Welcome to My Blog!
Welcome. My name is Reed K. Merino, author of Blueprint for a Revolution: Building Upon ALL of The New Testament! I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my new book. This project is very special to me, and…
Jesus Spoke With Both Scientific And Divine Authority
Jesus Spoke With Both Scientific And Divine Authority In this essay I am going to try to convince you that Jesus used His language in the same way that professional linguists and scientists do. As a result, the New Testament turns out to…
Love that Obeys Because of Love of the Good
How do you interpret the following?: “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love…
My Pilgrimage With “Biblical Literalism” Going All The Way To “Do NOT Resist Him Who is Evil”
My Pilgrimage With “Biblical Literalism” Going All The Way To “Do NOT Resist Him Who is Evil” On Sunday the preacher of the church we were visiting wove the way we can treat the forgotten “un-wars” that America has known, like Korea’s “police…
May God End the Warfare Between Calvinistic Christians and Arminian Christians!
May God End the Warfare Between Calvinistic Christians and Arminian Christians! An essay in response to the charge that: “If God commands all to repent, and yet withholds the only grace that would make repentance possible, how is that command sincere?” That sounds quite…
There CAN be Peace Between Calvinists and Arminians Who ALSO Have God’s Love Motivating Them!
There CAN be Peace Between Calvinists and Arminians Who ALSO Have God’s Love Motivating Them! [This is what I wrote to a group who were engaged in a Facebook debate for and against “Calvinism.”] I have been studying, discussing, and debating this issue since…
“SOLA SCRIPTURA” CAN CAUSE OUR BECOMING CONDEMNED AS WELL AS OUR BECOMING COMPLIMENTED
“SOLA SCRIPTURA” CAN CAUSE OUR BECOMING CONDEMNED AS WELL AS OUR BECOMING COMPLIMENTED This essay is not addressed to you as an individual, but to the corporate form of Christianity in which you may find yourself: “Protestant,” Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Evangelical, Anabaptist, Fundamentalist,…
“The Slaughter of the Innocents” and God’s Intervention in our History
“The Slaughter of the Innocents” and God’s Intervention in our History This sad story was the Gospel reading for Sunday’s Eucharistic liturgy: Matthew 2:7…15 “Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared. He sent them…
A Journey From PhD Complexity to Fisherman Simplicity
A Journey From PhD Complexity to Fisherman Simplicity True Conversion to Jesus: Yielding to ALL of His Teachings, ALL of His Promises, ALL of His Commands, Plus Abandoning Your Adulthood for His Childhood! Authentic, Biblical Christianity – the “Christianity” that JESUS brought into being…
Another Tragedy Within Our Fractured Christianity
Another Tragedy Of Our Fractured Christianity: Churches Where It Is Easy To Be A Functional Unbeliever With Access To His Eucharist AND Churches Full Of Functional Believers With NO Access To His Eucharist! This morning, I was able to take a break from…
“Knowing” God, Like “Knowing” ANY Person, Means Knowing Them From the INSIDE!
“Knowing” God, Like “Knowing” ANY Person, Means Knowing Them From the INSIDE! Our ability to understand or wrap our minds around another person depends upon our ability to fit what goes on inside of their thoughts, their decision-making process, and their emotions into our…
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