Blog, General, Upside Down Faith, week-3: Is Jesus God?
I tried several different spiritual practices on my way to the WAY, as Bruce calls it, and by far the longest and deepest exploration went into Buddhism. For four or five years prior to my baptism, I read and studied books about Buddhism, practiced meditation, and...
Blog, General, Upside Down Faith, week-3: Is Jesus God?
“An ordinary simple Christian kneels down to say his prayers. He is trying to get in touch with God. But if he is a Christian he knows that what is prompting him to pray is also God: God, so to speak, inside him. But he also knows that all his real knowledge of...
Blog, General, Upside Down Faith, week-3: Is Jesus God?
Is Jesus God? When I was a kid, for a brief stint, I thought George Burns was God. My parents figured it was a good start and then that way they didn’t have to fight over what church or actually having to go to church at all. They had funner things to fight...
Blog, General, week-3: Is Jesus God?
First I’d like to give a brief response to Margaret’s question, “Why does it matter so much to us that Jesus is God?” I think people equate Jesus with God for at least two reasons: (1) to exert power over others, thus taking as much power...
Blog, General, Upside Down Faith, week-3: Is Jesus God?
The question of whether or not Jesus is God doesn’t interest me very much. I’ve thought about it, and more importantly, prayed about it. My answer is no. Here ends this week’s blog about this week’s theme, but here begins a blog about the...
