Part of the human experience is disappointment. And the reason we have disappointments is because of

expectation. We believe that life should be different. We should have no struggle, no trials. And we

even forget that we're going to die and that everyone's going to die. And today's podcast is

talking about where this perspective comes from, really a utopian view of life where

ultimately God wants us to just live without struggle, without problems. And then when they come,

man, they crush our faith. They cause us to question God and the reason and existence.

That's what Justin and I want to talk about today and really the hope and solution to it.

The world's groaning and the solution to it is always Jesus. 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. Welcome to Theocast.combe.ims to rest in Christ. We have conversations here

about the Christian life from a confessional reformed and pastoral perspective. And effectively,

what we're trying to do is remove the clutter off of the gospel. And in doing that,

reclaim the purpose of the kingdom of Christ. Your hosts today are John Moffitt, who is pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

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