Ray Ortlund | Good News At Rock Bottom | Steve Brown, Etc.

"Thank you, Lord, for trouble." If you've never prayed that, maybe it's time you did. This week, Steve and the gang get real with Ray Ortlund about hitting rock bottom – and the loving Savior we'll find there. Ray's new book is called "Good News at Rock Bottom: Finding God When the Pain Goes Deep and Hope Seems Lost." https://amzn.to/440ZNnV

🗝️ Have you ever hit rock bottom as a Christian? Did you find Jesus there? Share your story in the Comments. 🗝️

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Ray Ortlund is the President of Renewal Ministries, the Pastor to Pastors at Immanuel Church Nashville ( @ImmanuelNashville ) and a Canon Theologian with the Anglican Church in North America. Has has authored several books and is a contributor to the ESV Study Bible. Ray's new book is called "Good News at Rock Bottom: Finding God When the Pain Goes Deep and Hope Seems Lost." https://amzn.to/440ZNnV @Crosswayvid @CrosswayBooks

00:00 - Intro
03:20 - Meet Ray Ortlund
05:02 - The hard experiences that informed Ray's new book about hitting rock bottom
06:15 - "When we hit rock bottom, inevitably, we ask really terrifying questions."
13:52 - #whoa - God is "high and lifted up" AND down low with the crushed and devastated
18:35 - Why YOUR crisis matters to God, no matter how relatively big or small it is
23:10 - How can we distinguish godly sorrow from toxic shame?
29:51 - Reflecting on the #jesuspeople movement and what's needed for a new revival
37:38 - Steve's closing thoughts
39:57 - Next week's guest is...

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