by Jason Dykstra | May 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is probably the most difficult question I have come across studying the Bible, out of the hundreds I’ve written on. What I find interesting is how many folks seem to offer a very quick and definitive answer, except that half of them say yes and the other...
by Jason Dykstra | May 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Yep, there I am…well, my toes anyway. And yep, there’s T-rex chomping at my poor digits with all the ferocity and determination of a 4-year-old. I’m not gonna lie, rubber T-rex bites can still be painful, but much less so when you’re ready for...
by Jason Dykstra | Mar 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
For some, there’s nothing more terrifying than the phrase “free will versus predestination.” See, I already lost some of you. Whether it brings folks back to a sharp disagreement, to a religion course that significantly lowered their GPA, or to the...
by Jason Dykstra | Mar 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Chances are you’ve heard them, or maybe you’ve even asked them. The sometimes silly and sometimes serious questions about God like, “Can he make a burrito so hot he can’t eat it?” or “If he can do everything, how come he can’t...
by Jason Dykstra | Feb 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
This question is a BIG DEAL. Why? Well, at least hundreds of millions of people died before Jesus had even provided the Christian means to salvation. Billions of people have died since then with no meaningful way to access or understand Jesus’ solution even when...
by Jason Dykstra | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s astonishing how prevalent the belief is that we live, die, and then go to heaven or hell, because it really has little to no support from the Bible. And yet I believed this for many years myself! Perhaps it’s simple, and that’s why it’s...
