Tough Questions on God and Faith, Feat. Tim Whipple, with Joel Marion — BTI 12
Born to Impact
Joel Marion
4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2018
⏱️ 124 minutes
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Summary
In this critically important episode, Joel & Dan sit down with pastor Tim Whipple of Bridgepoint Church in St Petersburg, Florida (one of the fastest growing churches in the United States) to discuss the tough questions surrounding God and faith, including:
-Isn’t faith in God “blind faith” since you can not see or hear him?
-Is it normal to have doubts about God?
-Is there legitimate evidence supporting God’s existence? How can someone defend their belief in God with facts?
-Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God allow suffering (natural disasters, disease, pre-mature death, heartbreak, disappointment?)
-How can we be sure that Jesus was the Son of God/Messiah?
-How can I personally have a relationship with God?
And so much more. Whether you are someone of faith, someone still unpacking their faith, or someone who is skeptical, this episode will provide the answers to many of the questions you may be wondering about.
Even more, be sure to subscribe to the Born to Impact podcast to ensure you get notified as new episodes release each week!
After listening, to learn more about Tim and to connect with him directly, follow him on Instagram (@timwwhipple), or visit www.BridgePointFL.com to watch archived sermons and messages from Tim online.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I love the topic that we're talking about because I think God can be found in the questions. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm excited that people are willing to question, engage, dialogue, have a conversation. |
| 0:10.0 | I hope your listeners will lean in just for a few moments and entertain the idea that maybe, just maybe God has this incredible life for them. |
| 0:18.0 | And we're here not only to help them discover that, but to reinforce that in our own lives as well. |
| 0:23.0 | Yeah. Why is this important that faith and belief in God? |
| 0:26.0 | Because ultimately it means that you are of value, you are of significance, you are here for a reason, your life has a purpose. |
| 0:33.0 | Maybe you're listening and you say, I don't really know what my purpose is. |
| 0:36.0 | I feel like I'm just insignificant in this big, huge world. |
| 0:39.0 | But in God's eyes, you are extremely valuable. |
| 0:42.0 | He has a magnificent plan for your life. |
| 0:44.0 | And part of realizing that plan is tapping into your faith and belief. |
| 0:48.0 | And him so that he can guide and direct your steps without that, we're all insignificant. |
| 0:53.0 | All right, what is up guys and welcome back to another episode of the Born to Impact Podcast. |
| 1:07.0 | This is going to be maybe the most important episode to me at least personally that we release so far. |
| 1:13.0 | We're going to listen to this week of Christmas this episode will release on Christmas day. |
| 1:18.0 | And we're going to tackle some really tough questions over this last year. |
| 1:22.0 | I've come out from the background of being an entrepreneur running a large company kind of in the background to be more in the forefront. |
| 1:30.0 | Many of you are listening to this podcast or also on my newsletter list and you've gotten some of our Friday emails where we tackle some big topics like depression and forgiveness, unconditional love, all these types of things. |
| 1:42.0 | But today we are going to tackle some tough questions about God and faith. |
| 1:47.0 | And we've had a lot of questions come in. |
| 1:50.0 | Thousands of them from the millions of readers of the newsletter about God, about faith, about is God real? |
| 1:58.0 | Does God exist? What's the proof? All these types of things? |
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