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Is God in Control? Sabbath, Satan, and Suffering: Introducing A. J. Swoboda
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Paul Calin Moldovan sits down with author and professor A. J. Swoboda to talk about Sabbath. Swoboda has produced an excellent book titled Subversive Sabbath: The Surprising Power of Rest in an Nonstop World.
Deconstruction: We began with the question of deconstruction (Swoboda will publish a new book on this topic through Brazos Press in 2021) and why there is such an emphasis on it today.
Satan & Sabbath: Unrest is the system of the Beast (of Revelation) who knows only chaos and has an innate inability to rest. This figure imposes this way (of un-rest and non-sabbath) onto humans.
Our inability to sabbath is rooted in part in narcissism/individualism as well as in the demonic reality.
Is God in control?
COVID-19 has pulled out the rug from the whole world and some attribute the virus to God. I asked Swoboda about blatant evil in God's world and if it's appropriate to respond to such evils with "God is in control." Swoboda notes that in key New Testament passages, we're informed that the world is currently under the control and influence of the evil one. Swoboda takes issue with the phrase "God is in control"
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