Thomas 1:32 … The City on every Mountain (01/13/17)
“A city built on a high mountain cannot fall; nor can it remain hidden.” ~ Jesus (Gospel of Thomas 32) If we take Jesus literally here – and if we assume that what he is saying is correct, then we realize right away that he is not saying that cities built in high places […]
2 Crucial Questions for Christians … (01/13/13)
TWO CRUCIAL QUESTIONS for CHRISTIANS … Greetings, one & all! To start with I would like to sincerely thank all of you who have — both publicly & privately — responded to my last few posts. Quite a few of you are Christians who devoutly disagreed with my views, and many of you expressed a […]
John 8:18 … The testimony of the Father (01/12/17)
“I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me testifies on my behalf.” ~ Jesus (John 8:18) As far as this particular verse is concerned, it is most important to realize that Jesus “testified on his own behalf” via his actions more than his words (see John 5:36 & John 10:25 […]
on Holy Matrimony … (01/12/17)
NOTE: While Matthew 19 does have Jesus making the following statement: “Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning made them male and female?.… For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh” (from […]
What’s in a Name … (01/12/15)
Once upon a time, a Muslim Imam and a Christian priest were having an intense discussion with a secular mystic about the nature of life and death and salvation. First, the priest quoted the Bible at length to prove that only a total submission to Jesus Christ as one’s personal Lord & Savior would appease […]
Why does an all-Loving God do evil things? … (01/12/13)
“God’s Day in Court” (… in Defense of God) There are quite a few folks – Christians & non-Christians alike – who have wondered about the seemingly contradictory nature of God as He is portrayed in the Bible. On the one hand, the Bible tells us that God is an embodiment of perfect, unconditional Love […]
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