The assumption that each of us has a free will is powerful … but is it true?  The idea of a free will is attractive and popular because it promises people happiness in the choices they make.  I would like to assert that this notion is deceitful and a trap, and not where true joy … Continue reading Podcast #27: Do we really have a free will?

If there is a God, and God is good, why is there evil in the world?  That is the premise of the problem of evil, and it's overwhelmingly why people move in the direction of atheism.  But I'll challenge that idea by considering life through the lens of different worldviews. https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=15397136 What challenges do you … Continue reading Podcast #26: The Problem with the Problem of Evil

A three-dimensional worldview provides for Christianity X, which begins with the good message that “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.” From before creation, God had accomplished universal redemption.  It is an accomplished fact, the polar opposite of the nearly universal idea in popular thinking that Christianity only gives a person the opportunity … Continue reading Changing the direction of the conversation

Green V world allows for Christianity X. Both terms are intended to reverse the direction of questions and conversations, to see the opposite of what we are used to, and to turn things “right side up.” For example, Red Pyramid world, understandably, makes people preoccupied with themselves as physical beings in time. Green V world … Continue reading Who can be lost?

https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=14767997 What if you can’t die and all things are yours? There is no longer any reason to fear and there is no longer any need to get anything you don’t already have. Now what? When I asked students this question, some were excited about being free to love others. Some students expressed a mixture … Continue reading Podcast #19: Contentment, Love, Honesty

When people speak of the Gospel, they often reduce it to just the forgiveness of sins.  But it's so much more than that!  This episode discusses the thirteen attributes of the Gospel. https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/14585513 Here you'll find a PDF of the list: Good News--13 Aspects of the Gospel

https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=14495558 This episode begins an in-depth look at the concept of redemption, and what it actually means.  It’s very different from how we usually hear it discussed.  How does the new way of considering redemption change the questions we ask related to our salvation?

https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/14400350 When looking at life through the Green V worldview, how do we think about God? God is at the bottom of a stack of Green Vs—He supports and provides for all.  God is not aloof, insulated, or indifferent. God knows and feels the suffering of all, and more profoundly than we do because He … Continue reading What God Is Like

Shifting worldviews from Red Pyramid to Green V includes dramatic changes in the meaning and significance of nearly all essential components of life. For example, consider terms related to gender. Rather than a preoccupation with physiology, sexual liberty, and social constructs, it is the identity of relationship between people and God. Masculine terms like “father,” … Continue reading A New Way to Consider Gender