Jesus wasn’t preaching to preaching to Bible scholars and historians. He expected the “average, everyday” guy/gal that heard him to understand what he was talking about.
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People in the “know” always tell us that “we can’t understand the nature of God”. That God is unknowable, that the infiniteness of God is beyond our “finite” minds. “But, while the nature of THE ALL is Unknowable, there are certain truths connected with its existence which the human mind finds itself compelled to accept.” … Read more
Yep! If you believe God created man, then there’s no place else you can go. God. . . perfect. . . can’t screw up. So everything God creates has to be exactly the way God wants it to be. . . perfect. Now, let’s take the Genesis story. Adam, created by God, must have been … Read more
Surprise! There really wasn’t an apple. If you didn’t know it already, here’s the skinny . . . In Genesis, the first book of the Judeo/Christian and sorta Islamic tradition, God does a really mean thing. He takes the one thing that will supposedly be the downfall of mankind, The Tree of the Knowledge of … Read more
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Can God create a rock so big that even God can’t lift it? These questions seem so deep, so thought provoking. By their very nature, the questions seem hopelessly unanswerable. But, not so. The answer to the … Read more
Lawyer-dude gets all bent outta shape ’cause he’s on the spot, so he summons up all his lawyerness, “Love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind. And, Love your neighbor as yourself.” Adding under his breath, “Hot dang – I’m good!”
Sorry, you missed it. The second coming’s come and gone. I know some of you are expecting a bolt of lightning to vaporize your screen ’cause that last statement is pure blasphemy. But, it’s the only conclusion I can accept if I start with the assumptions that: Jesus wanted the people he was talking to … Read more
“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” – Jesus of Nazereth (Matthew 18:3) I’ve heard a lot of sermons convering this scripture and all of them pretty much end up at the same place. Sooner or later (the way most preachers like to talk … Read more
I have heard God is Everywhere. . .
If I, therefore, go anywhere – I will find God.
But if I go nowhere, God is always with me.
The White Gold does not do battle for it is beyond the Arch of Time. It cannot Win or Lose For these both suggest the end of an event And beyond the Arch of Time there is no end … and no beginning. It cannot be Destroyed or Die For beyond the Arch of Time, … Read more