Finding Meaning and Hope Amidst Suffering

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Life is full of tragedy, sadness, and suffering. Scripture is replete with such stories from Genesis to Revelation. Why is there suffering? Why do Christians suffer? Is there any hope to be found in the midst of suffering? Carl and Todd sit down with Mark Talbot, associate professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College, who has written a very helpful book entitled When the Stars Disappear: Help and Hope from the Stories of Suffering in Scripture. Mark shares the reasons he wrote the book, and an interesting perspective on suffering…including how humans dealt with suffering in times past, and the way we see and deal with suffering in the present. Pull up a seat and join us for this personal and relatable conversation. Show Notes ·Acts 27 and 28 ·“When Suffering is Redemptive/Redeeming a Life of Paralysis,” a free download from ReformedResources.org We have several copies of When the Stars Disappear that we would like to give away. Register for the opportunity to win one. The books are a generous gift from our friends at Crossway.

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0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Listen for more at the conclusion of today's program.
0:32.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:37.4	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Let's join this week's conversation.
0:52.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin. We're so glad that you joined us today. My name is Todd Pruitt. As always, I am joined by my co-host Carl Truman. I'm pastor of a PCA church in Virginia. Carl teaches at Grove City College in Western Pennsylvania. And we're so delighted that you chose to be with us today. We're excited about today's program. We're excited about every program.
1:12.6	But we were just talking with our guests a little while ago, and Carl and I have discussed
1:17.6	our guest's latest book and how enthusiastic we have been about it.
1:24.6	It addresses a subject of perennial concern for all people, and that is suffering,
1:34.0	and is there hope for those who suffer, and where can we find this hope? It is an excellent book.
1:41.5	It's one of my favorite books of the year, and I've already had the chance to get in
1:45.2	the hands of some people in my church who are being helped by it.
1:48.5	And our guest is the author, Mark Talbot.
1:50.6	Mark Talbot is a professor at Wheaton College where he teaches philosophy.
1:56.6	And this is a subject, and I want to kind of have him unpack this for us in just a moment,
2:02.0	but this is a subject that is near and dear to his heart. And you can tell that this is a topic
2:06.9	that he deals with a lot and has dealt with from his own personal experience. The title of the book
2:14.4	is when the stars disappear, help and hope from stories of suffering in scripture.
2:20.9	It is Volume 1 in what's going to be a series, and I'm eagerly looking forward to the completion of the series
2:27.7	because Volume 1 has been excellent. Mark Talbot, thank you so much for being with us today.
2:34.8	Good to be here, Todd.
2:36.4	Now, two questions. First of all, why did you write the book and where does the title come from?
2:41.3	What initially spurred you to write the book and where does the title come?
2:45.8	What spurred me to write the book was the fact that I lost a student to suicide a little over 10 years ago. I won't
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