Hey Del, thanks so much for checking that and for being so understanding.

I re-checked it too… because daylight saving starts in Utah on Sun March 8, the 12–1pm MT session actually lands at 5:00–6:00am Monday for me in Melbourne (I think that DST shift is what bumps it earlier).

It’s a maybe at this stage… I’ll confirm the day before once…

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Sounds great Del. I will do my best to be online for the meeting March 8th, it’ll start roughly 5am here in Australia, it’s my wife’s birthday that day and we will be on a family holiday. If I don’t make it I will 100% watch it back.

Warm regards,

Hayden

Thanks Dell and everyone else, I really appreciate you all.

Where Anna and I have landed is that we will do church, but we want to find one together that actually works for both of us. For her, church is mainly about community and fellowship, which I respect. For me, I need to be able to genuinely tolerate (and ideally enjoy) being there on…

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Shawn, genuine question I’d really value your thoughts on:

You’ve often said you’re not political, and that your focus is firmly on following Yeshua rather than earthly systems. I respect that deeply. I’m trying to understand whether you see that as a personal calling, or whether you believe followers of Christ in general should avoid…

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Thanks so much for the encouragement, I really appreciate it.

Yes, definitely frustrated. The Pentecostal space is what I find the hardest. For example, when Bible study ends with speaking in tongues and there’s pressure for everyone to participate, I usually just stay silent. It’s often seen as “going to the next level,” but honestly, I find…

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Just to add one more thought to this discussion, Sarah Young mentioned on the call-in show that churches often use fear to control their members. A common example is Pentecostal churches constantly emphasising “Jesus is coming soon” and tying current world events to Revelation. That’s something I’m very strongly against and genuinely…

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Hi Kim! Thanks so much for the amazing advice 🙂

I think what you said to the key find a denominational church that doesn’t push too hard on dogma is the key for now. Guess what scares me the most is that my wife will actually start to really agree with Pentecostal church doctrine if we stay there, I don’t want to her to go down that road…

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Mate, this is amazing advise, thank you so much 🙂

Thanks everyone, really appreciate the thoughtful responses here. I also listened to Shawn’s take on the call-in hour today and found it helpful.

Honestly, I’m still a bit conflicted. Pentecostal expressions are the hardest one for me personally, they’re just not something I resonate with, even though that’s where we seem to keep landing, cause…

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Hey Shawn and Del,

I’ve got a four and one-year-old and I’m aligned with the fulfilled / Yeshuan view. My wife values church mainly for fellowship and community, especially for the kids. We’ve been attending a Pentecostal church, but I struggle with the emphasis on tongues, hype-driven worship, and teaching I believe has already been…

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Hey everyone!

Quick question I’ve been thinking about. Most Christian groups today sit somewhere under the big Protestant umbrella (Lutheran, Anglican, Baptist, Pentecostal etc).

Where do Yeshuans actually fit in that picture?

Do we connect to the Protestant/Reformation stream, or is this movement something completely separate from Catholic,…

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Hey! Yeah it really helped a lot. I can 100% say I’m not a trinitarian… =)

Epic question, keen to hear the response!

Hey! Yeah, I listened to that call-in hour — it really cleared a lot up, thanks. I guess what still puzzles me is how someone as well-studied as Wes Huff can spend his whole life researching Scripture — knowing the original languages, the early manuscripts, and church history inside out — and still hold to the Trinity and a futurist view of…

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Thanks for the response. That makes sense. Do you think eternal sonship is Biblical? I’m trying to understand if Jesus became Gods begotten son at birth or after he overcame his flesh… Not sure if I believe in Eternal sonship… seems a bit of a far stretch

I’d really like to hear peoples thoughts on the Wes Huff video link below about the Trinity, does he have a point here? Personally, I’ve always found it difficult to accept that the nature of God was defined by men through the framework of the Trinity. It feels like an attempt to contain or categorize something far beyond human understanding.…

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