I Believe

I want to use this post to try to do a “check in” about my spiritual life. I need to … More

Worshiping vs Following

There is a difference between worshiping Jesus and actually doing what he told us to do. I remember the documentary … More

The Hypocrital Version…

One thing I like about Progressive Christians is that they call out hypocrites when they see them. We have to … More

The Fundemental Differences Between Evangelical and Progressive Christians

Before I get started talking about those who proclaim the Progressive Christian mantel I thought it would be best to … More

What Does Being A Progressive Christian Mean?

I think I have probably spent too much time lately talking about the problems of modern Christianity. It’s time to … More

Progressive Christianity

Most of my spiritual life has existed between Catholicism and Evangelical Christians, with doses of agnosticism in between. I swung … More

Terrible To Think What Churches Do To Men…

When I came across the book with the quote below in 2013 it solidified my belief that, for the most … More

Christian Giving

This post is an expanded response to a comment to last week’s post about Christian giving. I gave the person … More

Philip Gulley – The Examples Of Jesus

For this revisit Wednesday I give you a post from November 2012 about one of my favorite Christian authors. He … More

Jesus Was A Socialist

It’s been pretty obvious to me since I seriously spent four years reading the words of Jesus that his teaching … More

Women Be Quiet!!!

For this Revisit Wednesday I bring you a post from June 2012 about a topic that I have always had … More

Doubts are seldom allowed In The Church…

I know from personal experiences that saying you doubt something in your church can get you in some pretty serious … More

Jubilee – Revisited

For this Revisit Wednesday I want to go to a post I wrote here over 12 years ago. It was … More

The Church Needs Shame…

Of course, everything I say here at RedLetterLiving is my opinion, but sometimes it seems particularly necessary to make that … More

The Tree Of Knowledge

I originally wrote this post for my daily blog over at RJsCorner but thought it is also very applicable here … More

The Words of Jesus

November 12, 2009 I found an interesting book a while back by Phyllis Tickle entitled “The Words of Jesus”. Phyllis … More

Those Who Pray The Hardest Get Special Favors

We need to get over the idea that those who pray the hardest get special favors from God and if … More

Revisit – The Significance Of Universal Salvation…. A Wrap-Up

The Significance Of Universal Salvation…. A Wrap-Up This the the final revisit of the 2013 series on “If Grace Is … More

Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention means different things to different people and religious organizations. For many in the religious community it means that … More

If Grace Is True – Revisit #2

This is the second of three revisits to my initial posts on a book that changed my spiritual view of … More

It’s Time For DIVORCE… Or at least another separation

January 17, 2021 There is so much of the Old Testament that still drives many versions of Christianity, especially among … More

If Grace Is True – Revisit #1

I realize that the vast majority of viewers here at RedLetterLiving read the daily post but seldom go into the … More

Doing God’s Will

One of the things I have probably struggled with the most is the difference between the Old Testament God and … More

Listening To God

Mother Teresa was once asked in an interview, “What do you say when you pray?” She replied, “Nothing, I just … More

Humanism

Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and … More

I Kinda Miss Being An Evangelical

Given what I post here the title above probably sounds like sacrilege to you. But in many ways being an … More

The Biggest Selling Point

What the main selling point for religious institutions? What gets them in the door? Is it a place where they … More

The Public Body…

Last week I gave you a catch-up on where I have journeyed in my spiritual life for the last six … More

My Spiritual Journey

I thought that since it has been six years since I seriously posted here, I would use this post as … More

Take Back The Church Of Jesus

In case you haven’t visited here before I want to let you know that there are now 39,000+ versions of … More