Hi, this is Justin. Today on Theocast, we have a conversation about the hope of heaven.

And you can't have a conversation about the hope of heaven without being honest about life in this

world. And we live in a world where we bury our children.

And only an insane person would look around and say that things are as they should be.

So what hope can we have in this life under the sun?

John and I today, we're going to talk about that hope, that hope has a name, and he has said that

he's going to bring us to be with him where he is. We believe in a God who is going to make

all things new and wipe all the tears from our eyes. If that's something that you need to hear,

as it's something that John and I needed to talk about for our own souls, stay tuned and

listen today's podcast. We hope it

encourages you and comforts you in the midst of your affliction. If you're new to Theocast,

you may not have heard of this word. It's called pietism. You ever felt like the Christian life

is a heavy burden versus rest and joy, that you wake up worrying about how well you're

going to perform instead of thinking

about what Christ has done for you. It's dread versus joy, really. That's pietism. Piatism causes

Christians to look in on themselves and find their hope, not in what Christ has done, but what

they're doing. And we have a little book for you. It's free.

We want you to download it.

And we're going to explain the difference between pietism and what we call

confessionalism.

Reform theology, really, how it is that we walk by faith, seeing the joy of Christ.

And when Jesus says, come to me and I will give you rest, what does that look like?

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