Theocast
Thinking About God: Dread or Comfort?
December 18, 2024
Summary
What comes to mind when you think about God? Do you feel comfort, safety, and love, or do you wrestle with doubt, dread, and judgment? It's been said that our thoughts about God shape every area of our lives, and today Jon and Justin dive deep into this idea. Join them as they explore who God is, what He is like, and how He has revealed Himself through Jesus Christ. Tune in for a thoughtful and honest conversation about faith, feelings, and the character of God.
Topics
- Episode focus: Thinking About God: Dread or Comfort?
- What comes to mind when you think about God?
- Do you feel comfort, safety, and love, or do you wrestle with doubt, dread, and judgment?
- It's been said that our thoughts about God shape every area of our lives, and today Jon and Justin dive deep into this idea
- Join them as they explore who God is, what He is like, and how He has revealed Himself through Jesus Christ
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Transcript
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It's been said that the most important thing we think about is what we think when we think about God, because this will shape every other area of our existence.
So, listener out there, let me ask you: when I say God, what is it that you think?
If I were to give you truth serum and I say God, what do you feel?
Do you feel comfort?
Do you feel safe?
Do you feel known, seen, loved, adopted?
Or is there a sense in which you feel afraid and you're plagued with doubt and maybe even thoughts of dread and judgment.
John and I are going to talk about all this today.
We're going to talk about God and who He is and what He's like as He has revealed Himself in the face of Jesus Christ.
Stay tuned.
If you're new to Theocast, you may not have heard of this word.
It's called pietism.
Have you ever felt like the Christian life is a heavy burden versus rest and joy?
That you wake up worrying about how well you're going to perform instead of thinking about what Christ has done for you.
It's dread versus joy, really.
That's pietism.
Pietism causes Christians to look in on themselves and find their hope not in what Christ has done, but what they're doing.
And we have a little book for you.
It's free.
We want you to download it.
