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Selected Honors Theses
4-2014 Start with the Heart Michael A. Steiner Southeastern University - Lakeland
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This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by FireScholars. It has been accepted for inclusion in Selected Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of FireScholars. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SOUTHEASTERN! UNIVERSITY ! ! ! ! ! ! START WITH! THE HEART ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE HONORS PROGRAM IN COMPLETION OF THE REQUIREMENTS! FOR THE HONORS PROGRAM ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! BY MICHAEL! STEINER ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction……………1 !
Chapter 1: Specific Description………………5
Orthopathy……………………………5
Affections……………………………..12
Transformational Experience………….18
Works Cited……………………………29 !
Chapter 2: Developing the Dialogue…………..31
Historical Dialogue…………………….31
Scriptural Dialogue…………………….45
Practical Theology……………………..62
Works Cited…………………………….68 !
Chapter 3: Reasonable Intention………………..72
Works Cited……………………………..79 !
Chapter 4: Viable Application…………………..80
Appendix………………………………..88 Steiner !1
Introduction
START WITH THE HEART
What draws people? What causes people to act and to make decisions? What would cause perfectly rational men and women to act irrationally and believe illogically? Throughout history there have been people who find themselves engaged in practices that force them to behave and believe in ways that are contrary to what the culture around them would have them do. They called their practices “marriage” and when asked why they would do such an absurd thing they respond with “love.” It seems as though there is something deeper to humanity than just mere cognition and volition, something that drives men to lay down their lives for causes that are doomed to fail, something that can change entire nations when properly engaged. Can this be merely excitable energy—a result of a good nights sleep and caffeine—or what this generation calls “hype?” Simon Sinek disagrees, and when detailing the success of Microsoft’s founder Bill
Gates he writes, “Bill Gates is a shy and awkward social misfit. He does not fit the stereotype of the leader of a multibillion-dollar corporation. He is not the most energetic public speaker. When
Bill Gates speaks however, people listen with bated breath. They hang on his every word. When
gates speaks, he doesn't rally a room, he inspires it.”1 Gates can accomplish this because he engages with the most basic aspect of a person, their affections.
“A man with experience is never at the mercy of a man with doctrine.” Though unknown in origin, the phrase has been the mainstay of Pentecostalism since its inception. Within that phrase carries the secret to the widespread success of this relatively new Christian movement.