Theocast
When In Despair... (w/ Chad Bird @ 1517)
October 29, 2025
Summary
Do you ever feel stuck in despair, wondering if God is still near? In this conversation, Jon Moffitt, Justin Perdue, and Chad Bird discuss how Christ meets us in our darkest moments with real comfort and sustaining grace. Recorded live at 1517’s Here We Still Stand 2025 Conference in San Diego, we explore how the Psalms, the church, and the gospel itself anchor us when life feels overwhelming. This conversation reminds weary sinners that our hope is not in ourselves but in Christ alone.
Topics
- Christ meeting us in despair with real comfort
- The Psalms, the church, and the gospel as anchors
- Live conversation with Chad Bird at Here We Still Stand 2025
Links
- Chad Bird — 1517
- Theocast Community
- Rest — free ebook on faith vs. faithfulness
- Partner with Theocast
Transcript
Edited machine transcript. May contain errors. Select a timestamp to watch that moment.
We're not going to do our normal podcast intro.
That would be really awkward to put you guys through.
I don't even know that I could pull it off myself.
We're happy to be here in California with you.
We are, John and I are Baptists.
I know, but we got a little Lutheran in us.
So we are delighted to be with you.
We're thankful for your kindness to us, and all the encouraging words that you've spoke to us, they mean a lot to us.
And we're excited to have our friend Chad on.
We had Bob with us in April in Bentonville, and it went really poorly, so we made a long time.
And We had Bob and Denville and now chat.
Worst ratings we'd ever had.
That's right.
That's right.
It wasn't received.
So we'd try somebody else.
But it is, it's good to be with you.
We're thankful for our friendship and partnership with 1517.
Our podcast, Theocast, we try to emphasize all of Christ for all of life from all of Scripture.
Try to take the clutter off the gospel and extol and exalt Christ for sinners, just like 15-17.
