Suffering and the Sovereignty of God - Gary Wilkerson Podcast - 064

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ABOUT GOD - PART 1 Many people are wrestling with the impact this coronavirus pandemic has had on their lives. Others are speculating about how our lives will change for better or worse afterward. Everyone has questions, and believers may be wondering, “Why did God let this happen?” This week, Gary talks with Keith Holloway, Senior Director of Missions Development at World Challenge, about why God allows suffering in our lives. KEY QUESTIONS FROM THE PODCAST • Why is there suffering in the world? • What does it mean that God is sovereign? • Is God really good? NOTABLE QUOTES FROM THE PODCAST …there's a purpose for the valley of the shadow of death. There's a purpose for the table being set before me. And who set the table? We didn't set it; God set it. And where did he set it? In the presence of our enemies. And so, there's a purpose for our enemies. There's a purpose for suffering. – Gary Wilkerson [Hugh Whelchel] made this comment that says that you'll never be able to walk through the valley of the shadow of death and fear no evil unless you believe in God's sovereignty. And I would agree with that statement. – Keith Holloway BIBLE VERSES REFERENCED IN THE PODCAST Genesis 1, Deuteronomy 4:35, Job 1:6–12, Job 2:1–6, Job 37:14–23, Job 38:1–2, Psalm 23:1–5, Isaiah 54:17, Romans 8:20–23, Romans 8:28, 1 Corinthians 13:12, 1 John 1:5 Revelation 20:1–3 RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST • The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer - https://www.christianbook.com/the-knowledge-of-the-holy/a-w-tozer/9780060684129/pd/7310 • Why Easter Matters to Me More Than Ever Before [Article by Hugh Whelchel] - https://tifwe.org/why-easter-matters-to-me-more-than-ever-before/ • Lee Strobel: Why Does God Allow Pain, Suffering? [Article by Alex Murashko] - https://www.christianpost.com/news/lee-strobel-why-does-god-allow-pain-suffering.html *Inadvertently attributed to Hugh Whelchel on the podcast ABOUT KEITH HOLLOWAY Keith Holloway is the Senior Director of Missions Development at World Challenge. Keith is a CHE trainer, facilitator, and a member of the Global CHE Network’s Representative Council. He and his wife Maureen live in Colorado Springs; they have six grown children and seven grandchildren. ABOUT GARY WILKERSON Gary Wilkerson is the President of World Challenge, an international mission organization that was founded by his father, David Wilkerson. He is also the Founding Pastor of The Springs Church, which he launched in 2009 with a handful of people. He has traveled nationally and internationally at conferences and conducted mission ventures such as church planting, starting orphanages, clinics, feeding programs among the poorest of the poor and the most unreached people of the earth. Gary and his wife Kelly have four children and live in Colorado Springs, CO. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pastorgarywilkerson/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/garywilkerson #GaryWilkerson #GaryWilkersonPodcast #WorldChallengeInc

Topics

• Suffering & Trials