The Quest for Jesus

YouTube: The Quest for Jesus For the past two weeks, we have been exploring the idea that, within the Gospels, there is a difference between the teachings of Jesus and the teachings of the early church. The Gospel writers used the voice and person of Jesus to advance...

The Presence of Pure Being

YouTube: The Presence of Pure Being Last week I talked about how the harsh reality of Roman oppression likely obscured the original message of Jesus. The Jews desperately needed their Messiah to appear. Many rejected Jesus as the one, as their hope died with him on...

This Journey Called Truth

YouTube: This Journey Called Truth When we hear someone use a phrase like, This is the gospel truth, we assume they mean their statement could withstand the scrutiny of the most dedicated fact-checker, as true as the truth that Jesus taught. What most people probably...

Loving the Natural Way

YouTube: Loving the Natural Way “And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself’”...

When Life Feels Empty

When Life Feels Empty “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.” Jeremiah 2:13 What we refer to as ancient wisdom would be better characterized as...