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April 2023

April 29, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: He Who Lives In Your Presence

Saying 52: His disciples said to him, “Twenty-four prophets spoke in Israel, and they...

April 15, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The New World Has Already Come

Saying 51: His disciples said to him, ‘On what day will the repose of the...

April 07, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: We Come From The Light

Saying 50: Jesus said, “If they say to you, ‘Where do you come from?’, say...

March 2023

March 27, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Blessed Are The Whole Ones

Saying 49: Jesus said, “Blessed are the whole ones and the chosen for you...

March 24, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: If Two Make Peace

Saying 48: Jesus said, "If two make peace with one another within a single house...

March 17, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Riding Two Horses?

Saying 47: Jesus said, "A person cannot (at the same time) mount two horses...

March 03, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Shadows and Light

SAYING 45: Jesus said, "Grapes are not harvested from thorn trees, nor are figs...

February 2023

February 24, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Neither On Earth Nor In Heaven

SAYING 44: Jesus said, "Whoever utters blasphemy against the father will be forgiven. And whoever...

February 17, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Who Are You?

SAYING 43: His disciples said to him, "Who are you, since you say these things...

February 10, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Come Into Being As You Pass Away

SAYING 42: Jesus said, “Come into being, as you pass away.” This is one of...

January 2023

January 26, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The Impossible Grapevine

SAYING 40: Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted outside the father. And because it...

January 06, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Stripped Naked

SAYING 37: His disciples said, "When will you be shown forth to us and...

December 2022

December 30, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Worry Not

SAYING 36: Jesus said, "Do not worry from dawn to dusk and from dusk to...

November 2022

November 24, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Mysterious Prophets

SAYING 31: “Jesus said, "A prophet is not acceptable in that prophet's own native town....

July 2022

July 21, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Intoxicating Water

Saying 13, “Jesus said to his disciples, “Compare me to someone and tell me who...

July 12, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Trolling The Disciples

Saying 12: "The disciples asked Jesus, "We know that you will leave us. Who will...

July 08, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: As Heaven Fades Away

Saying 11: “Jesus said: "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it...

June 2022

June 29, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Casting Fire

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

June 24, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: The Parable of the Extravagant Sower

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

June 15, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: John’s Gospel and Thomas

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

June 08, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: The Parable of the Wise Fisherman

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

June 07, 2022

Stop Fasting. Stop Praying.

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

June 02, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: How Paul’s First Epistle Unlocks The Gospel of Thomas

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

May 2022

May 18, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Stop Fasting and Praying

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

April 2022

April 14, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Hidden Sayings of Jesus In Thomas

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

April 08, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: How Paul’s First Epistle Unlocks The Gospel of Thomas

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

April 04, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Evidence For The Early Date of Thomas’s Gospel

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

April 04, 2022

Welcome To The Inner Circle

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