Saying 21: Mary said to Jesus, “Whom are your disciples like?” He said, “They are like small children who have settled in a field which is not theirs. When the owners of the field come, they will say, ‘Give us back our field.’ They
Saying 21: Mary said to Jesus, “Whom are your disciples like?” He said, “They are like small children who have settled in a field which is not theirs. When the owners of the field come, they will say, ‘Give us back our field.’ They
SAYING 20: “The disciples said to Jesus, “Tell us what the Kingdom of Heaven is like?” He replied to them, “It is like a mustard seed, the smallest of all seeds. But when it falls on tilled soil, it produces a great plant and becomes
A few weeks ago I was watching a fairly important conversation between Randal Rauser and Doug Groothuis about whether or not Progressive Christianity is a False Gospel on the Unbelievable? Podcast via YouTube and this section of the video made me want to jump up and scream. Specifically, it was when Randal Rauser – who was defending Richard Rohr’s description of the Universal Christ – reads from a section of Athanasius’s “On The Incarnation of Christ” [specifically from section 17:... Read more
Saying 19: Jesus said, “Blessed is he who came to be before he came to be. If you become my disciples and listen to my words, these stones will serve you. For there are five trees for you in Paradise which remain unchanged in summer
Don’t you just love when you discover a verse in the Bible that totally blows your mind and reorients everything you thought you knew about following Christ? Well, that’s exactly what happened last night when I quite accidentally came across this passage in Hebrews chapter 6, verses 1-3 which says this: “Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death,... Read more
SAYING 18: The disciples said to Jesus, “Tell us how our end will be.” Jesus replied: “Have you discovered the beginning so that you look for the end? For where the beginning is, there will the end be. Blessed is he who will take his
SAYING 17: “Jesus said: I will give you what no eye has seen and what no ear has heard and what no hand has touched and what has not entered into the heart of man.” The most fascinating thing about this saying of Jesus from
Deconstruction isn’t easy. It isn’t sexy. It’s pretty much the most brutal spiritual experience you could imagine, for many of us. One question turns into another, one doubt turns into several, and before you know it your family thinks you’re going to hell, your friends pretend not to recognize you at the grocery store, and you’re not welcome to teach Sunday School anymore. It can be a lonely, painful journey. My friends Karl and Laura Forehand know this. They’ve written... Read more
SAYING 16: “Jesus said: Men think, perhaps, that I am come to cast peace upon the world; and they do not know that I am come to cast dissensions upon the earth, fire, sword, war. For there will be five who are in a house;
A few weeks ago I ran across this amazing book, quite by accident. I was perusing books at a local used bookstore and found this small paperback – American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin. In the very first chapter, I read the first few pages of the Cheyenne Myth of Creation and it blew my mind. Here, below, are a few excerpts from the Myth with my reactions and notes. I hope you’re sitting down. HOW... Read more
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