Gateway Podcast: Episode 104

You can listen to or watch Gateway Podcast Episode 104 here.

Lightning Round:

• How do denominations differ? (3:50)
• Why don’t we do altar calls at Gateway? (9:30)
• Protestant denominational differences (primary differences) (3:50)

What’s Josh Been Reading?

• If You Want to be Content, Stop Looking Back by Lydia Brownback (17:20)
• Link - If You Want to be Content, Stop Looking Back by Lydia Brownback
• She begins with Ecclesiastes 7:10 — a verse from what’s known as the Old Testament wisdom literature. (18:10)
• The author of the article writes, “Focusing on what we had rather than on what we have is the mark of discontentment…” Here’s what we find in Scripture. (21:15)
• The author of the article writes, “But the truth is, there’s always something missing, and there always will be until we’re home in glory. If we don’t accept this reality, we’re likely to keep reaching to have it all—because, we reason, if we don’t have it all, we haven’t yet found where God wants us to be. So we leave one place — a home, a church, a relationship — for yet another in hope of something just a little bit better, more fulfilling, more tailored to who we’ve become at this point in our lives. Contentment is impossible until we accept that God doesn’t direct our steps for the purpose of prospering our earthly circumstances. Everything God does in our lives has one overarching purpose: for us to glorify him and enjoy him forever.” (27:45)
• Final/Pastoral Thoughts (32:20)