The problem of sacrifices and burnt offerings
We (Christians) tend to focus on the part about the healthy not needing a doctor - but only the sick. The part about mercy and sacrifice - I feel like we (Christians) tend to think this message was meant for the Jewish leaders - but not for us. Which is ...
The problem of “a Better Place”
What are we really doing when we say someone's in "a better place"? Being nice? We think so. Lying? Probably. Is being honest better? ...
The problem of “handing it over to God”
Did you see it - if you can't walk on water it's because you doubt - because you don't have enough faith. And if that's what you got from the passage - it's unfortunate. Because that wasn't the point ...
The problem of a “pleasing aroma” to God
By now - hopefully the Christians who weren't already aware of what these passages meant have now learned something. Something very hopeful, especially in times of trouble. For the non-Christians - I pray you have also learned something, and that this will help to change your view of what you ...
It’s up to God to make the first move
God let me down then, and so far as I'm concerned, it's up to Him to make the first move. There's something wrong with that statement, but maybe not what you think ...
We know nothing of religion here: we think only of Christ.
And that is what should be our focus. Not the things that drive wedges between people - not on one religion's minute details that cause us to focus on something other than Jesus ...
Is this still true of Christians today?
If people - Christian or non-Christian - were too look at us today, would they see the same things in us? I'm assuming I don't have to actually answer that question - but I'm going to anyway. No - they wouldn't ...
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 ...
“No one speaks for God—not even the prophets (who speak about God)?
I have to totally disagree with the parts where it seems that one God would set us up with varying versions of "truth". And while I agree that faith gets entangled in the gnarled branches of religion, I don't for one instant believe that God would leave us lost in ...
Revelation & Hype Cycles
when so many consider Revelation to be a book of doom and gloom, I choose to also present is as one of amazing hope. Hope that is available to every one of us. Hope that will keep us out of the doom and gloom that will come - but doesn't ...
