How God really feels about you with Dane Ortlund

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Do you ever wonder if God is mad at you, or frustrated with your mistakes? Many believers have a skewed perspective of Jesus. Dr. Dane Ortlund shares about the specific realities of God's love for you, from his book, "Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers."

Originally aired July 21, 2021

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Here's the podcast from Susie Larson Live. Enjoy the conversation.
0:05.0	You're listening to an encore presentation of Susie Larson Live.
0:09.6	Yes, he will. He'll take a stone. Make it still.
0:17.4	Yeah. Won't we do it? Yes, he will. Welcome to Sissy Larson Live. I'm Sissy Larson, and always honored to get to spend this time with you.
0:26.4	In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,
0:32.0	the deep in your understanding of God's Word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.
0:37.4	Well, maybe you've heard me mention recently that I picked up A.W. Tozer's book, Knowledge of the Holy, word and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.
0:40.7	Well, maybe you've heard me mention recently that I picked up A.W. Tozer's book,
0:44.6	Knowledge of the Holy. To read again, it's been a long time since I read it the last time.
0:49.8	Something jumped out at me yesterday. You know, Tozer wrote that God, and all of his majesty,
0:55.6	chose to disclose himself to us through the person of Jesus Christ. Well, that's obviously not new information if you read the Bible, but it was revelatory to think of fresh. You know, if you wonder what
1:01.2	God is like, what he cares about, what makes him angry, who he's quick to defend, will look at the
1:07.2	person of Jesus Christ. So how do you suppose Jesus feels about sinners and suffers? Does he
1:12.2	roll his eyes? Does he breathe a heavy sigh? Or does he see us with compassion and love? And how does
1:17.6	Christ's heart fit in with what we find in the Old Testament portrait of God? Well, Dr. Dane-Otland
1:22.4	joins me today to explore these topics. Talk about his book, Gentle and Lonely, The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Suffers.
1:29.3	This is one of the most stunning books I have read in a long time, and I read a handful of books every week.
1:34.4	The title again is Gentle and Lonely, The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Suffers. Amazing book.
1:40.1	We've got five copies to give away today. I just love it. You can text the word book to
1:44.7	877-933-2484. A couple quick announcements before we hear from Dr. Ortland.
1:50.4	Scripture says that the prayer of the righteous accomplishes great and powerful things.
1:55.9	You know, I believe that with all my heart. I am a praying person. And what I love about being
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