Making life difficult. The first lesson for this past Sunday, 1 Advent (11/26/23), was Isaiah 64:1-9.  I have a history with this text. O...

Fast food, this was not. This is the second in a series of four posts: (1) Sourdough bread: Flour and water. That’s it. (2) Abraham and...

Sodom’s sin is not what you think. This is the third in a series of four posts: (1) Sourdough bread: Flour and water. That’s it. (2)...

A Bible passage very few Christians have reckoned with. This is the last in a series of four posts: (1) Sourdough bread: Flour and water....

God’s thoughts, or Man’s? Christians Are Not Sinners. : ThyBlackMan.com This piece is so deficient, I don’t know how it ever got...

Same ol’ same ol’ doesn’t deserve my attention. Starting in late April or early May, someone started coming in here 19:30 every Wednesday...

What did Jesus mean by those terms? Earl’s bunk was immediately south of mine.  It was close enough to the front desk, that he could...

Abracadabra Related: I don’t believe in belief. Here’s why. Paper Moon (film) – Wikiped ia Music:  Lena Zavaroni, “It’ s only a paper...

THE WAY OF PEACE ← 3. Application Home  5. Serotonin and society → Living as Jesus taught actually changes your physical body, in...

THE WAY OF PEACE ← 11. Tactics Home 13. Two (or more) views of the Kingdom  → In the beginning, I claimed that all Jesus’ teachings have...

THE WAY OF PEACE ← 12. [About] the Sermon on the Mount Home  14. Jesus is not coming soon — or ever  → The term “kingdom of heaven” or...

THE WAY OF PEACE ← 13. Two (or more) views of the Kingdom Home 15. Jesus’ words about “the Kingdom”  → “The end of all things is at...

THE WAY OF PEACE ← 14. Jesus is not coming soon — or ever Home 16. Other Jesus sayings  → When I first conceived The Way of Peace , I set...

THE WAY OF PEACE ← 15. Jesus’ words about “the Kingdom” Home  17. About organized religion → Here we examine various other well-known...

THE WAY OF PEACE <— 18. As to reincarnation Home Dr. George Ritchie’s NDE —> The articles attached to this chapter — – Heaven and hell:...

THE WAY OF PEACE ← 19. Sacrifice Home About Edgar Cayce  → Copied from here:  http://bibleprobe.com/drrichie.htm Heaven and hell Dr....

A city set on a hill cannot be hid. The U.S. and the New Jerusalem Music: Tim O’Brien, “Twelve Gates to the City”...

We’re each both, at all times. Saint and sinner Related:  The Way of Peace , chapter 17:  “About organized religion” Related: The Way of...

Is it about Messiah, or Jesus, or neither one? The book of Isaiah includes four passages about a “Servant” of G-d.  The fourth one,...

I got triggered again. A page I follow on FaceBook Shared this post: I’m not eager to dwell for long on the grief that brought me.  On...