The week five lecture talked about “depreciative desires” as a hindrance to reading Scripture for spiritual formation. What would be an example of that hindrance in the life of a client?
a. Distractions/focus on immediate desires/comparisons/competition—anything that pulls us away from what is most important
b. Exhaustion/lack of legitimate self-protection
c. Not recognizing our limitations (which includes presumptions about our understanding of scripture)
d. All of these concepts were represented in the discussion of “depreciative desires”
d. All of these concepts were represented in the discussion of “depreciative desires”
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