These are your children.

Protect your children.

I'm sorry if I'm doubting this Lord, but God, did I just hear you say something to me?

The next season of my podcast is almost here, and I've got a question for you.

Do you believe that God really loves you?

Like, really, really loves you. Maybe you imagine God as an angry dad or a distant guy with a beard sitting on a cloud watching you all the time, judging you. No matter where you are in your faith,

whether it's a new journey for you or whether you grew up in, judging you. No matter where you are in your faith, whether it's a new journey

for you or whether you grew up in church three times a week, the way you think about God

changes everything in your life. My expert guest host this coming season is Frances Chan.

He's been a pastor and a church planter and is a best-selling author, and he's also been a personal friend for many years.

He recently wrote a new book about God's love, titled Beloved, and it's been life-changing for me.

Francis is joining me for six weeks, and believe me when I say that you

do not want to miss a single minute of our conversation, I mean it. When Francis talks and

shares his stories, he drips with wisdom. He wants you to experience God's love so deeply that it completely changes the way you live.

So good to be with you. I don't want to start crying already, Francis, but I have, I just have,

I have deep respect for you. And so the fact that you would come here and be on the podcast and

share with me and have these conversations, take the time to do

that. Means a lot to me. So thank you. No, it's an honor. And I don't do very many of these.

I know you don't. That's why I know it's a really big deal. You've talked so much about

holiness and sin and wrath and judgment. I feel like there are a lot of pastors

that are afraid to talk about. And I guess that's why I was so looking forward to being with you

because kind of watched your journey and saw the way that you stood for the faith all of these

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