John 9:1-3: 1As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents,...

I originally wrote this as an introductory passage for “ What the New Testament means to me .”   I wound up leaving it out as I didn’t...

Isaiah 5: ¹Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 2He dug it...

The appointed Gospel text for Sunday was Matthew’s Parable of the Wedd ing Banquet, Matthew 22:1-14. I was struck by verses 11-14 —...

Luke 14: 15One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, “Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16Then...

This exchange occurred at Messiah Truth : The New Testament equips me to love All . On the one hand, one who diligently lives as Jesus...

(Originally published 2013-07-04 at Trojan Horse Productions .  Reblogged 2019-10-02 .) Baltimore is more likely than other places, to...

Saturday, May 17, 2014.   Another deep med session this morning.  Afterwards, I considered my upcoming (May 22) interview for a different...

Matthew, Mark and Luke report many of the same episodes, often in almost exactly the same language; but the sequence in which these...

1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that when you were pagans, you were...

Some weeks ago, I stood in line awaiting check-in at the shelter. This place charges $3 a night. I was holding my money in my hand, and...

Bookmarks: Are pretty women dumb? • Ancient Coins Found Buried in British Cave • Dependent houseguest ———— ♦ ———— Why do we let women...

All my life, I’ve been fascinated with things that glow in the dark.  Where does the light come from?  This is now fundamental to my...

In many cases, you can strip away the fictions surrounding a legendary figure, and discover the historical original. For example, there...

The job search feels like an endless exercise in futility. I recently launched a new hobby that may help me persevere. It involves the...

Proverbs 29:18:  “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” I saw it any number of times while teaching:  give a child a musical...

Pray for yourself first. When you pray for someone, you become a channel through which the Holy Spirit (or “Life Force”) flows to address...

Bookmarks: Myanmar’s Buddhist bigots • #BringBackOurGirls • Ancient warrior myths help veterans fight PTSD • Campaign 2014: A fight...

In 2010, I set out to write a little book that would set forth exactly what I believe Jesus really taught. I entitled it The Way of Peace...

Genesis: How much historical and how much allegorical? I thought this thread at the Messiah Truth discussion forum, where I am known as...