Wrestling with Questions, Finding Peace from God: Erwin McManus & Dominic Done
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🗓️ 12 September 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
As people of faith, we can talk about some of life’s hardest moments openly, knowing when we share our struggles, our friends and family will rally around us. But what do we do when we have questions and doubts about our faith? Where will we find acceptance when we question the tenets of our faith or even the presence of God? God promises He is always near to us, no matter what—and that includes our questions and doubts. This week’s guests, pastors and writers Erwin McManus and Dominic Done, talk about the battles we fight to find hope and answers. And they remind us when we seek God, even in the midst of our hardest moments, we can find His peace, which passes all understanding.
Links, Products and Resources Mentioned:
Sarah Young, author of Jesus Calling
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Jesus Calling interview with Bishop T. D. Jakes & worship leader Don Moen
Mosaic Church (Los Angeles, CA)
The Way of the Warrior: An Ancient Path to Inner Peace
When Faith Fails: Finding God in the Shadow of Doubt
Existential Nihilism vs. Atheism Worldviews
Interview Quotes:
“The reason there are wars that rage all around us is that there are wars that rage within us.” Erwin McManus
“The battle for peace is exactly that: it's a struggle, it's a battle, it's a daily engagement for peace within your soul.” - Erwin McManus
”For hope to exist, it has to be in the future. When our hope is placed in the past, it turns into regret.” - Erwin McManus
“I'm convinced the reason we're created in the image of God is that we're imagined by God to create” - Erwin McManus
“Anyone who ever aspires to do anything meaningful is going to have the loss of a dream. One huge challenge is to not put your identity in the dream, because if your value as a human being is based on the dream you're pursuing, then your value is really fragile.” - Erwin McManus
“Many of us can identify and relate to a guy like Doubting Thomas. We want a deeper form of faith, but we also don't know what to do with our struggles and our questions.” - Dominic Done
“I think it takes wisdom to learn how to live in the tension of an unresolved faith.” - Dominic Done
“I would actually argue that God designed [us] in such a way that questions are born and that questions can lead us into a deeper, richer, more meaningful relationship with God.” - Dominic Done
“I would argue that the mystery in a relationship is actually what makes a relationship beautiful.” - Dominic Done
“We get so obsessed with wanting all the answers. But it's not about having every single answer. It's about the wrestle. It's about the struggle. It's about intimacy with God.” - Dominic Done
“I'm learning that God is speaking, but I'm not always listening.” - Dominic Done
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| 0:00.0 | My goal is to help people have inner peace in the middle of the conflict, to have inner peace in the middle of the chaos, |
| 0:07.0 | to have the kind of peace where they measure their life by how many others they help find peace in the world. |
| 0:14.6 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. |
| 0:17.3 | Today, we talk with two pastors who |
| 0:19.7 | ask deep questions of God and how, |
| 0:22.2 | in the midst of their wonderingsings they're able to feel peace. |
| 0:25.8 | Pastors Erwin-McManus and Dominic Done. |
| 0:29.2 | First up, Erwin-McManus is an artist and writer who works to integrate creativity and spirituality. |
| 0:35.5 | He is the founder and lead pastor of Mosaic, a Los Angeles-based church recognized as one of America's |
| 0:40.9 | most influential and innovative churches. |
| 0:43.0 | Erwin walks us through humanity's lifelong struggle to find peace |
| 0:47.0 | and why God is instrumental in helping us win that battle. |
| 0:50.0 | My name is Erwin McNannus. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm the founder of Mosaic, and I just recently wrote a book called The Way the Warrior. |
| 0:56.0 | The Way The Warrior came from kind of an unusual moment. My wife and I were traveling through Hollywood driving down Vine and I just sort of thinking and daydreaming and have a moment of quietness while I was driving and I just heard this in her voice say the warrior is not ready for battle until they've come to no peace. |
| 1:12.6 | This is the way of the warrior. |
| 1:14.4 | And I looked over to my wife and I said, |
| 1:16.1 | I know what my next book is. |
| 1:17.9 | I know what it's called. |
| 1:18.7 | And I know what the first line is. |
| 1:20.2 | I didn't know anything else after that. |
| 1:22.7 | But it was just this idea that the warrior's not ready for battle |
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