Herein are contained contemplations for Christians (and even non-Christians) who are feeling that there must be something more to Christianity than what they have heard in church and experienced in their lives.
This website is designed to be frequented by you who, as much as you know how, love the Lord with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength —or least want to, but may have found it difficult to love the concept of God you’ve been taught.
You may have been brought up in orthodox Christianity by people who genuinely love you. You know you are on a spiritual journey. But you are not totally satisfied with where you are and are sincerely asking if there might be something more. You may feel that those closest to you are not feeling the same dissatisfaction or asking the same questions that you are. You may even feel guilty about your questions. But you have a hunger for knowing God that is yet unfulfilled.
This website is not for you who wish to debate theology. The goal of this website is not correct theology, but rather to come to know who and where God is and who and where we are in relation to God. We are all on the same spiritual journey, and none of us have arrived. I can present to you only what I believe has been revealed to me. I have put off writing for many years, waiting to have the complete package, uncontaminated. Now I know that will never be. You and I will both continue to partake of the unsearchable riches of Christ
(Ephesians 3:8) and not pretend to be where we are not.
So don’t come here to be convinced of anything. Come here to hear God speak through these words. That means that you must be open to hear. If you are at the place where you are totally satisfied with what you believe, then this website is not for you. You must come with a hunger for more and with a willingness to let the Holy Spirit guide you into truth, even if that truth should go against what you have been taught to believe is the truth.
This can be a bit frightening if your security is in doctrine and not in God. You must be willing to trust the Holy Spirit in you to keep you from error. If you have this trust as a little child trusts its parent, you will not be afraid to contemplate anything you find written here. You will know that the Holy Spirit will cause your heart to begin to sing when truth is presented to it —even though your head finds it difficult to accept, and even when those within your circle cannot embrace that truth. And you will equally trust that same Holy Spirit to say to you, This is not the way; don’t go this way
when what is presented to you is not truth. I would never ask you to accept anything that, in scriptural language, does not bear witness
with the Spirit inside. But I would ask you to remain open to the Spirit’s guidance.
It is not my intent to bash
orthodox (or mainstream) Christians. I was raised by fundamental Christians, and to this day most of the people who are nearest and dearest to me would certainly consider themselves in that category. I know that they very sincerely believe that the orthodox interpretation of Scripture is correct and that they are attempting to live their lives according to that interpretation. And that is all anyone can do; we certainly cannot live according to what we don’t believe.