Theocast
Joy in Suffering: A Conversation in Light of COVID-19
April 1, 2020
Summary
We are all being tremendously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of this, the guys have a conversation about trials, suffering, and the steadfast love of God. Members Podcast: The guys continue the conversation about suffering and the Christian life. We blow up some unhelpful things we've seen being posted on social media and elsewhere. Read Episode Transcripts Members Podcast https://youtu.be/XHFI8vMvf0M
Topics
- Episode focus: Joy in Suffering: A Conversation in Light of COVID-19
- We are all being tremendously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
- In light of this, the guys have a conversation about trials, suffering, and the steadfast love of God
- Members Podcast: The guys continue the conversation about suffering and the Christian life
- We blow up some unhelpful things we've seen being posted on social media and elsewhere
Transcript
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Hi, this is Jimmy.
Today on the podcast, the guys discuss joy and trial and suffering.
No doubt your life has been upended in recent weeks with the COVID-19 virus.
So we take a look at the book of James amongst other scriptures, and we seek to help all of our listeners understand that these passages are not meant to draw us to trials themselves and the joy of the
trial, but rather the goodness and the grace that we find in Christ in the midst of these trials.
In our members' podcasts, we seek to go after some of the platitudes and the simplicities or the oversimplification of certain churches and approaches to trial and suffering.
So, we hope this conversation is beneficial to you.
Stay tuned.
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Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian life from a reformed perspective.
Your hosts today are John Moffat, pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee, Justin Perdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina, and myself, Jimmy Bueller, pastor of Christ Community Church here in Wilmer, Minnesota.
Gentlemen, I feel like
we are uniquely prepared for our current crisis because we always meet on Zoom.
We always meet digitally.
But anyway, good to see you both again.
Yeah.
