Hi, this is Justin. Here at Theocast, we often get correspondence or we see things online

that say something like this. I discourage everybody that I know from listening to Theocast

because that ministry only attracts people whose lives are train wrecks.

That's effectively what's said.

As John and I reflected on that, we thought, you know, that's right.

And there's something good about that.

Because at the heart of the Christian message is to the acknowledgement that we have no righteousness of our own and that we are miserable lawbreakers.

And the good news is that Christ came for such as us. He came for the weak. He came for the frail.

He came for the guilty and the shameful. He came for sinners. So our conversation today is about that.

It's about the gentle, lowly nature of our Savior. It's about his mercy and his grace,

even for the worst of us. We hope you're encouraged by this conversation. Stay tuned.

If you're needed 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.

Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims.

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