I love the explanation of ontology. All comes from our understanding of this question; what is the truth of my being as the Trinity declares.
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
Starting with that ontology / identity question is so important. Thanks for listening!
@michellewalker66643 жыл бұрын
You men are changing my life by every video I watch. As tears flow from my face I am finding I so love this Jesus much more than the religious one I use to know! He is so much more loving g and gentler. Loosing my daughter 10 years ago,my dad ,my mom ,my brother and my childhood friend to cancer had me searching for a different healing and a different look on life I didnt have to look far I found Paul and Brad and started watching and reading and I found a more loving God one that didnt push me to get over my pain and sorrow but met me there in it! I had become physically ill and wasn't sure if life was worth it all. Thank you both and all who are helping others find this lovely Jesus!!!
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
Michelle, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. And I'm so thankful that God is God who meets us in that place of sorrow. Paul and Brad are such winsome ambassadors for Jesus. Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing that.
@jcismyall2 жыл бұрын
THIS is REAL RELATIONSHIP! So far from RELIGION! The world NEEDS THIS!
@bluemagic95313 жыл бұрын
Love that out ontology is that we are not a piece of shit, but at times we can be full of shit.
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
Good one!
@w.jackvancreaser3653 жыл бұрын
The Jackie and Eve story made me (happy cry) out loud........
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
Totally man. It made me really want to investigate imaginative prayer more. What an encounter!
@brotherjoeradosti3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was powerful!
@sotonyeokujagu32304 жыл бұрын
Thank you so so sooooo much
@OpentoTruth4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome - so many powerful ideas to think about after this one.
@brotherjoeradosti3 жыл бұрын
We don't have to imagine what God is like. The only true God is revealed in Jesus Christ! Thank you!
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
Yet, imaginative prayer where we imagine encounters with Jesus could be a powerful tool to experience God.
@johnkemp95163 жыл бұрын
Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, speak but the word & my soul will be healed. This was what I was taught in cataclysm. I swallowed that hook, line, & sinker. For years & years of loathing myself to the point of being unable to look myself in the eyes when I saw myself in the mirror, & 30+ years of suicidal ideation.
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry that happened to you. Thank God the church is waking up to how damaging some of the theology can be psychologically to people. Blessings and peace to you, John.
@w.jackvancreaser3653 жыл бұрын
#37 here.. I’ve been searching for the real truth for years and I love the journey. Your header with all of the words representing the doors of which we walk through is “ really cool “.....
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it. What is some of the "real truth" you've encountered? Also what does #37 refer to!?
@w.jackvancreaser3653 жыл бұрын
I’m your 37th subscriber.......
@w.jackvancreaser3653 жыл бұрын
(RealTruth) I don’t wanna sound too kooky but, if “Faith is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for and the EVIDENCE of things not seen” we should be able to find unmistakable and substantial amounts of substance and evidence. What if the 66 books written by over 40 different authors across a time span of thousands of years is really an integrated message system from outside our time domain? The basic answer for most who are involved in Christianity is “Jesus is the real truth” too basic for my crazy way of thinking 🤔
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
@@w.jackvancreaser365 aha, of course!
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
@@w.jackvancreaser365 What is the substantial amount of evidence for the claim that the Bible is an "integrated message system"? I'm not really sure what that means. How is this different from the traditional view that the scriptures are inspired by God to communicate in certain ways to human beings?
@mariarubinstein5812 жыл бұрын
I cannot find the audiobook. It’s no longer available on Audible.
@erichbrough60973 жыл бұрын
43:03 Hello - "in [Jesus] was life, and the life was the light of humanity... that gives light to every human being." Thank you, brothers! The obstacle is the massive lies too many of us were taught almost from the cradle (creating still more victims again and again). Btw, I've never heard or conceived of Adam's separation (or sense of being alone in the garden) as the first sign of Adam's 'fall' from grace - brand-new to me, correct to assume this is Paul's discovery?
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
Erich, I'm so glad you found this valuable. I would doubt that the idea is original with Paul, though it would be much different from traditional account where "sin" enters the world in Genesis 3, not 2.
@erichbrough60973 жыл бұрын
@@OpentoTruth His theory is certainly interesting - the opening chapters of Genesis are curious and a bit puzzling, offering up two (somewhat conflicting) narratives of our human creation, one with "male and female" given authority over creation (and an apparently vegan diet), the other where a solitary "man" is put in charge of a specially designed garden, and the first woman created later to be his partner. It is an interesting interpretation of a mysterious and sometimes confounding narrative.
@OpentoTruth3 жыл бұрын
@@erichbrough6097 A number of scholars explain the differences in Genesis 1 and 2 as representing different version of the story from different traditions within Jewish thinking. It is possible that the traditions emphasized different things and we weren't meant to read it as one flowing narrative.