About this episode
Matt and Sylvia discuss the spiritual experience of feeling distant from God, exploring Biblical examples of testing and the wilderness.
In today's episode, Sylvia and I explore the experience of being in the "wilderness" - a space where it feels like God is not near to us or speaking to us. We walk through the idea of testing in the Bible, and go through a couple Biblical examples of figures being tested and experiencing the wilderness. What does it mean for God to speak to us? Should we hear an audible voice? Hopefully this conversation is one in which you can relate, and encourages you to meditate more deeply on the process of walking through the wilderness with our teacher, Jesus.
People in this episode
Hosts: Sylvia, Matt Schertzer
Topics covered
- wilderness experience
- testing in the Bible
- God's communication
- spiritual growth
- Christian faith
Keywords
- wilderness
- God
- testing
- Bible
- spirituality
- Christianity
- faith
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Wilderness
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