St. Augustine believed God existed in an “eternal now” where past, present, and future all exist equally. Pastor Max argues this concept comes from Greek philosophy rather than the Bible and leads to a deterministic outlook. Instead, we should view the future as unwritten. We create it as we go! Just Listen to The Audio

If God doesn’t exert unilateral control over people, how is He able to shape the course of history and accomplish His overall will? Pastor Max argues God is a divine chess master that doesn’t need control over all the pieces in order to bring about victory. Just Listen to The Audio

What kind of freedom do we possess? Are all our actions predetermined? Maybe only some of them? Can God sovereignly override our freewill if He so chooses? We consider the implications of those questions and make a case for libertarian freedom. Just Listen to The Audio

How does the warfare model view the mystery of specific evil circumstances? In other words, how are we to think about the bad things that happen in our lives? Are these mysteriously the result of God’s will, or the result of the billions of free agents interacting in infinitely complex ways? Just Listen to The Audio

Isaiah 53 seems to indicate that God was the one torturing Jesus on the cross and that it pleased Him to do so. A close reading shows that the exact opposite is the case! Just Listen to The Audio