By Rev. Dr. Ronald Ryan Oh, I listened to the sermons, and sometimes rants, of the clergy as I was growing up, and when I became an adult. I heard the terms that I did … Read More
SIXTH SUPPOSITION AND CONCLUSION
By Rev. Dr. Shannon Rogers When the western world saw the devotion, the Christians had for this simple message they couldn’t understand. To them Jesus surly must have been one of the gods come down … Read More
Good as New
by Ronald Lloyd Ryan, DA., PhD. Rev. I want to tell you about an exciting translation of most of the New Testament, a translation that is radical in numerous ways, the most important of which … Read More
Management, responsibility, maturity and, maybe, getting a bad name
By Rev. Dr. Ronald Ryan One of my long-time acquaintances asked me, not too long ago, how – or even why – I had managed to earn myself a “bad name,” at least in certain … Read More
Movies, Blasphemy, Fundamentalism and Freedom of Speech
By Rev. Dr. Ronald Ryan “When I became adult, I put away childish things.” “Let him or her who is without sin cast the first stone.” There is a movie out – one which I … Read More
ARE THEY GONE TO A BETTER PLACE?
By Rev. Dr. Ronald Ryan I find that I am more and more concerned about the foolish statements made by clergy and lay people alike when they talk about people who have died. “He has … Read More
Is it deserved?
By R. L. Ryan, DA., Ph.D., Rev. (Unitarian). I have lost count of the web pages that are proclaiming that Jesus died for our sins and that we did not deserve it. This is the … Read More
The Resurrection and Literalism, Part 3
More about The Empty Tomb and the Lost Corpse. By Ronald Lloyd Ryan, DA., PhD., REV I am a Christian! Every fibre of my being is Christian. Every moment of my being is Christian. The … Read More
The Resurrection and Literalism, Part 2
What about The Empty Tomb By Ronald Lloyd Ryan, DA., PhD., REV (Unitarian Christian) I have, long ago, rejected the whole notion of a physical, corporeal resurrection of Jesus into his old body. I rejected … Read More
The Resurrection and Literalism (Part 1)
By Rev. Dr. Ronald Lloyd Ryan. This morning, as I was trying to read Hans Kung’s attempt to explain his concept of the resurrection of Jesus, I was, of course, engaged in self-examination. One of … Read More