Does God send people to hell?

This is one of the ongoing questions many non-Believers have and the accusation they bring against a so-called "loving God."

How can a loving God sentence people to burn for eternity?

For five centuries, probably longer, people have been taught that God has chosen only certain people to go to heaven. It's bundled up in the T.U.L.I.P doctrine based on John Calvin's teaching in the 1500s.

This week's podcast confronts the un-Biblical teaching that some cannot be saved. 2 Peter 3:9 indicates that God 's desire is that everyone repent and be saved. Peter even declared it in Acts 3.

Today we aren't condemning but revealing the Biblical foundation of our freewill and God's sovereign grace. From Joshua's declaration of "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" to Jesus' statement "God did not send His Son to condemn the world but that the world, through Him, might be saved," there is hope for any who will believe and follow Jesus.

This podcast will help lay a solid foundation for people to be able to know they're saved and know that everyone who puts their faith in Christ will be saved. It's the Good News to a lost world!

Jay mentions the website, Soteriology 101. Research it for greater equipping.

Grateful Thursday to Black Friday. Grateful to Greedy in less than 24 hours.

Tom likes to call the time from Thanksgiving to Christmas as "The Thirty Days of Gluttony." With people celebrating the holidays, it invariably involves food: Great good and great amounts of it. Then add the pies, Grandma's famous peanut butter fudge, and the ever-famous fruit cake and the calories skyrocket.

But just how do we learn to be thankful, especially in a day and age where people are so ego-centric that they feel they deserve what they get and, therefore, take it all for granted instead of being genuinely appreciative.

And it's not just "what" we're thankful for but for whom and to whom we are thankful.

The bottom line is, thankfulness is a position of being, not just saying. And choosing to be thankful, having a constant attitude of thankfulness, is something we need to be taught and well as be shown by example.

Even if the gift we receive isn't something we're necessarily thankful for (the underwear Grandma gave us) it's the person (Grandma) that we love and are thankful for.

It's a heart issue, not a possession issue. And we Believers have so much to be thankful for and the greatest Someone for whom we are thankful.

Just how much of everything there is to know do you think you know?

Jay and Tom have bounced this question around quite a few times, often with the self-deprecating response, "Probably a thimbleful."

Then there are the things that are just plain unexplainable. And too, history is full of myths, legends, and speculations of what the spiritual world is like. We know that Jesus said, "God is spirit and we must worship Him in spirit and in truth." But what does that really mean?

We pursue knowledge and understand but do we really pursue wisdom? True wisdom comes from above so that's where we need to start. However, people who reject God end up venturing into myriads of myths and legends, and worse, the dark things.

There's a whole lot more to knowledge and we need to be careful where we seek it. The whole realm of fantasy can be very appealing to immerse ourselves in but when it draws away or supersedes Godly wisdom and understanding, red flags should be waving frantically.

This podcast proves that Jay and Tom don't agree on everything. But they do agree on the things that matter eternally.