Desperately Seeking DIRECTION, but in the Meantime... w/ Dr. Chris Paris

Dear Young Married Couple

Adam & Karissa King

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Sexuality

5 • 817 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The meantime can be excruciating. 😣 However, it teaches us a lot about ourselves, God, and others. There are some lessons that are only learned in a time of transition or waiting. We can’t always take the convenient or comfortable way out. We had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Chris Paris on his book, “Desperately Seeking Direction, but in the Meantime…” We really loved what he had to say in this interview, and we are excited to share it with you. Tune in and be blessed ♥️ Resources: EROS Conference https://www.dearyoungmarriedcouple.com/eros Desperately Seeking Direction, but in The Meantime… https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/looking-for-direction Stay in Conversation with Us IG: @dearyoungmarriedcouple Website: https://www.dearyoungmarriedcouple.com Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, my Old Testament class, they recently read Lamentations and one of the quotes,
0:05.5	it was basically this, if we will trust God for the inexplicable things like miracles,
0:10.1	can we not also trust God for the inexplicable things like pain or hurt in our lives?
0:14.5	Have you been on a journey and the road is very long and you are wanting some changes?
0:20.0	Or are you at maybe a crossroad where
0:22.5	there are two decisions to be made and you just don't know what road to go down?
0:27.7	So Dr. Chris Paris joins us today to discuss this concept of desperately seeking direction,
0:34.3	but in the meantime. And Dr. Paris is a professor of biblical studies at
0:39.3	Urshan Graduate School of Theology, and he has served in a lot of different capacities in ministry,
0:44.6	youth pastor, Christian school teacher, college and career leader, district Bible quizzing
0:48.2	coordinator, and he's the author of several books and handbooks. And as a professor of Old Testament, he has a lot of studies in
0:58.1	the Old Testament and is working on, uh, more textbooks as we speak. But, uh, he really has some
1:04.8	insights to share with us today. Yeah. And if you are in these places of indecision and need to make a decision, I think you're going to come away with some ideas for how to approach this and hopefully find some solace in your journey.
1:21.0	So on to the interview. Dr. Chris Paris, welcome to the podcast. So thankful that you can join us today.
1:27.2	Thank you for the invitation.
1:29.1	Yeah. Well, your book comes highly recommended. And it's all about how people are desperately
1:36.0	seeking direction, but what to do, how to think in the meantime. So a lot of people are in this
1:44.0	situation and they can apply it to different
1:46.3	contexts. Talk to us about the context that this, the context for you personally. Where did this
1:53.4	book come from? Yeah, the book actually started out as a Bible study series in 2006 called
1:59.2	from the meantime to the right time. And the idea was
2:02.7	that sometimes it's the meantime as from here to there promise to fulfillment. But then sometimes
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