You’re Being Formed: By Screens or by Scripture?
- Author
- charlie mitchell
- Published
- Sat 06 Sep 2025
- Episode Link
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READ Part 5: Scripture Shapes Reality, Not the Other Way Around
Podcast: The Charlie Mitchell Teachings Podcast
Series: READ – Rediscovering the Power of Scripture
Episode: 4 of 5
Scripture References:
- Romans 12:1-2
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17
- 1 Samuel 3
- Psalm 1
- John 1
- Mark 4
Episode Summary:
This week, we move deeper into our READ series with a challenging question: What is shaping your reality, God’s Word or everything else?
In this episode, Pastor Charlie dives into the power of Scripture not just to inform, but to form. To reshape your inner world. To create resistance to the default settings of culture, trauma, or algorithm-fed identity.
If Romans 12 says we’re either being conformed to the world or transformed by the renewing of our minds, then reading the Word isn’t just for inspiration, it’s for reformation.
This message unpacks:
- Why reading Scripture daily is how we stay woke to reality
- How God’s Word forms you at the subconscious level
- The difference between biblical reading and social media scrolling
- The danger of information without formation
- Why formation requires repetition, meditation, and submission
- What it means to "become the good soil" from Mark 4
Key Quote:
“Most of us aren’t formed by the Bible. We’re informed by it, but formed by the timeline.”
Action Steps:
- Identify your current sources of formation (screens, habits, music, etc.)
- Commit to 15 uninterrupted minutes with Scripture every morning this week
- Ask: What is God trying to form in me through this Word today?
🔗 Resources Mentioned:
- Romans 12:1-2 - Bible Gateway
- Mark 4: The Parable of the Sower
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Thank you for listening!
May you be covered in His dust.
