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Saying 10: "Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and behold, I am...

EMBRACING THE MYSTERY NOTE: The following is taken from my notes for a sermon preached...

Five years ago I wrote a book entitled Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics To Pledge...

The Parable of The Extravagant Sower Saying 9: "Jesus said, "Now the sower went out,...

TEXAS - June, 2022 After nearly 2,000 years, the Christian Church's copyright on Jesus has...

“The only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing.” SOCRATES “What is fear?...

JOHN’S GOSPEL AND THOMAS Many of those who argue against the relevance of Thomas’s Gospel...

  Saying 8: "And he [Jesus] said, "The man is like a wise fisherman who...

  NOTE: This post originally appeared in the INNER CIRCLE blog series here on Patheos...

As I’ve been going through the sayings of Jesus from the Gospel of Thomas in...

Saying 7: "Jesus said, "Blessed is the lion that becomes man when consumed by man;...

Saying 6: "His disciples asked him and said to him, “Do you want us to...

A few years ago, pastor and author John Hagee, and also author Mark Blitz, published...

I'm seeing posts lately suggesting that it's "heresy" to only follow Jesus. Like this one,...

Saying 5: Jesus said: "Know what is in front of your face and that which...

What if there was a child; a baby girl, and she's born in a remote...

  Saying 4: "Jesus said, 'The man old in days will not hesitate to ask...

  SAYING 3: “Jesus said, ‘If those who lead you say to you, ‘See, the...

Imagine if someone arrived on the scene with a bold message that both threatened the...

“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” – Voltaire Saying 2 in...

Every Good Friday, Christian pastors stand in their pulpits and tell the biggest lie of...

Before we start diving into the actual sayings of Jesus found in the Gospel of...

  As I’ve been going through the sayings of Jesus from the Gospel of Thomas...

Over the last few months it seems there's been a resurgence of the notion that...

Arguments For The Early Date of Thomas’s Gospel As we mentioned last time, there are...

As I mentioned in my latest post, I'll be launching a brand-new subscription-only blog series...

One of the main objections to the so-called "Gnostic Gospels" is that they claim to...

Imagine my shock when, as I was reading Elaine Pagel's excellent book, Beyond Belief, which...

My previous blog post unleashed a surprising number of reactions from both strangers and friends...

I find myself drifting farther and farther away from the Christianity I grew up with....