Before I start on my study of the history of the church I want to do an “aside” post here … More
Tag: Christianity
Atonement….
One of the current foundations of the Christianity is the atonement. Generally that is thought to be Jesus taking the … More
Humble Emergents vs. Absolutists….
Lets continue on with some more quotes from the book by Tony Jones entitled The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent … More
Skiing The Slippery Slope
Anyone who has read much of this blog knows how I feel about the slippery slope. I believe that the … More
Those Non-Western Christians…
Anyone who has read much of this blog knows that I take the creeds of the Christian church to have … 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
The Third Great Rummage Sale — The Reformation
I think most people, especially those who call themselves Christian, are at least a little familiar with the third great … 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
Religionless Christianity???
Toward the end of his life, while in a Nazi prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was a well known Lutheran theologian, wrote some … More
How Faith Changed….
This will probably be my last post about the early christians for a while. Next time I will begin to … More
Official Christianity….
I am going to jump ahead a little here so that I can put something into your mind before we … More
Welcome to the Re-Purposed Red Letter Living Blog
After an almost one year hiatus I will soon be posting again on this blog with this new format and … More
Our Sheltered Lives…..
I am a frequent visitor to several Christian blogs. One of the bigger ones I recently visited was discussing Matt … More
Two Types of Worldviews…
In the next few posts I am going to do some personal reflections. Will they be objective; of course not, … More
What is the meaning of life? – Part 2
We humans are constantly on the epic journey to find the meaning of life. It drives some of us quite … More
Book Review – Letters from a Skeptic
I just finished the book Letters from a Skeptic by Greg Boyd and I must … More
The Jesus Factor
On Sunday I listened to a sermon from my pastor that truly moved me. It is about a subject that … More
It’s Just a Face
We have all seen many pictures such as the above portraying Jesus. Most show him as a fair haired … More
The Twenty Piece Shuffle
Subtitle: Some very inspiring words I just finished a book entitled “The Twenty Piece Shuffle” by Greg Paul. It … More
The Thing about Mary
I have always wondered why Catholics are so focused on the Virgin Mary and Protestants, except for Christmas Eve, … More
The curse of riches
Matt 19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle … More
How about those mega-churches?
There is a wide disparity of opinion about how true to Christ mega-churches are. I probably fall somewhere in the … More
Happy Birthday Jesus
About Christmas
Most of the information about Christmas is found in the Gospel of Luke. Luke was probably a gentile by birth … More