Our Q&R Podcast is for the seeker and skeptic in all of us, designed to create a posture of curiosity about
ourselves and others.

Today, we’re going to tackle a question that we will all face at one point or another in our lives.

How do I handle pain & suffering?

This is a topic that the larger culture often leaves us unequipped to deal with. Our culture talks about self-optimization, and longevity has become a popular theme, but what happens when things don’t go our way? When we don’t heal of a disease? When a loved one dies?

When we go through a painful breakup?

In this conversation, Michael and Bekah unpack this both from an intellectual perspective, but also a personal one. Michael shares about his experience losing his dad, and the profound suffering and grief that has unfolded both before and after Tim’s death.

We then get into deeper theological questions of why God would allow this to happen, and why the Christian faith is predicated on a future hope that empowers us to endure anything that comes our way.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:56 - Our culture does not address suffering
6:47 - How we respond to pain & suffering
19:11 - Michael talking about father Tim Keller’s death
23:10 - Discerning why you need in the moment
27:15 - Placing suffering in a spectrum
31:38 - Getting used to grief
38:36 - Why am I going through this?
46:47 - What do you do when something is ongoing?

Today, we’re going to tackle perhaps the most relevant question that is on everyone’s mind for the next couple of weeks.

How should we handle politics?

We live in one of the most polarizing times in United States history, and the hostility in the political landscape can be felt everyday on social media. It’s clear that the way we interact with politics as a culture does not work, so is there a better way?

At Redeemer LSQ, we believe there is. We believe that the Christian view offers a third option to left and right, and red and blue. But in this episode, we’re not going to tell you how to vote. Rather, we’re going to outline why the secular approach to politics isn’t working, why the Christian view does, and how to live that out practically in your own life.

We’re going to talk about political idolatry, and how to identify if you’ve made politics an idol.

And we’re going to discuss the fallout of the election, and how to handle the results as we move forward as a community in the next few years.

The Q&R Podcast is for the seeker and skeptic in all of us, designed to create a posture of curiosity about ourselves
and others.

We’re in the midst of a mini two-part Q&R series aimed at addressing an important question “is biblical sexuality outdated?” Last week, we explored what the purpose of sex is, and in what environment sex truly thrives. If you haven’t gotten a chance to watch that yet, we’d encourage you to go back and take a listen.

This week, we put it all into practice. We address how to handle your sexual desires as a single person and also what a healthy sex life looks like when you are married. We try to get as practical as possible in this episode, and we believe that the strategies we will discuss today can have a huge impact on your own outlook of sexuality.