I can relate whole heartedly with falling in love with the person of Jesus in my teenage years based on reading the Gospels. Very cool to hear someone I admire greatly has had a similar experience.

I love this! What an awesome interview, and what an excellent guest! Thank you so much for this.

The main stumbling block with the doctrine of election are the natural objections Paul takes us through in Romans 9, which is "Why does he [God] still find fault?" Why does God create people he has no desire to save and then sentence them to eternal torment? That is where the mind logically goes and what keeps people on this hamster wheel. It seems to leave us with only a few options: 1) God should not have created anything because of the potential for sin 2) God saves everyone and is therefore unjust 3) God determines who he will save based on his own sound judgment, or good pleasure, and we should learn to trust in that never attempting to put ourselves above the Most High and judge his character. Faithful Calvinists choose the third option, which is essentially what Paul replies with in Romans 9:16-20.

This is so reformed. 🔥