The Wrestling with God Podcast: Recent Episodes
Clark Bertsch
The Wrestling with God podcast is a lighthearted conversation between Clark and John about their Christian faith. In each episode, the two friends discuss their beliefs and experiences, offering insights and perspectives on a wide range of topics related to spiritually and religion. Whether you're a devout Christian or simply curious about the faith, this podcast is a great way to engage with the ideas and beliefs that shape the lives of millions of people around the world.
The Bible never says that God is love, love, love; or mercy, mercy, mercy; or wrath, wrath, wrath; or justice, justice, justice. It does say that He is holy, holy, holy that the whole earth is full of His glory. ~ R.c Sproul
Clark gives a brief summary of Isaiah chapter six when Isaiah meets God. Then the guys discuss chapter two of the holiness of God and share the quotes that they liked from the chapter. Find out why Just Joel picked the funniest out of us all. And find out why Clark's summer is ruined already.
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What comes to your mind when you hear that God is holy? Clark and Joel share what comes to their mind. Find out why Clark is a hypocrite as a Christian. Plus, the guys share a time when they were overcome by God's holiness and talk about what it means to be holy as God is Holy. And hear the rest of our thoughts on R.c Sproul's book The Holiness of God, Chapter 1: The Holy Grail.
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God is Holy, but what exactly does that mean? Curious Clark, John, and Joel are going to be going through the book The Holiness of God by R.c Sproul to find out about the Holiness of God in this 11 week series.
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What's the correlation between Breaking Bad, Walter White and the root of all sin? Find out what sin actually means and what the root of sin is when Clark shares the spiritual components behind his favorite TV show Breaking Bad. Also, Clark brings up a touching subject and calls Christians (including himself) to examine our hearts. Plus, Clark also shares a major life change he just had and how this will effect the podcast.
Podcast recommendation for Christian's who love movies: Are You Just Watching. Great podcast for those who like movies but also like to think about the spiritual components in them.
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Evil and suffering exist in the world, but does that really mean a loving God doesn't exist. Can there being evil and suffering in the world actually prove that their is a Loving God? And Can God be All-Powerful, All-Knowing and All-Good all at the same time? And find out what makes Christianity stand out against all the other religions in the world. Curious Clark goes over these questions to help give people who struggle with this objection a better understanding.
However, if you want to learn more on this topic of evil and suffering and the existence of God here are more resources below.
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Making Sense Out of Suffering by Peter Kreeft
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Where is God When It Hurts by Philip Yancey
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When God Weeps by Joni Eareckson Tada and Steven Estes
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Where is God When Bad Things happen? By Luis Palau
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Every believer in Christianity experiences doubt. Doubt about the Bible being God's inspired Word, or if God is really loving why is there so much evil and suffering in the world and so on. In this episode, Curious Clark discusses Charles Templeton a once professing Christian and why he went from minister to agnostic. Plus, Clark gives believers encouragement with a post he wrote on Facebook eight years ago when he started to doubt the existence of God.
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The WWG Host discuss the last chapter of The Men We Need by Brant Hansen. Sometimes we can confuse Spirituality with personality. Just because a guy isn't emotional with raising hands in corporate worship at church doesn't mean there is something wrong with his faith. God is looking for our obedience towards him more than an emotion outward expression.
Next week will be the first episode in the series The Case for Faith. This series will look at 8 objections to Christianity.
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Clark discusses the last chapter of The Men We Need at the Huddle (Men's bible study at Venture Church) It's important for guys to take responsibility for their own spiritual life.
In just two weeks from now, Curious Clark will discuss for the summer series The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel. This will be a ten week series that explores hard questions about Christianity.
Getting near the end of The Men We Need, Clark has an idea of what he wants to do next for the podcast. The guys discuss about taking thoughts captive and what that looks like and they give personal examples of taking thoughts captive in their own life. Plus, they talk about desires of the heart and how the human heart wants stuff now.
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Who we become is a direct result of what we pay attention to. ~ Brant Hansen
Clark discusses the fifth chapter of The Men We Need. In it he gives a brief overview of each section in the chapter. In order to become the Men God has created us to be men must pay attention to the right things, being a fool will cause a lot of pain in your life, it takes a life time to be angry shopping cart guy, and Clark explains why following your heart is not a good idea.
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Real love means wanting the best someone. However, most of the time, when we use the word "love" in our culture, we're talking about love for ourselves. The other person is a means to an end ~ Brant Hansen. In this episode, Clark invites his wife Bethany on to talk about what love actually is and discuss chapter 4 in The Men We Need.
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Mark this down: You will struggle with feeling meaningless when you choose to invest your time and energy in meaningless things ~ Brant Hansen. Today we continue our series on the book The Men We Need and see what we should put our focus and attention on as men.
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Does your job drag you down and make your life feel meaningless? Well the guys discuss why our jobs matter in God's eyes. Plus, we talk about being content with the stuff we have have and how hard it is to be content even though the bible says we lack nothing if we are children of God. Hear more of our thoughts about The Men We Need: Be Ambitious about the Right Things in this discussion.
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Have you ever wondered what Holy means in the Bible? Well look further because it's hard to define but Clark does his best to describe it. Find out what it may mean to create a god in our own image. Also, Clark submits a question to the pastors perspective radio show and his question gets answered on it. Find out what they say.
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Clark opens up with a surprise for the guys. Find out what the piece of paper is all about and why it's important for Clark's next son. Plus, the WWG Host discuss chapter two of The Men We Need and why work is so important to men. And find out, what we think about sheltering our kids.
Have you ever wondered why God created men? In this episode, we see that God specifically designed men to protect the vulnerable. Find out about Mouse Utopia and how it relates to our society. Plus, a controversial topic about sheltering your kids.
The Prophet Isaiah came to know God. Find out what his response was when meeting God in the temple in Isaiah six. Clark dives right into chapter two of the Holiness of God by R.c Sproul. In this episode you will find two different uses the word Lord has. Plus, Clark gives his insight on the Jesus Revolution movie and the Asbury Revival. And finally, Clark shares his thoughts about some of the ways we can hide from a Holy God and shares what ways he hides from God.
Though pornography is never good to consume, video games and tv are amazing as long as they don't become an idol. Find out what the guys think about this topic. Both John and Joel are having life changing events happen this last week and find out what they are. Plus, Clark emails the author and radio host Brant Hansen to give him encouragement about The Men We Need and Clark asks Brant if he could be on the WWGP for an interview. Find out if Brant Hansen will be on the Podcast.
When we throw ourselves into nothingness a sense of meaninglessness is not far behind. Men our built to have real purpose, real relationship, and real sex (in a covenant marriage with a woman). Yet men get their purpose from fake pixels on call of duty, friendship from watching Friends on tv, and having "sex" with a two dimensional woman on a screen. Find out about what supernormal stimuli and what it does to your brain? Also, Clark shares the context behind the famous Job 31:1 verse. And find out what is on Clarks heart and what else he wants to do with this podcast.
Clark shares his thoughts on the first chapter on The Holiness of God by R.c Sproul. Find out why Clark wants to talk about the Holiness of God. Also, he shares from his own experience how he came to know a Holy God and what exactly does it mean for us as Christians to be holy as God is holy. If you have questions or comments please subscribe to Spotify so that you can have your question or comment answered and shared on the podcast!
Clark and Joel discuss the first section of the book Keepers of the Garden in The Men We Need by Brant Hansen. Clark shares why this book is so impactful in his life. Find out why he remembers the first day he got it. Plus, you will get to hear a very important introduction of the book to see if it's something you want to read so that you can follow along with us in this series. Also, we have all heard the saying "as long as they are doing what makes them happy and aren't hurting anyone" Both Clark and Joel break down why that isn't a good saying.
Next week we tackle the section Forsake the Fake and Relish the Real.
Have you ever wondered what does it mean to be a man? In this new, seven week series, we will be going through the book The Men We Need by Brant Hansen to find out not just what men shouldn't do but what men should do. Find out what masculinity really means and why it's so important to be the man God created us to be.
This isn't your average testimony (though no Christians testimony is average). Clark starts out talking about what could have been going through Peters mind when he wrote in 1 Peter 5:7, cast your cares on to Him because He cares for you. And get to hear just how amazing Jesus is when he deals with Peter denying him and doubting Thomas not believing unless he sees proof. Then Clark shares Bible verses that the Devil twisted to give Clark a dark night of the soul and hear why Clark never left the faith.
I hope this encourages you in your walk and so that you know you are not alone. God is with you.
What's a weird dream you have had? The WWG Hosts shares theirs. Plus, we dive into the Scripture of the Samaritan woman telling people about Jesus and why they believe in Jesus which leads the guys to discuss why they believe in Christ. John leaves the discussion early so Clark and Joel talk about evangelism, and Ray Comforts book, Way of the Master and why it's important to talk about the moral law when presenting the gospel to people.
This episode is a dozy! Clark has a new recorder and uses all the features on it and shares a hilarious clip of his wife recording him. Plus, there is a surprise guest on the phone to offer advice for when a person should read the Bible. Then the guys dive into the topic of what it looks like to plant seeds for God's Kingdom. Clark shares insight in how he plants seeds at work and what that looks like (Spoiler Alert: anyone can do this!) And find out in the end why the audience and Clark applaud John for something he did at work.
Johnny boy is MIA today! Clark tells Joel why he felt like a celebrity the other day and we discuss some of our favorite TV shows before diving into some real talk about the dangers of the doctrine of Universalism (the idea that everyone is saved in the end). Clark also shares a story he witnessed in Chi Alpha of a guy leaving the faith over one hard teaching in scripture. And find out how we can interpret scripture better by using a football analogy.
Friendship is very important but do you really have to be friends with someone to share the gospel with them? Clark shares biblical support from stories in scripture about people sharing the good news with others without being friends. And find out the reaction this one young man on a video when he hears the gospel for the first time from someone he just met.
In this generation, truth is subjective meaning that we find truth in us, in our thought's and our desires. But in a biblical world view truth is objective. Truth isn't something we create but rather we discover outside ourselves. In this episode, Pastor Scott discusses worship and the Father is seeking people to worship Him in Spirt and in Truth.
Clark has an update on the show and gives some bad news. However, there is good news but it wasn't shared unfortunately. A fresh look on the woman at the well story. And find out why being spiritual is so much different than being a follower of Jesus.
The Gospel is unique because it isn't about man coming to God but God coming to man. And we see this in the women at the well story in John chapter 4. The guys discuss there unprofessional thoughts on the first half of the women at the well and they also give their opinion on The Chosen episode about this story. Find out what Joel believes they got wrong in it. Also, the guys discuss a time when auto correct on a phone went wrong.
All three WWG Host are here!! Clark's truck hates him and find out what happened to it again! The guys discuss how they do their devotions. Plus Clark asks a question about the Adam and Eve story that he has never thought of before. Also, find out the meaning of the wrestling with God Podcast logo. Lastly, Clark reads a poem to give us perspective on the new years and we discuss what we are talking about for next weeks episode.
Get to know one of the WWG Host of the show a little better! Joel is awesome and his passion for Christ is awesome. Honestly, there really isn't any more description other than that cause I (Clark) forgot part of the details. Hey give me some grace, this was about four months ago. So find out for yourself why Joel follows Christ!
What is the point of sending Christmas Cards?!?! John talks about about a book he is about to read and Clark ask a really stupid question. A Charles Spurgeon quote leads Clark and John on a rabbit trail discussion. Find out what it is!
John messes up a C.S Lewis quote at work. Clark realizes something in the women at well story in John chapter 4 that he never realized before. Should Christians use the phrase What Would Jesus Do? We give our thoughts about it. Also, we realize we both have the same money problem and talk about creating conversation in our heads about people.
Clark shares a story about his wife telling people what he said to her when they were dating. Why did God ask Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac? John and Clark expound their thoughts on it. Plus, Clark gives his thoughts on the first chapter of the Horse and His Boy by C.S Lewis. And you don't want to miss the heartfelt poem Clark "wrote" for his wife.
The first episode is always the hardest but we press on to play Would You Rather. Would you rather have one million untaxed dollars or have the whole New Testament memorized in an instant? And Clark confesses an ongoing sin that he has struggle with for eighteen years. Plus we talk about our daily life.
Meet Curious Clark and John hosts of the show ( a third host Joel will be on the show in episode five). We are just guys wanting to talk about our lives and what we are learning in Scripture and what we wrestle with in the Christian faith. We hope you laugh, learn, and grow as you continue to listen week in and week out. So come and join the Wrestling with God Podcast as we only wrestle with God by growing through three.
People often use the story of Jesus overturning tables as a justification to be angry. But is that what this passage is really about? Also, Clark talks a little bit about anger and why it won't change anyone's mind... So what will? Find out on the wrestling with God podcast.
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People try to use the story of Jesus turning water into wine as a justification to drink alcohol. However, this passage is more than justifying drinking. Jesus turning water into wine symbolizes something greater and more profound than you could think. Also, Clark shares with us whether drinking is a sin and does the bible condone getting drunk.
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Come and see or rather come and hear how Jesus started his ministry. The answer might surprise you because he started his ministry in a unique way. Also, Clark shares his thoughts about memorizing scripture and why it's good to memorizing chapters and books of the bible rather than just memorizing certain verses here or there (though that is good too!).
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Why did people sacrifice animals in the Bible? Pastor Scott shares with us the importance and the significance of why so many animals had to be sacrificed.
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Having are sins being forgiven and taken away is amazing. But why? Why is it amazing to have our sins forgiven by Christ who shed his blood for us? In this episode, Clark talks about the testimony of John and the reason John the Baptist pointed people towards Jesus and not himself.
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God is the Gospel by John Piper
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Identity is huge in our culture right now and it's the hot topic of the day. But is what our culture says about what should we put our identity in true? Should we put our identity in our work, spouse, kids, sex, or accomplishments. Can these things really give us our identity or are they a counterfeit to the only true identity that will last forever. In this episode, Clark, Dillon, and John break down why we can't put our identity in these things and point you to the One who should be our identity.
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There has been a lot of wrong thinking about the person and work of Jesus Christ. We can tend to think that Jesus being fully God in the flesh as fully man had no problems, however, we see from scripture that the bible says otherwise. Jesus was tempted in everyway but without sin. Also, we will see that God loves family and that whoever receives Christ by faith will be brought into the family of God.
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"In some cases, we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself." We hope that you stick around to discover the hard questions people ask about God and the Bible. So join us on this adventure where your doubts about God and the Christian faith are welcome here.
Pastor Scott unpacks John 1:6-11. We see that in this passage Jesus who is the creator of the world came in the flesh and his own people did not know him and did not receive him. Yet, He still came to seek and save that which is lost by dying on the cross for us.
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