God’s Will 

I'm reading your Rational Bible series, only half way through Exodus. My Jewish husband is having a blast listening to me. I stump him and often say, "Read Dennis' Rational Bible."

I love the honesty. Every time one of you makes an error or contradicts yourself, you are transparent thru it and it is unbelievably relatable and a relief to see, the intellectual honesty of these brilliant thinkers/speakers.

During the cherry story all I could think is, "What kind of cherries cost $25?" Unless it was ten lbs or something, lol. Good lord that's a lot of money. I got two lbs for about 5 bucks the other day and thought that was expensive. But, those were just regular cherries from Washington that are common this time of year. Y'all are a hoot as always. Thank you so much for this enlightening weekly show, I thoroughly love it and you all as well

Julie! I love seeing you explore Christianity! This is something I've prayed specifically for you! ‭Psalms 119:130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Very happy! First time watching live! I love Dennis and Julie, I love Timeless! Million thanks for the wonderful and important job you both do! Greetings from São Paulo/Brazil.

Happy to give this its 100th Like. This one was by far the deepest and most profound episode I’ve seen yet and I really enjoyed this enriching, philosophical, and friendly discussion about God, and randomness vs God’s control over events. Kol hakavod

Minute 49:00. OK boys and girls, as usual, Julie comes through in the clutch. She believes in God's Grand Plan and that He does interject Himself into our lives. Elegantly stated, as is Julie's ... hmmmmm ... talent. Ultimately, both Dennis and Julie are correct. I have had 6 experiences, spread out over a few years, which were so fabulously improbable, marthimatically incalculable, fantastically extra-ordinary that I am compelled to attribute their occurrence to God's Gentle Intervention. Julie is correct. The other 99.99% of my life is random despite my best efforts to direct it. Dennis is correct.

Thank you Hulie Jartman & Pennis Draeger for a most thought provoking discussion. 😄

This podcast rules. Stealing is wrong, unless you need to for the sake of Godly good, like saving a life. Pull the goat out of the ditch even on Sabbath because that is an asterisk, there ARE asterisks when living the Bible, no matter how fundamentalist one tries to be.

Thank you for another profound discussion,

Well, 10 minutes in and Julie Hartman did it again; she revealed her unique inner awesomeness ... this time on the Art Of Not Stealing. Each year, I spend about $100,000 at Home Depot. Sometimes the cashiers miss something from my cart; 20 bucks here; 40 bucks there. Maybe a whole pallet of concrete. No big deal, right; I give HD tons of money. But, nooooo, if I cheat Home Depot, I am one step closer to cheating my future wife. So, I always tell the cashiers. Once, the store manager over heard me point out a missed item to the cashier; he stepped in and said, " The pilferage from this store is astonishingly high. Thanks for telling the cashier. I see your Contractor Card. No charge today on that lumber." Two weeks ago, my tool trailer was burglarized in my totally fenced backyard, in my totally safe neighborhood. $3,000 gone, poof. I will not victimize another person by stealing from him or her. Ain't gunna happen. Thanks for your awesomeness, Julie.

Judith Moore It's amazing! Every episode has a depth of character in reaching into the heart and soul of the human condition. Dennis is always so profound and the depth of understanding the TRUTH of our Christian and Jewish heritage is a learning curve. I'll add bishop Robert Barron who equally speaks profound and powerful words from our Creator. And isn't Julie a darling! ?

I live by Luke 16:10. If you can't be trusted in little things, you can't be trusted with big things. (Paraphrased) I have no compulsion to steal, but thoughts do show up on occasion. The last time, it was a little petty thing that I know many people wouldn't think twice about. that verse came to mind reminding me why I don't do that.

Great episode! I agree, more people should read the Bible! Quoting Jorge Jankos Podcast, Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth B.I.B.L.E. Good stuff as always and keep up the good work!

Great show. Two beautiful people.

Minute 58:40. Julie comes through again. What a deep thinker. Where did this girl come from? BTW, all my comments are simply my way of participating in the conversation, so thanks for indulging me.

Great conversation!!! God bless you both!!

Julie is like the sun coming up ☀️☀️😎

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❤❤D&J

Helloo from Spain!

Minute 41:00. Dennis is correct. God allows luck to run its course aka the Vicissitudes of Life. To cope with these vicissitudes, He taught us how to cope with misfortune, how to share our fortune and how to be happy, grateful and generous despite it all.

To me, the great moral mystery is: why doesn't everyone want to maximize the respect paid to them by others? Perhaps the most important reason that I would never assault/ rape/ steal against others, is that I want every decent person I encounter again, after a day, or after 40 years, to think and declare to others that I am a decent person.

The belief in reward and punishment, doesn't add meaning to this life, it adds meaning to the consequences of this life. There are much better beliefs to have.

Because G-d is omnipotent and omnipresent, even if you believe He lets things run, nothing is effectively out of His hands

I thought Dennis was going to use this Ten Commandment joke: God: I have some things for you. Moses: (warily) OK... what's the catch? How much do they cost? God: Why, they're free. Moses: I'll take 10!

Did Dennis ask is G-d more loveable of He doesn't want evil to happen or if He allows evil to happen? How are those opposites?

If you want lots of people to watch the content, not necessarily you, pay very popular actors to read a transcript of these episodes.

I know it's not widely accepted but, reincarnation solves the conundrum. Suffering and tragedy can be payment for sin of a previous lif

Yes, God created the serpent and we must study The Bible so we know how to resist and help others by example. I am so convinced we are where we are because of the lack of religion.

There is no word for luck or randomness in Hebrew. I believe, as Dennis states, that lots are cast to preserve freedom and love. But God shapes things when our freedom sometimes brings danger to all of the earth and mankind destroying itself by it's crazy choices.

The name is Hahn, Scott Hahn.

Minute 53:00. Oops not 35:00

Dennis you say you struggle with loving God . Can you define love Dennis?

Julie what is a Christian ?

Minute 35:00. Has Julie ever looked better? With her golden tan? God did create "the serpent and all the wild beasts" ... and you and me and Pol Pot etal, but the serpent's "shrewdness" and evil behavior is entirely the serpent's doing under his protected agency to act for himself; and act he did. God only provides the agency, the mileu for Satan the serpent to act out his own (evil) nature. God provides the agency; we provide the good or evil. Love you Julie, but Check One for Dennis.

Time Magazine covers story April 8, 1966 asks the question: Is God Dead The answer: The God of which you speak was never alive. Many people conjure an idea of whom God should be, and when their conjured image fails to appear, they resort to atheism. But, the God they conjure never was real, never was alive. So, yes, their fake, conjured God is effectively dead. The real God is a different story, as Dennis and Julie illustrate.

Why don't you get it that it's absolutely no issue to tell generalised statistical information about the cheating cases, as long as you don't provide anything identifiable info about a person

The two of you need to read & study Job. I am listening to the book at the moment. God is in control of what is going on but He doesn't interfere with our individual choices. GOD DID NOT CREATE EVIL!!! It was Lucifer's choice to go down the road of pride. God gave all His created beings the choice of obedience or disobedience otherwise we would be robots & God did not want robots, He wanted creatures who would worship Him willingly. God allows evil because Adam chose to sin against God & so evil was bought into the world by Adam, however God had a plan to bring us back to Himself by sending Jesus into the world at the proper time to open the way back to God through His death & resurrection. DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF PUTTING GOD INTO A BOX!! Remember that He is God with a mind that is far, far smarter than yours will ever be. You are getting dangerously close to denigrating God!! There is no such thing as chance, it is providence! With the death of those two Jewish men - it is possible that Satan had a hand in it & God allowed it so that His Name will be honoured. There is much that we do not understand about God & we should admit it & not try to put ourselves in His shoes!!

If GOD created evil, that would make GOD evil. Do you believe GOD is evil? GOD cannot ever be in the presence of evil.

You keep attributing the intent of God, according to your own will. The problem is you keep trying to justify yourself, based on your own interpretation of righteousness. Only Christ Jesus is Righteous, and His sacrifice is the acceptable offering. We need to learn why we need Him to have mercy on us. Very few will believe Him, the scripture says.

Sorry, Julie, God definatly did not create evil. Lucifer / Satan / the old serpent rebelled against God and so evil came into creation. The serpent being crafty allowed Satan to use it and to speak through it. Have you ever seen a talking snake outside Eden?

God created free will, and gave angels one chance. Satan chose himself over God. He chose evil then using snake Temps Adam and Eve to be like God. Read Genius again. God has Satan on a short leash but allows this. And we can use God's grace to say yes to God's will. Satan hates that . 😂

dennis knows nothing.