196. Peaceable Things: Three Names of Christ — Terryl Givens at Restore

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🗓️ 23 December 2023

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This week, we’re sharing another session from our Restore conference, this time featuring a scholar most of you will be familiar with: our long time friend and advisor Terryl Givens.

Terryl’s heartfelt session explores what he finds to be the “peaceable things” of Christ, referred to in scripture. An unsettling experience at the age of sixteen led Terryl to confront the inherent risk and uncertainty of our choices in life. And while life may not always be “peaceful,” Terryl says, we can always access “peaceable things”, which he anchors in the Restoration’s understanding of God.

If you know Terryl’s work, you know of his gift for illuminating gospel truths gleaming quietly throughout Christian history. Terryl guides us through three names of Christ–Creator, Emmanuel, and Paraclete–that show God to be relational, loving, and open-hearted. This God doesn’t seek to judge or condemn, but to invite us at their table as peers and mutual witnesses of each other’s inherent goodness.

We hope you enjoy this hopeful message that cuts straight to the heart of the fear and uncertainty that so many of us feel, day to day.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters. Today we're sharing another session from our restore conference
0:05.6	this time featuring a scholar most of you will be familiar with our longtime friend and advisor Terrell Gibbons.
0:11.1	Terrell's heartfelt session explores what he finds to be the peaceful things of Christ, referred to in
0:15.6	scripture.
0:16.6	An unsettling experience at the age of 16 led Terrell to confront the inherent risk and
0:21.1	uncertainty of our choices in life. We know that for all of us
0:24.2	suffering is inevitable and sometimes suffering will come as a result of our own
0:27.7	choices. How do we find an anchor of safety and peace when life is so precarious?
0:32.4	While life may not be peaceful, of safety and peace when life is so precarious.
0:33.0	While life may not be peaceful,
0:34.8	Terrell says we can always access peaceable things,
0:37.2	which he anchors in our restorationist's understanding of God.
0:40.1	And if you know Terrell's work,
0:41.1	you know that he has a gift for illuminating
0:43.1	Restorationist truths gleaming quietly throughout Christian history.
0:46.7	Terrell guides us through three names of Christ, Creator,
0:49.9	Emmanuel, and Paraglet, that show God to be relational loving and open-hearted.
0:54.8	This God doesn't seek to judge or condemn, but instead invites us to their table as peers
0:59.5	and mutual witnesses of each other's inherent goodness. It's comforting to remember that God has been
1:04.3	trying to show this to us since the earliest days of the Christian Church. We hope
1:08.0	that you enjoy this hopeful message that cut straight to the heart of the fear and
1:11.2	uncertainty that so many of us feel day to day. Thank you for that warm introduction and it's wonderful to be here among people that I consider beloved friends.
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