The Journy of Paul

Truth and Dare I was speaking with my wife today, telling her about a concept I developed about 15 years ago. It’s quite simple. People come to God with their baggage, whatever that may be. What I mean is this. If they are broken, they bring it with them. It shapes their faith. Whatever it was that broke them in the first place, continues to shape their lives, even their newfound faith. It may be their political points of views, their sociological points views that shape their faith. A good example is the encroaching and dreadfully wrong ideas of social justice that is creeping into the churches. The bottom line, people’s philosophy is a filter through which people see and then shape their religious faith. Let’s examine one, the division between Jews and Christians. Christians use Paul’s writings to accuse the Jews, to show how they are wrong and got it all mixed up. Well, Jewish Rabbis and theologians use the same writings to show how Paul and others, while Jews, were anti-Jewi...

What’s your eschatology? Everyone seems to have the keys to the Kingdom. The Catholics say they have the keys. Others say you must profess with your mouth that Jesus is the Lord and Saviors. Others say you must be baptized and still others say you must have been slayed in the spirit. This is, had a sanctifying moment or speak in tongues. These are all prerequisites to belonging. One that I heard from a firm, longtime believer, he asked, “What’s your eschatology?” Lucky for me, I know what he meant. I say lucky for me because he went on to say if you don’t have an eschatological belief you aren’t saved. Let’s ask the question, shall we? Okay, I will. No, I am not asking what’s your eschatology, the expectations of end times. I would ask you this question which I have asked on social media a dozen times and have received zero response, “if Christians have it so right, they have the keys, and are doing what God wants them to do, why than does God feel it necessary to give John the pr...