In much Western Christianity, Jesus saves us from God. “Justification by faith” became the way to our salvation. (I plan a future series regarding the deficiency of this atonement theory.) Continue reading
Often, I find incredibly insightful quotes in the most unexpected places. In a movie-documentary on Netflix entitled “Testament: The Story of Moses,” Bishop Andy C Lewter, historian at the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship, said, “What it takes to get free is different from what it takes to stay free.”… Continue reading
“Don’t judge a man by where he is, because you don’t know how far he has come.” – C. S. Lewis The older I become, the more I realize that I started the game of life on third base but assumed for years I had hit a triple. I was… Continue reading
There are many actions we must take and plans we need to implement as we face the metacrisis of our time. All these efforts must be coordinated since we live in a complex and interconnected world. Future technology must be in harmony with the fragile balance of the biosphere and… Continue reading
The last two articles in this series have been blunt about the threat of a sixth mass extinction looming on the horizon caused by human exploitation of nature, greed, ignorance (some of it intentional), and lethal egotism. There have been five mass extinctions in the history of our planet. The… Continue reading
We Americans tend to measure progress quantitatively. “More, more, and more” is our perpetual mantra. Our brand of capitalism depends on growth in terms of production, distribution, and consumption. We have created an economy which necessarily depends on this spiraling and expanding exploitation of the planet’s resources. However, Homo sapiens… Continue reading
In part two of this series, I presented Jesus’ understanding of God’s love as unconditional, indiscriminate, self-giving, nonviolent, and everlasting as foundational to his message and ministry. I also suggested that such love is at the heart of the wisdom we need if we are to progress in ways which… Continue reading
Jesus was the most radical, countercultural person in the history of humankind. Unfortunately, that’s not the way the world and much of the church view him. Too many times Christians have done their best to domesticate him or (in the words of one of my New Testament professors) to put… Continue reading
We may be the most technologically advanced generation in history, but my fear is that we are fast becoming one of the most insane and misguided generations since Homo sapiens began to form communities. Continue reading
So much Western Christianity assumes that this incident of eating the forbidden truth constitutes “the Fall” and the curse of “original sin.” It’s telling that elsewhere the Hebrew Scriptures never refer to this passage as an explanation of the origin of sin and evil in our world. Continue reading
