Wow, just wow, that was incredible! This article fully expresses my heart. Powerful and thought provoking. I shared what parts gave me chills, as I read it out loud to my 19 year old son. Thank you Jim Palmer for following love and uncovering truth, buried by Christianity.
This is interesting. I've been working on an essay following my late husband's work that deals with mysticism. In my view, Jesus was a mystic and mystics have usually been misunderstood especially during their lifetimes. The great religions are all based on mysticism, so would it not be essential for them to turn back to the mystical roots of their teachings? That said, I agree with most of this article. The Christian message should be about the redemption of the individual soul (to become free and responsible) and this cannot be done "collectively".
I can hardly exhale. Holding my breath and then inhaling are what my spirit told my body to do while reading this because I didn’t ever want to let it escape in an exhale.
You have opened my eyes to the beautiful truth. What would Jesus do? I envision a grin and a high-five. And a hug.
I have witnessed "up close" the damage that toxic religion can do to people and families. I have appreciated the confirmation that you do not have to be a Christian or "go to church" every Sunday to be a follower of Jesus. The book The Magian Gospel of Brother Yeshua was most helpful to me to see Yeshua in proper perspective. I also got a lot out of Richard Bach's work and that of Joel Goldsmith. I am trying to wake up.
I consider myself a "Christian" but I also always am sure to discuss or just make a statement that to me Christianity means believing fully in Jesus and doing the utmost to live and believe as he did. But people especially, when I try to talk about politics and include anything about Christianity in America and moreso, about why Trump is such a a fraud and is NOT a Christian; will ask what church I go to. And then I say none, the Bible, Jesuus' teachings and my heart, spirit and soul and listening to those as I read my bible in my chair are my church. I don't have transportation to get up and go so, social media is the only place I can "Be Jesus", and let me tell you I do my best, but today's America (since 2016) is so evermore about Trump, you're either a follower or an enemy of. And if you're an enemy, you can't hardly be a Christian because you're a Liberal Communist and support abortion, and homosexuality and the likes. Of which I am not that either. But I do consider the alternative about abortion, what if that child instead is born into a loveless marriage or family lacking any compassion and has to endure much abuse? Is that better than having been aborted and spared such horrific consequences? No where in the Bible will you find that abortion is a terrible sin.
Me too, on the idea this article wowed me. Made me hold my breath in anticipation, but instead was completely and utterly wowed by its Truth, conviction, and my own truth and belief system. And the US government oppressed my family to a lowly degree so much so, that my dream of a coffeeshop ministry has never been able to come to fruition, but at almost 64 years of age, I still hold onto my dream. Because my ministry idea from that coffeeshop is about doing ministry as Jesus did-- community, outreach, support groups, teaching arts and crafts from a spiritual perspective, and yes, Bible studies, but I want to teach how cross-referencing Scriptures especially, from Old and New Testament is the only way gain real knowledge and wisdom of God who loves us all and to learn to be more like Jesus. And best of all, I prefer not to be a 501 (c) (3) organization because I don't want to charge for coffee, tea, supplies, etc I want to operate only by donations through philanthropy and community efforts by what can be afforded by participants and community members who take an interest in my efforts.
So, I could use all the help I can receive here by my comments. And I am not specifically talking about monetary help although, that would be of tremendous help in fulfilling my dream. But as I said I want to operate on donations alone and not be a nonprofit, how do I do that? What is the direction for such?
Wow, just wow, that was incredible! This article fully expresses my heart. Powerful and thought provoking. I shared what parts gave me chills, as I read it out loud to my 19 year old son. Thank you Jim Palmer for following love and uncovering truth, buried by Christianity.
This is interesting. I've been working on an essay following my late husband's work that deals with mysticism. In my view, Jesus was a mystic and mystics have usually been misunderstood especially during their lifetimes. The great religions are all based on mysticism, so would it not be essential for them to turn back to the mystical roots of their teachings? That said, I agree with most of this article. The Christian message should be about the redemption of the individual soul (to become free and responsible) and this cannot be done "collectively".
I can hardly exhale. Holding my breath and then inhaling are what my spirit told my body to do while reading this because I didn’t ever want to let it escape in an exhale.
You have opened my eyes to the beautiful truth. What would Jesus do? I envision a grin and a high-five. And a hug.
Joel olstenes “ church” isn’t a church.
I have witnessed "up close" the damage that toxic religion can do to people and families. I have appreciated the confirmation that you do not have to be a Christian or "go to church" every Sunday to be a follower of Jesus. The book The Magian Gospel of Brother Yeshua was most helpful to me to see Yeshua in proper perspective. I also got a lot out of Richard Bach's work and that of Joel Goldsmith. I am trying to wake up.
I consider myself a "Christian" but I also always am sure to discuss or just make a statement that to me Christianity means believing fully in Jesus and doing the utmost to live and believe as he did. But people especially, when I try to talk about politics and include anything about Christianity in America and moreso, about why Trump is such a a fraud and is NOT a Christian; will ask what church I go to. And then I say none, the Bible, Jesuus' teachings and my heart, spirit and soul and listening to those as I read my bible in my chair are my church. I don't have transportation to get up and go so, social media is the only place I can "Be Jesus", and let me tell you I do my best, but today's America (since 2016) is so evermore about Trump, you're either a follower or an enemy of. And if you're an enemy, you can't hardly be a Christian because you're a Liberal Communist and support abortion, and homosexuality and the likes. Of which I am not that either. But I do consider the alternative about abortion, what if that child instead is born into a loveless marriage or family lacking any compassion and has to endure much abuse? Is that better than having been aborted and spared such horrific consequences? No where in the Bible will you find that abortion is a terrible sin.
Me too, on the idea this article wowed me. Made me hold my breath in anticipation, but instead was completely and utterly wowed by its Truth, conviction, and my own truth and belief system. And the US government oppressed my family to a lowly degree so much so, that my dream of a coffeeshop ministry has never been able to come to fruition, but at almost 64 years of age, I still hold onto my dream. Because my ministry idea from that coffeeshop is about doing ministry as Jesus did-- community, outreach, support groups, teaching arts and crafts from a spiritual perspective, and yes, Bible studies, but I want to teach how cross-referencing Scriptures especially, from Old and New Testament is the only way gain real knowledge and wisdom of God who loves us all and to learn to be more like Jesus. And best of all, I prefer not to be a 501 (c) (3) organization because I don't want to charge for coffee, tea, supplies, etc I want to operate only by donations through philanthropy and community efforts by what can be afforded by participants and community members who take an interest in my efforts.
So, I could use all the help I can receive here by my comments. And I am not specifically talking about monetary help although, that would be of tremendous help in fulfilling my dream. But as I said I want to operate on donations alone and not be a nonprofit, how do I do that? What is the direction for such?