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February 2026

February 02, 2026

What Side is Jesus on in Minneapolis?

Is Jesus with the local citizens supporting the oppressed? Or with the ICE and Border...

October 2025

October 19, 2025

The Unofficial Second Coming: Jesus Sets the Record Straight

Suppose for a moment that Jesus decided to come back to Earth. Tomorrow. Not as...

December 2024

December 20, 2024

Matthew vs. Luke: Which Christmas Story Got It Right?

Did you know that story of the birth of Jesus is told two different ways...

July 2024

July 17, 2024

The Gospel of Thomas: A Window into Jesus’s True Teachings?

What if the four Gospels of the Bible aren’t the most reliable source for the...

June 2024

June 07, 2024

The Jesus People Are Waiting For? Maybe He’s Already Here

Jesus was a man, yes, but he is also a spirit as alive today as...

March 2024

March 28, 2024

Unveiling the Mysteries of Jesus’ Resurrection

It’s Easter week and if you attend church services on Sunday, you’ll likely hear the...

December 2023

December 21, 2023

The Birth of Baby Jesus—as Told by the Wise Men

Who were the Wise Men (Magi) who traveled so far to honor the birth of...

November 2023

November 30, 2023

The Superpower We Share with Jesus

In The Universal Christ, Franciscan friar Richard Rohr makes an astounding claim: You and I...

September 2023

September 08, 2023

The Prayer Secrets of Jesus

“Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” ~Luke 11:1-4 The request...

May 2023

May 10, 2023

Jesus: On the Importance of Being Present

There’s a curious story in the Bible that centers around two of Jesus’ closest friends,...

February 2023

February 23, 2023

Jesus, The Lost Years: Ages 12 to 29

Why are there no stories about teenage or young adult Jesus in the Bible? If...

January 2023

January 18, 2023

Is Jesus “The Way” to God? Or Just One of The Ways?

I read a lot of religious books and it’s rare to come across one that changes...

December 2022

December 28, 2022

5 Common Misconceptions About Jesus (You Won’t Hear in Church)

In Jesus, What He Really Said and Did, the author Stephen Mitchell tries to clear...

August 2022

August 11, 2022

Jesus and the Lost Messages

What if there’s more to the story of Jesus and God than what’s found in...

April 2022

April 13, 2022

After the Resurrection, Where Did Jesus Go?

What actually happened on the Sunday after Jesus’s death? Just the day before, the body...

March 2022

March 02, 2022

Jesus is Dead. Now What? (Christian Life 0-200 AD)

What took place in the years after the death of Jesus? Did his followers immediately...

February 2022

February 02, 2022

What Jesus Told the Medium to the Stars

What if I told you I had a lengthy message from Jesus? Only it’s not...

September 2021

September 01, 2021

The 50 Miracles of Jesus: Fact or Fiction?

In the early 1810s, a newly retired Thomas Jefferson took on a project that no...

July 2021

July 28, 2021

What Jesus Said: The Teachings Time Forgot

If you read through the early Christian texts known as the Gnostic Gospels, you’ll find...

July 14, 2021

The Secret Teachings of Jesus

What if we got the true message of Jesus wrong? What if his real message...

December 2020

December 22, 2020

The Birth of Jesus: According to the Gospel of Mattuke

Have you ever been at a Christmas sermon and the minister/reverend/priest goes off topic? I...

December 17, 2020

That light in the darkness? It’s Christmas

These are dark days, aren’t they? I’m not talking about the relentless spread of COVID-19....

July 2020

July 15, 2020

10 Surprising Truths about Jesus (You Won’t Hear in Church)

Once a year, I’ll pick up a new book about Jesus in search of fresh...

June 2020

June 10, 2020

What Would Jesus Do Today? Protest

Imagine for a moment that Jesus was alive and walking the Earth today. Would he...

November 2019

November 30, 2019

Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Christ

In my previous post, I wondered whether it wasn’t more important that we follow the...

November 20, 2019

Are we worshipping Jesus when we should be following Christ?

I read a lot of religion and spirituality books and it’s rare to come across...

October 2019

October 15, 2019

Can “Radical Jesus” Lead Us to a Better World?

What’s your responsibility to the world? When you hear about the plight of refugees or...

February 2019

February 13, 2019

Were Jesus and Mary Magdalene Lovers?

If you read the gospels, you quickly see that Jesus is a man of many...

December 2018

December 19, 2018

Realizing the “Christ Consciousness” Within You

Have you heard of the phrase “Christ consciousness”? There may be no better time to...

December 12, 2018

The untold story of Jesus’ birth—from the Gospel of James

If you go looking for a story on the birth of Jesus in the Bible,...