A Bubble of Protection
Top o’ the morning to ya! As you may have heard, today’s St. Paddy’s day, so I figured I’d share a prayer that I’ve used for years when...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Dec 20, 2016
- 2 min
Don’t Worry; I Have Found Our Escape Plan
So, all this stuff about Donald Trump and the danger of our situation is scary as hell. But don’t worry – I was reading through...
- Apr 30, 2015
- 4 min
How to Recognize a Brother or Sister in Christ
I have met some of the coolest people while writing this blog. One of these days, I’m going to have to share the story of how God sent...
- Sep 18, 2014
- 2 min
Power and Love On the Cross
Over the years I have heard this interaction between Jesus and the thief on the cross explained mostly as a demonstration of power. Jesus...
- Sep 5, 2014
- 1 min
“I See Men Like Trees”
“They came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to Jesus and implored Him to touch him. Taking the blind man by the hand, He...
- Jun 17, 2014
- 4 min
THIS
This is what God would want those who claim his name to hear today. Like really today. Right here in the reality that is whatever day it...
- May 29, 2014
- 5 min
The Bad Habit You Must Let Go Of
Have you ever had the experience of telling someone that they are hurting you only to be met with hostility, accusations, shaming and...
- May 15, 2014
- 1 min
God as Man
I think that when God became embodied, he would have had to go through a sort of forgetting process in order to experience life fully as...
- Apr 29, 2014
- 4 min
When the Cost is Too High
I knew a Christian man who had an employee who did something dumb and illegal without his knowledge. She was caught and arrested at his...
- Apr 18, 2014
- 7 min
Did God Really Demand the Death of His Son as a Sacrifice for Sin?
As you are perhaps aware, today is Good Friday, and as I said yesterday, I’m more interested in looking to Easter Sunday than in thinking...
- Apr 10, 2014
- 4 min
What Jesus and Paul Left Out
Let’s do some bible study, shall we? I look to do that sort of thing around here, donchano. Today I want to show you something kind of...
- Apr 1, 2014
- 2 min
Are You Sure You Want To Be a Disciple?
Today’s exegesis is on Mark 9 and comes from J. R, Daniel Kirk: Jesus had to show them. The kingdom of God is not like they think it is....
- Mar 27, 2014
- 4 min
The Hardest, Best Spiritual Practice I’ve Ever Tried
Learning how not to judge has been the most demanding, arduous and painful spiritual discipline I have ever undertaken. It’s also been...
- Jan 27, 2014
- 5 min
We Are One
“As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual...
- Jan 21, 2014
- 7 min
Meditate Like Jesus
What if I told you that I held the secret to meditating like Jesus did? And that I have been practicing it with amazing results for 15...
- Oct 22, 2013
- 3 min
Keeping It Real For Jesus
Do you know what an actor was called at the time of Jesus? A hypokrisis. Which gets transliterated in English as hypocrite. We hear the...
- Apr 24, 2013
- 4 min
Raising Jesus and Original Sin
I have this theory about how it was that Jesus came to be born without sin and it is just that – a theory. But I thought I’d share it...
- Jun 24, 2012
- 3 min
The Transfiguration and Being Known
One of the things I have become fascinated with over the last few years is the experience of Jesus. Hebrews 2:17-18 says: For this...
- May 24, 2012
- 9 min
The Sacrifice of Jesus and the Prodigal Son
So, a couple of days ago I laid out my argument as to why the idea that God demanded the blood sacrifice of his son for the forgiveness...
- May 22, 2012
- 7 min
Did God Really Demand the Death of His Son as a Sacrifice for Sin?
One of the more poignant arguments against Christianity is that the Christian God demanded that his son be offered up as a human blood...
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