Step Forward in Faith, Despite the Darkness: Craig Groeschel and Jack & Marsha Countryman

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🗓️ 13 September 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today we talk with three guests who have dedicated their lives to ministry by bringing others closer to God, even when they themselves couldn’t always see the way forward: pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel, and husband-and-wife author and publisher team Jack & Marsha Countryman. Recently, Craig Groeschel released his newest book, Hope in the Dark: Believing God Is Good When Life Is Not. Today Craig tells us why asking God questions can create a stronger relationship with Him, and how we can endure challenges without losing our faith. Jack and Marsha Countryman have been married for 52 years, and have worked side by side each day of their marriage. They started their publishing company, J. Countryman, at their kitchen table almost forty years ago. Today they describe how they’ve been able to use their talents to connect millions of people to the promises of God, how they’ve been able to keep their marriage strong after five decades, and why they’ve decided to keep going to work every day, even in their later years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Today we talk with three guests who have dedicated
0:07.1	their lives to ministry by bringing others closer to him, even when they couldn't see
0:11.8	the way forward.
0:13.2	Pastor Craig Grushell, and husband and wife, author, and publisher team,
0:17.4	Jack and Marsha Countryman.
0:19.6	First up, we speak to New York Times Best Selling author and pastor Craig Groishell.
0:24.0	Recently Craig released his newest book titled Hope in the Dark
0:28.0	believing God is good when life is not.
0:30.0	For years this book sat on Craig's computer forgotten by its author.
0:35.2	Craig had written the book for a friend going through a dark time, but when Craig's own
0:39.2	faith was shaken to its core, he returned to the words he wrote for his grieving friend.
0:44.3	When they brought him comfort, Craig decided to release the book to the world.
0:48.8	Today Craig tells us why asking questions of God can create a stronger relationship with him and how we can
0:55.0	endure the challenges we face without losing our faith. I'm Craig Groshell and I am
1:00.3	married to Amy. We've been married for 27 years. We have six kids and one grand kid and we
1:08.1	started Life Church back in 1996 and we're blessed to continue to lead Life Church today.
1:15.0	I was born in Houston, Texas, and my dad was in retail,
1:18.0	so he was transferred a lot.
1:19.3	We moved all over southern Texas.
1:21.6	Eventually, we went north of the Red River.
1:25.1	He was transferred to Ardmore, Oklahoma,
1:27.6	which is a little town best known
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