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Posts by James Ross Kelly

James Ross Kelly lives in Northern California next to the Sacramento River. Mr. Kelly was a long-time resident of Southern Oregon where he grew up. And the Fires We Talked About published by Uncollected Press in 2020 is Mr. Kelly’s first book of fiction. In 2024 Mr. Kelly published his third book, "Above Neil Rock," a memoir.

Concentric Circles of Love | Keith Giles


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The Cosmic Christ (INTERVIEW: Richard Rohr AT Heretic Hotline Blog)


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Richard Rohr

Source: #022: The Cosmic Christ (HOTW: Richard Rohr)

Alien Citizens: Karl Barth, Eberhard Arnold, and Why the Church Is Political by Will Willimon


The most revolutionary political statement we can make is that Jesus reigns; that God, not nations, rules the world: All political, all social, all educational, all human problems are solved in a concrete way by the rulership of Christ.

Source: Alien Citizens: Karl Barth, Eberhard Arnold, and Why the Church Is Political by Will Willimon

Christ Himself–C.S. Lewis


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C.S. Lewis

 

“It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, Who is the True Word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit, and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him. We must not use the Bible as a sort of encyclopedia out of which texts can be taken for use as weapons.”

C.S. Lewis

My Statement of Faith | Keith Giles


  Someone asked me what my statement of faith was today. Honestly, I’ve never really thought about my own personal statement of faith very much. […]

Source: My Statement of Faith | Keith Giles

Disentangling the Gospel from Politics by Keith Giles


Along with millions of others, I fell for a well-funded, decades-long campaign to twist evangelical Christianity into an easy-to-control voting bloc.

Source: Disentangling the Gospel from Politics by Keith Giles

The Kingdom Reality | Keith Giles


The Kingdom of God is the present reality which breaks into this illusion of ours intermittently, like very bad cell phone reception. It’s God’s way of […]

Source: The Kingdom Reality | Keith Giles

No, Jesus Was Not Separated From The Father On The Cross | Keith Giles


On the cross, Jesus cried out, “My God, my God! Why have you forsaken me?” From this single sentence, many bible teachers and pastors have theorized that […]

Source: No, Jesus Was Not Separated From The Father On The Cross | Keith Giles

What Gospel Did Paul Preach? [Hint: It Wasn’t Penal Substitutionary Atonement] | Keith Giles


What is the Gospel? Well, it depends on who you ask. If you ask some Christians today, especially the Reformed kind, you’ll hear something that […]

Source: What Gospel Did Paul Preach? [Hint: It Wasn’t Penal Substitutionary Atonement] | Keith Giles