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The Politics of the Church -- Where Church and Sta..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

The biggest threat to the Church is politics -- and not the fact, as many claim, that the Church is interfering with politics, but the fact that polit..

What Is The Purpose Of Life

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

I have often spent a lot of time trying to figure out what my purpose is in life. I have spent hours in prayer begging God to show me why I am here, a..

Sharing Christ

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

While they were eating, Jesus took bread and said grace. He broke it and gave it to the students, saying, “Take! Eat! This is my body.” Th..

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 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 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?

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

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..

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 ..

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..

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

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

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 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..

The Breaking Of The Seals -- Biblical Prophecy In ..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles

The government shutdown is frustrating and unnecessary. Yet, it continues because both sides blame the other side. Americans are also divided, althoug..