I am finishing up reading a book about the Puritans, which focuses on their sense of persecution in England and coming to what will become Massachusetts in the 1620s to establish a sense of freedom here to develop a Bible-based society. The Puritans thought of themselves as “the new Israelites,” and saw “the New World” […]
Read More OUR UNRAVELING PURITYFirst, about the title. Some will either feel offended or correct me for being historically wrong, since we all know that Jesus was crucified by the Romans. Although I am a Christian, this essay will eventually come around to a Jewish psychological perspective to try to explain the necessity of their removing Him as a […]
Read More WHY THE JEWS HAD TO KILL JESUSSeveral years ago, I read a book entitled No One Sees God, which strikes me as the starting place for all religious doctrines, whether Christian, Jewish or otherwise. Perhaps it was the ancient Egyptians, before the Israelites, who first tried to fill in the vacuum between all we don’t know and the too-little we do […]
Read More NUDGING THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY TOWARD GREATER CLARITYWhat is the place of John the Baptist in the trajectory between the Old and New Testaments? What does his work say about God’s frustration with us after His long attempts, through both stories and prophecies, to persuade us to follow Him in the OT essentially fail? The OT tries but fails to go deep […]
Read More JOHN THE BAPTISTQuestion: “Have you ever experienced divine intervention”? 40% (free will) —— 40% (Bible) —– 20% (Shroud of Turin / near-death events) psychology portion: we are the “living hosts” of God & Jesus on earth, His faith is placed in us to do His work in the world —- by giving us free will, we can […]
Read More THOUGHTS ABOUT CHRISTIANITYSeveral years ago, my wife and I left the Presbyterian church we had been attending for 12 years. While we seriously deliberated our decision for much of last year, once it was done, we felt relieved and had no second thoughts. We began our own little “home church” on Sunday mornings or evenings by listening […]
Read More Leaving Church and Bringing God with Us
