Jesus Without Baggage
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This blog is for those attracted to Jesus but who question the traditional baggage often attached to his message, so it has two large areas of focus. The first area of focus is learning who Jesus is, what he says about the Father, and how we should relate to the Father, to ourselves,
Jesus Without Baggage
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Tim Chastain, 1951-2019 After a lifetime of scholarly and deeply personal exploration of his Christian faith, Tim Chastain started the Jesus Without Baggage blog in 2013 and posted articles regularly until his passing in June 2019. The blog was a ..read more
Jesus Without Baggage
5y ago
When I was a child, we lived in Central Florida not too far from Cape Canaveral. On May 5, 1961 we were all marched out onto the school playground and looked to the east. Then we saw it! A very ..read more
Jesus Without Baggage
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Flat-earthers believe they know precisely how the continents are configured on a flat plane. And it is quite different from the way global-earthers envision the continents. Globalists understand the earth to be a sphere, of course, with the arctic to ..read more
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What is most distinctive about what flat-earthers believe is what the don’t believe. Flat-earthers do not believe the earth is a sphere (globe) but, rather, is flat. Some think the earth is flat and square following Revelation 7: And after ..read more
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As a child, I was a convinced flat-earther because of a lady in our fundamentalist church, and she believed it because of the Bible. Revelation 7 clearly says: And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four ..read more
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5y ago
Originally posted on Jesus Without Baggage: Recently, a reader asked an excellent question. This is our discussion, but I have not used their real name. Joe wrote: I’ve talked with you in the past. The other day, my 3 year ..read more
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5y ago
I do not believe in biblical inerrancy. I think inerrancy is a very harmful belief and often demonstrate the errors of the assumption, or presupposition, of inerrancy. Of course, I get a lot of push-back from inerrantists and (though I ..read more
Jesus Without Baggage
5y ago
Since I often challenge the concept of biblical inerrancy, I receive a lot of feedback from inerrantists. But often that feedback reveals false assumptions inerrantists make about me—assumptions that are sometimes the very opposite of what I believe. Here are ..read more
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5y ago
Originally posted on Laced up Lutheran: What do you when someone attacks you? What do you when they attack you verbally? Do you lash out? Do you defend yourself? Do you strike back? There are no nice universal answers to ..read more
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I graduated high school in 1969. It was the summer of Woodstock, but I knew nothing about it at the time. I spent my summer working for a burger chain, preparing for college in the fall, and having a series ..read more