Surviving Christianity
Throughout my life I have watched young talented people giving full expression to their respective gifts as they looked to the future and what promise it may hold.
Thinking back on them puts a smile on my face and causes me to reflect on what growing up was like for me.
Perhaps you can relate.
I spent my entire life inhibited, afraid, self-conscious, guilt-ridden, and ashamed.
“I’m living life as if there were no God,” a dear friend recently informed me.
Now some might think that bit of news would be quite upsetting to a Bible Teacher who promotes The Gospel and the benefits of its meditation.
I was not upset in the least. I was excited!
When one’s understanding of God and spirituality leads to a belief that God or some “spiritual law” is working on behalf
Dear Loved Ones of the Lord,
As we continue our journey through the Book of Romans Chapters 5-6, please notice the words found in Romans 5:1.
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Justified. What a fascinating word. It is a word that amazingly describes how we stand in the eyes and eternal view of God. To be justified means that you
Researchers have discovered the number one cause of divorce: marriage. Yes, the legalistic nature of this religious institution is being torn apart by the freedom that is permeating western culture. Obviously, we are all free to do what we want to do, and believe what we want to believe. However, since marriage is now primarily a result of two people loving each other (as opposed to the formerly
From the Associated Press: “Lorenzago di Cadore, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI reasserted the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released last Tuesday that says other Christian communities are either defective or not true churches and Catholicism provides the only true path to salvation.”
Say what? “The commentary repeated church teaching that the Catholic
Dear Lovers of the Unity of the Faith (of God),
On Saturday Illinois Senator and 2008 Democrat Presidential hopeful Barack Obama delivered a speech on faith and politics at the United Church of Christ General Synod in Hartford, Connecticut. “Somehow, somewhere along the way, faith stopped being used to bring us together and started being used to drive us apart. It got hijacked. Part of it’s