Episode 9 of Call Him Abba is a listener questions episode, which means we start with Hinge profile discourse and somehow end up talking about the rapture, church trauma, spiritual formation, atheist friends, systematic theology, and predestination. We talk about Christian dating profiles, John’s thoughts on the rapture and 1 Thessalonians 4, what we appreciate from our former churches, and the books that have shaped us spiritually. We also get into how to talk to atheist friends about Jesus without being weird, living a life that actually begs the question, and why prayer in the moment can be way more powerful than just saying “I’ll pray for you.” Then we close with a bigger theology conversation: how much should Christians study doctrine and systematic theology, what it means to be ready to give an answer for your faith from 1 Peter 3:15, and t ...