The Parable of the Wedding Feast (timely!)

22:v1 And again Jesus tried to teach the religious authorities in parables, saying, 2 “Fools. You seem to not understand what "Chosen Ones" really means. Let me break it down: Consider a Mafia Don who gave a wedding feast for his daughter's remarriage 3 and sent his henchmen to call those who were ( Read more... )

Right before the Babylonian occupation of Israel, the prophet Jeremiah, had a talk with God (in which God did most of the talking), and God said ( Read more... )

Following Jesus:

( ...ur doin' it rong )

Given yesterday's California's Supreme Court ruling, I was asked to comment and clarify a previous post of mine, in which I discussed civil unions. Here is the main point:

The language in the California law sated: “Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman...” (the "between a man and a woman" phrase ( Read more... )

15 Then the bigots went out and laid plans to trap Jesus in his words. 16 They sent their Bible Study mavins to him along with the 700 Club members:

"Teacher," they said, "you have some rock hard cajones, and we respect that. Moreover, you aren't swayed by humans, because social status doesn't seem to matter to you, just God's Honest Truth. 17 ( Read more... )

Headline: Virgin Shark Makes Babies!Sharks are now proven to be among those of God's creatures that don't need to mate to produce viable offspring -- appended to the list immediately after "lesbians ( Read more... )

I know it's like ... 3 months later, but the Ted Haggard news story is STILL bothering me. And I'll tell ya why.

For those who are unaware, let me sum up: This past fall, bible beater, evangelist, and vocal gay basher Ted Haggard, resigned from his leadership of the National Association of Evangelicals. I think this was because he was expecting ( Read more... )

I love reading about badassetry.
Which is why I love reading the 19th chapter of Matthew. It is herein that he details Jesus' verbal bitch-slapping of the Pharisees. It's rather formulaic, yes, with the Pharisees saying, "Ho ho! How does your liberal ass get around this one?" and Jesus saying, "Didn't yo daddy teach you to read? It's all right ( Read more... )