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2022-05-06T11:24:10-06:00

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Choice And Church

Last updated on: May 6, 2022 at 11:24 am By C. Don Jones

A friend told me she is avoiding church this week. She is making a choice for her own sanity. I do not blame her. Many women avoid church on Mother’s Day. What will make it worse is the news from the Supreme Court this week. My friend does not expect to hear something about overturning Roe v. Wade from the pulpit. She expects there will be a general overtone of discussion she wants to avoid. Bad Choice Christians who take a pro-choice... Read more

2022-05-03T09:11:15-06:00

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Divorce: Church Style

Last updated on: May 3, 2022 at 9:11 am By C. Don Jones

Experience teaches me that nothing stops a person who wants a divorce. Begging a person to preserve what no longer exists is a waste of energy. The only people who never understand this are church people. Leaving a church is breaking a relationship. As a pastor, I no longer exhaust myself by begging such people to stay. And so, it is with relief I see that the Global Methodist Church is born. But I see actions and attitudes that are... Read more

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2022-04-28T11:12:48-06:00

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The Weapons Are The Point

Last updated on: April 28, 2022 at 11:12 am By C. Don Jones

I watched a Senator the other day read from a list of weapons the US has given Ukraine. Russia’s invasion and war on Ukraine is a crime against humanity. When the Russian patriarch and Putin bring God into the discussion, it is blasphemy. But it is no virtue to claim, “we gave Ukraine the ability to shoot down aircraft carrying hundreds of Russian troops.” Something is wrong with our “aid.” The impolite question is not asked. So I will. Who... Read more

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2022-04-25T13:59:11-06:00

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Loving Wisdom

Last updated on: April 25, 2022 at 1:59 pm By C. Don Jones

Loving wisdom is the primary motivation in philosophical talks. A recent discussion with an evangelical theologian made realize the need for loving wisdom. This person was very concerned about two issues. The first was the continued evangelical support for Donald Trump. The other issue was the historical value of miracle stories. I am concerned about the first issue. But not so much about the historical importance of miracles. In the first case, History matters. In the second case, it does... Read more

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2022-04-21T10:06:29-06:00

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Virtue and Experience

Last updated on: April 21, 2022 at 10:06 am By C. Don Jones

Experience is a great teacher. This quality has come under scrutiny among many conservative Wesleyans. I do not understand these attacks. They are attempts to wrest authority away from a person or a group of people’s means of understanding truth. Ben Witherington makes the mistake of equating experience with emotion or “feelings” in his blogpost “Jonathan Edwards and The Ongoing Crisis in the Methodist Church.” While I agree too many people make that mistake, I believe the critics are ready... Read more

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2022-04-18T11:08:06-06:00

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Crucifying Jesus On Easter

Last updated on: April 18, 2022 at 11:08 am By C. Don Jones

It happened yesterday. I did not see it. But some pastor or church somewhere crucified Jesus for Easter. The claim ‘Christ is Risen’ was buried under “Jesus died for your sins.” Preachers are tempted by the size of the audiences on Easter Sunday to throw in the rest of Holy Week. There is an assumption that visitors on Easter need “to hear the Gospel preached.” Pastors then do exactly the thing that makes people avoid church the rest of the... Read more

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2022-04-16T09:07:19-06:00

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Highway Out of Hell

Last updated on: April 16, 2022 at 9:07 am By C. Don Jones

What was Jesus doing on Holy Saturday? Was he really in or spiritually out of the tomb? Among all the legends surrounding Jesus, my favorite is the Harrowing of Hell. Jesus is busy for the time in the tomb. He is bringing people out of Hell. Many enigmatic passages in the New Testament give credence to an early belief in this story. The atonement theory of Christus Victor is based in the belief. Even though it is not a completely coherent... Read more

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2022-04-11T11:00:46-06:00

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Just To Give You An Idea

Last updated on: April 11, 2022 at 11:00 am By C. Don Jones

The guide said it over and over again. “Just to give you an idea.” An idea is definitely not an experience. It is impossible to hand over one’s own experience to another person. Our guide was a former inmate in the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. It once housed James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. It was a maximum security facility. The former prison is now a museum and distillery. Tourists like me show up and learn... Read more

2022-04-07T07:58:56-06:00

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Translation of a Recently Discovered Fragment

Last updated on: April 7, 2022 at 7:58 am By C. Don Jones

The controversy over the so-called “Bethany gospel” is not going away anytime soon. I decided on a bet with my cousin Indy that I could make a translation of it quicker than him. Here is my offering My Translation [He] arrived just before the Passover. The spectacle was embarrassing. I thought about how far we had fallen. There was a time when we Jews had some dignity about us. When Alexander of Macedonia rode into Jerusalem. The crowds cheered him... Read more

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2022-04-04T10:40:06-06:00

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Mass Graves And Biblical Authority

Last updated on: April 4, 2022 at 10:40 am By C. Don Jones

Recent reports of mass graves of civilian casualties once again raise the ire of observers. The only continent with no mass graves is Antarctica. The majority may be in Europe. And these observations say more about human beings and civilization than I care to know. While some mass graves have been necessities due to natural disasters, most are the result of genocidal rage, resentment, conspiracy theories, and the desire to destroy. 21st Century Americans will consider mass executions immoral acts.... Read more

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