His heart was to bring purity to the impure.

That was what was pouring out of him.

That was what he was apparently, if we look at what he actually did and said,

was what he was spring-loaded to do.

The coiled spring of his heart was to do that.

Thomas Goodwin, one of the Puritans said,

Christ is love covered over in flesh.

Christ is love covered over in flesh.

Welcome to the Crossway podcast, a show where we sit down with authors each week

for thoughtful interviews about the Bible,

theology, church history, and the Christian life.

I'm Matt Tully, and today I'm talking with Dane Ortland.

Dane serves as chief publishing officer and Bible publisher at Crossway.

He's also the author of a number of books, including

Gentle and Lowly, The Heart of Christ for

Sinners and Sufferers with Crossway. Today, Dane and I discuss his answer to a question I think

we've all wrestled with at some point. Does God actually like me? He highlights what

Scripture says about God's disposition towards us as redeemed sinners.

He explains what Jesus meant when he said that he is gentle and lowly in heart,

and he explores what it means that Christ is continually interceding for us before the Father

in heaven, and why that truth should be the source of so much comfort and hope for us as Christians.

Let's get started.

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