Fantasy Christianity

Hi, this is Justin.

If you listen to many people talk in the church, it seems that our Christian lives should be characterized by happiness, by excitement, and by always overcoming difficulty.

But this life, if we're honest, is often characterized by pain, by toil, and by suffering.

So, what exactly do we do with that?

And what is it that we're called to in the church?

And then in the members podcast, John and I have a conversation about the mission of the church and what it looks like to keep the main things the main things.

We hope that this episode is helpful to you.

We hope that it's liberating and encouraging 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.

Our hosts today are John Moffat, pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee, and myself, Justin Perdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.

John, always good to be around the microphone with you, man.

I've enjoyed our free recording convo today, and I am eagerly anticipating your pro con for this morning, you've recently returned from a little family getaway, and you are a Californian, and you're going to be talking about things that

pertain to the water and the surf.

So, you are an expert in this area and are qualified to speak on it.