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

About The Bread…

Let’s continue on with our brief study of the Gospel of Mark. This time it will be about people’s faith … More

Religiously Powerful…

As mentioned a few posts ago Jesus had some very stinging words about the religiously powerful of his day. The … More

Away From Me!!!

I have now spent several posts on the emergent church. It is time to get back to the red letters … More

Do What I Say….

Let’s get back to Luke 6 for our study today. “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not … More

The Words of Jesus….

This is a continuation of the previous post about the words of Jesus taking front and center in Christian living. … More

About The Red Letters….

I think its time to revisit a little history of the red letters and some of the people besides me … More

Luke 6 — Love Your Enemies….

As I have mentioned in previous posts Luke Chapter 6 is at the heart of the Bible as far as … More

Luke Chapter 6…

The gospel of Luke Chapter 6 is the most important chapter in the Bible for me. Of course it includes … More

Saving Jesus — (Part 2) Post-Easter Jesus

This is a continuation of my review of the book Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ … More

A New Direction…. Again….

In recent days I have been getting frustrated by the progress I have made into the parallel studies of the … More

I Don’t Care To Know Anything More About God….

The title to this post certainly sounds like an ultra pompous statement doesn’t it?  But this is indeed what some … More

My Commands (again and again)….

Lets jump a little further in the chapter of John cited in the previous post. This is My commandment, that … More

Getting Back to the Red Letters….

I have been away from the red letters for too long in this blog. For that reason we will spend … More

The Nature of Man…

Since this is my 300th post to this blog and as I am coming off a rather long hiatus, I … More

The Least of These…. The Final Judgment

Since judgment day seems to be on the short list of things Christians talk about lets look at the story … More

Getting Back…

I have been away from the red letters for a while now so it is time to get back to … More

Can’t See the Forest for the Trees…

When it comes to the Bible some Christians seem to fall to the concept of  “can’t see the forest for the … More

About The Bible — Part 1… What I believe

It has been a while since I have done any “deep” posts so this post will start a series on … More

Is God a Winner or a Loser??

The title question came to me from a fellow blogger of the Quaker persuasion. The premise around the question is … More

Should this be harder? – Thoughts from a Convinced Quaker

At the bottom of this post is a link to a heartfelt post by a convinced Quaker. A convinced Quaker is … More

Does Jesus Conditionally Forgive Sins??

There are many places in the red letters where Jesus appears to conditionally forgive sins.  If you break certain rules … More

Divorce–A Christian Perspective

Divorce is one of those things that gets very different treatment in different Christian denominations. The red letters are pretty … More

Doing Good Deeds

I am going to keep this post simple and just put out some verses about doing good deeds. This time … More

Beatitudes

In line with the last post about possible bias by the Gospel writers in relation to the Beatitudes let’s look … More

Why Red Letters??

In many Bibles, some words are set apart with a red font. Why is this? It is to remind us … More

Did Jesus Ask Us to Worship Him??

In questioning this claim, my wish is not to diminish the life of Jesus, but to honor it as fully … More

Jesus and Forgiveness … Part 2.

Let’s continue on with our study of Jesus’ words about forgiveness. Last time we concentrated on Jesus’ forgiveness of our … More

The Slippery Slope

    It s amazing to me the number of Christians who cling to the concept of the “Slippery Slope”. This … More

To the Couch Potato Christian — Part 3

…Get off the couch and back to work.   In part three I will concentrate on the Gospel of Luke. … More