8-9 Surrender To His Care (Interview with Dr.Bradley Jersak)

[@christianuniversalist]

Thank you Jesus for Brad Jersak!

[@williamoarlock8634]

Another inane bleating sheep for himself.

[@marthadavis5068]

Brad Jersack is so inspiring for me to keep studying.

[@kathrynnewton8721]

So beautiful guys! Thank you, I’ve been doing this for 50 yrs and unlearning so much. I’d love others of like mind but find so much religion and going through the motions - I can’t do it anymore and it’s very isolating…..

[@mileswebster7651]

Fantastic conversation! Thanks soooo much both of you 🙏

[@jasonegeland1446]

I'm fine with calling myself a Universalist even if others make assumptions that are less than true about how I define it for myself. In a way, using a term that is considered controversial may inspire more to explore all the various connections to the heart of its intent. Always happy to listen to Brad speak! Thanks for making this interview possible and in sharing it with us!

[@jcismyall]

Agree 💯 %

[@bluemagic9531]

💯

[@henrieecen2938]

We have a deep need to know Jesus, which the Holy Spirit/Christ brings to fruition as being "born again" at one time during one's lifetime. Knowing Jesus means knowing our true selves as sons of the Father. By loving the Father and by obedience to the Holy Spirit...Christ in us increases and the former "old" self decreases. Orthodoxy with its correct Biblical understanding of Apokatastasis is far more gracious and merciful than that of any other interpretation. Thus a more beautiful Gospel! Thanks Brad Jerzak for your books and talks on "A More Christlike God" and " A More Christlike Word." CHRISTIANITY as it is meant to be!!! Since my own understanding of Apokatastasis I have loved Jesus and the Father more so.❤️

[@Jordan-hz1wr]

I always tell people “Read David Bentley Hart if you need to convince your head, and read Brad Jersak if you need to convince your heart.”

[@williamoarlock8634]

Hart's another pompous windbag of a 'Christian intellectual'.

[@sw1679]

Rhetoric isn't theology, rhetoric is motivation, and it's not empty, there is a consequence 45:35

[@kyleneschall6695]

That was awesome 😊

[@ursburkart6552]

Great Interview! Thanks, guys ... I will get the book.

[@tomtregaskis4398]

Hey thanks team. So enjoyed that discussion… 👍😊❤️

[@m.a.w.1453]

Perhaps the community here can help me with this tricky question... I'd like to preface this by saying I LOVE this conversation, and this is my second time listening to it. So, my question: Looking at the portion near the end on Judgement (kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5bVg2OjqN5krdk) when Brad says, "I don't get to take any of my attachments with me..." he includes "my attachment to people." This one made me pause and scratch my head. Thoughts on this? It's not that I feel like I NEED my relationships to live on in the Kingdom, but in my mind I do associate my interactions with fellow children of God as participation in the very Kingdom. And the idea of a Kingdom without my brothers and sisters in Christ seems to challenge my limited understanding of what Jesus shows and tells us about the Kingdom and the Father. So do you think Brad meant something more along the lines of "self-minded attachment" here in relation to people? In other words, is he specifically referring to twisted attachments (e.g., relationships as idols) that attempt to eclipse our real and only Life (i.e., Zoe) in the Holy Family through Jesus; such as seeking acceptance by men and placing meaning, purpose, and worth only within the confines of human relation? ...as opposed to human relationships redeemed by Jesus? To me, this is slippery, and it troubles me that I may be misconstruing the Kingdom by thinking that our loving relationships, through Grace, straddle this age and the next. I think C.S. Lewis explores this tricky distinction pretty well in The Great Divorce. Jesus is emphatic about reconciling relationships. Leaving our relationships behind sounds depressing, isolationist, and un-Trinitarian (for lack of a better word). I'm all for leaving behind failed and faulty connections, especially selfishly motivated ones, but with the assumption that these will be perfected in the Kingdom, perfected (perhaps) by the very Judgement itself??? I know we're all more or less "noobs" in Love, but am I missing something here?