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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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How is sleep a sacred gift that restores us?
Brent talks with Brett McCracken about his new Zondervan Reflective book ‘The Wisdom of Sleep: How Rest Reveals God’s Truth and Revives Weary Souls’.
Brett is an author and journalist based in Southern California. He serves as a senior editor at the Gospel Coalition where he writes on the intersection of faith and culture. He’s written a number of books.
(1:00) Sleep as a place where God shakes us out of time;
(2:30) Why do we sleep?
(3:45) Rest in modern culture;
(5:10) Sleep and death;
(6:55) Transhumanism and sleep;
(8:30) Christianity and sleep;
(9:35) Sleeping better;
(12:05) Imagination and sleep;
(19:40) Scripture and dreams;
(18:20) God’s rest in Genesis;
(20:40) Sleeping as an act of faith.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Sleep-Reveals-Truth-Revives/dp/0310175712
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