Suffering and the Formation of Hope

Lisa Harper's Back Porch Theology

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Talk Radio, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Fund conversations that matter: donate.accessmore.com During today’s episode of Back Porch Theology, Alli and I are continuing a joy-saturated conversation with Dr. Curt Thompson, who’s a board-certified, practicing psychiatrist who loves God and His Word and His people. Dr. Thompson’s expertise in connecting neurobiology with biblically sound theology has been a game changer for me and his latest work – which connects suffering and the formation of hope – has helped me lean further into God’s restorative, healing compassion with regards to some of my oldest and deepest wounds. Just listen to this excerpt from his latest book, The Deepest Place: The creation of beauty and goodness out of carnage – the resurrected Jesus in the wake of crucifixion – opens the door to the most durable formation of hope. Hope that is sustainable because it has emerged from crucifixion, from suffering. Contrary to what some of us were taught in church, we don’t have check our emotions at the door of biblical fidelity – God wants us to bring everything – all of our disappointment and loneliness and shame and the fear that if someone actually looks under the hood of our life, they’ll leave - to His throne of mercy - pretending you’re okay is actually not a fruit of the Spirit, y’all! This episode is packed with potential freedom so please grab a cup of coffee or a tumbler of your favorite, albeit exorbitantly priced but oh so yummy - cold-pressed juice, and your Bible and come prop your feet up on the porch with us!

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0:00.0	Access more.
0:09.0	During today's episode of Back porch Theology, Allie and I are continuing our joy-saturated
0:15.0	conversation with Dr. Kurt Thompson, who's a board-certified practicing psychiatrist who
0:20.7	loves God, who loves God's Word, and Dr. Thompson loves God's people.
0:25.8	His expertise in connecting neurobiology with Biblically Sound Theology has been a game
0:31.1	changer for me in his latest work, which connects suffering and the formation of hope, has helped
0:36.3	me lean further into God's restorative healing compassion, with regards to some of my oldest
0:41.4	and deepest wounds.
0:42.8	Just listen to this excerpt from his latest book, which is called The Deepest Place.
0:47.2	The creation of beauty and goodness out of carnage.
0:50.0	The resurrected Jesus in the wake of crucifixion opens the door to the most durable,
0:55.8	formation of hope, hope that is sustainable, because it has emerged from crucifixion, from
1:02.3	suffering.
1:03.3	Contrary to what some of us were taught in church, we don't have to check our emotions
1:07.3	at the door of Biblical Fidelity, y'all.
1:10.6	God wants us to bring everything, all of our disappointment and loneliness and shame
1:17.0	and the fear that if someone actually looks under the hood of our life, they'll leave
1:21.0	to his throne of mercy, pretending you're okay is actually not a fruit of the spirit.
1:27.6	This episode is packed with potential freedom, so please grab a cup of coffee or a tumbler
1:32.4	of your favorite albeit exorbitantly priced but also yummy cold pressed juice and your
1:37.6	Bible, and come prop your feet up on the porch with us.
1:42.2	Hey, hey, back porchers, my name is Allison Allen.
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