Chaos and Grace – Mark Galli on SBE

Erik Guzman December 9th, 2011

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Are you addicted to control? Exhausted by the effort to get it together? God just may want to set you free by messing up your life!

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Join Mark Galli on Steve Brown Etc. as we talk about his new book, Chaos and Grace: Discovering the Liberating Work of the Holy Spirit. It may not be the most comforting thought, but Galli shows how the way to a fresh experience of Go … (Read More)

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Holding on to Hope – Nancy Guthrie on SBE

Erik Guzman September 16th, 2011

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Nancy Guthrie and her husband, David, have had to face the pain of burying two of their children. Their daughter, Hope, and their son, Gabriel, each lived only six months. And yet, they have found a way through the suffering to hold on to hope in a loving God.

Join Nancy Guthrie on Steve Brown Etc. as she tells her story and helps us find joy in the presence of God on the path of pain.

Nancy and her husband are the hosts of Respite, a retreat for couples who have face … (Read More)

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The True Measure of a Man – Richard Simmons on SBE

Erik Guzman April 1st, 2011

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Tyler Durden said it well in the movie Fight Club:

"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your !@#$&* khakis."

When life falls apart, khakis ain't gonna cut it. I don't know if today's guest would say it exactly like that, but he agrees with the sentiment.

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Devastation in Japan & Generation Ex-Christian – Drew Dyck on SBE

Erik Guzman March 11th, 2011

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The devastation in Japan in the wake of the Tsunami is heart-wrenching. Tragedy on the scale that we're witnessing inevitably brings up the question, "Where is God in all this?"

Join us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. as Steve addresses that question. We can't promise an answer, but it will be good to be together.

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What Good is God? – Philip Yancey on SBE

Erik Guzman October 15th, 2010

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Genocide, children in sexual slavery, terrorist attacks, war, natural disasters, addiction, AIDS, and the list goes on. In the face of all of that, what good is God? I mean really, if he won't stop the bleeding, or worse, if he set it in motion, why trust him?

Join Philip Yancey on Steve Brown Etc. as we discuss having a faith that matters in the face of the worst life can dish out.

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Sometimes, I don’t like any of the answers.

Michael Spencer July 28th, 2009

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Sometimes, I don't like any of the answers.

Let's take the problem of suffering. My friend Glenda recently had a serious bleed-out in her brain. It looked for a while like she wasn't going to make it. After a coma, two surgeries and some miraculous responses to treatment, she's at a rehab center dealing with a relatively small amount of residual consequences.

This weekend at church, we were rejoicing in Glenda's recovery. One person kept saying … (Read More)

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