Bruce Strom - Perseverance

Life is filled with challenges.  Does God care? How can we carry on? Brent talks with Bruce Strom about his new IVP book ‘Persevering Power: Encouragement for When You’re Oppressed by Life’. Bruce is the founder and CEO of Administer Justice, a national legal aid ministry, where he invites attorneys, pastors, and God’s people to do practical justice in their community through church based gospel justice centers.  He’s a pastor, speaker and the author of ‘Gospel Justice’.  Prior to Administer Justice, he was the senior partner of a successful multi-office law practice in the Chicago suburbs.  (1:00) Administer Justice; (1:40) Lawyers and the local church; (4:15) The church at a crossroads; (5:20) The purpose of justice; (7:00) Bruce’s personal situation; (10:00) Bruce’s experiences of God; (11:55) Letting go of control; (13:45) How do we know what our purpose is? (15:00) Looking back; (16:45) Learning from our past; (18:15) Looking in; (23:35) Not going it alone; (26:20) How to persevere. Links mentioned in this episode: brucestrom.com www.amazon.com/Persevering-Power-Encouragement-Youre-Oppressed-ebook/dp/B0C31W6FK2 www.ivpress.com Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: [email protected] godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.