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July 2024

July 31, 2024

Beware Mr. Bubbles and the Lake of Suds

I've written an entire book about the origins of the doctrine of Hell, Jesus...

July 26, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: What About Those Who Remain In Ignorance?

A Few Thoughts About Oneness Reading through the Gospel of Truth, one may discern...

July 19, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Living Book of The Living

In modern American Evangelical Christianity, the death of Jesus is interpreted as a sacrificial death...

July 12, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Discovering Ourselves in One Another

I want to say a few things about the language found in Chapter 4...

July 06, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Redemption!

As we've seen, the author of the Gospel of Truth says that error is...

June 2024

June 28, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Mystery of Error

One of the early mysteries in the Gospel of Truth centers around the identity...

June 21, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Intro To The Gospel of Truth

The Gospel of Truth, like the lost Gospel of Thomas, was one of several ancient...

June 14, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Final Saying

Saying 114 Simon Peter said to them, "Mary should leave us, for females are...

May 2024

May 31, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Woe To The Soul

Saying 112 Jesus said, “Woe to the flesh that depends on the soul; woe to...

May 24, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Heavens Rolled Up

Saying 111 Jesus said, “The heavens will be rolled up and likewise the earth in...

May 17, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Renounce the World

Saying 110 Jesus said, "The one who had found the world and become rich should...

May 14, 2024

The Resurrection of the Heretic Happy Hour Podcast

Seven years ago, I walked into a room with a guy I barely knew and...

May 12, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Hidden Treasure

Saying 109 Jesus said, “The kingdom is like a man who had in his field...

May 03, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Drink From My Mouth

Saying 108 Jesus said, “He who drinks from my mouth will become like me, and...

April 2024

April 19, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Make The Two One

Saying 106 Jesus said, “When you make the two one, you will become sons of...

April 05, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Fasting For What?

Saying 104 They said to Jesus, “Come, let us pray today and fast.” Jesus said,...

March 2024

March 30, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Blessed Is The Man

Saying 103 Jesus said, “Blessed is the man who knows in which part of the...

March 21, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Like A Dog

Saying 102 Jesus said, “Woe to the Pharisees, for they are like a dog sleeping...

March 16, 2024

Why Deconstruction Is About National Security

If you don't know what Project 2025 is, you need to stop whatever you're doing...

March 16, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Love and Hate Like Jesus

Saying 101 Jesus said, “He who does not hate his father and his mother...

March 08, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Show Me The Money

Saying 100 They showed Jesus a gold piece and said to him, “Caesar's men demand...

February 2024

February 09, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Kingdom Is Like A Woman

Saying 96 Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is like a woman. She took a...

February 05, 2024

Loving The Tree and Hating The Fruit

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

January 2024

January 03, 2024

Dreamtime Epiphany

So, I had a weird dream the other night. My grandfather [Papa James] was helping...

January 03, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Ascension of The Soul

"And Desire said, 'I didn't see you going down, but now I see you're going...

December 2023

December 30, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Inside the Outside

SAYING 89 Jesus said, “Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Do you...

December 22, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: All The Angels and Prophets

SAYING 88 Jesus said: The angels and the prophets will come to you, and...

December 11, 2023

Pay Attention To Your Red Flags

In a conversation with my friend, Jeremy Wood, the other day, he said something that...

December 08, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Birds and Foxes

SAYING 86 Jesus says: "The foxes have holes and the birds have their nests...

October 2023

October 20, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Blessed Is The Womb

SAYING 79 A woman in the crowd said to him, “Blessed is the womb which...