How God is For You When All Seems Against You-Rich Lessons from the Life of Jesus with Joshua Ryan Butler

About this episode

In this episode, Dr. Kim Kimberling interviews Joshua Ryan Butler about his book and explores the theme of God's support in difficult times.

Welcome to the very first episode of Wider Lens, a brand new podcast that allows me to go broader than the topic of marriage. To kick it off, we are interviewing Mr. Joshua Ryan Butler to discuss his new book. God is on Your Side: How Jesus is for You When Everything Seems Against You . In this episode, we explore what it really means to receive from Jesus instead of striving on our own. From the healing at the pool in John 5 to the picture of Barabbas' pardon, we talk about how the gospel frees us from self-sufficiency, restores us in our failures, and feeds us when we feel empty. Together we wrestle with why we resist His help, how to cultivate spiritual hunger in a distracted world, and what it looks like to let Jesus shepherd us through shame, wounds, and wilderness seasons. It's my prayer that this episode encourages you to believe God is on your side. Episode Highlights: The Lord's love is a freely given love. Earthly relationships may feel transactional, but God offers freedom from the burden of that. Our God is accessible and He wants to redeem the broken parts of our lives. Quotes from Today's Episode: "God is on your side, particularly when it most feels like life is…

People in this episode

Host: Kim

Guest: Joshua Ryan Butler

Topics covered

• God's love
• spiritual hunger
• gospel
• self-sufficiency
• redemption

Keywords

• Jesus
• healing
• Barabbas
• shame
• wilderness

Mentioned in this episode

Products: God is on Your Side: How Jesus is for You When Everything Seems Against You

Books & works: Wider Lens, John 5

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