Does God Hear The Prayers of Unbelievers?
Doctrine and Devotion
Joe Thorn & Jimmy Fowler
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2017
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Joe and Jimmy sit down to have a casual, but biblical, chat about whether or not God answers the prayers of unbelievers. He certainly "hears" every prayer, but who has the ear of God? And what would it mean if God did answer the prayer of the unregenerate? And what about those passages that seem to say God doesn't always hear the prayers of his own people? Plus, Jimmy breaks the news to Joe: Redeemer is not a megachurch.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to doctrine and devotion, the podcast that explores Christian faith and practice |
| 0:18.0 | from a reformed Baptist perspective. |
| 0:20.0 | My name is Joe Thorne. I'm the lead pastor of the vibrant growing mega church called the Deamer Fellowship in St Charles |
| 0:26.8 | By mega church you mean under like 3,000 no is that what it you need 5,000 oh no one thousand no we've got a couple |
| 0:34.6 | hundred so I thought that's not a mega mega church yeah mega church is like 200 |
| 0:39.8 | 200 maybe in Italy actually that would be a mega 60 60 is a mega |
| 0:44.4 | We've got friends in Italy plant the past three churches. Oh no so we pastor I'm pastor one of the pastors |
| 0:49.7 | I'm at a small but vibrant church in St Charles Illinois west of Chicago and Jimmy who are you? |
| 0:55.3 | I'm an elder candidate at said vibrant church but you are at the end of your |
| 0:59.5 | elder candidacy people have been asking about... Second draft on my paper. |
| 1:03.0 | What Jimmy has to do, there are two things that are left. |
| 1:06.0 | He's got to write a mini systematic theology, |
| 1:08.0 | summarizing his theology from everything from theology proper to |
| 1:15.0 | bibliography all the way down to like not just so teriology but |
| 1:19.6 | eschatology angelology and everything everything in between so you did your first draft now you're in the second draft I'm in my second draft my second draft my first draft was pretty on point you got some notes you got some notes you got some notes I gave you gave you some notes. Yeah, they're probably I mean probably submit and still be |
| 1:37.8 | Still being at that you know, did you read my notes? I read your notes. What was the most dominant notes doesn't matter no one cares about this |
| 1:43.9 | there were two notes in particular there were two notes in particular that I said a lot |
| 1:48.3 | what do you throw out your paper so what do we talk about today why do you tell me what was the most |
| 1:52.1 | dominant note that was repeated the most no I don't remember it was I remember |
| 1:56.8 | The most the most so when we're gonna talk about the thing that I said the most we're going to listen up |
| 2:01.3 | The thing that I said the most was not a complete sentence that was the most more than anything |
| 2:07.2 | Jimmy right all I know is in complete sentences in Guatemala. That's a complete sentence. That's all I need in |
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