Hey , your monthly newsletter has arrived! Ever wondered why we pray? I mean, if God is all-powerful, knows everything, ordains everything, is sovereign over everything, and works everything for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose... why pray? Does it change God's mind? Help boost his power? Make stuff happen? Some people say prayer isn't to make stuff happen, but to commune with and grow closer to God. And I can see that in all the verses, especially in...
3 months ago • 9 min read
Hey Reader, your monthly newsletter has arrived! I have never been a very big fan of in-depth studies of eschatology (the study of the End Times - usually Revelation). I always thought, "We got most of the prophecies about the Messiah way wrong, so I bet we get most of these wrong anyway, so what's the point?" Well. I got into eschatology. I still kind of have the "you can't know" mindset. But I came across a point of view that changes how we live now based on their understanding of...
5 months ago • 10 min read
Hey Reader, your monthly newsletter has arrived! I've been thinking. Not really anything new there - I still can't relate to the idea of turning off your brain. But lately I've been spending most of my thoughts on questions about God. Does God predestine who will be saved? Do we have the ability to choose things that cause God to change His plans? Once you're saved, can you turn away and lose your salvation? When the Bible talks about God's chosen people, is it referencing ethnic Jews or all...
6 months ago • 7 min read
Hey Reader, your monthly newsletter has arrived! I struggle with rest. There's so much I need to do, and even more I want to do, and oftentimes I find myself committing to a whole pile of stuff while I'm feeling super energized only to burn out halfway through the stack. At which point someone inevitably tells me to rest. Something I was convicted of recently (via my sister) was keeping the Sabbath. Our modern, Western Christian culture sees the Sabbath as a lax rule, if a rule at all. If we...
7 months ago • 5 min read