Hi friends, I'm Max Locato. Are we living in the end of times?

In my new book, What Happens Next, a Traveler's Guide through the End of This Age, we take a look at what the Bible says about

Heaven's timeline. In a world filled with political tension and international turbulence, God wants us to be prepared, not scared.

What happens next will help you to face the future with faith.

We'll unpack four big ideas for understanding God's plans. You can

find the what happens next book and Bible study at max locato.com or wherever you buy books.

Access more. During today's conversational back porch theology, we're going to effectively

swab the cheek of our belief system and do a DNA test to explore our spiritual ancestry.

Ali, Dr. Howard, and I are going to take you on a journey all the way back to the

birth of Christianity and we're going to explore the foundations of our faith.

We're going to make several cool stops on this tour of biblical orthodoxy, including a visit

to where Emperor Constantine put his hope in Jesus. We're going to discover how his salvation shifted

the entire course of redemptive history. Then we're going to mosey on down to the

Council of Nicio where a group of spiritual leaders first gathered to hammer out the core doctrines of our faith

and kick heresies to the curb.

So this whole fledgling belief system called Christianity didn't come flying off the rails before we really got

started. For those of you who are relatively new to Christianity or even those of

you who've been walked with Jesus for a long time but maybe still feel a little

wobbly when it comes to understanding why we believe, what we believe.

Today is going to be like the spiritual version of a downward dog pose.

It's going to strengthen your core. So please grab a cold drink, a warm snack, and

your Bible, and come hang out on the porch with us. We love getting to spend this time with you. My name is Allison Allen. I'm the 5 foot 12 spiritual wingwoman

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