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Taking a closer look at Paul accelerated my deconstruction. It also gave me comfort to know that the differences that existed between church traditions and doctrines we not some nefarious practice. It was rather a reflec...

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It was becoming clear to me that my initial understanding of Paul was shallow. I needed to go deeper. His motivations, character traits and possible social stations were becoming much more interesting to me than his doct...

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In this reflection you may notice that my writing style has become a bit more colorful. This is likely due to me becoming a lot more comfortable with asking probing questions about Paul's motivations. At this point I was...

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In this reflection, I shared more about my life experience within the \"church.\" It was hard not to open up because the reading that prompted it was compelling. One thing that I quickly appreciated was the creative way in...

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The spiritual and scholarly journey I have taken in the last five years is nothing to ignore on my part. I’m reviewing some of the weekly reflections I wrote during that time and reading them is heartwarming. I can proud...

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Do you know that if you see a tiny hole in someone’s outer ear they might be able to tell you the future? Apparently, this belief is pretty common-much more common than I would have guessed. I personally do not hold such...

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What stories do you know and how much do they mean to you? What stories inform you about the world you live in? What stories inform you about who you are?

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Today I wondered if it would be the first time I missed updating the website. Thankfully, the answer is no. As late as it might be the post has been made. So what have I been chewing on this week? Thanks for asking!

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Is God always the same yesterday, today and forever? Some weeks ago I had a very long conversation with someone I highly respect. I won’t share their name because he is not up for that type of attention on my website. It...

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When you are born into an evangelical Pentecostal family, there is no such thing as being a shy kid. Early in life, I had to practice street evangelism. We would pass out small pamphlets, brochures, or booklets, referrin...

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\"And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized...\" Acts 9:18

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Does God have to be understood as a person, a being, or entity? Is there some other way to understand the make up of God? In a conversation that I recently had with my father I found myself asking these questions. My dad...

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No matter how long and fast I work creating content for this website is going to take time! I'm currently producing a number of Bible Quiz videos that should give me some ability to post something weekly and work on meat...

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Did Jesus feel rejection? I guess what I am asking is if Jesus truly felt the sting of rejection to his core. There seems to be evidence that he did feel this rejection at times and he felt it so much that it impacted ho...

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Which of the gospels is telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Why are their accounts about similar events so different? Does this mean that the Bible is not the perfect Word of God?

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Why is Jesus using spit to heal people in the Gospel of Mark? There are two instances wherein Christ uses saliva to manifest a healing. We find these moments in Mk 7:31-37 and 8:22-26. Let’s take a closer look.

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Sorry I will not be able to post anything today other than this note. I've had to use the entire week getting prepped for surgery which will take place tomorrow!

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As I continue my study of the four gospels I can’t help but notice some of the different ways in which they give an account of Jesus’ baptism. Of course, the Gospel of John is an outlier because it doesn’t give an accoun...

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Why is the baptism of Jesus missing in the gospel of John? If you haven’t noticed this - don’t feel embarrassed. For much of my life, I never noticed either. Mainly, because I was trained to read the four gospels as a si...

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Something is wrong with the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel. The author of Matthew opens the story of Christ by promising to us that we are about to read the genealogy of Jesus.

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Have you ever taken the time to notice just how different the synoptic gospels are in their telling of the life of Jesus Christ? I have read several scholars who make this point. One of the most famous biblical scholars ...

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It is astonishing to me that despite all of the decades that I have read the Bible, thought about the Bible, and talked about the Bible at no point did I notice how different each of the gospels were in telling the story...

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My hope is that the story about Paul’s fight with Sin and Death, told by the seven epistles, is useful for the reader. It is in the apostle’s stories that the inspiration to defeat Death is rooted in much of Christendom....

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In Philippians, we come to our final destination as Paul documents his last attempt to subjugate Sin and Death. Paul is in prison around the time of this letter to Philippi. Up to this point, it is hard to imagine any do...

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\"...and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord...\" - Romans 1:4

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In 1 Corinthians, Paul is still committed to making a case for the very physical — visible — collective resurrection which appears to be in line with his Jewish roots. He started this collective resurrection argument in ...

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\"To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.\" - Paul

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\"I am not ashamed of the gospel...\" - Paul

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First Thessalonians is the epistle I used as the main springboard for my research. To date, this epistle is the earliest “Christian” writing of record in the Protestant New Testament Canon. I say of record because it is ...

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\"For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being...\" - Paul

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If you were to ask someone what Heaven is like, many of them would probably describe a peaceful place of \"paradise.\" Some might say they don't know and they don't care because they just want to be with God or with family...

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“It is the Word of God.” Those six words were said to me frequently while growing up in the church. It was usually said to affirm that our denomination’s brand of Christian faith was the correct one. Those six words were...

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How do you read the Bible? Just to be clear I am not asking IF you read the Bible. I am asking HOW you read it.

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Hello and welcome to Illustrating God!

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