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If It Is Not Done With Love, It Is Not Done For God

If It Is Not Done With Love, It Is Not Done For Go..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


God is love, so love must be God. To say that God is love, but that love is not necessarily God, would make God smaller than love -- there would be a ..
A Non-Systematic Theology

A Non-Systematic Theology

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


In the spring of 1997, my three year Master of Divinity degree was coming to a close. One of the requirements for graduation was to draft a “Sta..
A strange encounter

A strange encounter

A Story by Haim Kadman


A short except of my book "An irretrievable step".
A Constitutional Amendment Forgiving Debt and Banning Interest? I Didn't Think So...

A Constitutional Amendment Forgiving Debt and Bann..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The Bible says not to charge interest on loans a lot more than it says anything that remotely sounds like banning homosexual behavior. It bans the col..
Has Pope Francis Endorsed Homosexuals?

Has Pope Francis Endorsed Homosexuals?

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I know everyone is excited thinking that the Bishop of Rome just endorsed Homosexuals, but his stance is still the stance that the Roman Catholic Chur..
Parable Of The Car

Parable Of The Car

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The world is like a car designed by an engineer and given to his children.The Children decided that they knew better than their engineer father and tr..
The Kingdom Of God Is The Kingdom Of Love

The Kingdom Of God Is The Kingdom Of Love

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The idea I often hear from Christians is that when we enter the Kingdom of God or heaven or whatever we want to call it, we suddenly become perfect. I..
One Man's Jedi Is Another Man's Sith

One Man's Jedi Is Another Man's Sith

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The Jedi claim to fight for peace and justice; yet they employ violence to uphold their peace; they enforce their justice with a sword. They claim to ..
Who Are The Practical Saints?

Who Are The Practical Saints?

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


There seems to be a curious trend among Christians �" all Christians, Catholic and Protestant �" regarding sainthood. Catholic..
A Requiem for the Islands

A Requiem for the Islands

A Poem by Ken Simm.


For Iain who sailed there.
Christians and Atheists Share The Same Faith -- In Hate

Christians and Atheists Share The Same Faith -- In..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I'm reading through comment online and I finally figured out what is bugging me.I cannot tell Christians and Atheists apart!Christians celebrate how h..
Second Coming

Second Coming

A Poem by PoeticFury


.. sooner rather than later
Chapter 11

Chapter 11

A Chapter by The Creative Disaster


Chapter XI Patrick woke up, clutching the hay mattress with one hand and gripping his arm with the other, his nails digging deep into it, just li..
THE STORY OF ME

THE STORY OF ME

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


This is the story of me. It is a lot like the story of you. There may be some differences in detail. We may be of the opposite sex, or of diffe..
Dying With Dignity

Dying With Dignity

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


My doctoral work was in Practical Theology, which is using social sciences such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc., and theology to in..
The Gifts of God

The Gifts of God

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


When we celebrate the Eucharist, we ask in the Eucharistic prayer for the Holy Spirit to come upon “these gifts.” Often I have, in my..
Seek First The Kingdom Of God And Receive A Life Of Abundance

Seek First The Kingdom Of God And Receive A Life O..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Isaiah 55:6 says: “Seek the LORD…” A rabbi once said that the Hebrew word for “seek” used here is “research.&rdqu..
More Than Conquerors

More Than Conquerors

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I told God and anyone else who was listening Sunday morning that when I took the bread and wine, it was a sign of me accepting and receiving the..
MY APOSTOLIC POVERTY (How It Taught Me About Prosperity)

MY APOSTOLIC POVERTY (How It Taught Me About Prosp..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The Lord talks sometimes talks to me while I am mowing the lawn. It is actually a good time to talk with God because the activity is monotonous and d..
Faith -- The First Step In A Life Of Abundance

Faith -- The First Step In A Life Of Abundance

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Abundance is the product of Faith, Gratitude, and Generosity. This is the lesson I learned during my time practicing a limited version of Apostolic P..