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Continue reading →: America is NOT the new IsraelThe biblical Israel is not just an example of a Godly nation. It is not one among many, such America or any other self-identified Christian nation might be lined up alongside it. Israel was unique. It was the particular agent through which God acted to free everyone and everything, which…
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Continue reading →: Virtual Community in the Digital AgeIn his book, The Next Story: Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion, Tim Challies observed: “Our perception of community is becoming disembodied, a product of mediated communication based on shared interest rather than a product of face-to-face communication based on shared space.” This comment resonates deeply with me as…
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Continue reading →: How contextual is your Christianity?Just to the side here is a diagram I’ve drawn up to illustrate some of the complexities involved in communicating the good news in this multicultural, multireligious, multimedia context of ours. In the past it was reasonable to assume that cross-cultural communication was something that happened far away, beyond the…
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Continue reading →: Consciousness and WillDion Fortune once discribed magick as “the art of changing consciousness at will”. It strikes me that prayer could alternately be described as “the art of changing consciousness in alignment with God’s will”. The emphasis in prayer is on ego transcending not strengthening. We are invited to shift our consciousness…
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Continue reading →: Jesus as Lord of the ZodiacTo me, this image of Jesus as Lord of the Zodiac is theology brought to life in color. It offers a Christ-centered lens on astrology and esoteric thought, suggesting that Jesus, as Messiah, is not just one force among many but rather the one who transcends all cosmic powers, both…
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Continue reading →: Meditations on the Tarot – The High PriestessWho is the High Priestess of the Tarot? As surprising as it sounds, you can find the answer for yourself in the Old and New Testaments. Just read these passages: The Woman A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet…
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Continue reading →: If you have a problem with the Bible being used as a science textbook, that’s okayThe truth is the Bible was never written as a science textbook. Science textbooks did not emerge as a literary genre until science emerged in the seventeenth and eighteen centuries. The books of the bible were all written by the end of the first century. To treat the Bible as…
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Continue reading →: Jesus of Nazareth: Lightning ThiefWho said theology needed to be dry? Last weekend I found myself in a conversation with my sons about the Greek gods and the ancient Christians. You see, my pre-teen sons are both into the Percy Jackson books and movies this year, and for the uninitiated Percy Jackson is the…
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Continue reading →: How should I explain my theology?For better or for worse, I find blogs tend to be a lot less systematic and a lot more situational than books. Like many other bloggers I find many of my posts here are inspired by events in my life, my communities and my conversations with others, both online and…
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Continue reading →: Christ and QabalahJust a random thought that came to me while studying the Qabalah. In the Apocalypse of John, there are three visionary scenes where Christ reveals, “I am the Alpha and the Omega” (Rev 1:8, 21:6, and 22:13). Which as many would know, is equivalent to saying, “I am the A and…
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