Christianity
‘Off Target’ Review–Agree or Disagree?
Review (from “The Paperback Pursuer”): I wholeheartedly agree with John Noe, we have in-fact been led astray by the “modern” word of God. It seems that some church leaders/congregants have spun the meaning of scripture to fit their own agendas, changing the context subtly, while others have simply misread or misunderstood what they study. These…
READ MORE →Christmas Jesus–He’s Not Like That Anymore
For many Americans and millions of others our first introductions to Jesus were little nursery rhymes learned in childhood, such as: Little Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child. ~ Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He. Unfortunately, however, these oft-repeated rhymes, coupled with the baby Jesus we celebrate every…
READ MORE →‘End-of-the-World’ Baloney
Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to start looking ahead to the next big event on the world’s stage. No, it’s not Christmas. For many, once again, it’s the proverbial “end of the world” scheduled for December 21, 2012. So, is it really going to happen this time? Have the Mayans got it right?…
READ MORE →My Indianapolis Star Article on Saturday
Last week I was asked to be one of three “clergy and religious experts in the area” to be contributors for an article addressing the post-Sandy issue of “How does your faith or ethical perspective inform your response to natural disasters?” This half-page article was published in this Saturday’s “Faith+Values” section of The Indianapolis Star…
READ MORE →Is Heaven Really Open Today?
Call it “funeral eschatology.” Christian preachers who don’t believe that Jesus has “returned” (or better yet has “come”) and received his first disciples into heaven (John 14:1-3), assure the family and friends at a Christian funeral that the dearly departed believer is better off than those there assembled because he/she is in heaven with Jesus,…
READ MORE →Clashing Hermeneutics–Who’s Right?
Some Christians are offended by the idea that Jesus actually came, right on time, and in age-ending, day-of-the-Lord, judgment in destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple during the Jewish-Roman War and demolition of 66-73 A.D. As one critic comments on this site bluntly puts it “if he came in 70-73 AD [there are] serious problems…
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