The culture wants to tell us, no, you're enough, you do you, live your truth, all that kind of stuff.

And the Bible is saying something radically different. It's saying there is a God. He is seated in the heavens and thrown between the cherubim.

And because he is your origin, you're obligated to obey him, you're obligated to worship him.

The current emphasis problem in the church is a low view of God.

We only want God near. We want Abadadadi God. We are not sure what to do with the God who thunders

from on high. Welcome to the Crossway podcast, a show where we sit down with authors each week

for thoughtful interviews about the Bible, theology, church history, and the Christian life.

I'm Matt Tully, and today I'm talking with Jen Wilkin.

Jen is a speaker, writer, and a teacher of women's Bible studies.

She's organized and led studies for women in home, church, and parochurch context for nearly

20 years.

She's also the author of a number of books, including

None Like Him, Ten Ways God is Different from Us and why that's a good thing with Crossway.

Today, Jen and I discuss our God-given limits as created beings. She reflects on why the common

refrain that we should look inside of ourselves for meaning and fulfillment is so misguided,

how our personal stories, especially

those related to our family histories, can impact our view of God and why embracing our

limits in the presence of a limitless God is the only path to true inward peace. Let's get started.

Jen Wilkins, thank you so much for joining us on the Crossway podcast today. Thanks for having me on.

So I want to start our conversation today where you end your book with a really interesting

line.

You write, our primary problem as Christian women is not that we lack self-worth, not that

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