 11 chapters
- 23 lessons
- Self-paced
- Free to enroll
- 3 bonus downloads
Why does nothing ever feel like enough?
Because we ask ordinary things to do more than they can. Money, control, attention, relief, and being remembered all deliver something real for a while. They fail when we hand them the weight of our security, our worth, and our future, which they were never built to carry.
These are not modern problems. They are ancient ones wearing new clothes. The longing underneath each one is not the problem either. It is a signal, and this course follows it honestly.
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What You’ll Walk Away With
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
Name what you actually worship.
Follow where your attention, time, money, trust, and obedience go. It tells you more than what you say you believe.
Tell a longing from an idol.
The wanting is not the problem. What you hand it to is. Learn to see the difference in your own week.
Describe God in specific terms.
Not a vague higher power. Particular things Scripture says God is, and what each one meets in you.
Say what you believe, and why it holds.
Put words to a picture of God you have actually examined. No seminary degree required.
Course Syllabus
What are the attributes of God?
An attribute is not a piece of God. It describes something true about his nature. This course works through his self-existence, sovereignty, faithfulness, goodness, love, nearness, holiness, mercy, peace, justice, righteousness, knowledge, truth, eternality, and unchanging character, and asks what each one meets in you.
Nine sessions, conversational rather than academic, each one starting with something you already feel. Every session ends with a short quiz.
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Start here
Introduction to the course and your course materials.
01
Why start with God?
Session 1: Starting with God. Everyone worships something. What that means, and how to see it in your own week.
02
Why can’t I let go of control?
Session 2: Control and Security. From storm gods to productivity culture, and the God who actually holds reality.
03
Why doesn’t enough ever feel like enough?
Session 3: Provision and Worth. Money as provider, and the God who provides.
04
Why do I want to be wanted?
Session 4: Love, Desire, and Belonging. Worth measured in desirability, and the God who is love.
05
Why do I keep reaching for relief?
Session 5: Escape and Transcendence. Numbing the weight of life, and the God who is peace.
06
Why does injustice make me so angry?
Session 6: Justice and Moral Clarity. Outrage as a substitute for justice, and the God who is just.
07
Why do I need to understand everything?
Session 7: Meaning, Truth, and Wisdom. Information as security, and the God who knows.
08
What do I do with the fact that life ends?
Session 8: Time, Mortality, and Hope. Legacy and relevance, and the God who is eternal.
09
How does this all fit together?
Session 9: Seeing God Truly. The attributes as a whole, and what seeing clearly asks of you.
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Bonus downloads
Understanding the Trinity, a directory of false gods and their modern traces, and global perspectives on Jesus.
Who’s Teaching
Led by Austin Fruits
Austin is a writer and speaker with Sightline. He teaches this course the way he says he wants to think about it, starting with what people actually feel rather than with definitions, and he is candid about wrestling with the same things himself.
You already worship something. Find out what.
Nine sessions on the attributes of God, starting with the longings you already carry. Start whenever you want, stop whenever you want, come back to it in six months. It will still be here, and it will still be free.
100% Free. Self-paced. No catch.