Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

Welcome to Susie Larson Live. Welcome to Susie Larson Live. new dance you don't have to know how to ever since him but since we've got you like

welcome to susie larsen live always honored to get to spend this time with you in fact i look

forward to bringing new conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk

that deepen your understanding of god's word and that heightens your awareness of his very

real presence in your life. Well, my guest today writes this, from demons to miracles, from why we

tell lies to questions about heaven, hell, and the purpose of our lives, Jesus speaks to every area

of life, even the topics we don't want Him to talk about. Every person must make their own

decision about Jesus. You must

investigate him and his claims, as if your own life depends upon it, because it does. I am talking

with pastor and author Mark Clark today to talk about his book, The Problem of Jesus, answering a

skeptics challenge to the scandal of Jesus. Such an interesting book. But you know,

you text me, it's sort of my love language. So I'm going to ask you to engage with this conversation

today. And the first question I want to ask you is, what do you love most about Jesus? I mean,

what stands out to you? Is it that he got angry at the right times or that he was moved by compassion

or that he wept or that he had a backbone

that he cared about humanity he didn't care what others thought of him what do you love most about

jesus text me 877 933 2484 and we've got four copies of the problem of jesus just well researched

incredible book you can text the word book to 877-933-24-84 if you want in on the drawing.

Quick announcement. We've got a writer's conference coming up. We've got A-list faculty. It is always just such an epic event.

It's coming up in July. If you have a dream of being published, I will be there on the faculty, and I'll be emceeing. I want to see you, want to meet you. It's such a fantastic event. We've got editors and agents and experts from around the nation coming to help you take your next steps towards getting published. All that information is on the web at Northwestern Christian Writers Conference.com. All right. Let me tell you about my guest. We'll get him on the show.

Mark Clark is the founding pastor of Village Church. It's a multi-site church with locations in multiple cities across Canada and online around the world. It seeks to reach skeptics and challenge Christians. He's the author of The Problem of God. It's the winner of the 2018 Award for Evangelism. He's been the subject of several articles in Christianity today in Outreach Magazine, voted him in the top 26 leaders to watch. He resides in Vancouver, Canada, with his wife, Aaron, and their three daughters. Pastor Markson, I meet you. Welcome to the show. Well, thank you for having me, Susie. Appreciate it. I'm excited to be here. Looking forward to the conversation. So we love to start every day talking scripture. And I'm wondering just in your time with the Lord what he's been talking to about these days. Yeah, one of the texts that stands out that I've been thinking a lot about. And, you know, your life as a pastor and a dad, just thinking through how people are feeling during a time like this over

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