Glimpse a Bigger View of God’s Favor

Have you ever had one of those kinds of days? No, I mean the good kind. Everything goes your way. Productive, but not stressful. Full, but not tiring. Peaceful, but not boring.

Did you look back at the end of your memorable day and wonder if you had enjoyed an especially intimate quiet time with God? Did you seek to connect God’s favor with your circumstances?

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Greg Gilbert wants to give us a bigger and better view of God’s favor, one that does not depend on our circumstances. He joins me to discuss grace, hardship, the prosperity gospel, and more.

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Greg Gilbert is the senior pastor of Third Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of What Is the Gospel?, Assured: Discover Grace, Let Go of Guilt, and Rest in Your Salvation, and the commentary in the ESV Story of Redemption Bible. He is the coauthor of What Is the Mission of the Church?: Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission. You can follow him on X.

Collin Hansen serves as vice president for content and editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition, as well as executive director of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He hosts the Gospelbound podcast, writes the weekly Unseen Things newsletter, and has written and contributed to many books, including Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation and Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential. He has published with the New York Times and the Washington Post and offered commentary for CNN, Fox News, NPR, BBC, ABC News, and PBS NewsHour. He edited The Gospel After Christendom, The AI Apocalypse, and The New City Catechism Devotional, among other books. He is an adjunct professor at Beeson Divinity School, where he has co-chaired the advisory board.