Jacob’s Wages: The Cost of Trying Too Hard
There’s a pattern in Jacob’s story, the grandson of Abraham. It’s one that chased me until it brought me to an end. “Grace is not opposed to effort, it is…
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Atonement With A 1000 Faces: Humanity as the Unified Theory
“The current gospel then becomes a ‘gospel of sin management.’ Transformation of life and character is no part of the redemptive message.” — Dallas Willard A millennia-long battle has been…
Subverting the Mysteries: Cana, Dionysus, & New Creation — John 2:1-12
“Count the days… we are on the seventh day. John is telling us that with Jesus, God’s new creation has begun. The water turning to wine is the sign that…
The Math of Oneness: How The Bible Collapses Dichotomies
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all…
The Emmaus Path: Easter Happens While We Walk It
“Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market-place, and pierced the air with his cries: ‘I seek God!…
An Introduction to Sonship: John 1:6-18
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not…
John 1:1-5 — A Jewish Mystic Prologue to a Greco-Roman World
Almost a year ago, we did an introduction to the Gospel of John. It was an attempt to cross off a decade-old New Year’s resolution that turned into writing a…
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…
