It's been said that the most important thing we think about is what we think when we think about God.

Because this will shape every other area of our existence.

So, listener out there, let me ask you, when I say God, what is it that you think?

If I were to give you truth serum, and I say, God, what do you feel?

Do you feel comfort? Do you feel safe? Do you feel known, seen, love, adopted? Or is there a

sense in which you feel afraid and you're plagued with doubt and maybe even thoughts of dread

and judgment. John and I are going to talk about all this today. We're going to talk about God and

who he is and what he's like as he has revealed himself in the face of Jesus Christ. Stay tuned.

If you're new to Theocast, you may not have heard of this word. It's called pietism.

You ever felt like the Christian life is a heavy burden versus rest and joy? That you wake up worrying

about how well you're going to perform instead of thinking about what Christ has done for you.

It's dread versus joy, really. That's pietism. Piatism causes Christians to look in on themselves

and find their hope, not in what Christ has done, but what they're doing. And we have a little book for

you. It's free. We want you to download it. And we're going to explain the difference between pietism

and what we call confessionalism. Reform theology, really, how it is that we walk by faith,

seeing the joy of Christ, and when Jesus says, come to me and I will give you rest, what does

that look like?

You can download it on our website.

Just go to theocast.org.

Thank you. Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ.

Conversations about the Christian life from a reformed perspective.

Today, our main aim is to pull the clutter off the gospel and help us to think about the kingdom rightly where there's rest, joy, and work to be done.

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