Daniel Shorten @daniel@shortens.net

The first casualty of Caleb's newfound dexterity. The contest of chaos versus order begins.

Caleb's first camping trip!

What does the cat say? 😼
https://youtube.com/shorts/QaeB_7knG5Q

It is true that suffering and evil only become a problem (or have any meaning) if one accepts the idea of an omnipotent, personal God. Many atheists are deceived into following this logic to a denial of God's existence in hopes that it will numb the pain of the suffering and death they experience. They seem to consistently miss the corollary of removing the problem of pain, which is that they equally remove the meaning of any good they could hope to achieve with their life.

David's mad cartwheel skills: https://youtu.be/qJJvCisWL0M

Thanks for joining @Lucywalton! You might also be interested in following @Matt 😀

May long weekend

Dad being annoying: https://youtube.com/shorts/nZjTS95_2TU

Caleb cracking up at his goofy dad: https://youtube.com/shorts/Cph5CEB7hVI

Welcome to the club, @emilie and @sarahwalton! You're still pretty early to the party here, but you'll definitely want to follow @Matt.

Wow, Chapter 2 of The Cost Of Discipleship is solid stuff:

"You are trifling with the subject. If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don’t believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it. No one wants to know about your faith or unbelief, your orders are to perform the act of obedience on the spot. Then you will find yourself in the situation where faith becomes possible and where faith exists in the true sense of the word."

Things that go bump in the night https://youtube.com/shorts/K_rYqQquXdU

"A paradox has two sides, each of which we believe to be true even though we cannot (yet) see how to reconcile them. A contradiction has two sides where we can see that they cannot be reconciled. God does not deal in contradictions." —John C. Lennox

Jeremiah 18 — God is in complete control, even of the nations of the world. His control is not capricious or tyrannical but according to His holy character. #quiettime

@davidrshorten J-pop is really doing it for me these days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEJvJD4BSoU

John 6:44-47 — Faith is a gift from God in that He always takes the initiative in revealing reasons to believe in Him, and drawing us to a point of decision. #quiettime