When
Christians have “God Talks” they always end up having a “Jesus
Talk” too. That’s when they usually experience those “fight or flee” moments. I know that because I have experienced it
many times! One fact that is very clear is this -- over the past 2,000 years there have been many different beliefs
about Jesus. So, let’s begin by considering which of the statements “feels”
the best to you. Continue reading at -
https://mailchi.mp/df3da6333f90/creating-transparency-and-how-to-have-a-jesus-talk
Friday, April 10, 2020
Thursday, April 9, 2020
One “Little Fact” that wasn’t in the Preacher’s Sermons
My
church was a Southern Baptist Church.
An image that was burned into my mind as a kid was the preacher holding his
Bible in the air and saying something like this, “This is the inerrant infallible
Word of God. It contains all
truths!”
For
people sitting in the pews with me, this was “the man of God”
delivering “a message from God” to us. It was “God telling us what he was”
and “God
telling us what the Bible was.” Since
God will also be the one that decides whether we spend eternity in Heaven or
Hell, who would consider disagreeing with “the man of God”? Read more at -
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
I have a Baptist story what about you?
In
my story the primary source of my “God
beliefs” was my church.
Every week we gathered at “the house of
God” and heard stories about God
told by the “man of God” – an ordained minister. My church belonged
to Southern Baptist Conference.
It was the primary source of my beliefs about God – and I knew absolutely nothing about it. . I don’t know about
others, but since that was where I heard about God and Jesus, I assumed it was
very old institution. It had to be! The story of John the Baptist was in my Bible. He was the person that baptized Jesus!
Continue
reading at -
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Having the God Talk Part 3
In
my last email I talked about how Experiencing
the world leads to an “Awareness of God.” One of the most important
scientific discoveries in history, in my opinion, is the biology of beliefs
– the role the brain plays in creating
what individuals view as reality. Two people can be standing side-by-side observing
the same thing, but experience it through very different realities.
Reality is a narrative played out completely inside the skull.
The brain serves up a narrative —
and each of us believes whatever narrative our brain
tells.
This
is something that most people do not know, but their lives are being affected
by it every day. This is based on facts and it will sound crazy to billions of
people, but in the near future, it will be something everyone knows – like the earth rotates as it orbits around
the sun! Continue reading at -
Monday, April 6, 2020
How to help someone that’s in the deepest, darkest spot in their life.
Everybody
is struggling with something. To turn the topic around just a little bit, when somebody’s
struggling, the right response is not to jump into the middle of that person’s
suffering, to commiserate and deal with it, or worse yet, to try to solve it. Continue
reading at -
Having the God Talk Part 2
Historically,
during difficult and uncertain times, people suddenly turn their attention to God
or spirituality. It also does something else; it gets everyone focused on
finding out what caused this bad thing to happen. At the top of list in
religious circles is Satan,
often followed by “the Jews,”
“the rich,” etc. Conspiracy theories sprout like weeds.
I
have been seeing all of these things on social media and in other places. People
who never used to talk about God are bringing God (and things like those above)
into their conversations – a lot of innocent
people often get blamed or hurt – so,
that’s another reason to have a “God Talk” now! Continue reading at --
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