It would be hard for a Christian to read St. Paul’s writings and not know we, as the Church, are the Body of Christ. Yet, St. Paul is the only New Testament writer who makes the statement that we are His Body. We are the only Religion that believes this. The Hebrews do not believe they are the body of Moses. The Muslims do not believe they are the body of Mohammed. The Buddhists do not believe they are the body of Buddha. What did the body of Christ mean to Paul and where did he get it? Read more
Second Sunday After Epiphany
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jan 10, 2013
The problem in the Church today is our ignorance of spirituality. When we do not know something and we do not know we do not know it, we tend to think we know it. What the church does not seem to know is how to abide in Jesus. Read more
Advent III
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 06, 2012
The God News is the difference between the rationality of worldly legalism and the spirituality of Godly grace. Worldly thinks inside the box. Both John and Jesus called the Sadducees and the Pharisees “a brood of vipers”. They were snakes who stayed in their family box, producing others in their kind of legalism. Anything outside the box is impossible. When the Godly spiritual thinks outside the box, all things are possible. Read more
Pentecost XIV Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Aug 23, 2012
In Mark 7:6, Jesus said," These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, in vain do they worship me." This parable is the difference between what we think in rational Worldly way and how we think in Godly spirituality. Worldly rational teaching tells people what to do to worship outwardly. Godly spiritual teaching points to how to worship Inwardly. 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
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
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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