The rational looks for what is at the center of the parable. It is the seed. The Kingdom of God is like a seed planted. Spiritually thinking, the Kingdom of God is the ground not the seed. Read more
Trinity Sunday John 3:1-16
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on May 24, 2012
Nicodemus is in the dark by thinking rationally. He wants to know what Jesus is teaching. Jesus is teaching in the spiritual light. He wants Nicodemus to know how to do what He is saying. Nicodemus knows rationally, Jesus is a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs He is doing if God were not with him. He is thinking in the dark when Jesus says no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born from above. Read more
Dealing with a Guilt Complex
Posted by Paul Edwards (The Rev) on Apr 03, 2012
When we have the feelings of a guilty conscious, it is a sign we are out of His Presence. Under the Law, when we are out of the Presence of the Love of God, we confess our sins to be forgiven and to be loved by God. In grace, we get in the Presence of the Love of God to be forgiven. We confess our sins because we are forgiven. Read more
21 Poor Excuses for Leaving the Church or 21 Good Reasons for Staying in the Church
Posted by Paul Edwards (The Rev) on Jan 27, 2012
Twenty one of the worst reason for leaving the Church and twenty one of the best reasons for staying in is about understanding the Gospel of Grace. We need to practice grace wherever we are. It is not easy to practice grace when we are not abiding the Presence of Christ. Read more
EPIPHANY IV Mark 1:21-28 Is this a new Teaching? The Authority of grace.
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jan 19, 2012
Rational understanding attempts to love others so God will love us. Spiritual understanding knows Jesus loved us by being in the Fathers Love. We must be in the Love of God before we try to love others. Do you understand the difference between trying to love someone to be loved and being loved in order to love someone? Read more
The “BE ATTITUDE” of Grace or the “DO ATTITUDE” of Legalism
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jan 10, 2012
Unfortunately, in many cases, the New Testament has been translated with a legalistic theology rather than one of Grace. A good Greek-to-English translator without any theology might do a better job of translating the New Testament than the theologian, because they are not burdened with rational theological agenda. A good example of this is how the Beatitudes are translated legalistically rather than gracefully in almost every biblical version. Read more
Don't Throw Your Life into a Ditch, or How to Get Your LIfe Out of the Ditch
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 27, 2011
Life is made up of three things, our rational thoughts, our conscious sensing and our spiritual Presence. How we deal with these three, about or in what happens to us, creates our life. We can choose to depend on our rational thoughts to create our feelings about life or we can consciously find the feeling of our inner Presence which will create the thought in the problem. Read more
Christmas Day, John 1:1-18
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 16, 2011
Today, we do not have the choir, the crowd or the candles. We have a mostly empty church, as most already went to the Mass last night. There are unlit candles circling the church, perhaps flowers that need watering, with pieces of paper the alter guild might have missed after going deep into the night sprucing things up. This is a wonder full time. I like to call it a "no frills service". Read more
Christianity is not Politically Correct
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on May 02, 2011
Christianity may not be considered as being PC (politically correct) and Christians may not know it. At a conference on comparative religions, theologians from all faiths discussed the uniqueness of their faith. They questioned the uniqueness of Christianity's doctrine of the Incarnation and the Resurrection. Other religions have had different versions of gods born in human form and accounts of their return from death. They asked C. S. Lewis what was the uniqueness of Christianity? Lewis responded, "Oh, that's easy. It's grace." Read more
The Easter Season is all about Transformation
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Apr 08, 2011
Jesus is a transformer. He transformed the Old Testament from a Book of Laws to a Gospel of grace. Read more
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