Can a Christian legitimately claim that gays and lesbians are rejected by God? What if Jesus accepts those relationships? He does. And I believe I can prove it through an historical examination Matthew’s story of the Centurion and his adopted kindred, his παῖς (pais).[1] The story of the Centurion and his pais is immensely popular. Continue reading “The Love Connection; Matthew 8.5-13, Luke 7.1-10, John 4.46-53”
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Places I’ve Come Across God Series, #5
Venice, California, 2007 It was May 2007, the 53rd anniversary of my birthday. I had been asked by the District Superintendent of another District if I’d be interested in an appointment at a church there. It was early morning. I was in my office at the church. I got up from my desk and walkedContinue reading “Places I’ve Come Across God Series, #5”
Places I’ve Come Across God Series, #4
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, 1999 Once in a while throughout a lifetime, there will be times you will just know that a certain day will be different than any of the others. This was not one of them. It was just another sunny perfectly warm spring Southern California day in 1999. My class inContinue reading “Places I’ve Come Across God Series, #4”
Places I’ve Come Across God Series, #3
Cimarron, New Mexico 1998 It was in the Summer of 1998 that I arrived at Philmont High Adventure Scout Ranch in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, overlooking Cimarron, New Mexico, to be one of two Protestant Chaplains for the Boy Scouts of America. I donned my Boy Scout Uniform with gold epaulets – a signContinue reading “Places I’ve Come Across God Series, #3”
Places I’ve Come Across God Series, #2
Los Angeles, California 1992 It was early 1992. My lover, Donald was in the 2-year old AIDS ward at the Los Angeles County USC Medical Center. He was suffering from a detached retina in one eye. The surgeons were going to try to save the retina in the other eye with a relatively new surgeryContinue reading “Places I’ve Come Across God Series, #2”
Places I’ve Come Across God Series, #1
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – 1996 Edit Post ALBUQUERQUE, NM – 1996 – Series, #1 In late June 1996, I found myself at the 208th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Although, I wasn’t a delegate, I was slated for a short address to the Committee on Sexuality. By short, I meanContinue reading “Places I’ve Come Across God Series, #1”
Is the Bible the Word of God?
Is the Bible the Word of God? – NO. In the New Testament there is only one word of God declared, and that is Jesus Christ, and that was done in John’s Gospel in chapter 1 verse 14. That is: The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, he lived amongContinue reading “Is the Bible the Word of God?”
Sexual Ethics of the New Covenant
By Thomas Carson Ziegert “Through the study of sacred texts, I maintain contact with the spiritual tradition, with a seeking and finding of those who have gone before. These texts allow me to return to times of deeper spiritual insight than my own, to recollect truths that my culture obscures, to have companions on theContinue reading “Sexual Ethics of the New Covenant”
“For there are eunuchs…”
an exegesis by Thomas C. Ziegert “For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.”[1] TheContinue reading ““For there are eunuchs…””
Searching for God 