john bosco

May 15, 2015

Intrusion of the Background into the Foreground

john bosco

May 15, 2015

Intrusion of the Background into the Foreground

The background needs to know its place and yield to the foreground.

john bosco

May 15, 2015

The House Divided

john bosco

May 15, 2015

And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. (Mark 3:25)

john bosco

May 5, 2015

Auditions for the Role of God

john bosco

May 5, 2015

How well can you play the role of God?

john bosco

April 25, 2015

Are You A Penal Code Christian?

john bosco

April 25, 2015

Are you a PCC? That is, are you a penal code Christian? Can you talk about Christianity without mentioning a standard of conduct or sin?

john bosco

April 22, 2015

The Easter Mistake

john bosco

April 22, 2015

He did not stay dead. He did not stop loving us. Even though we tortured and killed Him. Which is more amazing?

john bosco

April 8, 2015

Authority is a crutch whose use brings Atrophy to the Faculty of Persuasion

john bosco

April 8, 2015

Authority is a crutch whose use brings Atrophy to the Faculty of Persuasion

Authority is a crutch to religious leaders. Its use causes them to forget how to persuade.

john bosco

April 6, 2015

The most Important Chapter of the Easter Story was Missing

john bosco

April 6, 2015

The most Important Chapter of the Easter Story was Missing

The best part of the story is missing

john bosco

April 5, 2015

Skip

john bosco

April 5, 2015

The most important part in the song of dying and rising was skipped.

john bosco

April 4, 2015

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches

john bosco

April 4, 2015

PB&Js have two significant components and so does Calvary

john bosco

March 31, 2015

The Antithesis of Intimidatation

john bosco

March 31, 2015

The Cross is the antithesis of intimidation. The Son of God let us baptize Him in the boiling cauldron of pain and suffering so Calvary could become a pillow on which we can rest our heads to sleep the sleep of the angels. Calvary was ugly for Him so it could be beautiful for us.

john bosco

March 29, 2015

Magna Carta

john bosco

March 29, 2015

Calvary is the Magna Carta that God gave to the children of Adam and Eve to protect the peasantry of the Church from the aristocracy of the Church. When the aristocracy of the Church deviates from Calvary, the peasantry stands up, points to Calvary and cries foul.

john bosco

March 26, 2015

God Installed a Backup System in Case Our Faculty of Obedience Broke

john bosco

March 26, 2015

God Installed a Backup System in Case Our Faculty of Obedience Broke

Our faculty of obedience is broken and cannot be fixed. We bite the hand that feeds us. To rescue us from godlessness and return us to our home in paradise, God bypasses it. Instead, God uses our faculty of rationality which works.

john bosco

March 23, 2015

Persuasion

john bosco

March 23, 2015

Calvary was God's attempt to persuade us that their love for us is indestructible. At Calvary, the Son of God let go of His body. He let go of his blood. He let go of his very life itself. But he refused to yield to us His love for us. It was too precious to Him to let us take it. Calvary is powerful proof indeed of indestructible love!

john bosco

March 21, 2015

Knuckleheads

john bosco

March 21, 2015

How do we foolproof the execution of God's plan to rescue us from godlessness so the knuckleheads do not do too much damage when they take control of the Church?

john bosco

March 18, 2015

How do you get there from here?

john bosco

March 18, 2015

How do you get there from here? The Church has been helping the children of Adam and Eve get there from here for more than two thousand years. Its experience gives it confidence that it knows the way.

john bosco

March 13, 2015

Rearrangement, Attachment, Detachment

john bosco

March 13, 2015

The Sacrament of Reconciliation helps us to detach ourselves from "things". The Sacrament of the most Holy Eucharist helps us to attach ourselves to the Son of God. The Son of God entered our world so we could attach ourselves to Him in lieu of other, lesser "things"

john bosco

March 4, 2015

Locked in a Box

john bosco

March 4, 2015

Always look at life from the outside in

john bosco

February 27, 2015

The Measures God has taken to Defang the Serpent

john bosco

February 27, 2015

The Measures God has taken to Defang the Serpent

What has God done to rescue us from godlessness? What measures has God taken? What blows has God struck to foil the serpent's nefarious plan?

john bosco

February 26, 2015

The Cross

john bosco

February 26, 2015

The bloody wounds are windows in the body of Christ. Look through them. On the near side is the evil we did to Him. On the far side, is His indestructible love for us

john bosco

February 22, 2015

No cross - no resurrection?

john bosco

February 22, 2015

The rock on which we can securely build our understanding of the nature of God is Calvary. Calvary is a combination of two significant layers of reality. On the skin of reality, we tortured and killed the Son of God while He was human, alive, tender and vulnerable. On the subcutaneous layer of reality immediately below the skin, God's love for us did not budge as we tortured and killed Him. His love for us is indestructible.