7/11/25

BIBLICAL WISDOM: When Tragedy Tests Your Faith | Under God Podcast Episode 175

When devastating floods swept through Central Texas, claiming over 120 lives and affecting seven counties, Pastors Nathan Brown and Daniel Hayworth faced the raw reality of human suffering in their own backyard. In this unscripted conversation recorded just days after the tragedy, they tackle the hardest questions Christians face when disaster strikes close to home.

What You'll Discover:

✅ Why creation itself "groans" and works against humanity after the fall

✅ The crucial difference between wrestling with God versus accusing Him

✅ How Jesus perfected His obedience through suffering—and its implications for believers

✅ C.S. Lewis's powerful distinction between theological answers and personal grief processing

✅ The biblical formula from Philippians 4:6-7 for laying down anxiety and finding peace

✅ Why hope and grief aren't opposites but can coexist in the Christian experience

✅ Practical steps for processing tragedy without losing faith

Drawing from personal experience—including Pastor Nathan's own church flooding and near-loss of his child—these pastors offer no easy answers, only biblical ones. They explore how the fall in Genesis 3 affected not just humanity but creation itself, leading to natural disasters, and how even Jesus had to learn obedience through suffering.

This episode serves as both theological exploration and practical grief counseling, helping Christians process tragedy through a biblical lens while maintaining hope in God's ultimate redemption plan.

Scripture References:

📖 Romans 8:22 – Creation groans and suffers under the curse of sin

📖 Philippians 4:6-7 – God's formula for processing anxiety with prayer and thanksgiving

📖 Hebrews 5:8 – Jesus learned obedience through the things He suffered

📖 Psalm 13:1-2 – David's honest questions to God in suffering

📖 Habakkuk 3:17-18 – Rejoicing in God despite circumstances

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