Mountain Veteran Ministries, Author at Mountain Veteran Ministries

Predestination, free will, and election

Posted on April 5, 2026April 17, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

Few doctrines have generated more heat inside the church than predestination. It makes people uncomfortable — sometimes angry. It raises questions that feel like they have no good answers: If God chose who would be saved before the world began, what happens to human responsibility? Is the offer...

Grace vs. works: the ongoing debate

Posted on April 5, 2026June 24, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

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What does it mean to be saved?

Posted on April 5, 2026June 21, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

Money, work, and calling

Posted on April 5, 2026April 17, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

Most people spend more waking hours working than doing anything else in their lives. And most people have never seriously asked whether their work means anything beyond the paycheck. The Bible has a lot to say about money, work, and calling — and almost none of it sounds like what you hear from...

The church: why bother?

Posted on April 5, 2026June 29, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

What does discipleship actually look like?

Posted on April 5, 2026April 17, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

Discipleship is one of the most talked-about words in the church and one of the least understood in practice. We say we want to make disciples, but when you press people to describe what that actually looks like on a Tuesday afternoon, things get vague fast. The New Testament is less vague. It...

Faith and doubt: can you have both?

Posted on April 5, 2026July 10, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

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What is prayer, and does it work?

Posted on April 5, 2026April 22, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

Prayer is either the most important thing a human being can do, or it is an elaborate form of talking to yourself. There is no comfortable middle ground. Here is an honest examination of what prayer actually is, whether it actually works, and what a man does with the gap between what he expects...