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- Incarnational EvangelismPerhaps we feel that what should be the good news of Jesus Christ has been turned into bad news. / What I want us ...00:27:34August 11, 2024Theosis and Cosmic SalvationThe obsession of Western Christianity with original sin, individual salvation, and the ever-looming threat of hell...00:09:01July 09, 2024Indigenous WisdomThe survival and flourishing of civilization depend upon communal, shared wisdom. That’s why wisdom traditions, ...00:09:19May 09, 2024Zombies and Easter: Part ThreeZombies or Easter? Dead men walking or new creations? Despair or hope? Read along at https://randomscreenful.us/r...00:17:46April 26, 2024Zombies and Easter: Part TwoWe are a culture with extensive knowledge (knowhow) but very little wisdom (awareness of the why/the meaning of o...00:08:51April 24, 2024Zombies and Easter: Part OneSome of the features of zombies mythically reflect one of the major facets of the “metacrisis” facing humanki...00:10:00April 23, 2024The Impact of EasterLet’s get specific regarding what Jesus’ resurrection means for us today. Read along at https://randomscreenf...00:24:10March 26, 2024Why the Palms?Does John have more in mind with the symbol of the palm branches? I think he does. Read along at https://randomsc...00:13:04March 24, 2024Lent: "Turn It Around"We are all stardust, and that realization grants us the necessary humility, attention, and belonging we need. But ...00:09:53March 14, 2024A Lenten Meditation - Romans 12Perhaps the message we North American Christians need to hear most in the entire New Testament is contained in the...00:14:11February 28, 2024The Eye of a Needle (Part Three)At some point we shall have to face who we are and what we have done or not done in this life. Justice is a part o...00:23:45February 24, 2024The Eye of a Needle (Part Two)So, in light of the good news of Jesus Christ, how are we to understand “judgment,” especially as it relates t...00:12:37February 22, 2024The Eye of a Needle (Part One)So, what hope is there for the “wealthy” in our world? And with that question, I hope we realize the term “w...00:11:01February 20, 2024Demons (Part Four)Salvation by divine child abuse does not serve as a promising way to transform humans into loving beings. Read alo...00:17:09February 12, 2024Demons (Part Three)The dominant Evangelical theory of Penal Substitutionary Atonement (PSA) has never made sense to me. Read along a...00:11:03February 09, 2024Demons (Part Two)Threatened and frustrated people choose to direct their hatred and violence toward those who are the most vulnera...00:10:05February 07, 2024Demons (Part One)No amount of reason or calls to empathy and compassion will lead people so enslaved to a more humane orientation...00:07:58February 01, 2024The Power of ImaginationWe need the alternatives Jesus offered just as much as those early disciples did. We need not remain paralyzed an...00:05:43January 26, 2024Love as Equal RegardJustice without love is brutal and short-lived. ... But love without justice can become sentimental or even a cop...00:10:35January 23, 2024Fried Green TomatoesIn some ways the Whistle Stop Café became church for people who would not have been comfortable or welcomed in th...00:09:46January 19, 2024Loving Our Enemies (Part Two)Loving our enemies is the only way the perpetual cycle of violence and retaliation can ever be broken in an enduri...00:13:43January 17, 2024Loving Our Enemies (Part One)Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, in an incredibly insightful sermon entitled “Loving Your Enemies,” revealed the wi...00:12:25January 15, 2024Grammar MattersOne might wonder if all this analysis is no more than a pedantic waste of time. Actually, it gets to the heart of ...00:12:26January 12, 2024The Cost Analysis of Following JesusNow, we can’t change the words of Jesus, but we can ignore them, and ignore them we have. And we preachers have...00:23:55January 10, 2024What Keeps Us From Wonder?Wonder requires an openness, a vulnerability, a surrender, a letting go, a humility, a risk, and a trust that a de...00:14:51December 09, 2023Jesus, the Hope of GloryThe world has waited a very long time for the birth of hope, peace, joy, and love in its sordid and sad history. ...00:23:44December 03, 2023What Do We Mean by Grace?I want to make it perfectly clear that grace is far more than I will be able to communicate in these words. But m...00:17:47December 02, 2023The Greatest Threat to American Christi...I would suggest the greatest threat to AMERICAN Christianity is Jesus himself. The Jesus of the Gospels is a str...00:07:51November 17, 2023The Sunday ComicsAt some point I discovered something amazing about the Sunday comic strips. If I held the newspaper real close to ...00:09:49November 11, 2023Some Thoughts About the Book of Revelat...I would imagine that every single writer of the New Testament would be flabbergasted to know that two thousand yea...00:11:50November 10, 2023Meeting GodIf Jesus was correct in presenting a God who has proclaimed divine solidarity with “the least of these” of ou...00:04:59November 09, 2023An Introduction to Christian Eschatolog...Many people mean by eschatology what they believe about death, the Last Judgment, heaven, hell, and the Second Com...00:25:14November 04, 2023The Kingdom of God and the GospelBefore we try to gain an appreciation of what Jesus intended by the Kingdom of God, we must address some concerns ...00:11:13November 03, 2023Halloween and All Saints DayIn a very real sense, every generation which has gone before us has existed for only one reason: to prepare the wa...00:12:32October 31, 2023Who Are We?NOT YET…….UNFINISHED………IN PROCESS is stamped across the life of each child of God today. Jesus comes in ...00:11:32October 30, 2023Prophetic TruthOnce again we live in dark days, and tomorrow seems to hold even more difficulties as the spiral of violence, gree...00:07:01October 26, 2023GladlyThe schizoid Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Jesus is not found in the New Testament and certainly not in the example and word...00:11:33October 20, 2023Compassion, Play, and JusticeMatthew Fox says that there are two components to compassion: play and justice. Read along at https://randomscreen...00:11:22October 18, 2023When Charity Becomes a Dirty WordWe all need and appreciate compassion, but none of us wants pity. Read along at https://randomscreenful.us/ronzorn...00:14:54October 16, 2023Validity More Than RelevanceThere must always be two questions related to any claims to relevance: (1) Who is determining what is relevant? (2...00:11:41October 13, 2023A True ConservativeWe can listen to one another and glean truth wherever we may find it without fear or suspicion. We can dialogue wi...00:12:22October 12, 2023Faith's Reasons and WoundsThe cross of Jesus Christ is a lesson for all ages. The notion that the consequences of faith are always or even...00:15:55October 10, 2023Why We Christians So Often Get It Wrong...The irony is that so many Christians have bought into the assumption of scientific positivism that only the materi...00:20:41October 09, 2023Why We Christians So Often Get It Wrong...For the most part, the Eastern Church maintained the communal and cosmic focus found in the Scriptures and the Ear...00:11:51October 06, 2023Why We Christians So Often Get It Wrong...Emperors and kings throughout the centuries have used this unholy alliance of God and country to their advantage. ...00:05:28October 05, 2023Why We Christians So Often Get It Wrong...My concern in this series is not so much the historical church but the contemporary crisis we are facing today in ...00:10:33October 03, 2023Why We Christians So Often Get It Wrong...So, a follower of Jesus is one who does as God does and becomes like the God Jesus came to reveal. That’s why 87...00:13:01September 28, 2023A Good ChristianIs there a difference between judging whether someone is a Christian and judging whether one’s words and actions...00:08:26September 27, 2023We Are Who We WereThe truth is that we do not arrive on this planet tabula rosa. We each come into this universe with a unique mixt...00:06:14September 25, 2023You Can't Go Home Again (Part Three)It’s true that we can’t go home again–not to the home of the past because the former things of transience, d...00:13:31September 23, 2023You Can't Go Home Again (Part Two)The home of nostalgia and memory is gone forever. It has irreversibly changed for us and those who “stayed at ho...00:10:30September 20, 2023You Can't Go Home Again (Part One)Humans cannot live on this earth without some degree of adaptation. But perhaps the changes of our original “hom...00:06:21September 19, 2023The System: Change or Improve?The treatment of Indigenous people and Blacks in this country constitutes America’s Original Sin of which we ref...00:10:08September 15, 2023Atheists, Christians, and Followers of ...Frankly, I would rather join hands and hearts with atheists who “live by love” than with “Christians” who ...00:13:51September 14, 2023Deciding What Belongs to Whom (Amos 5:2...Our passage today states the message of Amos in a nutshell. God hates their religious festivals, sacrificial offe...00:21:16September 11, 2023Father Forgive Them (Part Three)After quoting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr regarding his call for Blacks to forgive those white supremacists who had...00:08:26September 09, 2023Father Forgive Them (Part Two)As Jesus’ tormentors abused his body in such horrible ways, we can imagine they assumed they were punishing and...00:10:14September 08, 2023Father Forgive Them (Part One)For the love and forgiveness revealed in Jesus’ prayer on the cross to become “a part of the habit structure o...00:10:07September 07, 2023The Dynamics of ForgivenessShould Christians always forgive? Read along at https://randomscreenful.us/ronzorn/matthew-1821-35-the-dynamics-o...00:22:39September 05, 2023Remembering (Part Two)This country has no hope of maintaining its democracy or any moral decency until it repents of its Original Sin of...00:16:12September 04, 2023Remembering (Part One)Jesus was more than just a good teacher and miraculous healer. He was a revolutionary prophet whose witness threat...00:08:10September 02, 2023God and UFOsLet’s assume for a moment there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe and such beings are “more advanc...00:10:07September 01, 2023HomeWe may have houses, but as a people/a culture, we have no home. We are in exile. We are alienated from the very cr...00:15:27August 31, 2023Is God Omnipotent?Perhaps the most agonizing question in theology is how to justify a belief in a good, loving, and powerful god in ...00:19:35August 29, 2023Radical DoxologyAuthentic doxology is experienced only by those who are lost in love, wonder, thanksgiving, and praise. Too many i...00:06:13August 28, 2023When Humans are Better Than GodOften, in an attempt to correct bad theology, I will ask Christians if they know people who are better than the Go...00:11:51August 25, 2023Heaven or Hell (Part Three)For every passage one may quote confirming the finality of hell for non-believers, I can quote another passage whi...00:25:49August 24, 2023Heaven or Hell (Part Two)The reality of hell in this life (in this article, I’m not referring to any concept of hell in the next dimensio...00:13:16August 23, 2023Heaven or Hell (Part One)In this article, I want to focus on the Parable of the Long Spoon's relevance for the continuing and lethal l...00:12:09August 22, 2023Cotton Patch Gospel for TodayA sermon based on the vision and ministry of Clarence Jordan, who in 1942 led in establishing Koinonia Farm, chri...00:30:48August 18, 2023Intentions and ActionsOver seventy years ago J. G. Bennett observed that we tend to see ourselves primarily in the light of our intentio...00:06:09August 18, 2023Ecclesiastes Vanity of VanitiesThe book Ecclesiastes is part of the wisdom tradition of Israel which was designed to teach young men how to live...00:20:57August 15, 2023The Scourge and Gift of Time (Part Two)In this article, I want to look at another way our later years can be formative. This way is related to how Hesche...00:08:22August 12, 2023The Scourge and Gift of Time (Part One)How can we, mere specks on the tapestry of time and space which stretches over billions of years and trillions of ...00:10:03August 09, 2023The Fear of the LordPsychologists have long known that we cannot truly love what we fear. As I John says, “Perfect love casts out fe...00:11:39August 07, 2023God's Trump CardAll her life she had heard that homosexuals could not be saved and were destined for hell unless they repented and...00:10:29July 31, 2023Original Sin (Part Three of Three)In this article, I want to pursue the question of what we are saved from and for in our redemption from sin ac...00:08:41July 27, 2023Original Sin (Part Two of Three)According to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, we inherit the consequences of our ancestors’ sin but not the guilt ...00:07:01July 27, 2023Original Sin (Part One of Three)Many modern/postmodern people are reluctant to talk about sin. Part of the reason is because of the sick theology...00:10:53July 27, 2023Dogs and Swine (Part Two)I can remember times when I chose to “bark and oink” instead of being open to bigger truths and being willing ...00:10:26July 26, 2023Dogs and Swine (Part One)With Jesus’ reference to dogs and swine in Matthew 7:6, I think we can assume that he realized there are those w...00:10:51July 25, 2023I or We?The only way I know to address the selfishness and greed of our society is to question some of the assumptions hel...00:07:09July 24, 2023Rooted in JoyI would like to approach joy beginning with some of the words people confuse with joy and see how joy is different...00:09:29July 22, 2023Whose Stuff Will They Be?The rich man’s story in Luke 12:13-21 has been repeated all through recorded history. Whether one is a king or a...00:11:58July 21, 2023An Evolving Understanding of PrayerAs I reflect on my spiritual journey, I realize that my concept of prayer is very different from what it was many...00:07:16July 19, 2023SamwiseFrodo is the recognized hero of Tolkien’s tale, but for me, Sam is the hero. Read along at https://randomscreen...00:06:56July 18, 2023Mother EarthIf ever in the history of humankind we need to stop and think long and hard about our relationship with our exqui...00:11:23July 17, 2023God's Answer to a Bad ReputationI believe it was the homiletics professor and minister John Killinger who once said that “Jesus is God’s answ...00:08:24July 15, 2023One Very Small Thing: Matthew 6:34I believe Etty Hillesum was one of those rare people whose epitaph could read “In the worst of times she did th...00:05:51July 14, 2023The Last Judgment: Part TwoIn the first part of our look at the Last Judgment, we explored the background and purpose of this metaphor. In t...00:29:47July 12, 2023Seeing Each Other RealBecause we live on this side of the Cross, we dare not look at ourselves or anyone else with vision untouched by ...00:13:35July 12, 2023The Last Judgment: Part One of TwoFor most people, the primary emotion felt when they hear the words “the Last Judgment” is fear. Terrifying pai...00:19:35July 10, 2023Shalom: Part ThreeThe third dimension of shalom can be seen in the following definition (I do not know who first offered this defini...00:19:19July 09, 2023Shalom: Part TwoIn Part One of this three-part series on shalom, I gave the Hebrew background to the concept of shalom as well a...00:08:10July 08, 2023Shalom: Part OneFirst in a three-part series exploring several dimensions of shalom which are relevant in our world today. Old Tes...00:10:18July 06, 2023Some Musings About the BibleExamples of the genocide Israel conveniently assumed God commanded can be found in Deuteronomy 7:2; 20:16-17a; Jo...00:11:18July 03, 2023For God So Loved the World (Part Four)In this final sermon in the series we conclude by looking at the word “perish” in the second half of John 3:16...00:13:50June 27, 2023For God So Loved the World (Part Three)In this third sermon in our series I want us to ask how we obtain this eternal life. Read along while you listen ...00:08:58June 21, 2023For God So Loved the World (Part Two)Second in a four-part series. If God sent God’s Son into this world so that we might have eternal life, then it...00:14:00June 20, 2023For God So Loved the World (Part One)First in a four-part series. John 3:16 is like the Lord’s Prayer—we all know it, but our very familiarity with...00:12:51June 02, 2023
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