None Like Him by Jen Wilkin
Week 6: Chapter 5 — Eternal
Read Chapter 5 of None Like Him. Key passages: Psalm 90; 2 Peter 3:8.
Previewing Week 6 of None Like Him
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God exists outside of time entirely, while we are creatures profoundly shaped by time — and Wilkin explores how our time-boundedness is meant to point us toward the One who is timelessly present.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Wilkin explains that God's eternality means not just that he has existed for a very long time but that he exists outside of time altogether — he is not subject to sequence, past, or future. How does this differ from a merely 'very old' God, and why does the distinction matter?
2.Psalm 90, Moses's prayer, opens with God as a dwelling place from everlasting to everlasting, and then pivots to the brevity of human life — 'like a dream,' 'like grass that is renewed in the morning.' How does holding those two realities together — God's eternity and our brevity — affect the way you pray?
3.Wilkin observes that we often grasp for eternity by trying to make our lives, legacies, or names last forever — building things that will outlive us, obsessing over our impact and memory. Where do you see this kind of legacy-grasping in yourself or in the people around you?