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…

Just HOW petty are those supposedly petty details in the New Testament?

Just HOW petty are those supposedly petty details in the New Testament? In the Christianity to which I was introduced, during the 1940-50’s, the women – my mother included – wore some kind of hat or covering in church. Catholic women seemed to wear…

GOD’S New Covenant of Salvation Contains SPECIFIC Details!

[I could apologize for the length of this essay. But, I do a lot of studying to produce my essays and they are produced for those who like to study rather than casually read a few thoughts.]   GOD’S New Covenant of Salvation Contains…

How God’s “Little Children,” Spirit-filled Fishermen Understand What Jesus Said

Examples of how God’s “Little Children,” Spirit-filled Fishermen Understand What Jesus Said [OR, “How to read the Apostolic Writins like a fisherman, farmer, or carpenter!]   “Have this [same] MIND in you that was in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5; “mind” – “way of thinking”…

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…

Faith alone, Works alone, Faith AND Works?

A new and young friend asked for my input about the issue of faith and works as they pertain to salvation. Here is my reply: *********************************************************************** You wrote, ‘…some people claim, “salvation by faith alone”, but they didn’t seem to consider scriptures where we…