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I am Bad for the Church.
So, here we are all… Coffee is in the foyer and if you’ll fill out this visitor card, you’ll get a free gift for visiting us today! Hi. I’m JC and I am bad for the church. Now, some of you are not like me. You are Jonathans, raised in the house of your father, Continue reading
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Monday, February 8, 2021
A religious mentality, characterized by timidity and lack of moral courage has given us today a flabby Christianity, intellectually impoverished, dull, repetitious, and to a great many persons, just plain boresome. This peddled as the very faith of our fathers in direct lineal descent from Christ and the apostles. We spoon-feed this insipid pabulum to Continue reading
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Catharsis
I packed what was most precious to me and left the rest behind. A few small tokens, some letters from my kids from the last Father’s Day, a day I saw two of them only briefly. I took my Boston Red Sox coffee mug, my Irish blessing plaque, my ceramic sign that read in Continue reading
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Revolutionary Papers: July 1, 2019
Revolutionary Papers: June 28, 2019 When you can’t get your Inheritance. I’m not sure about you but I’m someone that needs answers. I have to know, there’s no getting around it. And once I think that I know a thing, I have to be sure that it works practically. This can be quite a challenge Continue reading
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Revolutionary Papers: June 28, 2019
The Inheritance of the Meek Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 So we understand that meekness is not a submissive attitude that is easily imposed on. Rather, it is to demonstrate power without undue harshness. Quite a difference there. Christ’s promise to those that are meek is incredible; they Continue reading
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Revolutionary Papers: June 27, 2019
The Meekness Conspiracy Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 One of the very best things to me about Scripture is it’s limitless depth. When you get to the point of presuming that you have mastered a section, scripture has a way of quickly humbling you. Take this single verse from the Beatitudes, it has been translated so improperly that it beggars belief. It’s seriously almost offensive, we have Continue reading
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Revolutionary Papers: June 26, 2019
Blessed are those mourning for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4 As was covered yesterday, this statement from the Beatitudes refers not solely to the condition of mourning as we perceive it in the English language but to those who grieve over a lost hope. In a way the English applies as in the death Continue reading
