My most formative religious experiences were a series of mystical experiences. They began to occur in my early thirties. They changed my understanding of the meaning of the word “God”-of what that word points to-and gave me an unshakable conviction that God (or “the sacred”) is real and can be experienced. These experiences also convinced [...]
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1 Jul 10
23 May 10
Yes, Jesus is the Son of God, Lord and Christ; the Light of the World and the Bread of Life; and the Way, Truth and Life. He is all of this for me, as a Christian who is also a historian of early Christianity. And yet I do not think that Jesus spoke of himself [...]
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Posted in definitions, early Christianity, historical, Jesus, revelation
Tagged definitions, early Christianity, history, meaning, revelation
Tagged definitions, early Christianity, history, meaning, revelation
2 Apr 10
The biblical meaning of “repentance” is quite different from an apology. In the Jewish Bible, the Christian Old Testament, “repentance” means “to return” – that is, to return from exile, to return to life in the presence of God, to a life centered in God. In the Christian New Testament, the word “repentance” carries this [...]
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Posted in faith, understanding God, word meanings
Tagged definitions, forgiveness, meaning, repentance
Tagged definitions, forgiveness, meaning, repentance
14 Mar 10
Don’t Tell Them Anything They’ll Need to Unlearn Our children deserve to know the stories that matter to us. So tell them the stories of your tradition –and of other traditions, when appropriate. If and when they ask, “Is that a true story?”, they may be asking, “Did that really happen?” But you don’t have [...]
5 Oct 09
Full disclosure: I am among those who opposed the invasion of Iraq before it happened. I opposed it for Christian reasons. Moreover, I think those reasons have a pragmatic function: they would have prevented us from embarking on a pre-emptive war that has proved to be disastrous. According to the almost two millennia old tradition [...]
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Posted in Jesus, non-violence, politics, war
Tagged evil, meaning, non-violence, politics, war
Tagged evil, meaning, non-violence, politics, war
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