The God Who Is Kindness Itself

My adaptation of John’s Gospel, The Gospel of Pure Human Kindness, began as an experiment — by giving Jesus a narrative name that matched a major aspect of His essence (much as the name given Him by the Angel Gabriel identified His mission and needed no translation for those He walked among) would the message […]

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The First Commandment prohibition did not allow the people to make any image of anything in the heavens, on the earth or under the water. What we in the West have a hard time comprehending is that the Mosaic Law and, in fact, all the books of the Torah — for Christians, the Law section […]

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Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which […]

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Judaism and Christianity have long been seen as personally mutually exclusive — you can’t be both. Some are claiming this as a mutual affiliation but are not being accepted into the mainstream of either major world religion. But in a very real historic/anthropological sense neither one would exist without the other. Devout Jews claim that […]

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If God is metaphor — Then the devil is  argument ….

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At the end of the Gospel of John there is a passage that has led to much controversy until this day. The Resurrected Lord Jesus has just told Peter about how one day soon he will be bound and led to his death against his will. Peter — for some unknown reason – wants to […]

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Majestic mountains rising up to the heavens, Lordly peaks looking over the clouds. Blue sky surrounding, lone eagle soaring. Majestic mountains, lordly peaks. Powerfully bold yet bringing such comfort. Distant and ancient, present and near. Turning back torrents and feeding the rivers, Majestic mountains silently shouting, “We are but stone — earthen, unmoving, Held by […]

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If you are lonely, beaten by the world, If you are starving for God’s righteousness unfurled, Don’t you worry, we all know you’ve done your best. Give thanks to God, You are among the blest. But if you’re rich now your wealth will fly away. And all your power will abandon you one day. When […]

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When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, “I will return to the house I left.” When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other […]

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