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Where’s the Christ?

Sep 4th

Posted by Stephen Fofanoff in Rethinking Christianity

I was always fascinated growing up in a Christian church that very few people actually talked about Jesus (the Christ). As I heard pastors, ministers, teachers, preachers, missionaries, and priests talk about their faith, it seemed that the majority of the conversation revolved around a sort of code of social and personal conduct. If you [...]

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Have You Ever Been Robbed of Something?

Jul 9th

Posted by Stephen Fofanoff in Positive Thinking

stained glass from Melton Mowbrays parish church

Like all good teachers, Jesus used vivid stories to illustrate his points, and like all good stories, they were meant for a specific audience, in a specific time, at a specific place, and with specific culture references and techniques. The preferred story of Jesus’ time for his audience was something called a parable.
Parables are unique [...]

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