Archive for November, 2007
A New Way of Reading the Gospels
Suppose that a Catholic, a Protestant, a Jew and an agnostic—all honest historians and up to speed on 1st-century religious movements—were locked up in the basement of Harvard Divinity School library, put on a spartan diet and not allowed to emerge until they had hammered out a consensus document on who Jesus of Nazareth was [...]
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As Christianity encountered the Enlightenment, which brought the birth of modern science and the establishment of reason as the basis of knowledge, the followers of Jesus faced a crisis of faith. If a thing were to be true, it must be properly formulated, tested and proven scientifically. As scientific results began to call [...]
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A New Way of Believing?
In order to truly understand who Jesus was—and therefore is—we must move beyond our traditional teachings about Jesus… to the extent that they have deviated from the original intent and meaning of his message. Most of our information about Jesus comes from Sunday school songs, improperly-remembered Bible stories with ill-interpreted “morals” to the story, [...]
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Who Is Jesus… to YOU?
In a recent poll, 84% of Americans agree with the statement, “Jesus is the Son of God.” Sadly, Christians in the United States are deeply divided about what it means to follow Jesus:
Many followers of Jesus oppose evolution and defend the literal/factual truth of the Bible’s stories of creation. Yet followers of Jesus were [...]
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Go Ahead… Break a Law Today!
What things have we called “laws” that are actually not? What percentage of our lives do we allow to be dictated to us, merely coping and reacting to situations as if we have no control over what happens to us?
True, while we live in this earthly dimension, our experience is governed by a number [...]
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