By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-06-10T01:02:01-04:00June 7th, 2023|Tags: Church, Empowerment, Jesus, Racial Justice, Social Justice, Surprising Things about Jesus|
If we listen to one another – which I think is a fundamental act of love – if we listen to one another’s experience, then we can begin to see how multi-faceted this experience of Jesus is. An interview with Dr. Joseph Bessler
By Dr. B. Brandon Scott|2023-05-24T02:50:47-04:00May 24th, 2023|Tags: Church, Early Church, Jesus, John the Baptist, Surprising Things about Jesus|
Did Jesus study with Buddhist monks in India? Were the official documents from Jesus’s trial before Pilate kept in Rome? Did Jesus establish the Christian church?
By Dr. B. Brandon Scott|2022-03-14T18:46:08-04:00March 16th, 2022|Tags: Church, Early Christian Communities, Early Church, Gospel of Matthew, Paul|
In the King James translation of the Hebrew scripture (so-called ‘Old Testament’), the translators consistently employed the gloss ‘assembly,’ while in the New Testament they used ‘church.’
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2021-04-28T01:49:23-04:00April 28th, 2021|Tags: Christian Canon, Church, Natalie Renee Perkins, Odes of Solomon, Spirituality|
"Practice is somewhat flexible [and] allows those who practice to make adjustments and grow."
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2022-06-19T02:09:07-04:00March 24th, 2021|Tags: Christian Canon, Church, Humor, Noncanonical Texts, Religion|
"I hope that this blogpost signals to you the open-ended ways life comes toward us in the same way an open-ended Canon could help us be more alive. "
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2021-01-25T04:19:15-05:00December 28th, 2020|Tags: Bible, Church, Gospel of John, Gospels|
"The Gospel of John is more like a like a tender poem about God. No, that’s not quite right. It’s a tender poem in God. Like being in an ocean of God."
