2nd Corinthians- Links
Chapter 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/07/sunday-sermon-text_12.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/07/12/sunday-sermon-text-45/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1129014278838173696?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/efamx3lej2xc7qxeiypqcq
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/sunday-sermon4915463
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/sunday-sermon-124
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/sunday-sermon-23
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48746086-sunday-sermon
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104500654638626975
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/sunday-sermon-d9e7fd58d11f?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/3zmee5-sunday-sermon
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/sunday-sermon-34253d13-77ee-4dbb-a9c0-d16cac3c5142
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/sunday-sermon-121
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2176132/sunday-sermon
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/07/12/sunday-sermon/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/07/sunday-sermon.html
Chapter 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/08/sunday-sermon-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/08/02/sunday-sermon-text-47/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1136635064196055040?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/5yrhkdf1wuf0x7n1xice3g
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/sunday-sermon2770276
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/sunday-sermon-126
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/sunday-sermon-25
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48849165-sunday-sermon
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=217830
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/sunday-sermon-xdrxwxx
https://share.par.pw/post/537c71bc6c5347039b281105c3d6aca1
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104619707250871955
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/sunday-sermon-e94b2c16d064?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/vyggg-sunday-sermon
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/sunday-sermon-ca98f17f-b264-4bf8-8006-bdaaad1c2d15
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/sunday-sermon-123
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2193930/sunday-sermon
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/08/02/sunday-sermon/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/08/sunday-sermon.html
Chapter 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/06/sunday-sermon-text_21.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/06/21/sunday-sermon-text-42/
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/sunday-sermon4998591
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/sunday-sermon-121
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/sunday-sermon-20
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48637496-sunday-sermon
https://vk.com/wall533663718_4108
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1121406032009469952?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104381777807592789
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/sunday-sermon-39d49dc0f7de?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/emyd5-sunday-sermon
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/sunday-sermon-ad34ccd7-aab9-4281-bb21-a443abcfb371
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/sunday-sermon-118
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2157898/sunday-sermon
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/06/21/sunday-sermon-text/
Chapter 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/08/2nd-corinthians-4-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/08/11/2nd-cor-4-text/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1139881550783184896?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/g1mu3okcuioivr0ognwtcw
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/2nd-cor-4
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48899156-2nd-cor-4
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=219069
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/2nd-cor-4-xolwzek
https://share.par.pw/post/db448124ed01498d871fd59ed8482898
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104670411716420924
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/2nd-corinthians-4-4f89d4740b27?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/2nd-cor-4
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/2nd-cor-4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/2nd-cor-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2201667/2nd-cor-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/08/11/2nd-cor-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/08/2nd-cor.4.html
Chapter 5
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/08/2nd-cor-5-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/08/25/2nd-cor-5-text/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1144955197949075456?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/nv2ggybtprpsifxd8jx9qq
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/2nd-cor-5
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48964452-2nd-cor-5
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=220863
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/2nd-cor-5-xdrlmjv
https://share.par.pw/post/b81b6e4229be497da5d2db6e0afd839d
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104749736269196325
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/2nd-cor-5-7564c730aab1?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/2nd-cor-5
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/2nd-cor-5
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2214552/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/08/25/2nd-cor-5/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/08/2nd-cor.5.html
2nd Cor. 6
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/09/2nd-cor-6-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/09/10/2nd-cor-6-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/upyzlsffd5cswycz-fecow
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1150771822111387648?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/2nd-cor-6
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/2nd-cor-6
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/2nd-cor-6
https://wt.social/post/cvsp0f65332469862006
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/49058811-2nd-cor-6
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=222947
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/2nd-cor-6-xoldnyz
https://share.par.pw/post/ac8e3590948847b78e92d68b0491dbc1
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104840600887833753
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/2nd-cor-6-55c4a07937a5?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/2nd-cor-6
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/2nd-cor-6
https://www.plurk.com/p/nzz7w4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/2nd-cor-6
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2230211/2nd-cor-6
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/09/10/2nd-cor-6-text/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/
2 Corinthians 7
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/10/2nd-cor-7-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/viwp8p4heumgzmrsjofkpq
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/2-cor-7
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/2-cor-7
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/2-cor-7
https://wt.social/post/lm57psc5338504991382
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/49182353-2-cor-7
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=225223
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/2-cor-7-xwnzykz
https://share.par.pw/post/94958e738aab461181562710cc4d1175
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104959250275901516
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/2-cor-7-969bf555a086?source=---------2----------------------------
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/2-cor-7
https://www.plurk.com/p/o11ybr
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/2-cor-7
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2253257/2-cor-7
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/10/01/2-cor-7/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/10/2-cor.7.html
2nd Cor. 8
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/10/2nd-cor-8-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/10/20/2nd-cor-8-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/tbylxnylwrmajilbsx89ug
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/2nd-cor-8
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/2nd-cor-8
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/2nd-cor-8
https://wt.social/post/bhrc52g5343970995522
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/49292100-2nd-cor-8
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=227792
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/2nd-cor-8-xyvrrkk
https://share.par.pw/post/1f1e481b260a4e6990571a8fa626b5ff
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/2nd-cor-8-b89e6978321b
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/2nd-cor-8
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/2nd-cor-8
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2286723/2nd-cor-8
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/10/20/2nd-cor-8-text/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/10/2nd-cor.8.html
Acts 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/acts-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/acts-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/acts-2025-making-page.html
Acts 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-1-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/22/acts-1-text-5/
Acts 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-2-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/27/acts-2-text-5/
Acts 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-3-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/03/acts-3-text-4/
Acts 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-4-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/05/acts-4-text-5/
Acts 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-5-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/12/acts-5-text-5/
Acts 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/19/acts-6-text-5/
Acts 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/24/acts-7-text-5/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/01/acts-8-text-5/
Acts 9
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-9-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/03/acts-9-text-6/
Acts 10
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-10-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/10/acts-10-text-5/
Acts 11
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-11-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/15/acts-11-text-6/
Acts 12
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-12-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/22/acts-12-text-4/
Acts 13
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-13-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/24/acts-13-text-6/
Acts 14
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-14-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/05/acts-14-text-6/
Acts 15
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-15-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/07/acts-15-text-6/
Acts 16
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-16-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/14/acts-16-text-6/
Acts 17
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-17-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/19/acts-17-text-5/
Acst 18
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-18-text-last-text-post-for-some.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/26/acts-18-text-last-text-post-for-some-sites-john/
Acst 19
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-19-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/28/acts-19-text-6/
Acts 20
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-20-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/04/acts-20-text-4/
Acts 21
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-21-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/09/acts-21-text-6/
Acts 22
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-22-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/16/acts-22-text-6/
Acts 23
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-23-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/18/acts-23-9/
Acts 24
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-24-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/30/acts-24-text-6/
Acts 25
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-25-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/02/acts-25-text-5/
Acts 26
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-26-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/09/acts-26-text-4/
Acts 27
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-27-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/14/acts-27-text-6/
Acts 28
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-28-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/21/acts-28-text-3/
CORPUS CHRISTI OUTREACH MINISTRIES [A network of sites reaching the world]
New- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/[Full post can be seen here]
New- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
Sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Sites- https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87--full-studies/home
Links to sites- full list
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/about
Github https://github.com/ccoutreach/Links-to-my-sites/blob/main/README.md
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
Site-https://ccoutreach87.com/ [ Post every day]
Site- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87--full-studies/home
Site- www.ccoutreach87.net
Site- https://www.ccoutreach87.org/
Stats- https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/
Stats- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/stats-text-there-is-nothing-bad-on-this.html
Stats- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/stats-creating-pages-from-these-1st.html
Links to all sites- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Linktree https://linktr.ee/ccoutreach87
Link Tree 2nd https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/link-tree/
https://linktr.ee/ccoutreach873
Site- https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/ [Text post only- 3 a week]
Site- https://medium.com/@johnchiarello [Text post only- 3 a week]
Site- http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/__blog.html?r=20171009095200
Site- https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/
Site- http://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite
Site- http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/
Site- https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/
Site- https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/
Wix- 2nd- Blog https://ccoutreach872.wixsite.com/ccoutreach87/blog
Wix- 2nd- Website https://ccoutreach872.wixsite.com/ccoutreach87
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/ccoutreach87/ [Post every day]
Site- https://vero.co/ccoutreach87
Site- https://www.wattpad.com/user/JohnChiarello/conversations
Site- https://www.publish0x.com/@ccoutreach87
Site- https://www.threads.net/@john.chiarello [Post every day]
Site- https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5 [Post every day]
Site- http://johnchiarello.tumblr.com/ [Post every day]
Site- https://twitter.com/ccoutreach87 [Post every day]
Site- https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-chiarello-b27340ab/ [Post every day]
VK- https://vk.com/id533663718 [Russia- Post every day]
OK- https://ok.ru/profile/589985645111 [Ukraine- Post every day]
IG- 1
https://www.instagram.com/john.chiarello?igsh=MTRvazIwZnZmZ253bw==
IG- 2
https://www.instagram.com/ccoutreach.87?igsh=MWkyNGE1d3h3YjRzbw==
Tiktok- https://www.tiktok.com/@johnchiarello5?lang=en [Upload new video 3 days a week- Post every day]
Plurk- https://www.plurk.com/ccoutreach87 [Japan- Taiwan] [Text post only- 3 a week]
WP- 3 https://ccoutreach4.wordpress.com/
Ccoutreach93- Wix Blog [all posts] https://ccoutreach870.wixsite.com/ccoutreach93/blog
Ccoutreach93- Wix site https://ccoutreach870.wixsite.com/ccoutreach93
Site- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Google site- 2nd https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87--full-studies/home [Google 3]
Ccoutreach87- Tumblr 2nd https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/ccoutreach87-tumblr-2nd/
https://www.tumblr.com/ccoutreach87/778110204012363776/links-to-my-sites-3-1-25?source=share
Jimdo 2nd https://john-chiarello.jimdosite.com
Linkfly 2nd https://www.linkfly.to/70318zs2hwH
Quora -https://www.quora.com/profile/John-Chiarello-1 [Post 3 times a week]
https://ccoutreach87.quora.com/ [Group Post 3 times a week- others post on group many times a day]
https://mewe.com/i/johnchiarello [Post every day]
Pagewave https://www.pagewave.net/ccoutreach87
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/u/Virtual-Ebb-2902/s/RaohMwyxqw
Flipboard Profile
https://flipboard.com/@johnchiarel2018?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=share
Telegram 2- ccoutreach https://t.me/boost/ccoutreach
New sites at the bottom of this list https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
See today’s full post here https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
And here https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
Many more sites can be found here- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Note- Why so many links at the top? If a main site goes down- and I used that link on hundreds of thousands of posts- it creates dead links all over the internet. If I have many links at the top- at least those posts won’t be wasted.
Note- Around 9-2024 Many sites began giving me warnings, not big stuff- just minor things. It was strange that so many started doing it all at once. After a few major Blog deletions- that all stopped. I realized some group- or person was more than likely targeting us- contacting all the sites and complaining. So if you host a site by me- and you have real problems- that’s fine to contact me and let me know- but if you start getting many complaints- all at once- keep this in mind- John Chiarello
OTHER VIDEOS [These are the videos I upload nightly to my various sites- links to all my sites below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/fb-ig-tiktok-vids-7-23/
FB/IG/Tiktok n other vids https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/fbigtiktok-other-vids-8-24-need-for-my.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
IG/FB Vids 8-24 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/igfb-vids-8-24-24-need-for-my-use-john.html
IG Bible studies https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/ig-bible-studies.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/other-videos-catalog-a-j-blogger-3/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/other-videos-catalog-j-blogger-3.html
Reels- https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
IG/FB 8-24 https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
IG/FB Vids- 10-30-24 [Links]
www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/m4upc8hdhc7b6m1zavpxgjsz9n5vtc
https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/igfb-vids-8-24-24-need-for-my-use-john.html
Videos catalog 1-6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/videos-catalog-1-6.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/videos-catalog-1-6/
www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/tiktok
https://ccoutreach87.com/tiktok-videos/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/tiktok-this-is-for-page-if-no-good-for.html
FB-IG-Tiktok- other Vids https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/fb-ig-tiktok-other-vids-10-24.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
IG Bible studies https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-bible-studies-9-24.html
IG Reels https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-reels-1.html
IG Vids https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3523858102198414520/3404197756526011336
Other Vids- Cat A-J https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/other-videos-catalog-j.html
Youtube Shorts [reels]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/youtube-shorts-reels.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/youtube-shorts-reels/
SEVEN- EIGHT Vid’s List
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-lists-of-vids-1-11-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-list-of-vids-1-11-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/seven-eight-lists-of-vids-1-11-25/
1st Video in a long time- Maybe the last? [1-17-25] https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/1st-new-video-in-a-long-time-lets-see-if-the-link-works/
Rednote [Full video site- Like TiKtok] China https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/6786b7a2000000000803e51b
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/vid-links-1-30-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/vid-links-1-30-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/vid-links-1-30-25.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25-making-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25/
IG/FB/TT 9-25 https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-reels-12-31-24.html
7/8 Vids https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-list-of-vids-1-11-25.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
7 Streams https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/7-streams.html
HD Clips
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/hd-clips-making-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/hd-clips/
IG/FB/TT Vids- 11-22-25
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/igfbtt-vids-11-22-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/11/igfbtt-vids-11-22-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-update-ig-fb-tt-vids-11-22-25/
Flipboard Bible n teaching Vids
https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/flipboard-magazine-ccoutreach87/
Telegram 2- ccoutreach https://t.me/boost/ccoutreach [Lots of my video links here]
NOTE- Every so often some of my sites think I am Spam- or a Bot- I am not. My name is John Chiarello, I am a retired firefighter living in Texas, Born in Hoboken New Jersey- raised in North Bergen. I post original content [all videos and text are by me]. I post 7 videos a night to many of my sites, and text posts 3 times a week. I NEVER take money- or ask for money- ever. Everything is free- I sell nothing- to some sites this makes a difference- so I wanted to say that here. There are no buildings- staff- salary- anything. Just me teaching- doing outreach- and reaching out thru my sites. All my teachings- videos- studies are free to download from all my sites. Make as many copies as you want- they are there for you to use. Thank You- John.
NOTE- Don’t be mad if I do not respond to messages on these sites- I simply don’t have time to read them. Some sites are telling me that I have money built up from posting- I do not take money for anything- if you can give it to others in those countries or boost my posts on the platform- John.
Verified? I make this note to let my sites know that I am actually posting everyday to all these sites- I do not say this to brag, but I have had problems with some sites thinking I am not doing it- they sent me notices saying this [we think you shared your password to others to do this and we don’t want that] No- I did not do that. It takes to long to verify each site- if you see the site here [ https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018.html?m=0 ] than that’s me posting to them- I am the only one who has access to the Blog and Wordpress sites- thanks- John.
Blog 3 Links-
House of prayer or den of thieves? [1st book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/house-of-prayer-or-den-of-thieves-text_31.html
Great building of God [2nd book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/great-building-of-god-text-2nd-book.html
Further talks on church n ministry [3rd book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/further-talks-on-church-n-ministry-text.html
Reformation https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/reformation-text-all-studies-are.html
Philosophy https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/philosophy-text.html
1st 2nd Samuel https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-samuel-text.html
1st 2nd Corinthians https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-cor-text.html
1st 2nd Kings https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-kings-text.html
3 books https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/3-books-text.html
Acts https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/acts-text.html
Christian recovery https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/christian-recovery-from-addiction-text.html
Classics https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/classics-text.html
Ephesians highlights https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/ephesians-highlights-text.html
Galatians https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/galatians-text.html
Galatians /John https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/galatiansjohn-text.html
Genesis https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/genesis-text.html
Haggai https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/haggai-text.html
Hurricane Harvey https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/hurricane-harvey-text.html
Hebrews 2015 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/hebrews-2015-text.html
Historical figures https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/historical-figures-from-church-history.html
Insights from a Revolution https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/insights-from-revolution-text.html
Intro https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/intro-2018.html
Islam https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/islam-text.html
James https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/james-text-note-9-25-24-i-am-making.html
John https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/john-text-links.html
Journal 2013 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/journal-2013-text.html
Judges- Ruth https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/jugdesruth-text.html
Justification by faith https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/justification-by-faith-text.html
Links to past posts https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-past-posts-text.html
Modernity https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/modernity-text.html
My parables https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/my-parables-text.html
Nehemiah/Isaiah https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/nehemiahisaiah.html
Perspectives on the Cross https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/perspectives-on-cross.html
Pope logs on https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/pope-logs-on.html
Wisdom https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/psalms-proverbs-wisdom-text.html
QM https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/qm-text.html
Radio stuff https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/radio-stuff-text.html
Rapture- 2nd coming https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/rapture-2nd-coming-2-events.html
Russia- world events https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/russia-us-world-events.html
Sermon on the mount https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/sermon-on-mount.html
NJ/NYC Journal 2107 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/njnyc-journal-2017.html
New Jersey 2015- 2016 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/nj-2015-2016.html
Links to all sites- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Links to all sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Links to all sites- www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
New sites at the bottom https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
Note- Please do me a favor, those who read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read them on- Copy text- download video links- make complete copies of my books/studies and posts- everything is copyrighted by me- I give permission for all to copy and share as much as you like- I just ask that nothing be sold. We live in an online world- yet- there is only one internet- meaning if it ever goes down- the only access to the teachings are what others have copied or downloaded- so feel free to copy and download as much as you want- it’s all free-
Note- I have many web sites- at times some question whether I’m a ‘bot’ because I do post a lot.
I am not a ‘bot’- I’m John- so please- if you are on the verge of deleting something- my contact email is ccoutreach87@gmail.com - contact me first- thank you- John
To the free sites I am on- Thank you for the service you provide to the public. I try not to pay for sites if I do not have to. Why? I want to build long term- and in short- when a person dies- pay sites will stop. Because the annual payment eventually stops- and the site goes down. I have said this to some of the sites over the years but wanted to have it in one place so I don’t need to say it to each site. Thanks- John
Groups- Feel free to join and post in our groups- some of our groups have others posting and interacting daily, while I only post 3 times a week and don’t have time to interact. I prefer that- for the groups to grow on their own and for others to use them as an opportunity for ministry.
Thought this might help- last text I wrote in along time
9-11-24 Just realized the date now- and yes- that’s the way most things are for me. I just got back from seeing homeless friends for about 3 hours.
Talked to one for some time- about life- recovery and end of life to come.
Quoted and taught from the words of Jesus about a few things that he himself brought up.
He- like many others- was clean for about 4 months and had what many call a relapse.
So I tried to give some insights on how not to give up and a little more in depth view about my view of recovery.
Now- why write this note- the first in a very long time? Well- my word software does not have spellcheck at the moment- sure- I can go back and check- but this takes a bit more time.
Also- I don’t have the time anymore to write new stuff- this might be the last ‘new’ entry- ever.
Over time I hoped most people realized that I have been re-posting old posts from years gone by.
Sure- I try and check for old news comments and stuff, and if I can remove them- I do.
But I have made notes [somewhere?] that this is what you might see from time to time.
I simply am not at the time of life to write new things anymore [or make new videos] unless I have to.
If sites I’m on see a page titled ‘New Sites’ which is an old page of a few old sites which I did not change the title to yet [catalog scroll shares- for my use]- some of these sites are to the ‘right’ of the aisle- then they might think ‘These are his NEW sites- we must delete the entire blog site!’
[Which just happened to 2 sites- 1 of them was the main website from the start. Much damage was done- because I used those links in many posts over the years- these are now what we call ‘dead links’ and that’s not good at all].
No- those are my older sites- just a few of many- and it just so happens that some of them are to the right of the aisle. I am on about 375 sites right now all over the world.
So life is at times full of stuff- stuff you have to get done- stuff you need to get done- and stuff you want to get done.
For me it’s nice to hit the keyboard for the 1st time in a long time [to write]- but that’s ‘Stuff’ that I don’t do anymore [Just took me a minute to find the ‘quotation mark’- really]
So I pray God will bless you all- I will try to keep posting old ‘Stuff’ because most of the important teachings in the New Testament are in those ‘re-posted’ studies.
And I don’t have time to ‘re-write’ what I have written before.
God bless all- John
Links to sites-
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/about
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
New sites at the bottom of this list https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
Colossians 2025
Colossians 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/colossians-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/colossians-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/colossians-2025-making-page.html
Colossians 1 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/15/colossians-1-text-13/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-1-6eec7ea29c4d
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4669258/colossians-1
Colossians 2 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/17/colossians-2-text-10/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-2-b6f5c31135db
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4671392/colossians-2
Colossians 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4675920/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/22/colossians-3-text-10/
Colossians 4 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/24/colossians-4-text-11/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4677860/colossians-4
COLOSSIANS [Links]
https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/03/20/colossians-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/04/05/colossians-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/04/20/colossians-3/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/05/03/colossians-4/
Colossians- Links- 2019
Colossians 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/12/colossians-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_2421
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/colossians-1-3
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/colossians-1-933b1fe9f471?source=---------2------------------
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/show/47571170-colossians-1
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-1-1a131141-b968-4f2d-850f-1eb9a88a6f67
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-14310637
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/12/12/Colossians-1
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-1-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1962596/colossians-1
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/12/12/colossians-1/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/12/colossians-1.html
Colossians 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/12/colossians-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/12/17/colossians-2-text/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_2432
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/colossians-2-2
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/colossians-2-23bcbcd2369?source=---------2------------------
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/show/47592023-colossians-2
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-2-51d1dafc-7519-4972-b217-9b1fb4f9f03a
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-26387993
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/12/17/Colossians-2
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-2-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1966386/colossians-2
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2019/12/17/colossians-2/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/12/colossians-2.html
Colossians 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/12/colossians-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/12/19/colossians-3-text/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_2443
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/colossians-3-3
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/colossians-3-b68a9ab6f0db?source=---------2------------------
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/47600234-colossians-3
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-3-54aa8f90-5ef8-44c9-80eb-b732d801cb5d
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-34622484
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/12/19/Colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-3-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1968010/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2019/12/19/colossians-3/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/12/colossians-3.html
Colossians 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/12/colossians-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/12/24/colossians-4-text/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_2465
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/colossians-4-3
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/colossians-4-4eceb2ed8a94?source=---------2------------------
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/47616250-colossians-4
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-4-99032db0-33dd-439b-a13b-b2e379d12205
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-48902599
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/12/24/Colossians-4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-4-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1971926/colossians-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2019/12/24/colossians-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/12/colossians-4.html
Colossians 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/11/colossians-1-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/11/03/colossians-1-19/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/gm7weqi-cv-hz1r5namdwg
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-11848551
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/colossians-1
https://wt.social/post/ixazjre5348014278732
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/49430974-colossians-1
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=229628
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/colossians-1-xgdeegy
https://parler.com/post/06d004ee4d2549b899677401b711488d
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-1-f163a3615b2a
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-1-30387683-bffe-4611-9da7-b13276e238cf
https://www.plurk.com/p/o2qemp
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-1-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2303785/colossians-1
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/11/03/colossians-1/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/11/colossians-1.html
Colossians 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/11/colossians-2-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/11/17/colossians-2-16/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/1iiglnepygqwts6cza9-cw
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-24457627
https://wt.social/post/qf8aysx5352033051033
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=231186
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/colossians-2-xdreoxl
https://parler.com/post/4593f41a947043aabf5f7bd2570daa81
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105225245514284400
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-2-6ad7e11bcea1
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-2-4cddcb5b-8e5a-4afc-8a32-1658c8159600
https://www.plurk.com/p/o3fzm9https://www.plurk.com/p/o3fzm9
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-2-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2320353/colossians-2
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/11/17/colossians-2/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/11/colossians-2.html
Colossians 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/11/colossians-3-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/11/19/colossians-3-11/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/bt1oei4fazxwfgaaan2ufw
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/colossians-3-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-34027379
https://wt.social/post/7rje3dk5352603069316
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=231397
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/colossians-3-xjjkmmp
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105236453375547818
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-3-891fc2cdae56
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-3-fd59bdec-fdf7-4dc5-ab27-75ee4cca50b3
https://www.plurk.com/p/o3jv65
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-3-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2322467/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/11/19/colossians-3-text/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/11/colossians-3.html
Colossians 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/11/colossians-4-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/11/24/colossians-4-12/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/a39eluwrmvionpdg_hftja
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/colossians-4-6
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-44915460
https://wt.social/post/yr8mofc5354056966819
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=231948
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/colossians-4-xqogdor
https://parler.com/post/61d666b73f83433bb06b7a11e6179bd2
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105265038842376949
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-4-eff175e3251c
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-4-3e547639-577a-47b8-8abe-5cd7ee7c9522
https://www.plurk.com/p/o3t1nb
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-4-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2327243/colossians-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/11/24/colossians-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/11/colossians-4.html
Blogger3- WP1- Medium-
Sunday sermon Jer 33 #61- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/06/sunday-sermon-text-226/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4661913/sunday-sermon
Galatians 5 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/galatians-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/08/galatians-5-text-12/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-5-592725879e03
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4663660/galatians-5
Galatians 6 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/galatians-6-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/galatians-6
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/10/galatians-6-text-10/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-6-ef58de508389
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4665292/galatins-6
Sunday sermon 1st Cor 10:13 #62 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/13/sunday-sermon-text-228/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-a8b13d70e16f
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4667355/sunday-sermon
Colossians 1 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/15/colossians-1-text-13/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-1-6eec7ea29c4d
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4669258/colossians-1
Colossians 2 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/17/colossians-2-text-10/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-2-b6f5c31135db
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4671392/colossians-2
Sunday sermon- John 16- #63 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/20/sunday-sermon-text-230/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-32027bb52eea
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4674164/sunday-sermon
Colossians 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4675920/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/22/colossians-3-text-10/
Colossians 4 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/24/colossians-4-text-11/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4677860/colossians-4
Sunday sermon # 64 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/27/sunday-sermon-text-232/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4680603/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/philosophy-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-1-text
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/29/philosophy-1-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4682672/philosophy-1
Philsophy 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/philosophy-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/31/philosophy-2-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4684656/philosophy-2
Sunday sermon #65
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/03/sunday-sermon-text-235/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4687171/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 3 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/05/philosophy-3-text-5/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4689074/philosophy-3
Philosophy 4 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/07/philosophy-4-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4691545/philosophy-4
Sunday sermon #66 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_10.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/10/sunday-sermon-text-237/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4694336/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-5-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/12/philosophy-5-text-5/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4696412/philosophy-5
Philosophy 6 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-last-1.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-last-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/14/philosophy-last-1-2/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4698602/philosophy--last-1
Sunday sermon #67
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_17.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/17/sunday-sermon-text-239/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4700639/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/19/2-cor-1-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4702615/2-cor-1
2 Cor 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/21/2-cor-2-text-2/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4704771/2-cor-2
Sunday sermon #68
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_24.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/zda4kmcmpwk23zw2dlbblj2w7p52nb
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/24/sunday-sermon-text-241/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4707260/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/26/2-cor-3-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4709285/2-cor-3
2 Cor 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/28/2-cor-4-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4711254/2-cor-4
Sunday sermon #69
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/6rs5awg7l6eggmfwhnppcm9tnhs7l2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/01/sunday-sermon-text-243/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4714049/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-5-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/03/2-cor-5-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4716178/2-cor-5
2 Cor 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-6-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-6
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/05/2-cor-6-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4718188/2-cor-6
Sunday sermon #70
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/cgggfmsp4gj7z4xljgjhpasgjyf2pc
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/08/sunday-sermon-text-245/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4721280/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/10/2-cor-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4723959/2-cor-7
2 Cor 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/12/2-cor-8-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4726432/2-cor-8
Sunday sermon#71
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/15/sunday-sermon-text-247/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4729627/sunday-sermon
Kings 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/17/kings-1-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4731934/kings-1
Kings 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/19/kings-2-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4734629/kings-2
Sunday sermon #72
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_22.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/22/sunday-sermon-text-249/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4737809/sunday-sermon
Kings 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/24/kings-3-text-8/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4740054/kings-3
Sunday sermon #73
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_29.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/29/sunday-sermon-text-251/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4744904/sunday-sermon
Kings 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/31/kings-4-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4747165/kings-4
Kings 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/02/kings-5-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4749755/kings-5
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-5-text.html
Sunday sermon#74
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/05/sunday-sermon-text-253/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4753588/sunday-sermon
Kings 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-6-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/09/kings-6-text-8/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4759463/kings-6
Sunday sermon #75
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/12/sunday-sermon-text-255/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4763285/sunday-sermon
Kings 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/14/kings-7-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4766175/kings-7
Sunday sermon#75
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/19/sunday-sermon-text-257/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4773356/sunday-sermon
Kings 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-8-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/21/kings-8-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4776413/kings-8
Kings 9
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-9-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-9-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/23/kings-9-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4779707/kings-9
Sunday sermon#76
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/26/sunday-sermon-text-259/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4784185/sunday-sermon
Ephesians 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/ephesians-4-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/ephesians-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/28/ephesians-4-text-12/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4787369/ephesians-4
Kings 10
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-10-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-10-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/30/kings-10-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4790441/kings-10
Sunday sermon#77
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/02/sunday-sermon-text-261/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4794676/sunday-sermon
Kings 11
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-11-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-11-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/04/kings-11-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4798558/kings-11
Sunday sermon#78
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/09/sunday-sermon-text-263/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4808624/sunday-sermon
Kings 12
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-12-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-12-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/11/kings-12-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4812916/kings-12
Kings 13
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-13-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/13/kings-13-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4817852/kings-13
Sunday sermon#79
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/16/sunday-sermon-text-265/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4822370/sunday-sermon
Kings 14
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-14-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-14-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/20/kings-14-text-6/
Sunday sermon#80
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/23/sunday-sermon-text-267/
Kings 15
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-15-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-15-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/25/kings-15-text-7/
Sunday sermon#81
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/02/sunday-sermon-text-269/
Sunday sermon#82
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/09/sunday-sermon-text-271/
Sunday sermon#83
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/16/sunday-sermon-text-273/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/
Sunday sermon#84
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/30/sunday-sermon-text-275/
Sunday sermon#85
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/06/sunday-sermon-text-277/
Sunday sermon#86
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/13/sunday-sermon-text-279/
Sunday sermon#87
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/20/sunday-sermon-text-281/
2 cor 1 [4-25- Newest copy]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/2-cor-1-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/2-cor-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/24/2-cor-1-text-5/
Sunday sermon#88
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/27/sunday-sermon-text-283/
Sunday sermon#89
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/04/sunday-sermon-text-285/
Sunday sermon#90
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/11/sunday-sermon-text-287/
Sunday sermon#91
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_18.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_18.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/18/sunday-sermon-text-289/
Acts 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-1-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/22/acts-1-text-5/
Sunday sermon#92
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/25/sunday-sermon-text-291/
Acts 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-2-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/27/acts-2-text-5/
Sunday sermon#93
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/01/sunday-sermon-text-293/
Acts 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-3-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/03/acts-3-text-4/
Acts 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-4-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/05/acts-4-text-5/
Sunday sermon#94
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/08/sunday-sermon-text-295/
Acts 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-5-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/12/acts-5-text-5/
Sunday sermon#95
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/15/sunday-sermon-text-297/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-834a0822266e
Acts 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/19/acts-6-text-5/
Sunday sermon#96
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_22.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/22/sunday-sermon-text-299/
Acts 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/24/acts-7-text-5/
Sunday sermon#97
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_29.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/29/sunday-sermon-text-301/
Acts 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/01/acts-8-text-5/
Acts 9
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-9-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/03/acts-9-text-6/
Sunday sermon#98
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/06/sunday-sermon-text-303/
Acts 10
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-10-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/10/acts-10-text-5/
Sunday sermon#99
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/13/sunday-sermon-text-305/
Acts 11
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-11-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/15/acts-11-text-6/
Sunday sermon#100
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/20/sunday-sermon-text-307/
Acts 12
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-12-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/22/acts-12-text-4/
Acts 13
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-13-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/24/acts-13-text-6/
Sunday sermon#101
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/27/sunday-sermon-text-309/
Sunday sermon#102
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text-im-posting-at-444-am.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/03/sunday-sermon-text-310/
Acts 14
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-14-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/05/acts-14-text-6/
Acts 15
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-15-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/07/acts-15-text-6/
Sunday sermon#103
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/10/sunday-sermon-text-312/
Acts 16
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-16-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/14/acts-16-text-6/
Sunday sermon#104
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_17.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/17/sunday-sermon-text-314/
Acts 17
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-17-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/19/acts-17-text-5/
Sunday sermon#105
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_24.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/24/sunday-sermon-text-316/
Acst 18
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-18-text-last-text-post-for-some.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/26/acts-18-text-last-text-post-for-some-sites-john/
Acst 19
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-19-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/28/acts-19-text-6/
Sunday sermon#106
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_31.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/31/sunday-sermon-text-318/
Acts 20
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-20-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/04/acts-20-text-4/
Sunday sermon#107
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text-posting-9-7-25-517.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/07/sunday-sermon-text-319/
Acts 21
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-21-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/09/acts-21-text-6/
Sunday sermon#108
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/14/sunday-sermon-text-321/
Acts 22
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-22-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/16/acts-22-text-6/
Acts 23
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-23-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/18/acts-23-9/
Sunday sermon#109
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text_21.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/21/sunday-sermon-text-323/
Acts 23
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-23-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/23/acts-23-text-7/
Sunday sermon#110
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text_28.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/28/sunday-sermon-text-325/
Acts 24
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-24-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/30/acts-24-text-6/
Acts 25
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-25-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/02/acts-25-text-5/
Sunday sermon#111
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/05/sunday-sermon-text-327/
Acts 26
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-26-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/09/acts-26-text-4/
Sunday sermon#112
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/12/sunday-sermon-text-329/
Acts 27
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-27-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/14/acts-27-text-6/
Sunday sermon#113
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/19/sunday-sermon-text-331/
Acts 28
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-28-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/21/acts-28-text-3/
Sunday sermon#114
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/26/sunday-sermon-text-333/
Sunday sermon#115
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/02/sunday-sermon-text-335/
Sunday sermon#116
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/09/sunday-sermon-text-337/
Sunday sermon#117
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/16/sunday-sermon-text-339/
Sunday sermon#118
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/23/sunday-sermon-text-341/
Galatians 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/galatians-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/25/galatians-1-text-16/
Galatians 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/galatians-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/27/galatians-2-text-15/
Sunday sermon#119
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/30/sunday-sermon-text-343/
Galatians 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/02/galatians-3-text-17/
Galatians 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/04/galatians-4-text-16/
Sunday sermon#120
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/07/sunday-sermon-text-345/
Galatians 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/09/galatians-5-text-16/
Galatians 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/11/galatians-6-text-14/
Sunday sermon#121
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text_14.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/14/sunday-sermon-text-347/
Kings 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/kings-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/16/kings-1-text-9/
CORPUS CHRISTI OUTREACH MINISTRIES [A network of sites reaching the world]
New- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/[Full post can be seen here]
New- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
Sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Sites- https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87--full-studies/home
Links to sites- full list
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/about
Github https://github.com/ccoutreach/Links-to-my-sites/blob/main/README.md
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
Site-https://ccoutreach87.com/ [ Post every day]
Site- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87--full-studies/home
Site- www.ccoutreach87.net
Site- https://www.ccoutreach87.org/
Stats- https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/
Stats- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/stats-text-there-is-nothing-bad-on-this.html
Stats- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/stats-creating-pages-from-these-1st.html
Links to all sites- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Linktree https://linktr.ee/ccoutreach87
Link Tree 2nd https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/link-tree/
https://linktr.ee/ccoutreach873
Site- https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/ [Text post only- 3 a week]
Site- https://medium.com/@johnchiarello [Text post only- 3 a week]
Site- http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/__blog.html?r=20171009095200
Site- https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/
Site- http://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite
Site- http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/
Site- https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/
Site- https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/
Wix- 2nd- Blog https://ccoutreach872.wixsite.com/ccoutreach87/blog
Wix- 2nd- Website https://ccoutreach872.wixsite.com/ccoutreach87
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/ccoutreach87/ [Post every day]
Site- https://vero.co/ccoutreach87
Site- https://www.wattpad.com/user/JohnChiarello/conversations
Site- https://www.publish0x.com/@ccoutreach87
Site- https://www.threads.net/@john.chiarello [Post every day]
Site- https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5 [Post every day]
Site- http://johnchiarello.tumblr.com/ [Post every day]
Site- https://twitter.com/ccoutreach87 [Post every day]
Site- https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-chiarello-b27340ab/ [Post every day]
VK- https://vk.com/id533663718 [Russia- Post every day]
OK- https://ok.ru/profile/589985645111 [Ukraine- Post every day]
IG- 1
https://www.instagram.com/john.chiarello?igsh=MTRvazIwZnZmZ253bw==
IG- 2
https://www.instagram.com/ccoutreach.87?igsh=MWkyNGE1d3h3YjRzbw==
Tiktok- https://www.tiktok.com/@johnchiarello5?lang=en [Upload new video 3 days a week- Post every day]
Plurk- https://www.plurk.com/ccoutreach87 [Japan- Taiwan] [Text post only- 3 a week]
WP- 3 https://ccoutreach4.wordpress.com/
Ccoutreach93- Wix Blog [all posts] https://ccoutreach870.wixsite.com/ccoutreach93/blog
Ccoutreach93- Wix site https://ccoutreach870.wixsite.com/ccoutreach93
Site- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Google site- 2nd https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87--full-studies/home [Google 3]
Ccoutreach87- Tumblr 2nd https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/ccoutreach87-tumblr-2nd/
https://www.tumblr.com/ccoutreach87/778110204012363776/links-to-my-sites-3-1-25?source=share
Jimdo 2nd https://john-chiarello.jimdosite.com
Linkfly 2nd https://www.linkfly.to/70318zs2hwH
Quora -https://www.quora.com/profile/John-Chiarello-1 [Post 3 times a week]
https://ccoutreach87.quora.com/ [Group Post 3 times a week- others post on group many times a day]
https://mewe.com/i/johnchiarello [Post every day]
Pagewave https://www.pagewave.net/ccoutreach87
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/u/Virtual-Ebb-2902/s/RaohMwyxqw
Flipboard Profile
https://flipboard.com/@johnchiarel2018?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=share
Telegram 2- ccoutreach https://t.me/boost/ccoutreach
Shuffles
https://www.shffls.com/shuffles/5434950074861924672?sender_id=571605515113641221
New sites at the bottom of this list https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
See today’s full post here https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
And here https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
Many more sites can be found here- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Note- Why so many links at the top? If a main site goes down- and I used that link on hundreds of thousands of posts- it creates dead links all over the internet. If I have many links at the top- at least those posts won’t be wasted.
Note- Around 9-2024 Many sites began giving me warnings, not big stuff- just minor things. It was strange that so many started doing it all at once. After a few major Blog deletions- that all stopped. I realized some group- or person was more than likely targeting us- contacting all the sites and complaining. So if you host a site by me- and you have real problems- that’s fine to contact me and let me know- but if you start getting many complaints- all at once- keep this in mind- John Chiarello
OTHER VIDEOS [These are the videos I upload nightly to my various sites- links to all my sites below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/fb-ig-tiktok-vids-7-23/
FB/IG/Tiktok n other vids https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/fbigtiktok-other-vids-8-24-need-for-my.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
IG/FB Vids 8-24 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/igfb-vids-8-24-24-need-for-my-use-john.html
IG Bible studies https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/ig-bible-studies.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/other-videos-catalog-a-j-blogger-3/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/other-videos-catalog-j-blogger-3.html
Reels- https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
IG/FB 8-24 https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
IG/FB Vids- 10-30-24 [Links]
www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/m4upc8hdhc7b6m1zavpxgjsz9n5vtc
https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/igfb-vids-8-24-24-need-for-my-use-john.html
Videos catalog 1-6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/videos-catalog-1-6.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/videos-catalog-1-6/
www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/tiktok
https://ccoutreach87.com/tiktok-videos/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/tiktok-this-is-for-page-if-no-good-for.html
FB-IG-Tiktok- other Vids https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/fb-ig-tiktok-other-vids-10-24.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
IG Bible studies https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-bible-studies-9-24.html
IG Reels https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-reels-1.html
IG Vids https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3523858102198414520/3404197756526011336
Other Vids- Cat A-J https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/other-videos-catalog-j.html
Youtube Shorts [reels]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/youtube-shorts-reels.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/youtube-shorts-reels/
SEVEN- EIGHT Vid’s List
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-lists-of-vids-1-11-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-list-of-vids-1-11-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/seven-eight-lists-of-vids-1-11-25/
1st Video in a long time- Maybe the last? [1-17-25] https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/1st-new-video-in-a-long-time-lets-see-if-the-link-works/
Rednote [Full video site- Like TiKtok] China https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/6786b7a2000000000803e51b
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/vid-links-1-30-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/vid-links-1-30-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/vid-links-1-30-25.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25-making-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25/
IG/FB/TT 9-25 https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-reels-12-31-24.html
7/8 Vids https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-list-of-vids-1-11-25.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
7 Streams https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/7-streams.html
HD Clips
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/hd-clips-making-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/hd-clips/
IG/FB/TT Vids- 11-22-25
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/igfbtt-vids-11-22-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/11/igfbtt-vids-11-22-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-update-ig-fb-tt-vids-11-22-25/
Flipboard Bible n teaching Vids
https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/flipboard-magazine-ccoutreach87/
Telegram 2- ccoutreach https://t.me/boost/ccoutreach [Lots of my video links here]
Youtube channels-
1st https://www.youtube.com/@ccoutreach873 [Main channel]
https://www.youtube.com/@ccoutreach873/posts
2nd https://youtube.com/@backup-2621?si=7PS4KW0kUOEgpxDP
https://www.youtube.com/@backup-2621/posts
3rd https://youtube.com/@backup-1930?si=5s8as-Qx0oVMP65c
https://www.youtube.com/@backup-1930/posts
Tiktok- ccoutreach87 https://www.tiktok.com/@ccoutreach87?lang=en
Tiktok- John Chiarello [Active] https://www.tiktok.com/@johnchiarello5?lang=en
NOTE- Every so often some of my sites think I am Spam- or a Bot- I am not. My name is John Chiarello, I am a retired firefighter living in Texas, Born in Hoboken New Jersey- raised in North Bergen. I post original content [all videos and text are by me]. I post 7 videos a night to many of my sites, and text posts 3 times a week. I NEVER take money- or ask for money- ever. Everything is free- I sell nothing- to some sites this makes a difference- so I wanted to say that here. There are no buildings- staff- salary- anything. Just me teaching- doing outreach- and reaching out thru my sites. All my teachings- videos- studies are free to download from all my sites. Make as many copies as you want- they are there for you to use. Thank You- John.
NOTE- Don’t be mad if I do not respond to messages on these sites- I simply don’t have time to read them. Some sites are telling me that I have money built up from posting- I do not take money for anything- if you can give it to others in those countries or boost my posts on the platform- John.
Intro I use on sites-
‘Retired firefighter teach n outreach to homeless- all links r teaching by me- John Chiarello. I take no money for the ministry- there is NO INCOME at all- besides what I pay for from my retirement check [I have to add this next part- so people know ALL the finances- this is it-] I give 35 a month to childrens international [a child in Africa] and 70 dollars a month to the homeless- and I pay for some sites- all content on my sites is free to all- download- copy- and if you r poor feel free to sell it if it can hep you. I waive the copyright to everything. I was born in Hoboken- grew up in North Bergen [New Jersey] off the Hudson river by NYC. I retired from the Kingsville Fire Department [Texas] in 2008- after 25 years on the job as a paid firefighter [Not some fake thing]. I now live in Corpus Christi Texas. There is no office- building- or employees- I make the videos- write the posts- add the links- post it myself. I say this not to brag- but so everyone knows what I’m doing.
Verified? I make this note to let my sites know that I am actually posting everyday to all these sites- I do not say this to brag, but I have had problems with some sites thinking I am not doing it- they sent me notices saying this [we think you shared your password to others to do this and we don’t want that] No- I did not do that. It takes to long to verify each site- if you see the site here [ https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018.html?m=0 ] than that’s me posting to them- I am the only one who has access to the Blog and Wordpress sites- thanks- John.
Blog 3 Links-
House of prayer or den of thieves? [1st book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/house-of-prayer-or-den-of-thieves-text_31.html
Great building of God [2nd book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/great-building-of-god-text-2nd-book.html
Further talks on church n ministry [3rd book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/further-talks-on-church-n-ministry-text.html
Reformation https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/reformation-text-all-studies-are.html
Philosophy https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/philosophy-text.html
1st 2nd Samuel https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-samuel-text.html
1st 2nd Corinthians https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-cor-text.html
1st 2nd Kings https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-kings-text.html
3 books https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/3-books-text.html
Acts https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/acts-text.html
Christian recovery https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/christian-recovery-from-addiction-text.html
Classics https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/classics-text.html
Ephesians highlights https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/ephesians-highlights-text.html
Galatians https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/galatians-text.html
Galatians /John https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/galatiansjohn-text.html
Genesis https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/genesis-text.html
Haggai https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/haggai-text.html
Hurricane Harvey https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/hurricane-harvey-text.html
Hebrews 2015 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/hebrews-2015-text.html
Historical figures https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/historical-figures-from-church-history.html
Insights from a Revolution https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/insights-from-revolution-text.html
Intro https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/intro-2018.html
Islam https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/islam-text.html
James https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/james-text-note-9-25-24-i-am-making.html
John https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/john-text-links.html
Journal 2013 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/journal-2013-text.html
Judges- Ruth https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/jugdesruth-text.html
Justification by faith https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/justification-by-faith-text.html
Links to past posts https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-past-posts-text.html
Modernity https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/modernity-text.html
My parables https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/my-parables-text.html
Nehemiah/Isaiah https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/nehemiahisaiah.html
Perspectives on the Cross https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/perspectives-on-cross.html
Pope logs on https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/pope-logs-on.html
Wisdom https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/psalms-proverbs-wisdom-text.html
QM https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/qm-text.html
Radio stuff https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/radio-stuff-text.html
Rapture- 2nd coming https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/rapture-2nd-coming-2-events.html
Russia- world events https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/russia-us-world-events.html
Sermon on the mount https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/sermon-on-mount.html
NJ/NYC Journal 2107 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/njnyc-journal-2017.html
New Jersey 2015- 2016 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/nj-2015-2016.html
Links to all sites- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Links to all sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Links to all sites- www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
New sites at the bottom https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
Note- Please do me a favor, those who read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read them on- Copy text- download video links- make complete copies of my books/studies and posts- everything is copyrighted by me- I give permission for all to copy and share as much as you like- I just ask that nothing be sold. We live in an online world- yet- there is only one internet- meaning if it ever goes down- the only access to the teachings are what others have copied or downloaded- so feel free to copy and download as much as you want- it’s all free-
Note- I have many web sites- at times some question whether I’m a ‘bot’ because I do post a lot.
I am not a ‘bot’- I’m John- so please- if you are on the verge of deleting something- my contact email is ccoutreach87@gmail.com - contact me first- thank you- John
To the free sites I am on- Thank you for the service you provide to the public. I try not to pay for sites if I do not have to. Why? I want to build long term- and in short- when a person dies- pay sites will stop. Because the annual payment eventually stops- and the site goes down. I have said this to some of the sites over the years but wanted to have it in one place so I don’t need to say it to each site. Thanks- John
Groups- Feel free to join and post in our groups- some of our groups have others posting and interacting daily, while I only post 3 times a week and don’t have time to interact. I prefer that- for the groups to grow on their own and for others to use them as an opportunity for ministry.
Thought this might help- last text I wrote in along time
9-11-24 Just realized the date now- and yes- that’s the way most things are for me. I just got back from seeing homeless friends for about 3 hours.
Talked to one for some time- about life- recovery and end of life to come.
Quoted and taught from the words of Jesus about a few things that he himself brought up.
He- like many others- was clean for about 4 months and had what many call a relapse.
So I tried to give some insights on how not to give up and a little more in depth view about my view of recovery.
Now- why write this note- the first in a very long time? Well- my word software does not have spellcheck at the moment- sure- I can go back and check- but this takes a bit more time.
Also- I don’t have the time anymore to write new stuff- this might be the last ‘new’ entry- ever.
Over time I hoped most people realized that I have been re-posting old posts from years gone by.
Sure- I try and check for old news comments and stuff, and if I can remove them- I do.
But I have made notes [somewhere?] that this is what you might see from time to time.
I simply am not at the time of life to write new things anymore [or make new videos] unless I have to.
If sites I’m on see a page titled ‘New Sites’ which is an old page of a few old sites which I did not change the title to yet [catalog scroll shares- for my use]- some of these sites are to the ‘right’ of the aisle- then they might think ‘These are his NEW sites- we must delete the entire blog site!’
[Which just happened to 2 sites- 1 of them was the main website from the start. Much damage was done- because I used those links in many posts over the years- these are now what we call ‘dead links’ and that’s not good at all].
No- those are my older sites- just a few of many- and it just so happens that some of them are to the right of the aisle. I am on about 375 sites right now all over the world.
So life is at times full of stuff- stuff you have to get done- stuff you need to get done- and stuff you want to get done.
For me it’s nice to hit the keyboard for the 1st time in a long time [to write]- but that’s ‘Stuff’ that I don’t do anymore [Just took me a minute to find the ‘quotation mark’- really]
So I pray God will bless you all- I will try to keep posting old ‘Stuff’ because most of the important teachings in the New Testament are in those ‘re-posted’ studies.
And I don’t have time to ‘re-write’ what I have written before.
God bless all- John
Links to sites-
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/about
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
New sites at the bottom of this list https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
Ephesians 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/11/ephesians-1-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/11/26/ephesians-1-19/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/qz9i_imwzxr_4mxuew5zlg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/ephesians-1-5
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/ephesians-11493512
https://wt.social/post/rc53k6u5354625913904
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=232128
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/ephesians-1-xqoglgx
https://parler.com/post/aa5bd46a3753491e99710c2cd1a8bb2b
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105276224624976104
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/ephesians-1-27d0fcaa8880
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/ephesians-1-b2a5eb65-04ed-4790-a971-39a6d85e3716
https://www.plurk.com/p/o3wyd2
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/ephesians-1-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2329463/ephesians-1
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/11/26/ephesians-1-text/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/11/ephesians-1.html
Ephesians 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/ephesians-2-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/01/ephesians-2-17/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/wvybuiudggev3_vm_qhqvg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/ephesians-2-5
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/ephesians-25590001
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=232685
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/ephesians-2-xrylnny
https://parler.com/post/748c476fba604de689619565135844cc
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105304783616871659
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/ephesians-2-280a4c058487
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/ephesians-2-2b3690b5-ac98-4e27-b042-8dedf5417278
https://www.plurk.com/p/o46bsx
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/ephesians-2-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2334441/ephesians-2
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/01/ephesians-2/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/ephesians-2.html
Ephesians 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/ephesians-3-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/03/ephesians-3-text-2/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/ephesians-3-5
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/ephesians-35804971
https://wt.social/post/xb2alpy535664270347
https://sharfly.com/Ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/48qngfcomtgxg84zjc80mg
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/ephesians-3-xomgkqv
https://parler.com/post/14ec497878d44193916500bfdd9f6bf1
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105315874573098603
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/ephesians-3-cac32f21bbed
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/ephesians-3-a3f56ff4-dde7-4212-acba-cced7c613fc8
https://www.plurk.com/p/o4ab2l
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/ephesians-3-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2336606/ephesians-3
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/ephesians-3.html
Ephesians 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/ephesians-4-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/08/ephesians-4-19/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/1dbdwae4qon9ykeutxvkag
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/ephesians-4-5
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/ephesians-46736325
https://wt.social/post/qsr5b6m5358090410537
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/ephesians-4-xvweolq
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105344333614644517
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/ephesians-4-7709862ae153
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/ephesians-4-d17bbe53-668a-43ed-9511-6d8ecd38aa72
https://www.plurk.com/p/o4jjjc
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/ephesians-4-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2341420/ephesians-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/08/ephesians-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/ephesians-4.html
Ephesians 5
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/ephesians-5-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/10/ephesians-5-text-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/7sfhtu9d4j9srt_qtgugva
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/ephesians-5-5
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/ephesians-54604702
https://wt.social/post/u1qvl935358653607620
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/ephesians-5-xnqevgk
https://parler.com/post/fd3dc1e883a34966899a9de9903c37fa
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105355410848479534
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/ephesians-5-ce1eef187fef
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/ephesians-5-44ea5ced-0d91-4488-95af-d4ccc8197932
https://www.plurk.com/p/o4ncmu
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2343775/ephesians-5
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/10/ephesians-5/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/ephesians-5.html
Ephesians 6
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/ephesians-6-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/15/ephesians-6-text-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/2wzijl47lqxz9iqxm5lacg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/ephesians-6-5
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/ephesians-63172127
https://wt.social/post/r1mnx3z536010075515
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/ephesians-6-xxworzg
https://parler.com/post/2934ebc7c98444ada97eaaafccf194df
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105383863544950213
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/ephesians-6-a01173d3ab71
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/ephesians-6-8e03d8dd-173d-4d71-855d-f7532cc52ad6
https://www.plurk.com/p/o4x007
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/ephesians-6-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2351581/ephesians-6
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/15/ephesians-6/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/ephesians-6.html
Galatians 2025- [Also older studies below]
Galatians 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/galatians-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-2025-making-page.html
Galatians 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/galatians-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/25/galatians-1-text-16/
Galatians 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/galatians-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/27/galatians-2-text-15/
Galatians 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/02/galatians-3-text-17/
Galatians 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/04/galatians-4-text-16/
Galatians 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/09/galatians-5-text-16/
Galatians 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/11/galatians-6-text-14/
Galatians 5 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/galatians-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/08/galatians-5-text-12/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-5-592725879e03
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4663660/galatians-5
Galatians 6 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/galatians-6-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/galatians-6
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/10/galatians-6-text-10/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-6-ef58de508389
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4665292/galatins-6
GALATIANS [Links]
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/26/galatians-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/30/2nd-samuel-3-homeless-friends/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/02/galatians-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/10/galatians-3/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/12/the-seed/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/16/galatians-4/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/24/galatians-5/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/07/galatians-6/
Galatians 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-1-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/17/galatians-1-16/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/wcbfkhc6p1fkpxazlw_bng
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-1-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-16046790
https://wt.social/post/jfi5ub25360665537221
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-1-xykvowj
https://parler.com/post/dd518eb61bfa4e53ae8c476b3c8619dd
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105394968263653884
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-1-2299c227a9ce
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-1-ce5f29d3-263a-4a1c-86e7-018097bbd8ce
https://www.plurk.com/p/o50uxw
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-1-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2361079/galatians-1
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/17/galatians-1/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-1.html
Galatians 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-2-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/22/galatians-2-18/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/pizaavvbhnsul6mwpsi8ua
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-2-5
https://wt.social/post/1b6ucyi5362123616094
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-2-xomlxkn
https://parler.com/post/5dd947d6ea2c4feb8c9e74ef858d95a9
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105423634678296448
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-2-fcdbc3788d45
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-2-11613556-63d6-4d0b-baae-2fb0659457c0
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5adzh
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2387211/galatians-2
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/22/galatians-2/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-2.html
Galatians 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-3-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/24/galatians-3-text-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/o2nb8lfuxxplcj2mq6ywxg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-3-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-36880587
https://wt.social/post/3ungwki53626817192
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-3-xryyokk
https://parler.com/post/67feb31532aa4184b175284b2e713af3
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105434608063686819
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-3-bc88f8c94a96
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-3-95abab60-5e86-4a5c-a509-b420a853d416
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5ea9r
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-3-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2401391/galatians-3
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/24/galatians-3/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-3.html
Galatians 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-4-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/27/galatians-4-text-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/ce4bhrppzfc-pseeeuifww
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-4-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-43231449
https://wt.social/post/zv873ep5363565440295
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-4-xerrvqj
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105451977257475153
https://parler.com/post/b0cf6cea1ea9464eac8de84f91465ca5
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-4-c28bfdf12fe4
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-4-8940d7ce-918d-44d4-92a6-829f1100195c
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5ju8y
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-4-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2419041/galatians-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/27/galatians-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-4.html
Galatians 5
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-5-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/29/galatians-5-text-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/21lzyfe1swiai-nxmiqkow
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-5-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-58642488
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105463070505631140
https://parler.com/post/4b84f8e5d8b74474afc40e8d755bd63a
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-5-e45b01bc5f80
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-5-e37d4b21-7471-406d-86ff-e4ac26d1e598
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5nk88
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-5-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2428861/galatians-5
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/29/galatians-5/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-5.html
Galatians 6
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-6-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/31/galatians-6-19/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/erkcxvjw64zwzndgmf5rcw
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-6-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-66165486
https://wt.social/post/b7369wv5364715588026
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-6-xpnnkdr
https://parler.com/post/1c3bb15bc98446989b8124b99c08c23f
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105474595707353320
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-6-bc384cdcaf3
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-6-762ef53c-81bb-4886-8265-d3451fad1e7d
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5rxy9
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-6-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2445748/galatians-6
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/31/galatians-6/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-6.html
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-links-2021
Galatians 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/06/galatians-1-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/06/18/galatians-1-text/
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-15255332
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/galatians-1
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48623731-galatians-1
https://vk.com/wall533663718_4078
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1120316194446151680?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104364745640846313
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/galatians-1-2efb317f17a1?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/galatians-1
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-1-77d1e4fd-968d-4598-ad5a-005f9aa62774
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-1-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2155247/galatians-1
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/06/18/galatians-1/
Galatians 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/06/galatians-2-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/06/23/galatians-2-text/
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-25524277
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.site/blog/post/galatians-2-4
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/galatians-2
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48649499-galatians-2
https://vk.com/wall533663718_4122
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1122133777171648512?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104393148744444033
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/galatians-2-bb4777162a26?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/galatians-2
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-2-f2bed752-0411-4149-9093-a68d5cf240fb
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-2-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2159692/galatians-2
Galatians 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/06/galatians-3-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/06/25/galatians-3-text/
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-38829374
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.site/blog/post/galatians-3-3
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48662484-galatians-3
https://vk.com/wall533663718_4141
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1122855977728737280?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104404430743356035
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/galatians-3-ab764c4751a8?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/galatians-3
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-3-cd351f14-8eaf-46aa-88f1-32a945b59cd7
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-3-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2161417/galatians-3
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/06/25/galatians-3/
Galatians 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/06/galatians-4-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/06/30/galatians-4-text/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1124642432929394688?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/hh887eamqe4hl_rsv4ar5a
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-42635904
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.site/blog/post/galatians-4-3
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/galatians-4
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48686674-galatians-4
https://vk.com/wall533663718_4178
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/galatians-4-22b07965f376?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/galatians-4
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-4-9248eb7f-6770-4400-b44e-43cf1475b50b
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-4-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2165938/galatians-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/06/30/galatians-4/
Galatians 5
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/07/galatians-5-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/07/02/galatians-5-text/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1125389810828525568?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/6etnthviwtoglqmvbitbya
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-56519359
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-5-3
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/galatians-5
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48696801-galatians-5
https://vk.com/wall533663718_4198
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104444018749256730
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/galatians-5-3012ad800c3a?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/galatians-5
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-5-17bd9f99-32d3-43b8-9782-b62dca0db0ed
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-5-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2167851/galatians-5
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/07/02/galatians-5/
Galatians 6
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/07/galatians-6-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/07/07/galatians-6-text/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1127202518923046912?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/9krofdrlt6f5iirpqo-v_a
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-68516737
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-6-3
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/galatians-6
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48720012-galatians-6
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104472346923077906
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/galatians-6-121e8870553e?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/galatians-6
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-6-7eb6d413-cd87-43f3-be90-6eff7c741892
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-6-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2172132/galatians-6
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/07/07/galatians-6/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/07/galatians-6.html
Blogger3- WP1- Medium-
Sunday sermon Jer 33 #61- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/06/sunday-sermon-text-226/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4661913/sunday-sermon
Galatians 5 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/galatians-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/08/galatians-5-text-12/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-5-592725879e03
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4663660/galatians-5
Galatians 6 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/galatians-6-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/galatians-6
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/10/galatians-6-text-10/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-6-ef58de508389
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4665292/galatins-6
Sunday sermon 1st Cor 10:13 #62 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/13/sunday-sermon-text-228/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-a8b13d70e16f
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4667355/sunday-sermon
Colossians 1 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/15/colossians-1-text-13/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-1-6eec7ea29c4d
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4669258/colossians-1
Colossians 2 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/17/colossians-2-text-10/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-2-b6f5c31135db
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4671392/colossians-2
Sunday sermon- John 16- #63 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/20/sunday-sermon-text-230/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-32027bb52eea
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4674164/sunday-sermon
Colossians 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4675920/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/22/colossians-3-text-10/
Colossians 4 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/24/colossians-4-text-11/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4677860/colossians-4
Sunday sermon # 64 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/27/sunday-sermon-text-232/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4680603/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/philosophy-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-1-text
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/29/philosophy-1-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4682672/philosophy-1
Philsophy 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/philosophy-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/31/philosophy-2-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4684656/philosophy-2
Sunday sermon #65
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/03/sunday-sermon-text-235/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4687171/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 3 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/05/philosophy-3-text-5/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4689074/philosophy-3
Philosophy 4 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/07/philosophy-4-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4691545/philosophy-4
Sunday sermon #66 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_10.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/10/sunday-sermon-text-237/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4694336/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-5-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/12/philosophy-5-text-5/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4696412/philosophy-5
Philosophy 6 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-last-1.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-last-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/14/philosophy-last-1-2/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4698602/philosophy--last-1
Sunday sermon #67
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_17.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/17/sunday-sermon-text-239/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4700639/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/19/2-cor-1-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4702615/2-cor-1
2 Cor 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/21/2-cor-2-text-2/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4704771/2-cor-2
Sunday sermon #68
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_24.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/zda4kmcmpwk23zw2dlbblj2w7p52nb
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/24/sunday-sermon-text-241/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4707260/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/26/2-cor-3-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4709285/2-cor-3
2 Cor 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/28/2-cor-4-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4711254/2-cor-4
Sunday sermon #69
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/6rs5awg7l6eggmfwhnppcm9tnhs7l2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/01/sunday-sermon-text-243/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4714049/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-5-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/03/2-cor-5-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4716178/2-cor-5
2 Cor 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-6-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-6
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/05/2-cor-6-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4718188/2-cor-6
Sunday sermon #70
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/cgggfmsp4gj7z4xljgjhpasgjyf2pc
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/08/sunday-sermon-text-245/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4721280/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/10/2-cor-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4723959/2-cor-7
2 Cor 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/12/2-cor-8-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4726432/2-cor-8
Sunday sermon#71
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/15/sunday-sermon-text-247/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4729627/sunday-sermon
Kings 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/17/kings-1-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4731934/kings-1
Kings 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/19/kings-2-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4734629/kings-2
Sunday sermon #72
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_22.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/22/sunday-sermon-text-249/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4737809/sunday-sermon
Kings 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/24/kings-3-text-8/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4740054/kings-3
Sunday sermon #73
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_29.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/29/sunday-sermon-text-251/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4744904/sunday-sermon
Kings 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/31/kings-4-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4747165/kings-4
Kings 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/02/kings-5-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4749755/kings-5
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-5-text.html
Sunday sermon#74
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/05/sunday-sermon-text-253/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4753588/sunday-sermon
Kings 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-6-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/09/kings-6-text-8/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4759463/kings-6
Sunday sermon #75
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/12/sunday-sermon-text-255/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4763285/sunday-sermon
Kings 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/14/kings-7-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4766175/kings-7
Sunday sermon#75
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/19/sunday-sermon-text-257/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4773356/sunday-sermon
Kings 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-8-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/21/kings-8-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4776413/kings-8
Kings 9
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-9-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-9-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/23/kings-9-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4779707/kings-9
Sunday sermon#76
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/26/sunday-sermon-text-259/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4784185/sunday-sermon
Ephesians 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/ephesians-4-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/ephesians-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/28/ephesians-4-text-12/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4787369/ephesians-4
Kings 10
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-10-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-10-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/30/kings-10-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4790441/kings-10
Sunday sermon#77
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/02/sunday-sermon-text-261/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4794676/sunday-sermon
Kings 11
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-11-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-11-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/04/kings-11-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4798558/kings-11
Sunday sermon#78
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/09/sunday-sermon-text-263/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4808624/sunday-sermon
Kings 12
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-12-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-12-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/11/kings-12-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4812916/kings-12
Kings 13
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-13-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/13/kings-13-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4817852/kings-13
Sunday sermon#79
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/16/sunday-sermon-text-265/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4822370/sunday-sermon
Kings 14
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-14-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-14-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/20/kings-14-text-6/
Sunday sermon#80
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/23/sunday-sermon-text-267/
Kings 15
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-15-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-15-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/25/kings-15-text-7/
Sunday sermon#81
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/02/sunday-sermon-text-269/
Sunday sermon#82
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/09/sunday-sermon-text-271/
Sunday sermon#83
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/16/sunday-sermon-text-273/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/
Sunday sermon#84
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/30/sunday-sermon-text-275/
Sunday sermon#85
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/06/sunday-sermon-text-277/
Sunday sermon#86
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/13/sunday-sermon-text-279/
Sunday sermon#87
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/20/sunday-sermon-text-281/
2 cor 1 [4-25- Newest copy]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/2-cor-1-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/2-cor-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/24/2-cor-1-text-5/
Sunday sermon#88
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/27/sunday-sermon-text-283/
Sunday sermon#89
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/04/sunday-sermon-text-285/
Sunday sermon#90
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/11/sunday-sermon-text-287/
Sunday sermon#91
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_18.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_18.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/18/sunday-sermon-text-289/
Acts 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-1-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/22/acts-1-text-5/
Sunday sermon#92
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/25/sunday-sermon-text-291/
Acts 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-2-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/27/acts-2-text-5/
Sunday sermon#93
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/01/sunday-sermon-text-293/
Acts 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-3-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/03/acts-3-text-4/
Acts 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-4-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/05/acts-4-text-5/
Sunday sermon#94
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/08/sunday-sermon-text-295/
Acts 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-5-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/12/acts-5-text-5/
Sunday sermon#95
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/15/sunday-sermon-text-297/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-834a0822266e
Acts 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/19/acts-6-text-5/
Sunday sermon#96
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_22.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/22/sunday-sermon-text-299/
Acts 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/24/acts-7-text-5/
Sunday sermon#97
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_29.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/29/sunday-sermon-text-301/
Acts 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/01/acts-8-text-5/
Acts 9
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-9-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/03/acts-9-text-6/
Sunday sermon#98
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/06/sunday-sermon-text-303/
Acts 10
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-10-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/10/acts-10-text-5/
Sunday sermon#99
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/13/sunday-sermon-text-305/
Acts 11
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-11-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/15/acts-11-text-6/
Sunday sermon#100
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/20/sunday-sermon-text-307/
Acts 12
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-12-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/22/acts-12-text-4/
Acts 13
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-13-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/24/acts-13-text-6/
Sunday sermon#101
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/27/sunday-sermon-text-309/
Sunday sermon#102
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text-im-posting-at-444-am.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/03/sunday-sermon-text-310/
Acts 14
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-14-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/05/acts-14-text-6/
Acts 15
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-15-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/07/acts-15-text-6/
Sunday sermon#103
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/10/sunday-sermon-text-312/
Acts 16
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-16-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/14/acts-16-text-6/
Sunday sermon#104
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_17.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/17/sunday-sermon-text-314/
Acts 17
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-17-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/19/acts-17-text-5/
Sunday sermon#105
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_24.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/24/sunday-sermon-text-316/
Acst 18
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-18-text-last-text-post-for-some.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/26/acts-18-text-last-text-post-for-some-sites-john/
Acst 19
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-19-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/28/acts-19-text-6/
Sunday sermon#106
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_31.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/31/sunday-sermon-text-318/
Acts 20
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-20-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/04/acts-20-text-4/
Sunday sermon#107
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text-posting-9-7-25-517.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/07/sunday-sermon-text-319/
Acts 21
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-21-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/09/acts-21-text-6/
Sunday sermon#108
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/14/sunday-sermon-text-321/
Acts 22
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-22-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/16/acts-22-text-6/
Acts 23
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-23-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/18/acts-23-9/
Sunday sermon#109
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text_21.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/21/sunday-sermon-text-323/
Acts 23
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-23-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/23/acts-23-text-7/
Sunday sermon#110
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text_28.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/28/sunday-sermon-text-325/
Acts 24
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-24-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/30/acts-24-text-6/
Acts 25
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-25-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/02/acts-25-text-5/
Sunday sermon#111
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/05/sunday-sermon-text-327/
Acts 26
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-26-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/09/acts-26-text-4/
Sunday sermon#112
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/12/sunday-sermon-text-329/
Acts 27
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-27-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/14/acts-27-text-6/
Sunday sermon#113
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/19/sunday-sermon-text-331/
Acts 28
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-28-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/21/acts-28-text-3/
Sunday sermon#114
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/26/sunday-sermon-text-333/
Sunday sermon#115
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/02/sunday-sermon-text-335/
Sunday sermon#116
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/09/sunday-sermon-text-337/
Sunday sermon#117
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/16/sunday-sermon-text-339/
Sunday sermon#118
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/23/sunday-sermon-text-341/
Galatians 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/galatians-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/25/galatians-1-text-16/
Galatians 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/galatians-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/27/galatians-2-text-15/
Sunday sermon#119
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/30/sunday-sermon-text-343/
Galatians 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/02/galatians-3-text-17/
Galatians 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/04/galatians-4-text-16/
Sunday sermon#120
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/07/sunday-sermon-text-345/
Galatians 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/09/galatians-5-text-16/
Galatians 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/11/galatians-6-text-14/
Sunday sermon#121
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text_14.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/14/sunday-sermon-text-347/
Kings 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/kings-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/16/kings-1-text-9/
CORPUS CHRISTI OUTREACH MINISTRIES [A network of sites reaching the world]
New- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/[Full post can be seen here]
New- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
Sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Sites- https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87--full-studies/home
Links to sites- full list
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/about
Github https://github.com/ccoutreach/Links-to-my-sites/blob/main/README.md
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
Site-https://ccoutreach87.com/ [ Post every day]
Site- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87--full-studies/home
Site- www.ccoutreach87.net
Site- https://www.ccoutreach87.org/
Stats- https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/
Stats- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/stats-text-there-is-nothing-bad-on-this.html
Stats- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/stats-creating-pages-from-these-1st.html
Links to all sites- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Linktree https://linktr.ee/ccoutreach87
Link Tree 2nd https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/link-tree/
https://linktr.ee/ccoutreach873
Site- https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/ [Text post only- 3 a week]
Site- https://medium.com/@johnchiarello [Text post only- 3 a week]
Site- http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/__blog.html?r=20171009095200
Site- https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/
Site- http://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite
Site- http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/
Site- https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/
Site- https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/
Wix- 2nd- Blog https://ccoutreach872.wixsite.com/ccoutreach87/blog
Wix- 2nd- Website https://ccoutreach872.wixsite.com/ccoutreach87
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/ccoutreach87/ [Post every day]
Site- https://vero.co/ccoutreach87
Site- https://www.wattpad.com/user/JohnChiarello/conversations
Site- https://www.publish0x.com/@ccoutreach87
Site- https://www.threads.net/@john.chiarello [Post every day]
Site- https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5 [Post every day]
Site- http://johnchiarello.tumblr.com/ [Post every day]
Site- https://twitter.com/ccoutreach87 [Post every day]
Site- https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-chiarello-b27340ab/ [Post every day]
VK- https://vk.com/id533663718 [Russia- Post every day]
OK- https://ok.ru/profile/589985645111 [Ukraine- Post every day]
IG- 1
https://www.instagram.com/john.chiarello?igsh=MTRvazIwZnZmZ253bw==
IG- 2
https://www.instagram.com/ccoutreach.87?igsh=MWkyNGE1d3h3YjRzbw==
Tiktok- https://www.tiktok.com/@johnchiarello5?lang=en [Upload new video 3 days a week- Post every day]
Plurk- https://www.plurk.com/ccoutreach87 [Japan- Taiwan] [Text post only- 3 a week]
WP- 3 https://ccoutreach4.wordpress.com/
Ccoutreach93- Wix Blog [all posts] https://ccoutreach870.wixsite.com/ccoutreach93/blog
Ccoutreach93- Wix site https://ccoutreach870.wixsite.com/ccoutreach93
Site- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Google site- 2nd https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87--full-studies/home [Google 3]
Ccoutreach87- Tumblr 2nd https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/ccoutreach87-tumblr-2nd/
https://www.tumblr.com/ccoutreach87/778110204012363776/links-to-my-sites-3-1-25?source=share
Jimdo 2nd https://john-chiarello.jimdosite.com
Linkfly 2nd https://www.linkfly.to/70318zs2hwH
Quora -https://www.quora.com/profile/John-Chiarello-1 [Post 3 times a week]
https://ccoutreach87.quora.com/ [Group Post 3 times a week- others post on group many times a day]
https://mewe.com/i/johnchiarello [Post every day]
Pagewave https://www.pagewave.net/ccoutreach87
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/u/Virtual-Ebb-2902/s/RaohMwyxqw
Flipboard Profile
https://flipboard.com/@johnchiarel2018?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=share
Telegram 2- ccoutreach https://t.me/boost/ccoutreach
Shuffles
https://www.shffls.com/shuffles/5434950074861924672?sender_id=571605515113641221
New sites at the bottom of this list https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
See today’s full post here https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
And here https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
Many more sites can be found here- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Note- Why so many links at the top? If a main site goes down- and I used that link on hundreds of thousands of posts- it creates dead links all over the internet. If I have many links at the top- at least those posts won’t be wasted.
Note- Around 9-2024 Many sites began giving me warnings, not big stuff- just minor things. It was strange that so many started doing it all at once. After a few major Blog deletions- that all stopped. I realized some group- or person was more than likely targeting us- contacting all the sites and complaining. So if you host a site by me- and you have real problems- that’s fine to contact me and let me know- but if you start getting many complaints- all at once- keep this in mind- John Chiarello
OTHER VIDEOS [These are the videos I upload nightly to my various sites- links to all my sites below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/fb-ig-tiktok-vids-7-23/
FB/IG/Tiktok n other vids https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/fbigtiktok-other-vids-8-24-need-for-my.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
IG/FB Vids 8-24 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/igfb-vids-8-24-24-need-for-my-use-john.html
IG Bible studies https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/ig-bible-studies.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/other-videos-catalog-a-j-blogger-3/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/other-videos-catalog-j-blogger-3.html
Reels- https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
IG/FB 8-24 https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
IG/FB Vids- 10-30-24 [Links]
www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/m4upc8hdhc7b6m1zavpxgjsz9n5vtc
https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/igfb-vids-8-24-24-need-for-my-use-john.html
Videos catalog 1-6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/videos-catalog-1-6.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/videos-catalog-1-6/
www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/tiktok
https://ccoutreach87.com/tiktok-videos/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/tiktok-this-is-for-page-if-no-good-for.html
FB-IG-Tiktok- other Vids https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/fb-ig-tiktok-other-vids-10-24.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
IG Bible studies https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-bible-studies-9-24.html
IG Reels https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-reels-1.html
IG Vids https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3523858102198414520/3404197756526011336
Other Vids- Cat A-J https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/other-videos-catalog-j.html
Youtube Shorts [reels]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/youtube-shorts-reels.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/youtube-shorts-reels/
SEVEN- EIGHT Vid’s List
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-lists-of-vids-1-11-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-list-of-vids-1-11-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/seven-eight-lists-of-vids-1-11-25/
1st Video in a long time- Maybe the last? [1-17-25] https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/1st-new-video-in-a-long-time-lets-see-if-the-link-works/
Rednote [Full video site- Like TiKtok] China https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/6786b7a2000000000803e51b
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/vid-links-1-30-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/vid-links-1-30-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/vid-links-1-30-25.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25-making-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25/
IG/FB/TT 9-25 https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-reels-12-31-24.html
7/8 Vids https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-list-of-vids-1-11-25.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
7 Streams https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/7-streams.html
HD Clips
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/hd-clips-making-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/hd-clips/
IG/FB/TT Vids- 11-22-25
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/igfbtt-vids-11-22-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/11/igfbtt-vids-11-22-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-update-ig-fb-tt-vids-11-22-25/
Flipboard Bible n teaching Vids
https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/flipboard-magazine-ccoutreach87/
Telegram 2- ccoutreach https://t.me/boost/ccoutreach [Lots of my video links here]
Youtube channels-
1st https://www.youtube.com/@ccoutreach873 [Main channel]
https://www.youtube.com/@ccoutreach873/posts
2nd https://youtube.com/@backup-2621?si=7PS4KW0kUOEgpxDP
https://www.youtube.com/@backup-2621/posts
3rd https://youtube.com/@backup-1930?si=5s8as-Qx0oVMP65c
https://www.youtube.com/@backup-1930/posts
Tiktok- ccoutreach87 https://www.tiktok.com/@ccoutreach87?lang=en
Tiktok- John Chiarello [Active] https://www.tiktok.com/@johnchiarello5?lang=en
NOTE- Every so often some of my sites think I am Spam- or a Bot- I am not. My name is John Chiarello, I am a retired firefighter living in Texas, Born in Hoboken New Jersey- raised in North Bergen. I post original content [all videos and text are by me]. I post 7 videos a night to many of my sites, and text posts 3 times a week. I NEVER take money- or ask for money- ever. Everything is free- I sell nothing- to some sites this makes a difference- so I wanted to say that here. There are no buildings- staff- salary- anything. Just me teaching- doing outreach- and reaching out thru my sites. All my teachings- videos- studies are free to download from all my sites. Make as many copies as you want- they are there for you to use. Thank You- John.
NOTE- Don’t be mad if I do not respond to messages on these sites- I simply don’t have time to read them. Some sites are telling me that I have money built up from posting- I do not take money for anything- if you can give it to others in those countries or boost my posts on the platform- John.
Intro I use on sites-
‘Retired firefighter teach n outreach to homeless- all links r teaching by me- John Chiarello. I take no money for the ministry- there is NO INCOME at all- besides what I pay for from my retirement check [I have to add this next part- so people know ALL the finances- this is it-] I give 35 a month to childrens international [a child in Africa] and 70 dollars a month to the homeless- and I pay for some sites- all content on my sites is free to all- download- copy- and if you r poor feel free to sell it if it can hep you. I waive the copyright to everything. I was born in Hoboken- grew up in North Bergen [New Jersey] off the Hudson river by NYC. I retired from the Kingsville Fire Department [Texas] in 2008- after 25 years on the job as a paid firefighter [Not some fake thing]. I now live in Corpus Christi Texas. There is no office- building- or employees- I make the videos- write the posts- add the links- post it myself. I say this not to brag- but so everyone knows what I’m doing.
Verified? I make this note to let my sites know that I am actually posting everyday to all these sites- I do not say this to brag, but I have had problems with some sites thinking I am not doing it- they sent me notices saying this [we think you shared your password to others to do this and we don’t want that] No- I did not do that. It takes to long to verify each site- if you see the site here [ https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018.html?m=0 ] than that’s me posting to them- I am the only one who has access to the Blog and Wordpress sites- thanks- John.
Blog 3 Links-
House of prayer or den of thieves? [1st book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/house-of-prayer-or-den-of-thieves-text_31.html
Great building of God [2nd book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/great-building-of-god-text-2nd-book.html
Further talks on church n ministry [3rd book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/further-talks-on-church-n-ministry-text.html
Reformation https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/reformation-text-all-studies-are.html
Philosophy https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/philosophy-text.html
1st 2nd Samuel https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-samuel-text.html
1st 2nd Corinthians https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-cor-text.html
1st 2nd Kings https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-kings-text.html
3 books https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/3-books-text.html
Acts https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/acts-text.html
Christian recovery https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/christian-recovery-from-addiction-text.html
Classics https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/classics-text.html
Ephesians highlights https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/ephesians-highlights-text.html
Galatians https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/galatians-text.html
Galatians /John https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/galatiansjohn-text.html
Genesis https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/genesis-text.html
Haggai https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/haggai-text.html
Hurricane Harvey https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/hurricane-harvey-text.html
Hebrews 2015 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/hebrews-2015-text.html
Historical figures https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/historical-figures-from-church-history.html
Insights from a Revolution https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/insights-from-revolution-text.html
Intro https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/intro-2018.html
Islam https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/islam-text.html
James https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/james-text-note-9-25-24-i-am-making.html
John https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/john-text-links.html
Journal 2013 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/journal-2013-text.html
Judges- Ruth https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/jugdesruth-text.html
Justification by faith https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/justification-by-faith-text.html
Links to past posts https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-past-posts-text.html
Modernity https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/modernity-text.html
My parables https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/my-parables-text.html
Nehemiah/Isaiah https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/nehemiahisaiah.html
Perspectives on the Cross https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/perspectives-on-cross.html
Pope logs on https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/pope-logs-on.html
Wisdom https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/psalms-proverbs-wisdom-text.html
QM https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/qm-text.html
Radio stuff https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/radio-stuff-text.html
Rapture- 2nd coming https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/rapture-2nd-coming-2-events.html
Russia- world events https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/russia-us-world-events.html
Sermon on the mount https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/sermon-on-mount.html
NJ/NYC Journal 2107 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/njnyc-journal-2017.html
New Jersey 2015- 2016 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/nj-2015-2016.html
Links to all sites- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Links to all sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Links to all sites- www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
New sites at the bottom https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
Note- Please do me a favor, those who read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read them on- Copy text- download video links- make complete copies of my books/studies and posts- everything is copyrighted by me- I give permission for all to copy and share as much as you like- I just ask that nothing be sold. We live in an online world- yet- there is only one internet- meaning if it ever goes down- the only access to the teachings are what others have copied or downloaded- so feel free to copy and download as much as you want- it’s all free-
Note- I have many web sites- at times some question whether I’m a ‘bot’ because I do post a lot.
I am not a ‘bot’- I’m John- so please- if you are on the verge of deleting something- my contact email is ccoutreach87@gmail.com - contact me first- thank you- John
To the free sites I am on- Thank you for the service you provide to the public. I try not to pay for sites if I do not have to. Why? I want to build long term- and in short- when a person dies- pay sites will stop. Because the annual payment eventually stops- and the site goes down. I have said this to some of the sites over the years but wanted to have it in one place so I don’t need to say it to each site. Thanks- John
Groups- Feel free to join and post in our groups- some of our groups have others posting and interacting daily, while I only post 3 times a week and don’t have time to interact. I prefer that- for the groups to grow on their own and for others to use them as an opportunity for ministry.
Thought this might help- last text I wrote in along time
9-11-24 Just realized the date now- and yes- that’s the way most things are for me. I just got back from seeing homeless friends for about 3 hours.
Talked to one for some time- about life- recovery and end of life to come.
Quoted and taught from the words of Jesus about a few things that he himself brought up.
He- like many others- was clean for about 4 months and had what many call a relapse.
So I tried to give some insights on how not to give up and a little more in depth view about my view of recovery.
Now- why write this note- the first in a very long time? Well- my word software does not have spellcheck at the moment- sure- I can go back and check- but this takes a bit more time.
Also- I don’t have the time anymore to write new stuff- this might be the last ‘new’ entry- ever.
Over time I hoped most people realized that I have been re-posting old posts from years gone by.
Sure- I try and check for old news comments and stuff, and if I can remove them- I do.
But I have made notes [somewhere?] that this is what you might see from time to time.
I simply am not at the time of life to write new things anymore [or make new videos] unless I have to.
If sites I’m on see a page titled ‘New Sites’ which is an old page of a few old sites which I did not change the title to yet [catalog scroll shares- for my use]- some of these sites are to the ‘right’ of the aisle- then they might think ‘These are his NEW sites- we must delete the entire blog site!’
[Which just happened to 2 sites- 1 of them was the main website from the start. Much damage was done- because I used those links in many posts over the years- these are now what we call ‘dead links’ and that’s not good at all].
No- those are my older sites- just a few of many- and it just so happens that some of them are to the right of the aisle. I am on about 375 sites right now all over the world.
So life is at times full of stuff- stuff you have to get done- stuff you need to get done- and stuff you want to get done.
For me it’s nice to hit the keyboard for the 1st time in a long time [to write]- but that’s ‘Stuff’ that I don’t do anymore [Just took me a minute to find the ‘quotation mark’- really]
So I pray God will bless you all- I will try to keep posting old ‘Stuff’ because most of the important teachings in the New Testament are in those ‘re-posted’ studies.
And I don’t have time to ‘re-write’ what I have written before.
God bless all- John
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John 1
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https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/21/john-1-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/ptqowadawxymizy4nn_aww
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https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/21/john-1/
John 2
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https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/26/john-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/fhhm_ng9cvebli5a0sqm2q
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-2
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http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2568417/john-2
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/26/john-2-text/
John 3
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https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/28/john-3/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/ayjmi6rduouh3f2zwfj8ng
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-3
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https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/28/john-3/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/01/john-3.html
John 4
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https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/02/john-4-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/-nu1qw7ish_koyyz6vrfpq
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-4
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-4
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-4-xxwrjje
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-4-e8c371a34c6a
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2586389/john-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/02/john-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-4.html
John 5
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-5-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/04/john-5-4/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/hjkzjqgvshgvfmjuppoytg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-5
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-5
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-5
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-5-xlyeqyk
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-5-45c7ef83542c
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-5
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-5
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2592388/john-5
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/04/john-5/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-5.html
John 6
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-6-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/09/john-6-5/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-6
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-6
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-6
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-6-xkydqnz
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-6-98378c18b2cf
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-6
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-6
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2604025/john-6
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/09/john-6/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-6.html
John 7
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-7-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/11/john-7-5/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/2v86f28vtb2dbahqwajchg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-7
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-7
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-7
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-7-xlyeomx
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-7-404b9479b7c1
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-7
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-7
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2609268/john-7
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/11/john-7/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-7.html
John 8
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-8-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/16/john-8-4/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/3gti2ph875rdrwa3qfsbtw
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-8
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-8
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-8
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-8-xkyrxgz
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-8-6be274461306
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-8
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-8
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2620615/john-8
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/16/john-8/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-8.html
John 9
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-9-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/18/john-9-3/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/hk23khciwgmzapwfugnlvq
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-9
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-9
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-9
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-9-xerzxze
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-9
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-9
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2625895/john-9
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/18/john-9/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-9.html
John 10
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-10-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/25/john-10-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/gzdoiew_hz_fgnv1hf1lkg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-10
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-10
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-10
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-10-xykjwyv
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-10-324501e23c67
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-10
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2644866/john-10
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/25/john-10/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-10.html
John11
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-11-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/02/john-11-4/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/uwkb1wyo0-dys8ar2veeaa
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-11
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-11
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-11
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-11-xnqwdyq
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-11-c3334a524a7b
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-11
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-11
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2658431/john-11
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/02/john-11/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-11.html
John 12
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https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/09/john-12-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/jh3wvisdp2a5p9nvodpvgq
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-12
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-12
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-12
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-12-xykowdy
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-12-7aa2d7b549cd
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-12
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2677245/john-12
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/09/john-12/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-12.html
John 13
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-13-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/11/john-13-8/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/dqdhtqce14we1rcy9u5jyg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-13
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-13
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-13
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-13-xdnllgq
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-13-3199f213c377
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-13
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-13
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2682731/john-13
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/11/john-13/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-13.html
John 14
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-14-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/18/john-14-10/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-14
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-14
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-14
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-14-xnqpqgn
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-14-77dda7777fa4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-14
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2703445/john-14
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/18/john-14/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-14.html
John 15
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-15-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/23/john-15-6/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-15
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-15
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-15
https://ello.co/ccoutreach/post/yqhx6usbsfuzcx4m8hxeoa
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-15-xvwnnwr
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-15-d5365affe86f
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-15
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-15
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2716083/john-15
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/23/john-15/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-15.html
John 16
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-16-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/25/john-16-5/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach/post/n4uvjsp5ha8tga3qgqvo0q
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-16
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-16
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-16
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-16-xerdkro
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-16-5f6c1c61978c
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-16
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-16
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2722231/john-16
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/25/john-16/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-16.html
John 17
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-17-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/30/john-17-text/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-17
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-17
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-17
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-17-233398ba7b9
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-17
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2746519/john-17
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/30/john-17/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-17.html
John 18
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/04/john-18-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/04/08/john-18-4/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-18
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-18
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-18
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-18
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-18-be84bd77eec3
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-18
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2805497/john-18
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/04/08/john-18/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/04/john-18.html
John 19
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/04/john-19-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/04/15/john-19-9/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-19
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-19
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-19
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-19
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-19-7eca66bf1d19
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-19
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2849427/john-19
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/04/15/john-19/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/04/john-19.html
John 20
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/04/john-20-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/04/27/john-20-9/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-20
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-20
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-20
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-20
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-20-c51f61697a60
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-20
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2919417/john-20
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/04/27/john-20/
John 21
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/05/john-21-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/05/11/john-21/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-21
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-21
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-21
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-21
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-21-408f9fa677d
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-21
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/3002926/john-21
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/05/11/john-21/
John 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/01/john-1-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/21/john-1-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/ptqowadawxymizy4nn_aww
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-1
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-1
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-1
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-1-xzwgxey
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-1-cf3d6c5d2b8
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-1
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2554360/john-1
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/21/john-1/
John 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/01/john-2-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/26/john-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/fhhm_ng9cvebli5a0sqm2q
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-2
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-2
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-2
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-2-xlygqqx
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-2-1311ed4e4d00
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-2
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2568417/john-2
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/26/john-2-text/
John 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/01/john-3-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/28/john-3/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/ayjmi6rduouh3f2zwfj8ng
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-3
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-3
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-3
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-3-9bb1e898a262
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-3
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-3
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2574260/john-3
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/28/john-3/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/01/john-3.html
John 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-4-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/02/john-4-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/-nu1qw7ish_koyyz6vrfpq
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-4
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-4
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-4-xxwrjje
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-4-e8c371a34c6a
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2586389/john-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/02/john-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-4.html
John 5
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-5-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/04/john-5-4/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/hjkzjqgvshgvfmjuppoytg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-5
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-5
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-5
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-5-xlyeqyk
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-5-45c7ef83542c
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-5
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-5
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2592388/john-5
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/04/john-5/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-5.html
John 6
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-6-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/09/john-6-5/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-6
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-6
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-6
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-6-xkydqnz
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-6-98378c18b2cf
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-6
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-6
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2604025/john-6
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/09/john-6/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-6.html
John 7
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-7-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/11/john-7-5/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/2v86f28vtb2dbahqwajchg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-7
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-7
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-7
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-7-xlyeomx
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-7-404b9479b7c1
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-7
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-7
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2609268/john-7
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/11/john-7/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-7.html
John 8
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-8-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/16/john-8-4/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/3gti2ph875rdrwa3qfsbtw
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-8
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-8
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-8
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-8-xkyrxgz
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-8-6be274461306
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-8
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-8
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2620615/john-8
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/16/john-8/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-8.html
John 9
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-9-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/18/john-9-3/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/hk23khciwgmzapwfugnlvq
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-9
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-9
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-9
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-9-xerzxze
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-9
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-9
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2625895/john-9
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/18/john-9/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-9.html
John 10
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-10-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/02/25/john-10-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/gzdoiew_hz_fgnv1hf1lkg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-10
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-10
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-10
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-10-xykjwyv
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-10-324501e23c67
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-10
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2644866/john-10
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/02/25/john-10/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/02/john-10.html
John11
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-11-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/02/john-11-4/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/uwkb1wyo0-dys8ar2veeaa
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-11
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-11
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-11
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-11-xnqwdyq
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-11-c3334a524a7b
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-11
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-11
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2658431/john-11
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/02/john-11/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-11.html
John 12
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-12-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/09/john-12-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/jh3wvisdp2a5p9nvodpvgq
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-12
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-12
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-12
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-12-xykowdy
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-12-7aa2d7b549cd
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-12
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2677245/john-12
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/09/john-12/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-12.html
John 13
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-13-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/11/john-13-8/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/dqdhtqce14we1rcy9u5jyg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-13
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-13
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-13
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-13-xdnllgq
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-13-3199f213c377
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-13
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-13
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2682731/john-13
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/11/john-13/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-13.html
John 14
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-14-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/18/john-14-10/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-14
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-14
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-14
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-14-xnqpqgn
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-14-77dda7777fa4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-14
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2703445/john-14
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/18/john-14/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-14.html
John 15
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-15-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/23/john-15-6/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-15
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-15
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-15
https://ello.co/ccoutreach/post/yqhx6usbsfuzcx4m8hxeoa
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-15-xvwnnwr
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-15-d5365affe86f
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-15
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-15
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2716083/john-15
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/23/john-15/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-15.html
John 16
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-16-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/25/john-16-5/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach/post/n4uvjsp5ha8tga3qgqvo0q
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-16
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-16
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-16
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/john-16-xerdkro
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-16-5f6c1c61978c
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-16
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-16
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2722231/john-16
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/25/john-16/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-16.html
John 17
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-17-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/03/30/john-17-text/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-17
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-17
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-17
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-17-233398ba7b9
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-17
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2746519/john-17
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/03/30/john-17/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/03/john-17.html
John 18
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/04/john-18-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/04/08/john-18-4/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-18
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-18
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-18
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-18
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-18-be84bd77eec3
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-18
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2805497/john-18
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/04/08/john-18/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/04/john-18.html
John 19
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/04/john-19-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/04/15/john-19-9/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-19
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-19
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-19
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-19
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-19-7eca66bf1d19
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-19
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2849427/john-19
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/04/15/john-19/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/04/john-19.html
John 20
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/04/john-20-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/04/27/john-20-9/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-20
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-20
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-20
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-20
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-20-c51f61697a60
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-20
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2919417/john-20
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/04/27/john-20/
John 21
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/05/john-21-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/05/11/john-21/
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-21
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/john-21
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/john-21
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/john-21
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/john-21-408f9fa677d
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/john-21
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/3002926/john-21
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/05/11/john-21/
1st- 2nd Samuel- [video links included]
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/1st-2nd-samuel/ [Old commentary I wrote years ago]
VIDEO/POST LINKS-
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/every-cop-a-criminal/ [1-2 Samuel]
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/when-the-saints-go-marching-in-sam-3-john-2-4/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/just-a-box-samuel-4/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/would-you-be-isis/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/samuel-5-6/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/samuel-7-8/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/samuel-9/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/samuel-10/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/the-chapel/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/samuel-11-kings-n-priests/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/samuel-12-13/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/samuel-14/
https://youtu.be/iImxoD3cRfQ Samuel preview
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/john-12/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/samuel-15/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/samuel-john-hebrews-review/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/samuel-16/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/samuel-17/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/samuel-18/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/19/samuel-19/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/john-17/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/samuel-20/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/james-then-it-rained/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/10/09/samuel-21/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/11/05/samuel-23-24/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/14/samuel-25/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/16/jonah-revelation-samuel/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/24/samuel-26-eastern-star-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/29/samuel-27-28/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/06/samuel-29-30/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/12/samuel-31-conc/
2ND SAMUEL [Links]
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/28/samuel-revelation-kingdoms/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/30/2nd-samuel-3-homeless-friends/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/07/2nd-samuel-6-7/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/04/matt-23-2nd-sam-13-15/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/12/2nd-samuel-16/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/16/2nd-sam-19-rick/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/21/2nd-samuel-21/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/27/jesus-n-tolstoy-2nd-sam-23/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/27/jesus-n-tolstoy-2nd-sam-23/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/01/hackensack-2nd-sam-24/
SAMUEL REVIEW
I’ve been commenting on the book of Samuel- brief overview.
Samuel is born at a time in Israel’s history where ‘the word of the Lord was rare- no open vision’.
God had stopped communicating to his people- because they were lukewarm- not serious about God.
God was looking for at least one passionate person- to cry out to him with all their heart.
He found that person in Hannah.
She was barren- could not get pregnant- and one day her desperate plea came to God.
‘Give me a child- and I’ll dedicate him to you’.
This might have ‘surprised’ God [I know- not really] because that type of desperation was missing from his people.
So- she has a son- Samuel- and she drops him off at the church one day [the tabernacle] and leaves him for good.
He’s raised under the leadership of Eli- and his 2 sons- who were priests.
These sons were using ‘their religion’ for personal benefit- they were wicked and sleeping around- and Eli knew this was going on- and didn’t stop it.
Yet- Eli has this woman [Hannah] who left her son- so he could ‘live for God’.
I’m sure Eli must have felt guilty ‘geez- this lady is living in the past- when people really did sell out to God’
And his own boys- were using religion as a scam.
One day [Samuel chapter 3] the young boy hears someone calling him.
Samuel gets up and thinks it’s Eli- he goes to Eli ‘what do you want- I heard you call my name’.
Eli has no idea what Samuel is saying- and tells him to go to bed.
It happens 2 more times- and Eli realizes ‘Maybe God is calling the boy’.
He gives Samuel instructions to go lay down- and when he hears the voice again- to say ‘Speak God- I’m hear’.
Sure enough it does happen again- and God gives Samuel a message.
He tells Eli what God said- and the news was not good.
God will judge the wicked priests- Eli’s 2 sons- and God will clean house.
Ok- that’s it in brief.
I mention on the video how God revealed himself to Samuel thru his voice- and I have been teaching about the Logos recently.
God’s word comes first- then the ‘flesh’ the actual outworking of what he wants to do-
Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Samuel is an important figure in the nation at this time- because he will be the one to anoint the first 2 kings that Israel has- Saul and David.
God was willing to start speaking to his people again- but there would be a cleansing first.
The prophet Amos said ‘woe to you who ae looking for God’s day- asking ‘why is God not speaking anymore’.
Because there’s usually a reason his communication is cut off from his people- and that’s because his people are not hearing [hearing in the bible is not simply ‘hearing’ but it means you obey what is said] him anymore.
Yet- if we want to hear his prophets again- see his miracles- then that entails repentance on our part.
For many years Eli’s wicked sons were ‘doing ministry’ and the things they were getting away with seemed a common practice.
All the people knew it was wrong- they despised ‘the church’ because bad stuff was going on.
Yet- that’s just the way things were.
But then God had a vessel for his voice- a prophet- dedicated by a passionate mother- who kept her vow.
Much like the Virgin Mary- when the angel appeared to her- she said ‘so be it’.
God needs willing people- then he too will speak again.
Yes- we too can hear his voice- and the word of the Lord won’t be ‘scarce’.
ATHEISM- APOLOGETICS [links added- long version]
Apologetics 1 [Page]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2026/01/apologetics-1-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2026/01/apologetics-1-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/apologetics-1/
Apologetics 2 [Page]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2026/01/apologetics-2-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2026/01/apologetics-2-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/apologetics-2/
I updated this page and tried to remove old news comments n stuff- on all my old posts you do find them from time to time- I try to edit when I can- but this covers some past blog posts from the early days- John
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/history-of-everything-1/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/20/history-of-everything-2/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/qm/
MY RADIO LINKS-
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7R Kant, Hume, Sartre
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-6E Apologetics- Kant, Hume
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-62 Apologetics
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-6F DaVinci code
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7Q Something from nothing- Quantum Leap
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7O Multiverse
MY VIDEOS
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On today’s video- I attempted the impossible- to tell the story of ‘everything’ in 1 hour.
Ok I bit off more than I could chew.
It took 2 hours [the next video ‘history of the world- part 2’ will finish it].
But- to sum up today’s video.
Is the biblical account of creation accurate?
We read that God made everything- by speaking.
Is this even possible- or some silly fable?
Over the history of time we read the story of the Jewish people- their trials and failures.
That’s the majority of the history of the Old Testament.
They believed the story in Genesis- while others questioned whether or not all things actually had a beginning point.
In time- we see the rise of the Greek philosophers- during what we call the intertestamental period [the 400 years between Malachi and Matthew].
These thinkers were looking for the answer to these questions- and the Greek word they used to describe this answer- was LOGOS- which is the Geek word- for WORD.
Then we had the appearing of Christ in the 1st century- and the apostle John calls him the LOGOS.
Hmm?
That’s the same word that the Greeks were looking for- John says ‘we have found him’.
Remember- this is Jesus Christ- the living Word.
Ok- over time we had the great movements of history- the Renaissance- the Reformation- the Enlightenment- the scientific revolution- the industrial revolution.
Most scientists believed that all creation was eternal- so- for them- the answer to ‘everything’ was- it was always there.
In the 20th century we had the great breakthroughs of Einstein- and we call one of them the Big Bang theory- meaning- all things did not always exist.
They had a beginning point- which we call the point of singularity.
Ahh- now we are back to ‘where did it all come from- if at the start- there was nothing’.
Yes- ‘In the beginning God spoke’.
So- at the end of the story- of everything- we find the answer at the beginning.
In the beginning God spoke-Yes- the early followers of Jesus called him by this name- THE WORD.
And science and logic show us that all events need a cause [even the 'event’ of creation].
So- this history of the world- recorded in the scripture- was true all along!
Surprised?
1946 JEWS TEACHING SCIENCE- WHAT IS THIS?
I want to try and cover a little bit more on Einstein.
Okay- Einstein.
As I read a few chapters every few days- I want to comment on the important- relevant stuff.
One of them being the very word Relativity.
Now- I am tempted to go back and review all the posts we did on physics [you long time blog readers might remember?].
But this book is not a physics book per se’- but a biography.
Yet a quick review might help.
Einstein became famous for a few things- most of us know the famous equation E=mc2.
Simply a conversion of mass into energy formula- it works for all things- not just Nuclear.
His theory of Relativity shook up the world of physics- and Einstein is indeed the father of what we call modern physics [and Quantum theory].
Okay- what he did was he took the centuries old ideas of Newton [the father of classical physics] and he said that time and space were not absolutes.
That’s is- that depending on the observer [and his speed] time actually changes.
Some in the scientific community could not fathom what he was saying.
The book has actual headlines from the NY times- they openly doubted some of Einstein’s work
I remember reading this years ago- but this time I saw the real headlines.
They said stuff like ‘what is this new theory- that space might be limited- this defies the actual definition of space’.
Now- it would take too long to tell you what they were covering- but it is one of the various theories of the universe.
In actuality- the times might have been right in this one case [it’s a theory that the universe is curved- has no detectable edge- if so- you can than argue for an infinite universe in a closed space- because there is no edge- or end].
As a side note- logically- the times was correct.
Just because you can’t find a ‘sharp edge’ to a thing- that does not mean the thing is ‘endless’.
I covered this years ago in our apologetics posts- it was interesting to have re –read this from this author [Isaacson].
He is a good author- and explains stuff well.
Okay what was the other stuff that some objected to?
Some associated- wrongly- the theory of Relativity- with the modernist philosophy called Relativism.
Relativism [remember the philosophy stuff?] said that there was really nothing as objective truth- that what you see might be just as true as what someone else sees.
You might both be looking at the same thing [morally- murder- etc.] yet to one it might be wrong- to the other- right.
This idea- Relativism- was strongly rejected by many philosophers- especially those with a Christians/Theist background.
Even today this is one of the major debates going on in the world of the philosophy.
But- some confused what Einstein was saying- and they thought [or used it] to back up the ‘moral’ philosophy of Relativism.
This was a mistake.
Einstein himself- as I mentioned in an earlier post- was not a relativist at all- that is when speaking about moral absolutes.
So some began to associate him- as one of the new ‘Jew’ scientists- who were introducing dangerous doctrines to the world.
Yes- some of the objectors to Einstein objected on the basis of this new ‘Jewish science’ that was breaking away from the moors of Christian science- whose father was Isaac Newton.
See how both anti Semitism- and religious belief played a role in this?
I’ll end with a quote from a famous man of the time- an up and coming politician- I mean he could awe his audience like no other.
Obama- Clinton- even the great communicator- Reagan- were no match for this man when it came to giving a speech.
He said ‘Science- once our greatest pride- is today being taught by Hebrews’.
Who said this?
The future leader of Germany- Adolph Hitler.
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1942 POLITICS AND EINSTEIN
Okay- just a few notes on the Einstein biography I’m going thru.
The book is an older book- I picked it up a few months ago at half price books.
But it’s a good book- not written from a religious perspective at all- the author- Walter Isaacson- is a top notch writer.
The reason I say ‘not from a religious perspective’ is because it’s kind of amazing how many times Einstein- and his companions- either speak about God- or outright quote him!
Yeah- over the years I have heard views from both sides [Atheists and Theists] who have tried to make Einstein more like them.
But the actual quotes from him- and how many times they allude to God- is really more than I thought.
I’m at the point in the book [about halfway] where you begin seeing the anti Semitism rise up in Germany.
As most of you know- Einstein was a Jew- who came from Germany.
He lived at the time of the rise of the Nazi’s- and the anti Jewish ‘ness’ of the times would affect him.
Einstein held teaching positions at various universities of his day- one was in Berlin.
Some of his contemporaries- men like Max Planck- were indeed all in for the German nationalism that was riding a wave at the time.
Einstein on the other hand resisted the mixing of science with nationalism- he believed more in a global type citizenship- that the great breakthrough’s they were making at the time- were for the world- not just for the benefit of one nation.
Einstein would refuse to sign a declaration signed by many of the thinkers of his day- one that supported German nationalism.
Instead he was part of a smaller group who drew up a sort of pacifist declaration- one which would fall by the way side because of its lack of support.
A few notes.
I find his insight into war- where it ‘comes from’ to be enlightening.
I’ll give you a quote- it comes from “a biologically determined feature of the male character” “What drives people to kill and maim each other so savagely” “I think it is the sexual character of the male that leads to such wild explosions”.
Einstein saw a sort of genetic ‘defect’ in man- something within him- that was the root cause of war.
In the book of James- in the New Testament- the brother of our Lord writes ‘from whence come wars and fighting’s among you- come they not hence- even from your lusts that war in your members’.
Yeah- I think James and Einstein were on the same page.
Eventually Einstein would oppose the war- that is- the initial aggression that was sprouting from his homeland.
The book does not go into detail about the actual war [WW2] at least not yet.
But we know from history that the Nazi’s would be part of one of the most heinous mindsets the world has ever known.
Hitler’s idea that a certain race of people were inherently ‘less human' that others.
Many do not know that some of his thoughts were formed by the popular idea of Evolution.
The teaching that all humans are on a scale of the ‘most evolved’ and the ‘least evolved’.
Yes- I have gotten into this in the past- and don’t want to do it again right now.
Eventually the allies would also cross a line of war- a line that divided the U.S. and the British for a short time.
The line of bombing urban centers- and targeting civilians.
Some of the correspondence that came out after the war showed that certain American military commanders objected to the bombing of civilian centers.
They would eventually do as they were told- but they did make their objections known.
The British were more willing to engage in the bombing- after all- Germany had already bombed them.
The first city center to go was Hamburg- a convenient target- right across from the British on the North Sea.
Above Belgium and the Netherlands.
War has a tendency to take all sides further than their conscience would allow at the start.
There seems to be something within the nature of man that always leads down a road of more destruction- not less.
One of the greatest minds of our time- a man who was brilliant- and also struggled with his own passions- saw it as some type of inner flaw of man.
A sort of ‘sinful nature’.
Yeah- James- the Lords brother called it ‘the lusts that war in our members’.
On this point they agree.
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1936 EINSTEIN THE DETERMINIST.
Okay- I read some more on Einstein over the weekend- and wanted to cover a few things.
Over the years as you read various sources about famous folk- you need to be aware of the source.
For instance- Christian writers [writing from that perspective] often portray the religious tendencies of a figure in a more favorable light then an atheist writer would.
So you have to be careful that the author is not writing his own story into the person he is covering.
But the biography I’m reading was not written from a religious view.
Yet- the author does share the various positions Einstein has taken about God over the years.
One thing to note is Einstein was a lover of philosophy- he admired men like Hume, Kant and Spinoza.
If you remember- a few years ago I covered the history of philosophy and how much of it dealt with what the causes of things are.
The law of Cause and Effect [also referred to as causality].
As a Physicist- Einstein had a great interest in these subjects.
At the end of the day- Einstein fell into a camp of thinkers called Determinists.
That means he believed that that the universe was ruled by definite principles- even though we did not have the answers to all the puzzles- yet he was convinced that if we searched long enough- we would find order to it.
This belief is in keeping with Theistic thinkers- not with those who ascribe chance and disorder to the creation.
I might have bitten off a little much here- but the point is- at the end of the day Einstein rejected the commonly held belief that there is no real cause to the things we see.
Many thinkers who argue against the existence of God argue form a perspective that chance is behind the ‘perceived’ design we see in nature.
Dawkins [the famous atheist] calls it ‘the appearance of design’.
Einstein did not simply believe in the ‘appearance’ of design- but he believed that the Cosmos was indeed a product of some type of cause that gave it design.
Now- I’m not saying Einstein was a Christian [or observant Jew]- but the point is- in his thinking- he rejects the most commonly held arguments that are made against the Theistic world view [in Cosmology- science] and sides with the Christian thinkers of our day.
Einstein famously said ‘God does not roll dice’ meaning he did not believe in the atheistic argument that things just happen without any cause.
No- Einstein seems to agree with one of his favorite thinkers- Spinoza said ‘All things are determined by the necessity of Divine nature’.
Yes- Einstein was a Determinist in his thinking- he did indeed side with the Theists at the end of the day.
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1932 CHALLENGING THE SYSTEM
I have finally started my book on Einstein.
I bought it a few weeks ago- and never had the chance to break it open.
I also am working my way thru the Catechism of the Catholic church- quite a volume indeed.
I watched a couple of documentaries on Netflix over the weekend- Last night I caught a documentary on Hunter Thompson.
He was the character that Johnny Depp played in the movie ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’.
Hunter was a sort of counter culture hero- he wrote for Rolling Stone and had his own unique style of writing.
He called it Gonzo journalism- he said the writer needed to inject himself into the story- and become part of the story.
Sort of like what the reporters did in the Iraq war- we called it ‘Embed’.
He covered the campaign of George McGovern- who sadly passed this week.
George was the quintessential liberal- but a man of conviction- he was a good man.
Hunter made it into the headlines a few years back- he killed himself with one of his favorite things- a gun.
Yeah- Hunter was a gun lover- a liberal- and in some ways a moralist of his time.
Now- with all the doc’s I saw [also finished Greek civilization] and the books I’m reading- it’s hard to pick one subject to cover at a time.
But let me go with Einstein for a few minutes.
In this biography- by Walter Isaacson- he doesn’t go too deeply into the science of Einstein- which would take a whole physics course to understand.
But he does cover some high points.
One of the things that Thompson and Einstein had in common- was their willingness to challenge the system.
They took on the ‘received wisdom’ of the day- and were daring enough to take the ‘path less trod’.
Just one area- Ether.
At the start of the 20th century Ether was an accepted ‘scientific truth’ that most [if not all] scientists accepted.
It would be like Dark Matter today- something that seems to be ‘true’- most of the scientific community speak of it as real- yet- as far as we know- we have never once actually detected it.
So- ether was this theory that said light/energy is a wave [not particles] and therefore for this wave to move thru space- it needs a carrier.
Ether was this so called vapor like substance that allowed Energy/light to travel.
At a young age Einstein accepted this idea- but he was learning at a time when particle physics was just getting off the ground.
Though atoms and molecules [particles] were indeed part of the conversation- yet they were not totally proved yet.
So- part of the great breakthrough of Einstein put to death the idea of Ether- and instead we learned that light is not a wave so to speak- but a sort of particle beam- we did not really need the Ether concept- and to be honest- it never was really there.
This is just one little tid bit from the book that I thought interesting- today you would be considered a fool if you still talked about Ether [in this way].
Yet- at the time of Einstein you were a fool if you did not accept it.
Einstein would later challenge the field that he launched- Theoretical/Quantum physics.
He felt like some of the ideas were not really scientific- too much speculating.
That’s what I see as I watch/read about some of the most popular ideas that seem to make it into the TV specials that cover these subjects.
It’s often the theories/ideas that are ‘way out there’ that are the most interesting- and get the most viewers.
The problem is- many of these ideas are [in my view] modern day Ethers- they are accepted ‘fact’ even though we don’t really know if they exist.
When I see shows on alternate universes- parallel worlds- where we supposedly have duplicate lives and all.
Well- this is not science- this is not even Ether- its fairy tale land.
Yet- these same theorists will mock belief in an omnipotent being- because they want to see the facts.
Sad.
So- over the next few weeks I will try and hit a little more on the books I’m reading- cover some more important news stuff- and try to be as challenging as Hunter.
Sometimes it’s when we go against the status quo- when we are open to see things differently- that’s when we make major breakthroughs in our thinking.
We should not cast off all the stuff that has come to us down thru the ages- but we need to realize that some of the stuff that seems to be accepted fact today- just might be the Ether of yesterday.
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1896 SIGNS OF THE TIMES
‘Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee- is burned up with fire’ Isaiah 64:11.
Yesterday I mentioned that I watched a couple of negative documentaries about Christianity- they were done from the extreme skeptic’s perspective.
In these types of shows they usually have a few Christians/preachers that they portray as idiots.
In some cases- we can’t help ourselves!
One of the scenes was this group of protestant Christians traveling to Israel on a holy land tour.
When they are at the site of the temple mount [a real big deal for certain protestants- called Dispensationalists].
The pastor is speaking- very loudly- and quoting Jesus from Matthew 24.
He says ‘Jesus said there would be no stone left upon another- he meant it- all these stones will come down’!
Now- I know he meant well- and it must have felt exhilarating for him to kind of be standing up for Jesus- but we all know that there is this huge gold mosque sitting right at the spot where the temple used to be.
And this is where- for some Protestants- the rubber meets the road.
The above verse comes from the Old Testament prophet- the people of God [Israel] were being judged- they lost their homeland and eventually their holy temple would be destroyed.
Over a period of time they would return to their land and the temple would be re built.
During the days of Jesus you had a 3rd temple- even though the 2nd rebuilt one was never destroyed- yet Herod [the father of king Herod whom we read about in the bible] would undergo this huge rebuilding project- and he turned the temple of Jesus day into this huge majestic place.
So- when the disciples were with Jesus one day [matt 24] they said ‘look at all these great buildings Jesus’.
And that’s when he gave the response ‘their will not be left one stone upon another that shall not be cast down’.
This event took place in the year AD 70- the Roman general Titus would sack Jerusalem and the temple was cast down- there was not ‘one stone left on another’ literally.
After the destruction- many went in and searched thru the rubble for the gold that melted and fell between the stones- they actually laid every stone bare during this process.
So- the actual words the minister quoted from Jesus- these words were not defending the glory of the temple- which in Christ’s day came to represent religion apart from God.
No- the words of Jesus were actually a rebuke to those who put too much emphasis on the temple itself [which just happened to be the camp that the above minister was in- ouch!]
Christians do have a problem with stuff like this- lots.
I also caught a few preaching shows over the past week- and many of them had the same theme.
One man was ranting against Muslims- he was quoting verses in the Bible that talk about avoiding the evil person.
I actually just posted on this a few weeks ago.
These verses come from the Apostle Paul’s pen- in his letter to the church at Corinth.
He was not saying to have no contact with unbelievers [or people of other faiths]- he was talking about ‘church members’ who were living in open sin.
I got into it the other day- don’t want to rehash it again.
The point was- even though this minister meant well- he was giving the opinion that Christians should have no peaceful dealings with Muslims- or any other religion for that matter.
Is this right?
No.
The bible says we should live peaceably with all men.
In the Old Testament we read the story of Joseph.
He became the second most powerful figure in the land of Egypt- only Pharaoh was over him.
Joseph was living- and functioning- in the midst of the Egyptian people- who did indeed have different religious beliefs than Joseph.
Yet we read how Joseph earned great respect from the Egyptians- and when Joseph’s dad died [Jacob- who was named Israel] they respected the wishes of Joseph and even mourned with him.
Now- this is a great example of believers having friends- functioning in society- without purposefully offending people.
I do not claim to have perfect understanding about the end times- but I do see some major flaws with what most people think about when they hear ‘end times’.
Many Christians see a future restoration of the temple in Jerusalem.
They see a huge problem that the mosque sits on the temple site- and they have various scenarios to see the thing removed.
These same believers- all good people mind you- also see Jesus restoring the sacrificial system- and him ruling over Jerusalem- with the sacrifices taking place once again.
Problem?
In the book of Hebrews- in our bibles- the writer says ‘those who continue the sacrificial system- after the crucifixion of Christ- are doing disgrace to the Cross of Christ.’
Theologically- the above end time’s scenario does much harm to the basic message of the Cross.
Geopolitically- it spells disaster.
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1895- BUYER BEWARE!
We bought the Rocu thing the other day.
That’s the device that lets you watch movies on line.
You get a lot of real good stuff- I was surprised.
I was also surprised to see all the documentaries about religion and Christianity.
The ones from Netflix looked interesting- so I watched a couple.
Yikes!!
All of the ones I saw were done from a skeptic’s point of view.
Now- as someone who writes on apologetics [the defense of the faith] I am familiar with these arguments against the faith.
But- if you are not familiar- these doc’s will shake your faith- for sure.
Why?
They are done from the perspective that Christianity basically copied the Greek myths of God and religion- they focus on the ‘similarities’ between Christianity and Greek [and other cultures] religions.
Okay- what was wrong- or deceptive?
First- this entire school of thought was popularized in the 19th century- from the Christian universities in Germany.
Yes- some good men- well meaning men [others not so good! Freud- etc] believed that in order for the faith to survive in this ‘brave new world’ [modernity- and the whole humanistic advance of man since the enlightenment].
That they had to re-fashion the faith and sort of bring it up to date with the times.
Men like Rudolph Bultman introduced the idea of ‘de mythologizing’ the bible.
So- these guys rejected all the supernatural elements of the bible- no more miracles- angels- demons- or resurrection!
Many people embraced this ‘new’ bold approach to the faith- and basically became theological liberals.
One of the reasons some of these men went down this road were covered in the above documentaries.
Okay- as I watched a couple of them- they had similar themes- and were also wrong in the same way.
They compared about 25 other religious myths- from other cultures- and they said these other religious myths all had a savior- a son of god- who had 12 disciples.
They said this Lamb of God died- was buried- and on the 3rd day rose again.
They said he did miracles- was born of a virgin- was called Lord and savior.
And they made it sound like this ‘story’- in complete form- was repeated many times before the Christians ‘picked it up’.
Wow- double wow.
Why are these documentaries dangerous?
First- I actually have read/studied in this field.
The similarities that they described in the doc’s were way overdone- they simply are not true.
That’s the first problem.
But- they did mix in some truth- with the false stuff.
Both of the documentaries I saw [it seems like there is one person- producer- behind the 2 I saw] did give an actual quote from a 2nd century Christian leader- Justin Martyr.
The quote is indeed real- Justin is known as one of the first Apologists of the church.
He defended the faith during a time when many enemies of the faith slandered the religion.
In one defense [out of many] he said that those who reject Christianity because we believe that a Divine son rose from the dead- that others also held the same type of belief in the pagan world.
He was referring to the god Jupiter and the stories that surround those who believed in him.
You also do find this same type of thing in the myth of Hercules.
Okay- so the skeptic was right then?
No.
In the documentary- the skeptic actually gives the quote from Justin- and Justin says that just because these similarities did exist in other religions- before Christ- that this in no way means the Christian faith is false.
How so?
Justin said it was possible for satan to have ‘imitated’ what was really going to happen.
The skeptic mocked this argument from Justin- and went on to challenge the faith.
A few things.
First- it is possible that Justin was right.
2nd.
This whole line of attack is not new [unless you never heard of it before- which is why I’m kinda surprised that Netflix has them in their lineup].
It goes all the way back to the writings of Gilgamesh.
These are writings that also have similarities to the things we find in the bible- yet they are not coming from the Christian perspective.
They contain a story about a flood [like the one in Genesis].
So- over time- skeptics have said ‘see- the bible must have copied these flood stories- because we find them in other cultures’.
I actually covered this before.
Let me give you the short version.
We- as Christians- do indeed believe the story of Noah [the flood].
Some debate whether it was a global event or local- I don’t want to get into that now.
But- if there was a huge event- say like a 911 plane attack on the world trade center.
Would you not expect to find that event- recorded in more than one culture?
Of course you would.
So the fact that other cultures have a flood event recorded too- this does not mean the Christians plagiarized the flood- no- it would be evidence that the flood really did happen.
See?
Now- the similarities between a divine son who rose from the dead.
First- there ARE NOT 25 or so stories like this- with 12 disciples- raised on the 3rd day- and so on.
The producer of the doc was simply mislead- or outright lying.
2nd.
We must remember that anything we find in Greek culture- which predated Christian ‘culture’ was also predated by Jewish culture.
That is to say that the story of Judaism comes before the Greek philosophers.
Are there any themes in the Jewish religion that speak about a Messiah who would come- die- and be the Messiah of all mankind?
Yes!
So- you could argue that any similarities between Greek myth- and Christianity- are actually ‘copies’ taken from the Old Testament story.
That is- God himself gave us clues about the story of redemption- and these clues might have very well ‘seeped’ into the Greek culture- before Christ- and that’s why you might find similarities between the 2.
See?
Okay- I could go on- but I think I made the point.
I was not mad that these documentaries were on net flix.
But I saw the danger in presenting one side like this- without giving the other view [which I just gave].
All in all- the Christian faith has more historical backing [like the many thousands of bible manuscripts that survived the early days] than any other religion or writings of any kind.
The documentaries made a couple of good points- things that were indeed true- but they had way too much mis information in them to be playing on such a huge venue.
Buyer [or watcher] beware!
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1886- DIVINE LOGOS
Okay- just read Isaiah 65- one chapter left.
These past few weeks I have been going thru the last 15 or so chapters of the book.
There are lots of great themes to do- maybe I’ll take a pic of the verses I wrote down and hung up here in my study.
I also wanted to engage in a conversation on the Divine Logos.
Huh?
Well yeah- maybe a little scholarly sounding- but my goal has been to ‘upgrade’ our level of teaching.
When I say ‘our’ I’m talking generally about the present day church in America- and the obsession with ‘the now’.
That is ‘what do I get out of this- monetarily?’
Yeah- that’s the rave of the day.
So- every so often I do my best to walk the other road- to give the other side of the coin.
So- a few weeks ago I was at my daughter’s house- we usually have the whole family over for the b-days and stuff.
And my kids like playing those word games.
So they bought some game- don’t remember the whole name- but part of the name had LOGOS in it.
I just quipped ‘you do know what that means’?
Now- I kid around so much- sometimes they have a hard time believing me- like ‘sure- you’re making it up’.
No- for real!
Logos means WORD.
It’s the Greek language- which the New Testament was written in- and it simply means WORD.
My 2nd oldest said ‘I should have known that’.
My oldest daughter- Bethany- just turned 27- Becky is a couple of years younger.
They both have degrees from A&M University here in Texas- top notch school for sure.
So that’s why Becky ‘should have known it’.
Anyway- this word is a favorite in the writings of the apostle John.
In both the gospel and his 3 little letters [1st, 2nd and 3rd John] he uses this term to describe Jesus.
‘In the beginning was THE WORD and the word was with God…’
That’s the Greek word- Logos.
It should be noted that the early Greek philosophers had a concept much like this.
All the way back to the time of Plato- Socrates and Aristotle [around 500 years before Christ] the Greeks were speaking about a universal principle- some type of ‘unifying theory’ that would be the basis of all knowledge.
They spoke about this principle as THE LOGOS.
So- some of the critics of Christianity did use this as a criticism of the church- they say ‘see- the disciples were just making stuff up- borrowing themes that were already there’.
Do they have a point?
A point- maybe- but that’s all.
In the letters of John we also read him refuting a cult of the day- called Gnosticism [Gnosis is the Greek word for knowledge. They believed that they had secret knowledge that the others did not have. A modern twist on this is sometimes referred to as Revelation Knowledge- it’s a form of this ‘special knowledge’ idea that existed in the early days of the church.]
An off shoot of this group were called the Docetists.
These guys were pseudo Christians- they held to some form of Christian belief- but denied the true faith of the church.
They taught that Jesus was ‘a phantom spirit’ that is- they denied what we refer to as the incarnation.
That God became man in the person of Christ.
John was one of the youngest disciples- and he also outlived the others.
His writings are probably the oldest in the N.T. [Revelation]
So- he was around long enough to refute the growing philosophical challenges to the church.
So- putting all this together- when John said Jesus was the Divine Logos- he was not ‘stealing’ that idea from the earlier Greek philosophers who were indeed looking for a Logos principle.
No- he was saying ‘look- we- the followers of Christ- have found the thing you were looking for all the time- he is the Wisdom- the Logos of God’.
See?
Okay- I haven’t read John in a long time- nor have I ever studied Greek.
But- I do have a Greek lexicon [a book that gives you the Greek word before it was translated into English].
And back ‘in the day’ when we were young believers- seeking to learn the faith- these were the basic tools of the trade.
But today- well- the tools are motivation- success stuff.
Learning how to invest- make a buck [or 2] - how to ‘create your world’.
Yeah- we really don’t have time for all that silly stuff like the Logos.
After all- it’s all Greek to me.
Yeah- I know.
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1880- ZIGGY STARDUST
I’ve been catching some of the classic rock concerts on VHF 1- you know- the stuff I [we] saw back in the day.
I must admit- I have been an amateur ‘singer’ for many years.
I used to belt them out at the fire house on a regular basis- you know- sweeping the stalls- or doing a daily routine thing.
Okay- no lie- I did get some real compliments over my ‘career’.
One of the Captains asked one morning ‘were you playing the radio in there’.
I told him no- laughing- he did not believe I was singing.
My captain [Lopez] said for years that I should go on the ‘Americas got talent’ type shows.
So- after a while the guys would give a request or 2- and I tried my best.
I remember Sam- a younger guy- one day I sang Lola [the Kinks].
Sam knew the song as a remake- I guess some new group re-did it.
So- I sang the words- which Sam said he never really knew.
I told Sam ‘you do know who Lola is’.
He did not.
‘She walks like a woman and talks like a man’
‘When she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine’
‘I never ever kissed a woman before’ [nor this night!]
Yeah- you’re talking Penn State football locker rooms for the years that Sandusky was there.
So- one day I drove the girls to school- I tell them ‘you guys want breakfast- then you have to bear thru another one of dads songs- without laughing’.
They were up for it.
So- I picked one from my catalog [in my head!]
And I was off.
They managed to not laugh- or smile- that was the deal.
At the end- my daughter- per instructions of the bet- said ‘wow dad- that was really good’.
Hmm?
Still- no laugh.
I responded- with a dead pan serious face ‘are you serious.’
She lost the bet right there.
Ziggy Stardust.
So- I caught the re-run of a David Bowie concert tour.
To be honest- I never really liked the guy- Changes was an all right song- but not much else.
But the stardust character that he sang the tour as [he was this androgynous type persona for the tour] reminded me of the famed Physicist – Neil Tyson.
Tyson heads up the Hayden planetarium in N.Y.
My dad took me there a bunch of times as a kid- I loved it.
Tyson has been making the rounds recently- talking about the Higgs Boson thing.
He is a nice guy- and he is trying to ‘popularize’ physics for the average guy- a noble cause.
But he- like a long line of others- stumbles very badly when he wades into the field of Apologetics/Logic.
Recently I saw a clip- he gave a very enthusiastic account of how the stars ‘made us’.
He said that we now know that the basic elements of the stars are in us.
And he then reached the unfounded conclusion that ‘we came from stars’.
Okay- a brief review.
This type of argument- which is not new- says if you find common elements in 2 different things- then one must have come from the other.
Why would this be false- at least in the star debate?
Because you cannot get intelligence- information- consciousness- from a non living thing.
As wonderful as the study of the stars can be- yet- to give the stars ‘Ontological status’ [meaning- you give a non living thing the status that only a living thing has] is wrong.
Tyson gives us no mechanism of how the stars actually created us.
I mean you can’t even appeal to biological evolution- because at least it uses living things.
No- the stars have no life.
Then how would you [I] explain the fact that stars have the same base elements that humans have?
Easy- there was one creator- a ‘first cause’ if you will- and according to the biblical argument- he made man from the base element- dirt.
So- in the Christian view- you have both how the same elements are in various things- and you have a ‘mechanism’ that explains how intelligence- consciousness- and life arrived.
They came from an infinite being- who has life in himself.
In the end- this is really the only logical explanation for the creation.
Remember- you can’t get intelligence from non intelligence.
It would be like finding a C.D. in a field- you popped it into a computer and you found information on it.
Then- you broke down [in a lab] the basic elements of the makeup of the C.D. - the actual hardware- not the info on it.
And said ‘aha- I have found the source of the info on the device’.
And you proceeded to show me the ingredients that make up the disk itself.
I would respond ‘all you have done is shown me the common elements that make up the disk- you have in no way proven that these base elements are responsible for the info on the disk’.
That’s the mistake that Tyson makes- he assumes that the common elements we find both in the stars and in humans- is proof that ‘we came from the stars’.
He’s wrong- very wrong.
About as wrong as me thinking I can make it on America’s got talent.
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1869- THE GOD PARTICLE [and Mayan flag day]
Okay- instead- let’s do the other big news story- the so called God Particle.
Yeah- I heard/read a bunch of stories on the so called breakthrough discovery.
Now- I am not ‘anti science’.
I am not a person who believes the earth is only 6 thousand years old- or that kids rode on the backs of dinosaurs.
But- in the historic setting of apologetics- and the role that science has played in the debate- I must say there are lots of misconceptions floating around in the air.
Okay- a brief history of the scientific method and how it came to be.
The past year or so I covered lots of posts on philosophy and physics and world history in general.
We covered how during the middle of the last millennium [500years ago] the world began a break thru in many areas- and we often refer to this as the modern era.
Man- science- thought- all of the fields we see as part of the modern era- they began at around this point.
Science/philosophy and religion all played a big role in the debate.
One of the big boys was a man named David Hume- he was a thinker who questioned what we talked about the other day- the law of cause and effect.
This law simply says that every effect has a cause.
Hume challenged the popular idea that we can know causes.
He said we think we can know the cause of something- but in reality we can’t be sure.
The example Hume gave was the Pool table.
He said we see a person hit the q ball- the ball hits another ball and it goes into the pocket.
Hume said it might look like this a string of cause and effects- but we don’t know for sure.
Maybe there are other reasons why the balls are reacting like this.
Another famous example is the Rooster crowing- the guy couldn’t sleep in because the sun kept shinning in his window- so every morning right before the sun rose he heard the darn rooster crow.
So he shot the rooster.
Just because one act precedes another- this does not mean that is the cause.
Okay- we got it Hume.
But some began to doubt all possible knowledge- they said you can’t make any judgments at all- because we don’t know for sure what the real cause is.
Okay- this led another great thinker- Kant- to challenge Hume [the famous quote from Kant was ‘he woke up out of his dogmatic slumber’] and Kant said even though we can’t be 100 % sure- yet for any possibility for science to function- we do need to be able to have some type of way we can settle on knowledge- science does need to be able to say ‘okay- we have looked at this long enough- we think this is what’s causing this’.
Okay- this whole debate is called Epistemology- how we know stuff.
Now- the God particle.
As I listened to the various reports the last 2 days- I could tell right off the bat that there was some funny stuff going on.
The actual statements form the scientists are saying ‘well- we haven’t ACTUALLY seen the particle [also called Higgs Boson] but- we have detected enough other particles- so we think the Boson is more than likely there too’ or ‘it’s like looking in the distance- and you think you see someone- but maybe you’re looking at his twin instead’.
Okay- what kind of argument is this?
This is what we call a Metaphysical argument.
It’s an argument that is made- not because you actually detected the thing- but you have come to a conclusion based on the Scientific Method of Induction/Deduction.
You looked at- observed- and tested various things- and you now say ‘well- it must be there- because look at all the other stuff’. [layman’s terms].
Okay- is there anything wrong with this.
Not really.
But- here’s the catch- many in the modern field of physics refute the argument for the existence of God because in the end it is a metaphysical one.
That is- the materialist scientist [one who says we only deal in facts that we can actually see\detect] uses metaphysical arguments all the time- he just does not realize he is doing this.
Remember the other day- I posted about the many contradictions good men make when mixing science with apologetics and the laws of argumentation [or logic].
They often do not realize they are contradicting themselves- or making out right nonsense statements- because they are scientists- not logicians.
So what we have in the Higgs Boson case- in the Dark Matter- Dark energy case- in the entire Multi Verse theory [many universes].
In all these theories- which now make up the majority of modern physics- they are all the same type of argument that the materialist scientist says are not good arguments- at least when it comes to the argument for the existence of God.
In a nutshell- if we agree to accept that a certain particle must exist- not because we have actually detected it- but because ‘well- it must be there- because if not- then how do we explain everything else’?
If these arguments are being used in all of the above scenarios- and trust me- they are.
Then we can’t exclude the Theist from the table- we can’t say ‘no- you silly Christian- you deal in things we DON’T SEE- we deal in things we do see.’
Actually- you don’t.
All of the above theories are conclusions based on how the other things around them respond.
The reason many think Dark Matter exists- is not because we have found it- we haven’t.
But because in order for the standard model- well- to stand- then Dark Matter simply ‘must be’.
Okay- this is the same type of argument the Theist [one who believes in God] uses.
If you want to exclude the believer from the table- on the grounds that he appeals to a ‘non detectable’ being.
Then we must ditch all of the above.
And it seems- Higgs Boson too.
NOTE- all scientists are not materialists- many are believers- and even many non believers are not materialists. If you are a pure materialist scientist- one who says we cannot accept any other non material arguments [things we don’t actually see/detect] then you also would not be able to accept any of the major theories of physics today- that is if you were consistent in your thinking.
Also why did the researchers at CERN release this as some great new finding?
The ‘discovery’ was made at the new 10 billion dollar Hadron Collider.
This is the world’s largest Atom smasher.
In order for the Europeans to justify the cost- they had to convince people that this was the best chance to actually discover this long elusive particle.
Now- Europe is in a near depression- as most of you know.
This underground ‘particle smashing tunnel’ [I think it’s right on the French Swiss border?] when first opened- had a bad day.
It leaked oil into the tunnel and it was shut down- and had to be repaired at the cost of millions of dollars.
Okay- all of these guys realize- if you do not justify the cost of this thing- in the midst of a European depression- then what are the odds that your gonna keep getting funded?
I don’t know if this was the main reason they came out with the statement now- but for them to have come out- and kinda have fudged on it- makes me wonder.
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1868- ALIEN INVASION
And he used an example from Evolutionary Biology.
He said- in so many words ‘scientists tell us that there is this thing called Punctuated Equilibrium’ and he used this idea to make a political point.
Now- as I heard Dennis- I thought ‘geez- if I get into this in the morning [now] it will take the whole post’.
So let’s see how far we can go.
I laughed somewhat over the example.
Why?
Evolutionary Biology has made great strides- and had setbacks ever since the idea was popularized by Charles Darwin in the 19th century.
Now- Charlie was not the first person to espouse the idea.
In fact- there was another famous scientist at the time- who some believe Darwin ‘stole’ the idea from him [much like the debate with Einstein- the famous Mathematician- Max Plank- at one point took part of the original idea of Einstein and almost became the famous one].
So- what Darwin is famous for is coming up with the theory of Evolution [what we call Macro Evolution- that all species came from a common ancestor- one spontaneous living cell that popped into existence from nothing- Charlie did not teach this by the way- not fully- but the modern theory has gone there].
Okay- it would take too much space to explain all the ins and outs.
But the debate that has raged for the past 150 years has been whether or not this ever really happened.
That is- have all species actually come from a common life.
The strong evolutionist insists [or did insist] yes.
Those who questioned the theory [not just Christians or Theists- but there are many in the scientific community who have expressed real doubt- these men are not believers- but it’s virtually impossible for their voices to be heard because when you question some of the huge problems with the theory your usually tagged as a right wing nut].
So- after 150 years- the evidence that they thought would be there- is simply not there.
How so?
After many years of discovering fossils- and trying to see if there is a pattern of things actually evolving over millions of years- the evidence does not show this.
Huh?
You heard me- the evidence shows something quite different.
It shows us that new species came into existence at set points in history.
That is- we might find a certain species living for so long- and Walla- seemingly overnight- a new one pops up.
There is absolutely no regular pattern of what you would call transitional species- it’s simply not there.
Okay- if this were the only Monkey Wrench [pun intended] then that wouldn’t be so bad.
But as science has advanced- we have also been trying- desperately- to get some type of species- anything- to actually become something else.
The way we [science] attempts this is thru the experimentation with fruit flies.
In the lab they have been trying to simply get a fruit fly to become another thing [they breed and reproduce fast- so that’s why they use them].
After many dollars and years spent trying this- they can’t get this to happen.
There are many more reasons I could give- but after things like this kept popping up- some in the field- leading Evolutionary scientists- Gould [MIT]- one of the daughters from the famed Leaky family- etc.- starting having real doubts.
Now- these doubts were not based on religion- but science.
The data showed that there seems to be this huge wall between species- that is it’s not as easy as Darwin first thought.
As a matter of fact- the science showed that it is virtually impossible for one thing to become another thing [as far as we can tell right now].
So- the normal thing you would do [should do] at this point is to say ‘maybe we got it wrong- maybe we need to look in another direction’.
And Walla- Punctuated Equilibrium.
Yes- as Dennis said- scientists have said that this is the idea that instead of things slowly evolving over millions/hundreds of thousands of years- they simply changed overnight.
Now- this in reality would be saying ‘the other side- those who questioned Evolution- are right’.
Because the 2 major competing theories are Evolution [things changed slowly over millions of years into new species].
Creation- things came onto the scene at once [or set times].
The Punctuated Equilibrium idea is simply a fancy way of saying the evidence points to the creationist as being right.
But instead of coming right out and saying it like that- instead the theory sounds like it is a result of Evolutionary biology.
I have heard this stated over the years- that indeed Evolution has made this new discovery possible.
Now- I’m not a total rejecter of the entire theory.
I have said in the past that there is no doubt that evolution [natural selection] does take place within the known species [called Micro Evolution].
But there is lots of evidence that seems to say Evolution does not take place on the bigger scale- species changing into another species over long periods of time.
[Darwin thought that whales changed into cows over many years- he thought that the Black aborigine tribes were proof that Evolution was true- he said these Black races were less advanced along the scale. And the famous ‘Monkey Trial’ here in the U.S. [Tenn.] made it look like the Christians were idiots. Many are not aware that the Evolutionary book that Scopes was accused of teaching Evolution from was actually a racist book that the KKK endorsed. The book [by George Hunter] had a scale of the most advanced races- and the least advanced- of course at the top were Whites- the bottom were Blacks. Yet the media made it sound like the more noble side was indeed those who backed using the book in public schools].
But the entire argument shows you how people’s bias affects the end result.
In reality- for anyone to say that Evolutionary science has been responsible for the great breakthrough- known as Punctuated Equilibrium- well it’s ridiculous.
Because Punctuated Equilibrium is simply saying that those who reject the theory that species change into new species over long periods of time- they are right.
So what you see is a manipulation of the argument- to make it look like the ‘losing side’ is actually responsible for this discovery.
But in reality the other side was right all along.
See- I knew this would take the whole post- thank Kucinich for it.
O- by the way- he does have a backup plan.
He can always say the aliens did it.
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1860- POLITICS OR RELIGION?
I wasn’t sure how to close up this week- I know how much you guys like it when I do politics! [note- every now and then I drop a joke or 2 in- I realized once that everybody does not know when it’s a joke- but if you have to say each time ‘here I kid’ it kinda ruins the thing].
I did go to the mission yesterday- and Dirk- my homeless friend that I gave a lecture to on the ‘proofs for the existence of God’ [he was kind of going off the other day on how everyone believes what they hear- that there is no real way to know who is right- so I covered the history of apologetics and the proofs for the existence of God- I kinda blasted the guys for about 15 minutes- and wasn’t sure they were following].
So when I see Dirk- the first thing he shows me is this book on Bertrand Russell- the famous British philosopher- I wrote about him when I was doing the study on philosophy.
Dirk was kind of repentant- he must of took my ‘speech’ to heart- and he told me he was going to put more of an effort into researching stuff.
Now- it was a surprise to see my homeless buddy running around with a Russell book- but I got the hint that he did get something from my talk and wanted me to know he was trying.
By the way- being he showed me the book- I encouraged him to read it- but had to let Dirk know that Russell was a very influential 20th century British philosopher- he was famous because he was a public protestor against the use of nuclear weapons.
But in the field of thought he became an Agnostic.
He was raised as a believer- but at a young age he read a book from another famous thinker- John Stuart Mill.
Mill wrote about what we have been discussing these last few days- the law of Cause and Effect- and how things came into being.
Mill said ‘if everything has to have a cause- then why not God? Who caused God?’
Now- Mill wasn’t the first thinker to pose the question- but Russell became influenced by this idea and espoused it for the rest of his life.
The problem?
Though both of these men were smart- they stumbled over this misconception.
The law of Cause and Effect [also referred to as causality] does not say EVERYTHING has a cause.
It states that all EFFECTS have a cause.
In essence- it’s within the realm of logic to espouse an infinite- causeless being.
Now- some might say this is ‘illogical’ but using the laws of logic [like we covered the last few days].
In the end- the only logical explanation for all things is an infinite being.
Anyway- don’t want to re hash the whole thing again- just thought it interesting that Dirk was reading Russell’s book.
Even though there are a lot of news events that could be covered today- lets finish with a few ‘religious’ things.
I have a verse here [about 200!] hanging on my wall- it’s from Isaiah [I think? I write them down and hang them up- but I don’t write the reference].
It says ‘do these things- and when others read about them- this will be a witness to them’.
There are others along this line that I have come across these last few years.
I started working with the homeless in 1992- with guys that were on drugs- ex-cons- before that.
I never told any of these stories until a few years back.
I started the blog in 2006- Facebook a couple of years later.
I felt that it was part of the ‘next step’- that is doing ministry- that the Lord wanted me to get into.
So- even though I did not even have email until 2006- or even get online until that time- I did my best to put together the blog [amateurish as it is] and start the process.
Now- over the years- as a student of religion, philosophy, ecclesiology [church]- I have written a lot about what it means to ‘do church’ or ‘be church’.
In Christian circles this has been hotly debated in recent years.
Many in the House Church movement have written- and debated with those who are more into the Traditional type churches.
There are many Protestants who have all types of ways they see ‘church’.
In its most basic form- the best definition that I have been able to come up with- is Church is a community.
It’s a worldwide community of those who confess Christ [the universal church].
And it’s a local community of those who follow him.
If you read the gospels- Jesus and his disciples are a good picture of the church.
Now- many will say ‘No John- the church was not formed until Acts chapter 2’.
Okay- I hear that.
I see the whole thing.
But- as community- it’s a mistake- in my view- to dismiss the gospels as ‘pre church’.
I don’t want to get into a theological debate- because I’m not even sure how many are following right now.
But- the point is- if we actually read the things that Jesus told us to do [sounds simple enough].
We would end up doing a lot of the things that most of us call ‘prison ministry’ or ‘street ministry’ or ‘outreach ministry’.
In actuality- these things are a main function of being a community.
So- over the years- because many of us associate church with the meeting [or the building]. We have a tendency to shift the focus from community- to the corporate entity.
Years ago I filed the corporation papers for our ‘church’.
Instead of paying a lawyer- I got a self help book- ‘how to incorporate your church’ and filed.
It was no big deal.
But I realized how we confuse the actual corporate laws of a state- they have ways they recognize what they call ‘a local church’.
And what the bible actually teaches.
In the bible- the church is a community of people- much like Jesus and the disciples going thru the towns- preaching- healing- helping others.
Yet- much of the focus of modern ‘church’ is the corporation ‘how much do we need this month? How many members do we need each month to tithe- and cover the vision of the church’.
Much of the focus- and effort- is spent on raising money for the corporation.
People are ‘challenged’ to sacrifice for Gods work- but the challenge is often seen thru the lens of ‘give till it hurts’.
Look- I’m not against giving- I give lots of money away.
But when you have the majority of church goers- who mean well- when they begin seeing their sacrifice mainly thru a paradigm of giving more money to a corporation- then this blinds them to the majority of teaching in the New Testament that calls us into the world- in real ways- to be the ‘actors’ [ones who act- function- not just give money so others can act/function on our behalf].
That is- the primary responsibility of the believer is not simply to go to church on Sunday [though this is a good thing].
Or to tithe to the ‘church’.
But to be active in helping one another- to be giving our lives away for other people.
This is the heart of the whole New Testament.
So- my purpose in telling these stories the last few years was simply to show one example [out of many- there are many Christians who do see the stuff I just showed you] So these things could be ‘the wisdom’ that the example of people seeing what it means to ‘be church’ might lead others to a ‘more better way’ [Hebrews.]
So- I’ll end the week with the example of my homeless buddy reading the writings of a 20th century British philosopher.
The politics will have to wait- yeah- I know your sad.
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1859- NOT A CHANCE
Went Down to the mission yesterday- saw the guys.
Dirk has his van running good- put the new radiator in [a few posts ago].
Gave Henry a ride back to the boat dock where he works- there were these beautiful Pelicans all lined up along the dock- never saw so many in a row like that.
On my way back to the house I saw a few cars in front of me make a detour- I realized there was a cop car with his flashing lights parked in the local speed trap.
Of course they’ll stop you for anything- I had gotten a ticket for driving without my license in the same spot a while back.
My inspection sticker has been expired since around May- of last year.
Yeah- I know.
I took it to the inspection guy a couple of month’s back- it failed for the tires.
So- as I saw the cop- I did a detour too- and went to another shop [yeah- I know].
I figured ‘Lord- I just helped the guys out- maybe I can get a break’.
So as I sat in the waiting room- doing one of those silent prayers ‘Lord- blind his eyes to the tires’.
You say ‘John- I thought you weren’t one of those positive confession type guys’.
I’m not- but when you’re in a bind you do what you have to.
The kid comes back ‘sir- your tire failed- your brake light is out- and you have a hole in the catalytic convertor’.
The plan didn’t work out too well.
Okay- let me finish a few more comments on proofs for the existence of God.
Yesterday I got into it a little with Dirk- and the other week I mentioned my friend Mike.
I have known Mike for a long time [the homeless artist] and I never knew he was really into the science shows and all.
As we talked Mike told me how over the years he has spoken with Christians/preachers and he has said ‘why do you think God created everything- Fungus and bacteria seem to produce on their own- maybe the cause for all things is that’.
Now- this was a good question- Mike told me that the only response he ever got was ‘the bible says God made everything’.
Okay- I got the point.
I told Mike that what he has observed over the years- the shows he has seen- that these things are good- they are true- science and God do not contradict.
I simply explained to Mike that fungus is part of the material world- and science teaches us that the material world did not always exist.
Therefore- if fungus did not always exist- it could not be the ‘creator’ of everything else.
Mike never heard this simple truth.
He actually thought about it- kind of in a way- a look on his face- like ‘geez- I just lost the last thing I clung to’ type expression.
He thought it through- understood what I said [I went a little more in depth] and then responded ‘well- maybe some other non physical being did it- instead of God’.
I simply gave him the argument I posted around 2 posts ago.
Okay- what was Mike seeing in the fungus?
He saw what we call Secondary causes.
That is there are many things in the natural world that do indeed re produce on their own.
Things grow and develop.
God made the creation to be self sustaining in a way.
Yet- many good people have heard ‘bad’ arguments- things that are false on its face- and don’t really know it.
The most popular ‘misstatement’ today is ‘everything was made by CHANCE’.
Now- I’m not a physicist- but this statement- on its face- is not true.
Why?
Look carefully- chance is NOT A THING.
Okay- chance is NO THING.
Chance is NOTHING.
When people make this statement they do not realize what they are actually saying.
This statement says ‘chance is the actual cause of creation’.
They are giving what we call Ontological status to the word Chance.
They are treating it as in if chance was a living thing- a real thing- not simply a word that describes the odds of something.
Okay- the other misconception is ‘Given enough time- anything can happen’.
Is this true?
No.
If you took a room- were able to seal it- nothing gets in- nothing gets out.
And you have nothing in the room.
How many years would it take for you to open the door- and find a functioning world?
People- planets- stars- parades- horses- stores- etc.
I mean- is it possible- over a long period of time- for this to happen?
No- this is simply not possible- not scientifically possible.
But if you knew there were some being who had control over the room- who did have access to it- and had the power to create.
Well then it would be possible for the room to contain things.
When it comes down to it- there are really only 2 choices.
Either everything popped into existence from nothing [this is impossible].
Or something caused everything to be here [the Christian view].
When people realize this- that this debate is not about ‘well- you believe in faith and the bible and fairy tales- and I believe in fact’.
Actually no you don’t [you being the atheist- unbeliever].
No- in this debate there really is only one rational conclusion- that someone is responsible for ‘everything in the room’.
The other explanation ‘everything in the room came from chance- given enough time’ is not an option- at least not a logical one.
See?
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1856- FOR THE BIRDS
Late happy father’s day to all you dads out there.
Yesterday I got up early and went to Wal Mart- I wanted to get presents for my girls and do a kind of raffle at my oldest daughter’s house [Bethany].
I had wanted to meet at the beach- but I realized that plan wasn’t going to work so we ended up at her house.
I bought some nice stuff for the kids- and had a home bingo game I bought a while back [my wife plays with her sister- so I got them a cheap home version] and I used the thing that turns/mixes the bingo balls in the cage- and stuck the names of my kids on the balls.
It was silly- but they liked the stuff.
So- after I bought the gifts I took a ride to the beach [about 2 miles from where I live] and jumped in the gulf- yeah- it was dad’s day- so I swam.
O- I forgot- while driving to Wal Mart we had one of those quirky storms- and I [and everyone else] spotted a Funnel Cloud over the bay.
I stopped and took a few pictures- we do get them in our area- but it might be only the second time that I spotted one live [you see them on the news at least once every year or so- from the area].
As I was walking back to the truck after the swim- I heard someone yell out ‘hey John’.
Sure enough it was my buddy Tim [carpenter Tim- I wrote about him in the last few weeks].
Yeah- I have not spoken with Tim in years- like I said- sometimes I’ll run into my homeless friends once or twice every 2-4 years.
That was the case with Tim.
He was on his bike- and he told me he just got back to the area.
He rode the thing to Roswell N.M. [no joke- he’s a real bike rider!].
So we talked for about 2 hours [yeah- was running late for the father’s day gig].
Tim shared with me all the times the Lord provided for him on the bike ride.
At one point the weather got real cold- and the day before he found some long John’s [thermal underwear] at a rest stop- they were still in the bag!
He told me how this was how God provided the whole time [a few week- month type trip].
He told me he still has a camp in the Bluff [where I live- many years ago I used to visit Tim regularly in the camps- many of the homeless have camps- Tim was a regular friend- I would trek thru the brush area- maybe half a mile or so- Tim would have a nice camp set up- he’d brew me some Folgers over an open fire].
As we were talking there at the beach- he had some of the old Folgers coffee in his bag- sure enough he broke it out and made some right there.
I gave Tim some money- he really did not want to take it- then he tried to give me something of value [he had some music C.D.’s].
I told Tim ‘no buddy- the last few weeks I have been giving 20’s away- felt like I needed to catch up’. I was slacking with helping the poor- so it was the lord that allowed this chance meeting.
Tim told me he still has a camp on the property of some rich lady who lives here in town.
He does work for her- at almost no cost- so she lets him live there- outside!
He has told me about her in the past- nice lady- but a staunch atheist.
You know- the type that really lets you know they don’t believe.
He was telling me how she’s an avid bird lover- has all the stuff on her property for birds.
I gave Tim a quick Apologetics argument he can use with her- if he ever gets the chance.
I have written a lot about this over the years- but let me give you the short version.
Apologetics is the field where you argue for the existence of God- you use the proofs from science and logic and philosophy to argue your case for the existence of God.
Okay- this is the short version.
The fact that ANYTHING EXISTS- is proof that God exists.
How so?
For many thousands of years- dating back to the time of the famous philosophers- Plato, Aristotle and Socrates [5- 600 years B.C.] people who studied the universe [Cosmologists] believed that the universe [time, matter, space- all things that make up the physical world] had no beginning point.
Most [though not all] believed that the universe was eternal- even the contemporary Carl Sagan said ‘the universe is all there ever was- and all there ever will be’.
So- when Christian thinkers argued for the existence of a creator- most used the Aristotelian argument that said ‘God is the Prime Mover’.
Which meant- He started all motion.
Even the great 13the century Catholic scholar- Thomas Aquinas- used this argument.
But- in the modern era- science has found out that yes indeed- there was in fact a time when no physical matter existed.
We learned this in the 20th century- men like Einstein made great breakthroughs in the field of Physics- and they showed us that there was a time- well- when there was ‘no time’.
It would take too much to cover this here- but men like Hubbell and a few others made some great scientific observations that backed up Einstein’s theory- and vice versa.
So- when SCIENCE [not religion- not bible- not ‘God talk’] showed us that all matter had a starting point- it left the atheist in a tough spot.
If there was a time when nothing existed- then how did everything get here?
The only logical conclusion is something [or someone] who exists outside of the physical realm [called the metaphysical realm] had to have been responsible for it.
Why is this the only logical explanation?
Because things cannot come FROM NOTHING [the ancient saying ‘out of nothing- nothing comes’].
So- we are left with the dilemma that there was indeed a time of NO MATTER- and therefore something- outside of the material realm- has to be responsible for it.
This is indeed- in my view- the greatest Apologetic argument used to ‘prove’ the existence of God.
Now- some say ‘but how do we know it’s God- maybe there is some other ‘non material’ thing/being that did this’?
Look- some of the so called ‘new atheists’ have gone down this line of reasoning- and made fools of themselves.
One quick example.
One of the famous present day atheists is Richard Dawkins.
He was pinned down in an interview- and he was confronted with this dilemma.
He actually said that he thought it was possible that some ‘being’ from another time might have made all things.
He said the being- well- would have to be eternal [because if he isn’t- you have the problem- where did he come from].
He said this being had to have been very smart [you can’t get intelligence from non intelligence- this is a scientific observation].
And this being had to be very powerful- because he created all things.
In short- when Dawkins was done- he described the attributes of God down to the last detail [omniscient, omnipotent, etc.]
So- any thinking person- even an avowed atheist- realizes the problem that they face in trying to explain the existence of all things.
I told Tim it was ‘funny’ that this lady loves birds- but ‘hates’ God.
The Apostle Paul said in Romans chapter one ‘they did not want to have God in their thoughts- so God gave them up to worship the created order- Birds, etc..’
Yeah- men who rejected the obvious proof of God- creation- became worshippers of creation [they made idols of animals and birds].
I found it interesting that Tim’s bird lady was living proof that the bible is true.
I had a good time talking with Tim- it’s been a while- he asked if he should come by the house and visit in the upcoming weeks- I told him sure.
Tim is one of the homeless guys who does not like to impose on people- that’s why I hardly ever see him- he won’t even go to the free mission to eat- he avoids the whole scenario of looking like your homeless.
He works- lives- and feels like it’s his right to not have a home- without being looked down upon.
Well- I’ll end with that for now- for those who want to read more about Apologetics- I have stuff on the blog you can find- have fun.
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1853- SEX- ALL TYPES
Let’s cover the ‘other’ news story of the day- the Elephant in the room.
Yes- with all the things going on in the news this week- we also have had the start of the Jerry Sandusky sex case.
Most of you know the scoop.
Sandusky is the famous coach from Penn state that worked for years with the famed Joe Paterno.
There were rumors- and ‘chance’ encounters where people saw Sandusky with young boys- and he was caught molesting kids.
As the defendants have been testifying this week- well- we heard bad stuff.
I don’t want to ‘defend’ the Sandusky’s of the world in any way- but I want to speak openly- and in a politically incorrect way about sexual orientations of all kinds.
I have a book here in my study- about 3 feet from where I’m sitting.
It’s the story of Jeffrey Dahmer’s conversion to the Lord after he was sent to prison.
I do realize that we see lots of jail house conversions- and for some people they will never believe that a Dahmer could convert.
But as I read the book- and also have watched the re play of the interview that Dahmer did with MSNBC- I do believe he was sincere.
One very interesting- and truthful part of the interview was when Dahmers dad was asked ‘why do you think this happened to your son’.
The dad- who is a Christian man- said he felt like somewhere along the line- Jeff associated- connected- the act of sex with dead things.
That he was fixated as a boy with skulls and dead things- and in time when he went thru puberty- that he also- somehow- connected the joy of collecting skulls and stuff with the act of sex.
Now- some might dismiss this as a lame excuse- and of course the crimes Jeff committed were very serious [for those not familiar- Dahmer is the famed serial killer who cannibalized his victims].
In point of fact- people- in all societies and in every age- can- and have ‘learned’ certain types of behavior- for good or ill.
The reason this debate is hard to have in our country- is because the present debate over gay rights pits one group against another.
For anyone to say ‘we actually do have proof that certain sexual behavior can indeed be learned’ seems to be bigoted and against the civil rights of people.
The purpose of this post is not to get into a long drawn out discussion over this.
I want to simply say- there are- and have been- all types of sexual associations that people have made with certain acts.
In the Sandusky case- with minors.
In the Dahmer case- with dead things.
The list does go on.
Is it possible to ‘un learn’ associations like this?
In short- yes.
Is it easy?
Probably not.
A few years ago I noticed that one of the major hospitals in the U.S. - famous for doing sex change operations- very quietly quit the practice.
As I listened and read about the story- I came to find out that the hospital- that was lauded for their non judgmental attitude- their willingness to break ‘the religious bigotry of our day’ that after doing the operation for years.
Admitted that the results were horrendous.
How?
The rate of depression and suicide among most of the patients went sky high.
After years of doing the operation- the data showed that despite all the ‘political correctness’ the facts on the ground were these operations were doing more harm than good.
Yet- year after year we see people who have had the operation- on well meaning news shows being interviewed- and the interviewer- without fail- always comes across as ‘look how accepting I am of you- look how wonderful it is for us all to celebrate your freedom and to not judge’.
Yet- many of the times I get the impression that these people are under great pressure to go with this line.
That they are cast into the limelight as a great example of acceptance- and they seem at times to not want to let the interviewer- or the world- down.
But- if the data says the rate of suicide and depression sky rockets among those who have gone thru with the procedure- then if we really love these people- or our kids- or generations to come- then we would be more careful before we jump on the ‘what a great thing you did’ bandwagon.
In the whole debate about whether or not sexual orientation [or simple associations of sexual expression with particular acts] is changeable- we need to be aware of the overall effects we are having on all sorts of people.
In the Sandusky case- we do see an attraction that many men have.
There are entire organizations supporting man/minor ‘love’.
NAMBLA- North American Man Boy Love Association- being one.
Do these men make the same argument that some have made with the gay rights issue?
Yes.
Many argue that that they have had this ‘orientation’ for as long as they can remember.
They argue that they share a common orientation with thousands of other men all over the world.
They argue that its’ the ‘Victorian era morality'- that religion wants to impose on people- that tells them- and society- that they are wrong.
After all- if ‘God created me this way- why should I not express it’.
Now- I- like you- do not accept these arguments- but in truth- they are basically the same type of arguments that others have made with the gay rights debate.
[Note- I do have gay friends- and I do not want to come off as saying I equate child molesters with gay people- I don’t. The point I’m making is the NAMBLA folk are saying ‘who has the right to say that Man/Boy sex is wrong’. And to be honest- if you reject the basis of natural/moral law- then they win the point.]
The point I’m making is if we- as a society- tell people that sexual orientation is never learned behavior- then we are in ways justifying the NAMBLA argument.
I was going to delve into the entire field of what we call natural/moral law.
Where does it come from?
Does society simply make up moral law?
Actually no.
This is a very long debate- going on since the days of Immanuel Kant [one of the great thinkers going back a few centuries].
In short- some have argued over the years that we need to rid society of moral law- that it’s these restrictions on men [particularly sexuality] that is the cause of society’s ills.
The famous thinker Freud [and Nietzsche] advocated this.
But after hundreds of years of debate- there are no examples of any successful society that has managed to develop any type of functioning ethic- apart from what we call the Judeo/Christian ethic.
I don’t mean to come off as judgmental- nor to offend any group of people- but if we are telling entire generations of people ‘you are a slave to your sexual orientation’.
If we are saying to people ‘you can never change’ or overcome your sexual associations.
Then we might be biting off more than we can chew.
If it simply makes us [the interviewer] feel better about ourselves when we say ‘see- you have done such a great thing- if only these religious bigots would stop judging you’.
But in reality- the data show that these people suffer tremendously- for the most part- after they get the sex change.
Then maybe we need to re think what we are saying to them as a whole.
Maybe we should tell people ‘yes- associating sexual expression with a particular act- or life style is a very strong thing’.
In most cases- even in cases like Sandusky- even if there are hundreds of thousands of people with the same ‘feelings’ all over the world.
Yet- if we do love people and are honest- we would tell them it is possible to change the feeling- the association- dare say ‘orientation’.
We must realize that there are many types of sexual expression- that society- and moral/natural law say is wrong.
Those in these lifestyles- often will argue that the orientation was with them for as long as they can remember.
Others argue that there are many others like them.
All this may be true- but in the end- this does not mean the association is right [NAMBLA] or can never be broken.
I’ll end with a couple of verses ‘I hate vain thoughts- but your law do I love’ ‘commit thy works unto the Lord and thy thoughts will be established’ ‘God will keep them in perfect peace whose minds are fixated on him’.
This entire debate is long- and even many Christians disagree on some points. There are movements within the church that seek to accept the gay lifestyle as an acceptable lifestyle.
Today’s point is- if we tell people- with all types of orientations- that you can 'never change’ them- or overcome them- then we are not being honest.
If we think that the solution is ‘let's just live with no moral law’.
That has been debated- and tried- and found wanting [Freud died in a mental hospital- going insane from a sexual disease].
If we love our kids- those around us- our neighbor- then we should not encourage those among us struggling with orientations to ‘go with what you feel’.
Or to be so accepting of an operation that the data shows does not solve anything- only makes it worse.
In short- if we love people- we must be truthful with them.
Yes- try not to judge- love them even if they don’t become what you think is best.
But be honest with people.
I feel sorry when I see some being interviewed- time and again- everyone telling her how happy they are for her.
When I know in reality the data says something different.
The statistics show that those who go as far as ‘changing’ their sex- many of them take their own lives.
And it’s not because they feel judged- it’s because many of them can’t believe what they have done.
Sad that we hide this- sad.
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1850- I AM JUST A COWBOY- LONESOME ON THE TRAIL…
This week we were treated to the singing cowboy- I think from Texas?
I’ll admit- I don’t watch American idol- or any of the other shows like that.
But because the cowboy made the news- I saw the scoop.
What happened was you had this talented singer- who stuttered.
He was interesting- fit the Mel Tillis style.
When he was asked about the stutter- he said he got it when a grenade injured him in action in Afghanistan.
Of course the judges- and the audience- loved the story.
The only problem was- he made the whole thing up.
So last night I saw a news report- he seems to have been faking war injuries for years.
Though he did serve in Afghanistan- for a month- yet he seemed to have some issue with his hearing- and was sent home.
As he was being interviewed- after the story came out- he was crying- yes stuttering- and he said ‘this is my truth- this is what I have believed’.
Sort of like truth is relative- if the story ‘helps’ you out- then it’s ‘your truth’.
I remember the old days of listening to classic rock on those vinyl albums.
Yeah- you put them on the ‘turntable’ and the technology was so advanced- you even had that little lever that you pulled to make the Album replay- all on its own!
I still remember the cover to my Thin Lizzy album- I mean those guys rocked.
You might remember the hit song ‘the boys are back in town’ there was another song on the album- called ‘The Cowboy Song’.
Yeah- our stuttering cowboy knows how to sing- and tell tall tales at the same time.
1839-SCAPEGOAT
Yesterday I went down to the local mission- I usually catch up with my homeless friends there.
I didn’t see Henry- but Michael showed up.
I met Mike around 20 years ago.
[ just a note- on my blog- under the Feb. posts of each year I have a category called ‘Homeless’.
I write about my friends in these posts.
I came to Corpus in 1992- most of the guys I met the first year or 2.
So you might read a post that says ‘I knew this guy for 20 years’. Then maybe in another post ’15 years’.
I don’t keep exact numbers- just realize I have known most of these guys since 1992]
The last time I saw Mike was around 2-3 years ago.
He was living on the other side of town- actually- more in the Mexican type area.
Now- I’m ‘at home’ in the Barrio- just like in the ‘white boy’ part of town.
Over the years I have been to the Govt. housing- visiting families- wives- kids- of my buddies that were in jail.
Lots of them were members of the church I started years ago.
So to me- race means nothing.
[Like I told my daughters friend one day ‘I’m not racist- I think Whites are only a little bit better than the other races’ Joke!]
But Mike- well- he was in the ‘bad part’ of town.
So he told me he moved back to ‘the Bluff’ and has a weekly room at the Plaza hotel.
A lot of the ‘homeless’ guys do have places- non permanent- where they stay on and off- this is Mikes thing.
He is working as a cook at the Golden Corral- a famous buffet in Corpus.
We caught up on old times.
Mike asked if I was gonna be around for a while- I told him yeah.
He walked back to the hotel- about 3 blocks- to show me his latest art work.
Mike is an A-1 artist- he has painted for years.
He even painted the signs for the apartments my wife manages [about 15 years ago].
He told me he just painted the for sale signs down the street.
The owner of Floyds Christian Restaurant is selling some land- Mike did the signs.
So he comes back with about 7 paintings- I mean beautiful stuff- all originals.
He paints ‘free style’ he doesn’t look at another picture- just from his mind.
I loved the paintings.
They were different than what I saw before.
Lots of birds- flowers.
Shore line- boats- fish.
He used to do lots of gory stuff- skulls- Mega death stuff [rock group].
I asked him if I could buy one- he does not sell them- but he told me he would let me have one for the cost of the materials.
I bought a beautiful scene- some fishermen pulling in their nets by the sea- a huge pelican on the dock- and these great sunflowers peering over them.
15 bucks.
A steal.
I gave Mike a ride back to the hotel- he did carry all these pictures by hand.
We talked- for about 4 hours.
I have found the guys- who have mental challenges- like Mike- they really benefit just from having a friend to talk to.
It was funny in a way- I must have quoted 50 individual verses that fit the exact scenario that Mike was communicating.
I really don’t ‘preach’ much at all when I’m with the brothers.
They know I’m helping them out [we often go out to eat] and they know I do ministry stuff.
But all these friendships are just that- these guys are simply friends I have made over the years.
But this day was different- I really taught Mike a lot of stuff- in a way that never really happened in the past.
Example.
He was telling me how he simply does his art on his own- most people don’t even know his talent.
When he brought the paintings to the mission- everyone was shocked that he actually painted them.
They have known Mike for years- yet they never saw his work.
So Mike told me that he likes doing his work in private- and simply enjoying the satisfaction of the paintings.
I told him that Jesus taught this ‘when you do your good works- don’t let the left hand know what the right hand is doing- do it in secret- and God will reward you openly’.
He said ‘yeah- that’s it!’
One painting he had sitting by the sink- he did not bring this one to the mission- was Christ on the Cross.
Mike showed me the nails in Christ’s hands.
He made them crooked on purpose- he said ‘my dad always told me I couldn’t even drive a nail in straight’.
He did this on purpose- in a way it was prophetic.
The painting of Christ- and the words that hurt Mike- the words he never forgot thru out his life.
He told me that in the past when he did artwork for various people [he has done portraits for hundreds of dollars- though he does not sell his own stuff].
That sometimes people take out their faults on the artist.
If they are dealing with problems they tend to pass them off to the artist.
As we sat there- with the painting of Christ- and the crooked nails.
I told Mike ‘this also is in the bible’
I went on to tell the story in the Old Testament of the Scapegoat.
Yeah- the Scapegoat comes from the bible.
In the Jewish religion at the time- you had the priest bring 2 goats- on one he would lay his hands- symbolically saying ‘we put the sins of the people on you’.
The one goat- the Scape goat- would then run away.
But they took the other- and sacrificed it.
I told Mike- this is what the Scapegoat is- Jesus himself bares the guilt and problems that the people bring to the table.
Mike once again said ‘yeah- that’s it’.
This went on for around 4 hours- I felt it was Gods way of communicating to my old friend- in a way that I never really was able to in the past.
He showed me an art book he bought from Barnes and Noble.
He really liked the way the author drew.
It was a teaching guide for artists.
It had quotes of all the famous painters of the past.
One from DaVinci said ‘the greatest mastery of all is the mastery of one’s self’ [paraphrase].
I told Mike ‘this too is in the bible’.
I quoted from Proverbs ‘he that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls- but he that rules his spirit is better than he that takes a city’,
Once again- it clicked.
I took pictures of the paintings with my cell phone- I told Mike if they come out good I’ll try and post them on my site so my friends can see.
I looked at them later- they did not come out too good.
The one of Christ with the crooked nails- that came out good- I have that as my Wall paper on the phone.
Maybe my daughter will help me post it on the site?
I have known Mike a long time.
His dad was in the Navy and they moved to the city years ago.
Mike is from upstate N.Y.
I have written about Mike before- he seems to have burned himself out on some type of drug over the years- you can tell he has mental problems.
But he is very talented- he has always worked- as long as I have known him.
And he has been on and off the streets for years.
I think the story about the scapegoat really made an impact.
Mike is smart- he asked me lots of stuff this day.
About creation- and science- things that other Christians have told him to reject.
I told Mike it’s okay to believe in certain scientific ‘proofs’ and also be a Christian [he knew a lot about the natural world- and I have taught lots about this over the years].
So he not only ‘saw’ a lot of things from the bible that he never saw before.
But I also was able to show him how the bible does not go against science [I actually just posted a note the other day on this].
I told Mike ‘why don’t you title the Cross painting- The Scapegoat’.
Every time you walk in the room- look at the painting and realize Christ has taken all the guilt and pressure and stuff that others have put on you- he is the Scapegoat’.
Sometimes its easier to remember a story when its connected to an image.
That’s why Jesus told parables- stories that people could ‘see’ in their minds.
Yeah- the scapegoat- with the crooked nails- yeah- how can you forget that?
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1837- DID THE HILLS CLAP HANDS?
I usually end the week with a ‘week in review [news]’ type thing- but being I posted 2 political things yesterday- let’s do something spiritual.
The other week I mentioned I just went thru a course [again] on early Christianity.
The teacher- a famous scholar of the day- came from a liberal background in scholarship.
I do like the man- though I come from a different view- I believe the bible is inspired by God- and is ‘the word of God’.
Now- that statement can be expanded on- and at times I have done that.
There are Fundamentalist positions on biblical inspiration that at times leave much to be desired.
The bible has various forms of literature within it.
Poetry- Apocalyptic [Revelation, Daniel] - Symbolic- etc.
So inspiration- or reading the bible ‘literally’ simply means when you read those portions- literally- you read them as you would any other form of literature in the same class.
Example.
In Psalms [poetry type category] you read that ‘all the hills clapped their hands and sang’.
Okay- did the writer ‘literally’ mean this?
No- he was using poetry to describe the majesty of God.
But some people do think these verses should be read ‘literally’ and that in some way nature ‘clapped hands’.
The same with the book of Revelation- when we read about the Dragon- or the number of the beast- we realize these are symbols- or riddles- that we need not take ‘literally’.
Will there be an actual number- or code- that some future govt. will stamp on people’s heads or hands?
Probably not.
Have there been teachers/preachers who have taught this kind of thing- who have said ‘we live in a day like never before- where you can actually mark someone in the head/hand thru computer chips’.
So you have people who refuse to get social security cards- or avoid using the computer marker at the grocery store.
But these ways of looking at the bible are too simplistic- and don’t fit the actual style of the writer.
Is this the only time in history when we have the ability to mark people on their bodies?
Of course not- we read in the bible itself that in the Old Testament they actually ‘branded’ slaves- had ways to bore a hole in a person’s ear to show he belonged to an owner.
But we never think of this- we simply accept what we hear and that’s that.
The other day I was talking to a very knowledgeable man in the bible- he has read it [like me] hundreds of times over the years.
One time I mentioned to him the debate [among scholars] over the days of creation we read about in Genesis chapter 1[and 2].
I gave him various ways people interpret the text.
I said ‘you know- Genesis one says God created the Sun on day 4- but he made light on day 1’.
Now- I mentioned this as someone who does take the bible ‘literally’ but who also leaves room that the earth is much older than 6 thousand years.
To my surprise- my friend never thought of this ‘problem’.
He asked ‘what day was the sun made?’
Now- I know he has read the text a lot- but it never dawned on him that the Genesis account has this ‘problem’.
How do we solve it?
Some say ‘God made another source of light for the first 3 days’.
Okay- I don’t go for that.
But I do ‘go for’ the possibility that God is not giving us a scientific account of the creation of the world- be he is giving us a way we can grasp it- being everyone who reads the text is not a scientist.
One interesting view is God was using the 6 day [7] ‘form’ to categorize the order of things.
Day 1- light. Day 3- luminaries [things that give light]
Day 2- sky, water. Day 4- fish- fowl [things that fill the sky- water]
Day 3- land- vegetation. Day 5- animals, humans [things that eat the stuff]
So it seems like the first ‘3 days’ correspond to the things created on the last ‘3days’.
Okay- is this the only way to see it?
No.
But it shows you that sometimes there is more to the story than meets the eye.
You say ‘John- I will just take it like it says- the bible says it- that settles it’.
Actually I’m fine with that- but the ‘super’ literal way does force the reader to come up with another source of light for the first 3 days- so that interpretation has its problems as well.
Point?
Just because we have symbol- poetry- prophecy- and various forms/styles of literature in the bible- this does not mean the bible is wrong- or ‘full of holes’.
No- it means when we come across these various styles we leave enough room to interpret them in the style they were written.
Okay- there’s obviously much that can be said on this subject- maybe I’ll do more over the next week or so.
Like how we got our bible- the development of the Canon [how we know which books are in- and which are not ‘in’].
There were other writings that the early church debated over.
Some of these other writings were considered out and out lies.
But not all- some of the other books were considered okay- but for various reasons they did not make it into the bible.
And a few that made it in were disputed- for various reasons.
The church did not have a ‘complete’ canon until the 4th century.
It is true that the early Christians had a basic unanimity on what was in and what was out.
But not until the 4th century was it decided for sure.
So maybe I’ll do a few posts on that.
I do come from the ‘conservative’ view on this- I do believe the bible is ‘the word of God’.
But that does not always mean you take every verse ‘literally’ in the sense that the ‘hills clapped their hands’- Got it?
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Okay- this past week I went thru a course by Professor Bart Ehrman.
He teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He teaches Christianity and the New Testament and has been popular the last couple of years because he had a N.Y. times best seller- Misquoting Jesus.
Whenever I study a course- I usually do a parallel teaching on the blog.
Not word for word- I usually have a background in the subject already- and if the course goes too ‘off course’ I dump it and just finish the blog study by memory.
This time I never planned on covering the course from the get go- because I knew Ehrman was what you would call a Liberal scholar.
Now- Liberal and Conservative- in the field of Theology- are not political matters.
Liberals are those who hold to the critical view of the bible that was developed in the 19th century- primarily out of the German universities- men like Rudolph Bultman were leaders in the field.
This ‘way’ of interpreting the bible- called Higher Criticism- had some good points to it- but at the end of the day they came to reject the historical accuracy of scripture- and said that the Gospels were written by unknown men who wanted to simply convey spiritual truths that Jesus taught.
Conservative teachers [like me] hold to the belief that the bible is indeed historically accurate- and the ‘Inspired Word of God’.
Okay- as I went thru the course- I honestly expected Bart to make a better case for his side.
I really learned nothing knew- I was already familiar with the critic’s points- and he made the same ones that the conservative side has already refuted.
Now- let me give you a few examples.
When I first started reading thru the bible as a new believer- I did find some of these ‘discrepancies’ myself.
I noticed that in Matthews’s gospel the story about the denial of Jesus says Peter will deny Jesus 3 times before the ‘rooster crows’.
In Marks gospel it says ‘before the rooster crows twice’.
When I first saw this- it really wasn’t that big of a deal to me- and one time I mentioned it to my Pastor- a good Baptist man who was trained in a Fundamentalist school- and to my surprise he was not aware of this.
I also noticed a few more things like this over the years- and my pastor simply was never trained in these areas.
Now- I mention this only to point out that if you get a well rounded education- it really should include some of these so called discrepancies.
Some of the Higher Criticism is helpful- some not.
But to avoid these textual problems- simply because you’re a Fundamentalist- does more harm than good- especially when your parishioners are learning the stuff on their own!
Okay- I ‘solved’ the problem of the denials by simply seeing that even though one gospel says ‘before the rooster crows’ and the other ‘twice’- that at the end of the day one writer is simply giving you more detail.
It really is not a contradiction- if Matthew said ‘before the roster crows once’ then yes- that would be a problem.
But he simply gave less detail than the other writer.
Okay- after becoming familiar with Ehrman- and knowing that he is famous in the field of liberal scholarship- I thought for sure he would come up with something better than this.
But in actuality- this was one of his main examples of why the bible is not historically accurate.
I couldn’t believe it.
Now- to be fair- there are other things like this that do happen- but they are all minor details of the story [John’s gospel seems to indicate that Jesus was crucified on a different feast day than the other writers say].
But all these minor details in no way justify rejecting the gospels as historically accurate.
Let me just hit on a few things that the higher critics have right.
They do point to the fact that the early followers of Jesus lived in an Oral culture- things were passed along by word of mouth for the most part.
The writing of books [scrolls] did take place- but it was not an easy- or cheap trade.
We live in a day of books and internet access and all sorts of ways for the printed word to be distributed- but in the early church it was not like this.
So- the gospels were probably written about 20-50 years after the death and resurrection of Christ.
What?
Yes- this is true.
The more conservative scholars go with the earlier date [some go as early as 15 years after Christ] but no one claims that the gospels were written at the same time as Christ walking the earth.
Yes- the stories were transmitted orally [oral culture] but they were written later on.
Now- the ultra liberal scholars say ‘see- how could they have known all the facts if they were written so much later’- and Ehrman uses the example of the game ‘telephone’ [or something like that?].
Where you have one person in class tell something to the next in line- and at the end of the line you get a different account.
Ehrman says ‘see- we have no idea what/who Jesus really was’.
Okay- the main discrepancy that Bart used- was the rooster crowing.
He actually sounded mad on the C.D. [I listen while I work!] and he said ‘well- which is it [damn it!!] did the rooster crow once- or twice!’
And then he jumped to the conclusion that the gospels were really fake stories that were made up by unknown men- well meaning men- but they had no real historical truth to them.
This my friends is what I call a ‘leap of faith’.
Geez- if we did this was all other biographies- we would have no ‘factual’ histories about anyone.
I’ll end with a note to my Catholic readers.
A couple of years ago I read the Popes book- Jesus of Nazareth- I did a brief review on the blog and I really liked the book a lot.
One of the things the Pope deals with [remember- Benedict was a priest from Germany- where the whole school of higher criticism arose] in the book is this whole debate over the historical accuracy of the bible.
At one point- as he graciously- yet boldly defends the conservative view- he is talking about the liberal view that the gospels were written by these unknown men who basically made the stories up.
The Pope asks ‘and just how did these men manage to write the most popular books of all time- books that came to be revered and known and loved by generations and generations- and yet no one even knows the names of the authors?’ [I did ad lib a little here]
The bottom line is- if the gospels were written by a bunch of anonymous men who simply wanted to convey some spiritual truths about Jesus- and they managed to stay hidden for all these centuries- this theory has more holes in it than say- a rooster crowing once or twice.
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1825- PHILOSOPHY [conclusion]
Today let’s wrap up the last philosophy post for now.
Over the last 6 months or so I have posted around 25 posts- covering the pre Socratic thinkers [800 B.C.] and we made it all the way up to the 19th century.
The main philosophical thought of the 20th century was called Logical Positivism.
This idea said there were 3 stages to Western thought/culture;
First- Infancy [religious/myth]
Second- adolescence [philosophy]
Third- adult [science/empirical]
This idea said that man in the 20th century has finally advanced beyond the silly stages of religion and has now moved into a stage where the only true things are empirical in nature.
That is- for something to be true- you must be able to show it scientifically [or mathematically].
It did not take too long before the critics figured out the major flaw with this idea.
This philosophy states ‘the only truth is empirical’ this statement in itself [as well as all the books written on it] is not an empirically proven statement.
Therefore- according to its own criterion- it is false.
This particular aspect of the philosophy was called The Verification Principle [had to be proven/verified scientifically to be valid].
Pragmatism- this is the only home grown philosophy that had its roots in the U.S.
Founded by Dewey and Peirce- this thought denied objective reality and states that ‘whatever works- use it’.
Of course being ‘pragmatic’ in a practical way is fine- we do want things to work.
But at its core Pragmatism says there are no real ethics- no right or wrong- just things people do.
In the beginning of the 20th century you had the British thinker/mathematician Bertrand Russell.
Russell was a good man- raised as a Christian.
But as a young man he read a book by John Stuart Mill [19th century] that questioned one of the classic arguments for the existence of God [the argument from first cause].
Mill said ‘if everything has to have a cause- then why not God- who caused him’.
Russell accepted Mills claim- and became an influential atheist/agnostic.
The main flaw with this argument- that everything ‘has a cause’ is that it’s false.
The law of Cause and Effect [Causality] does not state that everything has a cause- it says that ‘every effect has a cause’.
That is- there is nothing in existence- an effect- that came from nothing.
Some argued that there was no initial cause- but an infinite series of ‘little’ cause and effects that go on forever.
This too is wrong- it leads to another problem called the Infinite Regress.
If there is no First cause- then logically you can never arrive at ‘Now’
There had to have been a starting point somewhere [Einstein has since proved this] and the starting point [Big Bang] could not have come from nothing.
This too is a very common belief among many well meaning people- that somehow science has taught us that all things came from nothing.
This could not be further from the truth- this is referred to as Creation Ex Nihilo- which too is scientifically false.
The only other option- beside the Infinite Regress- and the creation out of nothing- is there had to have been some type of first cause- who is not limited to the material realm.
By nature this being would have to be Metaphysical [outside the physical realm] and would have to be self existent- having no beginning.
To have a First cause- who himself is infinite- is indeed consistent with the principals of logic- and at the end of the day is the only reasonable explanation for the existence of all other things.
Okay- as we end our posts on philosophy for now- why did I cover this?
Thru out the history of the church Christians have grappled and challenged the other world views- and have done a good job at it.
The Christian perspective is not some silly religious way of life that has no real proof.
To the contrary- the church has had the upper hand in all these debates down thru the centuries.
But in today’s ‘media market’ Christianity- the proliferation of self help books [everyday day a Friday?]
The nonstop talk about becoming rich- or sending your money to ‘my ministry’ as a ‘seed faith’ to become rich.
In this environment- many outsiders see the church as an irrelevant- never ending drum beat that they can’t wait to switch to another channel.
This is not the history of the church- and the church has historically won the debate on the reality of God.
It’s just the average person does not know it.
So- for the Christian to be learned in these fields- to have a working knowledge of the opposing world views- is a good thing.
Why do so many believers avoid a field like philosophy?
The apostle Paul warned the Colossians ‘beware of the philosophies of men’.
He also wrote to his protégé Timothy ‘beware of the oppositions of science- falsely so called’.
The word for science in this text is Gnosis- the Greek work for knowledge.
In the early days of the church there was a Christian cult that rose up- called Gnosticism.
More than likely- Paul was not saying that all science- as we use the term today- is bad- but he was warning against a particular from of science- called Gnosticism.
The same with the warning on philosophy- while you could apply it to all philosophy- that is to say that we should be careful when people try to give us opposing ways of thought- yet in context it seems like the apostle is dealing with the philosophies that oppose Christian thought.
For the first 1500 years of the Christian church the study of Theology and Philosophy went hand and hand.
After the Protestant Reformation [15th century] many Protestants avoided the field- which I think was a mistake.
So- as we close up this subject for now- maybe review a few of the posts on the blog that I did these last few months- become more familiar with the apologetic arguments for the existence of God.
Christians do not have to argue- or oppose atheists- or other religions that hold a different view than we do.
But we should be able to give a defense for the faith- to explain to society around us why we believe the things we do.
At the end of the day- we really do have the winning argument.
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In the next week or so I’m going to try and wrap up a few more posts on Philosophy.
We started around 6 months ago- with the pre Socratic Philosophers [7-800 years B.C.] and made it all the way up to the Existentialists of the 19th century.
I hate to stop there- because we were right at the time of the rise of the Atheistic existentialists- the Nihilists- who saw no hope in existence.
These guys ‘stole’ existentialism from its founder- a Christian- Soren Kierkegaard- and developed a purposeless philosophy- a ‘man without hope’ future world.
Guys like John Paul Sartre and Camus [20th century] were writing/saying things like ‘the only question now left is the viability of suicide’.
Books with the simple title ‘Nausea’ or ‘no exit’ [a play]- describing the fate of man.
As I watch/read the current trends- it is tempting to see our future in this way.
I mean society is struggling for meaning- Arab nations are going thru tremendous times of questioning- and some observers are grasping at the solutions that the 19th century Atheists already espoused- and failed.
Men like Sam Harris [the End of Faith] blame all society’s ills on religion itself- pointing to Islamic terrorism- and making statements like ‘almost all wars are religion based’.
I mean his argument sounds good- he’s just wrong.
Out of all recorded major wars- around 1700- under 10 % are considered religious in nature.
But who really has time for facts like this?
So- over the next few weeks- as I watch the scene- maybe catch the Ferrell flick- I will keep in mind another famous line of Ferrell’s.
He was talking to Christina Applegate- in his classic film ‘Anchorman- the Legend of Ron Burgundy’.
And there sitting at some lookout- viewing the city of L.A.
And Ferrell waxes eloquent about the city- he says ‘L.A. - the city named after..’
Well- it’s kinda crass- he basically says it was named after the female part of a whale.
Christina looks at him- puzzled- and says ‘I think its name means City of Angels’.
Ferrell disagrees- he tells her ‘well- we will just have to agree to disagree’.
She says ‘no- I’m pretty sure I’m right’.
I’m glad the country is having a debate about what’s right and wrong- the Trayvon Martin case- the ethical responsibility that society has to the poor [Health care arguments].
Our role as a lead nation ‘among nations’- how to side with the protestors- in a responsible way that doesn’t leave the nations in a mess when where done.
All of these debates are ethical in nature- the questions we are asking is ‘is this right or wrong’.
And contrary to some modern thinkers- there is a right and a wrong on these issues- yes- sometimes we compromise- sometimes we ‘agree to disagree’ and sometimes it takes one side to tell the other ‘no- I think you are wrong on this’.
Do it in love- do it with boldness- ‘speaking truth to power’ but when you see the need- then do it.
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I talked about the atheist Nietzsche in the last post.
One of the famous comments he made was- man- like the Superman- should ‘will to power’ he should live for what he deems best- and strive for the top- even if you have no real reason for your own existence. He said man should ‘build his house on Vesuvius’ [an active volcano].
As the year progresses- as the top stories of the day become a stupid Etch a Sketch comment- or how one side is so right- while the other so wrong- we need to read between the lines.
There are many serious- important stories to cover.
Innocent people being killed- leaders oppressing their people.
Children starving around the world in vast numbers.
These are all very serious issues that we need to know about- pray about- and if we can- do something about.
But no- we want the Etch a Sketch- we want the stories that have no real value- no true meaning.
Yes- we are building our house on Vesuvius- and we don’t even know it.
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1810- THE CRUCIFIED ONE
Society has a decision to make- can we as a people live without any ethical requirements.
Should ethics- making a distinction between right and wrong- should this be part of the conversation?
In our Philosophy study- as scattered as it has been- we ended right around the 18-19th centuries.
We were coming up to the Existentialists.
Existentialism is a difficult philosophy to pin down [as most are].
But the easiest short definition I have found is it’s the philosophy of Existence.
That is real life- It’s not just a matter of intellectual data- it’s what we learn and experience as passionate people- people who have real problems and issues- yet they strive for meaning.
The father of Existentialism was the 19th century thinker- Soren Kierkegaard.
Kierkegaard was a Christian- he challenged the dead church of Denmark- the state church- and he called for a more adventurous approach to the faith.
Some notable followers of this philosophy took a different approach- they were the atheistic existentialists.
One of the most famous being Frederick Nietzsche.
Nietzsche taught that men should abandon all hope of a future afterlife- that the whole field of ethics was futile ‘do what you need to do to excel- step on the other people on the way up the ladder- and that’s what life is all about’.
He called this the Superman- man coming into this new age of science and reason- and rejecting the old forms of religion and ethics- which keep man down.
Nietzsche spent the last years of his life in an insane asylum.
His sister sold tickets to the ‘audience’ who wanted to see the madman.
She exercised her ‘superwoman’ and did what would benefit her- financially- without any worry about whether it was right or wrong.
The last couple of years of his life- Nietzsche signed his letters ‘the crucified one’.
In his rejection of God- he lost his mind and took the identity of Jesus Christ- the ethical one.
As we grapple with what’s right and wrong- as states pass laws that say 'we don’t want our tax payer money supporting abortions’.
Then we are going to have to deal with the backlash- those who at the time have the power [money] to cut the states off who see ethics as a priority.
Yes- the Superman [Feds] can deny that ethics play a role in women’s health- they can say ‘no money for any of your 2400 clinics’ just because you won’t fund 44 Planned Parenthood clinics.
People can get mad- and even take polls that say ‘we want free things’ [don’t we all? My grocery bags!]
At the end of the day- right and wrong do make a difference.
Trying to live a life- a worldview [philosophy] in a passionate way- that’s a good thing- we are all real people who deal with real issues.
But when you leave God/ethics out of the picture- then you are on a crash course- you might wake up one day- having lost your mind- and signing you letters as The Crucified One.
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1803- A MONKEY- A BLOGGER-
1804-
Okay- once again we have spent a news week- with some very important stories to cover [Syria- etc] and some stupid stuff.
So what was the stupid/silly stuff?
Well- as a 70’s generation kid- sure- I liked the Monkees [Hey- Hey with the Monkees- …].
You remember?
Its Saturday morning- can you just hear the song in your mind as you read the above line?
If so- then you- and me- are actual nerds.
Big deal- Yeah- I watched the thing- and even walked to school with a Beatles lunchbox- you know- the metal kind- hey- it beat having a Brady Bunch one.
Davy Jones- the lead singer- seemed to be a nice guy- he passed away- and it was sad to see him go- I prayed for his wife and kids.
This week I read Jeremiah chapter 33.
This chapter has some great promises in it- the famous verse ‘call unto me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things you know not’.
But the bulk of the chapter is God reassuring his people Israel that he will indeed keep the promise that he made to them years before.
A while back we covered the Old Testament and I said how you can almost sum up the whole O.T. by saying it’s the story of one man and his family.
That man was Abraham.
In Genesis chapters 12 and 15 we read about the promise God made to him- that if he left his home town and went on a journey to the promised land- then God would make him into a great nation- he would have kings sitting on the throne for generations to come- and they would be a great people.
Yet- at the time of Jeremiah the people were divided- they were captive- and things looked really bad.
In chapter 33 God tells them ‘do you think my promise will fail? If you can break my promise to the day and night- that day and night will happen every 24 hours- then you can break my promise to you’.
God was telling his people that even though things looked bad- yet he would fulfill his word- and bless them like he said.
One of the verses in the chapter even speaks to the divided nation accusation ‘some say these 2 nations will never be a great people’ and God rebukes that accusation.
As I look out over the terrain of our nation- and all the stuff ‘all of the above’ it does look at times hopeless- a whole week on some commentator calling a girl a slut- please!
Yet I still see some light at the end of the tunnel- congress and the President actually passed some stuff these past few weeks- stuff that seemed like was never going to get done- so yeah- maybe we can see the light right now.
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1802- THE HARVARD PROFESSOR
Caught an interesting show the other night- a Harvard economist [liberal] gave a lecture on economics.
Now- when I say ‘liberal’ I do not use the term in a derogatory way- no- he was the type of economist that would fit into the category of a Paul Krugman.
Krugman writes for the N.Y. Times and often [always?] gives you the Keynesian view.
So anyway this Harvard prof. made some good points.
But he blundered somewhat in his defense of Socialism/communism.
He talked about Karl Marx [the ‘founder’ of the system] and said that what happened in the Silicon Valley boom [the Dot.com businesses] was a type of Marxism.
The internet boom companies had a different view of the business structure- instead of the ‘bosses’ being over the working class stiff- you would have the actual employees run the show.
Yeah- when you watch the documentaries on Facebook [and other Companies like it] you do see an environment where all these young ‘hipsters’ are calling the shots- and they do have a sense of freedom that you don’t see in the standard business model.
But the Harvard Prof. went a step too far when he compared this to Marx.
Marx was raised in Germany- he was a Jew.
His father had to re-locate his business and join the Lutheran church in order to fit in with the people he needed to do business with.
Marx would eventually go to ‘university’ in England- and he developed his ideas in an environment where the industrial revolution took off.
He witnessed the plight of the working class man [proletariat] and how he became a victim of the factory system.
In England you did see many hopeless workers fall prey to a lifestyle that had you going to work at the factory all day- often in a dark and dingy environment.
You would come home to a gloomy existence and often drink yourself to sleep.
Marx saw the working class as victims of the Ownership class [the original 99 versus the 1%].
Marx saw that those who ran the system- and ‘owned the tools’ had the true influence in society- and according to Marx- they used two primary means of controlling the masses.
Law and Religion.
So Marx advocated for a violent overthrow of the system- thru Revolutionary means- in order to free the working class slave from the power of the few.
Now- where the Harvard Prof missed it is he compared Marx’s idea to the Dotcom business model.
Facebook and other internet businesses- they tried to empower the worker by making him part owner.
When Facebook went public this last month [Initial public offering] it was said to have made many millionaires overnight.
Why?
Because those who got in at the start [even the kid who painted the Graffiti on the walls of the building] were offered the option of cash or stock.
Those who took the stock became rich when the company went public [it actually will go into effect if a couple of more months].
So- this model empowers the working class person by making him part owner.
Okay- Marx wanted to ‘level the field’ by putting the State in charge.
He felt like if you took the power away from the private owner [capitalism] then you could even out the scales by making the state decide how much pay was fair- and the state would literally own ‘the tools’ of the system.
Most of us know by now that his system failed pretty badly [Soviet Union].
Though he meant well- trying to defend the hopeless worker- yet he created a Monster State- and the state would become the new oppressor of the people- and take away the incentive that the private ownership model gave.
So all in all- the Harvard prof had some truth to what he said- but he went a step too far.
In today’s political climate- we all have a tendency to hear one side- and if we lineup with that side- we very rarely question those who advocate the way we believe.
It’s important to hear both sides- to give credit to the ideas that are good- and then reject the ideas that are bad.
Marx had some very legitimate concerns- the founder of the Salvation Army- William Booth- began his ministry to the same class of people that Marx saw.
Marx rejected religion because he believed the ownership class used it to keep the masses under.
Any truth to this?
Some.
Many of the Black slaves were encouraged to attend church and keep singing their Black spiritual songs.
Why?
Many of the themes of these great songs did indeed encourage the suffering servant to just hold on until he/she gets to the Promised Land.
As a matter of fact- many of the themes taught that if you rebelled against the slave owner then you would forfeit your reward in the hereafter.
Marx experienced the power of religion- and the role it played in his own family in Germany- his father had to join the Lutheran church- even though he was Jewish- just so he could be in contact with the people of influence in his town.
So yes- it’s good to hear both sides- give credit when you can- and also reject what you must.
Yeah- the Harvard Prof seemed to be a good guy- he knew his stuff- just not well enough.
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1777- SHIP WRECK
By now I’m sure you have all heard the audio conversation between the captain of the Italian cruise ship and the Coast guard.
As a news watcher- when I first heard the tragic story- I thought ‘geez- let me give the Italian brother a break’ you know- as an Italian myself- yeah- I want to root as much as possible for the home land.
I’m still mad that I don’t have a Churchill or FDR figure in my past history.
Sure- I’ve read the history- and for a short time as a kid I tried to convince myself that El Duce had some honorable qualities- but heck- who was I kidding.
So as the story broke- I heard Captain Schettino’s side of it. He insisted he acted heroically- that he was the last man off the ship and he struck something in the water that no one knew was there [Italian Loch Ness?]
But the audio recording told the whole thing. Yes- I sat in anticipation- hoping for the best- maybe hearing the Captain saying ‘I refuse to abandon ship- for the love of homeland and country’ heck- you never know.
But as I heard the Coast guard telling the captain ‘get back on the ship- what are you doing’.
Schettino said it was dark and they had no lights.
The guard says ‘you have people stuck on the ship- some are dying’.
Captain ‘how many are on the ship’?
Guard ‘I don’t know Schettino- you are supposed to be telling me’!
Damn it Schettino- damn it.
Okay- don’t want to make fun- yes- it’s tragic- and people have died. But obviously we need to have some better policing of these cruise ship guys- it seems as if they have gone off course before- doing a favor for a fellow crew member- and these guys messed up big time.
Are there any famous ship wreck stories in the bible? Sure- Acts chapter 27.
The apostle Paul is on his way to Rome- he is a prisoner at the time.
The ship they are on gets caught up in a storm- things look bad.
Paul prays and tells his shipmates ‘don’t worry- an angel appeared to me and assured me that we will all survive’.
They try to last the storm out by staying afloat from shore- then after a few days they try to make it for land- to beach the ship.
But some of the crew try a daring stunt- they pretend they are going to lower some anchors but instead they are lowering their little get away lifeboats [yes- they were pulling a Schettino!]
And Paul tells the Roman soldier ‘look- the angel said we will all make it- but the deal will only work if everyone stays on the ship’.
They cut the ropes to the lifeboat and head for shore.
On the way they hit a reef and the ship gets stuck and starts to break up.
They abandon ship- and swim to shore.
Okay- good story.
By the way- this chapter gives lots of historical events and places.
A few years ago an archeologist read this story form the bible and traced down the exact spot where the wreck might be- 2 thousand years later.
He found the actual anchors to the boat.
So this week hasn’t been the best for the reputation of my homeland- I mean the S and P just can’t wait to downgrade the debt- and then we have to hear old brother Schettino being rebuked by the Coast Guard ‘Schettino- okay- get on our boat- but your gonna be in big trouble’.
Yes Schettino- you sure are.
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Okay- let’s start a brief overview of some church history. Over the next few weeks I want to hit on the 16th century Protestant reformation and try and cover some of the key figures of the movement.
Martin Luther- the German reformer who had the most influence in the movement was born and raised in Germany.
As a boy his parents were peasant farmers and eventually his dad became a miner and became a very successful businessman- he would go on and eventually own 6 foundries.
He sent his son to law school- and young Luther excelled. At the age of 21 he accomplished more than many of his peers. One day on his way home from the university a thunderstorm broke out and Luther was almost struck by a bolt of lightning.
In fear he cried out to Saint Ann [the mother of Mary] and said ‘Saint Ann- if you save me I will become a monk’ [Ann was the patron Saint for miners- thus Luther was familiar with her].
He was spared and off to the monastery he went. Luther eventually became an ordained priest and even though his dad initially was upset that his son became a priest- yet he was proud of his boy later on.
Luther would eventually make a Pilgrimage to Rome- on foot [a few month walk from Germany to Rome!] and what he saw devastated him. Rome- and the Vatican- were in bad shape. Many of the priests lived in open sin- and the city that he saw as his headquarters for the faith- well it was a mess.
Luther made the famous penitent walk/crawl up the stairs of the Lateran church [this church was the most famous church before the construction of St. Peters. The actual stairs of the church are the same stairs that Christ walked up during his trial under Pontius Pilate. Yes- you hear many ‘stories’ while studying church history- things like the relics or left over pieces of the Cross- well these stories are usually fake. But the stairs of the Lateran church are indeed the same stairs that Christ walked on- the early ‘church’ builders dismantled the stairs at Pilate’s court in Jerusalem and installed them at this church building in Rome].
When Luther got to the top of the stairs- it is reported that he questioned the faith- he had a crisis of faith and thought that maybe the whole thing was a sham.
Okay- as we do a few more posts over the coming weeks- I want you guys to see that the main players of the Reformation were sincere Catholic men who had many questions about what they saw as corrupt in their own church. These men did not want to start a breakaway church- they simply wanted to reform the church they loved.
Keep in mind that Luther excelled during his legal studies- he had a keen legal mind- this will be important later on when we see the debates he has with Rome over the doctrine of Justification by faith- the letters of the apostle Paul [Romans- Galatians] use lots of legal language- and his early education will help him in these debates.
Okay- that’s it for today. Maybe do a Google search on Luther and familiarize yourself a little with the history.
The ‘readings’ for this week are 2nd Samuel 6-7 and Psalms 89. See what they have in common.
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In the last Philosophy post I hit on the 10th-14th century development of modern thought- today I want to jump into the 16th-18th centuries. Like I said in a previous post- after the Renaissance and the Reformation and the great scientific revolution- you had the world in somewhat of a tailspin.
What I mean is for hundreds of years people trusted in the old institutions [like the Catholic Church] to tell them what was true or false- then with the development of all these modern movements people began questioning stuff.
Was it good to question things? Sure. But some challenged the very foundations of thought and knowing [called Epistemology] and went a bit too far.
Some thinkers went back to the thought of Plato [400 years BC] and said that the mind is the main source of all knowledge- these were the 17th century Rationalists.
Rationalism- as a philosophy- was an outgrowth of all the great strides that man was making in all these other areas of life. The Scientific Revolution totally challenged the age old beliefs of many in the church.
Math became a sort of new ‘god’. How so? As science invented the Microscope and Telescope- man was able for the first time to peer deeply into the heavens- and to see deeply into the microscopic world.
As the great minds [Copernicus] showed us that the Universe was different than what we thought [Heliocentric versus Geocentric] man was able to do mathematical calculations and to say that a specific planet or star [or Comet] would show up at an exact date- or spot- and Walla- it would happen [you could look thru the Telescope and sure enough the math was right- the object that was calculated to be there- was.]
These calculations were mathematical formulas- so math began to be seen as the new religion in many ways.
There are even some thinkers in the modern day that still say the only ‘real truth’ that exists is mathematical formulas. Yeah- one guy wrote an entire book on the subject- the problem? Well- his book was not written in math- but words.
Yes- even the extreme deniers of Objective truth do make mistakes.
Now- what’s wrong with rationalism? Of course being rational is okay- but the philosophy itself denied real Objective truth. Truth that corresponds to some other ‘outside’ reality.
This form of thinking [rejecting outside reality] is called Relativism/Subjectivism. While there is some truth to all the various fields of thought- yet extreme Relativism denies ‘reality’ as most of us understand the term. There was a strong resistance to the 17th century rationalists- we call this Philosophy Empiricism.
The main thinker in this field was John Locke. Locke lived most of his life in the 17th century- but his thought laid the foundation for the 18th century Empiricist.
This philosophy says that the mind does indeed play a major role in the knowledge of things- but this knowledge does not originate in the mind [Plato] but in the ‘thing’ itself [Aristotle- remember when we covered these men? Plato was an idealist- Ideas were more real than matter. Aristotle was a Realist- closer to the thought of Locke].
Locke developed a theory called the Correspondence theory- that truth that the Mind discovers corresponds to real things that actually exist apart from the mind.
Locke was a practicing doctor- and most of the other thinkers of the day had room to speculate about reality in a way that Locke could not.
He lived in a real world with real patients who had real symptoms- in a nutshell Locke had to diagnose his patients based on his findings- he could not deny that there was a real problem- he had to have his ‘feet on the ground’ [based in reality] while engaging with his head up high.
Okay- I think we’ll end with this. Maybe you can go back and read some of my previous posts on this subject- just to become a little more familiar with it.
As Christians- we are not ‘required’ to know Philosophy- or current events- or science- but it helps us engage the culture when we do educate ourselves in these areas.
Go slow in learning [not too slow!] and try and see how the Christian Worldview agrees with- or rejects certain aspects of these different felids of thought.
Most Christians would reject Rationalism as a Philosophy- because it denies real objective truth- it says truth is relative- whatever the mind can conceive- or think- can be defined as truth [Unicorns?]
Biblical truth is based on real historic events- 1st Corinthians chapter 15 says that if we deny the physical resurrection of Christ- a real event- then our faith is in vain.
Christians base their faith on a real historic event- not simply on a belief system.
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[1752] IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Let’s talk a little about Apologetics/Theology. Apologetics is the field where Christians Defend the Faith.
In our day- it is common for believers to be ‘left in the dust’ when they bang up against an atheistic scientist [they not all are!] or someone versed in Philosophy [Sartre or Camus- atheist thinkers- or Hitchen's and Dawkins].
Many times these various fields of study are too much for the average believer to feel like he can engage in- in an intelligent way- and ‘win’ the argument for the Christian view.
But church history has a long- and very successful- track record doing this very thing.
A few weeks back I did about 5 posts or so on Philosophy- a field I like to study. But if you do too many of those posts at one time- then it can get a little heavy [and boring!] So I try to break it up by only doing so many at a time. The same goes for Theology- Church History- etc.
But over time- if we become well versed in these various fields- it will help us defend the Christian view- in an intelligent way- without being mean about it [I try!]
But sometimes you will offend people- even if you try to be nice- because you’re engaging in a conversation that says ‘yes- as Christians we believe in ultimate truth- and that truth is in the person of Jesus Christ’ yes- that will offend some.
My approach to these types of debates is I’m what you would call Ecumenical- I believe that Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox- and all the other ‘churches’ that profess Christ- I believe they are all Christian.
Now you might say ‘well John- doesn’t everybody?’ Actually no- many of the most knowledgeable Apologists do indeed go after the other groups. Quite often you will have a strong protestant defender [usually from the Reformed faith] that will really hit the Catholic church- in my view- too hard.
While it is true that historically Catholics and Protestants have differences- I have often found that Many ‘average’ Catholics/Protestants are not really aware of the real differences- they often have very limited perspectives about the ‘other side’ and these limited ideas [often wrong] seem to stay with the people- for most of their lives.
One example- the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception- what is it?
The teaching became Official- only in the last 2 centuries of the Catholic church- though it was held by many- it finally became official in the last 2 hundred years [ 1854 for the Immaculate Conception- 1950 for the Assumption of Mary doctrine].
The doctrine teaches that the Virgin Mary- Jesus Mom- was born ‘without the taint of original sin’. Now- what does that mean?
Some Protestants think the Catholics teach that Mary was ‘sinless’ in the same way Christ was sinless.
Actually- that’s not the official doctrine [see- it’s important to know the official teaching when we engage like this]. The actual teaching- that has the churches Imprimatur on it- is that Mary WAS A SINNER- just like the rest of us- but in order for Jesus to have been born from a pure vessel- that the actual work of the Cross- Redemption- it was applied to Mary ‘ahead of time’.
Yes- the official teaching is that Mary ‘was saved’ from her sin- just like the rest of us- thru the Cross. The difference is the forgiveness that came to Mary- came to her before she was born- yes- the teaching does teach that Mary was born ‘without sin’ but not like Jesus was without sin- but she was ‘without sin’ because her salvation was applied ahead of time- way ahead of time- before she was born.
Okay- do Protestants believe in this teaching? No. But is it ‘so way out of line’ to the point where we should view our Catholic brothers and sisters as ‘non Christian’ because of it? No- not in my view.
Plus- many Catholics don’t even realize that this is what the doctrine teaches- many think it is talking about the birth of Jesus- being born without sin- by the act of the Holy Spirit descending upon the Virgin Mary and Mary conceiving.
No- this is what we call ‘The Virgin birth- conceived by the Holy Ghost’. Jesus being born from a virgin with no earthly father.
This is not the Immaculate Conception.
So right here alone [trust me- there are many more examples that I could give] Both Catholics and Protestants usually get the doctrine wrong- yet they remain divided their whole lives- over something that they are not even right about.
So I have found this type of stuff to be a problem while striving for Christian unity- and many Christians prefer to see the ‘other side’ in a negative light- and will continue to view them that way- till they die.
I always feel bad when I lose a friend from the site- sometimes you can’t help it [other times it is my fault!] but sometimes it’s because we have views about things- strongly held views- and when others hold to a different view- well we try and avoid them.
One day I received a Friends Request- to my surprise- it was from a young Catholic priest- I did not know him but he must have read a few posts of mine and liked them. He often gave me Thumbs Up comments on the posts- and at times would tell me he loved the posts.
Most were my Theology/Church history posts.
Often times Catholics and Protestants can agree and enjoy these types of studies. I love studying and teaching on the Church Fathers and early Christian history- and these sources all have a very strong Catholic flavor to them- so I see my fellow Catholics as being a part of a long tradition of Christian history.
Many famous converts to the Catholic Church [Bishop John Newman- converted from the Anglican Church] convert because they read the Church Fathers- and when you read them- it’s obvious to see the catholic nature of the early church in these men’s writings.
So anyway I was very happy to have a Catholic priest as one of my ‘on line students’ [and honored].
But one day- during one of my studies [covering one subject for a month or so] to my surprise I saw he was gone [yes- the dreaded block]. I thought- geez- wonder why?
I realized it was right in the middle of a study I did on Islam- and while I was doing the posts- I was also going thru a study on Islam- by the same guy who teaches it to the U.S. govt. - yes- it was a prof. [I think named Espinoza?] who teaches Islam to our govt. employees [sort of like a tolerance type thing].
Though the teacher was Catholic- yet he was VERY much pro Islam- I mean to the point where I had to reject some of the stuff he was saying- and finish the study from my own education on Islam.
At one point- he taught that the spread of Islam thru out the world had a wonderful- liberating effect on all the women in the lands where Islam spread. I mean it was so obvious that the man had no idea what he was talking about [in this area] that I realized he was not a good source [this happens every so often].
And it was more troubling that this was the guy Obama picked to teach Islam to our govt. employees [don’t get me wrong here- he teaches our govt. workers- not to convert them- but more of an informative type thing- just like you would teach any other course about sexual harassment- or whatever].
Anyway- in one of my posts while teaching on my site- I did refer to Mohamed as ‘the prophet’- now- I don’t receive Mohamed that way myself- but because I was teaching some Muslims who did recently join the site- well I used the title in this way.
I think that might have been the ‘last straw’ for my student/priest- he ‘went on Pilgrimage’ right after that post.
Okay- today’s point is we all should try our best to be ‘tolerant’ that is- we should give people as much grace/mercy as possible- but at the same time we also need to be honest about the Christian faith.
Yes- as Christians we believe salvation comes thru Christ- he was not just ‘one religious leader among many’ no- we believe he is the Way- the Truth- the Life/light- no man comes to the Father- but by him.
Sometimes we do our best not to offend- we might even go out of our way to receive people- other religions and systems that are not Christian- that’s okay- I have Muslim and Jewish and all types of friends- I’m glad they are my friends!
But we also have to be honest about our beliefs- and every now and then that might- just might- earn you a BLOCK.
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[1741] GO SPARTANS?
I really have too much to cover for one post- so let’s see what we can squeeze in.
I have a catalog sitting here- from the company that I order courses from. A few years ago I got on their mailing list [How- ?] and ever since I have been bombarded with monthly catalogs.
I mean every month- a bit much. Then I realized that one month out of the year they put a bunch of courses ‘on sale’ for around 70% off the regular price- and that’s probably where they do their best business [I now only buy from the discounted monthly catalog].
Anyway- I read the intro to their course on Dark Matter/Energy- these teachers are really good- they are professors from the premiere universities of the world [Oxford, Harvard, etc.] and to get the courses at this price- well it’s really a bargain.
But over the years- studying various disciplines [Theology, Apologetics] it’s easy to see when some smart men- make really bad mistakes.
Especially when dealing with the whole ‘proof for/against God’ type stuff.
In this short intro to the Dark Matter course [Physics- these courses cover everything- history- science- religion- the whole 9 yards] they start out okay- they explain that according to the standard theory of modern physics- that there is about 95 % [wow- that number has jumped these last few years!] of matter ‘missing’ in the universe.
What do they mean by ‘missing’? They go on to explain that the effects that we see in the universe- the gravity and function of the universe- well according to standard theory- there is simply not enough matter to explain how all this is held together- how everything actually works.
Okay- so they admit that there are a whole bunch of phenomena- that we see taking place- that modern science has no idea how it’s taking place.
Now- as the intro continues- they say in order to ‘fill the gap’ they have come up with the idea of Dark Matter.
Dark Matter is simply a name given to nothing- that is nothing that we can detect thru the means of modern science.
Okay- by definition- it is a Metaphysical reality- something that science has espoused as a possible cause for the effects we see in the universe- and by their own definition- its invisible- undetectable and unseen- it is metaphysical [just like the argument for the existence of God].
So they go on to say ‘we know that this matter exists- because how else could you explain how everything works’- now- to those who get into these debates- the guy who wrote the intro- I’m sure he means well- but his whole argument is a materialistic one.
He is saying that there is no chance that some type of ‘non matter’ can be making this happen.
So he then says ‘because WE KNOW that there has to be a material explanation for this- no ‘God stuff’ here- therefore its Dark Matter.’
Okay- and what is Dark Matter again? O- it’s this non detectable- unseen matter- that just happens to make up 95 % of the universe.
Okay- Mr. smart guy- you don’t go for those Intelligent Design guys- the ones who argue that some non material force might be behind this- you rejected their argument because you say they are arguing from a non material realm [called metaphysical].
So how again have you proven that your idea- all this missing matter- exists? O- easy- because we see the effects OF IT all around us.
Actually- no we don’t. We see the effects of SOMETHING- that is- modern science has this huge gap- there are effects taking place in the known universe- that have no materialistic explanation for- we can’t find a material, observable cause for these effects.
The Christian says ‘Okay- I stick God in that gap’ [which many materialists accuse us of doing- they call it the ‘God of the Gaps’ approach].
But the materialistic scientist [one who says there can only be a detectable- material cause to things- in order to classify it as science] he then comes up with the whole Dark Matter argument- an argument based on non detectable- unseen- unproven matter.
And he then says ‘it must be there- because how else can you explain how everything is functioning?’.
The point is- your argument is based just as much on ‘unseen- unproven’ ideas as the Christian. You assume that this matter ‘must be’ simply because you leave no room for a non material explanation.
Then you say ‘yeah- but our idea is based on science/matter’ actually it is not- you argument is based on an idea- non proven by your own standards of modern science- and your idea- your Dark Matter- as of today is nowhere to be found.
These debates can go on forever- and my point is to simply challenge the believer- and the scientific community- to try to be more honest in the approach of seeking for truth.
In the last post I mentioned the pre Socratic philosophers- the 6th century B.C. guys who came before Socrates.
In the 5th century B.C. you had Socrates [born around 468 B.C.] and he would become one of the titans of Western thought.
He had a famous student by the name of Plato- and Plato would follow in his master’s footsteps. Plato founded a famous school at Athens- the land was donated by a man by the name of Academe- and till this day- that’s where we get the modern term for Academia.
Socrates started well- his ideas are not to be confused with Christian belief [he taught that the soul of man always existed- even before he was conceived- not a Christian belief] yet he did have lots of ‘Christianized’ ideas.
Socrates was of the school of thought that wanted to seek for absolute truths- to find out the purpose and meaning behind things.
Like his student Plato- they were what you would call Idealists- that behind this natural world- there exists Ideas- principles that are ‘more real’ than what we see [he would too laugh at the dark Matter intro I hit on at the top].
Socrates lived at a very advanced stage of the city/state of Athens- Greece. For their day- they had quite an advanced society- Jury system- somewhat of a Western style Democratic process- pretty good for the day.
But something happened during his lifetime that would change the whole direction of Athens [and Greece]. They would suffer a huge military defeat by another city/state that seemed to be no match for the Athenians.
Do you remember their name? Do you Remember the Spartans? Yes- we see these brothers in the famous movie ‘The 300’. The Spartans were indeed a fighting machine- just like depicted in the flick [one of my favorites by the way].
They had a famous motto ‘either come back holding your shield high [in victory] or come back lying on it’ [dead- like a stretcher].
So when Athens fell at the hands of the Spartans- they went through a sort of depression- a malaise came over them. They began to resent the thinkers who were always searching for ultimate answers to things- and they embraced a new type of philosophy- called Sophism.
The Sophists were thinkers who said ‘lets just learn the most pragmatic approach- how to get things to work- and how to win the argument’ and they didn’t really care a whole lot about whether they were ‘right’ or wrong- they just wanted to master the practical side of life.
Socrates and his crew thought this approach would ruin Athens and he continued to fight for the search for ultimate truth- the real reasons behind things.
He went around town debating the other thinkers- he had a system- called the Socratic method- where he would engage you in a debate- ask you questions- and let you too ask them back- sort of like the Detective Columbo.
After a while this got him into trouble with the authorities and they sentenced him to death.
He was given his choice of execution- and he chose to drink the Hemlock.
We are told that his famous student Plato visited him on the eve of his execution- and he was surprised to see his master relatively at ease with his impending death.
Socrates believed that the unseen things- the non material realm- was actually more real than the seen- detectable realm. He did not need some Dark Matter idea to explain how things worked- he believed there existed unseen things- God- Soul- etc. and that these things were more real than his own natural life.
Plato would make his teacher famous through his school- and thru his many writings about his teacher. We know these writings as Plato’s Dialogues- he wrote these papers in dialogue form- having Socrates debating the other schools of thought- just like he did in real life.
So you never really know who to attribute the famous quotes to- Socrates- or Plato? Was Plato putting his own words in the mouth of his beloved teacher? We don’t always know for sure.
Okay-maybe a bit much for today- actually had more I wanted to do- but we’ll call it quits for now. Maybe do a quick search on some of these subjects- see how they affect the contemporary arguments for the existence of God.
See how modern science is a noble field- but one in which the Christian does have a say- and how we should challenge the assumptions that are passed down to us.
Socrates refused to settle for the purely practical outlook on life- he continued to seek truth till his last day- he dialogued with those who had other ideas- he listened to them and they heard him- and at the end of the day society was better off for it.
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[1740] THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING- PLATO.
I caught a show the other night on Link TV. It was a spin off from this famous Platonic quote- it was called ‘The examined life’.
They interviewed some of the most prominent philosophers of our day. Cornell West, Peter Singer- a few others [I think the name is Singer?] I found it interesting that Singer- who specializes in Ethics- tried to make the case that you really don’t need religion/God in order to do ethics- all you need is to work from the basic principle that says ‘try to treat others like you too want to be treated- and then you will have a foundation for morals’.
Now- I caught the contradiction right away- do you see it? Who is he quoting? This is the great moral principle- given to us by Jesus himself- called the Golden Rule.
This actual principle- in Theology [the study of God] we call Natural/Moral law. The Argument is based on the reality that all people [not animals- Singer- get to it in a moment] have within them this moral compass [Romans 1] and that this in itself is proof that there must be a higher moral being- a transcendent being- who has put it in man.
I just found it funny that Singer- who is supposed to be a prominent atheist/agnostic thinker- would fall flat on his face like this.
Singer advocates for legal Rights for animals- and has also argued that viability of the new born baby should determine its personhood- he says that we should be able to abort babies up until around the age of 1- because they can’t really survive on their own until that age.
Sad.
Okay- why do Philosophy- or Physics- or any other of a number of schools of thought? Because too often Christians abandon these fields- and then when someone from that field says ‘this is why we don’t need God’ we usually have no answer.
When we think about philosophy- most of us think about the 3 great big shots- Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. While it is true that these guys were the major guys at right around the 5th century B.C.- yet we actually date the beginning point to the early 6TH Century B.C. to a man by the name of Thales.
Thales accurately predicted a solar eclipse in the year 585 B.C. and he gained notoriety because of this. Thales was the first Greek thinker to grapple with the idea that there must be one reality that makes up all things.
He would argue that Water was this element- that contained being and Motion and life. Many of these pre Socratic thinkers were obsessed with the idea of motion- where did it come from?
Thales observed that streams and rivers- and all types of water sources flow- so to him this was a logical source of motion.
This idea- that only one element makes up all reality- is called Monism. Monism is not be confused with Monotheism- the belief in one God- Monism actually leads to another religious view- called Pantheism- the belief that God is everything- and everything is God.
This is not the historic Christian view.
Now- the pre Socratic guys- Parmenides, Zeno, Heraclitus- these guys would challenge Thales view that water was the main thing.
Some said ‘maybe it’s Air’ another said ‘Earth’ and some Fire. These 4 elements [Earth, Air [wind] Fire and Water- are the 4 basic elements of the early Greek philosophers.
We see these things in the naming of musical groups [Earth Wind and Fire] as well as the themes in movies [fantastic 4- based on 4 basic elements- powers].
Now- one of the thinkers said ‘wait- maybe the reality behind all things is not any one of these elements- maybe there is a 5th dimension [another musical name- and also the famous Bruce Willis flick- called the 5th Element] a Boundless being- outside of time and matter- maybe this 5ht element is the foundation for all things.
Of course this view would lead to the more developed view of God that Socrates and his followers would embrace- an early view of God- much like the later Christian view [absent the Trinity].
By the way- the view that 2 or more elements make up all reality is called Pluralism- not to be confused with religious Pluralism [that all religions lead to the same God]. The most common form of Pluralism is Dualism [2 realities equally true] but all non Monists who embrace more than one reality are Pluralists.
Okay- maybe a bit much with the 10 dollar words- but it might spark the interest of some.
The church has debated for centuries on whether or not Philosophy should be taught to Christians. One of the early church fathers- Tertullian- said no- his famous quote is ‘what does Jerusalem have to do with Athens’.
Meaning what does Philosophy have in common with Christianity [Athens- Greece was the seat of philosophy in Jesus’ day].
For the most part- the early church fathers would embrace the study of philosophy- and try to make arguments for the Christian faith by presenting Christianity as ‘thee’ philosophy that best answers the questions of man.
These early Christian thinkers are called Apologists- men like Justin Martyr are in this class.
Apologist is a word we use to describe those who defend the faith- it comes from the Apostle Peter’s letter in the N.T. where Peter says ‘give an answer to those who ask you about the faith’. In the Greek language- the original language the N.T. was written in- this phrase is talking about a defense- an ‘apology’ in the sense of ‘making the case’ not in the common sense of apologizing.
In the book of Acts- chapter 17- we read the famous sermon of the apostle Paul- given at Mars Hill. He was in Athens at the time- and he was debating with all the philosophers of the day. He tells them ‘as I was looking around town- I saw that one of your altars is addressed to The Unknown God’.
He would go on and declare unto them that this Jesus is the true God- the one raised from the dead.
Paul also said ‘in Him we live and MOVE and have our being’. Kind of a popular verse quoted by preacher’s today- but we often overlook the significance of the MOVE part.
I mean- why say we MOVE in him too? Paul was a smart guy- he knew these children of Socrates questioned where motion came from [Remember Thales?] So he was basically saying ‘I am declaring to you the one true reality- the true 5th Element- the missing God particle from your system’ and he went on and preached Christ- being raised from the dead.
Paul knew that you can’t really do true philosophy- to grapple with the questions of life and being and ‘motion’ without realizing that God is indeed the ultimate answer to all things.
Even Peter Singer- who claimed that you don’t need God or religion in order to do Ethics- even he unknowingly quoted Jesus in attempting to give a basis for his Philosophy- yes- he quoted a God- one unknown to him- just like the altar at Athens- but a God never the less.
An inescapable 5th element- the missing part to the whole puzzle.
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How gullible are we? A few years ago one of the history channels began promoting a major upcoming event. They were going to once and for all- reveal the true Missing Link. They supposedly found the fossil that would prove Evolution was true. Now- they spent a lot on the promo’s- and as they built up the thing- at the end of the promo- there it was- an actual picture of the fossil that would turn the whole world on its head.
When I saw the actual fossil- I laughed openly. Sort of like when Will Ferrell tells Christina Applegate [Anchorman] ‘When you told me you too wanted to be an anchor man- I wrote it in my journal- I said ‘she told me a very funny thing- I am laughing’. [You know the comedy is based on the good ole boy network].
So as I watched the ad every few days- yes- I laughed- openly.
Why? Because anyone who knows anything about the whole debate on Evolution can tell you- that’s not what ANYBODY is looking for.
Sure- this cat like fossil might be of use somewhere- but in the Missing Link debate- it had no use.
Now- as I mocked the thing- at work- at home- every time I saw it- I would be doubted by some ‘John- how do you know that’s not the Link- are you smarter than the scientists’.
People believe what the media tells/shows them- and they allow themselves to be duped- lots. After a few months of the pathetic fluffy fossil making the rounds- they finally pulled the whole show.
Why? As I read a few science articles about it- as the months passed- many of the ‘other’ scientists [those who were not profiting directly form the thing] also laughed- yes just like me- just like Burgundy- yes they laughed too.
Why- they said what I said- that what this silly cat fossil has to do with a missing link between man and monkey- well it was foolish.
The channel dropped the whole show- the scientist who did indeed by the fossil for a lot of money [it was around for a while- but no one wanted to purchase it] yes- they all had personal reasons to want people to think a certain way- if they believed that this thing was truly historical- then they would make money.
And they labeled the critics- initially- as those silly creationists who deny science. Yet the facts were- science was on the side of those who laughed at Fluffy- I’m sure she was a nice pet- but a missing link? Not.
I have another article here that I wanted to cover- the same basic thing- about a British Atlas that fudged the amount of ice that has melted off Iceland- they had fake pictures and all- finally the scientific community came out quickly to debunk it- they did not want another fiasco like the fake global warming story a few years back.
The whole point is- people have agendas- the financial guys have agendas- those in the media- they have agendas. Are all of these people wrong? Of course not- do I too have an agenda? Sure- we all do.
But as you read/watch the news- as you make judgments on ‘what is true and what is false’ don’t always go with the flow- the initial thing that your ‘told’ to believe- sometimes they want you to believe- they might even think that their deception is noble ‘geez- we know it’s not really true- but in the end it will be better for us all’.
Yet- it would be better for us all- if we simply got the facts- and did not have to wade thru all the bias.
I don’t know what the European debt crisis will end up like- nor does anyone else. But for the market to be doing these 500 point swings- from one day to the next- based on what Angela Merkle says- or some financial guy- well that’s silly.
The facts are the facts- they are not changing that much from week to week [or day to day!]- not enough for the market to swing like that.
Are we going to have a double dip recession? It sure looks that way too me. Did I think this a year ago- no. Why? The signs looked a lot better then- the last few months- for a lot of reasons- they don’t look so good.
We don’t need to hear what Bernanke says [that much] or what Buffet thinks- we can read the broad indicators- and see for ourselves.
Look- for a few months I was laughing at the cat fossil- even at the risk of my buddies thinking ‘John- he’s one of those creationists who rejects science- how sad’. Then after the truth came out- at the end of the day- my ‘friends’ actually believed Fluffy was the missing link- when in reality she made some cave man a very nice pet- and that was it.
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[1736] EINSTEIN WRONG?
There’s been much buzz these last few days on an experiment that seems to have proven Einstein wrong. These Physicists shot some sub atomic particles [Neutrinos] underground and supposedly clocked them going faster than the speed of light [by 60 nano seconds]
Now- as someone who never went for that ‘book learnin’- yes- in high school I clearly remember telling my guidance counselor- from year 1- that I will never attend college- so just give me the easiest classes to pass [yes- I really did say this- and they seemed to get miffed at me].
So- I never took Physics- or Algebra! I mean- not even the basics. One year the counselor said ‘John- even if you don’t go to college- we require you to at least have 1 year of math’.
I took ‘shop math’. Mr. Hildebrand- that class was the definition of ‘skate’. So over the years I have had to read up- and even when I took the entrance examines for the Fire Dept. I had to get a few books on Algebra- just to pass the test! [Yet I always scored high on tests].
Okay- why would breaking the speed of light mess up Einstein? In the world of physics you have had 3 main stages. In the ancient world we had ‘ancient physics’- then with the scientific revolution and men like Newton- we entered a stage called classical physics. And in the 20th century we had Einstein.
He would launch the field into what we now call Modern physics. He is the father of modern physics.
In 1905 he wrote 4 scientific papers- one of them was on Special Relativity.
Classical physics dealt with matter, energy- space and time. But what Einstein did was he seemed to breach the gap between these fields.
He would show us that these fields are not separate- they actually function and exist together as one fabric that exists in the universe.
Now- the formula most of us are familiar with is the famous E=mc2. This formula [not developed in any of the 1905 papers by the way] basically is a conversion factor between mass and energy.
All mass/matter has energy contained within it- if you could find ways to convert that mass into energy- then this formula showed you how much energy you would get [if you could convert all the mass in a raisin- into pure energy- you could light the city of N.Y.- on one raisin!]
Now- most people equate this formula with Nuclear energy. While this is true- yet this formula applies to all forms of mass into energy conversion. Coal power plants- gasoline in your car- even the conversion of food into energy in the human body- it is not only a formula for nuclear energy.
Okay- what about light speed? The formula actually tells us that the way you calculate the amount of energy in ‘the mass’- is you take the mass- multiply it by ‘c- squared’ and that’s the amount of energy. What’s c? C is simply the letter that represents the speed of light.
All of Einstein’s theories work off the theory that nothing can go faster than the speed of light. So- if these guys did prove that these sub atomic particles did indeed break the record- then yes- there will be a lot of changes that will need to be made to one of the most tested- and popular theories of all time.
Now- what did Einstein prove by his theories? Why was his first paper on relativity called ‘special relativity’? In the initial calculation- Einstein had a problem- as he continued to grapple with the impact his ideas would have- something he saw did not seem to fit in with the age old belief that the universe is eternal.
Carl Sagan used to say the universe is all there ever was- and all there ever will be [he was wrong by the way].
What Einstein ‘saw’ was that the universe seemed to be expanding- at a very rapid rate. His calculations also seemed to indicate that this expansion was ongoing- that it has never stopped expanding.
How could this be? Well- Einstein could not fully accept his own findings- and he simply fudged the numbers. Yes- he added this cosmological constant- this arbitrary mathematical calculation- that slowed everything down. He ‘made’ his theory say the expansion would stop at a certain point.
Later on he would realize [through the discoveries made by the Hubble telescope] that his initial observation was right- the universe is in a nonstop expansion as we speak.
He would call this mistake the greatest blunder of his career.
So what were the implications? Well we got the Big Bang out of this- the implications were that the universe was not eternal. That time and space and all matter had a beginning point.
This is the strongest scientific argument for the existence of God today. If the physical world as we know it- had a starting point- then the only rational explanation is there had to have been some type of ‘first cause’ that initiated the bang.
That’s fact- Einstein [nor anyone else] has ever proved that the universe had no initial cause. As a matter of fact- that would contradict the laws of logic and science. The law we refer to as Cause and Effect.
Some very brilliant men have stumbled over this. The atheist Bertrand Russell- who grew up as a Christian- said he thought to himself one day ‘if everything has to have a cause- then why not say that the universe is the thing that started it all- why not question whether or not God even had something that caused him’?
Sounds right? Or does it. Russell made the tragic mistake of thinking ‘everything has to have had a cause’. Actually- that’s not what the law of cause and effect states.
The law says ‘every effect has to have had a cause’. It is not illogical to have some type of being- a ‘first causer’ who by definition- had to be around forever. If you follow all the arguments through- you in fact need a Transcendent being [someone who transcends time and space] in order for this whole system to work.
So at the end of the day Einstein gave the church one of the strongest arguments for the existence of God- he showed us that all creation did indeed have a starting point- and he took us no further back than that.
Do I think the recent discovery is earth shattering? Well- if it’s correct- then yes- it will be. But I would bet money on the side of Einstein on this one.
If the calculations prove accurate- then we will need to make some adjustments to modern physics- but I don’t think it would totally ‘throw him under the bus’.
I have found it funny that most of the reporters talking about this- they would say ‘so- does this mean time travel might be real?’
You know- the T.V. talking heads have to have something they can say- in a short clip- that they think sounds intelligent.
Theoretically- Einstein has already shown us that ‘time travel’ can happen. Will man ever be able to travel at those ‘light speeds’? Doubtful [the speed of light is about 180 thousand miles a second].
But it’s good for people to be informed- as much as possible- about these things. I have heard/seen many people make unsound arguments against the existence of God- and lots of times they use Einstein- or modern science- as in if science has somehow showed us that God does not exist.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
I’ll end with this- the very smart atheist- Anthony Flew- spent years trying to disprove the existence of God. He was at the top of his field [a brilliant scientist] who made Dawkins and Hitchens and Harris [modern popular atheists] look like amateurs.
A few years ago – he confessed that he now believes that there has to have been some type of infinite being- God- who started everything.
He said the Teleological argument [an apologetic argument that tries to prove the existence of God by design in the creation] finally convinced him. Any sane person- looking out into the sky at night- or studying animals- plants- man.
Any person who thinks that all of these things actually came from nothing- he just realized that proposition no longer had any legs to it.
No- the universe is not eternal [Einstein showed us that] and if not- it could not have popped into existence from nothing- that simply is not scientifically possible.
Thanks Al.
Note- our sun burns 400 million tons of matter into energy every second! A stretched rubber band weighs more than one at rest [energy weighs]. A charged battery weighs more than a dead one- the charge [energy] itself adds to the weight.
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[1725] THE GREAT DEBATEBut let’s do a short overview. One of the common misconceptions of the early church is that lots of people believed the earth was flat- this is actually false. As a matter of fact- a few hundred years before Christ most cosmology was based on the Ptolemaic idea.
Ptolemy was one of the 4 generals that took part of the broken Greek kingdom after the death of Alexander the Great. Ptolemy introduced a system of the solar system that had the earth as a globe- being surrounded by a sort of crystalline sphere. On this outer sphere were the stars and planets. As this sphere rotated around the earth- you had the variations occur in the heavens thru out the year.
Now- even though this system would later be overturned by ‘Galeyoo’- yet it did work well for around 2 thousand years. Now- during the Copernican revolution [Galileo and Copernicus were both influential in the change of this system] they had developed a better system- through the invention of the telescope man was able for the first time to actually see the solar system up close.
And we then had the great breakthrough of our understanding of the solar system- we are Heliocentric- the sun is indeed the focal point- and we revolve around it- not the other way around [which was the older idea called Geocentric].
Oaky- when Gaioploi first came up with the idea [you do realize I’m talking about Galileo here- his initial idea was indeed off. There were some very serious flaws in the initial system.
Other scientists critiqued the plan and found these flaws- yes- the other scientists of the day ‘voted down’ Galeyoo.
Let me finish with a confession- as somewhat of a quasi intellectual who likes getting into all these types of things- I must admit I also like watching smart comedies- you know- good intellectually stimulating stuff. So let me quote a line from Jack Blacks Nacho Libre.
As Black is trying to convince his wrestling partner to get baptized before the big match- they were going up against another team called Satan’s disciples [or something like that]. Black keeps pushing his partner to get baptized- and the partner refuses- he says ‘I don’t want to get baptized- because I believe in science’. Ah- there it is- the present mantra of the liberal media- Perry, Bachman, Mitt- the whole crowd- these people don’t believe in science- not like us truly intellectual folk- they are all idiots’!
Ah- these guys are all like the people who fought Galileo- they are against true science. You know- I guess an argument like this might have some legs- but when the person making it keeps calling Galileo ‘Galeyoo’ well- maybe not.
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[1717] DARWIN’S RELIGION
In keeping with the last post let’s do a little more on Genesis- and the whole debate over science and religion. Because of the way this debate raged right around the turn of the 20th century [18-19 hundreds] there were many fine Christians who sort of had the impression that Evolution- as fully defined in Darwin’s way- was indeed proven beyond all doubt.
This was certainly not true. What we were learning from science was basically the actual thing that Darwin observed on his Galapagos Island tour- science showed us that species of things do change/adapt to their environment over time. And that these changes do indeed get passed along to following generations.
Modern Biology does show us- beyond all doubt- that ‘micro’ evolution does take place [when I say micro I mean evolution within species].
Darwin- as well meaning as he was- carried the idea further and thought ‘heck, maybe that’s where all species have come from- one common ancestor that eventually branched off over millions of years- and that’s the starting point’.
Now- was Darwin a nut to think this? No- at the time [late 1800’s] we did not know what we know today. It was assumed that living cells were not complex and that something like this was possible.
But since Charlie’s day- we have found out that living cells- no matter how hard we try- or observe- they simply never ‘change’ from one type of cell into another.
As a matter of fact- this scientific fact is so tested- it has left many scientists to re think the whole theory.
Now- why is it so hard for them to ‘re think’ it? You have to understand- for anyone in the field of science to even talk about evolution possibly not being true- it puts you in the category of a nut case.
And I have read/heard statements from non Christian scientists who say this very thing. They can’t get heard- even though the most basic plank of Evolution [common ancestry] has basically been shown to never happen.
See the dilemma? Yet around the turn of the century many fine scholars- men like B.B. Warfield from Princeton- they embraced evolution because they thought the Genesis account left room for various interpretations. And they thought that Darwin was proven to be right- all the way.
So today we have the problem of biased science- that is science that has gotten to a point we they can’t really admit that after 150 years- it does seem that Darwin’s initial idea- which came at a primitive time- was just wrong.
Now- does this mean the ‘God’ idea is right? Well for me- and others- sure. But I can float another scenario- which would still not explain the actual origin of life- but it would fit better than common ancestry.
That idea would be instead of thinking that one original life form arose from the Primordial Soup- you say many arose.
That’s it- you have solved a huge problem by just adjusting the theory- so why don’t they adjust it? Well Darwin’s theory has become more of a religious belief than anything else- to challenge it is considered scientific heresy.
Okay- what about Genesis? Yesterday I gave you some ideas on how different people view it. At the same time that Evolution was being hyped- you also had what’s called ‘higher criticism’ arise out of the universities of Germany. These were the scholars [Butlmann- etc.] that kind of thought the new scientific age was on the rise- humanism was the future- and if there was any chance to ‘save religion’ then ‘religion’ had to adapt.
These guys meant well- but they threw out too much. They embraced an idea called ‘The Demythification of religion’. They thought that the bible still had valuable moral stories in it [Sermon on the Mount] but when it came to science and stuff like that- well a lot of that was told as Myth- not Myth life a fairy Tale- but Myth meant it really was unreliable in these areas.
Many fine men embraced an idea that challenged the historical accuracy of the first 11 chapters of Genesis- stories like a talking Serpent in the Garden- Noah’s Flood- the Tower of Babel- all of these ‘stories’ are found in the first 11 chapters- and it was easy for these scholars to say ‘see- these are not ‘real’ stories- they are Myth’.
Okay- what’s the problem? Well- when you look at various portions of the bible- it is true that some parts are poetry- others are historical narrative- others are Prophetic- and it is helpful to know these types of distinctions.
But if you view Adam and Eve- or Noah’s Flood [you know- the whole world being saved by a man and his family on a boat!] If you read the New Testament Jesus says ‘as it was in the days of Noah’ or ‘in the beginning God created them male and female’ now you have Jesus referring to these first 11 chapters- and he is speaking about them in a way that sure sounds like true history.
See? So these types of debates do rage at times- but overall the bible has stood up to the test of time. Many of the critics will use some of these things to challenge the church- and in a noble effort some good scholars jumped a little too quickly onto the Darwin bandwagon- especially at a time when some scientists are looking for a way to get off!
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[1716] CREATION
Today I want to talk a little bit more about the bible and science- maybe over the next few weeks I’ll do a sort of overview of the Old Testament- like I just did with the New Testament.
I think it’s important for believers to have a basic grasp on some of the ideas about creation- evolution- and the whole debate in general.
I have written a lot in the past on the various theories- and won’t try and cover it all again- but just give some parameters that kind of frame this debate.
The other day I saw a news clip of an actor that I used to like- Matt Damon. I always liked Good Will Hunting and the Boerne Identity flicks. Some reporter asked him a question that kind of pit the right against the left [politically]. He replied with some ‘high faluttin’ language- I mean you could tell he really thinks he is the Good Will guy- but he did it in a way that said ‘you inferior intellects of the world- why must we have to put up with you’!
Sort of like when Tyson gave his speech on the inferior skills of those who were losing to him- they were losing because they were truly behind the advanced world of scientific boxing [not because Tyson fought you like ‘you stole something from him’ the quote of a defeated foe]. I sensed in Damon's response a feeling that you pick up when the media tries to cover this whole debate.
The other day they showed a clip of some kid asking Perry ‘why do you not believe in evolution’ and Perry actually answered in a good way- he said ‘in Texas the schools teach both creation and evolution [actually that’s not true] and that evolution has some gaps to it’.
You then heard the mom in the background saying ‘ask him why he rejects science’ and of course you knew which way the report was going.
The history behind the way Christians view the book of Genesis [and creation] has varied lots over the years. Many old earth creationists [like myself] have argued for a ‘less literal’ hard line stance on the Genesis account- yet also not fully accepting the evolutionary view of things.
Others are what you would call Theistic evolutionists- they believe evolution is God’s way of doing things.
And others hold to a literal 6 day creation- with no room for any sort of symbolism at all.
All these views have some type of problem with them- something that you could find and say ‘see- this is why this view is wrong’.
And as I read the different views- I try and stay open to the best arguments from all sides.
As you read Genesis chapter 1- you see the Account of God creating all things. You have the 6 days of creation with God resting on the 7th day.
You do see somewhat of a framework right in the 6 days. For instance- on day 1 you have God making light- yet he doesn’t create the sun and luminaries until day 4.
On day 2 he creates the sky and water- day 5 birds and fish.
Day 3 he makes the land and plants- and day 6 he makes man and animals.
So you see a sort of ‘2 tiered’ system here- God making on the first ‘3 days’ the things that correspond on the last [2nd set] of ‘3 days’.
Now- this does not mean you have to spiritualize the whole thing- but there is room here for more than meets the eye.
The strict creationists argue that even though God made the light on day 1- and the sun and stars didn’t appear until day 4- they actually teach that for the first 3 days God had made another source of light- that we don’t know about- and this source lasted for only the first 3 days.
I see problems with a rigid view like that- I would prefer to see it the way I just showed you- that God is doing the creating- and it is done in 6 days- yet we are not getting a scientific account here- God is showing us things that we could grasp as regular folk who are picking up the bible and reading it for the first time.
So as you can see these types of debates can go on for a while.
The main point I want to make is the Church has always had room for true science to ‘fit in’ with the text- the church has not always taken a hard line ‘creationist stance’ on these things.
And at the same time there are many problems with the actual theory of evolution [Perry’s gaps] problems that I see that many of the media folk have no grasp on. For instance you do have a whole bunch of science that does seem to say that one species of a thing can never- ever evolve into another thing.
The science on this very fact has caused many scientists- unbelieving scientists- to ask ‘is it time for us to re think the theory’. But when you listen to the news people- or to Mom telling her kid ‘ask him why he doesn’t believe in science’ you realize that many of these ‘enlightened folk’ have no idea what they are talking about.
Yes- they sound like the Matt Damons and the Tysons of the world ‘you have no place with us in this advanced world of the intellect- we have surpassed your Neanderthal ideas- we are the new generation’.
Yes- I see the lines being drawn already- the Perry’s of the world are now going to be contrasted with the enlightened folk- I just wish both sides would spend a little more time listening to each other- and realize that we are not as far apart on some of these things as we think- we might be able to all get along someday- but who knows when that day will get here.
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[1715] TRUTH IN REPORTING
Last night we all watched the impending downfall of the Libyan strongman- ruled for 42 years and it looked like his time was up. The media also reported the capture of Saif- Gadhaffi’s son- I found it interesting to see the media get duped in such a public way.
We in the West want to reduce everything to a ‘hero versus villain’ scenario- it just makes us feel better to know that when our young guys shed their blood on a foreign field- well at least they died for the hero [though we did not have guys on the ground in Libya].
Yet in reality this is rarely the case. Over these last 6 months we have seen media portrayals of the Rebels. They were portrayed as doctors, lawyers and good hard working citizens who have been reduced to such primal tactics because of the madness of Gadhaffi.
Yet the reality of the situation is these 2 sides [East versus West- in Libya] have been at odds for decades. Libya has around 140 different tribes, and these tribes fight for power and influence- just like political parties.
So the tribes coming from Benghazi- the Eastern ‘capital’ have fought against the tribes from the West- Tripoli- for years.
The tribes from the East [the guys we have backed up] have had a number of Al Qaeda troops in their ranks- we don’t know how many have actually killed our guys in other theatres- but we know many Al Qaeda from Libya have fought us on foreign ground [Iraq].
But over the last 6 months this story would not have benefited the medias narrative [hero versus villain] so we have really not covered that aspect much.
So last night- all the media were reporting that Gadhaffi’s son, Saif, was taken captive. This was confirmed by the ICC [international criminal court] and the news media went with it- as being confirmed.
Often times the media will say ‘we have an unconfirmed report’ but when they say ‘confirmed’ that means the information is coming from top people who they have trusted and deemed to be honest.
So- after the reports of Gadhaffi having fled the country and his sons being captured- the media ‘confirmed’ it from the Rebels top guys- those they have given the top tier of trust to [You know- DeNiro and Stiller- the inner circle].
So the surprise was seeing Saif show up in front of the hotel where the media are staying. One reporter went up to Saif’s vehicle and knocked on the window- he said ‘if you’re in there for real- I need to see’. Sure enough the door opened- and to the shock of the reporter- there sat Saif.
Why shock? Because the rebels have played them like puppets for 6 months- denying that they have killed civilians- assuring them that these stories were all lies cooked up by the villain- and right up until the moment the car door opened- they were assured- in no uncertain terms ‘we have Saif in custody- you can trust us on this one’. Trust they did- and they looked like fools.
Then the media began running with ‘well- both sides have lied lots during this conflict- and sometimes you have to just trust your own eyes’. The problem with this is we have backed up one side- spent 1.1 billion on that side- and the media believed all the reports about ‘our side’ killing kids was simply a Gadhaffi lie- now it looks like they were used in this deadly game playing out on the Mediterranean.
I hope it ends soon- but we must remember that there are a lot of innocent civilians in the West- who never supported the Rebels- the rebels have killed many of them- burned down their homes- looted their businesses- the rebels are no angels- and it looks like the media just found that out.
Today I really wanted to post a few notes on the current media frenzy on science versus faith- the topic is becoming hot in the media- they like talking about stuff they don’t know about- and this one takes the cake.
Basically the media have been turning up the heat on why Perry and all the other stoops [that would be Christians] are denying science. I have written- and posted lots about this in the past. Most people are not aware of the overwhelming amount of science that challenges the most common ideas about evolution.
I’ll just hit on one- Abio Genesis. This is the belief that life can spontaneously generate from dead matter. This view is false- scientifically false. It is also commonly held with the false view of the spontaneous generation of all things.
Many media folk hold to a belief that the Big Bang theory shows us that all things have come from no-thing. Actually- this is a scientific impossibility. This idea- creation ‘Ex Nihilo’- is false.
Einstein’s theory did show us that matter had a beginning point- called the Point of Singularity- yet today we have absolutely no scientific proof that all things came from nothing- yet most media folk do indeed believe this.
So this topic really is one where the media have created their villain [the back water Christians] and their hero [the false idea that science has proved all types of stuff- that is has not!]. Yet they hope that if they run with the narrative long enough- then hopefully they will never be found out- you know- opening that car door and seeing their man- the man they assured the whole world was gone- yet he lives to see another day.
[note- those of you who are interested in more on Evolution- on my Blog if you go to the February posts of each year- I have studies on Evolution and one on Genesis- you might find them helpful in the coming debate].
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[1710] WHO’S THE DODO BIRD NOW?
Let’s try and get a few things in today.
First- the overview of the last couple of days- I think stuff like that is important. I have lots of friends from different religious backgrounds and nations. Some are Muslim, some are Jewish- others hold to eastern religions.
I want everyone to have a grasp on what the message of Christianity is- it often gets lost in the debates that rage between nations and various political stances- yet the main message of the bible is that Christ died to pay for the sins of all mankind- and God saves/receives people on the grounds of his Son having died for us.
The Old Covenant [the law] was based on man trying real hard to be good- he could never live up to the standard. Then the New Covenant was established- which was based on this free gift of eternal life- Jesus paid the price- we receive salvation as a gift- not as a matter of works.
I’ll do more on the basics the next few weeks- but I wanted to at least hit these truths for a few days.
The other day I read an article on Evolution. It showed one of the most famous ‘proofs’ for evolution. Those who have read the pros and cons on the thing- well we all know about the famous bird/dinosaur fossil that was found around 150 years ago.
This fossil has been used as proof for the theory- for 150 years. Now- this extinct looking bird does look like it came from the pre historic world. But I have heard- for 20 years at least- the creationists say that this fossil is not a bird fossil at all- that is simply a flying dinosaur.
Now- there are ways scientists can tell this stuff from fossils- it would take too long to try and explain the whole thing [plus- I don’t know the whole thing!]. But we know in our day that birds have completely different body structures than dinosaurs. Birds do not have lungs- they have hollow bones and when they fly the air goes thru their body- and that’s how they oxygenate their bodies.
That’s why you never see a bird breathing heavy- or breathing at all after it lands- they don’t breathe like animals who have lungs.
Okay- for various reasons the evolutionary community needed to show that they found a bird/dinosaur fossil- it was needed to fill in the blank between dinosaurs turning into birds- which is part of evolutionary theory.
I have heard scientists argue- time and again- that the creationists were doing fake science when they claimed this fossil was really a dinosaur- not a bird [Flying dinosaur- but a dinosaur never the less]. And these scientists would say all true science has proven- beyond a Shadow of a doubt- that this particular fossil was indeed a bird.
Okay- the article I just read said ‘surprise- Chinese scientists have just discovered that the so called bird- well it’s a dinosaur’!
You know- you hear things all the time- from sources of media- people who sware they are telling the truth ‘Perry is lying about creating 40 % of the nations jobs’ and then when you look at the numbers- well the news guy was lying.
Yet these same advocates- who it was already leaked that they were going to do a smear campaign- they want to tell us how they are so smart- and the rest of the country are a bunch of duped Tea Partiers. Yeah- that’s the smart crowd- the ones who were worshipping at the foot of a 150 year old bird for past century and a half- and Walla- they were really worshipping a dinosaur instead.
The apostle Paul said [Romans] that people loved and served the creation- rather than the creator. And as a judgment God have them up to become like the thing they worshipped. Wow- can’t get better than then- can it?
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In high school I had a teacher- Mr. Steinberg. Mr. Steinberg was not ‘cool’ as a matter of fact- he seemed a little nerdy. He was Jewish- and at times wore a Star of David necklace- it was big- it was like he was asking for the persecution.
I liked Mr. Steinberg- and respected him for not being ashamed of his faith. It was in his class [English] that I was introduced to the great classics. Grapes of Wrath, Old man and the sea- all the classics. After we covered a book- he would check the TV Guide and when the made for TV movie was on- he assigned us to watch it.
Both of the above books/movies became favorites of mine- till this day I’ll watch them when they pop up on the classic channel. I actually have the Grapes of Wrath book sitting right here.
But the movie- Old man and the Sea- enthralled me. The struggle of the old man- his fight with the great fish- his arm wrestling bouts with the younger guys- the whole mystique was my thing.
The author- Hemingway- was himself a ‘mans man’ he lived large- took in all the experiences of life- and embraced a philosophy of life called Nihilism. This world view was popularized by men like Sartre, Camus and Freud. It basically is atheistic and says ‘there is no real meaning to life- man is a ‘useless passion’- he exists, only for the purpose of experiencing life- when the pain exceeds the pleasure- that the responsible thing to do is check out’. Yes- this philosophy advocates suicide.
Sartre [John Paul Sartre] actually said that the only philosophical question left is suicide- that we need to ask ourselves- as a society- should we allow ourselves to check out- for the good of the whole- when the pain exceeds the pleasure.
Another great work of Hemingway is titled ‘the Sun also rises’. He took the title from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes- written by Solomon [you know- to everything there is a season]. Solomon also embraces a sort of nihilistic view in this book- though it is in the bible- it is a form of literature called ‘pessimistic wisdom literature’. Sort of the philosophy Hemingway embraced.
Hemingway spoke about this view all thru out his life- though he was a brilliant writer- he had no hope ‘in the world’ [Apostle Paul]. One night, after he went to bed with his wife- he woke up- went downstairs and rigged up his favorite hunting rifle- and blew his head off. His daughter followed him a few years later.
I don’t know what’s down the road for our world right now- there are many people feeling hopeless today because they have lost- yes once again- a big portion of their wealth. As Christians we can say ‘yes- life is hard- we struggle at times- but in the end our struggles are working out a higher purpose- we have meaning in life’ but the atheist/nihilist- to them there is no redemptive purpose to the struggle- when the pain exceeds the pleasure- well yes- they check out.
Over the next few weeks- wherever you are at- think for yourself. If all the professional investors take their money out of stocks- and at the same time they advise you different- then stop listening to them. If your mad at the right [or left] then don’t keep watching people who are coming up with diagnosis’ that say the country is being run by actual Oslo killers- that’s just not true- no matter how much you might hate their point of view.
And at the end of the day- we as believers- we do have hope in the world. Mr. Steinberg wore that star of David- proudly. And in a recent post [Last?] I spoke about the promise that God made to king David- that he would raise up one of his sons and this Son would rule on the throne for ever. Yes- today this promise has been fulfilled through Christ- who sits at the right hand of God.
I don’t know- maybe I’ll rent the Old man and the Sea later [I tried in the past but couldn’t find it] and I’ll see the struggle of the old man [played excellently by Spencer Tracy] but instead of embracing his creators view [that is his earthly creator- Hemingway] I’ll ‘give’ my sufferings up- as the Catholics say- I’ll offer them to the Lord. Hemingway took the cowards way out- at the end of the day- he wasn’t the man we thought he was- he copped out.
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I saw a story one day- whenever I see something on evolution- I like reading it. You usually can see the bias right at the start. The story was about this new potential missing link. They found this ‘monkey’ tribe that mastered the use of tools- they made hammers and chisels and used them regularly in these caves. Wow! What a find.
The story showed how these caves had these monkey bones [skulls only] and these caves had these make shift tools in them. The skulls were all in a pile- and the tools around some table like device [these monkeys were obviously very skilled in the building trade].
The article said that this was scientific evidence for evolution. After all- who can deny that the skulls and chisels are real! I found it interesting- that the skulls were all in a pile- that there were no other bones- just skulls. Okay- according to the article- I have to believe that these advanced monkeys- either were all killed at one time- while huddling in the corner- or as they aged- they had a strange tradition- as they felt the big one coming on [you know- Fred Sanford- I’m coming home Elizabeth] they ran to the corner of the cave- laid down just in the right spot- placing their head over grandpa- and died.
Or could there be another narrative- another view of the actual evidence- don’t deny the evidence- just quit adding ‘your narrative’ and telling everyone it’s the only real way to see it.
In many parts of the world- the indigenous tribes do in fact eat monkey brain. These tribes make chisels/hammers to crack the heads open. Is it possible that they were simply getting the monkey heads- one or 2 at a time- having a ‘man cave’ moment- watching the super bowl- and after a fun night of monkey brains and beer- they tossed the skulls into a pile. That’s why you have skulls only.
The other view has some dogs coming into the cave- taking all the other bones- and not touching the skulls- okay- 2 views. I like to crab- after we have a crab boil- I guarantee you- you will find a bunch of crab shells in one spot- did they all naturally die in that spot- and did they actually craft the nut cracker and the table that it sits on- come on.
[1696] LITTLE BOY LOST
The other day we saw the tragic story of the little Jewish boy who went missing on his way home from summer camp. This day he was without a ride, and his mother thought it would be okay for him to walk home the few blocks. After he didn’t show up she called the police.
They eventually discovered that he had been abducted by a member of their own community- and was tragically killed. The Jewish community in this area of Brooklyn is known as an Hasidic community. My mom was born and raised in Brooklyn- and as a boy I remember going to the city and seeing these strange looking guys with funny looking hair and dress.
This community dates back around 2300 years or so. During the Intertestemental period [the time between the last Old Testament book- Malachi- and the book of Matthew] you have quite an interesting history. It was during these 400 years that we saw the rise of the Greek world under Alexander the Great.
In the Greek world you had some very influential philosophers; Socrates most famous student was Plato- Plato’s most famous student was Aristotle- and his most famous student was Alexander the Great.
Alexander sought to implement the ideals of his teacher- he wanted to unify the known world under one people/culture- a belief that Aristotle held- a sort of ‘unified theory’ [Einstein] that would seek to bring all learning/knowledge together under one supreme [Divine] principle.
Alexander’s experiment was called Hellenization- which was the Greek worlds attempt to impose Greek culture/language on all their conquered enemies- and at the same time allow them to hold on to the their own culture too. Alexander did amazingly well at this experiment- at the young age of around 24 he had accomplished most of his mission. The cities were a sort of composite of Greek culture mixed in with their own culture- this is where we get the modern term Cosmopolitan.
Alexander died young and his kingdom was divided between 4 generals- one of them- Ptolemy- would himself make it into the history books because of his keen intellect.
The system of cosmology developed under him would last [and work!] until some 17-18 hundred years later when it was overthrown by the Copernican revolution during the time of Copernicus and Galileo.
Alexander’s generals would do their best to carry on the system of Hellenization- and other nations generals would keep the system going even after Greece fell. One of them- Octavian [Roman general] makes it into the history books by another famous name- Julius Caesar.
Alexander established a great library in the Egyptian city of Alexandria [named after him] and many of the great writings were preserved during this time.
The writings of Aristotle would be discovered again during the time of Thomas Aquinas [13th century Catholic genius/scholar] and this would lead to Scholasticism [a peculiar school of thought developed/revived under Aquinas] and give rise to the Renaissance.
Okay- before the birth of Christ- the Jewish people resisted the imposing of Greek culture upon them- you had the very famous resistance under the Jewish Maccabean revolt- where the Jews rose up and fought the wicked ruler Antiochus Epiphanies- and till this day the Jewish people celebrate this victory at Hanukah.
Eventually Rome would conquer the Greek kingdom and the Jewish people were allowed to keep their culture and temple- yet they were still a people oppressed. Hassidism [getting back to the beginning] developed during this attempt to not lose their Jewish roots- the Pharisees of Jesus day came from this movement.
Alexander was pretty successful in his attempt to unify language- even though the bible [New Testament] was written by Jewish writers- living under Roman rule- yet the original bible is written in the Greek language.
Bible scholars till this day study the Greek language to find the truest meaning of the actual words in the bible [I have a Greek Lexicon sitting right in front of me].
It would take a few centuries before a Latin version appeared on the scene [the great church father- Jerome- would produce the Latin Vulgate].
Yet it would be the re- discovery and learning of the Greek texts [under men like Erasmus- and the Protestant Reformers] that would lead to the Reformation [16th century] and other movements in church history.
Of course the tragedy of the little boy lost is very sad- and the roots of Jewish culture are noble and good- Pope Benedict refers to the Jewish people as ‘our elder brother’ because of the Jewish roots of Christianity. The original church was made up of Jewish believers- people who were waiting for the Messiah for centuries [actually Millennia] and they were convinced that this Jesus- this Jewish itinerant prophet- was indeed the one that was to come.
When you read the sermons in the book of Acts- you hear Peter, Paul- and especially Stephen [ Acts 7] relating the person of Jesus to the prophecies that were spoken about the Messiah in the Old Testament- these early Jewish believers were convinced- in no uncertain terms- that Jesus was the Messiah who was foretold to come.
At the Jewish trial of Jesus- the high priest asks ‘are you claiming to be God’s Son’ Jesus- one of the few times he did this- said ‘you said it’. The priest throws up his hands and says ‘what more need do we have of witnesses- he himself has said he claims deity’.
In John’s gospel we read when Jesus said ‘Abraham saw my day- and was gad’. They asked him ‘how could Abraham see your day- you’re not even 50 years old’ Jesus replied ‘BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS- I AM’ They were incensed- the words I AM were the words used to describe God. The bible says they took up stones to kill him.
The great Christian writer- C.S. Lewis- spent many years as an atheist- yet as an intellectual he read all the great writings of history- and he said that no matter how hard he [and other atheists] tried to reject God- that history was filled with writings- both pro and con- about God.
As a matter of fact- there was no other underlying theme- some scarlet thread- woven thru out the entire history of man- that even came close to this testimony of the reality of God.
Many agnostics of Lewis’ day said ‘we believe Jesus was a good person- even a Rabbi- Prophet- great messenger of God’ Lewis said Jesus did not leave this option open to us. Jesus said he was indeed the Son of God- Deity come down- born from a virgin- crucified- died and was buried. On the 3dr day he rose again- according to the scriptures- he is seated at the right hand of God and will come again- to judge the living and the dead.
Yes kingdoms have come and gone- great men and despots have either honored this Jesus- or despised him- but today we still talk about Jesus- King of Kings and Lord of Lords- we have only one option- either we confess him as Lord- or we call him a madman- which one will you choose?
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[1686] THE SUNDAY MASS
I kind of wanted to talk a little more about the Casey reaction- why so many people are upset. What’s the root cause? Many people are actually mad- for a right reason. They have a moral sense of injustice- seeing the beautiful little Caylee dying like that- so there is this inner sense of justice that we have- it comes from being created in the image of God.
But instead of doing too much on that right now- let me catch up on a few things I felt I needed to do. In these past few years- as different teaching opportunities came up- I noticed that I had an open door from the Lord to teach all different types of people.
Catholics- Jews, Muslims- the whole 9 yards. Obviously my goal is to make clear the biblical account of mans redemption- to preach the Cross of Christ- and at the same time be willing to let anyone sit in on the conversation- If my Jewish friends stay Jewish- fine. If my Muslim friends don’t convert- and they still want to ‘hang out’ I’m okay with that. And if my Catholic friends stay Catholic- while at the same time learning more about the bible that’s great.
The point being I’m glad for the eclectic group- even the Atheists and GBLT friends- everyone is welcome at the table.
Now- one of the things I wanted to start doing was sharing the different ways the Lord has used the Mass to speak to me- I have found that watching the Sunday Mass- every Sunday- there is always some verse/homily that speaks to me.
Let me hit the last 3 weeks. A few weeks ago I had to block/unfriend a few people [Facebook] I always feel bad about it- even if I think it’s the right thing to do. So one of the things that made me feel a little better about cutting someone off that way- was the fact that even if I block people- they can always have access to the blog site.
So I thought ‘geez- maybe I was mad and cut people off too soon- but at least there’s the backup’. Then- I thought let’s see what the Sunday Mass verses will be. Sure enough it was Exodus 34- the story of Moses getting upset with the people [he had an anger problem] and he broke the first set of 10 commandments [denied access]. God says ‘okay- one more shot- come back up to the mountain and I’ll give you a second set’. Okay- that was exactly what I felt the Lord was saying- the backup set will work.
Then the following week- one of the hymns that was sung came from Psalms 147- the hymn said ‘I have strengthened the bars of your gates and blessed your children within’. I did a double take- this verse has been prayed- by me- at least a few thousand times over these last few years.
I don’t remember when I added it to my prayer time- but like lots of other verses- I read it one day and it became a regular part of intercession.
The only thing was- I pray it a little different- I pray ‘strengthen the bars of our gates and bless our children within- let peace be within our borders and let our garners be full [teaching tools] providing all manner of store’- I pray it as a request- so when I heard the priest/deacon singing it as an answer to the prayer- I had to go and check out the verse- Sure enough Psalms 147 is in the ‘answer mode’.
Then this past Sunday- the verse was from Zechariah chapter 9- the famous chapter where it speaks of Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem- riding on the donkey. This chapter says ‘because of the blood of the covenant I have delivered your prisoners out of the pit’- I pray ‘let the sighing of the prisoners come before you- and according to the greatness of your power preserve those that are appointed to death’- it’s another verse I have prayed hundreds of times.
The chapter also says ‘your people will have the double portion’ I have a verse painted on my prayer wall [on the house!] that says ‘for your shame you will have double- and for your confusion they will possess the double portion in their land’.
I also pray a verse from Exodus 15- it comes from the Song of Moses that Israel sang after God delivered them from Egypt- the part I pray says ‘I will sing unto the Lord for he has triumphed gloriously- the horse and rider thrown into the sea’. It’s a prayer/song rejoicing over God breaking Pharaohs chariots in the Red Sea- and the bible says ‘they sank like lead’ to the bottom. In Zechariah 9 it speaks about God breaking the chariots and the devices of those who are coming against you.
Basically all these scriptures are speaking about the various groups/friends you will teach thru out your life- and that these different groups will learn ‘double’ from what they knew before.
Okay- I just caught you guys up for the last 3 weeks- but this type of thing has been going on for years- I just thought the Lord wanted me to share a little more on the actual verses- so you can see how the Lord will use these things- if you pay attention. I have found many times- I’ll ask a Catholic friend- ‘hey- did you go to Mass Sunday’ and he will say yes. But then he will not make any connection between the different verses the priest used during the Homily.
I’ll then do a quick review- and he will normally say ‘oh yeah- I didn’t see that’.
So the goal is for me to try and help people see a little more- not to make them convert to ‘my religion’ but to give them room at the table- to not pound them every week with some ‘moral rebuke’ about the way they are. Yes- at times we all need to repent- and re think the things we do. But there are too many ‘outsiders’ too many people- who come from different groups- and they never feel welcome to sit at the table and get a chance to learn- we too often give them the feeling that they are not wanted.
I thank God- even for those who I have had to block- that at least by Gods grace they can always read from the 2nd set- God is a God of mercy and grace- if he wants people to have access- to sit at the table- then he will always make a way for that to happen.
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Okay- I’ll admit that Christians do run into trouble at times with the whole founding father argument. I often hear preachers say ‘the constitution says- we hold these truths to be self-evident’ and then they will argue their point from the ‘moral law’ theory we find in Paul's letter to the Romans- chapter 1.
The apostle does say ‘all men are without excuse- God has revealed himself to us- he has made his truth known’. See- self evident. Actually the language used in the constitution was the ‘anti-Christian’ strain coming out of the European enlightenment.
The Enlightenment [sometimes called the age of reason] came off of the Reformation/Scientific revolutions of the 16-17th centuries. Many of the men I have been studying these last few years were major thinkers in the movement. Right around the 18th century you had a feeling of ‘modern man’ will eventually cast off all these religious restraints and we will enter this new age where the human intellect will rule.
Most of these thinkers did not reject a belief in God- they simply rejected the institutional view of religion. They fell into the category of Deism.
Now- Deism argued that we do not need Christianity- the church- the bible- to know right and wrong. But that enlightened man knew these truths by nature [that’s where the Romans 1 argument comes in]. But when the deist made this argument- he was in fact approaching it from an anti-Christian viewpoint.
Jefferson actually wanted the language to read ‘we hold these truths to be sacred’ but Franklin prided himself in interjecting ‘non-Christian’ [pro deist] language instead- and Walla- we have ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident’.
Okay- so you can see we all have a little bit of revisionism in us.
I’m not a fan of Bachman- to be honest about it. But it’s too early to be flooding the airwaves with such obvious vitriol against the woman. Geez- cover her ideas.
I’m an ex-Navy Corpsman- as a defense of Bachman many right wingers have been showing the infamous speech of the president- where he called the guys ‘corpse men’ around 3 times [you know- that monitor does not sound the words out for you]. And of course the right has to go thru the record and show all the instances where the media actually covers up the faults of their favorite guy.
Yes- to be honest- they do stuff like this- all the time. But I wish we could simply debate the various sides- be honest about our view- and then move on from there. The left always accuse the right of being partisan- yet I think they are just as bad- and just as misinformed on many issues, its pride that makes them think they are truly above everyone else.
Let me finish with an example. One day I was hanging out with the homeless guys- sure- a few drunks- a few dope heads- the usual crowd. And a new guy shows up. He claims to be an ex professor that taught at Berkeley in the past.
As the conversation grew- he began ‘teaching’ the course that he taught at Berkeley. It was a course on ANE myths [ancient near east myths]. He went on to cover the fact that other societies had their own versions of biblical stories. They had flood stories [Noah] creation accounts [Genesis] and stuff like that.
Now- I usually do not ‘do theology’ when hanging in the streets- but I couldn’t resist. So- as luck would have it [bad?] I just happened to be familiar with ANE myths- and the apologetic rebuttal to the argument- so I jumped into the fray.
I went on to tell the professor that I too was familiar with his course- and I went down the list- point by point- refuting his ideas.
I explained that just because these other stories do exist- that in no way means the biblical account is fake- as a matter of fact- if these things did actually occur- you would expect other societies to have their own versions. I gave him a few more basic points like this- and left it alone [you know- when you do street apologetics like this- things can get rough- almost as dangerous as a Wisconsin Supreme court justice meeting].
As this enlightened liberal professor sat there- listening to what looked to be his last rung on the ladder being kicked out from under him [lost his home- wife- everything- the only thing left was his superior intellect over the average idiot- one of those types of mindsets].
He realized that he was being thoroughly refuted [for the 1st time?] by some homeless bum from Texas [I play the part well]. I mean- a homeless ‘redneck’ no less.
He simply stared straight ahead- the smell of alcohol [and various drugs] wafting thru the air- and he looked up and said ‘I am going to leave now- and go put a bullet in my head’ [his head- not mine].
Now- whether or not he carried out his mission- I don’t know. But he was the classic example of a person- who seemed educated- who prided himself in not being like the rest of the ‘idiots’ of the world- and it was difficult for him to realize that his view- no matter how sincerely held- was only one view. It is possible in life for us to be wrong- or for us to be as misinformed as the other person.
But- that gets me into a guest host they had on the other night. Ron Reagan Jr. He did alright- I’m not a big fan of his dad- though he has become an Icon in some circles. Somehow Reagan got into the Evolution/Creationism debate. Now- most times when these guys try this- they fall flat. I have critiqued MSNBC guys before- Catholics- who have slandered their own church. They say ‘the Catholic church teaches this’ and they mislead their own Catholic listeners- and I try and write on it and give the actual Catholic view [being I study all Christian theologies]. So little Reagan goes into this thing on Evolution- he says ‘look- I don’t care what people want to believe- they can believe the moon [or earth?] is made out of cheese with a giant turtle on top- but don’t bring that into the science room’.
Most of these guys have no idea about the debate. The other day my 2nd oldest came over to show me her degree- she finally finished and got her degree in Biology. Over the years I would have good discussions with her- on a fairly good level- about biology. I have read and studied Biology, Physics, History- lots of subjects over the years- and it helps when you’re conversing with others in their respective fields.
And the talks I have had were in no way controversial- my daughter actually learned stuff- things that she was familiar with- yet she realized the points I was making- were indeed factual. Yet these points- as obvious as they were- were indeed left out of her courses- she saw that. [Noah Feldman calls this the ‘secularization of the public schools’- the fear that the public school system has when dealing with religion- or even covering it fairly when teaching history- or the impact of religious thought on science. The fact is that both Evolutionary Theory- and ‘Creationism’ [more preferably Intelligent Design] have religious aspects to them- they both espouse ultimate causes that cannot be seen with the naked eye].
Now- I wasn’t talking ‘cheese with a turtle on it’ you must be quite the ignoramus to think that the debate between intelligent design and Darwin’s theory is still at that stage. I mean there are many scientists- unbelievers- who are ready to reject the full idea of Darwin. Why?
There are lots of things that we could go into on these subjects- but a few major points are these;
When Darwin [Charles Darwin- popularized modern Evolutionary theory- lived in the 1800's] espoused his theory- he thought that it was possible that all life came from one ‘common ancestor’. He came up with the idea [it was around before actually] because of his observation of the Finch’s [birds] he observed on his famous trip to the Galapagos Islands.
Darwin realized- and stated in his books [On the Origin of the Species, the Descent of Man] that eventually science would advance to the point where he would either be proven right or wrong- I think that day has arrived- and so do many scientists.
I read an article/quote by one of the Leaky daughters [from the famous Leaky family who have done much in the area of Evolution] and she basically said ‘we have to admit that the obvious lack of evidence is leading us to re think the theory’.
Basically science has shown us- that the foundational plank to Darwin’s theory- has absolutely no scientific proof. For Darwin’s theory to be true- you need the cells of one living thing to eventually ‘evolve’ into the cells of another living thing. Not only has this phenomenon never been observed to happen in the natural environment- they can’t even make it happen in the controlled environment- in the lab.
Millions of man hours and dollars have been spent in trying to cause the cell of one thing to ‘evolve’ into the cell of another thing [basically they do these experiments with fruit flies because they breed rapidly] and one of the most provable, observable facts of modern biology is the fact that the cells of living things don’t do this- ever- never- not once!
So what Miss Leakey was saying was- if we have spent so much time and effort in trying to show that this does happen- and after all of the years of observable study [true science] this has never been observed to have happened, we need to admit that science is showing us that this does not occur.
Basically the criticism of Darwin is the fact that the most basic plank of the theory- has indeed been shown to be ‘un observable’ science is unable to make- or observe this happening.
Okay- there’s a lot more that can be said on this- and there have been many good things that have come down to us from Darwin’s ideas- indeed Natural Selection does take place- but it’s limited to the particular species- it doesn’t ‘cross over’ from one species to another. So we do credit the man for some good things.
But then- for anyone to think this debate is still on the level of ‘a cheese planet with a turtle on top’ geez- even Bachman knows better than that!
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[1679] IS IT MORALLY WRONG TO TEACH MORALS?
The other night N.Y. passed gay marriage [or marriage equality]. They are not the 1st state to do this- but some in the media hailed it as a great advance for civil rights. I spoke to a Catholic friend who lives in the area- he’s an older brother- and he was really upset about it.
I think I caught him off guard by telling him it really didn’t ‘upset’ me- not like I lost a battle [right winger] of some sort. I told him I obviously have a different position than Governor Cuomo- but I’m not real mad about the thing.
I understand why some people are- and I also told my friend that my position is basically the same position that his church holds- I think homosexuality is ‘a sin’ [like many other heterosexual sins!] but I think the ‘right versus the left’ approach does no good- it seems to just alienate people
A few months ago our local high school made it to CNN because of a debate between some girl who wanted to start a straight/gay club on campus. You had the school say no- even though they did allow a Christian club to meet. The ACLU got involved and before you knew it they were all picketing for/against the club.
As I watched the thing on the tube I saw some local preachers standing out there- a few feet away from the kids- holding signs and shouting ‘it’s an abomination’.
Then you saw the gay kids- who also had the support of some liberal preachers- they were holding signs that said ‘God loves everyone’. It just seemed ‘non Jesus like’ to see the older men- railing against the young girl [the lesbian girl] and shouting in the streets about her being an abomination.
The point being we need to tell people the truth about what is in the bible- and what the church [predominantly] teaches- and then avoid ‘going to war’ with people.
As I’m continuing to read different works on philosophy and modernity- I recently came across Daniel Dennet- a contemporary atheist/thinker. Dennet questions the ‘morality’ of teaching morals [religion] to kids. He espouses the question of the whole idea of religious teaching/tradition. Is it ‘right’ to teach ‘what’s right’?
Okay- I’m sure he is a smart man [they tell me so] but he of course is falling into the classic mistake of thinking he can argue from a foundation of ‘oughtness’ while claiming we should not have these types of foundations.
Basically you can’t argue a moral position [is something right- wrong] if you reject the reality of morality itself. This mistake is easily refuted in the field of apologetics. Sam Harris [another contemporary atheist] makes these same arguments.
I found it interesting to hear Governor Cuomo and other supporters of the law- they were oozing with moral language ‘we are proud to be part of the struggle for the rights of all people’ and other language like this. I’m sure these well meaning folk don’t realize they are contradicting their core argument ‘who is society- the church- to say what’s right or wrong!’ And then they say ‘it’s wrong for them to think that way’.
Okay- I hope you see the point. Immanuel Kant saw this some 300 years ago when the ‘age of reason’ was just taking off. Many thinkers of his day began questioning the wisdom of having religion/morality as part of the fabric of society. Kant recognized the need for the basic idea of right and wrong [What he called ‘oughtness’ you know what you ought to do] and even though he disagreed with Descartes’- he did not believe you could ultimately prove God through reason- yet he saw the need for ‘God’ to exist in the fabric of human society- in his mind there had to be an ultimate judge who could carry out justice- and there had to exist a basic idea of what you should and should not do.
These debates are long and can go on forever.
In Matthew 13 Jesus gave us a story about Gods kingdom. He said it’s like a field. A farmer goes out and plants good seed. Then when everyone was sleeping- an enemy went out and planted ‘bad seed’.
When the plants came up- his workers asked if they should go out and pull all the bad crop out. The boss said no- just leave them alone- in the final harvest he will deal with them- but it wasn’t their job to go pull them out prematurely.
Sometimes we [the church] are like the workers- we see ‘bad seed’ things that we recognize are not healthy for the field- we think ‘let’s go dig them out’. But God says ‘I’ll deal with the bad seed in my time- if you think it’s your job to go around pulling up all the bad weeds- you might hurt some good wheat too’.
I in no way ‘rejoice’ over the N.Y. vote- but I feel no urge to go ‘pull the bad seed out’ some of what we think is bad- might turn out to be good in the end.
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[1661] THE FIG TREE
Let’s do a little more on Eschatology [end times stuff] today. Over the last few weeks these things have been in the news because of the Harold Camping prediction and you have heard various news folk- as well as believers giving their slant to all the popular verses that deal with the subject.
Some media people were quoting ‘no one knows when the last day will happen- not even the Son, only God’. Then you have had a few other popular verses seep into the flow. The main portions of the bible that deal with the end times are Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21. John’s gospel does not have an ‘end times’ discourse- possibly because he covers the subject in length in the book of Revelation.
The main gospel on the subject is Matthew- Mark’s gospel seems to be a shorter compilation possibly taken from Matthew. By ‘taken’ I mean Mark was a scribe/recorder- he was the personality we see in the book of Acts- John Mark. If you remember- he had a falling out with the Apostle Paul and Mark ‘went home’ while Paul took Silas and they embarked on the great missionary journeys of the Apostle.
You don’t hear that much about Mark after the ‘falling out’ but we know that Mark would later pen the 2nd gospel and he was also a recorder [secretary] for the Apostle Peter [might be important to remember this- if I get to it?]
So anyway mark seems to have borrowed from Matthew [some scholars think the familiarity between the gospels should be attributed to another unknown common source- referred to as Q- I prefer to simply see it as the writers being familiar with what the other writers were writing- and in the 1st century you did not have Plagiarism as we do today- where it would be illegal to copy something verbatim from another writer- that’s why Mark- who also probably penned 2nd Peter- not as a Plagiarist who used Pseudepigraphy- writings by authors who pretended to be someone else- but as a scribe who was familiar with the other source documents of the time. 2nd Peter has come under scrutiny because chapter 2 seems to have borrowed heavily from the letter of Jude. At some spots it looks like a direct copy. But as Peter’s scribe- it would not have been out of the ordinary to have included- verbatim- a passage from Jude and to have attributed the entire letter to Peter. Or Peter might have simply been familiar with Jude's letter and it would not have been wrong according to 1st century writing standards to have done this. But skeptics in our day try to use this to say the bible is a forgery- so that’s why it’s important to be familiar with the debate and to have a good response.]
Okay-lets at least try and start a little end times stuff. Matthews 24 begins with Jesus and the disciples walking away from the Temple and Jesus says ‘see all these buildings- truly I tell you that there will not be left one stone on top of another’.
The disciples then ask Jesus ‘when will this happen- and what will be the sign of the end of the age/world, and the sign of your coming’. Now- this sets the stage for the entire scope of the answer. Jesus told them one thing ‘the temples coming down some day’ and they ask a few things.
Some scholars believe that the entire answer Jesus gives- about the end of the world and the coming tribulation- some teach that all these things did happen by A.D. 70- that’s when the Roman general Titus [future emperor] attacked the city of Jerusalem and destroyed the temple. Jesus prediction about ‘one stone not being left on another’ was fulfilled to the tee because the temple stones were overlaid with Gold and the looters burned the stones to melt the gold and in the process they literally laid every stone out.
In the Matthew discourse Jesus also warned the disciples that ‘when you see these things beginning to happen- let those in the city flee to the mountains’. As Titus made his way towards Jerusalem some early communities took his words literally and did use the mountains as a place for protection. The community at Qumran hid their writings in ‘the mountains’ that overlooked the Dead Sea- some 2 thousand years later these writings [scrolls] would be discovered- those are the Dead Sea Scrolls of today- one of the greatest archeological finds of history.
And there were Jewish believers at Jerusalem who did indeed flee to the mountains and they escaped the slaughter. So there certainly were things that Jesus spoke about in his 'end times’ teaching that were fulfilled in the 1st century.
But what about the other famous portions? As various media persons were quoting a few famous parts of this discourse [this is the 4th famous discourse known as the Olivet discourse in Matthew- 5 famous long sections of Jesus’ teaching] it would help us to know the entire context of the discourse [which includes chapter 25 by the way].
One of the famous verses is ‘when you see the fig tree putting forth leaves- you know that summer is near- so when you see these signs you know the end is near’. In American evangelicalism this verse has been made popular by men like Hal Lindsay who teach that the fig tree is ALWAYS a symbol for the nation of Israel and therefore Jesus was saying that when Israel becomes a nation again [which happened in 1948] that within ‘a generation’ the end will happen.
This view uses a few other verses to come to this conclusion. Jesus famous ‘this generation will not pass away until all these things happen’ and a few other scriptures. Simply reading the chapter in context does not seem to be saying this at all. The parallel passage in Luke says ‘and all the trees’. It seems like Jesus is simply saying ‘just like when you see a tree blossom- so when you see these signs know that the time is near’.
There really is nothing in the actual text to indicate that this is speaking about 1948. But because of these verses having been used like this many preachers have tried to date the coming of Christ within ‘the generation’ from1948. Lindsey put out a book saying that 1988 was a ‘special time’ why 88? 1988 was 40 years [biblical generation] from 1948. Then some changed the biblical generation to 70 years- which makes this decade real important.
The problem with all these dates is there based on a faulty premise- that Jesus was saying that within a generation of the ‘fig tree blooming’ the 2nd coming will take place- he never said that. As far as I can tell 1948 plays no significant role. Of course Israel becoming a nation again at that time was a great thing- but as a date to begin setting off some type of spiritual clock- that’s not in the bible.
Okay- maybe I’ll do a few more of these over the next few days. Try and read these chapters the next few days and get a feel for the overall meaning [the context] when we become familiar with the overall meaning of the passage- it keeps us from getting lost in the Fig Tree ones.
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[1657] THE BIBLE IS NOT 6 THOUSAND YEARS OLD!
Okay- in the rant of Matthews- he mentioned her Christian belief [evangelical, who attended an Assembly of God church for a while] how she [along with all others of this stripe] are actually idiots- because they believe the bible- they reject ‘science’ [evolution] and they believe- quote- the ‘bible is 6 thousand years old’. He said this multiple times.
Now- as much as I defend Catholics on my site- I have had to correct the Catholic misinterpretations of MSNBC hosts on a number of occasions. Do Evangelicals, Catholics, Protestants- Orthodox Christians believe ‘the bible is 6 thousand years old’? No. So what in the heck is he talking about? He is trying to say that some fundamentalist Christians think the EARTH and the history of man is 6 thousand years old. Big difference.
Most Christians agree that the first 5 books of the bible [Pentateuch, Torah] were written by Moses [big debate in theological circles- but most believe Mosaic authorship]. Now- Moses lived around 12- 1400 years before Christ. Some real liberal scholars date the authorship of Genesis around 1- 3 hundred years before Christ. This view holds to the idea that the Jewish people ‘made up’ the history of the Old Testament as a sort of cultural way to deal with their captivity [ under Babylon, Rome, etc.] and that the Old Testament was written at that time.
Most serious scholars reject this idea. So anyway if Moses is generally believed to have written the first 5 books- that would mean that most Christians [including Palin’s brand] believe the bible is around 32-34 hundred years old- not 6 thousand.
I want to be careful here- I grew up in N.J. and over the years have come to appreciate the area of my youth more and more. Why? After studying world [and U.S.] history for many years- you see the North East as being at the heart of the American heritage.
One of the first history books I bought after moving to Corpus Christi [a cheap book sale in one of our malls] was on the Puritans- and after reading all the history taking place in my old stomping grounds- I became a lifelong student of the area.
Okay- one of the problems I see with my old area- is there can be an elitist mindset among some intellectuals [even fake intellectuals]. The mindset often expresses itself in the way liberals speak about other ‘less informed’ folk. I had a conversation one time with a person who was mocking Palin- the person said ‘she is such an idiot- she said you could see Russia from her house’. Now- as a big political watcher myself- I knew this actual quote was wrong.
Palin actually said ‘did you know you can see certain parts of Russia from Alaska’. The person I was talking to absolutely denied this- she said that she personally heard her say it. I informed the person that this actually has become a modern urban myth- that the Tina Fey skit on SNL was where the fake quote came from- that the real quote was the Russia being seen from Alaska quote- not ‘my house’. So- as most liberals [and yes- conservatives too] we are usually not willing to admit that we are wrong- especially during a tirade of exposing the other side as ignoramuses.
So we left it at that. In all of our learning in life- it’s important to try and view the opposing side as favorably as possible. I not only do not believe the ‘bible is 6 thousand years old’ but I also do not believe the earth is 6 thousand years old. I believe Dinosaurs are real [were!]. I believe that there are certain aspects of Evolution that are indeed true- for instance the ‘survival of the fittest’ is indeed a true scientific fact.
The reality is that species do change and adapt over time- yet the ‘other reality’ is we have never- not once- been able to verify this happening between species of living things. That is the theory of Darwin says this is how all the species arrived on the planet- from one common living cell. Science does not show this to have happened- either in the natural environment- or in the laboratory.
So science shows us that Natural Selection does indeed happen- but it does not happen [as far as science goes] between species. As a matter of fact- if a person just went with the current understanding of time and matter commonly held by most scientists- you would not at all have the picture that Darwin painted. Modern science says the earth is a little over 4 billion years old. For the first 3.5 billion years we have no record [Fossil] of complex structures being on the earth.
Our geologic history says complex life structures appeared during the Cambrian era [500 million years ago- referred to as the Cambrian Explosion] and that even according to the Evolutionary scientists- 500 million years is not enough time for Evolution to have happened.
You basically would have needed the Evolutionary process to have started during the first few hundred million years of earth’s history- not the last.
But the average ‘mocker of evangelicals’ has no idea about any of this- he just says ‘they think the bible is 6 thousand years old’. So it would do us all some good if we came to the table with a little more humility. Christianity has a long and deep heritage of wisdom.
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[1646] I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE-
The other night I had a weird dream- 2 young guys showed up at my door. They rang the bell and as I opened the door one of the boys said ‘John, do you remember me’. Now- to be honest this has happened lots thru out my life. At the Fire House I would often show up for shift in the morning and the off going shift would say ‘John- one of your convict buddies stopped by yesterday’ [they eventually caught on that lots of the guys I worked with at the jail/prisons knew where they could find me when they got out- and they figured they would catch me at the Fire House].
So stuff like this has happened lots- and there are times when I simply don’t remember who the guy’s are- if you give a bible study 5 years previously- they might remember you- but you might not remember them. So in my dream I told the kid [around 19 years old] ‘to be honest I don’t really remember you- just a little’ [Yes- I admit at times I have said ‘yeah- I think’ just so I wouldn’t offend the brothers].
The boy tells me that I did indeed help him and he won’t forget it. So I fellowshipped a little while. Then the boy asks a strange request ‘John- will you draw me a picture’. Sure- it seemed like something a young boy would ask- but why not. So I drew a picture of the beach and us just sitting there- like Father and son- and he asked me to sign it for him. I gave him the simple request and he seemed like a little boy getting a present from his dad. He talked a little more and as he began to leave he told me his name. He said ‘I’m Texas Ruiz’. And he left.
As I woke up [around 3 a.m.] I didn’t think too much about it. As I started the coffee, getting ready to go in the yard to pray. I remembered who Texas Ruiz was. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I pray for the cases I see in the paper- or on the news- the severe cases of crimes that have been committed. I have a wall of names [around 30 or so] that I paint the names of these people on. They will forever be on my prayer list- so I try and pick cases where the criminal [or victim] has a long lasting result/penalty- so as I pray for them over the years they can benefit from it.
One of the cases was a local one- here in Corpus Christi. The stepdad called 911 and his stepson [around 1 year old] had died. At 1st they thought it was from some natural cause- then they found out the step dad abused the boy and he died from this abuse. I saw the boy on T.V. a lot- being it was local. As Protestants we usually don’t pray for the people who have died- but I actually have felt the Lord challenge me about this over these last few years- and I do pray for the victims sometimes, even though they are dead. When I saw the boy on TV I would just raise my hand towards him and pray that God would be with his soul- I felt real bad for the kid. I did this a few times over about a week. I felt like a ‘dad’ to the kid- just praying for him. The boys name was Texas Ruiz.
There is a verse in Ezekiel 37- God says ‘in the day I raise you up and bring you back from the dead- in that day you will know that I am God’. I wrote this verse down on an ongoing journal type thing- every week I add whatever verse/book I’m studying from- whatever I feel might be significant. So I stuck this verse on the top of the page. A few days went by and I wrote the dream on the same page- I felt it was significant so I wrote it down.
After a few days- while reviewing the page- I saw that on the top it said ‘in the day I bring you back from the grave’ and in the dream- yes one of ‘our people’ did come back- it freaked me out.
In John’s gospel, chapter 11, we read of the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Lazarus and his sisters- Martha and Mary- are good friends of Jesus. They lived in a little town named Bethany [the name of my oldest daughter] and for the Jewish people to openly embrace Jesus at the time- it was a sacrifice. Many of the religious leaders already had turned against Jesus.
So one day Lazarus gets real sick and the sisters send word to Jesus ‘Lazarus- your friend- is sick’. Now- Jesus is going all over the place- healing sick people- opening blind eyes- multiplying bread and fish. I mean the sisters must have thought ‘well- at least all the flack we’ve taken over openly befriending Jesus will finally pay off’. But when Jesus hears about Lazarus the bible says he purposefully waited 2 extra days before heading towards Bethany.
Now- after a few days Lazarus did indeed die. The sisters are mad- ‘wow- he healed all these others- strangers- yet no time for us’. When he gets to the outskirts of town Martha goes out to see him ‘Jesus- why didn’t you come? You could have prevented this from happening’. Eventually Mary says the same thing to him. Jesus tells them ‘I am the resurrection and the life’.
The sisters only saw Jesus thru the lens of ‘why didn't you fix the problem when it was still possible’ Jesus was saying ‘it’s still possible’. He was telling them ‘Just because the thing you thought I would do- in life- didn’t happen yet- I can still overcome the devastation that it has caused you’. Jesus of course will raise their brother- it becomes a huge miracle to the point where the religious leaders conspire to kill Lazarus too- because so many Jewish people begin believing in Jesus because of this miracle.
In Ezekiel 37 God told Ezekiel [and the nation of Israel] ‘in the day I bring you back from the dead- in that day you will know I am God’. Today we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. A real event that took place in time and has stood the test of historical examination [too much to cover right now- but take my word for it- the evidence is overwhelming].
Sometimes we are like the sisters of Lazarus- we expected God to prevent the disaster from happening ‘Lord- if you were here this would not have happened’. The test of faith is to continue to believe- even on the other side of the disaster. The problem with Mary and Martha was they felt like Jesus simply did not come thru in time- they heard all these great stories about how Jesus helped all these others- yet they sat at home- with a dead brother and a funeral to attend.
Today I want to challenge you- are you like the sisters? Did God not prevent the disaster from happening? Did he not do for you what he did for the others? You might not see the ultimate ‘healing’ until the resurrection- the ‘last day’- but be assured- in the day he raises you from the dead- you will know that he is God.
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[1640] THE APOSTLE-
Got up early yesterday and decided to take a drive thru the old towns that I used to drive thru on my way to work. I used to pass up this historic community, German Catholics [the name of the town is Violet] but I never stopped to check out the little area where they live. They still have the original historic church they built in 1906- it’s closed down but it sits right next to a more modern one. It was cool seeing this old community- though I drove past it hundreds of times- it was nice to finally stop.
As I continued my tour I hit Robstown- another town I have driven past lots- have also been there lots of times as well. As I drove thru the main street I saw a few Pentecostal Revival tents set up- the signs had various bible verses on them. I also noticed some signs along the main road that simply said ‘Robstown for Jesus’. I of course didn’t mind seeing it- but I had the sense that some of the ‘more refined’ locals probably cringe at seeing the signs right off their main road. Often times Real Estate people don’t appreciate anything that might turn off a potential buyer.
I finished my tour by heading back to Corpus. I thought about the movie The Apostle [Duvall]. It’s one of my favorites- Duvall sort of documents the experience of a typical southern Pentecostal preacher who winds up killing his wife’s new boyfriend by accident. The story line traces the redemption of the title character and how he eventually gets busted and pays his dues. I heard Duvall talk about doing research for the movie and all- how he always was fascinated with the independent southern protestant type preachers and he had great respect for them. And I liked the overall ecumenical spirit of the movie- at one point Duvall is traveling thru an area [Louisiana?] and he sees this Catholic procession and simply says ‘they do it their way- I do it mine- but we all get the job done’.
We all have our own biases and prejudices- it’s foolish to deny that- but it helps if we simply try and view other people/groups in the best possible light. Sure- at the end of the day we will still have our disagreements, but we might also learn from each other. I remember when first reading thru the bible and attending one of Duvall’s type churches- one of the big verses we hit on was when Jesus says ‘don’t call any man on earth Father- for you have one Father- God’. We used to use this one to blast Catholics. Was Jesus talking about Catholics? Besides the fact that officially the church really didn’t exist yet- we also read the apostle Paul referring to himself as Father when writing the Corinthian church- he says ‘you have ten thousand teachers but I am your father in the gospel- I begat you thru the gospel’. Paul was the ‘spiritual Father’ of the Corinthian church [community]. Paul was an Apostle and the gift of an Apostle is like being a spiritual father.
So what gives- was Paul violating Jesus’ teaching? In the 1st century when Jesus was speaking you had the Jewish religion- Judaism- that had splintered into various sects [groups]. You could say ‘I follow rabbi so and so’ these different sects- and those who adhered to them- were said to be under the Father [Rabbi] of that school. In essence Jesus was simply rebuking the Party spirit- that thing that Paul himself rebuked the Corinthians for. Some of them said they followed Paul, others Apollo’s, etc. So a little bit of historical context- and we have our answer. But as a new believer who was zealous for the bible- I really had not time for all that stuff- I just read ‘don’t call anyone Father’ and that was that.
My short ride was enlightening- I saw the historic German community who brought their faith to this continent over a hundred years ago- sure they have ‘their way’ of doing it- like Duvall said. I also saw the Pentecostal revival meeting- with the classic tent and all [just like in Duvall’s flick] and they were proudly proclaiming Christ. Some feel we need to rid society of all vestiges of religious faith- they look to radical Islam- or to the Pro Lifer’s and say ‘we just need to get rid of the whole bunch’. One of the most popular thinkers of the last century was a man by the name of John Paul Sartre- he followed in the field of thinkers that are referred to as Existentialist’s. Sartre was an atheist- though the ‘father’ of existentialism was a Christian [Soren Kierkegaard- 1800’s].
Existentialism is a philosophy that says there is more than just head knowledge- pure rationalistic approaches to God and life. Kierkegaard wrote his famous book Fear and Trembling- he talked about how when God told Abraham to offer his son as a sacrifice- that Abraham had to rise above pure rational thought [God says ‘don’t kill’ and yet he’s asking me to kill my son]. Kierkegaard says true faith rises above rational thought and embraces God in an experiential way.
Sartre wrote a few books too. Titles; Nausea, No Exit, Being and Nothingness. He was famous for saying ‘Man is a useless passion’. Jesus warned of the danger of looking to human systems and saying ‘father’ that is choosing any system of man [like atheism] over and above the Fatherhood of God. You might be part of the Catholic community of Violet that brought their faith to the area over a century ago- or maybe your more comfortable ‘under the tent’ with my Pentecostal friends- either way the job gets done. But you do need to find a ‘tent’ a community that embraces the reality of God- because if you place yourself outside the tent- then according to Sartre- you are a useless passion.
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[1633] RADIO WARS and some other stuff.
Okay, confession time again. Every so often I admit a fault, yes- I face the blog community and do the ‘I confess to almighty God and to you my brothers and sisters- that I have sinned …’ my Catholic readers know the scoop. Catholics have a pretty good track record on confession- they confess to another person every so often. Most Protestants don’t realize that the original Protestant movement that was launched in the 16th century- these reformers did not have a big problem with confessing to a Priest. The book of James [in the New Testament] speaks about confessing to each other- and the Protestants really did not make a big deal over this issue- initially. Later on doctrines like this became a big division- but not initially.
Okay- here’s the confession. Over the years I have battled with my kids over the bathroom radio [my 2 oldest- 18, 19] still live at home and they turn the station to the rock channel when they take showers- now I like rock- classic. My driving around station is the local classic rock channel [104.5]. But in the morning I like the Christian station before I write/speak [record a radio show]. So we go back and forth on it. About a week ago my bathroom radio broke- I had the thing for around 25 years- no joke- I used to record radio shows from the thing [the cassette recorder on top]. So being the frugal person that I am [cheap] instead of breaking down and buying another radio [geez- I only get 25 years out of them!] I go to the garage and work on the one that I have sitting in there for yes- around 25 years. This one has worked all along; you just couldn’t change the dial. You could turn it but it wouldn't always work. So as I’m messing with it I get it to play on a Christian station [air 1- kind of a rock Christian thing- okay] and I actually use the plumbers glue to glue the thing permanently on the station. Now- I’m sure my kids think ‘geez- dad is serious about winning this radio war’ but the truth is if they changed the dial it would be impossible to get back to the station. In the past I wrote little notes on the radio ‘don’t remove this radio!! Ever!!’ They used to take it from the bathroom and I’d never see it for weeks. But they didn’t listen to my notes- in fact they mocked them. Some days I would get ready for the morning shower and the note would say ‘I moved it!’ yes- they put it back- but they took the time to mock my note.
So now I have the radio glued to the Christian rock station [I prefer KLOVE- but Air 1 is okay] and this morning as I’m taking a shower I hear the D. J. say ‘up next- Hanson’. Now- I didn’t even know Hanson [the boy band- now older] was doing Christian music- I felt ‘dirty’ listening to them- not because they were kid rockers- it’s just you can’t claim to be a classic rocker and actually have listened to a complete song from Hanson- in a way it’s like joining a cult. But I had no option- I was in the shower and the song just played. I was surprised- they sounded real good. It reminded me of a story I saw on one of the rock channels one day [VH1 ?] They were talking about Donny Osmond’s break into the hard rock world. He was trying to shake the squeaky clean image and made some good heavy metal type songs. They said the songs were good- one of them [Soldier of Love] made it into the top 10 rock songs of the day [in the 70’s]. Yet when the rock stations played the song they would simply say ‘by an unknown artist’ they knew their listeners would rebel if they heard a Donny Osmond song. So that’s my confession- yes- a few minutes ago I was rocking out with Hanson- just hope none of my buddies find out about this.
Okay- being I already wasted all this space- let me hit a few short things. I just finished the book of Proverbs again [reading it slowly over a few weeks] and there were a lot of points I wanted to hit- maybe the next week or 2 I’ll get to some. I just started a new book on Philosophy- I picked it up a few months ago at half price books and never looked at it until last night- I like it a lot. I know the subject is controversial- many Christians shy away from it- but if you study history [like I do a lot] you will see the strong connection between philosophy and theology [study of God]. In the ancient universities [Paris- etc.] these were referred to as the main subjects- Theology was the Queen of learning and philosophy was her handmaid.
So let me just give a short quote- Socrates said ‘the unexamined life is not worth living’. Philosophy- as a system- started around 6oo years before Christ in Greek society. The popular guys we hear about- Socrates, Plato and Aristotle- they lived around 3-350 years before Christ. Christian teachers have taken different stances for and against philosophy. The church father Tertullian said ‘what does Athens have to do with Jerusalem’ meaning philosophy and Christian teaching don’t go together. Yet the great Swiss reformer- Ulrich Zwingli [16th century] was a well schooled theologian- learned in many of the subjects of his day- like the great Catholic scholar Erasmus. These guys were a little more refined [though Zwingli was actually a warrior- killed for the cause] and they saw the Greek philosophers as precursors to Christ- Zwingli believed he would see the great Greek philosophers in heaven some day. So as you see the church has taken different stances on the subject. It’s hard to say that philosophy had no role on Christian thought- many Christians don’t realize that the apostle John almost quoted verbatim from Greek philosophy when he used the phrase ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God’ [John’s gospel- chapter 1]. In Greek philosophy there was what was considered this ultimate unified principle- that would bring all learning together as one giant truth- this was called Logos- the Word. Greek philosophy had been looking for the Word [Logos] for years- trying to find the one key truth that would tie all other truth together- John was simply saying to Greek society ‘Look- we have found the Truth- the Divine principle that you have been looking for’. So for John to quote this in his gospel was not plagiarism [as some atheists contend] but wisdom- he was speaking to the people in ways that would connect with them. Yes- because scripture is Divine- Inspired- we believe Jesus is very much The Word- the one who proceeds from God- but we also realize that in a sense John borrowed this form of words from the Greek philosophers- nothing wrong with it.
Okay- that’s it for today- I hope you guys always pick something up that sticks with you- you know a little nugget of wisdom that in 30 years from now if I see some of you at an old school reunion you can walk up to me and say ‘John- Jesus is the Word of God’ something that I will be proud about. O wait- just had a thought- if someone walks up and says ‘John- I hear you like Hanson’ I will respond ‘Who’s John?’
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[1630] EPISTEMOLOGY- Lets do a little more on how we learn- know stuff. The actual ‘study’ of how we know things is called Epistemology. Today’s popular movement is called Post Modernism- a challenge to the classical idea of Modernism. The classical way of looking at knowledge said there are things that are ‘really true’ and things that are not- this is called Objective Truth. The Post Moderns say words are limited [true to a degree] and because words are simply vehicles that transmit ideas that are not really ‘true’ in the classical sense, then it is wrong for one group [like Christians] to say to another group [non- Christians] that Jesus is the Way- Truth and Life [Johns gospel]. So the battle lines are drawn. It should be noted that a growing number of believers are describing themselves as Post Modern and they argue that it is possible to be Christian and Post Modern at the same time. Okay- as more of the classical type- I believe it is possible to get to objective truth- that the pursuit of what’s true is not a vain pursuit- and yes- though we are all limited in our understanding, yet to even have this conversation requires an element of Absolute Truth. If the Post Modernist says ‘words have no objective truth- only relative truth- they only convey what the hearer decides they convey’ then I can say ‘Oh- so if I take your words to mean there is such a thing as objective truth- that’s okay’? O know you idiot- you’re not hearing what I’m saying! So you see that the Post modernist needs his words to mean something- to convey a specific thing to the hearer- if the hearer can make the words mean whatever he wants- then you can’t even engage in the discussion- got it? So anyway- as I’m thinking about scrapping my Islam course [and just teaching it from stuff I learned myself- in the immortal words of defense secy. Bob Gates ‘on the fly’] I do want to utilize whatever objective truth I can pick up along the way- while at the same time realizing all people have their own biases and we need to listen with a careful skepticism. I ordered a course on Physics a while back- good course- but the instructor- though smart- made a classic mistake in Logic as he taught the course. He often said ‘the universe was created BY CHANCE’. Now- as a purely grammatical- logical argument- this incorrect [a fallacy]. Why? What he really means to say is ‘there are unknown causes in the universe that created the effect of existence- we do not know what these causes are- but we believe that thru a series of actions- which have no particular direction [chance] these unknown causes have caused the effect of the universe’. Okay- I don’t want to be nitpicky- but when I hear an intelligent person say ‘everything was made BY CHANCE’ and for him to get away with this without a rigorous challenge- then the Christian thinker has failed in his task to challenge the skeptic on his own terms- to show that even though the person may be an expert in his field [Physics] yet this does not mean he can get away with fallacious arguments- arguments that are invalid from the get go. So as we progress over the coming weeks/months on the various fields of study- we want to be open to learn from others who have specialized in their particular fields of study- we want to be open minded enough to learn from people who reject the faith- yes atheists can teach us things- there are areas of knowledge that all people have that can benefit the rest of us. And we want to weigh all things that we hear- we all make mistakes- and are susceptible to error. Just because my Physics ‘teacher’ screwed up in a classic way- a way that most apologists recognize right off the bat- I mean you have to be an amateur ‘arguer’ of truth to make this type of mistake- yet I didn’t reject the entire course- I still learned valuable insights from the man. So I think this is the best approach to take- listen to all sides of a matter- doubt the things that seem a little off- do some research- check into it yourself- and at the end of the day let a variety of sources be your pool of knowledge- don’t just rely on one source. Proverbs says ‘In the multitude of counselors there is safety’. Be sure you’re listening/hearing from the multitude [broad range of thought and learning] because often times single sources can be right in one area- and off in another.
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[1623] CHRIST CHURCH? A few weeks back I was going to write a post from the words of St. Peter found in the New Testament ‘The time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God [Christ’s church= house of God] and if it starts there- what will the outcome be for the rest of the world?’ [paraphrased it]. Right after the ‘thought’ the major events off the coast of Japan hit and we have this trilogy of disasters to deal with [Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear meltdown]. I did find it ‘strange’ that the recent events started with Christ Church New Zealand- and seemed to spread from there. I heard a Geologist the other night- he had previously predicted the earthquake that hit Ca. during the World Series a few years ago. He said the sign of the dead fish recently washing up in Ca. was not a coincidence- he said the fish can sense a change in the earth’s magnetic field [prior to an earthquake] and that in Japan these fish kills are actually called ‘earthquake fish’. Wow. You do hear lots of talking heads during these types of events- yet it would be nice to know the truth on these types of things. The last year or 2 we had earthquakes along the Pacific Rim; Chile, New Zealand and of course Japan. If you look on a map you see the Pacific Ocean and you can draw a circle around the perimeter- the part that affects us is the West coast- so they already have a run on Iodide pills [fear of the radiation crossing the Pacific from Japan] and some are predicting an earthquake. The other night I caught a quick news flash of Saudi Arabia sending troops into Bahrain to fight back against the protestors- as it flashed by quickly- I said ‘geez- this is a major event- and it’s getting lost in the media frenzy’. Then O’Reilly spent 15 minutes on a real important life changing story- a stripper who works with a snake- the snake bit the woman on her breast- the snake died from the silicone from the breast implant. Another news show spent almost the whole hour on sports- even the president did another March madness prediction- at a time when the world has protestors in the streets- who thought we would help them [Libya] and they are actually saying ‘Obama- where are you- where’s Bush?’ Now- whatever your view is on intervening [no fly zone- etc.] the fact is if the feeling around the globe is that we are not taking these things seriously enough- then the image of the president doing March Madness picks does not look good. So what do we make of it all? When Peter said ‘judgment must 1st start at Gods house’ he of course was not directly talking about the city of Christ Church, New Zealand. Yet in a prophetic sort of way- these types of things can be signs of what’s to come. One of the important developments has been the fact that the Arab/Persian nations have indeed chosen to ignore the pleas from the U.S. to go easy on the protestors- and they simply have said ‘screw you- look at what you did to Egypt- we are gonna go the Gadhafi route’ [to a degree]. Saudi Arabia crossing into Bahrain- a small Persian Gulf nation where we have lot of troops stationed [and the 5th fleet docked] is a major development. The markets [both Asian and U.S.] have fallen over the fears that the Nuke disaster is already as bad as Chernobyl- and the unrest in the Middle East and Africa is not getting better. So we pray- we show the world that we don’t just throw our hands up and say ‘the end of the world is here’ but we also recognize it is in mans nature to deny the reality of judgment- the reality that mankind faces times where things build up and the planet suffers for it. In the 19th century there was a movement in Christian theology called ‘Liberal theology’- not liberal in politics- but a whole genre of teaching/thought that challenged a lot of the ‘old time’ beliefs [like original sin] and focused on the ability of modern man to rise above the ignorance of the past [even in religious thought] and man was on the road to a true Utopian society that would never fail. This belief was strong- both in the universities of Germany as well as in the politics of the Western world. Then you had the world wars- 8 million people killed in the first one- and 50 million in the 2nd one. Men like Karl Barth [a Swiss theologian- teacher] would challenge the liberal view of mans ‘inner divinity’ and he would blast the Christian world with his famous ‘the epistle to the Romans’ his commentary on Paul’s famous treatise- released in 1918. Though Barth is what some describe as 'Neo- Orthodox’ [the strong Reformed teachers don’t appreciate Barth very much] yet he did bring the church back to the biblical doctrines of original sin and mans inability to ‘save himself’. Barth saw the reality of the WW1 and rejected the Utopian belief that man was so advanced that he would reach for the sky- and grab it! Today we see lots of shaking in the world- some are focused on March madness- some find it profitable to do a story on a stripper- we need to keep our eyes [and bibles] open- mankind is in need of God- man has gone thru stages where he thought the ‘old belief’ in God would fall away- to the contrary- the govt’s of man [apart from God] seem to be the thing that’s falling away.
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[1622] ARE THE JAPANESE DISPROVING FREUD? One of the narratives coming from the Japan disaster is the response of the Japanese people. In contrast to our Katrina tragedy the Japanese are very self reliant. Jack Cafferty [CNN] read an email from some elderly lady who contrasted the 2 responses. She called the Louisiana residents who looted, killed, complained and wined- she said ‘those scumbags’ [ouch!] What are we seeing in the Japanese people? The media are referring to them as Stoic’s- the philosophy [ancient Greek- one of only 2 philosophies mentioned by name in the bible- Acts chapter 17 mentions the Stoic’s and Epicureanism] that said the secret to life is living on an even plane. Don’t get too ‘up’ or too down- just ride the wave of life as moderately as you can. The other side of the coin is Hedonism- the philosophy of men like Freud- who taught that the problem with man is that he is taught to restrain himself [by religion] and that this restraint is itself a product of neurosis. Freud was a strange fellow, the father of modern Psychoanalysis; his ideas were actually quite weird. As a Jew [non practicing] he embraced the higher criticism of his day [a way of interpreting the bible as not being actually true- just good stories] and he sought to come up with an explanation for mans religious bent. So he came up with the idea of the Oedipal Complex- a strange view of man that said the real problems of man are they have this view of love and hate for the father figure- and the ‘real’ story of Moses and the children of Israel was the Jews killed Moses in the wilderness [hatred for the father figure] they then felt guilty about it- and out of this guilt they would eventually develop a ‘religion of the Son’ [Christianity] and Walla- that’s the real story. You would be surprised how many people hear silly stuff like this in life [or college!] and they never give it a second thought. Like Pope Benedict says in ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ [1st book of a trilogy on the life of Christ] he mentions the theories of the critics [men like Bultmann] and he then responds ‘and how do you know this’? Bultmann [one of the famous liberal theologians of the day] would come up with ideas like this- and he would just espouse them. The funny thing about these critics was they were trying to challenge the historical accuracy of the bible- are the gospels true- stuff like that. And in their challenge they would ‘make up’ their own stuff [Oedipal complex] and simply expect everyone to believe it. So Freud taught that we need to free man from this neurosis of religion- this thing in society that says ‘restrain yourself’ and if we teach man to do and be all that he feels like doing- then we will have healed him of this destructive religious belief that developed out of a secret love/hate relationship of father. Wow. I can think of no greater philosophy to not live your life by than that. How did the Freudian experiment turn out? It was/is a disaster- I’m not just saying this as a Christian who rejects Freud’s atheism- but many of his ideas have also been roundly rejected by the psychologists of the modern day. Freud actually taught that when you counsel a person [yes- he was the originator of the idea of the patient lying on the couch while the counselor listens] that the patient is ‘transmitting’ psychic energy from himself to the doctor- and that’s what makes him better. Freud wrote Moses and Monotheism [his fictional account of the origins of Judaism/Christianity] Totem and Taboo- the fictional idea of the primitive religion of man- and Civilization and it’s Discontents, his explanation of the conflict between mans psychic life and the demands of society. The basic view of Freud [Hedonism] is a failed system that does not work in the real world. To live your life based on the philosophy of ‘if it feels good- do it’ does not work in any area of life- for the long term. In food, shopping, family life, marriage, sexual expression- the basic principle of self restraint and discipline [the Japanese response] is in great contrast to the ‘unrestrained’ view of life [as seen in some of the Katrina response- many of the looters and rioters were raised with a welfare mentality- they were dependant on the state/govt. to do things for them. When things went bad- they blamed the govt. for it]. In the end of the day- the society that practices self discipline- that teaches their children to be self reliant- those are the ones who have the most successful lives. Those who practice Hedonism blame stuff on everyone else.
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[1616] EXODUS 34- This chapter is real important- God tells Moses to come back up into the mountain to receive the 2nd set of the 10 commandments. Moses actually broke the 1st set- when he came down from the mountain the 1st time with the 2 tablets- he saw the people rebelling [the story of worshipping the golden calf and all] and when he saw it he flipped out [yes- Moses had an anger problem- it eventually kept him from going into the promised land] and broke the tablets. So in this chapter he goes up for the 2nd time and God writes on the tablets again. I see this as a spiritual symbol of Jesus and the New Covenant. Jesus is called the mediator of the New Covenant- a 2nd covenant that is better than the 1st [Hebrews] so this ‘2nd set’ of commandments can be a type of the 2nd law. Now Moses speaks to the people- and he doesn’t realize that his face is shining. So after he speaks with the people- he puts a veil on his face until he goes to meet with God again. Each time he meets with God- he comes back- talks with the people- and puts the veil on. In 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 the apostle Paul says this is an example of the blindness of natural Israel- that is they don’t fully see Jesus as the Messiah. As a Jew himself- Paul wanted his fellow Jews to also believe in the messiah [Romans 9-10] and he did all he could to argue for the reality of Jesus as being the Messiah [read the sermons in the book of Act’s] so Paul says the Jewish people [his own nation/people] have a sort of spiritual veil over their faces [actually it covers Moses face- a type of Jesus. Meaning Jesus is right there- in front of them, but they see a figure- but are unable to truly see his identity- sort of like a man wearing a veil]. So Paul uses this story to preach Christ. Just like the Manna, just like the Ark, the Tabernacle- as we read Exodus we are really seeing an unveiling of the person and work of Christ.
Okay- as we finish this short study over the next day or 2- let me also try and tie up a few lose ends. Those of you who have been reading this site for a while realize I was in the middle of a few other studies before I jumped into this series- which I will call ‘Insights from a Revolution’. The reason being the Asian/Persian world is on fire- Revolutions- civil wars [Libya] lots of stuff came up. I also finished the Christopher Hitchens book [god is not great- Hitchens is an atheist and I have been reproving him]. For the sake of not wanting to give him any more ‘air time’ than I had to- I stopped correcting his many mistakes [yes- Many!]. I plan on reviewing and critiquing the other ‘new atheists’ in the coming months- Hitchens is considered the smartest of the bunch [Dawkins, Harris, etc.] so I figured if we ‘throw him under the bus’ then we would have taken down the top dog. Let me finish Hitchens by saying the guy is outright mean- calls Mother Theresa ‘a troll’- refers to princess Dianna as a ‘land mine’ [she was known for her international work with getting rid of land mines]. Why? He says ‘there easy to lay- and cause lots of damage’. Hitchens is not a man that anyone should look up to. I felt he was a liar- conniver- snake oil salesman. One last example- he mentions the bible story of the graves of people opening up by an earthquake the day Jesus was crucified- the bible does indeed say this- I have read this many times over the years [in the gospel]. The bible says that AFTER Jesus rose from the dead [3 days later] that the bodies of believers who were in these open graves rose too- a sort of ‘first fruits’ resurrection. The apostle Paul says [1st Corinthians 15] that Jesus resurrection was the ‘first fruits’ you could include this small group of dead saints in with this group [called the 1st fruits]. These believers eventually died again- and will receive their new resurrected bodies at the 2nd coming. Now- why get into this? Hitchens uses this story- and says ‘see- the bible says these saints rose before Jesus- the day he was crucified- this challenges the whole theory that Jesus rose from the dead 1st’. Now- like I said before- Hitchens claims to be a regular bible student- and its stuff like this that causes an alarm bell to go off in my head when I read it. The man is obviously lying- lying for money [a crass seller of books! You know- the same complaint atheists make all the time against believers, money grubbers]. And he uses this actual story- more than once- to prove a point- that is wrong!
There was something else that happened on the day Christ died. In the story of Exodus- when Moses builds the actual tabernacle- he puts this huge veil over a room called ‘the holy of holies’. The tabernacle [little church like structure that held the Ark and stuff] had 2 rooms in it- the 1st room- called the ‘1st room’ [Hebrews 9-10] or the holy place- had the table of showbread, the candlestick- a few other things. Then you had this huge veil covering the 2nd room- called the holy of holies. That’s the room that contained the box [ark] with the 10 commandments in it [I wrote about this in the previous post called ‘don’t look in the box!’]. This room was divided from the 1st room by the veil. So eventually King David would start building the temple- and his son Solomon would finish it. Over the centuries the temple took the place of the tabernacle system. In the temple of Jesus day- built by Herod- it was a magnificent structure- the central place of worship and religion for the Jewish people. In this huge temple there was actually a huge veil- a veil that divided the holy of holies from the 1st room- just like the original tabernacle built by Moses some 1400 years before. The day Jesus died- the bible says ‘the veil of the temple was ripped from the top to the bottom’. God did a miracle [maybe the same earthquake that broke open the graves shook the building and it separated the veil?] and the veil was ripped apart- signifying the reality that because of Jesus death on the Cross we now have open access to God- no more veil. This event is recorded in the history books of Jesus day- Paul says there is coming a time when ‘the veil’ [spiritual blindness of people] will be removed- and people will say ‘wow- now I see it- I never saw it before- but now it makes sense’. Are you still wearing a veil?
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[1600] YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? YOU GOT IT. Okay- history was made yesterday- on the exact anniversary of the Iranian revolution [that didn’t work out so well]. First- I’m glad the people in the square prevailed- I’m on their side and stand in solidarity with them. There are already a few other Facebook pages popping up- DAYS OF RAGE for other countries who are seeking to capitalize on the mood of revolution in the air- it looks like we might really be living in historic times. These events could very well be the defining moment of this century- that which historians will look back on and see as momentous- a defining time. Are there dangers? Yes. There are always dangers when Revolution happens- honest [and dishonest] people on both sides- we [the U.S.] are children of Revolution- if any nation should support these revolts- it should be us! We had dissenters during our season of revolt- some preachers/Christians sided with England- they felt like it was disobeying the bible to ‘Revolt’- there are bible verses that say ‘obey your earthly rulers- listen to the kings and governors- don’t rebel’. Now- that sure does sound problematic if you’re a believer on the revolting side. The apostle Paul wrote this, not under Western Style Democracy- but under Imperial Roman Rule! [ in his letter to the church at ROME!] So how do we join the spirit of freedom and popular revolution with this? Jesus obviously rejected violent revolt [those who live by the sword will die by it] yet he was not against challenging the authorities of the day- non violently standing up to corrupt leaders- and yes- instituting a new revolutionary kingdom- one that would overthrow the ‘kingdoms of this world’ [ The Kingdom of God]. I mean you can’t escape the imagery of revolt and kingdom and righteous dominion [rule] this is the heart and soul of the Kingdom of God. Problem? Well yes- at times [like in our day] many Christians misunderstand the purpose of the Kingdom of God- they [in my view] place too much emphasis on the geographical area of the Holy Land- they develop scenarios that pit Arab/Muslim nations against Israel- and they read the very real Old Testament prophecies thru a lens that says ‘this is God’s word- this ethnic group [Jewish] should posses this area- and this other ethnic group [Palestinian] should get out’. I think when we see the purpose of God and his kingdom thru this lens- we err. But the reality is the bible and the message of Jesus are one of true revolution- peaceful- but revolution nonetheless. The verses Paul wrote are indeed scripture- and they were real practical advice given to the fledgling church in the 1st century- Paul did not want the nascent church to get a reputation of being political rabble rousers- you had what were called Zealots at the time- Jewish political activists who advocated violent overthrow of Roman rule from the Jewish land- and Paul [and Jesus] rejected this idea. So I think if we read the basic instructions from Paul and see the context of the time- that yes- a political revolt was not what the early church needed. But what we are seeing in our day is a possible major realignment of the nations in the Arab [and Persian] world. We are seeing people who have been oppressed by religious theocracies- these people have every right to rebel- to non violently go to the streets and stand in protest to the dictators who have ruthlessly oppressed them for years- these rebels are not criminals- they are non violent protestors who are speaking truth to power- much like what Jesus did. Now- where next? I think we need to do Iran again- I think the president [Obama] thinks this too. Yesterday as he gave a speech after the historic events in Egypt- he spoke to the leadership of Iran and told them ‘let your people also freely protest in your streets’. Now- that message is saying ‘you guys are also gonna fall’- do you really think the Iranian madman thinks ‘well- maybe if we let the people protest- that’s all the president meant’ c’mon- if we thru Mubarak ‘under the bus’ [I’m glad he’s under the bus] there isn’t a snowballs chance in Hades that The mad man from Iran will get a free pass. So yes- lets support all the days of rage that are popping up- lets be on the side of freedom from tyrants and U.S. puppets- the Arab street is smart- they know much more than we give them credit for- and yes- there will be a danger from radical Islamist elements- we should make a distinction between violent and non violent Muslim groups- but even groups like the Muslim Brotherhood that have rejected violence- we should still be aware of their goal- they do indeed advocate for religious rule and we need to say ‘yes- we honor your principled stance against violence- yet we reject any religious theocracy- whether it be Christian, Jewish, Muslim- we want freedom and rights for all people- regardless of their religion- and we do not support your goal- even if you want to achieve it thru non violence’. Where next? IRAN.
[just a note- as I’m presently studying Marx and Freud and other thinkers- Marx himself rejected God because he felt like the religious rulers would use these types of ‘non revolt’ teachings to keep the people suppressed- Marx’s problem with God came thru this economic challenge- the masses were unwilling to revolt against economic oppression because religion was being used as a tool to keep the people under. I think in the beginning Marx meant well- saw the oppression of people and saw how rulers used religion to control people- too bad he couldn’t read this post]
[1587] OVERVIEW- Lets over view a little today- in the last post I mentioned how we will be getting into Marx, Freud and Nietzsche in the coming months- yet I have so many things going on at this time that just in case I never get to them I want to lay out some stuff. First, most challenges to the Christian faith/God- have come from the point of view that said ‘yes- we believe that there is some being out there- God- but we challenge the purveyors of religion and how man has used religion to control- manipulate the masses’. It was not until the rise of these men that the popular approach of ‘no God’ would take a foothold in the minds of many unsuspecting ‘masses’. Before we delve into the ideas and contradictions of these men- let me explain why most thinkers of the Enlightenment did not take the atheistic approach- and instead opted for some form of Deism/Theism. The original debate of ‘where did everything come from’ did not start during the Enlightenment- it dates back as far as 4-5 centuries before Christ- the question is obviously older- but you can read the debate taking place in the great minds of the Greek philosophers; Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Though the idea of God in the minds of these Greek thinkers was not the same definition that Christianity would hold to- yet they did believe in some type of being who for the most part was what we would think of as God- they referred to him as The Prime Mover- a term that the great Catholic thinker Thomas Aquinas would use in the 13th century as he too argued for the existence of God. Okay- the Greeks taught that the universe/cosmos always existed- and there was an initiator who started the ball rolling [motion]. Their ideas about how the solar system worked were primitive- the famous idea espoused by Ptolemy had a sort of crystalline sphere surrounding the earth and the stars and planets were ‘stuck’ to this shield and as the sphere rotated- that’s what caused the heavens to change. Obviously the breakthroughs in cosmology that occurred under Copernicus and Galileo would bring us into a more perfect idea of how everything functions- yet the Ptolemaic view prevailed for centuries. Now- over the centuries those who began to challenge the church- they would hold to a view that while it is obvious that some Divine being exists [yes- very obvious- get to it in a moment] – yet they were not sure about the existence of the universe- did it always exist like the Greek philosophers said- or did the universe- and all things- have a beginning point? It is important to realize that those who would later on [18th- 20th centuries] challenge the actual existence of God- these very intelligent atheists [not joking] understood that if modern science ever taught a view that said ‘there was a point in time where nothing existed’ these men realized if this were true- then the gig would be up- if there was a time where nothing existed- not even God- they knew beyond all doubt that you would have nothing today. In my view these atheists were the smartest. Yet the breakthroughs in Physics during the era of Einstein did finally prove- beyond all doubt- that there was a time in the past where Time, Matter, Space- that all things did indeed have a starting point. This scientific fact [not religious fact] is absolute- beyond all doubt- irrefutable proof that God does indeed exist- and that he does possess all the attributes ascribed to him by Christian theology. If there was a time where nothing existed [not even God] then you would have nothing today- that’s fact- not belief. So- this is the way the world has debated about the subject for thousands of years- and for the recent theories to try and go back to the idea that the cosmos always existed- well that’s stone age thinking- that’s a rejection of what is commonly referred to as Big Bang cosmology- and no serious thinker rejects Einstein’s theories any more. So- where does that leave us? As we get into the many ideas people have come up with about God- religion- etc. we want to give the critics their chance to make the case- I have been reading [and refuting] Christopher Hitchens book these last few weeks [God is not great- Hitchens is a famous atheist] and I’m giving him a fair hearing- but not going easy on his blunders as well. A while back I got into a debate on a scientific type site- it was Christian in nature- but as I read the feed I realized there were a bunch of scientists going at it- smart men- some on the side of faith- others against it. I added [hesitantly!] my 2 cents worth. At one point- one of the scientists made a major blunder in logic while making his case that there is no God- I wasn’t too mean [heck- he was mocking Christians- I had to be a little mean] and as I posted my correction- proving him to be wrong- not in my area of faith- but in his area of science- he left the debate and never came back. As I checked the posts the next day- I saw another scientist anonymously posted a comment- agreeing with me, about a scientific fact- and admitting that his friend was indeed wrong. The point? It is too easy in this debate to think ‘surely these men must be right- after all they wouldn’t be so popular if they were wrong’- the fact is- this debate is not new, and yes- there are many popular writers/thinkers who are teaching an atheistic view- and these guys are making major mistakes in logic, fact, even in their own fields- they have been proven wrong- time and time again. So for those who are fans of the thinkers I will be refuting down the road- keep an open mind- don’t assume that these men are beyond fault- major fault in my view- and realize that the most prevalent idea espoused by the atheistic thinkers today- has indeed been proven false. You cannot get something from nothing- if there were a time where nothing existed- then nothing would exist today.
[1586] FREUD-NIETZSCHE AND MARX- Today I need to do a little more on our study of Modernity [the thinkers who have influenced Western culture/thought from the 1700’s- 2000’s]. At this time I have 3 separate studies I have started on-line; Classics of literature, Great Christian thinkers of history, and Modernity. As time rolls on- I will gradually post all new studies once a year in a monthly post [most of the time it will be February] and as I update them you can read the most recent ones from the most recent years.
Okay- I am skipping a bunch of stuff to jump into the thinkers who represent the most popular forms of atheism- Marx, Nietzsche and Freud. But first we need to take a look at Ludwig Feuerbach. L.F. [Ludwig Feuerbach] laid the groundwork for these other more famous rejecters of God and Christianity. During the enlightenment period it was rare for the critics of religion to hold an outright atheistic view- men like Hume and Voltaire- though true critics of the church- did not come out openly and deny the existence of God. It was also difficult [impossible?] to hold professorships in the universities if you were a doubter of God. Both Hume and Voltaire did not hold positions. F.S. was Hegelian in a way [he followed Hegel’s idea that ‘God’ comes to self consciousness thru the development of humanity] but F.S. was a Materialist- Hegel was an Idealist. Remember- idealism is the philosophical system that sees reality existing in forms/ideas first- then later comes the material thing. The great ancient philosophers- Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were all Idealists. F.S. espoused the idea that reality starts with the material existence of man first- and thru religion man ‘projects’ the idea of God/spirit into society- and as man and Christianity develop [all good things for F.S.] that the ultimate truth that we learn on this journey is that man is really all there is- his ‘phase’ of God and religion were simply necessary stages for man to arrive at this self conscious state in which he finally realizes that man is all there is- God was a ‘crutch’- a needed one- but never the less simply a projection of mans mind until he came to full maturity. For F.S. ‘theology [the study of God] is anthropology’ [the study of man]. So in this sense he follows Hegel- the development of man and society is the development of God- but Hegel starts with spirit projecting ‘himself’ into creation- and F.S. starts with man/matter first- and man projects this idea of God/spirit as a secondary reality. The philosopher Paul Ricoeur describes F.S. and his disciples as holding to a system of belief called ‘the hermeneutics of suspicion’. This meaning that religion and God are not just things that seem to be irrational [according to certain enlightenment critics] but that religion itself is a mask that adds to the suffering of man- that man is under the dominion of false ideas- ideas that have been developed by those who want power over others- and these taskmasters use religion as a tool to oppress the ignorant masses. This idea will come to full bloom in the mind of Marx. Marx referred to religion as a ‘false consciousness’ that kept man in servitude to others who ruled over them- and religion itself was the tool that kept these ignorant masses in check. Nietzsche thought religion had its roots in weakness and sickness- and that the most decadent used it to control those who were actually more moral than the leaders. Freud saw religion as an effect of repression and the actual cause of mental conflict and guilt- he blamed religion for all the psychosis that man is afflicted with in life. The next few posts in this study [whenever I get to them?] I will try and develop all 3 of these famous thinkers ideas- show the errors in their own thinking- and the aftermath of generations who have tried/fleshed out their philosophies- and have found them dreadfully lacking in the end.
[1585] ANOTHER SHAKESPEARE? As I continue to read thru some of the arguments against Christianity- the pros and cons- one of the common threads that run thru the critics minds is the entire field of what is called ‘the historical method- higher criticism’. I have written extensively on it in the past- and will just hit a few points for today. This method of study developed in the German universities during the late 19th- early 20th centuries. Men like Rudolph Bultmann would popularize it- and before him thinkers like Hegel would play their role in setting the field for a new way of thinking about the bible and Christian truth. During this time many professors/scholars began studying the bible in the original languages [Old testament- Hebrew. New Testament- Greek] and they noticed something interesting- the first 5 books of the bible- commonly attributed to Moses [meaning he wrote them] were found to have used different Hebrew words for God. You also noticed different ways things were phrased in different sections- this lead some thinkers to espouse an idea called ‘the documentary hypothesis’ when I recently critiqued the atheist- Christopher Hitchens- he used this argument in his book- but you could tell he simply read the theory from someone else [a teacher- Bart Erhman] and that he was really not familiar with the entire field. This theory is usually attributed to a thinker named Wellhausen, and it gained popularity among the school of teachers often referred to as liberal theologians [liberal- not politically- but in theology]. Eventually the idea arose that Moses could not have been the writer of the Torah [first 5 books of the bible] but the Torah must have been written after the captivity of Israel [around the 6th century B.C.E.] and the returning Jews to their homeland basically made up the whole thing in order to give a sense of community and purpose to the down trodden Jews. The same idea was developed about the New Testament and the gospels- these same critics said the gospels were really written by later authors- who made up most of the stories in order to give a sense of continuity to the developing nascent church- though these critics thought the New Testament still had ‘religious value’ yet the historical truth is absent [thus the name historical critical method]. Now- what about this John? First- over the years both of these theories- as interesting as they are- were in fact proven to have been not true. How? Well- the story s a little too long for this post- but basically as the field of archaeology and historical studies developed- the critics had less ground to stand on- not more. When I recently read the Popes book- he deals with this subject a lot- and he skillfully and accurately refutes it- I mentioned how at times the Pope was even funny. The Pope outlines the theory [about the gospels being a fabrication- written by some unknown men at a later date] and the Pope asks Bultmann ‘and just how do you explain the idea that these unknown authors wrote the most valuable writings of the day- books that have influenced the entire world- written at a real time with other real historical people living at the time- and yet they were able to carry out this elaborate hoax- while never being detected by anyone who also lived during that time’ in essence [I’m paraphrasing Benedict] the theory actually has no proof- if your going to challenge the historicity of the gospels- writings that do claim historical accuracy- written by men who we know did indeed live in the 1st century- whose historical accuracy has never been seriously challenged for centuries- if you come up with a theory 1900 years after the fact- then you can’t attribute your theory to a bunch of anonymous men- who supposedly lived at the same time- and brilliantly carried out the most elaborate hoax in the history of the world- and no one knows who these geniuses are! Benedict is correct in his critique of the critics. Basically these theories- while adding something to the whole debate- as a whole do not stand the same test of historical examination that they want to apply to the bible. And if the gospels are accurate [which they have been proven to be] Jesus himself speaks about the Torah [the first 5 books] quite a lot- he speaks saying ‘Moses said this’ and attributes the books to Mosaic authorship- talks of ‘Noah’s day’ speaks of God creating man in the beginning [Genesis]- Jesus himself testifies to the historical accuracy of the Old Testament- so if we have proof that the gospels are historically accurate- then according to Jesus- the history of the Old Testament is also historically true- See? When I read Hitchens- he has no depth at all in this debate- he seems to have simply read one side- and dished it out to his readers- giving them old arguments against the faith that have been disproven for years. It’s like the guy who said ‘hey- did you hear the news? We have found out that Shakespeare really didn’t write the tremendous works that are attributed to him’ O really- then who wrote them ‘another guy named Shakespeare’.
[1582] HITCHENS-PIRATES AND M THEORY- Let’s talk a little more about Christopher Hitchens book- God is not great. As I’m reading thru the book- and also doing some studying on Modernity- it’s obvious for me to see the errors in the arguments Hitchens is making in trying to refute the existence of God. Instead of attempting to refute each argument he makes [and to be honest- he does make many classic mistakes- things that are not really hard to show as false]. Let me give you just a few points- Hitchens comes at you from all angles- history, science, historical criticism [a view of the bible that tries to undermine the historical accuracy of the faith] politics- he basically covers all the angles that I too like to engage in. He is smart- no doubt about it- and he mocks Christians, Jews, Muslims- and he does it in a way that says ‘you are all idiots’. So that’s why when attempting to refute him- when I see him doing something stupid- I try and bring that out. Okay- one of the major mistakes Hitchens makes [a common mistake in the field of apologists versus atheists] is he appeals to the basic idea ‘we- as intellectual people do not accept things based on faith- we only believe things that can be scientifically proven to be true’ now- how many times have you heard this? This argument is only made by those who are ‘novices’ in this debate. Why? Because at face value it is very easy to refute. Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris- and all the other famous atheists believe in all types of historical events- things that happened in the past- without a single shred of ‘scientific proof’. Let’s see- Do you believe Lincoln was shot? Have you personally done DNA tests on the remains? Have you even seen the remains? Let’s see- what about Aristotle and Socrates and Plato- surely as refined as these men are- they most certainly believe that these great Greek philosophers lived 4 centuries before Christ. Again- what scientific proof can you show me- you know- the standard that you’re using to judge whether or not Jesus ever lived? Basically the argument that says 'faith and Jesus and God are not real truth- not like science’ is a totally illogical argument- unless these men would have us believe that they reject all of the above historical figures I just mentioned. So how does the bible- Jesus- God- hold up to the historical test [not the scientific test!]? Point of fact- there is no other historical person- in the history of the world- with more historical proofs of his existence. There are no other ancient documents- dating back to the time of Christ- that have the historical accuracy that we find in the New Testament- Luke- the writer of both the gospel of Luke and the book of Acts- from a purely historical point of view- is considered the best- most accurate- first century historian to have ever lived [I explained it all before under the Evolution/Cosmology section- I think it’s in the 8-2010 posts]. Basically the argument Hitchens is making is dishonest at its core. Then- he gets into M Theory [geez- didn’t really want to go there] Okay- I love studying science, history, Physics. And to be honest- Physics is really not my ‘field’ that is I prefer to show you the mistakes Hitchens is making when he pretends to be a bible student [he makes statements that he is a regular reader of the bible- who goes thru it often- I seriously doubt that claim- he seems to be familiar with certain critical scholars of scripture- theories that have long been rejected- documentary theory by Wellhausen- and you can kinda tell he simply reads the critics and incorporates their ideas into his own- heck- if there is no God- then what’s wrong with plagiarism?] Okay- Hitchens seems to be enamored with Stephen Hawking- I wrote about Hawking a month or so ago- in his recent book- Grand Design- he made some ‘Grand mistakes’ and I refuted these errors. Now Hitchens seems fascinated by certain theories of Hawking- and his worship of the man’s theories goes to the extreme. Hitchens speaks of the famous idea in theoretical physics called M Theory- modern physics [standard theory] says our universe is made up of Pixels- fine points of matter that are unseen by the naked eye- but exist as the basic fabric of the universe. Now- we all accept this- Atoms- Neutrons- etc. all little ‘dots’ if you will, that make up our universe. So M theory [a theory that expands upon String theory] says ‘no- maybe the universe is made up of these strings- these vibrating strings that form into circles- and under these hoops- there are buckets that make up the matter of the universe’ Okay- just think in your head of a piece of string- make a loop- under the loop stick a basketball net. Walla- that’s the theory. Now- does this sound stupid to you? Well you’re in good company- it also sounds stupid to a growing number of very able physicists! Yes- many brilliant- non religious scientists- will tell you that doing science like this- just making stuff up- is loony. So to be honest- as interesting as theoretical physics is- there are many things that simply do not meet the standard of ‘solid science’. So- why mention this. Hitchens uses this theory as proof against the existence of God [in a weird- tortured way] and at the same time says ‘I don’t accept things that can’t be scientifically proven’ yet the whole M theory field is very doubtful- some think the whole thing is simply not true. So it’s stuff like this- obvious mistakes- that are sprinkled all thru out his book. I mean he even makes mistakes that novices make- he mistakenly refers to the establishing of the state of Israel as having occurred in the 19th century- I mean I can’t believe he doesn’t know the actual date- 1948- I have to think that he simply made the common mistake of thinking the years 1900-1999 are the ‘19th century- a common mistake made by people who are just beginning the journey of learning [obviously the 1900’s are the 20th century]. But at the same time he lambasts Christians as idiots and does stuff like this. It reminds me of the time I was watching MSNBC- now this cable channel is filled with nonstop mocking of the political right- one morning the host [Scarborough] was doing his show- and he reads the upcoming story to come on after the commercial- but you can see he’s confused- he asks someone off screen ‘does that say Pirates’? And they tell him yes- he then says ‘folks- your not gonna believe this- but when we get back- yes- we will cover the developing story of Pirates- yes I know it sounds unbelievable- Pirates attacked a ship off the coast of Somalia’. Now- no one ever said anything- he came back and simply reported the story. What’s wrong? He obviously thought Pirates meant ‘Pirates’ you know- Johnny Depp and the Caribbean. I’m sure someone informed him during the commercial ‘Piracy is the official term for robbery on the high seas- you dummy’! Can you imagine the mocking they would have done if Sarah Palin had done this? So I see in Hitchens a mocking of religion and at the same time a conceited view of his own intellect- and the intellect of other atheists- he engages in a sort of debate that says ‘look- you religionists are idiots- we are not’ and he makes such obvious mistakes- things that ‘uneducated’ people do all the time- not bad people- just common mistakes like the ‘19th century’ thing. And if people make mistakes like this [Pirates- etc.] fine- we don’t want to beat people up- but if the entire premise of your book [or cable channel] is ‘look at all the Christian idiots’ and then you make the same mistakes your criticizing the Christians for- well then yes- you look as silly as Joe Scarborough thinking Johnny Depp and his crew were out robbing ships!
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To the free sites I am on- Thank you for the service you provide to the public. I try not to pay for sites if I do not have to. Why? I want to build long term- and in short- when a person dies- pay sites will stop. Because the annual payment eventually stops- and the site goes down. I have said this to some of the sites over the years but wanted to have it in one place so I don’t need to say it to each site. Thanks- John
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Thought this might help- last text I wrote in along time
9-11-24 Just realized the date now- and yes- that’s the way most things are for me. I just got back from seeing homeless friends for about 3 hours.
Talked to one for some time- about life- recovery and end of life to come.
Quoted and taught from the words of Jesus about a few things that he himself brought up.
He- like many others- was clean for about 4 months and had what many call a relapse.
So I tried to give some insights on how not to give up and a little more in depth view about my view of recovery.
Now- why write this note- the first in a very long time? Well- my word software does not have spellcheck at the moment- sure- I can go back and check- but this takes a bit more time.
Also- I don’t have the time anymore to write new stuff- this might be the last ‘new’ entry- ever.
Over time I hoped most people realized that I have been re-posting old posts from years gone by.
Sure- I try and check for old news comments and stuff, and if I can remove them- I do.
But I have made notes [somewhere?] that this is what you might see from time to time.
I simply am not at the time of life to write new things anymore [or make new videos] unless I have to.
If sites I’m on see a page titled ‘New Sites’ which is an old page of a few old sites which I did not change the title to yet [catalog scroll shares- for my use]- some of these sites are to the ‘right’ of the aisle- then they might think ‘These are his NEW sites- we must delete the entire blog site!’
[Which just happened to 2 sites- 1 of them was the main website from the start. Much damage was done- because I used those links in many posts over the years- these are now what we call ‘dead links’ and that’s not good at all].
No- those are my older sites- just a few of many- and it just so happens that some of them are to the right of the aisle. I am on about 375 sites right now all over the world.
So life is at times full of stuff- stuff you have to get done- stuff you need to get done- and stuff you want to get done.
For me it’s nice to hit the keyboard for the 1st time in a long time [to write]- but that’s ‘Stuff’ that I don’t do anymore [Just took me a minute to find the ‘quotation mark’- really]
So I pray God will bless you all- I will try to keep posting old ‘Stuff’ because most of the important teachings in the New Testament are in those ‘re-posted’ studies.
And I don’t have time to ‘re-write’ what I have written before.
God bless all- John
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1st, 2nd CORINTHIANS [Radio links included]
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http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-8e 641- 1ST Cor.- intro
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-8a 643- 1st Cor. 3
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-89 644 1st Cor. 4
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-86 645 1st Cor. 5:1-8
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-88 646 1st Cor. 5-6
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-85 647 1st Cor. 6
(942)1st CORINTHIANS INTRODUCTION- Out of all of Paul’s letters, this one is ‘the most verified’ as being his. Of course we know this because Paul says so in the letter! But for all those intellectual higher critics, this helps. Corinth was a city of great influence and trade, many land and sea routes converged at Corinth and her port. The city was also known for her philosophers and ‘preachers of wisdom’ [Rhetoric]. They actually had a custom at Corinth in which you could ‘hire’ your own ‘preacher of wisdom’. These were the traveling teachers who made a living at speaking. This also might be why Paul specifically said ‘when I was with you I did not take money from you’. The custom of the traveling preachers was you could pay a one time honorarium for a single speech, or you could actually hire a regular speaker and have him ‘on salary’. Paul did not want the Corinthians to think that he was their hired preacher! How much influence this type of trade would have on the later development of the ‘hired clergy’ is unknown, but the similarities are striking. The famous 5th century bishop of Hippo, North Africa, Saint Augustine, made his living as one of these traveling teachers of philosophy before becoming a Christian. It’s believed that Paul wrote a 3rd letter to the church at Corinth, so what we know as 1st, 2nd Corinthians might actually be letters 2 and 3. I personally think Corinthians holds special value for the church today. The 21st century believer is being challenged on her Ecclesiology, the whole idea of what the church is. In Corinthians we see a specific picture of what the church is and on how she should meet. Paul will not address ‘the Pastor’ [there was none in the modern sense of the office] but he will speak directly to the brothers at Corinth and give them some heavy responsibilities to carry out [like committing a brother to satan for the destruction of his flesh! Ouch]. Paul went to Corinth on his 2nd missionary journey and spent 18 months with them [Acts 18] one of the longest stays at any church. Because of the pagan background of the city Paul will address specific issues related to believers and certain practices of idol worship. Eating meat offered to idols and stuff like that. Corinth also practiced a form of idolatry that included prostitution, so he will deal severely with the loose sexual morals of the people at Corinth. Well we have a lot to cover in the next few weeks, try and read Corinthians on your own as we plunge into this study, it will help a lot.
(943)1ST CORINTHIANS 1:1-17 Paul greets them as an apostle called by God, he affirms his authority and ‘fathering ability’ as coming from God. He tells them he thanks God all the time for the fruit that he sees in their lives, the thing that made Paul rejoice was the work God was doing in the communities he was establishing as an apostle. Today ministers have a tendency to ‘rejoice’ over the Christian enterprise that we oversee. Whether its’ how well the budget went this year and stuff like that. Paul’s joy wasn’t in the fact that God called him to some great personal ministry where he would find self fulfillment. His joy was in the actual growth and freedom that ‘his churches’ [communities of people] were experiencing. He also defines them as ‘those that call upon the name of the Lord like all the others’. Remember what we said when studying Romans chapter 10? One of the signs of the believer is ‘they call upon Jesus name’. They are believing communities of ‘Christ callers’. Not so much a one time evangelical altar call, but a lifestyle. Jesus said we are ‘a house of prayer’. A spiritual community/house who intercedes for all nations. It’s in our very DNA! Paul also commends them as being enriched by God in all ‘knowledge and utterance’ [speech]. It seems funny that he would say they were blessed and enriched in speech. Paul will give some of his strongest rebukes over speaking gifts [tongues, prophesy] to this community. Yet he does not approach it from the strong anti charismatic view. He doesn’t say ‘your speech is demonic’ he says it is enriched by God! We will deal with the gifts later on. Now for the first real rebuke. Paul says he has heard reports that there are divisions and strivings among them. They are already dividing up into various sects. Some follow Paul, others follow Cephas, some say ‘we are the true Christ followers’. Paul rebukes them sharply over these divisions, he does not want the early church to identify with individual personalities and gifts at the expense of true unity. Was this the early development of denominationalism? To a degree yes. But I also don’t think we should view the various Christian denominations as deceived or ‘lost’. The modern church has become what we are thru many struggles and difficulties over a 2 thousand year history. My personal view is we should strive for unity, not by trying to dissolve all the various ‘tribes’ that exist in Christ’s church, but by growing into a more mature view of all who name the name of Christ as being fellow believers who partake of a common grace. I applaud all the efforts being made by various Christian churches today to come to a greater outward unity [for example the Catholic and Orthodox dialogue] but I also believe as we see each other as fellow believers and learn to appreciate our different emphasis, that this approach can also lead to greater unity among believers today. Paul saw the beginnings of division in the early Corinthian community, he did his best to quell the coming storm.
(944)1ST CORINTHIANS 1:18-31 Paul declares the actual preaching of the Cross to be the power of God. The Jews sought for a sign [remember the sign of Jonas?] and the Greeks prided themselves in wisdom. Paul declares that Jesus IS the wisdom and power of God. In Christ is contained all the wisdom and power [signs] in the universe! Paul says God destroyed the wisdom of unregenerate man and that Gods foolishness is wiser than men’s greatest achievements apart from God. Wow, what an indictment on enlightenment philosophy. Man goes thru stages of learning and knowledge [renaissance, enlightenment. Industrial, scientific revolution] these are not bad achievements in and of themselves. Many of the greatest scientists and scientific discoveries were made by men of faith [Newton, Pascal, Faraday, etc] the problem arises when men think that sheer humanistic reasoning, apart from God, is the answer. Right now there is a movement [11-08] going on where some atheists bought ad space on the sides of buses that say ‘why believe in a god? Do good for goodness sake’. So they had both sides [Christian /Atheist] debate it. The simple fact is, sheer humanism cannot even define ‘what good is’. ‘Good’ becomes a matter of what serves me best at the time of my decision. Without God and special revelation [scripture-10 commandments] good can be defined by Hitler’s regime as exterminating one class of society for the benefit of the whole. Only Christian [or Deist, Jewish, Muslim] beliefs place special value and dignity on human life. It is a common misconception to think that all the enlightenment philosophers were atheists; this was not the case at all. Locke, Hume and others simply believed that thru human logic and reason people could arrive at a sort of naturalistic belief in God. This would form the basis of Deism, the system of belief in God but a rejection of classic Christian theology. Benjamin Franklin and other founding fathers of our country were influenced by this style of belief. Now, getting back to the Greeks. Paul says ‘God destroyed the wisdom of this world’. What wisdom is Paul talking about? The enlightenment philosophers of the 18th century had nothing on the Greek philosophers going all the way back to a few centuries B.C. Plato, the Greek wrestler turned philosopher, had one of the most famous schools of Greek philosophy. At the entrance of the school the words were written ‘let none but geometers enter here’. Kind of strange. Geometry simply meant ‘form’ in this use. Most of the great theoretical physicists were also great mathematicians [Einstein]. The Greek philosophers were seeking a sort of ‘unified theory’ that would explain all other theories and bring all learning together under one intellectual ‘roof’. Sort of like Einstein's last great obsession. The Greeks actually referred to this great unknown future ‘unifier’ as ‘the Logos’. Now, some atheists will use this truth to undercut the New Testament. They will take the common use of these words ‘The Logos’ and say that Johns writings [Gospel, letters] were simply stolen ideas from Greek philosophy. This is why believers need to have a better understanding of the inspiration of scripture. John’s writings were no doubt inspired, he of course calls Jesus the ‘Logos’ [word] of God. But he was simply saying to the Greek/Gnostic mind ‘look, you guys have been waiting for centuries for the one special ‘Word/Logos’ that would be the answer to all learning, I declare unto you that Jesus is this Logos’! So eventually you would have ‘the wisdom of the world’ [both Greek and enlightenment and all other types] falling short of the ultimate answer. They could only go so far in their journey for truth, and ultimately they either wind up at the foot of the Cross [the wisdom of God] or the ‘tree of the knowledge of good and evil’. God said this ‘tree’ [sources of wisdom and knowledge apart from God] would ultimately lead to death if not submitted to ‘the tree of life’ [the Cross]. You would have some of the enlightenment philosophers eat from this tree all the way to the ‘death of God’ movement. Man in his wisdom would come to the conclusion that ‘God is dead’. If this is true, then the slaughter of millions of Jews is no moral dilemma. If God is dead then man is not created in his image, he is just this piece of flesh that you can dispose of at will. To all you intellectual types, it’s Okay to have a mind, but you must love God with it. If all your doing is feeding from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you will surely die.
(945)1 CORINTHIANS 2- Paul tells them that when he came to them to declare Gods wisdom, that he did not do it with excellency of speech or with enticing words of men’s wisdom. What is he saying here? Remember, Corinth had the background of traveling philosophers of rhetoric who could ‘dazzle the average folk’. Sort of like the role science would come to play with modern man. All science is good, it’s when man in his arrogance begins to espouse or ‘twist’ things to his advantage that the problem arises. That’s when the arrogance of mans wisdom simply says to the average Joe ‘who do you think you are to question me! I am a man of wisdom’ Phooey! [I know it’s corny]. The fact is that natural man has always had the ability to deceive or come up with ‘evidence’ just in the nick of time. Did you know there was/is an entire cottage industry in ‘finding’ fossils to prove evolution is true? Do you really think men were above deception in the 1800’s? That they were above the temptation to come up with findings so their funding would not be cut off? Darwin wrote his famous book ‘the Origin of Species’ in 1851. Right after the book became popular there was a race among the archeologists to find the missing link. It just so happened that within a few short years they found it! [or something they thought fit]. It was also a ‘coincidence’ that some of the findings were discovered right before the grant/funding would run our for the researcher. Now, don’t you think the poor brother was tempted to fudge? Do you think that some of these findings, which later fell into the category of various bones simply being found in one location, were simply hyped for the benefit of the researchers to continue their work? You bet stuff like this happened. Some of the discoveries of skeletons that looked a little different were determined to be modern humans that simply suffered from various growth deficiencies. Scientists said this publicly! But this finding didn’t ‘fit’ all the excitement that was happening around the ‘new knowledge’ of Darwin. And the fact is that some of these early findings, with all of these obvious opportunities for fraud, stand today as the best evidence for evolution. After 150 years, these guys just happened to come up with the best evidence under these highly suspicious circumstances. But the average man, like the brothers living in Corinth, were simply dazzled by all the technical jargon. ‘Neanderthal man’ wow, that’s scientific brother! The name comes from a Christian whose name was ‘Neander’ and the famous discovery of the bones were in a field where he lived. Now that’s what I call the wisdom of man! So Paul lets the Corinthians know that his gospel isn’t some fabricated wisdom that has no basis in reality, he was preaching the historical fact of the resurrection of Jesus Christ! [chapter 15]. He does say this wisdom and truth of Jesus is ‘hidden wisdom that the princes of this world can’t grasp’. He teaches that only God himself can teach a person this true wisdom of the gospel. But when Paul says ‘hidden wisdom’ he is not talking about the Gnostic belief [early cult of Christianity] of ‘special wisdom that only an elite few have’. Paul is saying mans unregenerate nature cannot grasp the great riches of the gospel. God regenerates us and gives us freely of his Spirit so we can ‘know the things of the Spirit of God’. Make no mistake about it, in Christ there are tremendous sources of riches and wisdom. This wisdom is sound and sure, not like the wisdom of the philosophers. Their wisdom often times was based on sheer fantasy.
(946)1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-10 Paul tells them that because of their immaturity he has ‘fed them milk, not meat’. He continues to correct them on their penchant for ‘men worship’. He says ‘I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase’. He even says ‘we are nothing, its Gods Spirit that counts!’ I guess poor Paul wasn’t up on the contemporary self esteem movement in the church? Paul says ‘as a wise masterbuilder I have laid the foundation and others have built upon it’ also ‘ye are Gods building, Gods garden’. I have studied this concept of the ‘wise masterbuilder’ a lot over the years. The Apostle is known for his wisdom. Jesus said ‘I have sent you [Jerusalem] wise men and prophets’. The Apostles are the ‘wise men’. If I remember I will try and paste some entries on the reality of the apostolic ministry today. That is the teaching from scripture on the ongoing apostolic ministry. Don’t mistake it for the original ‘apostles of the Lamb’. They were special eyewitnesses of the resurrection. The ongoing gift which is spoken about in the New Testament plays a different role, yet we can glean things from Paul and others on this ministry gift. Paul was primarily a ‘foundation layer’ he spent no time building ‘buildings’ or human institutions, but he knew the reality of foundation laying. His proclamation of the gospel had the inherent ability to change a region for Christ and his kingdom. He had the wisdom to build into the communities a self sustaining mentality. A few months to a few years was the amount of time Paul spent in these communities. When he left them they were for all practical purposes self sustaining communities of Christ followers. How in the world did he do this on such a shoestring budget? The reality of Jesus and his resurrection was tremendously good news. Paul started them right. In today’s church world we seem to lay all sorts of other ‘foundations’. Faith, prosperity, healing, the ‘house church’; all good things in their proper place, but the reality of Christ seems to take second place. Also, Paul did not institute the pastoral office that we have come to depend on in the modern church. He did establish Elders, but he did not leave a ‘professional minister’ as the primary functioning ‘elder’ in their midst. Why is this important to see? Because when people are given ‘crutches’ they will use them! If momma eagle never kicks baby eagle out of the nest, then baby eagle will wind up on food stamps [Don’t feel bad if you are on them, I am just using this as an example]. In essence Paul built into the first century churches a self sustaining mindset. They were the church and they had the responsibility to represent Christ in their locals. They couldn’t pawn it off on ‘the pastor’. Paul would also do some writing. These letters would circulate throughout the communities and were regularly read by a literate believer in these churches. I know it’s common to think that the early believers ‘had bibles’ but this wasn’t the case. Paul’s letters were part of the early ‘canon’ but you wouldn’t have total agreement on the canon until around the 4th century. But these letters played a major role in ‘foundation laying’. The modern believer is primarily educated thru the sermon. Sermons are okay, but without literature, the job won’t get done. Say if your doctor, or mechanic or tax man told you ‘I have never been educated in school, but every Sunday I attended a lecture at the local lecture hall. I did this for 50 years. So let’s get on with the operation.’ Ouch! But we approach Christianity with this mindset. Paul wrote letters, short booklets if you will. These letters could be looked to as a stable source of doctrine for the early church. They would eventually be canonized and would be passed down to us 2 millennia later. We are reading from one right now.
[These 2 entries simply give scriptural evidence for the ongoing function of Apostles/Prophets today]
(739) ACTS 1- Luke, the writer of this book, feels the need to document the ongoing work of Jesus and his revolution. He already wrote a gospel and believes this to be the beginning of the story. In essence, the reality of Jesus and his resurrection are just the start, we have much more to do and become on this journey. Most writers jump to chapter 2. We have churches and music groups called ‘Acts chapter 2’. Why does Luke seem to wait till chapter 2 before getting to ‘the good stuff’? Chapter one records the 40 days of Jesus showing himself alive after his death. Luke feels this singular truth to be important enough to simply stand alone [I do realize the early letters did not have chapter and verse divisions like today]. The real physical fact of Jesus bodily resurrection is without a doubt the foundational truth of the gospel. The outpouring of the Spirit and the whole future of the church depends on the reality of the resurrected Christ. Paul will write the Corinthians and tell them if the resurrection were not true then they are the most miserable of all people. Luke tells us Jesus gave instructions for the Apostles to wait at Jerusalem for the Spirit. Thy will be witnesses of him to all the surrounding nations after the Spirit empowers them. We also see Peter emerge as the key spokesman for the group. He quotes freely from the Psalms and reads their own history into the book. He sees the prophetic verse from David on ‘let another take his office’ as referring to Judas betrayal and death. They cast lots and choose Matthias as the one to replace Judas. Peter shows the importance of Judas replacement to come from one that was with them thru out the earthly time of Jesus. Someone who saw and witnessed Jesus after the resurrection. Scholars have confused this with the ‘ascension gift Apostles’. Some scholars have taken the truth of the early Apostles having the criteria of being actual witnesses of Jesus, and have said ‘therefore, you have no Apostles today’. Paul will teach in Ephesians that after Jesus ascension on high he gave gifts unto men ‘some Apostles, others Prophets, etc.’ The New Testament clearly speaks of Apostles as an ongoing gift in the church. Barnabas will later be called an Apostles [Acts 14:14] as well as many other references in the original Greek using the same Greek word for Apostle. But here we find Peter seeing the need to replace Judas. Other scholars think Peter might have jumped the gun. They see Paul’s apostleship as the possible person the Lord picked out as the replacement. You do find Paul referring time and again to his Apostolic authority as one ‘born out of due time’ who saw Jesus on the Damascus road. If Paul was simply an ascension gift Apostle, why would he refer time and again to his authority based on being a witness who also saw Jesus? It’s possible that Paul was in this group of ‘Apostles of the Lamb’ who had extra authority based upon their testimony of being eyewitnesses. So in chapter one we see that Jesus appeared for 40 days giving instructions to the early leadership and told them to wait at Jerusalem for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We see the incarnational purpose of God, Jesus was and continues to be the express image of God to man. He was not some ‘phantom’ like the Docetists will claim, but a very real physical resurrected Lord. Luke begins the early history of the church with this reality being important enough to stand on its own.
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‘God, who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the Prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds’ Many years ago when I was going to a fundamental Baptist Church, they would interpret this passage in a ‘cessationist’ way. They would say because God says in the past he spoke by prophets, but now by his Son. That this means he doesn’t speak thru Prophets any more. The Prophets here are Old Testament voices. In Ephesians it says after Jesus ascended up on high he gave gifts unto men, some Apostles, some Prophets, etc. The fact that Jesus made Prophets after the ascension teaches us that there were to be a whole new class of New Testament Prophets that were different from the old. I find it strange to believe that Jesus would create a whole new class of gifts, and then take them away as soon as the Bible is complete. Why would Paul give instruction in the New Testament on how Prophets would operate [Corinthians] and then to say ‘as soon as this letter is canonized with the others, all this instruction will be useless’ it just doesn’t seem right.
The reason Paul is saying in the past God used Prophets, but today his Son. Paul is showing that the Jewish Old testament was a real communication from God to man. But in this dispensation of Grace, God is speaking the realities that the Prophets were looking to. Paul is saying ‘thank God for the Old Jewish books and law, they point to something, his name is Jesus’! The Prophets [Old Testament] served a purpose; they brought us from the shadows to the present time [1st century] now lets move on into the reality. Now you must see and hear the Son in these last days. ‘Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person…when he by himself purged our sins SAT DOWN on the right hand of the majesty on high’ here we are at the beginning stages of themes that we will see later in the letter. The significance of Jesus ‘sitting down’ will be contrasted with the Old testament priests ‘standing up’. Paul [for the record I think Paul wrote this letter, from here on I will probably just refer to the writer as Paul] will teach that the ‘standing up’ of the Levitical Priests represented an ‘incomplete priesthood’ the reason Jesus sat down was because there would be no more sacrifice, and no more priesthood made up of many priests who would die year after year. This doesn’t mean there would be no more New Testament priests as believers, but that there would be no more Old Testament system. Paul will find spiritual truths like this all thru out the Old Testament.
Some theologians feel that Paul is a little too loose with these free comparisons that he seems to ‘pull out of the hat’, for the believer who holds to the canon of scripture, it is the Word of God. ‘Being made so much better than the angels…but unto the Son he saith “thy throne O God is forever and ever, a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy Kingdom”. Here Paul introduces another theme that will be seen thru out this letter. The superiority of Jesus over angels. Why is this important? Most believers know that Jesus is greater than angels, don’t they? Here we see why context is important to understand this letter. In Jewish tradition it is believed that the law was given to Moses by God thru the mediation of angels. Some say ‘well, we don’t use Jewish tradition, we use scripture’. First, Paul used anything he could to win the argument. Second, if we believe Hebrews is an inspired book, then when we read later on that the law given thru angels received a recompense if broken, then right here you have scripture [Hebrews] testifying that God did use angels to ‘transmit’ the law to some degree. Now, why is it important for gentiles to see this? Well it really isn’t! But it is vital for a first century Jew to see it. If Paul can show that Jesus is greater than the angels, then he is beginning to make the argument that the New Covenant is greater than the Old.
Here is the context. Moses law is highly revered in the first century Jewish community, so here Paul says ‘how much better is the law/word given to us from Gods Son’. Since Jesus is much better than the angels, therefore pay closer attention to the words spoken thru Gods Son, he is greater than the angels! ‘But to which of the angels said he “sit at my right hand until I make thy enemies thy footstool” we end chapter one with the theme of Jesus being better than the angels, yet in chapter 2 something funny happens, Paul will make the argument of Jesus being “a little lower than the angels” lets see what this means.
(947) 1ST CORINTHIANS 3:11-23 Paul teaches that once the foundation of Jesus is laid, that no other foundation can come in and replace it. Remember, Paul is speaking about a spiritual foundation. He is not building ‘a literal building’! I know we know this, but for some reason modern church planters can’t seem to break the mindset of having a building ‘to do church’. Now we begin to get into some doctrine. I believe Paul begins a New Testament doctrine here that could be called ‘the sin unto natural death’ or the judgment of a believer when he falls into open sin and rebellion and refuses to repent. Now, I have looked at this doctrine from different views over the years. I try not to allow my own leaning towards reformed theology to effect me. But I have come down on the side of ‘eternal security’ in viewing these verses. Paul teaches that even though the foundation of Jesus is laid, it’s still possible to build a life of worthless things upon it. He says ‘if any man defiles Gods temple, him will God destroy’. This same language will be used in chapter 5 ‘deliver the sinning brother to satan for the destruction of the flesh so the spirit may be saved’. Paul also uses the term again here in chapter 3 ‘yet he will be saved as by fire’. Also in chapter 11 ‘for this cause many sleep [physical death] and are sick among you’ he uses this as a judgment that came upon them for their abuse of the Lords table. So reading this in context it sure seems that Paul is saying ‘if you, as a believer, allow yourself to fall into sin in such a way that you are doing permanent harm to the temple [which he describes as their bodies, both individually and corporately] then God will destroy you’. This seems to fit all these other verses. The apostle John also speaks on the ‘sin unto death’ [which I see as physical death] in his letter. He says ‘if any one sees his brother sin a sin unto death, I do not say you should pray for them’. Now, the Arminian brothers [those who do not believe in eternal security] obviously see these a different way. They would apply some of these verses as meaning the loss of salvation. Though I personally do not see it this way, yet they have some of their own scriptures to back up their belief. They are certainly not out of line with historic Christian belief to hold to this view. So Paul introduces [in my mind] the concept of the possibility of the rebellious believer falling into such a sin that he can ‘be destroyed’ [lose his life] while at the same time saying ‘yet his spirit will be saved’. This ‘in house’ instruction [in house meaning Paul’s dealing with them as believers who fall into sin] should not taint the overriding view of Paul in his entire corpus of teaching. His main teaching on ‘those who live in constant sin’ is they will not inherit the kingdom of God. John also teaches this doctrine in his epistle. So we begin to see the ‘minefield’ we can get into as we tread thru the New Testament. It will be important to make these distinctions with much grace as we continue our journey thru the New Testament. Many well meaning believers view the ‘other camps’ as heretics over these issues. I see it more as a matter of believers being influenced to see these verses from a sincere standpoint of their upbringing. If you were raised Baptist, you more than likely view them from a Calvinistic lens. If you were raised Pentecostal [or Methodist], from an Arminian lens. Both good camps, with their own ‘slant’ affecting their view. I don’t think we should call each other heretics over stuff like this.
(949) 1st CORINTHIANS 4: 1-7 Paul says we are ‘stewards of Gods mysteries’. This hidden knowledge of the gospel that can only be revealed by divine revelation has been committed to us. These great treasures of God’s wisdom are not products of our own intellect, therefore there is no reason to glory in men! Paul says stuff like this in Romans 4 ‘if it is by grace that Abraham became righteous, then there are no grounds for boasting.’ Now, because of this reason we ‘ought not to think of each other in an exalted way’. All men [apostles, prophets, teachers] that you have received truth from are simply ‘carriers of a gift freely given’. When you check out a book from the library and it contains great truth, do you exalt the librarian for it? Of course not, she is just a ‘steward of the book’. So Paul says this about him and Apollos and all other human teachers. Paul also teaches that we all will be judged according to the motives and intents of our hearts. He could care less about the private judgments that others made of him, he realized that all men would give an account some day. Therefore why waste time trying to impress people, it is about the most useless thing a person can do. Why? Because all men are like grass, we are here today and gone tomorrow. How much effort would you make in trying to impress your lawn? It’s all wasted time. Paul is not degrading human dignity, he is battling with the mindset of men worship that the church was falling into. Jesus himself said he would not commit himself to man because he knew what was in man [John’s gospel]. What’s in man? Do you ‘know yourself’? Have you ever tried to impress people? Did you later realize what a useless waste of energy this endeavor was? Well all men are like you [and me!] so why waste your time doing something that has no lasting value. Paul said it concerned him very little, he knew God would some day see all of our motives. He focused on stuff that mattered for eternity.
(950) 1ST CORINTHIANS 4: 8-20 Paul tells them he’s glad they have an abundance of material things, though he as an apostle is lacking. He’s happy about their sterling reputation [among the elite, though a bad reputation as believers- see chapter 5!] though he is mocked and treated badly. He even says ‘till this hour I labor, working with my own hands trying to make ends meet’. I don’t want to harp on this too much, but I am trying to show you one of the themes that we overlook in today’s pastoral ministry mindset. When we taught the book of Acts [chapter 20] I showed you how Paul purposely worked to leave an example TO THE ELDERS at Ephesus. He called them over to Mellitus and gave them these instructions as he was about to depart. Here we see Paul telling the Corinthians, in a letter [he is not with them at this time] that he is STILL working with his own hands. We often think Paul only worked while at Corinth, in order to not take offerings from them. But a careful reading of the New Testament will show you that Paul made a habit of working all thru out his life. He never became ‘a fulltime apostle’ who was supported thru his apostolic gift. Now we also see Paul send Timothy to them as a ‘carrier’ of doctrine and order. Paul wrote 3 pastoral [I prefer to call them apostolic] epistles. Titus and 1st and 2nd Timothy. These brothers were Paul's apostolic co-workers. They deposited the faith [basic Christian truth] into the communities they were overseeing. Paul knew he could trust them to ‘set things in order’ [an apostolic characteristic]. Some teach that in today’s ‘church world’ you can’t ‘have a church’ without the interplay of an apostle. That basically you need an apostle [in person] to interact with your community to keep things in order. Now, I think apostolic men are needed and helpful, but we also need to realize that we live in a day of mass communication like never before. The web, telecommunications. All sorts of stuff that Paul didn’t have. So let’s not be too dogmatic on stuff like this. I am sure Paul would have used these things if he had them. The basic thrust of Paul having a Timothy who could be sent to a community was for the purpose of seeing and impacting them in a ‘real time’ way. Paul was hearing rumors about their conduct, he is writing these letters to them. But he really needs to have ‘boots on the ground’, he needs to know firsthand what’s going on. Today this real time knowledge could be gained with a simple phone call, or e-mail. Paul also says Timothy will bring them into remembrance of his ways/teachings that Paul teaches ‘every where in every church’. Paul was depositing a consistent message of ‘faith and rule’ with all the churches he was planting. This of course didn’t mean the gentile churches had no individual expression of church life, but it did mean there were some consistent ‘rituals’ they were to follow. Things like we read in Acts ‘continued steadfastly in the apostle’s doctrine and breaking of bread and prayers’ simple instructions on living as a community of people. The historic church has a tendency to use these verses to say ‘Paul taught high church liturgy’ well, not really. The ‘radical house church brothers’ [they describe themselves this way!] tend to teach that any consistent rule, or way ‘to act’ violates the ‘no leader rule’ [no pastor] and prohibits the free expression of the ecclesia. Well, this sounds noble, but Paul told the Corinthians ‘Timothy will show you my ways that I teach in all the churches’. It’s not wrong to have some basic order and instructions on ‘how to act, function as the New Testament ecclesia’.
(952)1ST CORINTHIANS 5:1-7 Okay, now we get into some tough stuff. Paul tells them that he has heard about a situation where one of the brothers is sleeping with his step-mom [fathers wife, though probably not his mother]. And the rebuke is they are not repenting over it, but instead are kind of proud of the whole thing! Paul says to ‘deliver him to satan for the destruction of the flesh so the spirit may be saved’. Now I already showed you the way I view this verse. I tried to follow the other times where Paul speaks this way in this letter and when using this type of language I see him speaking of physical death [chapter 11- sleep-death as judgment to a believer who sins]. I often ‘day dream’ how bout you? I’m not sure if it’s the lord at times trying to tell me stuff. One of my noble fantasies is I can picture myself as the sole Christian preacher who has survived some nuclear holocaust and I am responsible to train the survivors. In this scenario [I am kinda ad libbing here, I don’t day dream this much!] I have both Catholic and Protestant believers. Although I am tempted to raise this new generation of people as Protestants, I instead teach the Catholics true Catholic doctrine [though I don't fully agree with it all] and I teach the Protestants their stuff. Now, I think this little day dream in some way speaks to what I need to do at times on this blog. I need to honestly tell both sides! In this verse ‘commit to satan for the destruction of the flesh’ some do see it a little differently. You can read ‘flesh’ as meaning ‘fleshly nature’. Paul does use the word this way at times. You can’t really make the distinction by going to the Greek. Instead you have to simply look at the context. So this view would be saying ‘deliver this believer to the enemy, don’t allow him to remain ‘in the camp’ and continue to receive the benefits of the believing community. As you ostracize him he will feel the effect of not being with you, he will come to his senses and leave his sin’ [which in this scenario is ‘his fleshly nature’] so the ‘destruction of the flesh’ in this interpretation would fit in well with Arminians. Now, do I believe it this way? No, but I sure feel noble, sort of like the Protestant preacher in my ‘day dream’. [p.s. if you tell anybody about this day dream, I will deny it!]
(953)Yesterday I managed to catch a few TV shows that were good. National geographic did a special called ‘the first Christians’. It was excellent. They covered more historic truth in one hour than you would get from years of sermons. They basically taught the New Testament word for ‘church’ [Ecclesia] and showed how because the early Christians did not believe the ‘church’ was a building, that therefore they spread rapidly without lots of money. They then covered the historic development of the ‘church building’ and the effect this had on them. They also got into the ‘end times’ scenarios that are played out over and over again by today’s prophecy teachers. They interviewed true theologians who put Johns Revelation in historical context. Just an excellent job overall. I also caught the show ‘Journey Home’ on E.W.T.N. [the Catholic channel]. I do like the show, it often gives good historical stuff. Last night they were a little ‘too Catholic’ [I know, what should I expect]. They had a good brother on who left ‘non-denominational Christianity’ and became Catholic. Now, most of these brothers are very intelligent believers who make this choice out of sincerity. They usually study the early church fathers and realize the ‘Catholic tone’ of these early believers. I simply felt the brother who spoke last night was a little too critical of his former church experience [Willow Creek]. I then caught Scott Hahn [an excellent Catholic scholar and apologist], he always has stuff that interests me. He brought up an argument I have heard before on how the early church saw the ‘real presence of Christ’ as being in the Eucharist. Others have made this argument before from the Catholic perspective of Jesus being with us, as opposed to the detractors arguments that he misled the early followers to think that he would soon return and set up a literal earthly kingdom. I have heard and do understand this reasoning. In essence it defends Jesus and his followers by saying ‘Jesus didn’t let down the early church by not returning and ‘being with them’ he was with them all along thru the Eucharist’ good intentions. I would prefer to argue the same point thru the fulfilling of the Fathers promise and the outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost. Jesus says in John’s gospel ‘I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you’ it is understood by most theologians [Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant] that Jesus is speaking of the Holy Spirit. Jesus actually refers to the Spirit as ‘One just like unto myself’. The new testament very Cleary speaks of the Holy Spirit as Gods presence tabernacling among us in a real way. So in my thinking I would prefer to argue the real presence of Christ as being among the early believers as fulfilled thru the Comforter. Overall it was a good night of viewing some good teachers. I also couldn't help but notice how I have been skipping over the ‘more popular’ preaching shows of the day. I did click on one of the prophecy guys, he was defending ‘the rapture’ and I couldn’t help but notice the difference between the good theological discussions from the earlier shows, and the ‘silliness’ of what this brother was teaching. I don’t want to demean you if you hold to the rapture theory, it was just such an obvious ‘step down’ from the level of theologian to the level of popular prophecy preaching. In our current study of Corinthians we just went thru the verse ‘though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you have only one father’ [Paul referring to himself]. I couldn’t help but get this sense of the modern seen. You could flip thru all the religious broadcasting of our day and get every possible conceivable viewpoint on some subject, ten thousand of them! But there is a consistent voice of truth and wisdom that comes to us from both scripture and church history/tradition. I think we would be better off sticking with ‘the father[s]’.
(954)NOW IT’S A PARALLEL/BUBBLE UNIVERSE! I watched the first TV special I ever saw on the multi-verse theory. I think it’s the first one of its kind by the history channel. It was very eye opening. It seems as if its defenders have been told ‘your initial argument is nonsensical’ and they have made some adjustments. As you read down thru the Evolution section you will see that one of the arguments against a multi-verse is that it is a ‘non physical’ argument. It is metaphysical. This meaning that you could never truly prove the existence of another universe thru the science of Physics. Why? Because the original definition of ‘the universe’ was every thing that exists in the time/space continuum. If by definition, all that can be seen or detected is ‘part of our universe’ then how in the world can you detect something outside of it? [they have some ideas on this, but its pure speculation as of right now] Once you detect it, it, by definition is in our universe! Well the brothers now realize that they fell into this obvious contradiction, so they seem to be moving the goal posts a little. In the special I just saw, they now seem to be saying that our universe is simply one ‘bubble of universes’ that’s floating around in space [before, space and the universe were synonymous!] so they seem to be simply shrinking down the definition of universe and making it mean ‘our closed existing time space continuum, which is simply one of many’ Ahh, you guys are cheating with his one! But hey, how many viewers realized this? That’s the problem with these theories, they come up with them for the purpose of having another explanation for existence, but they then get into more trouble trying to keep their theory alive. Remember, the reason this theory started in the first place was to come up with some type of explanation, apart from God, to explain the fine tuning of the Cosmos [read my sections on fine tuning under Evolution]. The unbelievable fine measurements that have been found to be exactly right to support life have no other real explanation apart from a creator. The multi-verse theory simply says ‘well, if you have millions and billions of unseen universes [pure speculation!] then the odds on one of them getting it right just went up’. So this theory was originally floated for this reason. Now, even if this theory were ever proved [according to the new definition of the universe!] it would simply mean that instead of trying to figure out how ‘our universe got here’ [the original question] now we have to figure out how they all got here! It really proves nothing. But I thought it interesting to see how these giants of Academia now realize that they were violating the basic laws of logic by espousing the theory in its original form! [In essence, all these so called floating, bubble like universes would have originally fallen under the heading of ‘the universe’. You wouldn’t have seen them as a bunch of separate universes. But they had to change the definition in order to keep their argument in the boundaries of logic and common sense]. They also borrowed from Einstein’s theory on worm holes. But Einstein surmised that worm holes might be these tunnels in space/time that one could travel thru and exit at another dimension, a different location of the universe. He did not use this idea as traveling from one ‘bubble universe’ into another, like the proponents of the multi-verse were doing. The show then got too silly to even give it a speck of serious thought. They then theorized that there are possible duplicates of us, and duplicates of other sports teams and presidents and all types of stuff. They thought it possible for the Giants to have won the super bowl in one universe, though losing it in ours [and you call this science!] they even said that this theory has moral implications. How did they come up with this? One of them explained that you could be ‘good’ in one universe, but if you realize that this holy altar image of yourself is doing good somewhere else, then this might effect your choice of being righteous in ‘this universe’ WOW! As we continue our study thru the book of Corinthians, keep in mind Paul’s teaching on the foolishness of men’s wisdom, I think we just saw a good example of it. There is this stature that we give in our modern day to any ‘Tom, Dick or Harry’ that comes down the pike with any nonsensical idea. We see them as a special class, the Academics can’t be wrong! After all it sounds intellectual. A few centuries before Christ you had the great philosopher ‘Philo- Betto’ [O wait, that was Clint Eastwood's character in ‘every which way but lose!’] I mean Plato. Truly Plato and Aristotle and Socrates have had tremendous influence on Western thought. You would be hard pressed to find other later philosophers who have had the same influence [maybe Immanuel Kant]. Plato built this great school of learning in ancient Greece. He bought the land from a man by the name of ‘Academe’. Eventually we would call this pursuit of knowledge ‘the Academic world’ or Academia. Hey, don’t be intimidated by these guys.
(955)1st CORINTHIANS 5:6-8 Okay, lets get back to Corinthians. ‘Your glorying is not good, get rid of the old leaven. Don’t you know that a little yeast can affect the whole lump? Get rid of it, you are all unleavened, Christ is our new Passover Lamb who has been sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth’ [my own paraphrasing]. A few things. I want you to see something here, over the years I have read and studied lots of great theologians. It is common for these brothers to go back to the reality of the early church fathers belief in the ‘Real Presence’ of Christ in the Eucharist [Lords supper]. It is also becoming less common [in theological circles!] to defend the symbolic view of the Lords Supper. I believe Paul is presenting the idea of all believers spiritually sitting at the ‘table of life’ on a daily basis and receiving from Christ’s new life in a spiritual/symbolic way. He clearly says ‘let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth’ [clearly symbolic!] Peter writes of the new sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving. Jesus speaks in an interesting way about this in John chapter 6. The Jews ask him ‘show us a sign, Moses gave us bread to eat from heaven. If you’re from God then prove it like Moses’. I find it interesting that in the key chapter of Jesus being the bread that comes down from heaven, the conversation turns to Moses. The beginning of the chapter does say the Passover feast was getting close, but the imagery is Moses and Manna. Moses represented the Old system of law and works, John’s gospel tells us that ‘the law came from Moses, but grace and truth from Jesus’. Jesus contrasts himself with Moses. He says ‘I am the real bread that has come down from heaven, if men eat my flesh and drink my blood they will live’. Now we must understand the tremendous offence this statement caused. The Jewish people had Levitical laws [commands in their law] that forbid the drinking of any type of blood, never mind the blood of a person! But yet Jesus would speak this way to them. In the conversation the hearers acknowledge the difficulty of the saying, Jesus will say ‘the flesh profits nothing, it is the Spirit that gives you life. The words I am speaking to you are Spirit and life’. At the last supper [which was the symbolic end of the Passover and the beginning of a new celebratory meal centered on the final sacrifice of Jesus, the Lamb of God] Jesus seems to be saying ‘from now on, as long as you do this, you are showing my death until I come again’ [we get this from Paul later on in Corinthians]. As you put all of this imagery together, you get the sense of the New Covenant being one of an ongoing continual New Covenant meal from which all believers daily eat from and ‘keep the feast with the new leaven of truth and sincerity, not the old leaven of sin and wickedness’. You clearly see a symbolic element in this language. Now, I do not discount the importance of the actual ordinance of the Lords Table. I recently defended the Catholic idea to an ex Catholic who is now Protestant. They said ‘how can people believe something so silly’ I had to say that many serious intellectual believers accept the Real Presence doctrine by faith in the literal reading of Jesus words. Luther himself believed it, he made no bones about it when he slammed his fist on the table in his dispute with Zwingli and said ‘this IS MY BODY!’ [I think he slammed his fist, he might have carved it in the table?] Standing for the literal interpretation of the sacrament. John Wesley, the founder of the great Methodist movement, wrote many hymns speaking of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. So make no mistake about it, many good believers hold to the literal belief. I just wanted you to see that it is also in keeping with the scripture to see the entire Christian walk as one huge ongoing ‘feast’ that is kept with spiritual sacrifices and symbolic language. Jesus is the bead that came down from heaven, those who would stay with ‘Moses bread’ [law] would die, those who would eat from this new table would live forever.
(957)1ST CORINTHIANS 5:9-13 Now Paul clarifies what he meant when he said ‘don’t associate with those who sin sexually’. He wants to be clear that his instructions on ‘not being with sinners’ is not misunderstood. After all we are called salt and light, Jesus himself was accused of spending too much time with the lost. So Paul says ‘what I meant was don’t keep ongoing fellowship with a brother who is practicing unrepentant sin’. He also says ‘if you thought I meant all sinners in general, then heck you wouldn’t be able to live in society this way’. Some believers have taken a stand on ‘separation from the world’ in such a way that they have no unbelieving friends. Others seem to view the unbeliever as the enemy. Sort of like we are in this culture war and the enemy is YOU! I can’t even watch the O’Reilly factor [Fox news] too long, he says he’s fighting this culture war and then in the ads for upcoming shows he shows the raciest pictures on any news show. What’s up with that? I feel we need to make the distinction between separating from a sinning brother [for his own good] and having friendships with unbelievers. People you can influence down the road. Paul also says if we judge our own [by shunning them for their own good] that this is a type of ‘present chastening’ that believers do experience. But those who are ‘outside the camp’ [unbelievers] are left to be judged by God. We see this same theme in chapter 11 ‘when we are judged we are disciplined by the Lord so we will not be condemned with the world’ [at the final judgment]. I believe that this idea is one of the best arguments for eternal security [once saved, always saved. Though I don’t like this language, you get the hint]. The concept of believers being presently dealt with for sin, even to the possible point of physical death, seems to indicate that they will not face a future judgment like the lost [eternal damnation]. When we recently did one of our Old Testament studies, I overlooked a verse that said to King David ‘I will raise up one of your sons [Solomon/Jesus- dual Messianic prophecy] and he will build this new temple/people. The way I will deal with the people under this new covenant is, if they commit sins, I will chasten them, but I will not utterly take my mercy from them’ [my paraphrasing- it is said to the actual son, Solomon/Jesus, but in the New Covenant revelation of the church actually being part of the Body of Christ, this is how you could apply it]. You can also read this idea in a few other places. I think Jeremiah uses it ‘I will give them a new heart and I will put my Spirit in them’ and he also speaks about not being totally rejected if they commit sin under this new covenant. So the point is, if there is a mechanism under this new covenant whereby sin is dealt with in the present time, and if this is compared to the other choice which is ‘judgment at a later time’. This would seem to indicate a type of ‘in house discipline’ that says ‘if you openly sin now, God will judge you now. He does this for your own good, so you won’t face the judgment of the unbeliever at the end’. So the fact that some were sinning, even pretty badly! Did not mean that they were expelled completely from the benefits of the covenant. As a matter of fact, temporal excommunication itself was one of the benefits! I don't want to be too dogmatic on this, I just want you to see a repeated theme in scripture that says God will deal with his kids in the here and now [no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous- Hebrews] but this in itself is a blessing that is designed to ‘produce the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them that are exercised thereby’ Hebrews.
(958)1ST CORINTHIANS 6: 1-7 Paul rebukes them for taking each other to court. He tells them ‘don’t you have any wise people among you who could handle this? Why go before unbelievers!’ he also tells them ‘plus, why even fight for your rights, if you think you have been wronged in some way by your brother, then simply see it as part of the cost of carrying your cross’. Paul contradicts the prevalent mindset in much of Christianity today. He doesn’t teach ‘get what’s yours, know your rights!’ he teaches the ethos of self denial, of living with the expectation of giving up your rights and dreams. Of taking loss, if it glorifies the Father. Now we get into some ‘stuff’. Paul appeals to them by saying ‘don’t you realize that we shall judge angels some day, we shall judge the world’. A few years back there was a debate going on in theological circles. Some theologians popularized a new way to look at God’s sovereignty. This new system was called ‘Open Theism’. Scholars like Clark Pinnock and others held out the possibility that God doesn’t foreordain all future events, they actually went further and said ‘he doesn’t know all future events’. Well of course this sparked off a firestorm among the Calvinists. Does scripture teach that God is sovereign and does know all that will happen? To be honest about it, yes. But the idea of open theism was saying ‘because God has chosen to give man free will, he, by his own design, has chosen to limit his knowledge in the area of knowing all of mans future choices’. In essence that God purposely ‘does not know’ the future outcomes of decisions that have not been made by humans. If free will is real [of course the Calvinists say no] then God must limit himself to knowledge in these areas. I personally do not believe this, but I think I needed to share it to explain this section of scripture. Paul does tell them they will judge the world and angels. In second Peter 2, the apostle says the fallen angels are being held for a future day of judgment. In Matthew [19-?] Jesus says those who follow him will play a part in a future ruling over human government. These scriptures do indicate that believers will play a role in future judgment scenarios. So if we ‘judge angels and the world’ we should be able to arbitrate between ourselves! Now, in the world of theology you have sincere questions on ‘is it fair for God to judge people who have never heard the gospel’ or ‘if God is truly sovereign in all things, even in predestinating certain people to salvation, then this is unfair’. Many have turned to universalism, or a belief in ‘no hell’ in order to quell these questions. I want to simply float a scenario to you. Jesus says ‘whosoever sins you remit [forgive] they are forgiven. Those you retain [not forgive] will be retained’ while there are differing views on these verses, I want you to see how these scriptures, in keeping with all that I just showed you, might leave us room for another possible way out of all the so called questions on Gods ‘fairness’. Say if at the judgment, we are all gathered [Calvinists, Arminians, Catholics,…] and say if we are all waiting to see who’s right ‘I’ll show that Arminian…I’ll show that Catholic…’ and we are at the day where the future destinies of millions are at stake. What will God do? It’s possible that much of the final decision will rest in the hands of the church. I know it sounds heretical, but keep in mind all the verses I just quoted to you. Say if all of our pompous pontificating [wow!] amongst varying theories of the atonement and universalism and all the other stuff. Say if Jesus turns to us and says ‘You are now going to make the most important judgment of your lives, you shall judge the world and angels’ and all of a sudden all of our scrutiny of God’s fairness turns on us. We see in the crowd of masses, faces of people who we hate. People who have been demonized by history [Darwin, Hitler]. Those we always wondered about [eastern religions] and now much of their final destiny rides on us. Even the possibility of fallen angels being forgiven! [Hey, maybe Origen was right?] The whole point of this scenario is to simply say we might have been asking the wrong questions all along. Now for sure, no one gets in without Jesus and his blood! But there are also a few other verses [Peter] that seem to indicate a second hearing [or first!] of the gospel before the final day. The point being how willing are you to really carry out something like this? Are you really ready for the great responsibility of having someone’s destiny depend on how forgiving you are? I really don’t believe 100 % in this scenario I just floated. But Jesus does put us in positions of responsibility all thru out our lives. He does say ‘whoever’s sins we don’t forgive, these sins will be held against them by your own choice’ we keep people in ‘chains of bondage’ today! Never mind the future. God has committed to us great responsibility as believers, if we are still fighting each other over insignificant things [taking our brothers to court, if you will] then we are truly not ready to ‘Judge the world’.
(959)1ST CORINTHIANS 6: 8-20 Paul paints a ‘canvas’ of those who will not inherit the Kingdom. The list not only includes the big ones, but also the ‘average Joe’. Homosexuals, covetous, straight people who commit sexual sin; just the whole gambit. I do want to stress that Paul is not politically correct, he does categorize homosexuality as sin. He is not simply saying ‘non monogamous homosexuality’ but all types. I know there is an honest effort being made to try as much as possible to be more inclusive of other people’s views and lifestyles. I am for this approach as much as possible, but we also need to be honest about sin, all sin. Now covetous is that strong desire to amass wealth, it is the daily longing and confessing and believing for more material abundance. Yes folks, it’s what many of us have been duped into thru wrong teaching. I had a homeless friend who used to tell me how his dad, who was retired, used to wake up every day and simply consume his day with the stock market and how his retirement was going, he didn’t realize that he made the funding of his retirement [an okay goal] the main thought pattern of his life. I also just saw a story similar to this on some business channel. We need to be ‘ware’ of covetousness. Now Paul makes special mention of the destructive nature of sexual sin, he says ‘it destroys you’. I have been reading Proverbs the last month or so and there are many warnings about sexual sin. It says ‘he that does this destroys his own soul’. A few years back I watched [or read?] a local story of a professor who came down with a disease called Dementia. As they shared his story they described the progressive nature of him slowly losing his mind, and how his family eventually brought him back home [he was not married, his parents took him in] as they shared the sad story, they kinda tactfully said ‘one of the possible signs of this disease is obsessive compulsive sexual behavior’. They basically were saying part of this mans history included obsessive sexual sin. I wonder if the dementia in some way is a result of the behavior, as opposed to a symptom. There was also a study done years ago that showed the difference in the brain scans of Homosexuals and Heterosexuals, they seemed to have found some real physical brain distinctions. But once again, is it possible that sexually engaging in certain sinful behaviors is actually ‘destroying the soul’, or causing a change in the brain? Paul singled out this sin [not just Homosexual behavior, but all sexual sin!] as causing actual damage to a person’s physical make up in a way that was more damaging than other sins. I think we all need to heed his warning. [note- sexual sin is a common struggle in life. Many believers do struggle and have fallen into this sin. Paul actually is addressing these sins because of the prevalence of the problem. I don’t want to condemn any one who reads this site and struggles this way, Paul is offering hope and forgiveness thru out this letter. He seems to be extra harsh with the Corinthians because of their lax attitude towards this sin].
(961)1ST CORINTHIANS 7:1-15 Paul addresses divorce. It is interesting that Jesus himself actually raised the bar from the Old Covenant practice to the New. In most other areas he emphasized grace as opposed to law ‘the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath’ but in this area Jesus said ‘Moses made an exception under the law for divorce, but from the beginning this was not Gods plan’ and Jesus restricted divorce to the cause of adultery [fornication- actually the word for pornography] only. Here Paul gives some direction. First, you shouldn’t divorce. You also shouldn’t be married to an unbeliever. Well, what should happen to those who were unbelievers when they married, but now one is a believer? Paul says if the unbeliever is ‘pleased’ to stay in the union, then that’s fine. Well what does ‘pleased’ mean? If the unbeliever is physically abusing his spouse, then that doesn’t seem ‘pleasing’ to me. Paul will say if the unbeliever departs, let them go. The believer should not feel condemned by this. He/she had no control in this case. But if there is a divorce, let the one who left remain unmarried. So what happens if you were forced into it, can you re marry? Paul does not specifically say. He does say to the one who left the marriage, they should not remarry. Divorce is a tricky issue. When attending the fundamental Baptist church they taught that if one were divorced they could never be ‘a Pastor’ [even though no one was ‘a pastor’ in this way in the first century church!]. Many teach that Paul’s instructions on Bishops/Elders said a divorced person should not be an overseer. Paul actually said ‘they should be the husband of one wife’. This most certainly could simply be saying they shouldn’t be in a plural marriage. This was common in the first century, so you could take it this way. Overall I find it strange that someone could have been a murderer [Paul] or any other type of sinner, but the divorcee' seems to be the only sinner that is excluded. The other problem is how much of ‘a believer’ were you at the time of your divorce. There have been well known preachers who initiated the divorce from their wives, they remarried and later wanted this to be treated as any other sin, just forgive and forget. The problem is if you were wise enough in the lord to have known better, then true repentance would entail making things right. Whether that’s reconciliation or simply remaining single, but it sure seems like these types of brothers who went into the whole remarriage thing with their eyes wide open, they should be held to a higher standard. Overall, we should not be in bondage to things that were out of our control. Those who were victimized and the partner left you, you should not be condemned for something that was out of your control. Believers who initiate the divorce from someone who was willing to stay in the marriage, they should not remarry. There have been too many cases where believers divorce other believers, without biblical grounds, and then remarry someone from the church. These situations are not permitted. If the believing spouse was simply ‘difficult to live with’ then that doesn’t cut it. In situations where there was actual physical abuse, well I don't believe the Lord wants you to stay in the house under these circumstances. But the only biblical excuse for divorce, according to Jesus, is adultery. In all of these gray areas, wisdom must be applied. The high profile ministers who have initiated their divorces and remarried, without the proper biblical grounds, should not be simply ‘forgiven’ and permitted to continue in their public role in ministry. True forgiveness and restoration would entail some sort of repentance and a public change in the situation. Like Paul says ‘to the rest speak I, not the Lord’. I am giving you my opinion on some of this stuff, but I too think I have the Spirit of Christ.
(962)1ST CORINTHIANS 7:16-24 ‘Were you circumcised when you were called into the Christian life? Then don’t become uncircumcised’ [that would be quite a feat!] ‘Were you uncircumcised when called? Don’t get circumcised’. What’s Paul saying? Basically he is keeping the decrees that were made at the Jerusalem council [Acts 15]. He is stressing the importance of Christ’s spiritual kingdom. To the Jew, he is not saying ‘keep trying to become justified by the law and sacrifices’ but he is saying ‘I am not trying to wipe out your culture and heritage, I am trying to bring you into the fullness of what the Prophets have foretold’. This is Paul’s ongoing defense in the book of Acts ‘I stand condemned because I believe that what the prophets said would happen, did!’. Paul says the thing that matters is ‘the doing of Gods commandments’. When we studied Romans I showed how Paul did say ‘the hearers of the law are not justified, but the doers shall be’. Here again Paul stresses the importance of the Christian life being one of true conversion. Those who believe are changed and become doers of Gods law by nature. The mechanism of conversion is Faith, the outworking of that conversion is obedience. So even though Paul is not putting the law on the gentile converts, yet he does teach that they will by nature keep the law [Romans again]. Now he says ‘were you a slave when called? Seek not to become free. Were you free? Don’t become a slave’ and ‘be not the servants/slaves of men’. We actually have hit on this a few times in recent months. Once again Paul says ‘don’t see this new faith as an opportunity to mount a civil disobedience campaign’ but at the same time he makes it clear ‘don’t put yourself under servitude either!’ The New Testament does not justify the institution of slavery or racism! The basic ethos of this new kingdom is freedom from bondage, it was only a matter of time before this new movement would shake the foundations of society and uproot this evil. Make no mistake about it, the anti-slavery movement was instigated by the people of God [William Wilberforce, Charles Finney and many others].
(963)1ST CORINTHIANS 7: 25-40 let’s be a little unconventional today. This passage deals with Paul’s counsel on celibacy and marriage. The historic church has had a bad rap on this issue. It is common today to say the church devalued marriage [and sex] and therefore we should exalt it. Sometimes this attempt at trying to correct the perceived imbalance puts a stumbling block in the way of those who are truly called to live the single life. Though marriage is an honorable thing, a true gift from God, yet living the celibate life can also be considered a very noble thing. It is rare in contemporary evangelicalism to leave this option open. Paul does say this option is not only available, but a noteworthy calling! He also makes it clear that only those who are called to this single lifestyle should attempt it. The church should not force celibacy on people. Now, do our catholic brothers force it upon the Priests? In a way, yes. But don’t forget that no one is ‘forced’ into the priesthood. Some feel like the scandals of catholic priests who abused children can be blamed on forced celibacy. The problem with this idea is many protestant ministers have also fallen sexually, and they were not celibate! The point being we need to be careful when we brand any Christian denomination with an accusation. Now, Paul also makes an interesting statement that we need to look at. He says ‘for the present distress I give these guidelines’. Is it possible that Paul's seeming harshness on marriage was due to the fact of some type of distress that he saw coming? Possibly the Neronic persecutions? If so, Paul could be saying ‘because of the upcoming severe persecution I recommend everyone just laying low for the time, if married, seek not to be single and vice a versa’. This is possible, we need to keep this in mind when reading this section of scripture. But most of all I think the modern evangelical church needs to retool her message in this area. Marriage and sex are good, God ordained these things in their proper place. But living single and celibate is also considered a very noble calling, we do not normally reflect this balance in the present atmosphere. Also as an aside, a few years back it was common to teach ‘the world/public schools have taken sex and taught it to our kids. They have usurped the job of the family/church’ while there is some truth to this, the problem was some well known TV evangelists began to discuss sex in the Sunday morning setting that was improper in a way [If you local Pastors who read this have done this, be assured I am not talking about you!]. I remember watching a national minister speak openly, with grandma’s and children in the service, and say ‘now speaking about sexual climax’ Yikes!! Just because the family/church dropped the ball on these issues, this doesn’t mean there are no barriers at all while dealing with these issues. Those who do this type of stuff seem to be saying ‘sex is not a dirty thing, therefore we need to bring it out into the open’ while this is true to a degree, there are also age appropriate subjects that should be taught in a private setting. If the church feels the need to delve into these subjects, we need to be careful that we are not crossing boundaries when doing it.
(964) MORE PROOF FOR GOD- Okay, what’s up with ‘dark matter’? In the 20th century the amazing breakthroughs in science showed us that what we thought was a limited universe, was actually a growing universe that was expanding at a faster rate every day. The further out you got, the faster it was expanding. This discovery [Hubble] worked in harmony with Einstein’s theories. This discovery also created a problem. If the universe is so much more vast than previously thought to be, then the amount of known matter needed in the universe in order to maintain the proper gravitational force was not there. Basically you need so much matter to exist in order for this newly discovered expanding universe to hold together and function right. The problem is that the matter is not there![some say it is still not detected]. So the theory of ‘dark matter’ [unseen, undetected matter] has been floated. This invisible matter is supposedly the single greatest matter in existence, though we have no proof that even one tiny particle exists! Ahh, when stuff like this happens, we need to pay close attention. Why? Well some who defend the young earth theory of creation use this to back up their claim of a young universe. It’s kinda technical stuff, but this ‘dark matter’ has to be there to defend the old age theory [for some!]. Another problem is we have absolutely no proof that this dark matter exists. It is simply believed in because the naturalistic explanation demands it! Sort of like coming to a part in a puzzle where a piece doesn’t fit, so you simply make something fit. Now, the bible does teach that the vast universe is held together [a key role of so called dark matter] by Christ’s absolute power. The other explanation for how the vast universe is able to function smoothly, without the needed matter to create the huge amount of gravity, is that God himself is holding all things together by his omnipotence. In essence, we need God for this puzzle to fit. I am not saying the idea of dark matter is totally false, but as far as we know today, there is no proof that it exists. We as believers should not take an anti scientific stance on everything, to the contrary, true science always backs up the Christian world view [in general] but we also need to be suspicious when science floats an idea that can be explained by the existence of a creator. If the idea is simply out there, with no proof at all [the multi-verse] then we certainly have the right to challenge whether the whole thing is a bunch of ‘dark [invisible] matter’!
(965)1st CORINTHIANS 8- Once again Paul will deal with the issue of what’s clean or unclean, the Christians convictions. Corinth not only had low sexual standards, but also much idolatry. This led to a problem of whether or not believers should purchase the meat sold in the market that was used for idol worship. After the sacrifice was made, whatever good meat was left could be sold on the streets. Now, Paul says the believer knows there is only one true God, so with this knowledge you are not sinning because you know the meat really wasn’t used to worship other gods, because there are no other Gods! But he also says that every man does not have this knowledge. So just like he taught the Romans, he teaches the Corinthians that in all of your freedom, the highest standard is whether you are building others up or tearing them down. If you have a free conscience to eat the meat, then fine, it is no sin to you. But if this liberty is offending the minds of those who are weaker in the faith, then your freedom just became a stumbling block and worked against the main goal of building others up. So the real question isn’t ‘can I do this with a clean conscience’ but ‘does my practice offend or build others up’? Many years ago I had a friend who smoked cigars, he was a believer and simply saw nothing wrong with it. We had a mutual friend who found out about it and bought some cigars and gagged on them. His conscience was emboldened to ‘eat the meat’ and by doing it he sinned. Why was cigar smoking sin to the weaker brother? Because he really wasn’t doing it out of a pure heart with a clean motive. Though the cigar smoker felt he had the freedom to smoke [it wasn’t an every day thing] yet his freedom caused another to fall. So Paul consistently takes this position in his letters. Some day we will get to other verses like ‘the things the gentiles offer to idols are being offered to demons, so don’t partake with them at the same table’ this is dealing with a different thing, I’ll explain it at another time. Paul also says ‘knowledge puffs up, but charity builds up’. One of the side trails believers can easily fall into is thinking the Christian life is simply an exercise is learning things. That is knowledge for knowledge’s sake. While Paul was not advocating ignorance, he was dealing with carnal believers who walked in pride. He was showing them that those who think they stand should be careful lest they fall. Paul was calling them to a higher purpose than just learning scripture and applying it for personal satisfaction, he was calling them to live sacrificially, to take the wrong done to you [legally in court stuff]. To give up the freedom to ‘smoke cigars’ if you will, for the sake of others. Paul was teaching them that it was possible to be right and have the answers to back up your position, but if you are truly not dieing to self, you are simply getting ‘puffed up’.
(966)1ST CORINTHIANS 9:1-14 Paul defends his apostleship and gives a strong defense for the New Testament doctrine of financially supporting Christian leaders. Now, I never want to be one of those types of teachers who skews or bypasses scriptures that seem to contradict previous teachings. It’s common for good men to do this, all leaders need to avoid doing it. Recently I added my comments to a debate that raged in the blogasphere. You had Frank Viola put out the book ‘Pagan Christianity’ [good book, I read and do recommend it] and another good theologian, Ben Witherington, gave a good critique [I also recommend Bens site, you can find both Frank and Ben’s sites on my blog roll]. Part of the debate hinged on the financial support of elders/ministers. I must admit I fell on Ben’s side in this argument, though I probably would agree with Frank around 90 % of the time on all the other stuff. Ben argued for the biblical mandate to support elders, frank seems to teach the support of apostles [itinerant workers] is okay, but does not leave room for the support of elders who live in the community. Now, you really need to read all I have written under the ‘what in the world is the church’ section of this blog to get my full view on all of this stuff, but this section of Corinthians makes this stuff pretty clear. Paul says ‘I have the right not to work and only live off of the offerings of the people’. So Paul defends this practice, but he also says ‘I choose not to use it’. He also uses two interesting examples from ‘the law’ [Old Testament] to defend the financial support of leaders. ‘The Ox who is treading out the corn shouldn’t be muzzled’ and ‘the priests who serve at the altar get to eat the meat from the sacrifices’. What is the most obvious example that he does not use? The tithe! I would say this is one of the best proofs for the tithe not being a normative practice of the early church. But Paul does use the other examples to say its right to financially support those who labor among you. But Paul has also given examples to elders [read my Acts 20 commentary] to show them that they are not in this for the money! Paul will actually defend the practice of working and not taking money from the believers. So we see a wide range of freedom in this area. I feel the biblical example is it is fine to financially support Christian leadership who are dedicating their lives to teaching and ministering the word. It is also fine to not use these ‘rights’ as a Christian leader. But nowhere are we taught a type of Levitical tithe system for the support of Christian leaders. Why? Paul’s main message was one of grace and coming out from the requirements of the law. To have used the tithe as an example to give financially would have been counterproductive to his whole message. Eventually believers would come to view ‘the church’ and ‘the priest/pastor’ as the single head of ‘the church building’ who would be supported like a Levite who served as a priest under the old covenant [bring all the tithes into the storehouse type concept]. This legalistic view of ‘the church’ is prevalent today in much of Christendom, both Catholics and Protestants seem to cling to this limited view of the church. The modern house church movement is giving the old view quite a run for its money! But let’s not throw out the baby with the bath water. Paul said its okay to financially support Christian leadership among you, just don't see it as a tithe that is supporting some type of Christian New Testament Levitical priest!
(969)1ST CORINTHIANS 9:15-27 I have a letter sitting here from some northern radio station. I guess these guys hear us some how? It’s a great offer to be on 140 stations for next to nothing [$140.00 a month]. I have had radio stations write us before. I choose to stay small so I can be consistent in not taking offerings. I am sure if I took offerings I could easily expand like this, but I think I need to set the example for others. This fits in with the following.
Now Paul will say ‘I would rather die than take money from you’ [and you guys think I’m an over reactor!] and also ‘I don’t take money from you because I want to make the gospel free of charge’. Remember, this is in the same chapter where he says it’s okay to support leaders financially. But yet he also makes these strong statements. Does Paul contradict himself? Some have tried to harmonize these statements by either saying Paul wasn’t really teaching the financial support of elders, or by saying Paul only restricted taking money from the Corinthians. Both of these are not true [Read my Acts 20 study]. Paul was hard on whatever group he was addressing. If he is speaking directly to the local saints, he says ‘you should make sacrifice and support those who labor among you’ but to the elders/leaders he says ‘I worked with my own hands while among you [elders!] to give you an example not to expect the people to support you’ [Acts 20]. He appeals to both sides to lay down their rights and give themselves away freely! He also says he adapts to every type of situation, he ‘becomes all things to all men, that he might save them’. He also brings his body under discipline so that after preaching to others, he himself will not be ‘cast away’. In my Proverbs reading I just came across ‘he that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls’. God wants you to succeed and accomplish things, the enemy wants to sidetrack you. Allow God to have the upper hand, let the fruit of ‘self control’ [one of the fruits of the Spirit] abide in you. Now remember, Paul says ‘they do it to obtain a corruptible crown’ [material, temporary stuff. Money included] but we do it [discipline ourselves] for an ‘incorruptible crown’. The scripture is filled with examples that contrast money [material rewards] with true spiritual riches. In these examples the scripture teaches us to expend our time and efforts in building a spiritual heritage as opposed to a financial one. Yet some will even use this scripture ‘running the race’ and apply it to stuff! Ahh, when we do stuff like this we are ‘reading/quoting scripture’ without truly knowing it. Jesus told the religious leaders ‘you search the scriptures because by doing this you think you have eternal life, but you will not come to me that you might have life’. It’s possible to spend your whole life searching scripture [for what you want] and still miss the chief cornerstone! [the main point]
(970) CORINTHIANS ‘woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel’ ‘they which preach the gospel should live by the gospel’. Let me do a quick review before we jump into chapter 10. Over the years of re-learning the style and function of the New Testament church, it took time to read these scriptures without superimposing my preconceived ideas upon the text. For instance, you could easily read these verses and simply fit them into the ‘church building’ [as the church!] mindset. I know of, and have partaken of, the excitement that preachers experience when they ‘preach the gospel’. It’s a fulfilling thing. But the problem is much of the present day church follows a program where one main person becomes the attraction of the community. We live and hear and vicariously learn thru the growth experiences of a single individual. Now, we don’t realize that this is not the main intent of meeting together as a community. God originally intended for his people to share as a community of grace. There are specific warnings in the New Testament to avoid the Christian community’s penchant to identify around an individuals giftings [we actually just covered some of these in this study]. But when we simply read ‘they which preach the gospel should live of it’ we think this is justifying the present day context. It really simply meant that those in the community with the ability to read and teach should be taken care of while they are giving themselves for the benefit of others. The first century believer’s could not all read, the majority probably were illiterate. This created a need for those who were literate to actually read Paul's letters out loud in the assembly. These sincere men were not modern day full time Pastors! This is why it’s important to read the scripture with historical context in mind. When I meet with the brothers, or travel to another town. I usually simply ask the guys ‘what’s the Lord been saying, do you have a word to share’? And sure enough, by the time our fellowship is over most everyone feels edified because they gave of themselves for others. One of my homeless friends is an excellent teacher. Believe me, he knows more scripture than many Pastors. He excels in this environment. There is really no need for one person [like myself!] to dominate the conversation, or to think that my calling entails me being the primary voice of the community. Sometimes when I find myself at some Christian function, I can tell that when people find out that you speak on the radio, that they kinda want you to preach. I always [yes always!] avoid it. Not because it would be wrong to teach, but the modern church has made such a profession out of it, that the average saint never really expresses himself on a regular basis. God never intended the church to be a place where people learn and grow and experience most of their Christian lives thru the experiences and gifts of one person. I just wanted to challenge you today with these few verses. When you just read them did you see them thru the old mindset? Don’t feel bad about it, just allow the Lord to ‘re-wire’ your brain as we continue to teach thru the New Testament. We find stuff like this all the way thru.
(971) THE PLAYPIPE AND THE ‘RED LINE’- Well it’s been a while since I gave an example from the fire Dept. I was thinking of this the other day and still get a laugh out of them. On our rookie tests at the fire dept. the captains and chief would make up questions to test the guys. One question would ask ‘how many parts are there to a playpipe’ [a type of nozzle for the fire hose]. The answer would say something like ‘5’. One of the expected ‘parts’ was ‘the playpipe itself’. Well that’s like asking ‘how many parts to a car’ and the answer being ‘the wheels, motor, windshield, and the car itself’. The ‘car itself’ cant be a part of ‘the car’. What you could say is ‘the body/chassis’. So the poor rookies who would get the question wrong were actually right. The funny part was trying to explain this to the captain. In his mind he couldn’t see what he was trying to say was ‘the shaft’ [the actual pipe part of the nozzle]. The other funny thing was on one of the fire trucks we had what was called a ‘booster line’ [or red line]. Most of the modern trucks had red hose for this line. So it was common to call it ‘the red line’. The problem was one of the old trucks had a black hose for the ‘booster line’. So the question would ask ‘what color is the red line on unit 104’. So the poor rookie, who wasn’t really around long enough to memorize all the hose colors, what put ‘red’. You simply would think this was a gimme question, a trick question. It would be like asking ‘what color is the red truck’. The problem was the poor rookies would answer ‘red’ and to their dismay they would get it wrong. The ‘red line is black’! Once again, trying to explain this to the test makers was like trying to convert the Pope to Protestantism! The captain would insist ‘the red line is black’! Not realizing what they should have said was ‘what color is the booster line’.
(972)1ST CORINTHIANS 10:1-4 it’s actually Christmas morning, 2008, as I write. Paul says ‘all of our forefathers were under the cloud, they were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and sea’. Note- 2 baptisms ‘Cloud’ [Spirit] ‘Sea’ [water]. Let’s do a little thinking here. How can Paul refer to the Jewish fathers as the Corinthians forefathers? Is he expecting a large Jewish group to read this letter? [Like Romans- both Jews and Gentiles were in mind]. Is he addressing them like the author of Hebrews, who is speaking directly to a nation in transition? While it’s possible for a few Jewish believers to have read/heard the reading of this letter. Yet I think Paul is simply being consistent with his letters to the Galatians and Romans, where he taught that all who would believe were the ‘children of Abraham by faith’ Abraham is ‘the father of many nations’. Now, I like the way Paul ‘spiritualizes’ here. Moses was the prophet who typified Jesus. The people were baptized [joined] to him both thru the good times and the bad. There was quite a rough history between Moses and the rebels! Times where they wanted to change leadership. Times where God even said ‘I have had it with this bunch, let’s just wipe them out and start over’. They had history. Also Paul says ‘they all ate of the same spiritual meat and drank from the same spiritual rock. Christ’. Again, Paul seems to teach the symbolic, as opposed to literal, view of ‘eating/drinking Christ’. Israel did have some physical ordinances in the wilderness. The Passover and the bread from heaven [Manna] already happened. But Jesus himself [John 6] would say ‘Moses didn’t give you the real bread, I am the real bread!’. So Paul’s use of the ‘Rock’ is purely symbolic. The story relates to the time where God gave the children of Israel water from an actual rock in the wilderness. Moses spoke to/struck the rock and water came out. Paul sees this as a symbolic picture. He is saying ‘this foreshadowed Christ, the true rock who would be the ‘Rock of ages’ who would be struck on the Cross and water would flow from his side’. Once again, this leaves us some context to interpret the Lords supper in a symbolic way. Was Paul teaching the Corinthians to go out in the fields and actually drink real water from a rock? No. He was simply saying these physical symbols would be fulfilled at a future time, and that time was now! All who believe in Christ are partaking [spiritually] of the water of life, the Holy Spirit. Tomorrow we will get into the examples that were left to us from these stories. I just want to mention that the Apostle Paul freely uses the Old Testament [his only bible at the time!] and applies these stories to both Gentile believers and 1st century Israel. The writer of Hebrews [who I think was Paul] says ‘just like the forefathers missed out on the promise by unbelief- entering the promised land- so too there is a danger that you, 1st century Israel, might miss out on eternal life by not receiving the Messiah by faith’. In this context, Israel of the Old Testament represents Israel in the first century. But when addressing a gentile church [Corinth] it is also okay for Paul to say ‘just like Israel faced physical death by being disobedient, so you too have had premature physical deaths in your community by rebelling against God’. In this comparison Israel [Old Testament] is simply being used as an example of God judging his covenant people for their disobedience. I feel these distinctions are important, they help us to keep the New Testament in context.
(973)1ST CORINTHIANS 10:5-13 Paul warns the Corinthians not to fall for the same temptations that Israel committed in the wilderness. ‘Don't sin sexually, don’t complain about stuff [ouch!] don’t be idolaters [lovers of your cash flow!]’ basic sins that effect us all. He also says something interesting ‘you are now those upon whom the end of the world [age] has come’. Not the ‘end of existence’ but the time period where Gods fullness has come [Galatians 4]. I find this interesting. The first century Apostles saw the breaking in of the Kingdom of God, thru Christ, as the event and ‘moment’ that all human history hinged upon. There was a real sense of ‘this is the special kairos season that all men have been waiting for’. The New Testament teaches that even the angels were waiting to see this day. One of the errors of dispensationalism was the idea that the important, main event was still some future happening [the second coming]. While it is true that this event will happen, and it will be glorious. Yet there was a sense in scripture that said the time of Christ’s death, burial and resurrection was the act of reconciliation that turned the destiny of man. Paul in essence was saying to the Corinthians ‘you don’t understand the full import of all that the Father has called you to. You are part of the most important movement in human history, all humanity has been waiting for this season, the ‘ends of the ages’ have come to this point. Don’t blow it for heavens sake’! Got it? Let’s grasp the fact that we too are part of this ‘time period’ [the new covenant kingdom age] and realize that our forefathers are watching from the stands [Hebrews]. Let’s not blow it [I was going to say ‘like the Cowboys’ but this gets too many locals mad].
(974)1ST CORINTHIANS 10: 5 ‘But with many of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness’. As I just sat down and was debating on how much to cover, I felt the Lord wanted me to stop with this one verse. Let’s review a little. Does this experience of being ‘scattered in the wilderness’ define past experiences for you? [Or present!] Historically the church has always had to deal with wilderness times. St. John of the Cross called this ‘the dark night of the soul’. After Mother Theresa’s death we found out that she struggled with doubt many times thru out her life. The historic church has been ‘scattered in the wilderness’ over truly insignificant stuff. I find it ridiculous that one of the main reasons the western [Catholic] and eastern [Orthodox] churches split in 1054 a.d. was over the silly distinction of whether the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father [the historic creed] or the ‘father and the Son’. This is considered the official cause of the split, though there were many other factors as well. In a day or so we will cover a verse that says ‘God is the head of Christ’. I had a friend that used to point out the fact that many Baptists would refer to ‘God and Jesus and the Spirit’ he would think this was in error because they would leave out ‘the Father’. To be honest he was consistent with Trinitarian thinking [I am one by the way!] If the ‘sole’ definition of God in the New testament were ‘3 separate persons who equally posses the Divine attributes’. Then the phrase ‘God is the head of Jesus’ would not make sense. It would be like saying ‘God [Father, Jesus and Holy spirit] are all the head of Jesus’. What am I saying here? Basically the historic church came to certain ways of framing the argument that were limited in their application. Does the New testament teach the Trinity? Yes. Does the word ‘God’ primarily refer to ‘the father’ in its language? To be honest, it does. Though the reality of the Trinity is there, yet the normative language of ‘God’ is referring to ‘the Father’. So my Baptist buddy was right in seeing a contradiction when Baptists said ‘God, Jesus and the Spirit’. If they were true to all the historic language, then they should have said ‘the father’ not ‘God’. Because ‘God’ would be the all encompassing language of ‘3 distinct persons who all posses the divine attributes’. But in fact, my friend was wrong. Why? Because the language of scripture mostly means ‘God the Father’ when simply saying ‘God’. Now why go into all this? Because the historic church has been divided over the language used. Arian, the Catholic Bishop/Priest, said that Jesus is ‘not God’. That ‘God the Father is God’. He was rightfully condemned, and the Trinitarian language would prevail. The problem is some of the language of the creeds and councils that would follow were not totally accurate. Some of the Creeds would say ‘Jesus was eternally begotten [always begotten]’ this statement was for the purpose of refuting those who said ‘Jesus had a beginning’ [Arianism]. Now, did Jesus ‘have a beginning’? John’s gospel says Jesus was with the father from the beginning, and that ‘the Word was with God, and was God’. Jesus had no beginning! But, does this mean he was ‘eternally begotten’? No. He was begotten by Mary 2 thousand years ago. Begotten refers to the incarnation, not the preexisting Son who was with the father from all eternity. So the well intended phrase ‘eternally begotten’ was wrong. Why even discuss this? Because most of Christian Orthodoxy would still condemn certain aspects of the Syrian and Ethiopian churches over this. We at times are ‘scattered in the wilderness’ and our ‘bodies’ [denominations, divisions in Christendom] are a sad representation to the world. [NOTE- I want to restate what I have said in the past. I believe in the Trinity. But I also want you to see how other Christian perspectives have viewed these things in the past. There are large groups of ‘historic churches’ [not Gnostics and stuff like that, the so called ‘lost Christianities’] who lean towards Arianism. Most of the invading barbarians who sacked the Western Roman empire were converted to this ‘brand’ of Christianity. So while I hold to the historic orthodox view, I wanted you to see that we too have been inconsistent at times].
(977)1ST CORINTHIANS 10:15-17 ‘The cup that we bless, is it not the communion of the Blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of Christ's Body? We are all one bread, we all partake equally of Christ’s Body and Blood. We exist as a community because of him’ [my paraphrase]. Here in my study I have various volumes on church history. I own catholic volumes, protestant ones, and even some from ‘the out of the institutional church’ perspective. Over the years I have learned that most believers tell their story from their perspective. This is not a wrong thing, nor is it a purposeful act to distort history. It’s just natural to see ‘your world’ thru your lens of past experiences. Around the 17th century the Jesuit priests were some of the first Christians to write systematic church histories. Though you had many scholars who were informed on the subject, the Jesuits were the first to try and bring all the previous centuries together and present them in an orderly way that could be understood and read by the average student. There is some debate on how accurate some of these first ‘tellings’ of history were. For instance, some classic church histories [both catholic and protestant] show an early 2nd century development of belief in the Eucharist as being the literal Body and Blood of Jesus. Also most volumes focus on church figures such as Iraneus , Tertullian, Augustine [4th- 5th centuries] and many other good men [I know I spelled these names wrong!]. There seems to have been a basic belief that this history is the only ‘history’ of the first few centuries. The problem with this approach is we now have archealogical evidence from the first few centuries that would support the idea that the early church might not have been as ‘institutional’ as previously thought. For instance, most histories say the development of the monarchial episcopacy [single bishop over ‘a church/region’] was early. But the evidence discovered shows that as late as the 2nd, possibly early 3rd centuries you had bishops who were simply elders/overseers in the early church. Burial places were uncovered that showed multiple ‘bishops’ all buried in one spot. The evidence seems to indicate that these were all men who served at the same time. Not one bishop dieing off while others took his place. This would mean that some practicing Christians never fully accepted the institutional idea of the single bishop. But you really couldn’t find this out from a wide reading of all the different church histories. Why? Were the Jesuits who put together the first cohesive history trying to deceive people? Of course not! They were seeing church history thru ‘their lens’. Now, what in the world does this have to do with the verse on communion? The word for communion here is a translation from the Greek word ‘koinonia’, which simply means ‘fellowship’. The church at Corinth practiced ‘communion’ as a love feast. The early believers had their ‘communion service’ as a type of buffet type fellowship where they all shared and came together in real friendship. Now in the next chapter we will deal with some of the problems that arose out of this practice, but the point today is I want you to see that when Paul says ‘we are all one bread who are partaking from one loaf’ he is simply saying ‘just like when we all get together and share in the communal meal, this is the same way we all spiritually live off of the Body and Blood of Christ. We are ‘one bread’ [people/communion] because we all derive our life from Jesus, the true bread that came down from heaven’ [John 6]. I simply want to give you the flavor of what Paul is saying. It’s easy to read these verse’s from the sacramental perspective. To see the focus being on the actual bread and wine of the meal. I think it’s better understood from the broader communal idea that I just espoused. Our entire New Testament is the most verifiable collection of first century documents ever to be found. Though we as believers take them as Gods word, they also show us the most accurate historical picture of what the early church believed and practiced. I think the reformers of the 16th century were right in stating that the final authority should be the word of God. They did not reject church tradition, but they said the final arbiter in controversial issues was Gods word. Even the great Catholic humanist, Erasmus, was known for his desire to ‘get back to the original sources’. He was helpful in urging the Catholic Church towards reform by going back to the Greek New Testament [most scholars were using the vulgate version, which was the Latin translation. The Latin did not do justice to the Greek!] Well today’s point is our New Testaments are accurate first century documents on early church belief and practice. I think Erasmus cry to ‘get back to the sources’ would do us all some good.
(978)1ST CORINTHIANS 10: 18-33 Paul ‘re-uses’ a previous analogy of the priests partaking of the meat from the altar. Here he uses it to describe the reality of fellowship and being joined to that which you worship. Now he deals with the idea of the meat from the idol worship that was sold ‘in the shambles’ [market place]. He already said this meat was fine. But here he says ‘the things the gentiles offer are being offered to demons, so I don’t want you joining in with this type of demonic worship’. It’s not a matter of the meat, or the idol! It’s a matter of being unequally ‘yoked together with unbelievers’. This is a theme that Paul discusses in this letter. It not only applies to marriage, but also to any type of intimate fellowship with an unbeliever. Here's where a distinction should be made. Yesterday one of my homeless buddies stopped by. His name is Tim [carpenter Tim]. I mentioned him before. Tim’s a great friend who I have known for many years. He just stopped by to say hi, he told me he caught my radio show on Sunday and really enjoyed it. They get a kick out of being real friends with some so called ‘radio preacher’. I think it’s hard at times to connect the ‘radio guy’ with the simple brother who takes them out to eat and stuff. Tim is a believer who works regularly [thus the name carpenter Tim!] He does not take the free handouts and stuff that are offered to the local homeless population. But I have helped Tim as a friend and brother in the Lord for many years. I asked if he has heard anything about Bill ‘painter Bill’. I have known Bill just as long as Tim. These are the original homeless guys I met in the early 1990’s. Bill is in his 70’s, Tim is around my age [I am 46 years old as I write]. Bill was a bitter homeless person. Just too many years of going thru stuff. Over the years we had become real good friends. I think he sees me as one of his best friends. A few weeks back I heard he was on a respirator and they though he wasn’t going to make it. It sounded pretty bad. As of right now I don’t know if he’s alive or not. A few months back I was giving Bill a ride home. He had a temporary place to live at the time. He did ask if I had a few dollars to spare. I don’t remember if I did or not to be honest. But I told Bill I don’t make the same amount of money since I retired. Just to let him know that’s why we haven’t gone to eat recently. He also asked me if I wanted to get the free eye checkup from the mission. They had some locals donate their time and they would get the guys free glasses. I told him that's all right, I don’t want to take stuff that’s meant for the homeless [I also don’t eat the free meals]. They get upset that I don't use the system. So as we arrive at Bills trailer he asks if I could come in for a minute. I told him sure. He handed me the free glasses he recently got, he asks me to try them on. I did. He then offers them to me. I told him no thanks, though I appreciated the offer. Bill was willing to give me his glasses. When Paul the apostle deals with having fellowship with unbelievers, he is not telling us to have no contact with the lost world. He is showing the Corinthians that they were not to be partakers of evil things along with the world. We are here to reach out to the world, not to have fellowship with evil things, but to be like Jesus. He was accused of being ‘a friend of sinners’. Do you have any ‘sinner friends’?
(980)1ST CORINTHIANS 11: 1-16 at first I was just going to skip this section and say ‘I know you didn’t get your moneys worth, but wait, you guys didn’t give me any money!’ But this would be a cheap shot. So what do we do with portions of scripture that are difficult? I have heard this taught in a way that says ‘Christ is the head of the church [both men and women- true] and any distinction between a man being ‘the head’ of the woman only applies to natural families’. The problem is Paul mixes the analogies ‘Christ is the head of a man, a man [husband] is the head of the woman [wife], and God is the head of Christ’. To dissect these verses into a ‘secular/religious’ division is next to impossible! So what do they mean? I believe the New Testament does teach a type of functional difference between men and woman. Now, Paul teaches that women ‘can prophesy’ in ‘the church’. He says so in these verses! In Romans 16 Paul refers to Junia as an apostle and Phoebe as a deaconess. In the Old Testament Deborah was a mighty judge. Peter says that both sons and daughters will prophesy [Acts 2, quoting Joel]. I could go on. Then why make a distinction? Paul gives his rationale in this section. Believers show the order and submission of the Godhead when they willingly take their God ordained positions in society. When husbands love their wives as Christ loves the church, God is glorified. When wives submit [oh no, I can’t believe I said it!] to their ‘loving’ husbands they show the role of Christ’s willful submission to the Father. And yes, Paul also teaches we all submit to each other in love as well. Those who see all of Paul’s teaching on women as a cultural thing will have a problem with the inspiration of scripture. But on the other hand the strong fundamentalist/literalist also has a problem here. Should we mandate the wearing of ‘coverings’ [hats] when women prophesy? I don't think so [some do think so!]. But most fundamentalists have no problem chalking up the ‘hat wearing’ portion to culture. Also in this debate, one of the obvious questions is ‘can a woman be a Pastor over a church’? Or Bishop or whatever. Remember, no one was a ‘Pastor over a church’ like we think until around the 4th century. So before we judge whether or not it is fair to restrict women from certain roles ‘in the church’ we need to understand what roles there are ‘in the church’. Did you ever wonder who was marrying and burying the people for the first few hundred years of Christian history? It is quite obvious that Paul and the first century Apostles/Elders were not doing it. So when did the ‘clergy’ pick the practice up? During Constantine’s legalization of Christianity in the 4th century, the church took over the rites and ceremonies from Rome. The Roman ‘philosopher/speakers’ could be hired to speak a eulogy when someone died, they could conduct wedding ceremonies. They for the most part were ‘the Pastors’ of the day! Now we simply took the job from them. Does this mean all Pastors are pagan funeral directors? No. It simply shows us that when we ask the question ‘why can’t women be pastors like men’. Maybe the question should be ‘were men ever supposed to be pastors either?’ [in the contemporary use of the term] So in this little excursion into history I think we all have some lessons to learn. The people of God are made up of men and women and Jew and Gentile, scripture says in Christ there are no more distinctions like this. We are all considered the Body of Christ equally. Yet this does not mean [in my view] that everyone does the same job as everyone else. The New Testament clearly says ‘are all Apostles, all Prophets’. God has distinctions in this Body. Do these distinctions carry over to the woman/man issue in functionality? It seems so to me to a degree. Those who are striving for more equality in function for women, I think the best way to approach it is not to by- pass all these difficult portions of scripture. But to take the approach that as the church grows she allows the greater overriding truths of scripture to over shadow any personal advice given by Paul to a specific church in the first century. Now I don’t fully take this approach myself, but to a degree many of us do accept this approach when dealing with the ‘hat/covering issue’. So instead of just showing you my view, I wanted to paint a little broader picture. Ultimately how you come down on this is between you and God. Women most certainly can and do function in Christ’s church today, they always have and always will.
(983)1ST CORINTHIANS 11:16-34 ‘When you come together IN THE CHURCH’ [king James version] ‘when you come together AS THE CHURCH’ [new king James version]. In this section of scripture we see a real good definition of ‘church’ and also a bad one. The word for church is found over 100 times in the New Testament [114? - if I remember right] in every occasion, bar none, it refers to the people of God. Sometimes it refers to them as ‘coming together’ or simply as ‘the called out people of God’ [that is they are all spiritually gathered as a community in Christ]. The word never refers to a ‘church building’ [there is one reference in James that can seem to indicate a place to meet. James is speaking to Jews, the synagogue [or Jerusalem temple] as a building is different from the term for church in Paul’s letters!]. In the example I just gave you from the king James versions, it shows you how Gods people viewed this term for church [Ecclesia/Ekklesia] as time rolled along. The original translators of the King James saw it as ‘a place you meet in’ the new version saw it ‘as when Gods people come together’. You say ‘what’s the big difference’? Well I am sure the original translators meant well, but in actuality there is a big difference between ‘being an organic family’ or ‘being a building’! As Paul addresses the Corinthians he says ‘your coming together is not for the better, but for the worse’. They were using the gathering as a means of self gratification. ‘What can I get out of this’ type thing. I do see a parallel in much of today’s ‘church meeting’. Do we see Christianity thru the lens of ‘what am I going to hear this Sunday that I can implement in my own personal life for self improvement’? This mindset prevails in today’s church environment. The ethos of Jesus was contrary to this. He challenged his followers to lay down their rights and desires and seek another kingdom, one that was not measured by the standards of this world. Paul rebuked the Corinthians for seeking ‘their own wealth [benefit] and not the other’s’. He also told them to examine their hearts before coming together so they would not be judged. I have heard the new generation of church thinkers [which I am one myself!] kind of mock the old time churches by saying ‘Oh they tell you communion is some dangerous thing that you must approach with a holier than thou attitude’. Most mean well when they level this charge, but the ‘old time churches’ are not without scriptural support for this approach. Paul did say ‘you guys are too flippant in your attitude towards the Lords table, you need to straighten up and take more seriously your corporate call to those around you’. Understand, the celebration of this ‘love feast’ was to ‘show the Lords death till he come’. Who were they ‘showing it to’? The entire ‘unchurched’ community around them! Their selfless lives of being the community of God, loving and sharing of themselves as a spiritual family, was for the intent of having an effective community wide witness. They reminded not only themselves, but those around them ‘of the Lords death’. It was truly a corporate witness! Our Catholic brothers might not be as wrong as most Protestants seem to think. The Catholic Church sees the Eucharist as the central witness and part of their meetings. The Protestants see the preaching of the word from the pulpit. Though the Protestants are sincere in their efforts to teach the word of God, there is a tendency to become ‘pastor/pulpit’ centered, as opposed to being ‘Christ centered’. All in all Paul rebukes and corrects them based on their self centered actions when meeting together. He also sees ‘the gathering’ as ‘the church’. Not the place their meeting at! It’s easy to confuse this when reading ‘when you come together in the church- in one place’ it sure seems like he can be referring to a church building. Take my word for it, he’s not.
(984)1ST CORINTHIANS 12:1-6 ‘There are different gifts, ministries and out workings of the Spirit’ [my paraphrase]. In this section we see an idea that I feel gets lost in the current paradigm of ‘doing church’. When Paul addresses a church [community of believers] he is speaking to all the believers in the city. When we think ‘church’ we assume it means ‘church’ as ‘going to the church [building] on Sunday’. Therefore we tend to read these types of verses as ‘there are different gifts and functions in ‘the church’- the Sunday school teacher, nursery worker, door greeter’ well you get it. The better reading would be ‘there are various expressions and ways the Spirit works and administers thru/in the community’. For instance, those who labor in ‘Para-church’ ministries are often considered noble, but not ‘a church’. But according to this passage, they would be just as much ‘church’, a legitimate part of the local body, as the home meeting [of course we know in Paul’s day there were no church buildings]. So the broader view of church as community would see these verses saying ‘where you live there are a variety of gifted ones whom the Spirit of God lives and operates thru. These saints all express the community of the Spirit in various ways. All these expressions are just as legitimate as the other, it is one Spirit manifesting himself in diverse ways for the overall benefit of all the believers in your city’. When we label what the Spirit is doing thru other ‘administrations’ as ‘Para-church’ we violate this passage of scripture. When we limit the various expressions and gifts to ‘the Sunday church meeting’ we actually are violating the intent of these verses. In your city you have doctors, lawyers, and all types of trades. While it is fine for them to operate out of a building and to keep regular business hours. Yet you wouldn’t describe them as separate, individual little ‘cities’ who all operate out of your town. You would see all of them as various gifted people who ‘operate out of your city’. So this is the broader view of what I think Paul is saying. Now he will also give directions on how these various gifts work in the meeting, this of course is part of it. But we need to see the broader view of what the Spirit is saying. Jesus expected his disciples to go out into the highways and hedges and ‘compel them to come in’ [not into the church building for heavens sake! But into the Kingdom] Paul taught that the Spirit accomplishes this in many different ways thru ‘the church’ [people of God].
(985)1ST CORINTHIANS 12:7 ‘But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to EVERY MAN to profit EVERY BODY’. I want to share a criticism that sometimes gets made against me. I know ‘the critics’ mean well, and are actually sincere men. It’s just they have been ‘shaped’ by the present system of ‘church’. The criticism goes like this ‘sure John has an effective teaching ministry [blog/radio] but if you need someone to come pray for you, lets see if he will come’. The idea is that the true legitimate ‘elders’ are those you can ‘call for’. James says ‘if any one is sick among you, let him call for the elders of ‘the church’. They see ‘the church’ as the actual 501c3, building, Sunday meeting [storehouse] type thing - they are simply seeing thru their ‘lens’. What James is simply saying is ‘if someone is sick in your community/local body of believers, call for the elders [more spiritually mature ones] and let them pray for you and anoint you with oil’. Now, I have personally spent many thousands [yes thousands!] of actual man hours on the streets helping people. I have helped and given to some of the local homeless population who attend some of these ‘churches’, out of my own pocket. Yet these same homeless brothers are encouraged to give ten percent of their money to ‘their church’. What am I saying here? I know the men who level this type of accusation are often intimidated by peer pressure and stuff. But the verse above says ‘the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every believer to profit every one around them’. The biblical view of ‘church’ would simply require all believers to ‘administer the gift’ in a way that would profit all those around them. There is no need to make these types of distinctions between ‘the elders of our church’ or ‘the spiritual leaders in our region’. They mean the same thing. So see your gift as a freely received charism that should be used unselfishly for the benefit of others. Also some Pastors do seem to come around to ‘my view’ after many years of hearing us. They might then try and do some city wide ministry, open to all the body. Then if the results are not good, they can become discouraged also. Understand, many of these men took many years before they could really see what we were saying, don’t expect a majority of local believers to see things that took you years to see! The paradigms don’t come down that easily.
(986)CORINTHIANS 12: 8-10 this section deals with the various gifts of the Spirit. The list is not exhaustive, Paul speaks in Romans and Ephesians about other ones as well. Instead of diving into a definition for each gift, lets look a little at the various ‘modes’ and characteristics of the Spirit of God. In revelation we have a scripture that many seem to stumble over, it says ‘the 7 spirits of God that are before his throne’. Some associate Isaiah 11 with this. In Isaiah 11 you can find 6 distinct characteristics of the Spirit of God, some see 7. Or you could say ‘God has 7 actual Spirits’. Does God have 7 spirits? Or 25 or 10,000? God is the creator of all spirits. He is the Father of lights! In revelation you have Jesus holding the ‘7 stars’ in his hand, which are said to be angels. Then you have the ‘7 angels of the 7 churches’. I showed you before why these angels are not ‘Pastors’ they are angels! [You can find the post somewhere under END TIMES STUFF]. Revelation has 7 seals, bowls, candlesticks. The book is a prophetic book that has angels revealing and operating and functioning. The 7 spirits before God’s throne are probably the 7 angels spoken about in the book. Hebrews says the angels are ‘ministering spirits’. Well let’s get off the rabbit trail. In Isaiah 61 we have the famous verses that Jesus read and applied to himself in the New Testament [Luke 4]. Jesus opens the scroll and reads about the Spirit of God upon him, the eyes of everyone in that place were fixated on him. Notice how both in Isaiah 11 and 61, one of the main purposes of the anointing was to administer justice to the poor and oppressed. Much of Evangelicalism has opted out of this responsibility. There was an overreaction to the social gospel of the late 19th, early 20th century. The social gospel had a tendency to overemphasize good deeds, without focusing on conversion. But the Fundamentalist movement of the 20th century neglected the social justice aspect of the kingdom, thank God for the Catholics who picked up the torch. The point today is the purpose of the gifts, which we will get into tomorrow, is not simply for self glory and edification. Or should I say the purpose of the anointing. Jesus made it very clear that his mission involved justice for the poor and oppressed, he did not limit his ministry to ‘the church’.
(991)1ST CORINTHIANS 12: 8-11 Instead of giving you my definition for each one of the gifts of the Spirit, let me just give you a sense of where I’m coming from. Over the years I have learned the normal Pentecostal understanding of these gifts. I also have learned the ‘anti-Pentecostal’ view. I take a little from each camp. The strong Pentecostal view usually sees all the gifts as ‘supernatural’ I do too! But to them this means the gifts of Wisdom and Knowledge can’t be ‘regular wisdom or knowledge’. Okay, so what are they? Some teach that the ‘word of wisdom’ is simply a prophetic word about future stuff. The ‘word of knowledge’ is simply prophetic insight into ‘past stuff’. To be honest I have no idea how people come up with stuff like this [well, actually I do have an idea]. I see Paul as operating in a strong gift of knowledge, though Paul was trained and had a good education, the Spirit took all of his ‘head knowledge’ and quickened it. I see James as having a strong gift of wisdom, his epistle is the only New Testament work considered to be part of the corpus of wisdom literature. Of course the gifts of healing[s] and prophecy are supernatural, but wisdom and knowledge can be ‘supernatural’ without having to fall into some prophetic type category. If it’s wisdom and knowledge from God, then it is supernatural! I have known Pastors who had the gift of wisdom, sometimes they would come to the same conclusions as me, but they took a different route to get there! They might not have ‘seen’ all the knowledge portions of scripture that I saw, but the wisdom they operated in caused them to arrive at the same place. Some teach that after the Spirit fell on the church at Pentecost [Acts 2] that you no loner had miracles, dreams and visions or angelic visitations. Why is this wrong? The book that records more miracles and angels and visions than any other book [except for the gospels] is the book of Acts. In essence, one of the major New Testament books on these manifestations shows them to be a result of the Spirits outpouring! The point being these things didn’t end after Pentecost. I realize both camps [Pentecostal- non Pentecostal] have had their wars over this stuff. I find that both sides can be just as legalistic and judgmental in their views. I think one of the major ‘signs’ of being ‘Spirit filled’ is a life based on free grace. When people grasp the gospel and are filled with the Spirit, they should be free from living their lives out of a state of condemnation and guilt. Many ‘Spirit filled’ churches operate in the gifts [their view of them] but are just as legalistic as the non Pentecostals. To me this is not what it means to be ‘Spirit filled’. Overall we should be open to the working of the Spirit in supernatural ways. We should avoid making this the goal or identity of our Christian walk, but we should not reject or despise prophetic/supernatural things. They are available and necessary at times for completion of the mission.
(994)1ST CORINTHIANS 12: 12-26 Paul uses the analogy of a body to describe the church. Keep in mind that the ‘church’ in Paul’s writings mean ‘all Gods people in the region/city’. Not just the gathered assembly! It’s important to make this distinction because much of the talk on the restoration of the organic church versus the institutional church focuses too much on the way believers meet. Here Paul is saying ‘you are all individual distinct members in the local community, you express Christ in various ways, though you have unique gifts you also are part of one corporate expression of Christ in your city’. The distinct gifts function in your community, not just in the meeting! [Whether it be the Sunday building type thing or the living room!] Paul also tells them to be on the guard for the ‘one member dominating the group’ expression of church. If everyone is centered on one particular gift then the corporate expression of the Body of Christ is diminished. Or if everyone saw ‘full time ministry’ as being a modern Pastor then you would have too many sincere believers all seeking to serve God in a limited way ‘if all were an eye, ear, mouth [speaking gift]’ then where would the Body be? I find this chapter to be a key chapter in the current reformation of modern church practices. As Gods people strive for a more scriptural expression of ‘being the church’ we need to keep this chapter in mind. Now, a word for the strong organic church brothers. The fact that Paul encourages a corporate expression in the church does not mean the gatherings of Gods people must be leaderless. Paul includes the concept of Elders in his writings. To be sure these men were not to dominate the meetings, or be the weekly speaker on an ongoing basis. But some hold to a type of idea that the way the church is supposed to testify of the ‘headship of Christ’ is by demonstrating a human leaderless church. That is God ordained the local bodies of believers to have no functioning human leaders in order to show forth Christ’s headship. To be honest I don’t see this in scripture. I see leaders in plurality [never a one man show] and Paul was not afraid to tell Titus and Timothy to ‘ordain’ [recognize!] Elders in the church. But the overall instruction in this chapter is God wants all of his people to function on a regular basis in the Body of Christ. This of course includes the gatherings, but it is not limited to them. The primary way we ‘show’ the world the Lordship of Jesus is by the selfless love we have one for another. When we daily live charitable, sacrificial lives, this demonstrates the ‘headship of Jesus’ over the church. The way believers meet has some effect on this, but most of Jesus instructions to the disciples was on how they would go out into the world and bring the great message of the kingdom to society. The primary ‘battlefield’ of the church militant is the world, not the meeting place!
(996)1ST CORINTHIANS 12:27-31 Lets talk about ‘the fivefold ministry’ [some say four]. In the 90’s there was a real interest in this subject. It comes from this portion of scripture [and Ephesians 4]. The basic teaching is/was that God was restoring all these ministries [Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers- some see this as one combined gift] and that this restoration was one of the final things to happen before Christ’s return. I read and bought lots of books on church planting and how Apostles are gifted to ‘plant churches’. This teaching really wasn’t a new thing. Back in the 1800’s you had Edward Irving head up an apostolic movement called ‘the apostolic catholic church’ [Irvingites]. You had interesting folk like John Alexander Dowie who would start a modern city of God called ‘Zion’ in Illinois. Brother Dowie saw himself as an apostle and felt the Lord led him to start an apostolic city. You can still visit the city today. It was also common for many ‘up and coming’ preachers to begin seeing themselves as ‘apostles/prophets’ and actually advertise their callings in this way. Well of course the old time brothers who reject the gifts all together, saw this as another sign of the end time apostasy. You also had a strange phenomenon take place. It was common for ‘apostolic/prophetic’ people to be taught ‘the missing ingredient is covering and authority’- the churches are weak because they are under pastoral authority, they don’t have apostles ‘covering them’ [ouch!]. So it was not uncommon to have respected men kind of stepping over the normal boundaries of relating to churches and to say things like ‘you need to do this’ ‘you over there, be quiet. I don’t give you permission to speak’ and stuff like this. These sincere men thought it their responsibility to act this way. They felt this was a part of the restoration of apostles. Now, do apostles exist today [and prophets]? To be honest with you, yes. If you read this section along with Ephesians chapter 4, it is next to impossible to teach that they passed away in the first century. These scriptures make it clear that after Jesus ascended he gave ‘some apostles, others prophets’ they are included in the list of evangelists, pastors and teachers. If you lose one gift, then you lose them all. Also the timing of their ministries is given ‘till we all come to the unity of the faith unto a perfect man’. These gifts are all given to build Gods people up until we come to fall maturity. We aint there yet! So it’s pretty obvious that these gifts exist. Those who believe they don’t exist usually refer to the fact that the apostles of the Lamb [a category unto itself] did pass away. They will show you the truth of these apostles having to have been witnesses of Jesus actual resurrection. But these are a different category of apostles. The ones in this chapter were not even ‘made’ until after Jesus ascended on high. The same for the prophets. So, what do these strange fellows do? In all the books and stuff I have read on these movements, I feel some have been too limited in their definitions. Some taught that they were primarily itinerant men [traveling church planters]. Of course Paul was the master at this. But you find James as a stable pillar of the church at Jerusalem. Peter did travel, but he was no Gentile church planter like Paul! And Timothy in the New Testament had an apostolic type gifting, yet he was a protégée under Paul. So for the most part apostles do carry a special ability to ground Gods people in truth. Those who are called to ‘plant churches’ need to be more in tune with the example of Paul. Many modern day ‘apostles’ see church planting as going to a region and organizing Christians to meet in certain ways. I have heard it said ‘I have planted an organic church’ ‘I have planted a home group’ or of course the standard ‘I have planted a building based church’. The main ‘church planting’ of Paul was bringing the gospel to UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS and evangelizing those groups. Now of course he did give instructions to them on ‘how to meet’ [like in this book we are reading!] But don’t confuse ‘church planting’ with organizing believers around a new way to meet. All in all God gave us these gifts to build each other up and bring us to maturity, a place where we are no longer dependent on these gifts to function. I feel one of the greatest dangers was the strong authoritarian mindset that some of the apostolic brothers had, they meant well, but they stepped over their boundaries at times.
(998)CORINTHIANS ‘DO ALL SPEAK WITH TONGUES’? - Before we leave chapter 12, let me overview a little. Paul mentions ‘do all speak with tongues’ and the presumed answer is ‘no’. I love my Pentecostal brothers, but some have developed an interesting doctrine that says ‘God wants all to speak with tongues’ though here it is obvious that all don’t! I am familiar with the classic defense of this. It says that in the beginning of the chapter the gifts are individual gifts that all believers can have [true enough] but that later in the chapter the ‘tongues’ that all don’t operate in is speaking of some sort of ministry gift of tongues. That Paul is basically saying ‘you can all prophesy, speak with tongues, etc..’ but you are not all going to have public ‘ministry gifts’ in these things. Okay, I got it. What’s the problem with this defense? Simply that when your done making the case, the brothers usually wind up saying ‘therefore, we should all speak with tongues’! Any argument [case] made from scripture, needs to use the plain language/thought flow to interpret that which is not plain. I believe all the gifts are for today [though I would disagree on certain Pentecostal definitions of them] but I also believe we violate the New Testament when we teach that certain gifts are supposed to operate in every person. Sure, you can find tongues and other gifts as signs in the book of Acts that believers were filled with the Spirit. But this doesn’t mean that those who don’t speak in tongues are not filled with the Spirit. Paul’s teaching here is that we are all baptized into Christ by the Spirit and we are all ‘drinking in the one Spirit’ but yet he empathically says ‘you all will not have the same gifts operating’. I think it is a violation of scripture to develop a doctrine that says ‘unless you function in a certain gift, you are not Spirit filled’. I do not see the classic Pentecostal division between ‘public tongues’ [that everyone doesn’t do] and ‘private tongues’ that you must have in order to have proof of being baptized in the Spirit. I do see the division to a degree, but I feel the Pentecostal brothers are being legalistic when they make this case.
(999)1ST CORINTHIANS 13:1 ‘THOUGH I SPEAK WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN AND OF ANGELS, AND HAVE NOT LOVE, I AM BECOME AS SOUNDING BRASS OR A TINKLING SYMBOL’ Over the years I have seen how the church can ‘have a voice-make noise’ without actually effecting change. Last night I watched some Martin Luther King stuff. Without ‘sucking up for political purposes’ I must admit that Martin is at the top of my list of personal heroes. Martin spoke with a revolutionary purpose in mind, he was not ‘delivering sermons’. One time I spoke at a friends church, I only spoke for around 15 minutes [much like my radio show] and the pastor said ‘no wonder John doesn’t have a church/ preach regularly, you have to at least speak for 45 minutes’ [something like that]. Though after the message I had good comments from the people, the sincere pastor felt like we didn’t ‘put the time in’ in order to fulfill the Sunday morning practice of ‘church’. Were did we get our modern sermon from? [The actual format]. If you go to Bible College you can take a course called ‘homiletics’ this course will teach you the structure of speaking and putting a message together. If you study Greek rhetoric you will find that this science existed in the Greek intellectual world before Christians embraced it [the actual format and structure taught in homiletics comes right out of the Greek system of rhetoric, to the tee!]. I find it funny how many modern pastors seem to measure a persons degree of ‘being scriptural’ by this measuring rod. ‘Well brother, didn’t they preach in scripture’ you bet they did. We see Jesus reading from the scroll in the synagogue. Paul and Peter were master ‘preachers’ if you will [though Paul himself was no ‘golden tongue’] basically the biblical concept of preaching/teaching was more of a spontaneous thing. It’s certainly not wrong to borrow the sermon from the Greeks [which we did do] but we don’t want to fall into some mindset that sees modern ministry [pastoral] as being a professional speaker. Here Paul says there is a danger of believers becoming like ‘sounding brass and tinkling symbols’ we can lose the reality of simple communication. We also can lose the prophetic edge of speaking into society over issues of justice. If we become too mundane and ‘professional’ then the world simply views us as another program to simply pass over when clicking the remote. Both Martin Luther King and Charles Finney were known for their social activism. One of the charges [actually true] made against them was that they held to liberal theological positions. Finney was effected by the higher criticism of his day [the trend in the universities to deny the supernatural elements of scripture] he embraced certain doctrines that could be viewed as heretical [things on the atonement and mans sinful nature]. King’s critics make note of the fact that he also accepted certain types of bible interpretation that viewed some of the miraculous stories as ‘myth’ [not fake, but simple allegorical stories that were not literal but simply meant to convey a spiritual theme]. Things like Jonah and the whale, or Ballams talking donkey [or the talking snake in the garden!] Some intellectual brothers view these stories this way. Is there any validity to these views? Actually yes. I personally hold the ‘literal’ view with stuff like this, but ‘literal’ does not mean the bible does not contain different styles of writing. You do have poetry, allegory, symbol and other types or forms of grammar in scripture. Even the strong literal brothers will contradict themselves when they fully accept the ‘Lamb on the throne’ as not being a literal Lamb! [or when they interpret the scorpion like demons in Revelation as Black Hawk helicopters] So scripture does use allegory and symbol. But why did Luther and Finney associate with the more liberal trends in theology? I feel it was because of the strong anti social gospel that the fundamentalists embraced. The more conservative thinkers who rejected the liberal trends in teaching, would also reject social activism. Luther and Finney simply gravitated towards those who were like minded in their concern to speak into society. Basically they didn’t just want to be theologically correct [though they might have been in some of there views] but they wanted to be able to effect change in society. They wanted to be more than just a tinkling symbol that could tickle your ears.
(1002)1ST CORINTHIANS 13: 2-3 ‘and though I have the gift of prophecy [Pentecostal, prophetic expressions] and understand all mysteries and all knowledge [Orthodox, Reformed, intellectual creedal churches] and though I have all faith that I could remove mountains [the Faith camp] and have not charity [Agape- love] I am nothing’. Whew! Thank God us mission/outreach type guys are not in there. ‘And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor [ouch] and have not love it profits nothing’. I love the various expressions of the church, I feed from the Reformed brothers teaching, Love reading and studying Orthodoxy and Catholicism. I of course favor the outreach/hands on type ministries, but according to this text we can have all these things and still be missing the mark. Our intellectual type brothers are engaging the culture and defending the faith, but without love we don’t even put a dent in the culture. The apologists are great at refuting the new atheists, to be honest about it the Christian intellectuals are head and shoulders above the atheists [Craig Lane and men like him] but I have noticed that we don’t really change that many minds even when all the proof is on our side. And I cant tell you how many well meaning missions and soup kitchens I have been too, but often times there is a disconnect between the people being served and the ‘servers’. You get the feeling sometimes that the well meaning helpers are simply punching a time card. We all need to reevaluate our motives. People can tell when we are in ‘ministry’ for the love of the business. Or for the self glory and adulation that comes with our service. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees because they truly were in it for the recognition of men. They wanted others to see that they were ‘successful in the ministry’ so they could receive recognition in public. Paul tells the Romans ‘he that shows mercy, let him do it with love [cheerfully]’. It’s easy to fall into a rut and simply be functioning out of a sense of duty. Now duty can be a good thing, there are times where we just need people to report for duty! [The harvest is plenteous, but the workers are few] but we need to examine ourselves and make sure we are functioning out of the Love of God. Often times the various ministries and expressions of the church are simply God ordained ‘places’ where we can connect with people. As we interact with the lost world, lets do our best to win the arguments, give proof for the legitimacy of Christianity. Combat false ideas and mindsets that are imbedded in our culture, but lets leave room for the other side to get in with us. Understand that they have a ‘missing piece’ [Augustine’s hole in the heart] and we are the only ones that can show them how to fill it.
(1003)CORINTHIANS 13:4-10 Okay, what exactly is this love that we need? Paul has told us that all religious activity apart from it is vain. Paul here simply gives us a picture of the way it acts. You can read this section and substitute your name for the word love ‘love puts up with stuff and is kind’ ‘John puts up with stuff and is kind’ [ouch] ‘It does not boast or show off’. ‘It does not seek its own benefit’ a ‘what’s in it for me’ type mentality. Love is being just like Jesus. James tells us ‘if you fulfill the royal law of scripture, you do well’. The law is to love thy neighbor as yourself. Paul also shows us why love outshines the other gifts of tongues and prophesy and knowledge. He says ‘we know in part, prophesy in part. But when we are made perfect and mature at the appearing of Christ the partial gifts will no longer be distinguishable. Only love will rule’ [my paraphrase] I find it interesting that Paul says knowledge itself will cease. Will actual knowledge cease? What exactly is ‘knowledge’? When we use this term in society what we usually mean is the degree of ones learning/education compared to someone else. If you have a masters and I have a high school diploma, we see a difference. We measure knowledge by the amount we have as compared to others. Now, at Christ’s appearing when we all ‘shall know, even as we are known’ this fine distinction will ‘pass away’. We still will have knowledge, but as a tool that we use to measure one another, it will cease. It wont make a difference how much of the ‘knowledge pie’ [know in part] you possess, at that time everyone one will have ‘all pie’. Knowledge is a funny thing, our understanding of it has developed thru the centuries. During the enlightenment era the concept of ‘what does it even mean to know’ was tackled. One of the famous sayings was ‘I know/think, therefore I am’ [Descartes? Hey, I forget sometimes] the study of ‘how we learn/know things’ is called epistemology. The enlightenment produced a way to approach knowledge that can be called ‘modernism’ mans modern way of knowing stuff. In essence, there exists real truth that a person can know and learn. There is/was a challenge to this mode of thought. Many in the Emergent church movement would grasp on to another theory of ‘knowing’ loosely defined as being in the category of ‘post modernism’. Some challenged the actual ability to know a thing. The emphasis is on who is actually viewing/learning the thing. The terms ‘metta- narrative’ are sometimes used to describe this dynamic. There is some truth to the fact that our context, who we are and where we are coming from, can shape the actual stuff learned. But the question is ‘does our perspective actually change the thing, make it real or not’. Some in the field of Cosmology have grasped on to this post modern theory and have surmised that the very act of human beings studying and examining a thing can in and of itself cause the thing ‘to be’. You can see how this theory would be helpful to the atheist. ‘Where did every thing come from?’ ‘it is a result of human kind’s thoughts and inquiry’ [Ouch]. This sounds a lot like the metaphysical cults that espouse that reality is a product of what you think, confess. That man has the power to create reality simply by the act of studying a thing. Well this is of course a challenge to the truth of God. Jesus and the Cross aren’t ‘real’ because men ‘put their mind to them’. They are real whether or not man ever thought about them. ‘Let God be true, but every man a liar’ Romans. Paul tells us that all these varying degrees of knowledge will some day ‘pass away’. We will all stand before a self existent God and give an account of our lives. This day is coming whether you ‘think about it or not’.
(1004)CORINTHIANS 13:11-13 WHEN I WAS A CHILD I UNDERSTOOD AND THOUGHT AND SPOKE LIKE A CHILD, BUT WHEN I GREW UP I PUT THOSE THINGS BEHIND ME- Paul shows us that we presently see and understand things thru ‘a glass’. God gives us insight and glimpses into Divine truth, but we need mercy because we all have limited sight. Over the years I know I have ruffled some feathers. Whether it be our teaching on what the church is, tithing, end times stuff. How New Testament believers should view the nationalistic promises made to Israel under the Old Covenant. I have found that the problem usually isn’t solved by simply proving something from scripture. For instance someone might become convinced by an ‘avalanche’ of information, they might actually see what I am saying. They can even articulate it to a degree [sometimes better than me!] but at the end of the day the answer to the problem is we all need to ‘grow up’. We need an overall change in the way we view things thru a legalistic lens. For instance, the tithe issue. Over the years I have taught the concept that believers are not under this law. Those of you who have read this site for any length of time know this. But I have also taught that it is fine to put 10% of your money into the offering on Sunday. It’s okay to support those who ‘labor among us’. But there are also many examples in the New Testament warning Gods leaders to not be in it for the money. Now, if we took seriously the mandate in Malachi to tithe. If we want to actually bind the believer’s conscience in this way ‘how are you robbing God? By not bringing in the tithes!’ Then we need to also look at the context. Israel as a nation was mandated to ‘tithe’ of their goods [not money] in three ways. They gave to support the Levites, also for the poor, and then they gave a tithe for religious feasts. In essence this ‘tithe’ was a total of around 30 % of their annual income, not 10%! [This by the way is right around what I spend on a monthly basis for the ministry stuff I do]. So, if we were telling people ‘you are going to be cursed if you don’t pay 10%’ we are actually misreading this verse. Also, how many believers think they are going to be cursed if they don’t ‘tithe to the poor’? Most modern preaching on the tithe simply puts it in the category of the Sunday offering. Most of this type of giving goes to support salaries, building upkeep, light bills, insurance for staff. I could go on and on. A very minute portion of this money [in general] goes to the poor. Certainly not a third! Also the portion that went to the Levites could not be used to purchase anything that would be owned by the Levite. They were forbidden to own any type of personal inheritance as Levitical priests. How often does the modern concept of tithing include this? The whole point is if we are going to bind peoples consciences in this way [which we shouldn’t] then we need to make sure we are at least teaching it right! Why bring this up? This is simply a good example of what Paul is saying. ‘When I understood in a limited way, I spoke and acted in a limited way’. The answer to the problem is simply ‘becoming mature in our thinking and speaking’. Recently I read an article from a U.S. congressman, he was speaking about the situation between Israel and Palestine. He sided with a military interpretation of the Old Testament promise to Abraham to ‘posses the land’ and used that to influence his political activism for war. How ‘mature’ is this type of thinking? Did any of the JEWISH apostles do this? No. So instead of trying to ‘crisis manage’ every single doctrinal problem, we really need to mature on an overall basis and view these doctrines thru the paradigm of Jesus and his life and work. Are we imitating his ethos when we do these things? Was this the primary message and life of Jesus when he walked the earth? How did he respond to Roman oppression and unjust govt.? Did he advocate military action in defense of the promises of God made to the nation of Israel? If we as the 21st century church do not ‘rightly divide’ these things, then we are of all men ‘most miserable’ [1st Corinthians 15].
(1006)CORINTHIANS 14:1-20 Lets deal a little with ‘Tongues’. I have written before on the various ways believers view this gift. Much has been taught over the years that can be seen as extreme from both camps [the Pentecostals and the non charismatics]. Is Paul speaking about the same gift as seen in Acts 2? If not, then does that mean the only legitimate ‘tongues’ are the Acts 2 expression? If a distinction is made, then Paul obviously put his stamp of approval on the second type of tongues by actually writing about it here! Ecstatic utterance was not exclusive to the early church. Paul earlier taught that the pagans engaged in this type of speech when worshipping false idols. This does not mean that true spiritual worship has no ecstatic type elements to it. The gifts themselves are seen as divinely inspired speech [the speaking ones]. Isaiah 8:1 says ‘TAKE A LARGE SCROLL AND WRITE ON IT WITH THE PEN OF A MAN’. God was telling Isaiah that he would use his actual writings as inspired instruments from him. Scripture also speaks of ‘the tongue of a ready writer’ we are called ‘living letters’ by Paul himself. Paul doesn’t challenge the legitimacy of this type of gift, but he does stress the importance of approaching all the gifts from a standpoint of unselfishness. If when the believers are gathered, they are all functioning in self edifying gifts, then they are making the same mistake that Paul rebuked earlier with the Lords table. The purpose of the gathering and gifts are for the building up of others and not for self gain. So Paul warns them of the selfish use of the gifts. He says it’s better to use Prophecy or Teaching because others can learn and grow. Some Pentecostal groups make a distinction between the prayer time and the ministry time. They practice tongues during corporate prayer and then treat ‘a tongue uttered’ during the service as something that needs interpretation. I see some merit to his, but it should be noted that here Paul does say ‘when you bless with the Spirit’ [prayer over a meal or something like it] that your prayer is fine, but still the other person doesn’t benefit. So Paul actually includes both ‘prayer tongues’ and ‘a word in tongues’ as needing to be tamped down during the public gathering. Of course we will see the teaching on private tongues as being fine, the point I am making is Paul includes ‘prayer tongues’ along with the other type. The main thrust of Paul’s teaching on Tongues is that the gift itself is legitimate [definitions of the gift vary!] but that all the gifts of the Spirit should be used unselfishly. ‘Well brother, Paul himself says it’s fine to pray in tongues to build yourself up! Got you now!’ well actually you don’t! ‘Building ones self up’ in a private setting can be considered beneficial to the overall corporate group. I just prayed/mediated for around an hour before writing, this was personal ‘self building’ for the purpose of corporate teaching. No matter where you personally come down on the various gifts of the Spirit, it is important to do all things with the benefit of others in mind. I hate to stick this example in here, but heck I just came up with it! Last night I was watching the news. I channel surf from CNN, MSNBC, FOX and even hit the PBS station every now and again [plus the big 3 networks]. Its still the first week of President Obama’s presidency and I couldn’t help but notice the unbelievable amount of ‘slobbering’ [yes, I borrowed it from Bernie Goldberg] that was taking place. I actually clicked the channel from Hannity to CNN. Hannity just finished talking about the embarrassing amount of gushing that the media were doing over Obama. As I clicked to Anderson Cooper, they were showing clips from the first media interview that Obama has given since being in office. It was a very good interview to an Arab language station. As Cooper was asking the reporters on their first thoughts of the interview, one actually said ‘it is so unbelievably outstanding that I am actually ‘giddy’. Now, I don’t subscribe to the Hannity/Limbaugh stuff 100%, but this really was too much. The media are putting such a high expectation on the poor man that no human being could possibly fulfill their image of the man. It was also reported that George [Stephanopoulos-?] actually cried during the inauguration. Of course Chris Matthews will go down in history for describing a ‘feeling going up his leg’ during coverage of an Obama speech. What’s wrong with this picture? I understand that the average white man feels self affirmed when he engages in public displays of support for Black advancement. I too like our President and do pray regularly for him. Not too long ago I met a black homeless friend, he actually has a little apartment but he was at the free mission so I sometimes refer to all these brothers as homeless. He was under the impression that I ran some type of ministry that took in money [I never take any offerings, for radio or anything else] so as I offered to by him some groceries and stuff, he kinda went a little overboard. I really didn’t have any ‘extra money’ but I bought it any way. I didn’t get mad or feel bad about it. I still see the brother every now and then and am still willing to help him. Now, is it better to show your love for the black man by publicly crying and gushing and describing sexual type feelings when listening to the new president speak, or to actually go out and find some black person in need and meet the need? I don’t want to get into the whole political scene at all, sometimes it gets me mad. I have actually ‘cussed’ [yes, I admit it] at the screen at times. [Little curse words, not the big ones!] The point being we all need to heed the admonition in scripture to show our love by our deeds and actions. To simply put on a public display for the world means very little.
(1007)CORINTHIANS 14:20-33 Paul instructs the church that when they are gathered together they should do things ‘decently and in order’. God is not the author of confusion. Notice the ‘order’ of the early church meeting. It is participatory in nature, those who give a word should take turns, those who give ‘a tongue’ need to let someone interpret. But there is no sense of ‘a pastoral speaking gift’ in this mix. Some teach that here Paul was giving directions to ‘the home group’ but they still had a regular ‘church service at the building’. This of course has no support at all from scripture or 1st century church history. Paul was simply telling ‘the church’ how to act when they met. I don’t see any hard and fast rules in which Paul is dictating some type of mandatory liturgy to the people. He is giving them some basic guidelines that are in keeping with the idea that God’s people are ‘a body’. He encourages open participation in the group. He shows how someone could be sharing and another who is ‘sitting by’ can also have a revelation. The idea is people grow and mature when they function. People become co-dependant when they simply observe. The modern church service for the most part has believers as spectators while one person speaks. While there are times where one person speaking/teaching is fine, what we have done is exalted this very limited format of ‘church’ and made it the criteria of what church is supposed to be. Note how Paul does allow for the gift of tongues to be used in the gathering, but only when there is an interpreter. He even ‘lifts’ an obscure verse from Isaiah that says God used ‘the languages of foreigners’ as a sign of judgment against unbelief. This verse has been used by the strong anti charismatic crowd to kind of say that the whole tongues thing is ‘of the devil’. Basically Paul was applying this Old Testament verse to show that when languages are spoken that people don’t understand, then unbelievers and judgment can be present. In Acts 2 there were those who said ‘what is this strange thing [tongues] are they drunk or what’. Yet others heard the ‘wonderful works of God’ in their native tongue. The lack of spiritual discernment among those who thought they were drunk was a sign showing their ignorance of Gods Spirit at work. Grant it, you could hardly blame them for thinking this, but the point Paul is making is that unknown languages being used in a setting where unbelievers can walk in does act as a sign of judgment. Paul wasn’t teaching that the gift of tongues was itself a false gift. I think this chapter is important for the present day because very few places in scripture actually deal with the way believers should meet. This chapter gives some of the basic guidelines of what our meetings should look like. I think we could all learn from the Corinthian experience.
(1008)CORINTHIANS 14:34-40 ‘Let your women keep silent in the gathering, for it is not permitted for them to speak. If they have any questions let them ask their husbands at home’. As a practical matter, when me and my wife attend church, I bring one of those little note pads with me. You never know when your wife has a question! [This is a Joke! But now you can see why I don’t take offerings]. What is Paul saying here? In chapter 11, verse 5, he also told the women not to ‘prophesy’ with uncovered heads. Some think Paul is forbidding women to operate in the speaking gifts, specifically tongues. Here he seems to be addressing a specific issue at Corinth. He says ‘if they have questions let them ask their husbands’. It’s possible that the wives were interrupting the meetings, or taking an authoritative role that was beyond their calling. I already discussed how Corinth had a form of idolatry that incorporated ‘temple prostitution’. Paul did not want the churches to go the way of the culture at Corinth! Paul is not forbidding women in general to never ‘talk in church’. He closes this chapter with the admonition to do all things decently and in order. Paul has a special relationship with these believers. He spent quite a long time in their city [18 months] he launched another very effective ministry while at Corinth. Do you know what that was? He began his ‘writing ministry’ while at Corinth. He wrote his first 2 letters to the Thessalonians from the city. Paul was very hard on this church, but he did not yet challenge their basic identity as believers because of all their misgivings, he still treated them as Gods holy people. In the next chapter he will question whether or not ‘they are in the faith’. He will challenge them on their unbelief in the resurrection of Christ.
(1010)CORINTHIANS 15:1-19 Paul will deal with the greatest threat yet to the Corinthian church, their doubt over the physical resurrection of the body. Various ‘Christian’ groups over the years have doubted the physical resurrection. Now, some have done this out of a sincere attempt at trying to defend the faith! [their view of it] In the 1900’s you had one of the most popular theologians by the name of Rudolf Bultman [most of his career was spent at the University of Marburg, Germany. Much of the higher criticism of the day originated from Germany] He wrote a book called ‘Kerygma and Myth’. What he tried to say was that any modern man living in the 20th century, with all the breakthroughs in science and knowledge, could not ‘literally’ believe the miraculous stories in scripture. Or even the way scripture spoke of heaven and hell and used limited terms to describe spiritual truths. He used the bibles terminology on Cosmology as an example. How could man believe in a Cosmos where ‘heaven is up there, with the stars and all’ and he felt that enlightened man needed to ‘re-tool’ the bible and cleanse it from all these mythical images, but yet keep the spiritual aspects of it. The moral teachings of Christ and stuff like that. So you have had sincere men doubt the truth claims of scripture. The problem with this attempt [higher criticism] is it throws out the baby with the bathwater. The resurrection of Jesus is presented by the apostles as a real event. The fact of this resurrection can also be attested to by examining the historical events of the day. Simply put, there is a ton of proof for the real resurrection of Christ. Bultman and others meant well, but some of the ‘facts’ that they were using were later proven to be false. Bultman used a model of cosmology that would later be rejected by science. Yet the testimony from scripture would remain sure. Paul told the Corinthian's that they needed to reject any attempts at spiritualizing the resurrection of Christ. Sometimes believers grasp hold of limited proof’s for certain doctrines. For instance, the New Testament does speak of a spiritual resurrection. In Ephesians Paul says we are presently raised with Christ. In Romans chapter 6 we have all ready been raised with Jesus. This reality does not mean there will be no future resurrection of the saints. In Johns gospel Jesus speaks of the resurrection as being a future real event, as well as a present reality. Those in the graves will hear his voice and be raised from the dead. And those who were presently ‘dead in sins’ would ‘come alive’ [spiritually] when they heard and believed the testimony of Jesus. It is important for the believer to be familiar with the various theories and ideas that theologians and believers have grasped over the years. It is a mistake to simply see all higher learning as ‘liberalism’. There are some very important things that we have learned thru the great intellectuals of the church. But we also need to stick with the ancient traditions as seen in the creeds, as well as the plain testimony of scripture. If Christ ‘be not raised from the dead, then we are of all men most miserable’.
(1011)CORINTHIANS 15:20-28 here we see the guarantee of mans resurrection based on Christ's resurrection. ‘As in Adam all die, so in Christ shall ALL be made alive’. Is Paul teaching a form of universalism [all being saved]? He is showing us that all men will someday be raised from the dead. Now, does Paul leave room here for a type of Pre-millennial resurrection? A ‘raising’ of the dead prior to a thousand year literal reign of Jesus. Then another resurrection at the end? Yes he does. If you read Revelation you will see this type of scenario play out. Also Jesus speaks of the resurrection of the just and the unjust. Historically the church has held 3 basic views on this. Pre-millennialism says Jesus returns first [pre] before the literal thousand year rule occurs. ‘Post’ says the thousand year rule is literal, and after that Jesus comes back. Those who held to this view were excited at the turn of the first millennium [1000 ad] they thought it possible for Jesus to have returned after the first thousand years since his death and resurrection. And then you have A-millennial, they spiritualize the thousand year reign spoken of in the book of Revelation as being a symbol of Christ’s present rule and kingdom. Now, today’s most popular form of Pre-millennialism is not historic, it dates back to the 19th century. Today’s form is called ‘Pre-tribulational, Pre-millennial’ this teaching [dispensationalism] says Jesus comes back 2 more times. One is called ‘the rapture’ the other is the second coming [revealing]. The proponents of this form find little [or no] early Christians who believed this. There is one early writing by a Syrian brother who speaks very clearly about a rapture type event. Some think he speaks a little too clearly! The writing is believed to have been a fake. Either way we do have Paul teaching stages involved with the coming of the Lord and the kingdom. It is possible to have 2 future resurrections, this would not mean you need two future ‘second comings’. The first resurrection takes place at Christ’s return. He rules a literal thousand years and ‘the dead are raised again’ at the end of the literal rule on earth [ a literal reading of Revelation]. Also Paul does use the language of Jesus submitting to the Father at the end so ‘God will be all in all’. I feel believers have been confused and at times contradictory while trying to explain the nature of God and the Trinity. I recently read a teaching on the Trinity that tried to compare the Trinity to the nature of the organic church. It seemed confusing to me, they tried to say that just like in the Trinity you have no one ‘being’ having authority over the other, but instead you see all three persons equally submitting to one another [Father, Son and Spirit] so in the church you have equality. Now, I do believe that there is equality in the church, but I felt the example was way off. The New Testament clearly teaches the willful ‘submission’ of the Son to the Father. God [the father] is clearly the one ‘in charge’. Now, I admit it’s difficult and brothers have spent years trying to explain all the ins and outs of this. Here Paul shows us that the Son has willingly submitted to the Father so the father can put all things under him. Then once again at the culmination of the kingdom the Son submits to the father and God receives the glory. We will praise and worship Jesus thru out all eternity, it is his willful submission to the father’s plan that makes this happen. NOTE- Some believers spiritualize the first resurrection spoken of in Revelation, they relate it to those who have been ‘born again’ spiritually. Modern ‘Preterism’ holds to this view.
(1013)CORINTHIANS 15:29-49 the resurrection body is a real ‘spiritual’ body. Paul describes the natural body [us now] as fleshly and like Adams body. He then describes the promised resurrection body as being like Jesus in his raised state. These verses can be a little confusing. When Paul says the resurrection body is ‘spiritual’ as compared to earthy, is he saying it is not real? No. But you can see how some early sects could use these verses and teach a ‘phantom’ type resurrection [Gnostic, Docetist type groups]. I was once asked by a Catholic believer if the church taught the physical resurrection. I assured the person that both Catholic and Protestant [and Orthodox] expressions of Christianity embrace the real future resurrection of the body. Now, is it the same body? Well, the way Paul describes it is by comparing the planting of seeds. When you plant a seed you don’t simply get a bigger seed! But you get various types of growth, whether it’s a tree or plant or whatever. So Paul says our future bodies will be new and glorious in this way, but if it weren’t really you, then it wouldn’t be a resurrection! So you will come back, but it will be a ‘new you’. Over the years I have studied various theologians [Christian ones] and I have seen the penchant for various groups to focus in on a certain doctrine and to stray somewhat from the faith. Now, they aren’t always cults, some of them are highly knowledgeable Christians who seem to be testing the boundaries of orthodoxy. I like N.T. Wright, the famous Bishop of Durham [Church of England] but you need to be grounded in what you believe before you can really read him. I feel at times he is helpful in bringing new perspectives to things, I have seen some of the things he teaches myself. But there is also a danger of ‘re-thinking’ stuff a little too much. By the way Wright has written on the resurrection and has done a great job at defending the historic churches position. He’s in somewhat of a theological controversy at the moment, some of the strong reformed brothers have come out and challenged his view on Justification. Wright teaches that the historic reformers kind of missed what Paul was saying. Wright ‘extends’ the doctrine to mean ‘a sign/badge of those who are already in Gods covenant community’. The historic reformers taught a more forensic meaning of the doctrine. That justification is primarily saying that God imputes the righteousness of Jesus to the believer. That Jesus took our sins, and we get his righteousness. Now, I feel there is some truth to Wrights view. But I would be careful to throw out the reformed view all together. There certainly is much truth to the reformed view. John Piper [a reformed Baptist] just released a book on the reformed view, Wright has one coming out pretty soon [Wrights is already published overseas, but the states wont get it for a few months]. So, the point is I believe the historic church and the ancient creeds ‘got it right’ on the resurrection. It is real, it will happen to all people some day. Those who have ‘done good’ [wow- these are Jesus actual words when describing the final judgment!] will be ‘raised to life’. Those who have done evil will be raised to face judgment. We can all escape the coming judgment, Jesus died for us. If we believe and accept his death, burial and resurrection, then we will be raised to a new life some day. 378- (I stuck this entry in here because it deals with the ‘baptism for the dead’, I didn’t want you to think that I just skipped over the verse) Let me give a little example of the ‘overriding act of redemption’ trumping any little verse or experience. Paul actually tells the Corinthians ‘if the dead are not raised, then why are you baptizing people in ‘proxy’ for the dead?’ This is tough stuff. Let me give you one way to see this. The ‘baptism for the dead’ seems to have been a real cultural thing that took place in a specific time and setting [like the slavery verses I mentioned earlier]. There seems to have been a concern specifically to the 1st century church that said ‘this new doctrine of Jesus is great, but being its only been around a few years, and you are telling us [Paul] that you must embrace it to be saved. Then we have a problem. A lot of our loved ones never got a chance to hear. How do you expect us to quell these concerns?’ And it’s possible that the ‘baptism’ by proxy [like a father or son getting baptized in the place of the loved one who died] was a 1st century cultural thing that grew out of this. The fact that they were doing this does not mean that Paul the Apostle was condoning it. Paul was simply saying ‘if you guys really don’t believe in life after death, then why are you bothering with this rite?’ Its like Paul was using their own cultural thing to show them the inconsistency of their thinking. He wasn’t really teaching the baptism for the dead. [This is my view, Mormons believe different. They do practice this today and they use this verse as justification].
(1014)CORINTHIANS 15:50-58 Okay, let’s wrap up this chapter. ‘Flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom’ Paul speaks a little on the nature of the resurrected body. It is real, but not mortal [flesh and blood] without getting lost in the technical aspects of the actual body, Paul does make a distinction between the natural life of man [blood gives life to the mortal man] and the supernatural life of the resurrected body [spiritual life]. Then Paul shows us a mystery [something that was hidden up until the time God reveals it- here thru Paul!] that ‘we shall not all experience death, but we shall all get new bodies’. Paul teaches that some believers will not face natural death, they will be the generation that is alive at Christ’s coming. Paul says this happens at the ‘last trumpet’. For those of you not familiar with some of the silly stuff that passes under the heading of ‘theology’, let me explain some stuff. In the world of ‘dispensationalism’ there is an entire body of teaching that deals with the trumpets in scripture. Basically if Paul is teaching that this event, getting raised from the dead and being transformed, if this takes place at ‘the last trump’ then it is pretty clear that this event is not some type of rapture that takes place 7 years prior to Gods ‘last trump’ [last day, when God wraps things up]. But if you read the portions of scripture that speak about Christ’s return and the resurrection [Thessalonians 4, John 14, Matthew 25] you will see that all these scriptures teach that the resurrection takes place at the end, when Christ returns. So anyway a whole lotta time is spent by the rapture guys to explain that when you are in school, you might say ‘hey, that’s the last bell [trump] before class starts’ and that ‘last bell’ doesn’t mean ‘last bell’, but it means the ‘last bell for now’. It’s kind of silly stuff that preachers do in order to back up their theories. If scriptures ‘last trump’ isn’t really the ‘last trump’ then you can fit the rapture in as a separate event from the second coming. I think doing doctrine like this is silly and hairsplitting. The first century believers who were reading these letters [not all at once, but as they were slowly being penned and sent] simply saw all of the references on the second coming as one event. It’s silly to try and make two separate lists of the New testament verses on Christ’s coming and then place some verses under a rapture heading, and others under a ‘second coming’ heading, especially when the rapture brothers themselves cant agree on which ones belong to which list! Well any way we have a glorious promise of a future resurrection body, the last enemy that Jesus destroys is death. Revelation says ‘death and hell are cast into the lake of fire’ Jesus has power over death, hell and the grave. He will totally eradicate all death some day, Jesus tasted death for every man [Hebrews] so that man does not have to be in bondage under its fear any more.
(1019)CORINTHIANS 16:1-4 ‘When you come together on the first day of the week, let every one of you put some money aside as God has provided for you. So when I come we won’t have to waste any time taking offerings. And we will use this money for the purpose of meeting the needs of the poor saints at Jerusalem. Whoever you approve to take the money to Jerusalem can do it, I might also go with them if the Lord permits. I gave this same order to all the churches in the Galatian province’ [my own paraphrase]. These verses are usually used to justify the Sunday morning offering. They are also used to teach ‘Sunday as the Lords special day’. Let’s talk a little. Paul gave these instructions to at least this church and all the churches of Galatia. We have no idea if all the first century churches actually did this. But let’s say they did. What exactly are they doing? They are taking a Sunday offering and using it 100 percent for charitable purposes. Remember how I have taught in the past that the main teaching from Jesus on giving dealt with the poor? So if we want to use this text to command believers to give on Sunday, then we need to use ALL THE MONEY for helping poor people. Paul also says ‘do it before I arrive, I don’t want to have to spend time messing around with collections’. I find it interesting that it is common today to spend a good portion of the Sunday service [any church U.S.A.] to kind of do a celebratory offering thing. Lots of time to stop and emphasize the importance of worshiping God with our money. The point I would make is Paul did none of this. He actually said he did not want to have to set aside time for the collecting of money when he arrived, and for this very reason he said take up the offering on Sunday! One more thing; it is obvious that the early believers began a tradition of meeting on Sunday. Jesus appeared to the disciples after his resurrection on 2 consecutive Sundays. Acts 20 has believers meeting on Sunday. Jesus of course rose from the dead on Sunday. But there is no indication from scripture that believers are under some type of New Testament Sabbath law. Sort of like Sunday is now the ‘special day’ just like Saturday for Judaism. Various groups argue over this issue, I have taught on it before. In the New Covenant we have tremendous freedom to meet or not meet on Sunday. Or to meet or not meet on Saturday for that matter! But doctrinally we are free from the law and all of its observances. I appreciate the work that has been done by various scholars [Especially some catholic ones] on showing how Sunday became the special day of observance for believers. But we need to be careful when we read what the believers did in the New Testament and then proclaim it as law. I believe its fine to meet on Sunday, to take offerings and to do all of these types of things. But when we grasp hold of limited ideas, and then exalt them to a place of law, we err. Paul was simply telling this church to collect some money on the first day of the week for the sole purpose of charity. If modern day believers want to apply these scriptures literally, then we should use all of the Sunday offering for charity. If we apply them literally, then there is absolutely no sense of a tithe system to pay for salaries, building upkeep, insurance, on and on. For modern day believers to engage in such things is fine. If these expenses seem needed for the overall purpose of Gods work, then fine. But to use these verses and actually tell believers they are robbing God if they don’t tithe on Sunday is absolutely not true. I have written a lot about these things over the years [you can find stuff on my ‘statement of faith’ section and ‘what in the world is the church’ section] I do not condemn all the churches who practice these things, it’s just we need to be careful when we take examples from scripture, lift them out of context, add a few verses from Malachi and then teach some air tight system that if not obeyed brings the curse of God on someone. Do all things in grace, remember THE POOR, and you will do well.
(1020)CORINTHIANS CONCLUSION- Paul concludes this long letter with a bunch of personal notes. He tells them that the Lord has opened up a great effective door for him at Ephesus and there are many adversaries. He wanted Apollos to make a visit but he did not want to at this time. He told them to go easy on Timothy because he was a fellow worker in the Lord. Overall Paul’s message to this church was one of true grace. I want to emphasize again [like we did when studying Romans and the other epistles so far] that one of the main themes of the first century apostles was belief in the gospel. Paul told these believers that it was believing in the message of the Cross that saves them. He defined the gospel as Jesus death, burial and resurrection. He encouraged them to live free as Gods community and to help each other out. Paul did not lay on them some type of guilt trip to become some high powered institution in order to ‘change their world’. He believed that the simple lifestyle of love and purity would be able to do the job. I see a contrast from the first century church and its simple gospel and today’s idea of church. Also notice how Paul was ‘planting’ these churches. He visited them, spent time with them, LEFT THEM, and continued corresponding with them thru letters and friends. In essence, first century church planting was simply establishing groups of people on the foundation of Christ. They were not organizing under some type of 501c3 model [I do realize they didn’t have this back then!] they didn’t see ‘church’ as some type of social group that you joined [Elks lodge type thing]. They actually were the church! I want to stress this theme as we continue teaching thru out the New Testament. Many times believers hold on to and embrace ideas that seem to be biblical [you can find a verse here and there type thing- proof texting] but when you see the whole story you get a better picture of what’s going on. Well I hope you guys got something out of this brief study, try and keep in mind the things that challenged you as we read thru this book. Did you see some things differently than before? Did some stuff get you mad? Did we challenge your belief system in some way? My goal is to encourage reformation in the church, not disorder! Take the new things you might have seen and implement them in Gods time. Those of your starting from scratch [first time church planters] can start with a clean slate and implement many of these ideas from day one, others who are already in ministry will have to take a more measured approach. Do all things as God leads and in his time. To all you ‘church members’ don’t take the stuff that you learned and use it to come against your ‘church’. Let God lead you on your journey and reform as God directs. It’s easy for some young rebels [or old!] to take the stuff on tithing and use it against your current church, that’s not our goal. Be patient with your pastors and leaders and allow God to use you as a force for change, not destruction. Well that's it for now; I am not sure what study we will jump into next. Recently got some good emails and phone calls from some of our friends laboring in other towns, people I did not even know of, but who follow the ministry. Those of you out there who are following along, send me an email every now and then so I can see what type of growth we are having, the different regions we are impacting. Those of you who have launched home groups, let me know how things are going. God bless till next time, John.
(1192) ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE DUMMIES? Still in Luke 18, the disciples forbid the young children from coming to Jesus; Jesus rebukes the disciples and tells them that the Kingdom of God is made up of little children. There is a theme in the New Testament that goes like this ‘become childlike in your faith and trust in me, but be mature in your thinking and understanding’. Often times these two things are confused. Why? In the letter to the Corinthians Paul will rebuke the wisdom of the world, he states that when he was among them he did not use men’s wisdom to convince them of the message of the Cross. Paul also encourages believers to be ‘child like’ as well. Many confuse Paul’s teaching with an idea that says Christians should not be engaged in the development of the mind. Paul was not rebuking all wisdom and forms of knowledge, but a specific kind of wisdom. In Acts 17 we read of Paul at Athens, the Greek intellectual city of his day [Alexandria was the philosophical center in Egypt]. As Paul disputes with the philosophers of his day he actually quotes their own poets/philosophers in his sermon, he does not quote from the Old Testament, but uses the sources that they are familiar with. Right after Athens Paul goes to Corinth, the cites are very close geographically. There was a form of philosophy at Corinth that was very popular, you had the Sophists and the professional speakers [Rhetoric] operating out of Corinth. The Sophists were the philosophers that came right before Socrates in the Greek cultural world, around 6 centuries or so before Christ. Their form of philosophy was what you would describe as the first Relativists [or post modern thinkers who appeal to subjective knowledge as opposed to objective] they taught that philosophy and arguing were simply things you do ‘just for the heck of it’. Sort of like a hobby of simply disputing things while never being able to arrive at truth, something Paul will rebuke in the New Testament by saying some people were ‘always learning and never being able to come to the knowledge of the truth’ Paul himself tells the Corinthians ‘where is the disputer of this world’. So the Sophists were famous for this type of thing. Now the great philosopher Socrates disagreed with the Sophists, Socrates taught that thru the practice of thorough debate and the art of constantly asking questions, that you could arrive at truth [seek and ye shall find type of a system]. He believed real knowledge could be found thru seeking after it. Socrates stirred the waters too much, he was put to death by being made to drink the famous hemlock, the city where this happened was Athens. So Paul more than likely is disputing the system of thought that said you could not arrive at objective truth. It’s no secret that his letter to the Corinthians has one of the strongest statements of factual [objective] belief found in the New Testament. The great chapter 15 reads like an early creed to the church ‘Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures…’ It’s very probable that this chapter was used as a sort of creed in the early Pauline churches. So, what exactly was Paul saying [and Jesus] when they taught us to be like children, to reject the wisdom of the world for the wisdom of Christ? Simply that our approach to God and the things of God should be done in a humble manner, being childlike and open to God all throughout our lives. Paul was not teaching us that the following ages of great Christian thinkers was wrong; men like Anselm, Aquinas, C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton. It is perfectly acceptable for the believer to become well versed in the field of philosophy, to argue the Christian worldview from a biblical perspective. While it is true that no church was founded by Paul after his Athens visit, and some feel he abandoned his use of ‘worldly wisdom’ at Corinth because of this failure, but I think Paul continued to appeal to the intellectual world thru his great wisdom [God given] thru out his life [read Galatians and Romans!]. Ultimately it is the wisdom of the Cross that saves people, a wisdom that Paul said he communicated not in the words of mans intellect, but in the direct ability of the Spirit to speak. Sometimes that ability came thru a sermon that quoted the philosophers of old [Athens] sometimes thru the simple sharing of the message of Christ. Jesus grew in wisdom and stature with God and man, he knew the ideas of his day, so did Paul. Do you?
2ND CORINTHIANS-
(1223) INTRO, CHAPTER 1- Out of all of Paul’s letters, this one is the most autobiographical. This is Paul’s 3rd letter [some think 4th] to the Church at Corinth. There is a missing letter that we don’t have. Some scholars feel parts of the missing letter are in this letter [chapters 6, 10-13] either way, we know the letter is inspired and part of the canon of scripture. In chapter one Paul recounts the difficulties he went thru [and continues to go thru] for the sake of the gospel. Paul sees both his sufferings AND his deliverance as beneficial for the communities [churches] he is relating to. He says ‘God establishes/strengthens us and anoints us together with you’. Paul’s view of the church [his ecclesiology] is that God works with corporate groups of believers. His view on discipline is seen from this angle. In 1st Corinthians he says because we do not live to ourselves, therefore if one is in open, unrepentant sin, then commit him to judgment. Why? Because everything that one member does affects the others. I would not go so far and say that Paul taught ‘no salvation outside of the church’ but he sees salvation and Gods working with humans as a corporate experience. The Catholic Church for the first time in her history accepted other Protestant churches who confess Christ and his deity as ‘separated brethren’. This happened at Vatican 2 [1962-65]. The council explicitly taught the other churches were actually ‘churches’. They specifically used the word ‘subsists’ when describing their view of the church. They said the church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church in it’s fullness. They still believe that the fullest expression of Christ’s church on earth is contained within her, but they rejected the hard line doctrine that the church exclusively resides within her. They realized that God was working with all Christian groups/churches, not just one. I recently saw an ad in my local paper from one of the traditional Latin churches, these are the old ‘tridentine’ churches who observe the mass in Latin. The ad said that salvation is only in the Catholic expression of the church. I hate to correct my Catholic brothers [being I am a Protestant] but this language is not in keeping with the spirit of Vatican 2. Paul understood that God was working with him along with the corporate groups of people that he was relating to as an apostle. He will even teach that this dynamic can take place when they are physically separated, i.e.; he did not have to be in the same room/city for God to be working with them as a community. This is very important to see, it comes against certain expressions of local church. It also opens the door for other expressions of church, like ‘on-line’ communities. There are passages of scripture where Paul does say that whether he is with them in body or not, yet he is present in spirit joying and beholding their growth in Christ. Or he says word got back to him about their growth and he rejoiced in it. While believers should physically meet together as a testimony of their faith, yet the fact that there are occasions where this might not be possible does not mean that they can’t be joined together in spirit and truth. Peter says ‘you who were not a people are now the people of God. You who did not obtain mercy have now obtained it’. God ‘birthed’ churches [communities of believers] thru the apostolic ministry of Paul, these groups were both birthed and received mercy as a corporate event, they understood that they were brothers and sisters in Christ.
(1224) 2nd CORINTHIANS 2- Paul instructs the church to forgive the brother who was excommunicated earlier on [1st Corinthians] he tells them just as they were zealous to carry out the previous judgment, so now they should be willing to forgive. He says it’s possible for people to be overcome with too much sorrow. The other day I wrote a post on Obama’s green jobs czar, I felt [and still feel!] that he needed to resign, he resigned 2 days after I wrote the post. I have also seen some conservatives say good things about the man [Van Jones] that in essence he has also done some good things. But they feared that he will be tagged as this nut case who signed the 911 ‘truthers’ petition [well, he really should not have signed the thing]. The point was it’s possible to over do an attack on an individual like this, to not stop until all the czars fall type of a thing. Paul reminds us that there are times of being hard with people, but the purpose for it is too bring them to their senses. Here Paul warns against being unforgiving. He also says that when he shared Gods word with them he did not do it like others; he said they were ‘peddling/corrupting’ Gods word. This carries with it the idea that certain people/ministers were preaching for profit. Paul is not saying ‘too much profit’ he is simply saying those who were sharing the word and taking money in return. We already know that Paul's mode of operation was to support himself when with the churches [see Acts 20] and at times he even paid the way for his fellow workers. Paul carried out the greatest apostolic ministry known to man [apart from Christ] and he did it free of charge at his own expense. Paul tells them that when he wrote to them he did it thru much affliction and difficulty. He previously spoke about God opening up great opportunities for him, but along with the gift came a great price. Let me share a little personal stuff with you guys. My wife went to the E.R. the other day with some serious problems; she has been admitted into the hospital. We do not have health care insurance. When I retired I couldn’t afford to keep it. I managed to get my kids insurance, but me and my wife are on our own. Out of the 2 of us I have a few more serious health problems than she does. Some have been self inflicted [past mistakes] others just happened. The way I ‘self-treat’ is I go on line and do ‘home cures’- this my friends is not good. Some have helped, others I am not sure of. But this past year I had some things that needed to be checked [like bleeding from places where you shouldn’t be] and frankly, I haven’t done it. But I needed my wife to stay healthy, so this has been pretty awful for me. At the same time we had some serious problems with one of our daughters, and we were/are in a real bind over this. During this whole time I started this new bible study [2nd Corinthians] and whenever I start a study I just do a chapter a day and it doesn’t take long at all to finish. But I wonder how many I’ll be able to do over the course of my life. I would like to do the whole bible, but I realize that it’s thru ‘much affliction and suffering’ that I have written to many of you. Paul said he had the ‘sentence of death within himself’ so he would learn not to trust in himself, but in God who raises the dead. As we read thru these letters, see the real problems and difficulties they were facing; hear Paul when he says ‘I am not peddling Gods word’ he was not taking offerings or collecting money for his own well being. He collected only for the poor saints at Jerusalem. Watch the give and take, the beliefs of the early church. We need an overhaul in our thinking and acting, ‘ministry/preaching/church’ all need to be re looked at, we need to teach/train the upcoming ‘crop’ of pastors in a new way. Don’t see these things as jobs, or opportunities for self advancement, see these things as opportunities to lay your life down for others, to cling to the death experiences and not run from them. Paul said we are the sweet fragrance of Christ to the nations; in both them who are dieing and those who are being saved. God reveals his knowledge thru us to all people groups, we die daily so this fragrance can go forth.
(1225) 2ND CORINTHIANS 3- Paul defends his apostleship, he states he needs no letters of approval for them or from them. They are his ‘letter of proof’ written on their hearts. Paul puts more weight on the work of the Spirit in them as a church, than on written letters. I find this interesting; the historic church has been divided over the issue of how much weight should be placed on tradition versus scripture. There is some confusion on the matter; lets clear it up. First, the Catholic Church does not teach that there are 2 words from God, sort of like tradition is one word and the bible is the other. They believe Gods word comes to us in two forms/ways- both scripture and tradition. The Protestant reformers did not totally reject tradition, they are creedal churches! They simply taught that Gods word was the final arbiter in issues of faith and morals. I do find it interesting that Paul put more weight on the ‘fleshly letters’ [the church] than written ones. He also contrasts the Law of Moses [10 commandments] with the New Covenant in Jesus Blood. He says if the glory of the old law, which was fading away, was so strong that Moses had to put a veil on his face. Then how much more glorious is the New Law in Christ! Some feel that Paul was saying that Moses veil was covering up the glory on his face that was fading away. When Moses went to get the law, on his return from the mountain his face shown, some feel this glory/shining was beginning to fade and Moses put the veil on so the people wouldn’t see it fading. In context I don’t think this is what Paul was saying. The thing that was fading [passing away] was the law itself [see Hebrews]. Moses was not a vain man; I don’t think he was hiding the fact that the glory was leaving his face. All in all Paul says this New Covenant of Gods grace is much greater than the Old Covenant of condemnation. That in this New Covenant we behold Gods face openly, by the ministry of the Spirit. No more veil, we are changed by the Spirit of God and the work of Jesus. Paul says these two covenants are like comparing apples and oranges; they are in a whole different class.
(1226) 2ND CORINTHIANS 4- In chapter 3 Paul said we are beholding/seeing God in an open way as compared to the old covenant. In this chapter he shows us how we ‘see God’. We see him in his Son. God has chosen to reveal himself to us thru his Son. One of the first Christian councils [after the one at Jerusalem in Acts 15!] was held in the 4th century under the Roman emperor Constantine. The reason was to bring unity to the church on the issue of Christ’s divinity. These councils played political roles as well as theological. After Constantine became emperor he established the great city in the eastern empire called Constantinople. This city [named after him] became both the theological and political seat in the eastern half of the empire. So you had both a religious and political competition going on in the empire. Rome, situated in the west, was feeling like she would lose her position if the eastern half started gaining too much influence. So you had differing reasons for these councils. But you also had sincere men who held to various beliefs at the time. The bishop Arius came to teach that Jesus was the Son of God, but not God himself. This created a stir in the empire and Constantine called a council to settle the question. The debates went forth, both views were discussed and classic Orthodoxy came down on the side of Jesus being God. Now, there would be more councils dealing with Gods nature and Christ’s role, but this was a defining moment in Christian history. The church [and the scriptures] teach that God became man [incarnation] and thru Jesus we ‘see God’. Paul also relates the many sufferings and trials he was going thru. He says he tastes death and bears in his body the death of Jesus. He simply does not give a picture of the Christian life that is common in today’s world. Many believers are taught that these types of difficulties and sufferings are a result of their lack of faith, or their inability to rightfully ‘access their covenant rights’. Paul refutes this doctrine strongly. Paul has already mentioned those who ‘peddle Gods word’ or who twist the scriptures for their own benefit. It always amazes me to see well meaning believers/teachers go thru the entire corpus of the New Testament and never see these things. It’s so easy for preachers/teachers to read the scriptures with blinders on. Here Paul taught that the many sufferings [both physical and spiritual] were an honorable thing, they were his way of sharing in the sufferings and death of Christ. They were ‘death in him, but life in you’ he saw his difficulties thru a redemptive lens. He says the present sufferings are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed in us. The first verse of this chapter says seeing we have received this great ministry, we don’t faint. I like Eugene Petersons Message version, he says ‘just because times get hard, we don’t throw up our hands and walk off the job’ I like that.
(1227) 2ND CORITNHIANS 5- Paul speaks of the Christian hope- resurrection! This chapter can be confusing if not taken in context. You could think that Paul is saying when we die we have a house/room in heaven ‘waiting for us’ and this seems true enough. But he is really saying something more along the lines of ‘in heaven [Gods realm] we have a promise of a new body. The Spirit in us is the down payment, but full redemption will be complete when we are raised from the dead’ the hope is a new body, not our souls living some type of disembodied existence in a heavenly mansion. Now, Paul teaches us that this new covenant [last chapter] is one of reconciliation, not condemnation. That because of the work of the Cross, all men have been reconciled to God! It is therefore our job to tell them. In the field of Christian thought there have been thinkers [Origen, Carlton Pearson, etc.] who have dabbled with the doctrine of universalism. They believe that ultimately all people will be saved. I do not believe in this doctrine myself [though I wished it were true- I mean wouldn’t you want everyone forgiven and with God?] but those who embrace it find there reasoning in these types of verses. The New Testament teaches a theme of redemption that says ‘all men have been reconciled to God; Jesus has died for all men. God wills for all to be saved’ and it is because of this theme that some have held to universalism. The point I do want to make to all my orthodox friends is the New Testament message is one of total acceptance based on Christ’s death for us. Sometimes Christians ‘make it hard’ for people to ‘get saved’. The bible doesn’t make it hard, it says it’s a free gift that anyone can have [I know my Calvinist friends are upset right now, but heck I cant please all the people all of the time]. We want the world to know that ‘God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself’. These major themes need to be engrained into the mind of the church and the world. I am not talking ‘easy believism’ in the sense that God requires no repentance, but I am talking the reality of the free gift based upon what Jesus has done. There are so many people struggling with so many things, many have prayed and pleaded with God for change. Many have given up; they see God as a demanding judge whom they could never please. The message of the Cross is ‘you can’t please God, make up for your own sins. God placed those sins on Jesus, that’s why you can be accepted’. He was made sin for us, who knew no sin. That we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Once you see this truth, God will set you free. You will change, you will become ‘righteous’ but it’s a result of the Cross, not your own efforts.
(1228) 2ND CORINTHIANS 6- Paul tells them to not receive Gods grace ‘in vain’. He quotes a very popular verse among Evangelicals ‘now is the acceptable time, now is the day of salvation’. He says the Lord heard their prayer and ‘accepted/saved them’. Paul is referring to salvation in the sense that after his first letter, they repented, asked God for forgiveness and responded in the right way. Now in this letter he’s saying ‘look, God heard your heart. He has received you. Don’t keep repenting over the thing’. Paul also gives another list of his trials. He gave one in chapter 4, will give another one in chapter 11. I like the part where he says ‘we are unknown, yet well known’. In today’s Protestant/Evangelical churches, we are often ‘well know, yet unknown’. Let me explain. In Paul’s day he raised up quite a stir. In the book of Acts we see how when he was at the temple in Jerusalem someone finally recognized him and accused him. He wasn’t’ well recognized/known like we are today. Yet his writings and the communities of believers he was establishing were well known. People knew his message and gospel. Yet today, we have so many Christians who follow a cult of personality. They associate ‘the church they attend’ with the main leader. Often these men are well meaning, in some cases their public persona is known world wide. Yet the average viewing audience has no grasp on what they are teaching. They see our famous images [well known] yet what we are speaking is often irrelevant [unknown]. And last but not least Paul teaches what I like to call ‘an incarnational ecclesiology’- in simple terms, God lives in his people in a real way. The real presence of God in society is manifest thru his actual people. Often times the historic churches will emphasize the Eucharist as the way Gods presence is in the world. Some argue for ‘an incarnational sacramental’ view of Christianity. They teach that because God manifested himself in a material way thru Christ [the incarnation] that this principle continues today thru the sacraments that the churches practice. I respond this way; while this is true that God has/does manifest himself in real ways in the world, the primary method of him dwelling in the world in a real way is thru the people of God. Paul refers to us as Gods temple in the world. While the history of Israel in the Old Testament is somewhat liturgical, I feel to carry sacramental theology too far into the New Covenant misses the point. Jesus did give us the communion meal, and we do ‘show his death’ while celebrating it. But Gods primary means of ‘showing’ himself to the world is thru the charitable deeds of his saints. They will ‘know we are Christians by our love, by our love’. This theme is woven thru out the entire New Testament. Its’ fine for believers to have ‘sacred space’ [church buildings] to celebrate liturgy and traditional forms of Christian worship, but to keep in mind that we are the actual dwelling place of God in the world, we are his temple. During the first millennia of Christian history the church developed an idea that said because Jesus did come in the flesh, therefore it is now permitted to have Icons [special religious paintings that have special meaning in the Greek/Eastern Orthodox churches] and physical ways for Gods presence to manifest. The western church [Catholic] would struggle over this issue. One of the Popes would condemn iconography and some would destroy these religious paintings from the church buildings. Eventually an Orthodox theologian [I think John of Damascus?] would develop the theology that I explained above and the church would accept the practice of God manifesting himself in a special way thru religious objects. I personally enjoy the Catholic/Orthodox and traditional expressions of Christianity, but I think they over did it in this area.
(1229) 2ND CORINTHIANS 7- Paul tells them that at first he regretted being so hard on them in his 1st letter. But now he rejoices that he was so hard, because they fully heard him out and came to their senses. I have found over the years that many people initially ‘hate’ me for some of the stuff I write. But sometimes they really reconsider certain beliefs that they picked up along the way and they make adjustments, this is the purpose. So Paul was glad he did it. Now when he was in Macedonia he was in distress 'without were fighting’s, within were fears’ he struggled daily with difficulty. But in all these troubles he rejoiced when the good report came back to him from Titus, his co worker who was sent to check up on the Corinthians. Titus came back and told Paul how they listened to him and repented. This was Paul’s reason to rejoice. I want you to see the give and take between Paul and these churches/communities. In the next chapter we will deal with money issues, but for now he is giving his life away for the benefit of these churches. He preaches the pure gospel of Jesus, he does not view ‘being a child of the king’ thru the lens of making wealth or having no problems, to the contrary he will teach that these doctrines are not from the Lord [see 1st Timothy 6]. Paul’s intent was to establish these churches on the reality of Christ and what the Cross meant in their lives. He urges them to separate from idolatrous and sinful practices and for them to be holy [set apart] for Gods work. He warns his churches not to come under the influence of false teachers, people who were bringing in ‘damnable heresies’ even denying the faith of Jesus. All in all Paul made plain the reality of Jesus and how we as believers do not pursue the desires of the world, he tells Timothy ‘we came into the world without wealth and material goods, when we die we can’t take it with us. So lets be happy with what we have’ no doctrine of seeking extreme wealth to advance the kingdom, but to live soberly and righteously in the present world. These letters that we are covering [all the studies we have done so far on this blog] are the foundational documents of the church, we need to read and hear what they are saying. Too many churches are built upon proof texts found all over the bible, but when you read the actual story in context, they tell a different story. Paul rebuked this church in a strong way; they were sorry and broken over the things he said. Then after a period of time they humbled themselves and made some changes. That’s all Paul wanted, for his converts to stay on course.
(1231) 2ND CORINTHIANS 8- Paul talks about giving in these next 2 chapters. It’s important to see the context in which he is speaking. Many fine men [pastors] and believers will use a verse or two out of these chapters and apply them in a wrong, or out of context way. We find verses like ‘he that sows [plants] sparingly will reap sparingly’ or ‘God shall supply all your needs according to his riches and glory’. These verses [as well as a few others] are to be seen in the context of giving in a charitable way, doing it by ‘choice’ and not by force, and giving freely to help the poor saints that were living at Jerusalem. But too often these verses are used to tell believers if they do not tithe 10 percent of their income into a Sunday morning offering, they will be cursed. Or appeals are made by the TV preachers that say ‘sow into this ministry and reap a harvest’ in many of these scenarios there is tremendous force and manipulation used to get the saints to give money for all types of projects, or to fund the rich lifestyles of charismatic figures. These things ‘ought not to be done’. In this chapter Paul says he that gathered little had ‘no lack’ how often have we taught believers to ‘get a full harvest’ and said it in a way that says unless you ‘gather much’ you will be in lack? Here Paul says those who gathered ‘just enough’ those who were satisfied with the basics ‘had no lack’. Or ‘give according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have’ how many appeals are made all the time telling believers ‘if you don’t have it, make a vow anyway’? We tell people to give according to what they don’t have all the time. And the churches of Macedonia did give ‘out of their poverty and great affliction’ you do not measure the success or spirituality of believers by the amount of financial wealth they have, these giving churches had ‘poverty’. All in all we need to rethink much of what the contemporary church/ministry does when it comes to money. In these chapters Paul teaches voluntary giving along the lines of helping the poor, we often use all these verses and simply apply them to our ‘churches’ ministries or personal callings. We err. In the next chapter Paul will quote Psalms ‘he hath dispersed abroad, HE HATH GIVEN TO THE POOR, his righteousness remains forever’ again, the whole context is giving to the poor. I know we mean well as believers, but we need to get back to really reading what the text is saying and applying it in that way. To give to churches, or ministries is fine. To give 10 % of your income is fine. To meet the needs of laboring elders/pastors is fine, but we should not use these types of scriptures in a condemning way when exhorting the saints to give, doing that is ‘not fine’.
(1232) 2ND CORINTHIANS 9- Paul encourages the church to be generous ‘give much, and you will be blessed much’. The principle is clear. The other day I wrote on the verse ‘he hath distributed and given to the poor, his good works will endure’ [my paraphrase] let me give you what the message bible says- ‘he throws caution to the wind, giving to the needy with reckless abandon’. Yesterday my friend John David came by. He’s the friend I wrote about a few weeks ago, one of the local homeless guys. John is doing well; he made it thru the local drug rehab and is attending the aa/na meetings. John is really excited about the lord, even though he is an older brother [57] he really wants to do things for God. I gave him a few old copies of some of my original books I wrote years ago, and I gave him all the cash I had [around 15 dollars from my wallet]. He didn’t ask for it, I just felt ‘what the heck, if I don’t give it I’ll just spend it’. Later my wife asked me if I could take my daughter to get her I.D. at the driver’s license place. You need cash, it’s around 16 dollars. I thought ‘geez, maybe I’m too reckless in giving to my buddies’ and then I read this verse this morning. Paul exhorts these believers to give themselves and their goods away for the gospel. He challenges us to live with ‘reckless abandon’ knowing that our lives are like a vapor that appear for a little while and then vanish away [James]. If you give yourself away, God will increase ‘your seed’ and multiply the results 100 times, but you must lay down your life first. Jesus said unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abideth alone. But if it dies it will bring forth much fruit. He was speaking of his impending death, how he saw it as a necessary event for the purposes of God. Paul also says in his letter ‘if Jesus died for everyone, then we are all dead. He then that lives should now live for God.’ We are not here to please ourselves, to derive some type of fulfillment through our Christian experience. That is to ‘seek to save our lives’ we are here to lay them down for a greater cause, Jesus showed us how this must be done.
(1233) 2ND CORINTHIANS 10- Paul defends himself once again, he says ‘the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty thru God to the pulling down of strongholds. Casting down imaginations [arguments] and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God’. Contrary to popular opinion, Paul is not speaking about ‘spiritual warfare’ in the sense of casting demons out of the sky, but he is talking about refuting false opinions and ideas that the false teachers were popularizing. In essence true spiritual warfare is presenting the truth of Christ in its purist form and undoing false/popular ideas that don’t line up with scripture. Paul also defends his right to speak into their lives/location. He says he has been given a sphere/place of authority by God, and this area did indeed cover Corinth. He also claims authority for other regions. In scripture Apostles do have more of a regional authority/influence than other types of callings. Paul did not exercise his authority in a way that said ‘you guys must only listen to me’ in the sense that ‘submitting’ to authority meant actually listening to him preach every Sunday. The New Testament churches had tremendous freedom and sharing in their corporate get togethers. It actually was the false teachers who tried to cause these early believers to come under their control. In Galatians Paul says ‘who hath bewitched you’ or cast a spell on you. Paul would only come in and use his authority in a strong way when the churches strayed from the simplicity that was in Christ. In this chapter he says the authority that he had was for the purpose of building them up, not tearing them down. The main way Paul ‘did battle’ was thru the refuting of the false teachers thru the scripture [Old Testament] and presenting the fullness of Gods grace in Christ. Paul often used examples from urban life to help him get his point across- things like sports, arenas, military, etc. Jesus used more of an agrarian type setting in his parables- fishing, seed planting, etc... Of course they both used other symbols as well, but the point was they spoke and argued their ideas in ways that their hearers would be familiar with. When Paul refuted the philosophers at the Areopagus [Mars Hill, Acts 17] he made use of the public forum to get his points across. Paul operated in an intellectual world, as opposed to Peters fishing background. But they all presented Christ in his fullness, whether the message came from a fisherman or a theologian. Paul simply had a little better equipment when it came to refuting the false philosophies of his day. He didn’t buy the argument that ‘they were not in his sphere’ sort of like religion belongs ‘in the church building’ but leave the science and philosophy to us. He had authority from God to function in those spheres.
(1234) 2ND CORINTHIANS 11- Paul fears that the church will be drawn away from the simplicity that is in Christ. He warns of false teachers/apostles and defends his own calling. He says he espoused them to Christ in marriage, yet the false teachers were bringing in a different gospel, spirit and Jesus. He uses this same language in his letter to the Galatians. Who were these false teachers? Probably the Judaisers, the main instigators of Paul. Over the years many well meaning believers who are members of various churches have used verses like this to describe the ‘church down the block’. Whether it was over the gifts of the Spirit, water baptism, or a host of other doctrines. Often times these verses on ‘false teachers’ would be used to strike fear into the hearts of their members. In context these types of verses are speaking of those who reject historic Christianity, the reality of grace and other Christian teaching. Those who were trying to supplant the true gospel and bring the churches under legalism. Now, in this chapter we see Paul make a defense by saying he did not take financial support from the Corinthians, but ‘robbed other churches’ instead. Meaning he did receive financial aid from other believers. He says the churches of Macedonia helped out. We also read in the letter to the Philippians that they too helped Paul with money. I used to think that the only church that Paul did not receive aid from was the Church at Corinth. He does seem to say that he used this style of ‘taking no offerings’ only when at Corinth. Many believers are under the same impression. A careful reading of the New Testament shows us that this was not the case; in Acts chapter 20 [read my commentary on Acts 20] he teaches us that when he was staying with the church at Ephesus he also worked and provided for himself and those who were with him. He says he did this to give the leaders an example, so the Ephesian elders/pastors would not see ministry thru the lens of a hired profession. Peter says the same when speaking as ‘an elder to fellow elders’ taking the oversight of the believers, willingly, not for ‘filthy lucre’. And Paul says the same to the church at Thessalonica. Now some argue that leaders/elders should never accept financial help. I think that is going too far myself [though I never take a dime!]. The point is it was okay for Christian brothers to help other brothers out when in need. The things that Paul tried to avoid was elders/leaders seeing ministry thru the lens of ‘it’s my job’ type of a thing. But Paul clearly says stuff like ‘they that preach the gospel should live of the gospel’ here he is saying those who are actively giving themselves to teaching the word should be taken care of. I suggest you read the sections ‘what in the world is the church’ and ‘prosperity gospel’ I have many posts in there that deal with this issue. Overall Paul did not forbid fellow believers from helping him, but he certainly did not teach a doctrine of ‘sow into my ministry for a harvest’ type of a thing, in a way where he justified extreme wealth coming from the offerings of the churches. We need to keep the entire story/picture in mind when appealing to these verses in the current day. The New Testament is not a materialistic book, it warns against those who ‘peddle the word’ [taught for money]. It plainly tells leaders ‘don’t do it with financial reward in mind’. In today’s media environment these warnings are mocked and described as ‘that old tradition’ many err because they know not the scriptures.
(1235) 2ND CORINTHIANS 12- Before I get into a long history discussion with you guys, let’s hit a few verses. Paul says ‘when I was with you, did I gain a profit from you, take advantage of you?’ or ‘when I sent Titus, did he gain a profit from you?’ He then goes on and says the fathers lay up money for the kids, not the other way around. He says he has spent out of his own pocket for them, and he will continue to do so. He says he does all this so people won’t have the excuse ‘he’s just in it for the money’. Notice, Paul himself did not have the common mindset we see in ministry today. Often times financial appeals are made from Paul’s writings in Corinthians, these appeals often say ‘we are not asking for ourselves, but for you’ it is put in a way that says it would be wrong to not take money from people. That in some way not taking an offering would violate scripture. Paul flatly said he did not take money from them for personal use, nor would he. When the modern church uses Paul’s other sayings in this letter to appeal to giving, we need to share ‘the whole counsel of God’ not just a few verses that fit in with what we practice. Now, Paul speaks about being caught up into ‘heaven’ [Gods realm-Paradise] and hearing truths from God that were not lawful for men to speak. He states that God gave him truth that came from Divine revelation. If you skip a few pages over in your bible, you will hit Galatians. In the first chapter he says how after he was converted he did not confer with the other leaders at Jerusalem, but received teaching straight from God. Let’s discuss what revelation is, how we come to know things. The last few centuries of the first millennium of Christian history you had the ‘Holy Roman Empire’ which was a political/religious union of church and state. Under the emperor Charlemagne the territories of the empire were vast. Those who came after him did not have the same control over the regions that were vast. Eventually you had a form of rule arise that was called Feudalism; the sections of the empire that were too far to benefit directly from Rome would simply come under the authority of the local strongman [much like the present dilemma in Afghanistan, I think it’s time to get our boys out of that mess]. People would come under the authority of a ruler and he would lease out land to the citizens and they would benefit from his protection. The citizens were called Vassals and the land was called a Fief. At one point king John of England would do public penance in a disagreement he had with the Pope and all of England would become a Fief under the rule of the Pope. Now, this would eventually lead up to the development of the strong nation states, an independent identifying with your state/region as opposed to being under Rome and the papacy. This type of independence would allow for the 16th century reformation to happen under Luther. If it were not for Frederick the Wise, the regional authority in Germany where Luther lived, he would have never had the protection or freedom to launch his reformation. Luther also had the influence of being a scholar at Wittenberg. Around the 12th-13th centuries you had the first university pop up at the great cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. The word university simply meant a co-operative effort from two or more people. It applied to many things besides learning. It was also during this time that the church began to develop a system of harmonizing Christian doctrine; she began to do systematic theology. The writings of the Greek philosophers [Aristotle] were rediscovered after centuries of them being hidden, and the great intellectual Saint Thomas Aquinas would wed Aristotle’s ideas with Christian truth. This became known as Scholasticism. Aquinas believed that men could arrive at a true knowledge of God from pure reason and logic. But man could not know all the truths about God and his nature without ‘special revelation’ [the bible and church tradition]. All Christians did not agree with Aquinas new approach to Christian truth, the very influential bishop Bernard would initially condemn Aquinas over this. Bernard said ‘the faith that believes unto righteousness, believes! It does not doubt’. The Scholastic school taught that the way you arrive at knowledge was thru the continuous questioning and doubting of things until you come to some basic conclusions. These issues would be debated for centuries, and even in the present hour many argue over the issue of Divine revelation versus natural logical reasoning. Tertullian, an early North Afrcian church father, said ‘I believe because it is preposterous, illogical’ he became famous for his saying ‘what does Jerusalem have to do with Athens’ meaning he did not believe that Greek philosophy should have any part with Christian truth. Origen, his contemporary, believed the other way. So the debate rages on. Why talk about this here? Some believers ‘believe’ in a type of knowledge called ‘revelation knowledge’ they mean something different than the historic use of the term. Historically ‘revelation’ meant that which God revealed to us THRU THE BIBLE, not something outside of the bible. For instance, the first canon of scripture put together was by a man called Marcion. His ‘bible’ contained the letters of Paul and parts of :Luke. He believed the revelation God gave Paul was for us today, not the Old Testament or the historical gospels. He was condemned by the church as a heretic. The point being some took Paul’s writings about receiving knowledge from God as an indicator that what God showed Paul was different than what the church got thru the other apostles. In point of fact the things that God revealed to Paul, or to you or me; all truth is consistent, it will not contradict any other part of Gods truth. Paul’s letters are consistent with the gospels, not in contradiction. When believers cling to an idea that their teachers are sharing ‘special revelation’ or a Rhema word that is somehow above the scrutiny of scripture, then they are in dangerous territory. Paul did appeal to his experience with God as a defense of his gospel, but he backed up everything he said with Old Testament scripture. God wasn’t ‘revealing’ things to Paul that were outside of the realm of true knowable ‘truth’. You could examine and test the things Paul was saying, he wasn’t saying ‘because God showed it to me, that’s why I’m correct’. So in today’s church world, we want all the things we learn and believe to be consistent with what the church has believed thru out the centuries. Sure there are always things that are going to be questioned and true reform entails this, but beware of teachers who come to you with ‘revelation knowledge’ or a ‘Rhema word’ that goes against the already revealed word of truth.
(1236) 2ND CORINTHIANS 13- Okay, it took 13 days to do this brief study. Paul finished up his letter by telling them that God gave him authority to build them up, not tear them down. The message bible says ‘to not tear them apart’. Why say this? Because after 13 chapters [yes, I know the chapters are not in the original!] it sure felt like he wrung them thru a wringer. In Jeremiah 1:10 God gives him power to root out, tear down, uproot and also build up. If you read the exact wording Jeremiah does 4 ‘deconstructing acts’ and 2 constructing ones. It is part of leadership to spend more time dealing with the problems than doing the good stuff. Dealing with the problems is actually part of ‘the good stuff’. We spent a few weeks simply trying to look at the context of Paul and his relating to the Corinthians. How many good men and churches spend whole lifetimes quoting a verse or two from this letter, maybe during an offering time. Then applying it in a way that has people focused on money and wealth building [a verse like ‘he became poor so we might be rich’] and yet the verse is totally taken out of context. You might hear it a million times thru out your whole church going experience, and yet never really come to a sober understanding of the text. These types of problems [proof texting] are a major problem in the Protestant/Evangelical churches, good men simply losing their way. Paul was tough on the believers, but when he was thru with them they were much better off for it. The level of correction and reproof in the modern church is very low, we simply do not receive or listen to reproof. Those who wish to excel in their callings and purposes in God are those who listen and make the proper adjustments. Proverbs says reproofs and correction are the path to life. As I finish up another one of our many blog studies, I am not sure what we will do next, but as you read these brief New Testament studies, see them in context. Look at them as whole letters that have meaning, don’t just see individual verses. When you read these letters as a ‘whole’ you will stay on course and avoid the snares and weeds that may prominent preachers and teachers have fallen into, you will avoid the pitfalls of creating a story from a few chopped up sections of a letter. Seeing these wonderful New Testament letters in context will ground you in grace and keep you on course, in the end you will be built up on a good foundation. Like Paul said in his first letter to them ‘if any man build wood, hay, stubble- or precious stones’; the day of judgment will show what you valued the most. Those who take these letters and turn them into moneymaking schemes, or techniques for worldly success, they have built things that will burn up. Those who take these epistles and build their lives on Gods grace and the reality of the Cross, their lives will show good fruit that will not be burned up on the Day of Judgment.
2 Corinthians 2025
2nd Corinthians 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/2nd-corinthians-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/2nd-corinthians-2025-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/2nd-corinthians-2025-page.html
2 Cor 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/19/2-cor-1-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4702615/2-cor-1
2 Cor 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/21/2-cor-2-text-2/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4704771/2-cor-2
2 Cor 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/26/2-cor-3-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4709285/2-cor-3
2 Cor 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/28/2-cor-4-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4711254/2-cor-4
2 Cor 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-5-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/03/2-cor-5-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4716178/2-cor-5
2 Cor 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-6-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-6
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/05/2-cor-6-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4718188/2-cor-6
2 Cor 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/10/2-cor-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4723959/2-cor-7
2 Cor 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/12/2-cor-8-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4726432/2-cor-8
Older studies-
2nd Corinthians- Links
Chapter 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/07/sunday-sermon-text_12.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/07/12/sunday-sermon-text-45/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1129014278838173696?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/efamx3lej2xc7qxeiypqcq
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/sunday-sermon4915463
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/sunday-sermon-124
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/sunday-sermon-23
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48746086-sunday-sermon
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104500654638626975
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/sunday-sermon-d9e7fd58d11f?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/3zmee5-sunday-sermon
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/sunday-sermon-34253d13-77ee-4dbb-a9c0-d16cac3c5142
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/sunday-sermon-121
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2176132/sunday-sermon
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/07/12/sunday-sermon/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/07/sunday-sermon.html
Chapter 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/08/sunday-sermon-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/08/02/sunday-sermon-text-47/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1136635064196055040?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/5yrhkdf1wuf0x7n1xice3g
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/sunday-sermon2770276
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/sunday-sermon-126
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/sunday-sermon-25
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48849165-sunday-sermon
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=217830
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/sunday-sermon-xdrxwxx
https://share.par.pw/post/537c71bc6c5347039b281105c3d6aca1
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104619707250871955
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/sunday-sermon-e94b2c16d064?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/vyggg-sunday-sermon
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/sunday-sermon-ca98f17f-b264-4bf8-8006-bdaaad1c2d15
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/sunday-sermon-123
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2193930/sunday-sermon
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/08/02/sunday-sermon/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/08/sunday-sermon.html
Chapter 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/06/sunday-sermon-text_21.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/06/21/sunday-sermon-text-42/
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/sunday-sermon4998591
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/sunday-sermon-121
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/sunday-sermon-20
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48637496-sunday-sermon
https://vk.com/wall533663718_4108
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1121406032009469952?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104381777807592789
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/sunday-sermon-39d49dc0f7de?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/emyd5-sunday-sermon
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/sunday-sermon-ad34ccd7-aab9-4281-bb21-a443abcfb371
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/sunday-sermon-118
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2157898/sunday-sermon
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/06/21/sunday-sermon-text/
Chapter 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/08/2nd-corinthians-4-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/08/11/2nd-cor-4-text/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1139881550783184896?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/g1mu3okcuioivr0ognwtcw
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/2nd-cor-4
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48899156-2nd-cor-4
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=219069
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/2nd-cor-4-xolwzek
https://share.par.pw/post/db448124ed01498d871fd59ed8482898
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104670411716420924
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/2nd-corinthians-4-4f89d4740b27?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/2nd-cor-4
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/2nd-cor-4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/2nd-cor-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2201667/2nd-cor-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/08/11/2nd-cor-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/08/2nd-cor.4.html
Chapter 5
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/08/2nd-cor-5-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/08/25/2nd-cor-5-text/
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1144955197949075456?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/nv2ggybtprpsifxd8jx9qq
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/2nd-cor-5
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/48964452-2nd-cor-5
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=220863
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/2nd-cor-5-xdrlmjv
https://share.par.pw/post/b81b6e4229be497da5d2db6e0afd839d
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104749736269196325
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/2nd-cor-5-7564c730aab1?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/2nd-cor-5
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/2nd-cor-5
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2214552/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/08/25/2nd-cor-5/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/08/2nd-cor.5.html
2nd Cor. 6
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/09/2nd-cor-6-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/09/10/2nd-cor-6-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/upyzlsffd5cswycz-fecow
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1150771822111387648?referrer=ccoutreach87
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/2nd-cor-6
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/2nd-cor-6
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/2nd-cor-6
https://wt.social/post/cvsp0f65332469862006
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/49058811-2nd-cor-6
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=222947
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/2nd-cor-6-xoldnyz
https://share.par.pw/post/ac8e3590948847b78e92d68b0491dbc1
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104840600887833753
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/2nd-cor-6-55c4a07937a5?source=---------2------------------
https://steemit.com/bible/@ccoutreach/2nd-cor-6
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/2nd-cor-6
https://www.plurk.com/p/nzz7w4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/2nd-cor-6
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2230211/2nd-cor-6
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/09/10/2nd-cor-6-text/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/
2 Corinthians 7
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/10/2nd-cor-7-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/viwp8p4heumgzmrsjofkpq
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/2-cor-7
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/2-cor-7
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/2-cor-7
https://wt.social/post/lm57psc5338504991382
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/49182353-2-cor-7
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=225223
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/2-cor-7-xwnzykz
https://share.par.pw/post/94958e738aab461181562710cc4d1175
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/104959250275901516
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/2-cor-7-969bf555a086?source=---------2----------------------------
http://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/2-cor-7
https://www.plurk.com/p/o11ybr
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/2-cor-7
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2253257/2-cor-7
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/10/01/2-cor-7/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/10/2-cor.7.html
2nd Cor. 8
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/10/2nd-cor-8-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/10/20/2nd-cor-8-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/tbylxnylwrmajilbsx89ug
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/2nd-cor-8
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/2nd-cor-8
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/2nd-cor-8
https://wt.social/post/bhrc52g5343970995522
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/49292100-2nd-cor-8
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=227792
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/2nd-cor-8-xyvrrkk
https://share.par.pw/post/1f1e481b260a4e6990571a8fa626b5ff
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/2nd-cor-8-b89e6978321b
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/2nd-cor-8
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/2nd-cor-8
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2286723/2nd-cor-8
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/10/20/2nd-cor-8-text/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/10/2nd-cor.8.html
Corinthians
1-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/03/28/corinthians-1-2/
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/03/corinthians-1-2.html
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/corinthians-1-2-a5a33fe197f9?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/03/corinthians-1-2.html
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/03/28/corinthians-1-2/
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/corinthians-1-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/params/post/1752796/corinthians-1-2
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46537455-corinthians-1-2
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/corinthians-1-2
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/03/28/Corinthians-1-2
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/corinthians-1-2
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/corinthians-1-2
3-4
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/04/corinthians-3-4.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/04/02/corinthians-3-4/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_346
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/corinthians-3-4
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46558092-corinthians-3-4
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/corinthians-3-4-b48cce47a5e7?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/corinthians-3-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/corinthians-3-4
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/04/02/Corinthians-3-4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/corinthians-3-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/params/post/1756715/corinthians-3-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/04/02/corinthians-3-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/04/corinthians-3-4.html
5-6
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/04/corinthians-5-6.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/04/04/corinthians-5-6/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_359
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/corinthians-5-6
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46564440-corinthians-5-6
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/corinthians-5-6-2660da8cd12?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/corinthians-5-6
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/corinthians-5-6
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/04/04/Corinthians-5-6
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/corinthians-5-6
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/params/post/1758301/corinthians-5-6
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/04/04/corinthians-5-6/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/04/corinthians-5-6.html
7-8
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/04/corinthians-7-8.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/04/09/corinthians-7-8/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_406
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/corinthians-7-8
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46584238-corinthians-7-8
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/corinthians-7-8-e36f710b6a91?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/corinthians-7-8
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/corinthians-7-8
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/04/09/Corinthians-7-8
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/corinthians-7-8
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1763439/corinthians-7-8
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/04/09/corinthians-7-8/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/04/corinthians-7-8.html
8-10
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/04/corinthians-8-10.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/04/11/corinthians-8-10/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_420
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/corinthians-8-10
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46590949-corinthians-8-10
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/corinthians-8-10-c7f30d1035fc?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/corinthians-8-10
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/corinthians-8-10
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/corinthians-8-10
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/04/11/Corinthians-8-10
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/corinthians-8-10
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/params/post/1765473/corinthians-8-10
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/04/11/corinthians-8-10/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/04/corinthians-8-10.html
11-12
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/04/corinthians-11-12.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/04/16/corinthians-11-12/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_470
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/corinthians-11-12
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46607578-corinthians-11-12
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/corinthians-11-12-a61bdf0b27d6?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/corinthians-11-12
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/corinthians-11-12
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/04/16/Corinthians-11-12
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/corinthians-11-12
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1770751/corinthians-11-12
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/04/16/corinthians-11-12/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/04/corinthians-11-12.html
13-14
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/04/corinthians-13-14.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/04/18/corinthians-13-14/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_491
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/corinthians-13-14
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46616283-corinthians-13-14
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/corinthians-13-14-1ff221269bdc?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/corinthians-13-14
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/corinthians-13-14
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/04/18/Corinthians-13-14
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/corinthians-13-14
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1773069/corinthians-13-14
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/04/18/corinthians-13-14/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/04/corinthians-13-14.html
15-16
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/04/corinthians-15-16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/04/23/corinthians-15-16/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_531
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/corinthians-15-16
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46637023-corinthians-15-16
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/corinthians-15-16-e1b89c24ad0b?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/corinthians-15-16
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/corinthians-15-16
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/04/23/Corinthians-15-16
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/corinthians-15-16
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1776981/corinthians-15-16
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/04/23/corinthians-15-16/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/04/corinthians-15-16.html
Edited text posts and studies
Colossians 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/colossians-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/colossians-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/colossians-2025-making-page.html
Galatians 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/galatians-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-2025-making-page.html
Sunday sermon Text posts
https://ccoutreach87.com/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
Kings 1- 2025 Page
https://ccoutreach87.com/kings-1-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/kings-1-2025-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/kings-1-2025-page.html
Acts 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/acts-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/acts-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/acts-2025-making-page.html
Sunday sermon Text posts- 12-20-25
https://ccoutreach87.com/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
Philosophy 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/philosophy-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/philosophy-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/philosophy-2025-making-page.html
Sunday sermon Jer 33 #61- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/06/sunday-sermon-text-226/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4661913/sunday-sermon
Galatians 5 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/galatians-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/08/galatians-5-text-12/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-5-592725879e03
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4663660/galatians-5
Galatians 6 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/galatians-6-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/galatians-6
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/10/galatians-6-text-10/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-6-ef58de508389
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4665292/galatins-6
Sunday sermon 1st Cor 10:13 #62 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/13/sunday-sermon-text-228/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-a8b13d70e16f
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4667355/sunday-sermon
Colossians 1 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/15/colossians-1-text-13/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-1-6eec7ea29c4d
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4669258/colossians-1
Colossians 2 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/17/colossians-2-text-10/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-2-b6f5c31135db
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4671392/colossians-2
Sunday sermon- John 16- #63 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/20/sunday-sermon-text-230/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-32027bb52eea
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4674164/sunday-sermon
Colossians 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4675920/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/22/colossians-3-text-10/
Colossians 4 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/24/colossians-4-text-11/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4677860/colossians-4
Sunday sermon # 64 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/27/sunday-sermon-text-232/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4680603/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/philosophy-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-1-text
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/29/philosophy-1-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4682672/philosophy-1
Philsophy 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/philosophy-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/31/philosophy-2-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4684656/philosophy-2
Sunday sermon #65
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/03/sunday-sermon-text-235/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4687171/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 3 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/05/philosophy-3-text-5/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4689074/philosophy-3
Philosophy 4 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/07/philosophy-4-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4691545/philosophy-4
Sunday sermon #66 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_10.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/10/sunday-sermon-text-237/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4694336/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-5-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/12/philosophy-5-text-5/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4696412/philosophy-5
Philosophy 6 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-last-1.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-last-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/14/philosophy-last-1-2/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4698602/philosophy--last-1
Sunday sermon #67
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_17.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/17/sunday-sermon-text-239/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4700639/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/19/2-cor-1-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4702615/2-cor-1
2 Cor 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/21/2-cor-2-text-2/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4704771/2-cor-2
Sunday sermon #68
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_24.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/zda4kmcmpwk23zw2dlbblj2w7p52nb
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/24/sunday-sermon-text-241/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4707260/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/26/2-cor-3-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4709285/2-cor-3
2 Cor 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/28/2-cor-4-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4711254/2-cor-4
Sunday sermon #69
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/6rs5awg7l6eggmfwhnppcm9tnhs7l2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/01/sunday-sermon-text-243/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4714049/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-5-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/03/2-cor-5-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4716178/2-cor-5
2 Cor 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-6-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-6
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/05/2-cor-6-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4718188/2-cor-6
Sunday sermon #70
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/cgggfmsp4gj7z4xljgjhpasgjyf2pc
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/08/sunday-sermon-text-245/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4721280/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/10/2-cor-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4723959/2-cor-7
2 Cor 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/12/2-cor-8-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4726432/2-cor-8
Sunday sermon#71
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/15/sunday-sermon-text-247/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4729627/sunday-sermon
Kings 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/17/kings-1-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4731934/kings-1
Kings 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/19/kings-2-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4734629/kings-2
Sunday sermon #72
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_22.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/22/sunday-sermon-text-249/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4737809/sunday-sermon
Kings 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/24/kings-3-text-8/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4740054/kings-3
Sunday sermon #73
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_29.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/29/sunday-sermon-text-251/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4744904/sunday-sermon
Kings 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/31/kings-4-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4747165/kings-4
Kings 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/02/kings-5-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4749755/kings-5
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-5-text.html
Sunday sermon#74
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/05/sunday-sermon-text-253/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4753588/sunday-sermon
Kings 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-6-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/09/kings-6-text-8/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4759463/kings-6
Sunday sermon #75
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/12/sunday-sermon-text-255/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4763285/sunday-sermon
Kings 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/14/kings-7-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4766175/kings-7
Sunday sermon#75
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/19/sunday-sermon-text-257/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4773356/sunday-sermon
Kings 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-8-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/21/kings-8-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4776413/kings-8
Kings 9
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-9-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-9-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/23/kings-9-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4779707/kings-9
Sunday sermon#76
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/26/sunday-sermon-text-259/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4784185/sunday-sermon
Ephesians 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/ephesians-4-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/ephesians-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/28/ephesians-4-text-12/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4787369/ephesians-4
Kings 10
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-10-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-10-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/30/kings-10-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4790441/kings-10
Sunday sermon#77
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/02/sunday-sermon-text-261/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4794676/sunday-sermon
Kings 11
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-11-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-11-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/04/kings-11-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4798558/kings-11
Sunday sermon#78
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/09/sunday-sermon-text-263/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4808624/sunday-sermon
Kings 12
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-12-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-12-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/11/kings-12-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4812916/kings-12
Kings 13
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-13-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/13/kings-13-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4817852/kings-13
Sunday sermon#79
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/16/sunday-sermon-text-265/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4822370/sunday-sermon
Kings 14
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-14-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-14-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/20/kings-14-text-6/
Sunday sermon#80
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/23/sunday-sermon-text-267/
Kings 15
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-15-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-15-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/25/kings-15-text-7/
Sunday sermon#81
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/02/sunday-sermon-text-269/
Sunday sermon#82
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/09/sunday-sermon-text-271/
Sunday sermon#83
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/16/sunday-sermon-text-273/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/
Sunday sermon#84
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/30/sunday-sermon-text-275/
Sunday sermon#85
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/06/sunday-sermon-text-277/
Sunday sermon#86
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/13/sunday-sermon-text-279/
Sunday sermon#87
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/20/sunday-sermon-text-281/
2 cor 1 [4-25- Newest copy]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/2-cor-1-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/2-cor-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/24/2-cor-1-text-5/
Sunday sermon#88
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/27/sunday-sermon-text-283/
Sunday sermon#89
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/04/sunday-sermon-text-285/
Sunday sermon#90
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/11/sunday-sermon-text-287/
Sunday sermon#91
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_18.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_18.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/18/sunday-sermon-text-289/
Acts 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-1-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/22/acts-1-text-5/
Sunday sermon#92
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/25/sunday-sermon-text-291/
Acts 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-2-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/27/acts-2-text-5/
Sunday sermon#93
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/01/sunday-sermon-text-293/
Acts 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-3-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/03/acts-3-text-4/
Acts 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-4-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/05/acts-4-text-5/
Sunday sermon#94
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/08/sunday-sermon-text-295/
Acts 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-5-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/12/acts-5-text-5/
Sunday sermon#95
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/15/sunday-sermon-text-297/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-834a0822266e
Acts 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/19/acts-6-text-5/
Sunday sermon#96
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_22.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/22/sunday-sermon-text-299/
Acts 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/24/acts-7-text-5/
Sunday sermon#97
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_29.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/29/sunday-sermon-text-301/
Acts 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/01/acts-8-text-5/
Acts 9
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-9-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/03/acts-9-text-6/
Sunday sermon#98
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/06/sunday-sermon-text-303/
Acts 10
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-10-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/10/acts-10-text-5/
Sunday sermon#99
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/13/sunday-sermon-text-305/
Acts 11
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-11-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/15/acts-11-text-6/
Sunday sermon#100
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/20/sunday-sermon-text-307/
Acts 12
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-12-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/22/acts-12-text-4/
Acts 13
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-13-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/24/acts-13-text-6/
Sunday sermon#101
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/27/sunday-sermon-text-309/
Sunday sermon#102
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text-im-posting-at-444-am.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/03/sunday-sermon-text-310/
Acts 14
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-14-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/05/acts-14-text-6/
Acts 15
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-15-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/07/acts-15-text-6/
Sunday sermon#103
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/10/sunday-sermon-text-312/
Acts 16
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-16-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/14/acts-16-text-6/
Sunday sermon#104
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_17.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/17/sunday-sermon-text-314/
Acts 17
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-17-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/19/acts-17-text-5/
Sunday sermon#105
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_24.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/24/sunday-sermon-text-316/
Acst 18
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-18-text-last-text-post-for-some.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/26/acts-18-text-last-text-post-for-some-sites-john/
Acst 19
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-19-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/28/acts-19-text-6/
Sunday sermon#106
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_31.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/31/sunday-sermon-text-318/
Acts 20
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-20-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/04/acts-20-text-4/
Sunday sermon#107
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text-posting-9-7-25-517.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/07/sunday-sermon-text-319/
Acts 21
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-21-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/09/acts-21-text-6/
Sunday sermon#108
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/14/sunday-sermon-text-321/
Acts 22
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-22-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/16/acts-22-text-6/
Acts 23
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-23-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/18/acts-23-9/
Sunday sermon#109
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text_21.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/21/sunday-sermon-text-323/
Acts 23
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-23-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/23/acts-23-text-7/
Sunday sermon#110
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text_28.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/28/sunday-sermon-text-325/
Acts 24
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-24-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/30/acts-24-text-6/
Acts 25
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-25-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/02/acts-25-text-5/
Sunday sermon#111
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/05/sunday-sermon-text-327/
Acts 26
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-26-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/09/acts-26-text-4/
Sunday sermon#112
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/12/sunday-sermon-text-329/
Acts 27
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-27-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/14/acts-27-text-6/
Sunday sermon#113
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/19/sunday-sermon-text-331/
Acts 28
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-28-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/21/acts-28-text-3/
Sunday sermon#114
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/26/sunday-sermon-text-333/
Sunday sermon#115
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/02/sunday-sermon-text-335/
Sunday sermon#116
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/09/sunday-sermon-text-337/
Sunday sermon#117
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/16/sunday-sermon-text-339/
Sunday sermon#118
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/23/sunday-sermon-text-341/
Galatians 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/galatians-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/25/galatians-1-text-16/
Galatians 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/galatians-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/27/galatians-2-text-15/
Sunday sermon#119
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/30/sunday-sermon-text-343/
Galatians 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/02/galatians-3-text-17/
Galatians 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/04/galatians-4-text-16/
Sunday sermon#120
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/07/sunday-sermon-text-345/
Galatians 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/09/galatians-5-text-16/
Galatians 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/11/galatians-6-text-14/
Sunday sermon#121
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text_14.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/14/sunday-sermon-text-347/
Kings 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/kings-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/16/kings-1-text-9/
Sunday sermon#122
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text_21.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/21/sunday-sermon-text-349/
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Pagewave https://www.pagewave.net/ccoutreach87
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Flipboard Profile
https://flipboard.com/@johnchiarel2018?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=share
Telegram 2- ccoutreach https://t.me/boost/ccoutreach
Shuffles
https://www.shffls.com/shuffles/5434950074861924672?sender_id=571605515113641221
New sites at the bottom of this list https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
See today’s full post here https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
And here https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
Many more sites can be found here- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Note- Why so many links at the top? If a main site goes down- and I used that link on hundreds of thousands of posts- it creates dead links all over the internet. If I have many links at the top- at least those posts won’t be wasted.
Note- Around 9-2024 Many sites began giving me warnings, not big stuff- just minor things. It was strange that so many started doing it all at once. After a few major Blog deletions- that all stopped. I realized some group- or person was more than likely targeting us- contacting all the sites and complaining. So if you host a site by me- and you have real problems- that’s fine to contact me and let me know- but if you start getting many complaints- all at once- keep this in mind- John Chiarello
OTHER VIDEOS [These are the videos I upload nightly to my various sites- links to all my sites below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/fb-ig-tiktok-vids-7-23/
FB/IG/Tiktok n other vids https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/fbigtiktok-other-vids-8-24-need-for-my.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
IG/FB Vids 8-24 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/igfb-vids-8-24-24-need-for-my-use-john.html
IG Bible studies https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/ig-bible-studies.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/other-videos-catalog-a-j-blogger-3/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/other-videos-catalog-j-blogger-3.html
Reels- https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
IG/FB 8-24 https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
IG/FB Vids- 10-30-24 [Links]
www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/m4upc8hdhc7b6m1zavpxgjsz9n5vtc
https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/igfb-vids-8-24-24-need-for-my-use-john.html
Videos catalog 1-6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/videos-catalog-1-6.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/videos-catalog-1-6/
www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/tiktok
https://ccoutreach87.com/tiktok-videos/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/tiktok-this-is-for-page-if-no-good-for.html
FB-IG-Tiktok- other Vids https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/fb-ig-tiktok-other-vids-10-24.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
IG Bible studies https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-bible-studies-9-24.html
IG Reels https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-reels-1.html
IG Vids https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3523858102198414520/3404197756526011336
Other Vids- Cat A-J https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/other-videos-catalog-j.html
Youtube Shorts [reels]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/youtube-shorts-reels.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/youtube-shorts-reels/
SEVEN- EIGHT Vid’s List
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-lists-of-vids-1-11-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-list-of-vids-1-11-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/seven-eight-lists-of-vids-1-11-25/
1st Video in a long time- Maybe the last? [1-17-25] https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/1st-new-video-in-a-long-time-lets-see-if-the-link-works/
Rednote [Full video site- Like TiKtok] China https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/6786b7a2000000000803e51b
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/vid-links-1-30-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/vid-links-1-30-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/vid-links-1-30-25.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25-making-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25/
IG/FB/TT 9-25 https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-reels-12-31-24.html
7/8 Vids https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-list-of-vids-1-11-25.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
7 Streams https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/7-streams.html
HD Clips
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/hd-clips-making-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/hd-clips/
IG/FB/TT Vids- 11-22-25
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/igfbtt-vids-11-22-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/11/igfbtt-vids-11-22-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-update-ig-fb-tt-vids-11-22-25/
Flipboard Bible n teaching Vids
https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/flipboard-magazine-ccoutreach87/
Telegram 2- ccoutreach https://t.me/boost/ccoutreach [Lots of my video links here]
Youtube channels-
1st https://www.youtube.com/@ccoutreach873 [Main channel]
https://www.youtube.com/@ccoutreach873/posts
2nd https://youtube.com/@backup-2621?si=7PS4KW0kUOEgpxDP
https://www.youtube.com/@backup-2621/posts
3rd https://youtube.com/@backup-1930?si=5s8as-Qx0oVMP65c
https://www.youtube.com/@backup-1930/posts
Tiktok- ccoutreach87 https://www.tiktok.com/@ccoutreach87?lang=en
Tiktok- John Chiarello [Active] https://www.tiktok.com/@johnchiarello5?lang=en
NOTE- Every so often some of my sites think I am Spam- or a Bot- I am not. My name is John Chiarello, I am a retired firefighter living in Texas, Born in Hoboken New Jersey- raised in North Bergen. I post original content [all videos and text are by me]. I post 7 videos a night to many of my sites, and text posts 3 times a week. I NEVER take money- or ask for money- ever. Everything is free- I sell nothing- to some sites this makes a difference- so I wanted to say that here. There are no buildings- staff- salary- anything. Just me teaching- doing outreach- and reaching out thru my sites. All my teachings- videos- studies are free to download from all my sites. Make as many copies as you want- they are there for you to use. Thank You- John.
NOTE- Don’t be mad if I do not respond to messages on these sites- I simply don’t have time to read them. Some sites are telling me that I have money built up from posting- I do not take money for anything- if you can give it to others in those countries or boost my posts on the platform- John.
Intro I use on sites-
‘Retired firefighter teach n outreach to homeless- all links r teaching by me- John Chiarello. I take no money for the ministry- there is NO INCOME at all- besides what I pay for from my retirement check [I have to add this next part- so people know ALL the finances- this is it-] I give 35 a month to childrens international [a child in Africa] and 70 dollars a month to the homeless- and I pay for some sites- all content on my sites is free to all- download- copy- and if you r poor feel free to sell it if it can hep you. I waive the copyright to everything. I was born in Hoboken- grew up in North Bergen [New Jersey] off the Hudson river by NYC. I retired from the Kingsville Fire Department [Texas] in 2008- after 25 years on the job as a paid firefighter [Not some fake thing]. I now live in Corpus Christi Texas. There is no office- building- or employees- I make the videos- write the posts- add the links- post it myself. I say this not to brag- but so everyone knows what I’m doing.
Verified? I make this note to let my sites know that I am actually posting everyday to all these sites- I do not say this to brag, but I have had problems with some sites thinking I am not doing it- they sent me notices saying this [we think you shared your password to others to do this and we don’t want that] No- I did not do that. It takes to long to verify each site- if you see the site here [ https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018.html?m=0 ] than that’s me posting to them- I am the only one who has access to the Blog and Wordpress sites- thanks- John.
Blog 3 Links-
House of prayer or den of thieves? [1st book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/house-of-prayer-or-den-of-thieves-text_31.html
Great building of God [2nd book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/great-building-of-god-text-2nd-book.html
Further talks on church n ministry [3rd book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/further-talks-on-church-n-ministry-text.html
Reformation https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/reformation-text-all-studies-are.html
Philosophy https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/philosophy-text.html
1st 2nd Samuel https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-samuel-text.html
1st 2nd Corinthians https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-cor-text.html
1st 2nd Kings https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-kings-text.html
3 books https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/3-books-text.html
Acts https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/acts-text.html
Christian recovery https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/christian-recovery-from-addiction-text.html
Classics https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/classics-text.html
Ephesians highlights https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/ephesians-highlights-text.html
Galatians https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/galatians-text.html
Galatians /John https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/galatiansjohn-text.html
Genesis https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/genesis-text.html
Haggai https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/haggai-text.html
Hurricane Harvey https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/hurricane-harvey-text.html
Hebrews 2015 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/hebrews-2015-text.html
Historical figures https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/historical-figures-from-church-history.html
Insights from a Revolution https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/insights-from-revolution-text.html
Intro https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/intro-2018.html
Islam https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/islam-text.html
James https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/james-text-note-9-25-24-i-am-making.html
John https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/john-text-links.html
Journal 2013 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/journal-2013-text.html
Judges- Ruth https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/jugdesruth-text.html
Justification by faith https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/justification-by-faith-text.html
Links to past posts https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-past-posts-text.html
Modernity https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/modernity-text.html
My parables https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/my-parables-text.html
Nehemiah/Isaiah https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/nehemiahisaiah.html
Perspectives on the Cross https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/perspectives-on-cross.html
Pope logs on https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/pope-logs-on.html
Wisdom https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/psalms-proverbs-wisdom-text.html
QM https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/qm-text.html
Radio stuff https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/radio-stuff-text.html
Rapture- 2nd coming https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/rapture-2nd-coming-2-events.html
Russia- world events https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/russia-us-world-events.html
Sermon on the mount https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/sermon-on-mount.html
NJ/NYC Journal 2107 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/njnyc-journal-2017.html
New Jersey 2015- 2016 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/nj-2015-2016.html
Links to all sites- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Links to all sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Links to all sites- www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
New sites at the bottom https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
Note- Please do me a favor, those who read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read them on- Copy text- download video links- make complete copies of my books/studies and posts- everything is copyrighted by me- I give permission for all to copy and share as much as you like- I just ask that nothing be sold. We live in an online world- yet- there is only one internet- meaning if it ever goes down- the only access to the teachings are what others have copied or downloaded- so feel free to copy and download as much as you want- it’s all free-
Note- I have many web sites- at times some question whether I’m a ‘bot’ because I do post a lot.
I am not a ‘bot’- I’m John- so please- if you are on the verge of deleting something- my contact email is ccoutreach87@gmail.com - contact me first- thank you- John
To the free sites I am on- Thank you for the service you provide to the public. I try not to pay for sites if I do not have to. Why? I want to build long term- and in short- when a person dies- pay sites will stop. Because the annual payment eventually stops- and the site goes down. I have said this to some of the sites over the years but wanted to have it in one place so I don’t need to say it to each site. Thanks- John
Groups- Feel free to join and post in our groups- some of our groups have others posting and interacting daily, while I only post 3 times a week and don’t have time to interact. I prefer that- for the groups to grow on their own and for others to use them as an opportunity for ministry.
Thought this might help- last text I wrote in along time
9-11-24 Just realized the date now- and yes- that’s the way most things are for me. I just got back from seeing homeless friends for about 3 hours.
Talked to one for some time- about life- recovery and end of life to come.
Quoted and taught from the words of Jesus about a few things that he himself brought up.
He- like many others- was clean for about 4 months and had what many call a relapse.
So I tried to give some insights on how not to give up and a little more in depth view about my view of recovery.
Now- why write this note- the first in a very long time? Well- my word software does not have spellcheck at the moment- sure- I can go back and check- but this takes a bit more time.
Also- I don’t have the time anymore to write new stuff- this might be the last ‘new’ entry- ever.
Over time I hoped most people realized that I have been re-posting old posts from years gone by.
Sure- I try and check for old news comments and stuff, and if I can remove them- I do.
But I have made notes [somewhere?] that this is what you might see from time to time.
I simply am not at the time of life to write new things anymore [or make new videos] unless I have to.
If sites I’m on see a page titled ‘New Sites’ which is an old page of a few old sites which I did not change the title to yet [catalog scroll shares- for my use]- some of these sites are to the ‘right’ of the aisle- then they might think ‘These are his NEW sites- we must delete the entire blog site!’
[Which just happened to 2 sites- 1 of them was the main website from the start. Much damage was done- because I used those links in many posts over the years- these are now what we call ‘dead links’ and that’s not good at all].
No- those are my older sites- just a few of many- and it just so happens that some of them are to the right of the aisle. I am on about 375 sites right now all over the world.
So life is at times full of stuff- stuff you have to get done- stuff you need to get done- and stuff you want to get done.
For me it’s nice to hit the keyboard for the 1st time in a long time [to write]- but that’s ‘Stuff’ that I don’t do anymore [Just took me a minute to find the ‘quotation mark’- really]
So I pray God will bless you all- I will try to keep posting old ‘Stuff’ because most of the important teachings in the New Testament are in those ‘re-posted’ studies.
And I don’t have time to ‘re-write’ what I have written before.
God bless all- John
Links to sites-
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/about
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
New sites at the bottom of this list https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
Philosophy 2025
Apologetics 1 [Page]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2026/01/apologetics-1-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2026/01/apologetics-1-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/apologetics-1/
Apologetics 2 [Page]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2026/01/apologetics-2-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2026/01/apologetics-2-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/apologetics-2/
Philosophy 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/philosophy-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/philosophy-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/philosophy-2025-making-page.html
Philosophy 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/philosophy-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-1-text
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/29/philosophy-1-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4682672/philosophy-1
Philsophy 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/philosophy-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/31/philosophy-2-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4684656/philosophy-2
Philosophy 3 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/05/philosophy-3-text-5/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4689074/philosophy-3
Philosophy 4 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/07/philosophy-4-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4691545/philosophy-4
Philosophy 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-5-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/12/philosophy-5-text-5/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4696412/philosophy-5
Philosophy 6 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-last-1.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-last-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/14/philosophy-last-1-2/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4698602/philosophy--last-1
Edited text posts and studies
Colossians 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/colossians-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/colossians-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/colossians-2025-making-page.html
Galatians 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/galatians-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-2025-making-page.html
Sunday sermon Text posts
https://ccoutreach87.com/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
Kings 1- 2025 Page
https://ccoutreach87.com/kings-1-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/kings-1-2025-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/kings-1-2025-page.html
Acts 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/acts-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/acts-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/acts-2025-making-page.html
Sunday sermon Text posts- 12-20-25
https://ccoutreach87.com/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
Older links-
Philosophy 1
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/04/philosophy-1.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/04/25/philosophy-1/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_550
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/philosophy-1
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46645500-philosophy-1
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/philosophy-1-4c51a952c3c5?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/philosophy-1
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/philosophy-1
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/04/25/Philosophy-1
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/philosophy-1
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1779122/philosophy-1
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/04/25/philosophy-1/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/04/philosophy-1.html
Philosophy 2
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/04/philosophy-2.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/04/30/philosophy-2/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_641
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/philosophy-2
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46664981-philosophy-2
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/philosophy-2-a5dfc535152b?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/philosophy-2
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/philosophy-2
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/04/30/Philosophy-2
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/philosophy-2
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/params/post/1784035/philosophy-2
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/04/30/philosophy-2/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/04/philosophy-2.html
Philosophy 3
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/05/philosophy-3.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/05/02/philosophy-3/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_670
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/philosophy-3
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46672959-philosophy-3
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/philosophy-3-787b5a0bd29e?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/philosophy-3
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/philosophy-3
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/05/02/Philosophy-3
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/philosophy-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/params/post/1786061/philosophy-3
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/05/02/philosophy-3/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/05/philosophy-3.html
Philosophy 4
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/05/philosophy-4.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/05/07/philosophy-4/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_717
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/philosophy-4
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46695192-philosophy-4
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/philosophy-4-e80b714da740?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/philosophy-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/philosophy-4
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/05/07/Philosophy-4
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/philosophy-4
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1790732/philosophy-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/05/07/philosophy-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/05/philosophy-4.html
Philosophy 5
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/05/philosophy-5.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/05/09/philosophy-5/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_740
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/philosophy-5
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46705491-philosophy-5
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/philosophy-5-90403c6e74a3?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/philosophy-5
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/philosophy-5
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/05/09/Philosophy-5
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/philosophy-5
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/1792932/philosophy-5
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/05/09/philosophy-5/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/05/philosophy-5.html
Philosophy- Last one
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2019/05/philosophy-last-one.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2019/05/14/philosophy-last-one/
https://vk.com/wall533663718_780
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/aristotle
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/46724795-aristotle-
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello/aristotle-628ab9dc5529?source=---------2------------------
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/blog/aristotle
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/aristotle
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/05/14/Aristotle
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/aristotle
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/params/post/1798377/aristotle
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/2019/05/14/aristotle/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2019/05/philosophy-last-1.html
Edited text posts and studies
Colossians 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/colossians-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/colossians-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/colossians-2025-making-page.html
Galatians 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/galatians-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-2025-making-page.html
Sunday sermon Text posts
https://ccoutreach87.com/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
Kings 1- 2025 Page
https://ccoutreach87.com/kings-1-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/kings-1-2025-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/kings-1-2025-page.html
Acts 2025
https://ccoutreach87.com/acts-2025/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/acts-2025-making-page.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/acts-2025-making-page.html
Sunday sermon Text posts- 12-20-25
https://ccoutreach87.com/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text-posts-12-25-making.html
Sunday sermon Jer 33 #61- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/06/sunday-sermon-text-226/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4661913/sunday-sermon
Galatians 5 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/galatians-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/08/galatians-5-text-12/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-5-592725879e03
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4663660/galatians-5
Galatians 6 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/galatians-6-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/galatians-6
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/10/galatians-6-text-10/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-6-ef58de508389
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4665292/galatins-6
Sunday sermon 1st Cor 10:13 #62 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/13/sunday-sermon-text-228/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-a8b13d70e16f
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4667355/sunday-sermon
Colossians 1 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/15/colossians-1-text-13/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-1-6eec7ea29c4d
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4669258/colossians-1
Colossians 2 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/17/colossians-2-text-10/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-2-b6f5c31135db
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4671392/colossians-2
Sunday sermon- John 16- #63 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/20/sunday-sermon-text-230/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-32027bb52eea
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4674164/sunday-sermon
Colossians 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4675920/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/22/colossians-3-text-10/
Colossians 4 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/colossians-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/colossians-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/24/colossians-4-text-11/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4677860/colossians-4
Sunday sermon # 64 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/27/sunday-sermon-text-232/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4680603/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/philosophy-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-1-text
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/29/philosophy-1-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4682672/philosophy-1
Philsophy 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/10/philosophy-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/10/31/philosophy-2-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4684656/philosophy-2
Sunday sermon #65
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/03/sunday-sermon-text-235/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4687171/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 3 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/05/philosophy-3-text-5/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4689074/philosophy-3
Philosophy 4 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/07/philosophy-4-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4691545/philosophy-4
Sunday sermon #66 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_10.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/10/sunday-sermon-text-237/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4694336/sunday-sermon
Philosophy 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-5-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/12/philosophy-5-text-5/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4696412/philosophy-5
Philosophy 6 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/philosophy-last-1.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/philosophy-last-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/14/philosophy-last-1-2/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4698602/philosophy--last-1
Sunday sermon #67
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_17.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/sunday-sermon-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/17/sunday-sermon-text-239/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4700639/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-1-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-1
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/19/2-cor-1-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4702615/2-cor-1
2 Cor 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-2-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/21/2-cor-2-text-2/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4704771/2-cor-2
Sunday sermon #68
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-sermon-text_24.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/zda4kmcmpwk23zw2dlbblj2w7p52nb
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/24/sunday-sermon-text-241/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4707260/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-3-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-3
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/26/2-cor-3-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4709285/2-cor-3
2 Cor 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/2-cor-4-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/11/28/2-cor-4-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4711254/2-cor-4
Sunday sermon #69
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/6rs5awg7l6eggmfwhnppcm9tnhs7l2
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/01/sunday-sermon-text-243/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4714049/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-5-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2nd-cor-5
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/03/2-cor-5-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4716178/2-cor-5
2 Cor 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-6-text.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/2-cor-6
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/05/2-cor-6-text-4/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4718188/2-cor-6
Sunday sermon #70
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/cgggfmsp4gj7z4xljgjhpasgjyf2pc
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/08/sunday-sermon-text-245/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4721280/sunday-sermon
2 Cor 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/10/2-cor-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4723959/2-cor-7
2 Cor 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/2-cor-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/12/2-cor-8-text-3/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4726432/2-cor-8
Sunday sermon#71
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/15/sunday-sermon-text-247/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4729627/sunday-sermon
Kings 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/17/kings-1-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4731934/kings-1
Kings 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/19/kings-2-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4734629/kings-2
Sunday sermon #72
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_22.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/22/sunday-sermon-text-249/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4737809/sunday-sermon
Kings 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/24/kings-3-text-8/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4740054/kings-3
Sunday sermon #73
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-sermon-text_29.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/29/sunday-sermon-text-251/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4744904/sunday-sermon
Kings 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/12/kings-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2024/12/31/kings-4-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4747165/kings-4
Kings 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/02/kings-5-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4749755/kings-5
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-5-text.html
Sunday sermon#74
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/05/sunday-sermon-text-253/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4753588/sunday-sermon
Kings 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-6-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/09/kings-6-text-8/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4759463/kings-6
Sunday sermon #75
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/12/sunday-sermon-text-255/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4763285/sunday-sermon
Kings 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/14/kings-7-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4766175/kings-7
Sunday sermon#75
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/19/sunday-sermon-text-257/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4773356/sunday-sermon
Kings 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-8-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/21/kings-8-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4776413/kings-8
Kings 9
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-9-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-9-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/23/kings-9-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4779707/kings-9
Sunday sermon#76
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/26/sunday-sermon-text-259/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4784185/sunday-sermon
Ephesians 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/ephesians-4-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/ephesians-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/28/ephesians-4-text-12/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4787369/ephesians-4
Kings 10
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-10-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/kings-10-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/01/30/kings-10-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4790441/kings-10
Sunday sermon#77
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/02/sunday-sermon-text-261/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4794676/sunday-sermon
Kings 11
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-11-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-11-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/04/kings-11-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4798558/kings-11
Sunday sermon#78
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/09/sunday-sermon-text-263/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4808624/sunday-sermon
Kings 12
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-12-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-12-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/11/kings-12-text-6/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4812916/kings-12
Kings 13
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-13-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/13/kings-13-text-7/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4817852/kings-13
Sunday sermon#79
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/16/sunday-sermon-text-265/
https://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/4822370/sunday-sermon
Kings 14
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-14-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-14-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/20/kings-14-text-6/
Sunday sermon#80
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/23/sunday-sermon-text-267/
Kings 15
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-15-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/kings-15-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/02/25/kings-15-text-7/
Sunday sermon#81
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/02/sunday-sermon-text-269/
Sunday sermon#82
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/09/sunday-sermon-text-271/
Sunday sermon#83
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/16/sunday-sermon-text-273/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/
Sunday sermon#84
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/03/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/03/30/sunday-sermon-text-275/
Sunday sermon#85
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/06/sunday-sermon-text-277/
Sunday sermon#86
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/13/sunday-sermon-text-279/
Sunday sermon#87
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/20/sunday-sermon-text-281/
2 cor 1 [4-25- Newest copy]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/2-cor-1-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/2-cor-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/24/2-cor-1-text-5/
Sunday sermon#88
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/04/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/04/27/sunday-sermon-text-283/
Sunday sermon#89
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/04/sunday-sermon-text-285/
Sunday sermon#90
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/11/sunday-sermon-text-287/
Sunday sermon#91
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_18.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_18.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/18/sunday-sermon-text-289/
Acts 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-1-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/22/acts-1-text-5/
Sunday sermon#92
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/sunday-sermon-text_25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/25/sunday-sermon-text-291/
Acts 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-2-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/05/acts-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/05/27/acts-2-text-5/
Sunday sermon#93
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/01/sunday-sermon-text-293/
Acts 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-3-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/03/acts-3-text-4/
Acts 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-4-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/05/acts-4-text-5/
Sunday sermon#94
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_8.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/08/sunday-sermon-text-295/
Acts 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-5-text.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/12/acts-5-text-5/
Sunday sermon#95
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_15.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/15/sunday-sermon-text-297/
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/sunday-sermon-834a0822266e
Acts 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/19/acts-6-text-5/
Sunday sermon#96
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_22.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/22/sunday-sermon-text-299/
Acts 7
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/acts-7-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/24/acts-7-text-5/
Sunday sermon#97
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/06/sunday-sermon-text_29.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/06/29/sunday-sermon-text-301/
Acts 8
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-8-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/01/acts-8-text-5/
Acts 9
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-9-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/03/acts-9-text-6/
Sunday sermon#98
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/06/sunday-sermon-text-303/
Acts 10
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-10-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/10/acts-10-text-5/
Sunday sermon#99
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_13.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/13/sunday-sermon-text-305/
Acts 11
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-11-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/15/acts-11-text-6/
Sunday sermon#100
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_20.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/20/sunday-sermon-text-307/
Acts 12
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-12-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/22/acts-12-text-4/
Acts 13
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/acts-13-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/24/acts-13-text-6/
Sunday sermon#101
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/07/sunday-sermon-text_27.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/07/27/sunday-sermon-text-309/
Sunday sermon#102
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text-im-posting-at-444-am.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/03/sunday-sermon-text-310/
Acts 14
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-14-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/05/acts-14-text-6/
Acts 15
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-15-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/07/acts-15-text-6/
Sunday sermon#103
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/10/sunday-sermon-text-312/
Acts 16
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-16-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/14/acts-16-text-6/
Sunday sermon#104
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_17.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/17/sunday-sermon-text-314/
Acts 17
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-17-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/19/acts-17-text-5/
Sunday sermon#105
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_24.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/24/sunday-sermon-text-316/
Acst 18
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-18-text-last-text-post-for-some.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/26/acts-18-text-last-text-post-for-some-sites-john/
Acst 19
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/acts-19-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/28/acts-19-text-6/
Sunday sermon#106
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/08/sunday-sermon-text_31.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/08/31/sunday-sermon-text-318/
Acts 20
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-20-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/04/acts-20-text-4/
Sunday sermon#107
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text-posting-9-7-25-517.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/07/sunday-sermon-text-319/
Acts 21
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-21-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/09/acts-21-text-6/
Sunday sermon#108
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/14/sunday-sermon-text-321/
Acts 22
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-22-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/16/acts-22-text-6/
Acts 23
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-23-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/18/acts-23-9/
Sunday sermon#109
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text_21.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/21/sunday-sermon-text-323/
Acts 23
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-23-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/23/acts-23-text-7/
Sunday sermon#110
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunday-sermon-text_28.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/28/sunday-sermon-text-325/
Acts 24
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-24-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/09/30/acts-24-text-6/
Acts 25
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-25-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/02/acts-25-text-5/
Sunday sermon#111
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/05/sunday-sermon-text-327/
Acts 26
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-26-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/09/acts-26-text-4/
Sunday sermon#112
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_12.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/12/sunday-sermon-text-329/
Acts 27
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-27-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/14/acts-27-text-6/
Sunday sermon#113
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_19.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/19/sunday-sermon-text-331/
Acts 28
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/acts-28-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/21/acts-28-text-3/
Sunday sermon#114
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/sunday-sermon-text_26.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/10/26/sunday-sermon-text-333/
Sunday sermon#115
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/02/sunday-sermon-text-335/
Sunday sermon#116
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_9.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/09/sunday-sermon-text-337/
Sunday sermon#117
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_16.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/16/sunday-sermon-text-339/
Sunday sermon#118
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_23.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/23/sunday-sermon-text-341/
Galatians 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/galatians-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/25/galatians-1-text-16/
Galatians 2
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/galatians-2-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/27/galatians-2-text-15/
Sunday sermon#119
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-sermon-text_30.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/11/30/sunday-sermon-text-343/
Galatians 3
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-3-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/02/galatians-3-text-17/
Galatians 4
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-4-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/04/galatians-4-text-16/
Sunday sermon#120
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/07/sunday-sermon-text-345/
Galatians 5
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-5-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/09/galatians-5-text-16/
Galatians 6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/galatians-6-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/11/galatians-6-text-14/
Sunday sermon#121
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text_14.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/14/sunday-sermon-text-347/
Kings 1
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/kings-1-text.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/16/kings-1-text-9/
Sunday sermon#122
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/12/sunday-sermon-text_21.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/2025/12/21/sunday-sermon-text-349/
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https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Note- Why so many links at the top? If a main site goes down- and I used that link on hundreds of thousands of posts- it creates dead links all over the internet. If I have many links at the top- at least those posts won’t be wasted.
Note- Around 9-2024 Many sites began giving me warnings, not big stuff- just minor things. It was strange that so many started doing it all at once. After a few major Blog deletions- that all stopped. I realized some group- or person was more than likely targeting us- contacting all the sites and complaining. So if you host a site by me- and you have real problems- that’s fine to contact me and let me know- but if you start getting many complaints- all at once- keep this in mind- John Chiarello
OTHER VIDEOS [These are the videos I upload nightly to my various sites- links to all my sites below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/fb-ig-tiktok-vids-7-23/
FB/IG/Tiktok n other vids https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/fbigtiktok-other-vids-8-24-need-for-my.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
IG/FB Vids 8-24 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/igfb-vids-8-24-24-need-for-my-use-john.html
IG Bible studies https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/ig-bible-studies.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/other-videos-catalog-a-j-blogger-3/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/other-videos-catalog-j-blogger-3.html
Reels- https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
IG/FB 8-24 https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
IG/FB Vids- 10-30-24 [Links]
www.ccoutreach87.net/blog/m4upc8hdhc7b6m1zavpxgjsz9n5vtc
https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-vids-8-24-24/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/igfb-vids-8-24-24-need-for-my-use-john.html
Videos catalog 1-6
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/videos-catalog-1-6.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/videos-catalog-1-6/
www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://www.ccoutreach87.net/tiktok
https://ccoutreach87.com/tiktok-videos/
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/11/tiktok-this-is-for-page-if-no-good-for.html
FB-IG-Tiktok- other Vids https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/fb-ig-tiktok-other-vids-10-24.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
IG Bible studies https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-bible-studies-9-24.html
IG Reels https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-reels-1.html
IG Vids https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3523858102198414520/3404197756526011336
Other Vids- Cat A-J https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/other-videos-catalog-j.html
Youtube Shorts [reels]
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/youtube-shorts-reels.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/youtube-shorts-reels/
SEVEN- EIGHT Vid’s List
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-lists-of-vids-1-11-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-list-of-vids-1-11-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/seven-eight-lists-of-vids-1-11-25/
1st Video in a long time- Maybe the last? [1-17-25] https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/1st-new-video-in-a-long-time-lets-see-if-the-link-works/
Rednote [Full video site- Like TiKtok] China https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/6786b7a2000000000803e51b
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/01/vid-links-1-30-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/vid-links-1-30-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/vid-links-1-30-25.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/02/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/02/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25-making-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/ig-fb-tiktok-vids-2-24-25/
IG/FB/TT 9-25 https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/ig-reels-12-31-24.html
7/8 Vids https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/01/seven-eight-list-of-vids-1-11-25.html
TT/IG/FB Vids 6-25-25 https://sites.google.com/view/johnchiarello/project-page?authuser=0
7 Streams https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/7-streams.html
HD Clips
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/10/hd-clips-making-page.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/hd-clips/
IG/FB/TT Vids- 11-22-25
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/igfbtt-vids-11-22-25.html
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2025/11/igfbtt-vids-11-22-25.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-update-ig-fb-tt-vids-11-22-25/
Flipboard Bible n teaching Vids
https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/flipboard-magazine-ccoutreach87/
Telegram 2- ccoutreach https://t.me/boost/ccoutreach [Lots of my video links here]
Youtube channels-
1st https://www.youtube.com/@ccoutreach873 [Main channel]
https://www.youtube.com/@ccoutreach873/posts
2nd https://youtube.com/@backup-2621?si=7PS4KW0kUOEgpxDP
https://www.youtube.com/@backup-2621/posts
3rd https://youtube.com/@backup-1930?si=5s8as-Qx0oVMP65c
https://www.youtube.com/@backup-1930/posts
Tiktok- ccoutreach87 https://www.tiktok.com/@ccoutreach87?lang=en
Tiktok- John Chiarello [Active] https://www.tiktok.com/@johnchiarello5?lang=en
NOTE- Every so often some of my sites think I am Spam- or a Bot- I am not. My name is John Chiarello, I am a retired firefighter living in Texas, Born in Hoboken New Jersey- raised in North Bergen. I post original content [all videos and text are by me]. I post 7 videos a night to many of my sites, and text posts 3 times a week. I NEVER take money- or ask for money- ever. Everything is free- I sell nothing- to some sites this makes a difference- so I wanted to say that here. There are no buildings- staff- salary- anything. Just me teaching- doing outreach- and reaching out thru my sites. All my teachings- videos- studies are free to download from all my sites. Make as many copies as you want- they are there for you to use. Thank You- John.
NOTE- Don’t be mad if I do not respond to messages on these sites- I simply don’t have time to read them. Some sites are telling me that I have money built up from posting- I do not take money for anything- if you can give it to others in those countries or boost my posts on the platform- John.
Intro I use on sites-
‘Retired firefighter teach n outreach to homeless- all links r teaching by me- John Chiarello. I take no money for the ministry- there is NO INCOME at all- besides what I pay for from my retirement check [I have to add this next part- so people know ALL the finances- this is it-] I give 35 a month to childrens international [a child in Africa] and 70 dollars a month to the homeless- and I pay for some sites- all content on my sites is free to all- download- copy- and if you r poor feel free to sell it if it can hep you. I waive the copyright to everything. I was born in Hoboken- grew up in North Bergen [New Jersey] off the Hudson river by NYC. I retired from the Kingsville Fire Department [Texas] in 2008- after 25 years on the job as a paid firefighter [Not some fake thing]. I now live in Corpus Christi Texas. There is no office- building- or employees- I make the videos- write the posts- add the links- post it myself. I say this not to brag- but so everyone knows what I’m doing.
Verified? I make this note to let my sites know that I am actually posting everyday to all these sites- I do not say this to brag, but I have had problems with some sites thinking I am not doing it- they sent me notices saying this [we think you shared your password to others to do this and we don’t want that] No- I did not do that. It takes to long to verify each site- if you see the site here [ https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018.html?m=0 ] than that’s me posting to them- I am the only one who has access to the Blog and Wordpress sites- thanks- John.
Blog 3 Links-
House of prayer or den of thieves? [1st book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/house-of-prayer-or-den-of-thieves-text_31.html
Great building of God [2nd book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/great-building-of-god-text-2nd-book.html
Further talks on church n ministry [3rd book] https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/further-talks-on-church-n-ministry-text.html
Reformation https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/reformation-text-all-studies-are.html
Philosophy https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/philosophy-text.html
1st 2nd Samuel https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-samuel-text.html
1st 2nd Corinthians https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-cor-text.html
1st 2nd Kings https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/1st-2nd-kings-text.html
3 books https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/3-books-text.html
Acts https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/acts-text.html
Christian recovery https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/christian-recovery-from-addiction-text.html
Classics https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/classics-text.html
Ephesians highlights https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/ephesians-highlights-text.html
Galatians https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/galatians-text.html
Galatians /John https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/galatiansjohn-text.html
Genesis https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/genesis-text.html
Haggai https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/haggai-text.html
Hurricane Harvey https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/hurricane-harvey-text.html
Hebrews 2015 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/hebrews-2015-text.html
Historical figures https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/historical-figures-from-church-history.html
Insights from a Revolution https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/insights-from-revolution-text.html
Intro https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/intro-2018.html
Islam https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/islam-text.html
James https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/james-text-note-9-25-24-i-am-making.html
John https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/john-text-links.html
Journal 2013 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/journal-2013-text.html
Judges- Ruth https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/jugdesruth-text.html
Justification by faith https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/justification-by-faith-text.html
Links to past posts https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-past-posts-text.html
Modernity https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/modernity-text.html
My parables https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/my-parables-text.html
Nehemiah/Isaiah https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/nehemiahisaiah.html
Perspectives on the Cross https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/perspectives-on-cross.html
Pope logs on https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/pope-logs-on.html
Wisdom https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/psalms-proverbs-wisdom-text.html
QM https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/qm-text.html
Radio stuff https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/radio-stuff-text.html
Rapture- 2nd coming https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/rapture-2nd-coming-2-events.html
Russia- world events https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/russia-us-world-events.html
Sermon on the mount https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/sermon-on-mount.html
NJ/NYC Journal 2107 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/njnyc-journal-2017.html
New Jersey 2015- 2016 https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/nj-2015-2016.html
Links to all sites- https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/
Links to all sites- https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
Links to all sites- https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
Links to all sites- https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/home?authuser=0
Links to all sites- www.ccoutreach87.net [See home page] Not updated
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
New sites at the bottom https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
Note- Please do me a favor, those who read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read them on- Copy text- download video links- make complete copies of my books/studies and posts- everything is copyrighted by me- I give permission for all to copy and share as much as you like- I just ask that nothing be sold. We live in an online world- yet- there is only one internet- meaning if it ever goes down- the only access to the teachings are what others have copied or downloaded- so feel free to copy and download as much as you want- it’s all free-
Note- I have many web sites- at times some question whether I’m a ‘bot’ because I do post a lot.
I am not a ‘bot’- I’m John- so please- if you are on the verge of deleting something- my contact email is ccoutreach87@gmail.com - contact me first- thank you- John
To the free sites I am on- Thank you for the service you provide to the public. I try not to pay for sites if I do not have to. Why? I want to build long term- and in short- when a person dies- pay sites will stop. Because the annual payment eventually stops- and the site goes down. I have said this to some of the sites over the years but wanted to have it in one place so I don’t need to say it to each site. Thanks- John
Groups- Feel free to join and post in our groups- some of our groups have others posting and interacting daily, while I only post 3 times a week and don’t have time to interact. I prefer that- for the groups to grow on their own and for others to use them as an opportunity for ministry.
Thought this might help- last text I wrote in along time
9-11-24 Just realized the date now- and yes- that’s the way most things are for me. I just got back from seeing homeless friends for about 3 hours.
Talked to one for some time- about life- recovery and end of life to come.
Quoted and taught from the words of Jesus about a few things that he himself brought up.
He- like many others- was clean for about 4 months and had what many call a relapse.
So I tried to give some insights on how not to give up and a little more in depth view about my view of recovery.
Now- why write this note- the first in a very long time? Well- my word software does not have spellcheck at the moment- sure- I can go back and check- but this takes a bit more time.
Also- I don’t have the time anymore to write new stuff- this might be the last ‘new’ entry- ever.
Over time I hoped most people realized that I have been re-posting old posts from years gone by.
Sure- I try and check for old news comments and stuff, and if I can remove them- I do.
But I have made notes [somewhere?] that this is what you might see from time to time.
I simply am not at the time of life to write new things anymore [or make new videos] unless I have to.
If sites I’m on see a page titled ‘New Sites’ which is an old page of a few old sites which I did not change the title to yet [catalog scroll shares- for my use]- some of these sites are to the ‘right’ of the aisle- then they might think ‘These are his NEW sites- we must delete the entire blog site!’
[Which just happened to 2 sites- 1 of them was the main website from the start. Much damage was done- because I used those links in many posts over the years- these are now what we call ‘dead links’ and that’s not good at all].
No- those are my older sites- just a few of many- and it just so happens that some of them are to the right of the aisle. I am on about 375 sites right now all over the world.
So life is at times full of stuff- stuff you have to get done- stuff you need to get done- and stuff you want to get done.
For me it’s nice to hit the keyboard for the 1st time in a long time [to write]- but that’s ‘Stuff’ that I don’t do anymore [Just took me a minute to find the ‘quotation mark’- really]
So I pray God will bless you all- I will try to keep posting old ‘Stuff’ because most of the important teachings in the New Testament are in those ‘re-posted’ studies.
And I don’t have time to ‘re-write’ what I have written before.
God bless all- John
Links to sites-
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
https://corpuschristiworldoutreach.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-my-other-sites.html
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2024/09/links-to-my-sites-text-this-page-is-for_22.html
https://sites.google.com/view/ccoutreach87-johnchiarello/about
https://johnchiarello.blogspot.com/2025/11/1-time-link-to-sites-update-long-version.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/1-time-w-p-update-links-to-sites-8-12-25/
New sites at the bottom of this list https://ccoutreach87.com/my-other-sites/
Romans 1-3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/01/romans-1-3-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/05/romans-1-3-text/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/emcyitnquboywxgydq-feq
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/romans-1-3-2
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/romans-1-33758979
https://wt.social/post/aguq9w65366150096208
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/romans-1-3-xwqwwyj
https://parler.com/post/f8e78073cead44a4818f11b7d847a226
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105502799410439670
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/romans-1-3-ba6def95b6fa
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/romans-1-3-0c746590-e0e4-470b-9093-96db800b59fb
https://www.plurk.com/p/o615n3
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/romans-1-3-1
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2475306/romans-1-3
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/05/romans-1-3/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/01/romans-1-3.html
Romans 4-7
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/01/romans-4-7-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/07/romans-4-7-14/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/i6rvnltc_c137xdimzwdqq
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/romans-4-7-2
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/romans-4-77871504
https://wt.social/post/nvcwfb6536672696062
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/romans-4-7-xwqwrxd
https://parler.com/post/771d3fa2b2224ed69daa5136cbb668eb
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105514137171483807
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/romans-4-7-d22845263ccd
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/romans-4-7-934780fa-f4b2-4a0d-8bdf-9c8e6f391168
https://www.plurk.com/p/o654r0
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/romans-4-7-1
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2492778/romans-4-7
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/07/romans-4-7/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/01/romans-4-7.html
Romans 8-10
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/01/romans-8-10-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/12/romans-8-10-13/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/jo6cu0lt8ldcilmsnrmbpw
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/romans-8-10-2
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/romans-8-109599533
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/romans-8-10-1
https://wt.social/post/8h7wjql5368174539390
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/romans-8-10-xomopnj
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/romans-8-10-cadae10f7281
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/romans-8-10-eb8f567e-4f47-4d38-85ac-60d7a4af78a2
https://www.plurk.com/p/o6eegb
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/romans-8-10-1
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2522657/romans-8-10
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/12/romans-8-10/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/01/romans-8-10.html
Romans 11-13
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/01/romans-11-13-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/14/romans-11-13-13/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/7wsscblggke17dzj04pzca
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/romans-11-13-2
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/romans-11-137187452
https://wt.social/post/ex6ua025368733931041
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/romans-11-13-xnqnevz
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/romans-11-13-c7bf60e63f3c
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/romans-11-13-46d664d9-dbb9-4a27-8cd6-d29c8d11d338
https://www.plurk.com/p/o6i5pm
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/romans-11-13-1
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2530966/romans-11-13
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/14/romans-11-13/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2021/01/romans-11-13.html
Romans 14-16
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/01/romans-14-16-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2021/01/19/romans-14-16-7/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/nwuvacv-tzdnt0gd3yu_0w
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/romans-14-16
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/romans-14-16
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/romans-14-16
https://wt.social/post/gs8d3nk5370171380786
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/romans-14-16-xdndmzx
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/romans-14-16-f9f10ace684f
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/romans-14-16
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/romans-14-16
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2547014/romans-14-16
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/01/19/romans-14-16/
Colossians 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/11/colossians-1-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/11/03/colossians-1-19/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/gm7weqi-cv-hz1r5namdwg
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-11848551
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/colossians-1
https://wt.social/post/ixazjre5348014278732
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/49430974-colossians-1
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=229628
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/colossians-1-xgdeegy
https://parler.com/post/06d004ee4d2549b899677401b711488d
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-1-f163a3615b2a
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-1-30387683-bffe-4611-9da7-b13276e238cf
https://www.plurk.com/p/o2qemp
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-1-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2303785/colossians-1
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/11/03/colossians-1/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/11/colossians-1.html
Colossians 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/11/colossians-2-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/11/17/colossians-2-16/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/1iiglnepygqwts6cza9-cw
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-24457627
https://wt.social/post/qf8aysx5352033051033
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=231186
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/colossians-2-xdreoxl
https://parler.com/post/4593f41a947043aabf5f7bd2570daa81
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105225245514284400
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-2-6ad7e11bcea1
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-2-4cddcb5b-8e5a-4afc-8a32-1658c8159600
https://www.plurk.com/p/o3fzm9https://www.plurk.com/p/o3fzm9
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-2-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2320353/colossians-2
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/11/17/colossians-2/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/11/colossians-2.html
Colossians 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/11/colossians-3-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/11/19/colossians-3-11/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/bt1oei4fazxwfgaaan2ufw
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/colossians-3-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-34027379
https://wt.social/post/7rje3dk5352603069316
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=231397
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/colossians-3-xjjkmmp
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105236453375547818
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-3-891fc2cdae56
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-3-fd59bdec-fdf7-4dc5-ab27-75ee4cca50b3
https://www.plurk.com/p/o3jv65
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-3-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2322467/colossians-3
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/11/19/colossians-3-text/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/11/colossians-3.html
Colossians 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/11/colossians-4-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/11/24/colossians-4-12/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/a39eluwrmvionpdg_hftja
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/colossians-4-6
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/colossians-44915460
https://wt.social/post/yr8mofc5354056966819
https://snacpia.com/link/feed/?idx=231948
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/colossians-4-xqogdor
https://parler.com/post/61d666b73f83433bb06b7a11e6179bd2
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105265038842376949
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/colossians-4-eff175e3251c
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/colossians-4-3e547639-577a-47b8-8abe-5cd7ee7c9522
https://www.plurk.com/p/o3t1nb
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/colossians-4-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2327243/colossians-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/11/24/colossians-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/11/colossians-4.html
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