We’ve covered a lot of ground through this series. But we’re now looking at ways in which we can proclaim and demonstrate Jesus’ Message in today’s world. We tackled the first four in the last post and we look at four more below. This is the 20th and final article in our series on Messy […]
Okay, we’ve covered a lot of ground in this series. We’ve diagnosed and questioned, and probed and poked. Now, in these final two articles, we look at ways in which we can proclaim and demonstrate Jesus’ Message in today’s world. We’ll tackle four in this post and four in the next one. This is […]
In the previous article, we looked at how a societal machine functions. We said that while a societal machine may be used for good, history shows that it inevitably goes rogue—deepening mankind’s needs, not solving them; enslaving mankind, not serving him. In this section, we attempt to diagnose today’s dominant framing reference. Only be exposing […]
In what will now feel like a switch in direction, we look at the concept of a societal machine as a metaphor to understand how civilizations function. While we’ve spent a great deal of time looking at Biblical words we’ve fudged and various ways to interpret Scripture, the big picture has always been about grasping […]
In the first two parts of this mini topic, A Scandalous Gospel, we looked at various passages of Scripture, verses that beget a discovery. That the Message of Jesus speaks of a grace we can barely believe, a mercy we can scarcely conceive. That the Gospel is indeed scandalous in a truly wonderful way. Obviously, […]
In the previous article, we began to look at passages of Scripture that reveal we may not have believed enough. That we may have settled for a truncated Gospel, a Gospel with limits set upon Christ’s atoning sacrifice. Yes, it is true that one can make the Bible say anything. You can find a verse […]
The previous articles on Fudged Words and Interpretations involved controversial issues. If you’ve chosen endless torment as your position on post-mortem judgment, this next section may be difficult to bear. If you disagree with my musings on Paul vs. Jesus and John vs. Jesus, then you too may struggle with aspects of these notes going […]
In this article, we look at the second of two approaches that fundamentally affect our understanding of the Gospel. As mentioned in the first article, the way we interpret the New Testament often pits one section of it against another. We’ve seen what happens when we prioritise the Epistles over the Gospels, and now we’re […]
In this article, we look at the first of two approaches that fundamentally affect our understanding of the Gospel. And yes, I admit that saying Jesus vs. Paul is a little naughty. However, because of the way we interpret the New Testament, it’s often closer to the truth (in our minds and practices) than we […]
We’ve already looked at the Greek words translated Hell in our English Bibles: Hades and Gehenna. In this article, we’re going to look at John’s comments on the Lake of Fire and the words Paul used to describe post-mortem judgment, too. This post is longer than usual since we also tackle three related questions.