In this series Tony speaks to one of the most difficult subjects in all of our lives...
SUFFERING!
Suffering is a topic that confuses many people about God... and a topic that makes many people angry at God.
It's a topic that makes many people stop believing in God.
Why does God allow suffering?
How can God be a God of love... and allow all the suffering in the world?
How can God be a God of love... and allow innocent children to suffer?
It seems that for many people... the topics of God and suffering are mutually exclusive... as if they believe that if one of them exists... the other should not.
So what do we do with our pain and suffering?
How can we make sense of both God and suffering in our lives at the same time?
In this series Tony develops what he calls... A Theology of Suffering... and shares 6 principles that create a template that will inform our understanding of the suffering in our lives.
The first two principles are really BAD NEWS.
But it's the BAD NEWS that makes the GOOD NEWS really GOOD NEWS.
The last four principles will help us to reconcile our faith in God... while living in a very wounded... broken.. and fallen world.
Welcome to A Theology of Suffering.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Romans 8:18
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Romans 8:22
Note - Several of the ideas shared in this episode reflect the teachings of Dr. Jordan Peterson on the topic of suffering... such as the idea that meaning is the antidote to suffering.
In this series Tony speaks to one of the most difficult subjects in all of our lives...
SUFFERING!
Suffering is a topic that confuses many people about God... and a topic that makes many people angry at God.
It's a topic that makes many people stop believing in God.
Why does God allow suffering?
How can God be a God of love... and allow all the suffering in the world?
How can God be a God of love... and allow innocent children to suffer?
It seems that for many people... the topics of God and suffering are mutually exclusive... as if they believe that if one of them exists... the other should not.
So what do we do with our pain and suffering?
How can we make sense of both God and suffering in our lives at the same time?
In this series Tony develops what he calls... A Theology of Suffering... and shares 6 principles that create a template that will inform our understanding of the suffering in our lives.
The first two principles are really BAD NEWS.
But it's the BAD NEWS that makes the GOOD NEWS really GOOD NEWS.
The last four principles will help us to reconcile our faith in God... while living in a very wounded... broken.. and fallen world.
Welcome to A Theology of Suffering.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Romans 8:18
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Romans 8:22
Note - Several of the ideas shared in this episode reflect the teachings of Dr. Jordan Peterson on the topic of suffering... such as the idea that meaning is the antidote to suffering.
In this series Tony speaks to one of the most difficult subjects in all of our lives...
SUFFERING!
Suffering is a topic that confuses many people about God... and a topic that makes many people angry at God.
It's a topic that makes many people stop believing in God.
Why does God allow suffering?
How can God be a God of love... and allow all the suffering in the world?
How can God be a God of love... and allow innocent children to suffer?
It seems that for many people... the topics of God and suffering are mutually exclusive... as if they believe that if one of them exists... the other should not.
So what do we do with our pain and suffering?
How can we make sense of both God and suffering in our lives at the same time?
In this series Tony develops what he calls... A Theology of Suffering... and shares 6 principles that create a template that will inform our understanding of the suffering in our lives.
The first two principles are really BAD NEWS.
But it's the BAD NEWS that makes the GOOD NEWS really GOOD NEWS.
The last four principles will help us to reconcile our faith in God... while living in a very wounded... broken.. and fallen world.
Welcome to A Theology of Suffering.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Romans 8:18
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Romans 8:22
Note - Several of the ideas shared in this episode reflect the teachings of Dr. Jordan Peterson on the topic of suffering... such as the idea that meaning is the antidote to suffering.
For over the past four years... Tony has struggled with some profound challenges and difficulties in his personal life and family. During this time... Tony slowly began to develop a new spiritual discipline of bringing his heart... and his pain... to the Lord. He did this by writing his own Book of Psalms... which now contains... as of this day... 197 psalms. This has been an incredible blessing to Tony... as he's learning to yoke himself together with Jesus... to face the most difficult and overwhelming challenges of life.
The Lord is always there... waiting for us.
If you're a believer in Christ... you're a beloved son or daughter of God.
God cares for you.
God sees you.
God is holding your heart... and your life... in his hands.
God sees your tears.
He is not indifferent toward you... or your situation.
A very important question emerges for each and every person:
What will I do with my pain?
The old Tony learned to take his pain to sex... and to his orgasm... in the attempt to escape the pain... and in the attempt to anesthetize the pain.
The new Tony is learning to take his pain to the Lord.
In this episode Tony shares psalm 42... an psalm 195... from the Psalms of Tony.
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-29