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October 2020

October 17, 2020

The Jesus Hermeneutic: Unveiling the Glory of Allegory

“In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and...

September 2020

September 06, 2020

The Lost Art of Listening and “Lassening” to God

Here is a shock. In the King James Version, there is no New Testament post-resurrection...

August 2020

August 02, 2020

Surveying the Early Church’s View of Hell

Here is a quick historical survey of the EARLY CHURCH regarding their surprising beliefs about...

July 2020

July 07, 2020

Learning to Read Scripture with the Fathers (and the Father)

I had the honor of teaching my firstborn how to read. And it bonded us...

February 2020

February 01, 2020

“The Matrix“ as an Archetype of Christian Cosmology

Obviously, the early Church Fathers never actually watched the Matrix trilogy of movies. But, then...

January 2020

January 21, 2020

NEW AND UPDATED***THE JESUS HERMENEUTIC: THE GLORY OF ALLEGORY! "In the past God spoke to...

January 17, 2020

“Letting” the Glory of God be Revealed

Here is a shock. In the King James Version, there is no New Testament post-resurrection...

January 10, 2020

Understanding Hell and Judgement

"I will build my church and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it."--...

January 05, 2020

“C.S.I. Jerusalem: Who Murdered Ananias and Sapphira?

Were Ananias and Sapphira killed by the Holy Spirit as many claim (Acts 5:1-11)? Well,...

January 01, 2020

Why Didn’t Jesus Just Handwrite the New Testament Himself?

Have you ever wondered why Jesus didn’t write the New Testament in His own perfect...

December 2019

December 28, 2019

Is Jesus Still the Savior of the World?

“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be...

December 23, 2019

Understanding the Blood of Jesus

Nothing seems to alternatively bore and divide Christians more than does “atonement theory.” How are...

December 19, 2019

Whatever Happened to Stoning?

Man-made religion stones you when you're wrong and crucifies you when you're right. Avoid it...

December 17, 2019

John Calvin Versus Martin Luther King Jr. on God Allowing Evil

Here is an interesting fact. Ancient Hebrew makes no grammatical distinction between an entity actively...

October 2019

October 26, 2019

On Becoming our Authentic Selves

“Now, with God's help, I shall become myself.” ―Søren Kierkegaard Jesus, after we each allow Him...

October 19, 2019

“Gnosticism”— a Rhetorical Term which has Come to Mean “Everything” and “Nothing”

Too often people use the term "Gnosticism" in the same way elementary school children use...

October 08, 2019

Who Determines a Text’s Meaning— the Author, the Language, or the Reader?

I want to use the Bladerunner movies [WARNING: Spoilers ahead] to help explain the concept...

October 05, 2019

Wrath FROM God? Or Wrath TOWARD God?

After reading several recent articles about "the wrath of God," it has suddenly hit me...

September 2019

September 28, 2019

“Draining the Swamp” of Terror from the Book of Revelation

The real Armageddon is the final battle for the image of God which is taking...

September 19, 2019

“Unfurling” God’s Disallowance of Evil

Jesus Christ is God’s emphatic disallowance of all evil. How that disallowance “unfurls” itself over...

September 14, 2019

IS “JUSTICE” AN ESSENTIAL PART OF GOD’S NATURE?

Here is a strange fact. The word "justice" appears nowhere in the King James New...

September 07, 2019

The One Thing Jesus said to Never Forget

What is the one thing Jesus says to never forget? Or, perhaps better, the one...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

Defeating Hell: Discovering the “Real” Rock of Christianity

Want to know what the REAL "rock" on which Jesus declared He would build His...

August 24, 2019

Why the Old Testament Must Bend the Interpretive Knee to Jesus

Karl Barth once said that he loved the Old Testament too much to read it...

August 18, 2019

DECONSTRUCTING “THE WRATH OF THE LAMB”

The book of Revelation is full of oxymorons. "The wrath of the Lamb" is an...

August 09, 2019

ALL IN

IN: Incarnation & Inclusion, Abba & Lamb. In Brad Jersak’s new book, we find out...

August 07, 2019

WHAT IS THE VENGEANCE OF THE LORD?

"Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it...

July 2019

July 30, 2019

Four Reasons the Early Church Did Not Believe “Hell” Lasts Forever

Today, many people disagree on how guilty criminals should be treated. Is the purpose of...

July 25, 2019

DID JESUS TELL US TO BUY AND BEAR SWORDS?

Many claim "yes," he clearly did in the following passage: in Luke 22:36, Jesus tells...

July 20, 2019

The Holy Ground of a Challenging Day

The other day I had four amazing encounters. The first was with a homeless man...