Dr. Anita Phillips | Embracing Emotions for a Spirit-Filled Life

Published 2024-03-15
What role should emotions play in our Christian faith? Dr. Anita Phillips, trauma therapist, minister and life coach, uses Jesus' Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13 to show how emotions are the soil in the ground that allows the Word of God to take root in our lives and transform us.

This podcast conversation, hosted by NAE President Walter Kim, discusses the importance of emotional health and how emotions are not something to fear, but rather something to embrace.

You'll also hear Dr. Anita discuss:

*How emotions are integral to spiritual growth;
*What recent discoveries in neurobiology echo what we find in Scripture;
*What misconceptions some Christians have about emotions; and
*How Christians can lead in spaces of emotional well-being.

View show notes here: NAE.org/phillipspodcast

All Comments (13)
  • @mals6386
    Wow, I am speechless! This segment is so needed and Im just so very grateful it was aired. Thank you🙏🏽
  • wow what a TRUTH with such a simple picture of a neuron!! I look forward to expressing my emotions so that the seed of God's word will be bring a powerful change within me!!!
  • @marav3339
    Dr Anita many votes Happy Easter as well as new thoughts discovering theological which is becomes training( an input to advance} to human walking lighting path!!
  • @warrenjwayne
    “…the Truth will set you free” not your emotions. Emotions are important in your relationship with God, but truth being understood in the mind is far more important. Dr. Phillips has latched on to this concept and bends scripture around her fixation (which has made a lot of money with book sales). Christians must learn to put truth above emotions. Jeremiah 17:9 warns of us this error she is making.
  • @marav3339
    Describe a few point to gauge anger, sel control is a valuable spirit we have inside