NOBODY is Really Sola Scriptura
Sola Scriptura is one of the hair brained ideas that Martin Luther came up with that simply has to go. Sola Scriptura means “scripture alone.” It was one of the ideas Luther came up with to counter...
View ArticleReligious Titles
We love our religious titles, especially those of us who are ordained. To be quite honest, I have become ambivalent about those titles. I have engaged in numerous discussions with other ordained folk...
View ArticleThe Empty Tomb: Exercises in missing the point.
Was your great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great-grandmother born? How do you know? You can’t produce her birth certificate, because in those days they didn’t exist. You can’t...
View ArticleSacred Cows
We all have our sacred cows, those beliefs that we simply cannot allow to be challenged – most often for reasons we haven’t examined. Often, they are spiritual or religious beliefs, but they also...
View ArticleDaily Teaching for Thursday, October 31st
The origins of Halloween are deep within Christianity and the celebration of All Hallow’s Eve, the day we now call All Saint’s Day. Those “Christians” who believe it is something evil are simply...
View ArticleStretching till you snap
The truth is each of the world’s religions constitute different paths, but they all lead to the same place. Both parts of that equation are important. There are similarities, and there are differences...
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