Episode 5 | Save Me

Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro + Welcome 3:19 - The reason why many of my friends have left the Christian faith 4:00 - How salvation is often described 5:08 - Anger is one of the attributes which unfortunately gets associated with God 6:00 - Broken dinner party analogy 7:45 - "And they think that's what God is like." 8:15 - Bruce's response 11:55 - The problem of evil 14:07 - Dying to yourself grants access to everything you've ever wanted 14:34 - Bruce on the topic of agency regarding salvation 16:50 - How Jesus set about to defeat evil his entire ministry, not just on the cross 21:00 - "Something much bigger is going on here."  21:58 - God is in the know when it comes to the bigger picture 22:15 - The importance of humility in this topic 23:08 - Bruce on "The Big Picture"  24:27 - Paul on the heart of God in Jesus 26:12 - Bruce on proper attitude regarding salvation 29:38 - Bruce on what "the wrath of God" actually means.  31:10 - "What we think about God is the biggest question we can ask in life." 31:15 - From what or from whom are we being saved? 32:57 - One of the problems with the topic of salvation is it becomes so individualized 34:00 - Salvation gives us purpose for the here and now 35:35 - "We've forgotten the bigger story from the beginning of the Bible until the end." 37:00 - God's helping us get out of the mess we got ourselves into 37:52 - "Don't be so quick to blame God in this equation." 40:40 - This was never "Plan B" 41:05 - Closing thoughts from Paul 42:28 - Acoustic performance of "Save Me"