Brutal Honesty: We’re in Trouble

“If you do not diligently observe all the words of this law written in this scroll by revering this glorious and awesome name, Yahweh your God, then Yahweh shall overwhelm you with your plagues and the plagues of your offspring, severe plagues and lasting illnesses, grievous and enduring. Deuteronomy 28:58–59 (LEB) God is referenced throughout ourContinue reading “Brutal Honesty: We’re in Trouble”

Who is a Christian? Who Can be Saved?

And the earth is defiled beneath its inhabitants.For they have transgressed laws;they have passed by statutes;they have broken the everlasting covenant. Isaiah 24:5 (LEB) I enjoy engaging with strangers on social media to discuss religious topics because there is no shortage of opinions and willingness to debate. I am exposed to many belief systems thatContinue reading “Who is a Christian? Who Can be Saved?”

Does God Want Us to be Dumb?

Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. They accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day to see if these things were so. Therefore many of them believed, and not a few of the prominent Greek women and men. Acts 17:11–12 (LEB) Gnosticism is a belief system that puts theContinue reading “Does God Want Us to be Dumb?”

Manipulation, Control, Religion and Christianity

 Remove from me the noise of your songs, and I do not want to hear the melody of your harps!  But let justice roll on like the water, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Amos 5:23–24 (LEB) People have used religion to manipulate and control other people for thousands of years. Socrates was brought toContinue reading “Manipulation, Control, Religion and Christianity”

Yeshua or Yearly Sungod Resurrections?

And not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered once for all into the most holy place, obtaining eternal redemption. Hebrews 9:12 (LEB): There is a great contrast between the yearly resurrection of the sun god and the resurrection of the Messiah Yeshua. Unfortunately, the myths of theContinue reading “Yeshua or Yearly Sungod Resurrections?”