By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-04-25T05:37:46-04:00April 25th, 2019|
"Maybe it’s not too great a leap of faith to consider that the Creator of the world would be able to revive it (transform it / save it) when we allow the Spirit of Life to transform us first."
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-04-11T03:39:55-04:00April 11th, 2019|
"Even if the stories about the crucifixion were contradictory or embellished, the fact is that there was something important about the meaning of Jesus, told in so many ways..."
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-04-10T06:14:49-04:00April 10th, 2019|
In this interview, Mark M. Mattison explains that the dozens of Gospels written in antiquity shed light not just on the meaning of Jesus, but also on the communities that produced them.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-03-12T04:53:15-04:00March 15th, 2019|
We can't look to antiquity to find the model for classless (raceless) society, but some ancient writers do help us consider whether our divisions are based on theologically sound viewpoints.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-03-16T14:26:29-04:00March 10th, 2019|
Dr. Hal Taussig walks with us, step by step to a realization that lesser known biblical texts are vitally important, beautiful, vibrant, and valid today for both scholars and the public.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-02-11T09:21:19-04:00February 11th, 2019|
Throughout the Odes of Solomon, the writer praises the source of love that wells up and overflows into love for everything and everyone.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-03-16T14:11:20-04:00February 10th, 2019|
Dr. Deborah Saxon, teacher of religion at Butler University in Indianapolis, explains in this interview why the practice of self-control was so important to early Jesus followers.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-01-27T05:33:56-04:00December 1st, 2018|
This was the God I learned in Jesus. Someone in the second century knew something very important about this God that encourages me even now.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-01-20T20:13:30-04:00November 1st, 2018|
We simply relate to God and God’s role on earth differently, even though we read the same scriptures and worship what we think of as the same God.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-01-20T20:05:08-04:00September 1st, 2018|
These ancient books and gospels, written by people who wanted to understand and follow Jesus after he was gone, fill in many of the gaps from what we find in the New Testament writings and church teachings.
