God’s Will for the Fourth of July

Prophets of the Old testament prophet believe they interpret God’s will. It is God’s will to inflict violence on sinners. They “have rebelled against me,” says the Lord. “(T)hey shall die for their sin.” (Ez 2) It is God’s will that a Chosen People in a Chosen Empire are ruled by a violent messianic warrior … Continue reading “God’s Will for the Fourth of July”

Blindness

There are millions of people within institutional christianity who reject Jesus’ witness with the man born blind. Jesus taught and demonstrated with the blind man that external suffering or deprivation of any kind is not God’s will. Illness, poverty, disadvantage of any type is not from God. Suffering caused by blindness or any other negative … Continue reading “Blindness”