Meaningful Conversations With Delicious Beverages
Brandon has picked up one of his old text books on the history of witchcraft. From there, he and AJ have a discussion about the shifting way the Church has viewed the devil over the centuries and try to understand the bigger picture.
Intellectually, I know that God's grace isn't something I have to be worthy of, but that doesn't change that I feel like I need to be.
In the Gospels, Christ lays out some strong statements about those who would follow Him. Specifically, about loving Him above all else and taking up our cross. It's not a long list, so why is it so hard to live up to?
What is our faith for? What is its purpose? Looking at the reasons people convert, it's pretty clear that we don't have a whole lot of agreement about what the answer to that question is.
This week, Brandon brings to AJ the news of Andrew Tate's recent conversion from Christianity to Islam. He converted largely because he felt that Jesus gets mocked too often with no real consequence. How true is that assessment? And why does it happen?
Meaning is the fulfillment of purpose. It says, "my life is worth something...I AM worth something." Meaning isn't happiness. If your life is going to be truly meaningful, it will have to do with suffering. It will be full of pain and struggle, but there will be moments of satisfaction that are like happiness amplified 100x.
In John's letter, he says that those who don't love don't know God. This week, AJ and Brandon discuss whether the opposite is also true. How do we reconcile what John says and the examples of atheists who certainly seem loving to us.