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Episode 8 features Author, Pastor, Professor Dr. Bradley Booth Ed.D. as he discusses catastrophic personal loss from a pastoral perspective, specifically:

[Debates] The element of friends and family imposing themselves or (unsolicited) advice upon the already heartbroken.  How should one navigate the sometimes vigorous contentions over next-steps issues with family and friends?

[Discouragement] The often repeated  Christian mantra that "real Christians" just need to buck it up, and not mourn their loss(es) as a sign of their faith, is certainly not consistent with the story of Job.  We make the point in the book that God provided us with the capacity to experience faith and hope alongside real-time pain and suffering.  These are not incompatible – taken together they ARE  grief.

[Defense] In the aftermath of great tragedy, we survey the brokenness around us, and sometimes we find ourselves contending not only with the loss itself, but also having to defend ourselves from the judgmental observations and opinions of friends and family (just as Job did).  How do you, as a pastor, counsel people to deal with and approach this?

[Delay] Job's heart was broken, and his life was shattered with great losses.  He expected God to "show up" immediately, if not sooner, to address Job's ruination.  Job found himself dealing with a considerable delay, not unlike many of us... experiencing a delay in God's response.   How should we approach catastrophic personal loss and God's delay in our circumstances?

Guest contact: Dr. Bradley Booth, Ed.D. - Pastor, Professor, Author: Email: [email protected], Website: thestorytellers.one

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Episode 7 continues the discussion with Pastor Yuliyan Filipov (Sr. Pastor of the Worthington SDA Church, Worthington, OH), looking at catastrophic personal loss from a pastoral perspective.  In Episode 7, we look more specifically at how great tragedy and loss sometimes lead to a deep bitterness of the soul, but even in horrific, devastating loss, God’s grace is sufficient to lead us to His plan for our healing and restoration in Christ. 

Guest contact: Pastor Yuliyan Filipov - worthingtonsda.org  614.885.7812

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Episode 6 examines catastrophic personal loss from a pastoral perspective. In Chapter 7 of WTRD, we discuss the Why of Suffering. We note that the bible points more generally to 8 “Whys” as the Christian encounters pain, suffering, and great loss. The scriptures give us specific examples: 1. To Produce Good Fruit, 2. To Silence The Devil, 3. To Glorify God, 4. To Make Us Christlike, 5. To Teach Us Dependence On God, 6. To Refine Our Lives, 7. To Rebuke Our Sin, 8. To Enlarge Our Ministry Toward Others. Our guest is Pastor Yuliyan Filipov, Sr. Pastor of the Worthington SDA Church, Worthington, OH. 

Guest contact: Pastor Yuliyan Filipov - worthingtonsda.org  614.885.7812

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Episode 5 continues the powerful testimony of Yumiko Sabitino as she faced enormous tragedy as a young girl and contended with still other heart-rending losses as a military wife and mother of two.  Her life was filled with heartache, but God reached her broken heart with remarkable healing, wholeness,  and restoration. 

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Having laid the foundation for the story of Job, Episode #4 explores the real-life experience of a survivor of multiple catastrophic personal losses. Yumiko Sabatino discusses her life-altering experience with deep catastrophic loss, her own Mourning At The Dunghill, and how the God of all creation shaped her healing, restoration, and recovery. 

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Episode #3 begins with a brief review of key elements from Episode #2, where we examined Job's great character as the preparation and pretext for the dramatic crisis in Job's life. We trace the story of Job from Chapters 1 and 2 of the Book of Job, where, in short order, and in a series of two assaults, Job lost his prosperous livestock business, many of his trusted workforce were murdered by hordes of nomadic raiders, and most tragically, Job's 10 children were killed as they were crushed beneath the rubble of their oldest brother's house where they were feasting. (Job 1:13-19)  As if all of that were not enough for this great man, Satan struck Job with large and painful boils from the "sole of his foot to the crown of his head". (Job 2:7) Nearly everything about Job's life was undone. Job was afflicted in body, mind, and soul. In the only exchange between Job and his wife recorded in the scriptures, Job's wife offers no words of consolation, compassion, or love. While she is no doubt contending with her own grief, she chooses a bitter insult given to her husband in question form, followed by a ringing fatalistic suggestion: "Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!" (Job 2:9). Job's gracious and kind heart responded to his wife with wisdom and spiritual maturity, leading him to a time of refection at the Dunghill. 

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Episode #2, Job's Perfect Resume, begins with a brief review of key elements from Episode #1, providing a segue from the discussion of 'tears' to the subject of 'crying' and the four types of crying (Sadness, Relief, Joy, Anger/Frustration) experienced by our central character, Job. We discuss one of the major themes of When Tears Run Dry: Job's character, integrity, and faith. These were the character hallmarks of this remarkable man, whom God affectionately called "My servant." Episode #2 examines the unseen discourse between Satan and God, with Job as God's example of a "blameless and upright" man of great integrity and faith. This opening unseen discourse sets the stage for the dramatic crisis about to unfold in Job's life. Satan has leveled accusations against Job's character. How will Job respond? Job's 'Perfect Resume' foreshadows his response to great suffering and loss. 

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Episode #1 is both the season and program introduction. Episode 1 introduces the book When Tears Run Dry as the story of Job, the Old Testament patriarch whose life was upended by a series of catastrophic personal losses at the hand of Satan.  

Episode 1, Understanding The Tears, provides a brief discussion of tears from a biophysiological perspective, as they relate to the many life-altering losses that ultimately produce tears of brokenness in one's life. Episode 1 begins the discussion of catastrophic personal loss and introduces our central character, Job, with a thumbnail description of what little is known about this great patriarch. The framework for our discussion of Job begins in Chapter 1 of The Book of Job.  

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When Tears Run Dry - Preview of the new podcast series fashioned after the book by the same name.  Author Mark Janacek leads the audience through the story of Job, the Old Testament patriarch whose life was upended by a series of catastrophic personal losses. The series focuses on God's healing and restoration from the pain and suffering of great loss.

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