Posted in bible, jesus on Dec 1st, 2007 1 Comment »
One of the biggest problems in either trying to be a Christian or trying to approach Christianity without any sort of background in it at all is that Jesus’ teachings have so permeated our world that we are apt to dismiss the familiar aspects of his words or stories. We hear them now through filters [...]
Posted in bible, faith on Oct 18th, 2007 4 Comments »
So much of what I hear from visitors to this site — in emails as well as comments — has to do with the damage of Fundamentalism in their lives. Most of us have fallen into a discussion in which we hear the circular argument of “It’s true because it’s in the Bible” coupled with, [...]
Posted in bible, jesus on Aug 16th, 2007 2 Comments »
As regular visitors to ChristianMystics.com know, t is very seldom that I take the time to recommend a book, but I’m going to do it now and in a big way. I stumbled across a copy of a book I was totally unaware of which, apparently, the entire world may already have heard of. The [...]
Posted in bible on Jul 7th, 2007 41 Comments »
I just received a great letter from a visitor by the name of Sally who asked me which translation/version of the Bible I used. Since I’ve always been on a quest for a Bible and have managed to gather far too many, I thought I’d ask visitors to the site and the blog what their [...]
Posted in bible, resources on May 21st, 2007 No Comments »
I just received an email from a visitor to Christian Mystics who asked what, if any, Bible software I use. First, a disclaimer: the many different understandings of Christianity are reflected by our visitors. It stands to reason that each of you have differing needs, so all I’d like to do today is tell you [...]
Posted in God, bible, christian mystic, jesus on May 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
One of the most famous and beloved quotes from Jesus is his statement, “The kingdom of heaven is within you.” (Luke 17:21). It is also one that has been watered down by fundamentalists and others until the powerful phrase “within you” is said to mean the rather lackluster “amongst you.” Typical of the argument is [...]
Posted in God, bible, jesus on Mar 26th, 2007 No Comments »
For much of the Bible, the worst of human traits have been projected to God — petty jealousy, nationalism, violence, revenge, murder, insecurity, eternal punishment and more. Think of these qualities more or less embodied or solidified into the Old Man on the Throne, a cosmic king who’s whims and insecurities are more Shakespeare than [...]
Posted in bible, christian mystic, jesus on Mar 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
When they sat down to write their accounts, Matthew and Luke, it seems, each had before them a copy of what has been called “Q”, a document which contained various sayings of Jesus. An example of this kind of a collection — one without narrative — can be found in the Gospel of Thomas. In [...]
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