New Creation Conversations Episode 050 - Dr. Kelly Kapic on "You're Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God's Design and Why That's Good News"

Welcome to episode fifty of New Creation Conversations. In this final episode of this first year and season of this podcast, I’m delighted to be joined by Dr. Kelly Kapic. Kelly is Professor of Theological Studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia where he has taught for over twenty years. Dr. Kapic is an alum of Wheaton College. He has an MDiv from Reformed Theological Seminary and a PhD in Systematic and Historical Theology from King’s College at the University of London. Kelly’s passion is connecting theology to everyday life. He has written several books including, Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering, Overcoming Sin and Temptation, A Little Book for New Theologians: Why and How to Study Theology, and Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty isn’t the American Dream.

Our conversation centers around his new and incredibly helpful book, You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good News – published by Brazos Press. In this book Kelly celebrates the fact that God doesn't need us to meet all the needs, know all the answers, or be superhuman. Our limitations as humans are not a curse but a gift from God and should be embraced with gratitude. I thorough enjoyed the book and my soul deeply needed it in this moment. I resonate deeply with so many of the theological insights in this book and I am excited that I get to share this rich conversation with you.