Does Hebrews 13:8 refer only to Jesus the Christ, or does that apply to God as well? How many people have you heard that God does not change! As the Consciousness, with a capital C, I agree; however, it seems that how His creation see Him changes alot. And I judge that as very, very good. What’s bad for me are people who adhere to ancient concepts that have long since been proven wrong or out-dated. Continue reading ‘Thank You Jesus!’
Monthly Archive for August, 2008
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Too much of our prayer life is wasted because we’re praying FOR something that we already HAVE. If we can comprehend the omnipresence of of the Creator and tie that to NOW living, we’ll soon discover what Eccl. 3:5 is saying. The purpose of prayer is to to get somewhere or something but to be AWARE that we already have it. Continue reading ‘Awareness Awakening’
I have struggled with many religious concepts most of my life. An eternal hell from a loving God? How so? A loving Father killing his only begotten Son? Who can imagine! Who could love such a God? The theological concept of penal substitution never made sense to me. Simply put, how can a Jewish rabbi’s death some two thousand years ago effect my life, give me redemption, and allow me to overcome sin and death? It DID- but how? If you ask most Christians what penal substitution is, they haven’t a clue. It’s like asking a Christian to tell you HOW the 66 books of the Bible were put together. They know not! Continue reading ‘Penal Substitution?’
I’m sure that you’ve been in a discusssion with someone who is a bit shy about sharing their feelings and thoughts about God. If so, then you have probably heard them say at some point, “I don’t talk about that because it’s a personal thing.” And that’s that way it should be in some respects in that any relationship with God is personal, but also universal. Continue reading ‘A Personal God’
We seem to think that our faith or trust comes when something we’ve been praying for comes to pass. The deeper the doubt, the greater the fatih. It’s the dark night of the soul that tests and brings real faith- if we let it.
In some ways, very little has changed since humanhood was established on terra firma. Nothing is our fault and everything bad is because of someone who did us wrong song. Blame shifting can be seen everyday. Our most recent classic example was hurricane Katrina where Bush blamed Governor Blanco, Blanco blamed mayor Nagin, all liberals blamed Bush, whites blamed blacks, blacks blamed the corps of engineers, and another one hundred people blamed another thousand people. Someone has to pay! Continue reading ‘The Cosmic Scapegoat’
Accepting the Scriptures as sacred, but not literal is simply too much of a jump for some people. We here in technologically driven America and the digitally oriented West, not to mention the Aristotelian thinking logic, are just too empirically driven to handle mystical truths. We can. We just don’t want to, and we’re afraid what that might mean if we did. Continue reading ‘Sacred Stories’
Most religions, especially the big three are THEISTIC in nature. There are degrees of theism of course; however, for most God is simply OUT THERE somewhere and when we gete desperate, when we realize we’re not in control, we PRAY TO this deity and every now and then He responds, and answer our prayers. It’s not a frequent response though. Continue reading ‘Incarnational Living’
We who call ourselves Christians are supposed to be modeling the one who went by the name JESUS and who became the CHRIST. And it is within those two names that we become immediately confused, thinking those are His first and last names when in reality they speak of His two natures. He was not the son of Joseph & Mary Christ! Continue reading ‘The Non Dual Jesus’
Mission Accomplished!
I do not see that God’s mission was for Jesus to be crucified, though an all-knowing and all-seeing God would know that in advance. That’s a separate topic for another day. But, God also has seen what’s going to happen to you and I- no different than God’s foreknowledge of Jesus. So, what is this mission accomplished that Jesus performed? Continue reading ‘Mission Accomplished!’