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Join me on a journey where I share how I am reconstructing my Christian faith
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James left home when he was young on a scholarship to study in a foreign country. He was given a one-way ticket as his family was poor. Over time, he finished his studies and settled in his new land. He became very successful and lost touch with his family back home while he was focusing […]
More than a 100 years ago in a town in the South of France, there was an art museum. Two women were looking at a beautiful abstract painting debating its meaning. The first lady said, “I believe this painting is telling us about light.” “No, I disagree,” the second lady said, “I feel it’s all […]
John went into an old magic shop that was full of tricks and curious props. As he walked past the crammed shelves, he saw a particularly dusty box that seemed to call out to him. He wiped off the surface of the box causing a mini dust storm that caused him to cough uncontrollably. It […]
Adam heard the call of God. He responded, “Here I am, Lord. Send me to the nations.” He sold everything, packed his bags and relocated to a foreign land. After 3 months, not a single person responded to his evangelistic efforts. The people had their own religion and were not interested in embracing another. Adam […]
The message of Jesus has been hijacked to only be relevant to how you will get right with God and go to heaven. So, the message of Jesus has been framed as exclusively Justification by Faith or Salvation by Grace and not Works. As a result, the centrality of this approach has created Christians that […]
There are 2 concepts that have greatly helped me in deepening my encounters with God. Firstly, we often do not experience God because we are distracted. Our minds are everywhere except in the present where God wants to meet with us. Being PRESENT is one of the most important states to be in to encounter […]
A few years ago, I took the bold step of wiping the slate clean. I made a decision to rediscover my faith. I decided that I would be a child once again. After all, Jesus said, “anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it”. So, I […]
In the last blog, we discovered the missing pillar of Christianity which is to Love Yourself. If you haven’t read it, I suggest you do so before reading this one. When I finally understood the Great Commandment as recorded in the Synoptic Gospels and repeated in Galatians, Romans and James, I realized that I am […]
When you look at the mission or vision statement of churches around the world, most are built on 2 main pillars – Love God, Love People. Where do they get this from? It’s from Jesus Himself. It’s from what we refer to as the Great Commandment which is recorded in all 3 of the Synoptic […]
It is very common for Christians to define faith as belief. Therefore, to have faith in God is to have certain beliefs about God. More specifically, it is often described as holding on to what Christians believe to be the right view of God. Faith is seen as having certainty in the right thoughts we […]
Christians believe that God is a perfect and infinite being. On the other hand, we humans are imperfect and finite beings. How can imperfect finite beings comprehensively understand and define a perfect infinite being? This means that any idea of God that we have is never enough to capture the entirety of who God is. […]
Many Christians insist that they read and apply Genesis literally. The reality is, no one reads Genesis 1-3 literally, even those who claim to. Let me give you two examples from Genesis 2. However, even before we go to the two examples, reading Genesis literally will reveal that there are two contrasting and contradicting creation […]
One of the biggest stumbling blocks in Christianity is how the first 2 chapters of Genesis are interpreted. Many follow the traditional view of reading Genesis literally. Unfortunately, this does violence to the text as it ignores genre, context, culture, history and science. It is a mistake to read an ancient text through the culturally-colored […]
Several years ago, I stopped reading the Bible. Wait, what? Yes, there are 2 main reasons for this. Firstly, I discovered that the books of the Bible were never written to be personally read but to be collectively heard. You see, the Bible you hold in your hands today is a relatively modern phenomenon. The […]
I believe that one of the most important questions a Christian must ask is – What is the Bible? Without dealing with this question, it is difficult to journey on. So, what is the Bible? Some say it’s the Word of God. Others say it’s the absolute, inerrant, inspired, revelation of God. One even coined […]
In the previous blog post, we explored the idea that Christians are often reductionist. If you haven’t read that episode, I suggest you do so before this one. One of the big areas that we are reductionist in is REPENTANCE. Whenever we sin, we are taught to confess our sins and repent. I want to […]
We Christians tend to be reductionist. What does that mean? Reductionism is the practice of simplifying a complex idea, issue or condition to the point of minimizing, obscuring, or distorting it. In other words, we approach life too simplistically – just pray, just read your Bible, just repent. Actually, life is really complex. We are […]
Not too long ago, the world was shocked when Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. However, no one was more shocked than the Democrats who were confident that such a thing could never happen. Following this, there were numerous post-mortems done and one of the major talking points was how the Democrats […]
The predominant perspective that every Christian is taught, is that when you give, you give to God. Christians are exhorted to pay their tithes and bring their offerings to the Lord. Hang on. During the church service, when I put money in the bag or the box, I’m actually giving to the church, not to […]
Not long ago, a non-Christian honestly said to me, “You Christians have a marketing problem. The way you explain your faith does not make sense at all.” I replied, “You are right. The way the Gospel is presented today is based on an approach that targeted the generation before the new millennium.” Things have […]
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