#293 Every Christian Should Know THIS About God’s Character, with Thaddeus Williams

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Alisa Childers

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

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🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Thaddeus Williams joins the podcast to talk about how getting to know God in his word will lead to a much deeper experience of joy and true happiness. This episode is perfect for the Christian who is seeking a deeper relationship with God and a more profound experience of the joy we can find only when we truly live out our purpose, which is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. We also discuss how having a proper understanding of God is essential for true worship. Revering God: https://www.amazon.com/Revering-God-Marvel-Your-Maker/dp/0310160405?dplnkId=87509286-2e39-4a7a-86f2-3591f4eab089&nodl=1 (https://www.amazon.com/Revering-God-Marvel-Your-Maker/dp/0310160405?dplnkId=87509286-2e39-4a7a-86f2-3591f4eab089&nodl=1)------------------------------------------------------------------This video is sponsored by:SEVEN WEEKS COFFEETaste the Coffee that is Saving Lives.Go to www.sevenweekscoffee.com (http://www.sevenweekscoffee.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/)

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0:00.0	the world out there has all the fun. Christians are dull. We sit around and have our little Bible studies,
0:09.0	and we nerd out to our scriptures, and while the world out there is having a great time.
0:13.8	And I say biblical Christianity doesn't say no to the world's pleasure by saying no to pleasure. Biblical
0:24.1	Christianity says no to the world's pleasure by saying yes to superior pleasure.
0:30.0	There you go. That's why Piper famously coined the term Christian hedonism. The pursuit of
0:36.6	pleasure in Christianity is far more radical than
0:39.0	anything the world seeking its next buzz can fathom.
0:51.4	Well, hey, everyone. Welcome to the show. I'm Elisa Childers. This is the Elisa Childers
0:55.2	podcast. And it's our goal here to equip Christians to identify the core beliefs of historic
1:00.3	Christianity, discern its counterfeits, and proclaim the gospel with clarity, kindness, and
1:05.5	with truth. And today's episode is all about how our theology interacts with our worship. We can only worship
1:12.6	God to the level that we know and understand who he is. And so we're going to be talking
1:17.8	with Thaddeus Williams about his new book, Revereing God, How to Marvel at Your Maker.
1:22.9	And I love that the points Thadius makes in this book is that, you know, some of us have this faulty idea of God.
1:28.9	Like he's this vague cloud of cosmic kindness or a supersized projection of ourselves or some sort of
1:34.8	white-haired Gandalf-type figure in the sky.
1:38.7	Or even some people see him as an impossible to please kill joy.
1:43.2	And so we're going to be talking about who God is.
1:45.6	And I love that this so beautifully flows alongside our episode from Sunday with Pastor Johnny
1:52.7	Ardavanus, who wrote a book, Consider the Lilies, about anxiety. And one of the balms or the
1:59.0	cures for anxiety that we talked about was worship and was actually
2:02.9	getting to know who God is and meditating on and pondering the attributes of God and how
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