Noun Norming Transcendence? This is about Christ and Transcendence, and whether we believe those two should be together. The meaning of Christ’s parables is in our churchy exegesis for centuries…

Jesus and Atonement. What is sin, and what is wrong with us? How does this atonement thing work? How is possible that a God-man can die for the sins of…

The Hermeneutical Death Spiral I have a problem: I’m a Christian. As a Christian, I am constantly being compelled to silence by those who are religiously attached to a world…

Romans 1 and “General Revelation.” We searched for God, but we never found him until he came to us. Let’s take that idea into our relationship with the Gospel. Has…

Luke 10: The Good Samaritan: A Prophetic Think Tank This is one parable that, more than any other, through the lens of the word of our divines, through the lens…

The Adultery of the Heart I did an earlier article on the SOTM, found here. It’s another approach to dealing with this, taking the passage in Matthew and that in…

Hint about the title. If you are thinking the answer that is God is the person, so he is. But not “God,” only God. It’s really not confusing at all.…

Real Unpardonable sin. Matthew 12:23-24:  “And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow…

John 8 and the Tyranny of Language John 8:52-56  Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and…

The Parable of the Sower -The Context of Apostasy This is my interpretation of the Parable of the Sower. I first want to just gripe. Gripe about how easy this…

The Bible Experience, not Hot Air: John 9:1-41 “The Bible Experience.” You may have heard it before. Its the title of a New Testament Audiobook. It’s an attempt to turn…

The Immaterial and Material Together, to Death or Life: The Phenomenology of Sacred Symbolism The physical world is made up of things and laws, and so is the immaterial mind.