#292 Finding Peace in an Age of Anxiety, with Jonny Ardavanis (Pastor series Pt. 1)

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Alisa Childers

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

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🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In the first episode of our new Pastor series, Jonny Ardavanis, Pastor of Stonebridge Bible Church in Brentwood, TN joins to talk about finding peace in a world filled with distractions, financial pressures, political stress, cultural upheaval, and social media hysteria. Jonny talks about how Christians can approach the topic of anxiety from a biblical worldview and turns our focus onto the nature and character of God, who is our strength and peace. ------------------------------------------------------------------This video is sponsored by:SUMMITGive your kids a stronger foundation to embrace a biblical worldview.Go to www.summit.org (http://www.summit.org/) for more informationUse my code: ALISA25GOOD RANCHERSGood Meat DeliveredGo to www.goodranchers.com/alisa (http://www.goodranchers.com/alisa) for more information.Use my code: ALISAFOUNDATION WORLDVIEWFoundation Worldview creates curriculum series that will empower your child to thinkBiblically in a deceptive world. Go to www.foundationworldview.com (http://www.foundationworldview.com/) for more information! Use my code: ALISA--------------------------------------------------------------------To Purchase the new CD, “Beauty from the Ash”, go to www.alisachilders.com/music (http://www.alisachilders.com/music)There you can get the CD, backing tracks, string charts, rhythm charts and stems.Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/alisachilders (http://www.patreon.com/alisachilders)To order “Another Gospel”: www.alisachilders.com/another-gospel/ (http://www.alisachilders.com/another-gospel/)To order “Live Your Truth": www.alisachilders.com/live-your-truth-and-other-lies/ (http://www.alisachilders.com/live-your-truth-and-other-lies/)To order “The Deconstruction of Christianity”: https://alisachilders.com/the-deconstruction-of-christianity/ (https://alisachilders.com/the-deconstruction-of-christianity/)For Alisa's Merch: https://alisachilders.creator-spring.com (https://alisachilders.creator-spring.com/)To see what gear Alisa uses to record her podcast, go to:https://kit.co/alisachilders (https://kit.co/alisachilders)Potential Sponsors: https://alisachilders.com/sponsor-request-form/ (https://alisachilders.com/sponsor-request-form/)Product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission.

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0:00.0	You know, as far as God's holiness, God's holiness is God's otherness.
0:05.4	It's not just his moral purity.
0:06.8	It's that he's totally separate.
0:08.7	You know, and God's holiness is defined in different ways.
0:11.5	So, for instance, in Isaiah 46 verses 9 and 10, God says, I am God and there is none other.
0:18.0	I am God and there is no one like me.
0:19.7	If you're looking for a definition of holiness, it's that. I am God and there is no one like me. If you're looking for a definition of holiness,
0:21.8	it's that.
0:22.7	I am God, there are no other gods.
0:25.1	I am God and there is none like me.
0:26.7	What's God's holiness?
0:27.9	That.
0:28.6	Exodus 1511, who is like the Lord,
0:31.1	majestic and holiness, question mark.
0:33.2	Answer, no one.
0:34.9	That's God's holiness. Well, hey everyone, welcome to the show. I am so excited about
0:47.1	today's episode because it's going to be kicking off a new series where I'm going to be interviewing
0:52.6	some faithful local pastors and having them each
0:57.1	address a topic that I think is really relevant to the church right now. And today's
1:01.4	episode is with Pastor Johnny Artivannis, who has written a great book about anxiety.
1:06.9	It's called Consider the Lilies. And I have just loved reading this book. So I was really excited to get to interview him and how we as Christians can think about things like anxiety and how that relates with our physical bodies and our external pressures and circumstances of our lives.
1:23.8	And how ultimately turning our gaze to the nature and character of God and how that is such a
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