COVID-19 as Crucible

Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Bridgetown Church

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The metaphor of a crucible has long been used for the role that trials play in our spiritual formation. As far back as 1 Peter, writers have used the art of metallurgy as a word picture of the potential that trials have to forge us into people of love. In this teaching we explore the idea of COVID-19 and the stay home order as a crucible for our interpersonal relationship and hear from multiple leaders in our church about navigating relationships in this unique time.

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0:00.0	Hey, Bridgetown, John Mark Comer here.
0:05.0	I love and miss you all.
0:07.0	I'm counting the days until I can at least wave a hue
0:10.0	from six feet away.
0:12.0	Hey, we have a few more pastoral words for you
0:15.0	before we kick off our spring practice on simplicity.
0:18.0	On that note, please turn your Bibles to one Peter chapter one.
0:23.0	Are you ready for all of this to be over
0:28.0	and for things to go back to normal?
0:32.0	Are you sad or angry or anxious
0:35.0	that it is likely not anytime soon?
0:39.0	If so, you are not alone.
0:41.0	I am 110% with you.
0:43.0	Over the last week, a number of people have basically said to me,
0:46.0	okay, that was fun.
0:48.0	Now I'm done.
0:49.0	For some people, COVID-19 and the stay home order
0:52.0	was suffering overnight due to the disease itself
0:56.0	or to a lost job or a small business under duress
1:00.0	or the loss of a plan or a dream for 2020.
1:04.0	But for others, in all honesty,
1:06.0	it was kind of a sabbatical and a welcome break
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