Jonathan Pokluda
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Podcast Appearances
It's like right now, you can be hearing this and saying, okay, you know what, I wanna turn my life around. I wanna start running hard after God. I believe there's a God. I believe 2,025 years ago, there was a carpenter born in Bethlehem, a town that you would have never heard of except he was born there. He lived in Nazareth, a city that you would have never known about except he lived there.
It's like right now, you can be hearing this and saying, okay, you know what, I wanna turn my life around. I wanna start running hard after God. I believe there's a God. I believe 2,025 years ago, there was a carpenter born in Bethlehem, a town that you would have never heard of except he was born there. He lived in Nazareth, a city that you would have never known about except he lived there.
And every atheist, you know, acknowledges him by the date on their iPhones because this carpenter born in Bethlehem reset time. And you say, if that's true, if he died and he showed back up, then what else am I going to do with my life? But chase hard after him and know him and make him known.
And every atheist, you know, acknowledges him by the date on their iPhones because this carpenter born in Bethlehem reset time. And you say, if that's true, if he died and he showed back up, then what else am I going to do with my life? But chase hard after him and know him and make him known.
And every atheist, you know, acknowledges him by the date on their iPhones because this carpenter born in Bethlehem reset time. And you say, if that's true, if he died and he showed back up, then what else am I going to do with my life? But chase hard after him and know him and make him known.
Like ink blotches on your arms.
Like ink blotches on your arms.
Like ink blotches on your arms.
No, of course not. And so God... You know, God's a creative God. One of the first things that he does, or the first thing that he does is create. The first thing that we see in the scriptures. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. So he's creative. He cares about aesthetics. We see that in nature.
No, of course not. And so God... You know, God's a creative God. One of the first things that he does, or the first thing that he does is create. The first thing that we see in the scriptures. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. So he's creative. He cares about aesthetics. We see that in nature.
No, of course not. And so God... You know, God's a creative God. One of the first things that he does, or the first thing that he does is create. The first thing that we see in the scriptures. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. So he's creative. He cares about aesthetics. We see that in nature.
If you put a leaf under a microscope, you see these bricks of cells stacked on top of each other. If you look into space, I mean, one of the most beautiful things that I've seen are just the creations of God. The ocean, a beautiful river, a stream, a grassy field, a starry night. I'm a big sunset guy. Like our most beautiful paintings are knockoffs of God's original. So he cares about aesthetics.
If you put a leaf under a microscope, you see these bricks of cells stacked on top of each other. If you look into space, I mean, one of the most beautiful things that I've seen are just the creations of God. The ocean, a beautiful river, a stream, a grassy field, a starry night. I'm a big sunset guy. Like our most beautiful paintings are knockoffs of God's original. So he cares about aesthetics.
If you put a leaf under a microscope, you see these bricks of cells stacked on top of each other. If you look into space, I mean, one of the most beautiful things that I've seen are just the creations of God. The ocean, a beautiful river, a stream, a grassy field, a starry night. I'm a big sunset guy. Like our most beautiful paintings are knockoffs of God's original. So he cares about aesthetics.
And he made us, he wired us in such a way that we would find different things attractive. We know that when Jacob saw Rachel, he's just like, whoa, there's something amazing about this woman. Now, here's what I want to say right here. That's descriptive, not prescriptive. So that's the Bible describing something that's happened, not prescribing it in that, hey, you must be attracted to. Because
And he made us, he wired us in such a way that we would find different things attractive. We know that when Jacob saw Rachel, he's just like, whoa, there's something amazing about this woman. Now, here's what I want to say right here. That's descriptive, not prescriptive. So that's the Bible describing something that's happened, not prescribing it in that, hey, you must be attracted to. Because
And he made us, he wired us in such a way that we would find different things attractive. We know that when Jacob saw Rachel, he's just like, whoa, there's something amazing about this woman. Now, here's what I want to say right here. That's descriptive, not prescriptive. So that's the Bible describing something that's happened, not prescribing it in that, hey, you must be attracted to. Because
Proverbs 31, 30 says, charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. And so you do not need to feel bad for being attractive, but you do need to understand two things. One, it's highly overrated because it's a depreciating asset. And like you said, gravity is going to take its toll.
Proverbs 31, 30 says, charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. And so you do not need to feel bad for being attractive, but you do need to understand two things. One, it's highly overrated because it's a depreciating asset. And like you said, gravity is going to take its toll.
Proverbs 31, 30 says, charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. And so you do not need to feel bad for being attractive, but you do need to understand two things. One, it's highly overrated because it's a depreciating asset. And like you said, gravity is going to take its toll.