Trauma: The Pain of Belief in a Sovereign God

White Horse Inn

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🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In some ways, trauma has become a buzzword, both culturally and within the church. Even in places that are supposed to be the most safe, traumatic experiences seem rampant. So, how do we deal with it all? Where does God’s will come into play and how can we have hope during some of the darkest times of our lives? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland wrestle with the issues we’re facing when it comes to addressing trauma and how the church can help others see the hope of God—even in the dark.

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0:00.0	Lamentation comes from a place of faith.
0:03.9	I believe you, actually God.
0:05.7	I believe what you have said.
0:07.1	I'm not experiencing it.
0:08.8	I'm holding your promises up before you.
0:11.6	Come and redeem us like you promise.
0:13.1	And when you pray those prayers, you are groaning, yes,
0:16.6	but you're groaning with Jesus.
0:19.8	He took these Psalms on his lips, and here's one more.
0:24.0	The Holy Spirit groans within us.
0:27.1	There's this yearning.
0:28.6	The hope is present, but it's hope because it isn't fulfilled yet.
0:32.9	There is so much already that tantalizes us,
0:36.1	that we can't be nihilists.
0:37.8	It's just that morsel we've tasted of the age to come
0:42.4	that makes us feel even more like groaning
0:45.5	because of our present.
0:46.6	I'm empathetic to the person who will say,
0:49.5	you know, am I gonna spend my whole life groaning, waiting?
0:53.5	And because of our eschatological sort of thrust
0:55.6	of this conversation, it's like, well,
0:57.5	but your whole existence won't be spent waiting and groaning.
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