Jesus’s Words on Quieting the Anxiety and Fear Within
Jesus did have things to say to people who felt oppressed by unjust forms of power. First, anger can’t win. Second, people are not to be feared, because they are not the real enemies.
Where Did Gnostic Ideas Come From?
So these guys weren't just intellectually thinking about this stuff. They were practicing. It put them in different states of consciousness in which they claim that they would experience that God. An interview with Dr. April DeConick.
Jesus’s Peaceful Resistance to Rome Based on Genesis 1
The metronome of the world beats to distributive justice, and that is a completely different vision from the normalcy of civilization, which basically says, “I’m bigger than you, I’m stronger than you. I’m going to take your stuff.” An interview with John Dominic Crossan.
What Can I Do about Systemic Problems?
Am I (and everybody else) supposed to work on my own behavior alone with God, or … should I sell everything I have and give to the poor, as Jesus teaches (Mark 10:21)?
The ‘Immovable Race’: A Christian Antidote to Racism?
But it’s neither a form of escapism, nor privilege for a favored few. It requires faithful living with the gifts of the spirit, not the alluring attractions of materialism.