An ongoing reciprocal agreement “to all who did receive him (Jesus), who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” “worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him” “pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you” “thy kingdom come” “fear not little flock for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom” “the kingdom of God is rightwiseness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit he has given us” yes, the inward fire of the Holy Spirit - love, joy, peace, life, the Presence in the here and now and for eternity, love going back and forth with the Father, and being a kind friend to all is the reciprocal mutual reward. Henotheism rocks!
My first exposure to your Substack came inadvertently, about a year and a half ago, from a post on JMG's blog. It hinted at some past ideological disagreement between the two of you and seated itself in a tone of surprised agreement with your then-latest essay--this was at the publication of "Here Be Monsters," I think.
Your mutual professional history is no business of mine. But it put a little bit of a smile on my face to see you'll be endorsing the book. Funny thing, I've owned "A World Full of Gods" for close to 10 years now and just a couple days ago pulled it off my shelf to finally read it.
An ongoing reciprocal agreement “to all who did receive him (Jesus), who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” “worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him” “pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you” “thy kingdom come” “fear not little flock for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom” “the kingdom of God is rightwiseness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit he has given us” yes, the inward fire of the Holy Spirit - love, joy, peace, life, the Presence in the here and now and for eternity, love going back and forth with the Father, and being a kind friend to all is the reciprocal mutual reward. Henotheism rocks!
My first exposure to your Substack came inadvertently, about a year and a half ago, from a post on JMG's blog. It hinted at some past ideological disagreement between the two of you and seated itself in a tone of surprised agreement with your then-latest essay--this was at the publication of "Here Be Monsters," I think.
Your mutual professional history is no business of mine. But it put a little bit of a smile on my face to see you'll be endorsing the book. Funny thing, I've owned "A World Full of Gods" for close to 10 years now and just a couple days ago pulled it off my shelf to finally read it.