Where Is Jesus in My Suffering? (w/ Mike Abendroth)

It seems like today, if you are not suffering with some kind of ailment or cancer, you know someone who is, or I've had a family member or friend who have died because of it.

It is a painful experience to watch someone lose their life and wither away.

And at times, our faith is crushed and our assurance is called into question.

Where is Jesus in all of this suffering?

Today we have the privilege of having on with us a special guest, Mike Ebendroth, who's recently written a book about this experience from his own perspective.

We know this will be encouraging for you.

Please stay tuned.

And if you get an opportunity to purchase the book, we would highly recommend it.

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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, and we're going to explain the difference between Pietism and what we call confessionalism, Reformed theology, really, how it is that we walk by faith.

Seeing the joy of Christ, And when Jesus says, Come to me and I will give you rest, what does that look like?