Dear reader, 

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First, know that you are deeply loved by the God who created you. He has an amazing purpose and plan for you. If you have never heard the message of the gospel, please check out the "The Gospel" tab to hear the best news you will ever hear in your life. If you only read one post on this site, I recommend that post. I hope you are encouraged! Please also know that while this blog is about Christian topics, this blog is written to anyone interested, regardless of religious (or nonreligious) background.

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Second, what is God's kingdom? What does it mean for God's kingdom to come? God's kingdom is the world the way God desires and ultimately designed it to be: a place of perfect love for God and every person He created, where justice reigns, free of death and suffering. God's kingdom fully coming would mean the transformation of the current world to reflect this. God promises throughout the Bible that His kingdom will fully come one day and is already breaking in now wherever there is true love for God and people.   

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I am a Christian who has always enjoyed asking questions about God out of a desire to know and understand Him better and grow in my faith. Feel free to check out the "My Testimony" tab to read two of the most significant stories from my life that formed my faith. In more recent years, I have asked deeper questions about God that hit to the heart of who God is, who Jesus is, who Christians are, and God’s plan for the world. These questions challenge Christian orthodox thinking. Given this, I was initially hesitant to even ask my questions. Who am I to question what most Christians have held as true for centuries? Perhaps, I considered, I should just accept as truth what I have been taught most of my life and spend my time and energy elsewhere.

 

But, my desire to understand more deeply who God is, who Jesus is, who Christians are, and God’s plan for the world won over. Not only was I motivated by a desire to understand more fully, I was motivated by considering the practical implications the answers to my questions have for God’s kingdom. The questions I was asking were not peripheral to living life. I also did not want to simply accept what I have been taught, especially on harder topics, as truth without thinking, studying God’s Word, and praying about them myself. So, in 2022 I began a spiritual journey centered around asking God 5 questions.  

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This blog contains the answers God gave me, I think, to each of these questions. I use primarily the Bible, God’s Word, to answer each question as I believe the Bible is inerrant and infallible.  I also use history and logic. While I have made firm conclusions to answer each question, I welcome feedback. My desire is not to be "right" but to know what is true. I think what I write is true, but I know I may be wrong. Feel free to email me (see the Contact tab) and share what you think. Considering and discussing each of these topics is well worth the time and effort as they hit to the heart of who God is, who Jesus is, who we are, and what God's plan is for humanity. This is not simply an intellectual exercise or a spiritual reflection. The answers to these questions have practical implications for life, and I address some of the implications in my posts.

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​The 5 questions are:

 

1. ​How can Jesus be God given that he lacks so many of God’s key attributes (for example, omniscience, independence, omnipotence, man not Spirit, omnipresence, unchanging, inability to be tempted), he worships and prays to God as his God, calls this God “the only God” (John 5:44, John 17:3), and God by definition does not have a God?​​​​

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2. Is there a feminine aspect to God given that He created people "in our image", male and female (Genesis 1:26-27)?

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3. Why doesn’t God plan to save all if He is infinite in love, wisdom, and power?​

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4. If Jesus is not God, who is he, as he is different than the rest of humanity in his sinlessness and role as Savior, Lord, and King?

 

5. What does it mean that Christians will be "like Christ" (1 John 3:2) and how is this possible if he is God?

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My biblical reflections and conclusions to these questions are in the “Your Kingdom Come Posts” tab. I am very grateful for the biblical scholarship of the Christians who helped me find answers to these questions. If you read and are interested in further research, you can find books, blogs, and other resources pertinent to considering each of these questions in the “Resources for Additional Research” tab.

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If my conclusions are true, there are serious and practical implications for the Church that would impact, in some ways, 1) the way we worship God, 2) our understanding of God, Jesus, and the Church, and 3) how we minister to others. I realize this is a strong statement to make. I state this because, as you will see if you read this blog, it is true and should not be understated as these changes, if my conclusions are true, would impact God’s kingdom for great good. I explain all this in detail in my posts.

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I have asked God many times: if my conclusions are true, why are they unorthodox? Why does the majority Church disagree with at least my conclusions answering the first 4 questions? I have thought, over and over again, that I must be wrong in my thinking because the majority, genuine, God and Jesus loving Church, disagrees. But, I talk with others regarding the orthodox viewpoints, I study the Scriptures over and over regarding each of these questions, and I pray and ask God for wisdom, and again and again I disagree with orthodox teaching regarding Jesus’ divinity, God being 3 persons in 1 with only masculinity emphasized, and the impossibility of universal salvation. So, I chose to write this blog, hoping to encourage others as I do believe what I write is true, but doing so, again, very open to feedback as I know I may be wrong. 

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My primary motivation for writing, and my hope and continual prayer with the rest of God's people, is for God’s kingdom to come, on earth as it is heaven.  To Christians, would you please prayerfully consider taking some time to read some of what I have written? To all: the 5 questions generally build on each other, so I recommend starting with question 1, though question 3 can stand on its own.

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​​May God bless you and may God's kingdom continue to come on earth as it is in heaven.