Why Do I Do That? Tracing Fruit to Root

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Why did that comment set you off? Why the scrolling, the snapping, the avoiding? This course applies the Fruit to Root diagnostic to your own everyday reactions, tracing each one down to the desire underneath and bringing that desire to God. Personal and practical, with exercises drawn from ordinary life.

1 hour

11 units

3 sections

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What You'll Work Through

Each unit is a conversation, not a page to read. The tutor asks you to explain, apply, and work with the material until it holds.

Chapter 1: Where Reactions Come From

Section 1.1: Sin Ruins Everything (Genesis 3)

Genesis 3 is the origin of what is broken in your daily life
Sin corrupts everything it touches, including your relationships and self
Sin is not the end of the story: hope is promised in Genesis 3:15

Section 1.2: The Fruit to Root Picture

The fruit / trunk / root picture: behavior, thoughts, desires
Sin flows from desire, not just circumstance

Chapter 2: Down to the Root

Section 2.1: Desires That Become Demands (James 4)

James 4:1 locates conflict in warring passions within the heart
The progression from good desire to sinful demand
Naming a demand behind one of your own recent reactions

Section 2.2: The Four Hearts and Your PHA

The Four Hearts and their two roots (pride vs. unbelief)
Identifying your own PHA with the 'heart squeezed' question

Chapter 3: Tracing Your Own Reactions

Section 3.1: Working the Diagnostic on Yourself

Run Fruit to Root on your own reaction: name the fruit, trace the trunk, expose the root