I can’t begin discussing hell with anyone, until I share with them what my hell on earth was like for decades. I said the sinner’s prayer in a Baptist church at age nine. I was almost 10. I was raised in a Calvinist, Independent, Fundamental, Baptist church (IFB). I went to Bob Jones University at … Continue reading My journey to hell, and why eternal conscious torment is not true. Part 1.
I’m no theologian. But I love Jesus, and I love the Bible. So what do I do with God’s wrath in the Old Testament… the drowning of children, the stabbing of little babies in the stomach, and all the other atrocities I read? First, I adopt what the early church seemed to adopt… a “Jesus … Continue reading The Wrath of God: What is it?
“Sometimes it really does take time to turn something or someone around, especially when trauma and pain are involved in the ways we live and understand who we are.” -Kaitlin Curtice on Substack It takes time. I know of almost no one who has followed the difficult path to Jesus in straight and quick steps. … Continue reading It takes time.
When I’m in the middle of suffering, every single time in my life a Christian has shared with me words like, “Well, God has a plan for everything, and this will work out for your good”… I’ve wanted to punch them in the face. I don’t want, and certainly don’t need, you telling me this. … Continue reading Suffering and Sacred Space
At Rest In Him 