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My thanks to Daniel for his thoughtful and well-considered post on this thread. The rich variety of Christian thought and faith-experience is so interesting and spirit-enriching to explore, that I hope Daniel's and my brethren will find a comfortable home here. May the words that we type and...

From a favorite of mine. Commentary welcome. Far too often the Cross is presented for our adoration, not so much as a sublime end to be attained by our transcending ourselves, but as a symbol of sadness, of limitation and repression... This ends by conveying the impression that the kingdom of...

Implied in the wording of the question is a point of view; namely, saying there is a "fixation" implies something wrong or a dysfunction of some kind. The dysfunction, I would offer, is with individual Christians and not with Christianity itself. Nevertheless, Jesus' ministry and death...

Christianity is commonly believed by most contemporary Christian historians to have begun as a Messianic movement within a nationalistic and conservative Jewish population. Not all the the Jews of the time, but some. Judea of 30 C.E. was a politically and theologically messy place. Within the...

I, Brian: Amen. dhisbrook

Good day. I am totally new to your community. I sense that it's a very scholarly and (mostly) civilized place. Blessings to all. In this thread I hve no scholarship or history to add -- only what makes sense for me in my Christian faith. [That was your signal to scroll down or click out...