423: [Formed.] Are You Tricking Yourself? Breaking the Illusion of Control: Tyler Staton on How Pain and Suffering Transform Our Faith
Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness
Christopher Cook
4.9 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
This week, we delve into the critical need for a robust theology of suffering in our postmodern culture of self-help and self-directed spirituality. Joining us is Tyler Staton, lead pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland. Tyler, having personally navigated the profound experience of losing control amidst his battle with cancer, offers invaluable insights. We'll explore how God works through our pain, inviting us into a deeper understanding of His redemptive purpose. Furthermore, Tyler will address the concerning trend of how we've often misconstrued the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to become a tool for self-aggrandizement rather than a source of genuine transformation.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:03.2 | Hey God, if you're going to carry me through this, I'm going to need more than just a set of doctrines to hold on to like an anchor in this storm, or I'm going to need more than just an ecstatic experience to have from time to time. |
| 0:22.5 | Helping you design your roadmap to wholeness from the inside out. |
| 0:27.6 | This is Win Today. |
| 0:30.6 | And now, here's your host, Christopher Cook. |
| 0:35.1 | Hey, friends, welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:37.3 | It's episode 423. And it's week three of formed. This week |
| 0:42.5 | we delve into the critical need for robust theology of suffering, which for all intents and |
| 0:48.1 | purposes is antithetical to everything preached in our postmodern culture of self-help and self-directed spirituality. |
| 0:57.0 | You know, like burn your sage and think positive thoughts and send good vibes, |
| 1:00.3 | and you won't have to worry about a thing. |
| 1:02.9 | Except for we all know that's a house of cards. |
| 1:06.6 | So joining us today is Tyler Staten, lead pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon. |
| 1:12.3 | Tyler, having personally navigated the profound experience of losing control amid his battle with |
| 1:17.5 | cancer, offers really invaluable insights for us to grab hold of today, especially in this |
| 1:23.2 | theme around spiritual maturity. |
| 1:25.2 | We're going to explore how God works through our pain. Now listen, |
| 1:28.7 | I have to go here at the outset. I have to draw this line in the sand. He redeems things he |
| 1:34.2 | did not author. He is not the author of sickness and disease. He does not give people cancer for |
| 1:40.3 | some unknown reason tied to his will, tied to using this situation to give us a testimony. |
| 1:48.9 | Come on. |
| 1:50.5 | By his stripes, we were healed and made whole. |
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