Back with a vengeance

Man, have I missed blogging. Not that anyone noticed I was gone. But I still don’t feel whole when I can’t speak into the silence, and keep hoping for someone to hear something that is useful to them. There are so many things that have flowed by … the campaign, the election, the financial meltdown. [...]

Somewhere between nowhere and goodbye

I just finished a couple of major deadlines in my secular work and I celebrated by watching a movie in my hotel room. I’ve seen Million Dollar Baby before, but this movie is told so cinematically, so emotionally, that even when I know the plot ahead of time I find myself going through the same [...]

Q: What about Violence and Lust in the OT?

Eyoel writes: But I really need your brotherly help this time… This week, I’m going to debate a [person who does not accept Jesus as the Son but does believe other sacred texts which I do not believe are true]. I have seen [friends like him] pick the violent verses of the Old Testament (and [...]

Q: Why was Jesus sent to Earth?

Hi, Brian and Kimberly, My apologies for taking so long to answer you. Jesus told us that God’s motivation is love, and that his goal is to bring life to whoever believes in Jesus. John 3:16 Of course, the mainstream traditional teaching is that most people self-select themselves out of that opportunity, by choosing to [...]

Happy Heretic, meet Happy God

I’m happy to rediscover Judith Hayes, the Happy Heretic. I’m a happy heretic myself, being convinced that most of Christianity is dead wrong about the end game God has planned.  In her most recent post, Judith points her incisive wit at the 7 visions of Hell described in an article she reviews. All the views, [...]

Atrocities from Absurdities

  “If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.” “Let us therefore reject all superstition in order to become more human; but in speaking against fanaticism, let us not imitate the fanatics: they are sick men in delirium who want to chastise their doctors. Let us assuage their ills, and never embitter them, and let [...]

Revised Genesis

I’m glad God didn’t have to revise his first chapter. But not knowing the end from the beginning, I’ve had to evolve in my blog creations. I’m an evolved person since I started blogging 6 years ago, and what I care about has shifted slightly as well. So here’s what this blog is about. Why [...]