It is unlikely that any of the Gospels were written by authors who actually heard what Jesus said or saw what he did.
Category: meditation
The Hijacking of Christianity, Part 5
We can make disciples of Jesus without converting them to today's Christianity.
The Hijacking of Christianity, Part 3
The Bible's overriding message moves from slavery to freedom, misery to joy, woundedness to wholeness, crucifixion to resurrection...
The Hijacking of Christianity, Part 2
We in the Christian West have tended more towards thinking about Christianity than embodying Christianity...
The Hijacking of Christianity
Protestants declared the Bible inerrant; Catholics declared the Pope inerrant, and a lot of Churchianity-like nonsense followed...
Churchianity vs Christianity, Part 5
I doubt that Jesus would waste much time in today's churches or listening to Christian radio stations...
Churchianity vs Christianity, Part 4
Do a church's interpretations benefit the church or do they move people closer to the life of Christ?
Churchianity vs Christianity, Part 3
When our checkbooks primarily fund and our facilities primarily host Sunday morning worship, we may be practicing Churchianity...
Churchianity vs Christianity, Part 2
Being a member of a church does not make one a Christian any more than sitting in a garage makes one a car.
Churchianity vs Christianity
If we place the church, instead of Christ, at the heart of everything we do, then we are practicing Churchianity, not Christianity.