Forgiveness is a funny thing … We desire it deeply when we wrong another, and yet often give it unwillingly (or sometimes not at all) when we ourselves are wronged. And to make matters even more challenging, we have been taught by our parents & our teachers & our preachers & our friends to water […]
It is impossible to worship our version of God until we recognize, release & replace all the ways we worship the things, people & behaviors that are not God. Once we awaken to this simple Truth — once we set aside, even for just one moment, all our fear & our lust & our condemnation […]
“Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ~ Jesus Christ (Mark 12:17) What folks seem to so easily forget about this verse is that absolutely nothing of worth belongs to any emperor, and that everything of true value belongs to “God” (a.k.a. Allah, Chi, […]
Right Action (what some call “morality” or “Goodness”) is not about what your friends say or what you learned from your parents … It’s not about what you were taught in school or what your preacher told from the pulpit … It’s not about being religiously devout or following acceptable social norms, and it sure […]
The matter is quite simple … The teachings on Love in the Bible are actually very easy to understand. And yet many Christians use other verses in the Bible itself to justify not being Kind to those with beliefs or lifestyles different than their own. They use their religion to justify the ultimate damnation of […]
The true “Man of GOD” refuses to be wealthier than the poorest member of his or her congregation … … “And yet judgement is best left to Him” ~ Julie Honeycutt … and discernment is only left to us! “Do not judge by appearances, but discern with unbiased perception.” ~ Jesus (John 7:24) “Brothers and […]
If more Christians were a lot more like more Buddhists, then they would also be a lot more like Jesus Christ. “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but that in every nation anyone who honors Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him.” ~ Acts 10:34-35
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