JOY KILLERS (3): Complaining Instead of Giving Thanks (HC 43)

About this episode

This episode discusses the negative impact of complaining versus the importance of giving thanks in the Christian faith.

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People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Shirk

Topics covered

• complaining
• thankfulness
• Christian doctrine
• Reformed theology
• joy

Keywords

• joy killers
• complaining
• thankfulness
• Christianity
• Reformed theology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon

Books & works: The Belgic Confession: Truth Worth Dying For, The Heidelberg Catechism: True Comfort in Life & Death, Predestined for Joy: Finding Comfort in a Controversial Doctrine

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