“Beloved, let us love one another. Because Love is from God, everyone who loves is born of God and knows God … God is Love, and those who abide in Love abide in God, and God abides in them … because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in […]
“He who has something in his Heart will be given more; while he who believes he has nothing will be deprived of even the little he has.” ~ Jesus (Gospel of Thomas 41) Before one begins to analyze the deeper meanings of any passages from the Gospel of Thomas it is well worth it […]
I’ve always found Christians’ use of the term “unbeliever” to be somewhat patronizing (if not a blatant violation of Matthew 7:1’s call for us to avoid judging others altogether), and yet what I find even more intriguing is that the ones doing this and any similar name-calling seem to have fully forgotten an all-important fact: […]
“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you might be Children of your Father in Heaven; for He makes the sun shine on the evil and on the good, and sends rain to the righteous and to the unrighteous. If you love only those who love you, what reward do […]
“Bear fruits worthy of your repentance.” ~ Jesus (Luke 3:8) First & foremost, this verse cannot be truly understood without understanding what Jesus meant by “repentance.” Indeed, contrary to popular understanding (which sees “repentance” as some sort of mental &/or verbal admission of sinfulness, culpability, or regret) the Greek word in the ancient manuscripts […]
In the past it used to bother me quite a bit whenever a person would learn of my “avant garde” take on the Bible (admittedly quite different from their more traditional understanding of the same) and then ask me quite sincerely why it was that I hated God. I mean, the raw arrogance of this […]
“There is a Light within a person of Light and It illuminates the whole world.” ~ Jesus (Gospel of Thomas 24) Before I make a few comments on some of the deeper Meanings in this beautiful (and extremely insightful) verse, it is worthwhile to consider the very beginning passage from the Gospel of John […]
Seeing as how I have a very open, quite alternative, and admittedly somewhat fervent interpretation of the contents of the Bible, and seeing as how I therefore champion a God & a Jesus & a “Heaven” & a “Salvation” that are indeed VERY different from those championed by members of the traditional Christian church, more […]
“This is my Commandment: that you love one another in the same way I have loved you.” ~ Jesus Christ (John 15:12) As complicated as some would make it, Salvation is very simply indeed (in-deed!) … Simply set aside all the vindictive & aggressive & fearful verses you find in both Testaments, and return to […]
“Become obedient from the Heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.” ~ Paul (Romans 6:17) When examining this particular verse, it helps to start by remembering that by far the most important teachings in life do not come from external “celestial” sources (as Paul errantly believed), but rather from within […]
As it turns out, if you happen to have deeply studied the Bible and tested its verses by putting them radically into practice over a number of years — and if you happen to have thereby developed a unique understanding of those verses that happens to contradict what most folks have been taught about what […]
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