Running From God
Why They Did That
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5.0 • 572 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Pastor Doug Batchelor expounds on a biblical narrative more commonly recognized as a children’s story. However, this plot twisting and persistently convicting story is not only the recounting of a human much like ourselves—self-assured, “wiser than God Himself, as it were—but also one of God’s persistent pursuit of His child’s heart. So, to quote Pastor Batchelor, “what do you do when God asks you to do something that, quite frankly, you’d rather not?”
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| 0:00.0 | We'd like to thank Doug Batchelor and amazing facts for sponsoring this episode of why they did that. |
| 0:06.8 | In fact, they want to go one step further and give all of our listeners a free copy of Pastor Doug's book, The Sign of Jonah. |
| 0:16.4 | All you have to do to get the book is text the word Jonah to 40544, and you'll instantly be able to |
| 0:24.8 | download it for free. The book has been such a blessing to so many, and we're sure it will be for |
| 0:32.1 | you too. |
| 0:35.5 | Hey everyone, welcome to season two of why they did that. I'm your host, Dean Cullinane, |
| 0:43.4 | and I can't tell you just how excited I am that you're all going to finally be able to hear |
| 0:50.2 | and see what we've been up to since we last released an episode in February 2019. We have 12 |
| 0:58.0 | episodes lined up for you this season with some brand new guests and some returning ones too. |
| 1:04.0 | They'll be coming out every second Friday just like last time, except we'll also be releasing |
| 1:09.6 | the video of that podcast on our new YouTube |
| 1:13.5 | channel. So make sure to go and visit our YouTube channel, subscribe, and turn on the little bell |
| 1:19.5 | for an instant notification of whenever we release new content. Now, here comes the show. If you're in a river that is floating towards a fatal waterfall, and you're going with the river, it's going to feel pretty peaceful. |
| 1:44.0 | If you swim against the current, you're going to feel resistance. |
| 1:48.0 | And so as soon as a person surrenders to the planet the devil, |
| 1:54.0 | it can be easy sailing. I'm Dean Cullinay, and you're listening to Why They Did That, a show that explores the motivations of biblical characters and how their choices can guide yours. |
| 2:29.0 | Our guest on the show today is one of the most famous evangelists in the world. Maybe you've |
| 2:39.2 | heard of him. His name is Doug Batchelor. He's the president of amazing facts, an online ministry |
| 2:45.4 | that has taken him literally all over the entire world sharing the good news about Jesus. But it wasn't always |
| 2:55.0 | like that for Doug. The son of an aviation tycoon, Doug could have had whatever he wanted, |
| 3:02.1 | but at the age of 15, he ran away from home. He then got involved in drugs, in alcohol, |
| 3:09.1 | and even spent time in jail. |
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