God versus religion

Maybe it’s not up to you to fix what’s broken

I, for one, am glad I don't have to fix all those eggs. I'm really happy that I don't have to fix the world's problems. ... for my little piece of the action - look what I get - ...

The problem of ...

The problem of Global Capitalism

In Fiery Speeches, Francis Excoriates Global Capitalism I think Pope Francis has been, for the most part, like a breath of fresh air. But I think he missed the point on this one. From an article in the New York Times (sorry, the article is no longer available), we read ...

Parables of Jesus

The non-prodigal son

Lots of people know the story of the Prodigal Son. Even many non-Christians. But what of his brother? In Luke's Gospel, the parable of the Prodigal (lost) Son is 22 verses. Only five of them are about the "other" brother. I can't help but wonder though ...

Politics, government, religion and God

Apple assisting a future anti-Christ?

Oh yeah - and whatever Apple chooses to do with it. Like to be tagged. And to be searched on. And to be found. All of which exist with data that's at least semi-public. And now Apple wants to make that process even "smarter" by doing all those things with ...

American Theology is mixed up

Messed Up American Theology: Who Is God?

Who Is God? Since a majority of Americans don't believe even some of the basic teachings of the Bible, there's no choice but to believe American theology is messed up. And I mean really basic stuff. Like critical things about Jesus. Not surprisingly, they don't really know about the Holy ...

Earth was formless, darkness was over the surface, God was hovering

In The Beginning

Creation from nothing? Earth was formless …

The earth was formless, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. I think my title summarized the second verse of Genesis pretty well. My software to analyze my chances of ranking well of Google didn't like it at all ...

Revelation: Introduction – part 1

It seems that what is probably the most common use of the word apocalypse - meaning the end of the world - isn't even biblical in origin. It's one instance where the book of Revelation write about the end of the world, as we know it - and that one ...

Settling for less

Don’t settle for less, #05: Don’t wait until you’re ready

Don't wait until you're ready If you wait until you're ready, you'll be waiting your entire life. OK, I'll go along with that part. Even with: be as prepared as you can, but then dive in headfirst. That's all good stuff for the secular world. But we're taking this to ...