Every Child of God: Debunking the “Chosen One” Myth
In the second Bible family story, after both Adam and Eve ate of the fruit and then blamed each other, Creation, and God, Cain’s offering wasn’t accepted while Abel’s was.…
Faith Is Not Belief: It’s Relational Ontology
“The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.” —…
The Neuro-Theology of Agape: The Greatest Command(s) and the Mind/Body Problem
“The left hemisphere needs certainty and needs to be right. The right hemisphere makes it possible to hold several ambiguous possibilities in suspension together without premature closure on one outcome.”…
The Myth of Ministry & The High Calling We All Forgot
“We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” — C.S. Lewis When I was still an Evangelical pastor, a common idea was that ministry was…
Luke 16, Trump, and the Theology of No More Kings
Luke 15 is the most well-known chapter of Luke’s Gospel. The chapter has all three parables in rapid succession: the lost coin, the lost sheep, and the prodigal son. Even…
The Vine, the Son of Man, & the Image We Bear
Integrating John’s Gospel with the Old Testament & Greco-Roman World The “Son of Man” isn’t just an apocalyptic title—it’s a cipher. A paradox. A key to how divine presence works…
Discipleship As A Personal, Subjective Experience
What follows is an early excerpt from The Son of Man & Its Mystic Awakening, now on Amazon, which frames discipleship in this book: it’s about growing up, not checking…
A Tabernacle Secret Hidden in Plain Sight: Acacia & Entheogens
UPDATED: 12/20/2025 (added footnotes and updated the introduction) “The physician’s art is a matter of skill, but the healing is from God. The pharmakon is but the instrument of His…
Judas & Jesus: Love Your Enemy
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The Radical Hope of Resurrection: Reimagining 1 Corinthians 15 in a Global World
This is a guest post that spun off into a Section of my book, The Son of Man & Its Mystical Awakening. 1 Corinthians 15 isn’t a dusty theological relic;…
