FOR the first two months of 2025 C.E. we examined true teachings of the Bible to understanding a few COMMON christian terms.
Take ANY commonly used christian jargon such as: gospel, grace, saved, redeemed, soul, flesh, sanctified, justified, forgiven, hell, heaven, lord, king, priest, prophet.. and MANY MORE..
2024 C.E.
Here’s a QUESTION for fellow believers about our terms of teaching, preaching and our personal fruit of the faith:
Christian Doctrine —What’s the Point?
WHAT teachings did YOUR ‘christian‘ church preach in 2024 of the Common Era?
How has DOCTRINE from Scripture evolved in two millennia of Church teachinginto a blurred line in the sand erasing BiblicalTruth?
Which doctrines will fit into a Common Era culture that no longer lives in Truth or desires a relational church?
Is YOUR Gospel simply GOOD NEWS for a COMMON ERA AUDIENCE to APPLAUD?
IS corporate worship of JESUS Christ as God our Savior, the One Redeemer from SIN INCLUDED in YOUR Common Era evangelism?
As a Christian follower of the Lord JESUS Christ, Roger invites you to examine our evolving COMMON ERA culture in ‘christian‘ worship and practice.
Does worship by your church resist the temptation to ERASE Christ’s DOCTRINES commanded by Scripture?
Compare and apply the teaching and preaching of
The Life of the Common Era church
to Scripture
God-willing, we will continue our focus on preaching in 2025 C.E. by defining, applying and comparing the TEACHING of the church with the Word of the BIBLE.
Find the Way, the Truth and the Lifein our Everlasting Savior the Lord Jesus Christ.
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. –
Although we began this category in 2023 C.E. as an updated look at DOCTRINE, in our travels with the Apostle Paul in ACTS and re-reading some of his LETTERS to the churches I have once again begun ASKING US the QUESTIONS of our Biblical Christian Doctrine and hope to hear your answers about these foundational beliefs. - RH
Proclaim the scriptural doctrinesof the Gospel.
About Roger – TalkofJESUS.com Doctrine & teaching2024 of the COMMON ERA DOCTRINE
Please comment on any DOCTRINES C.E. post listed chronologically below:
a creed or body of teachings of a religious, political, or philosophical group presented for acceptance or belief; dogma
a principle or body of principles that is taught or advocated
Read the fine print below for a more succinct examination of doctrine. - RH
doctrine refers to a theory based on carefully worked out principles and taught or advocated by its adherents [scientific or social doctrines]; dogma refers to a belief or doctrine that is handed down by authority as true and indisputable, and often connotes arbitrariness, arrogance, etc. [religious dogma]; tenet emphasizes the maintenance or defense, rather than the teaching, of a theory or principle [the tenets of a political party]; precept refers to an injunction or dogma intended as a rule of action or conduct [to teach by example rather than by precept]
It seems in the Common Era of NO ABSOLUTES and arguments of ANTI-this’ and ANTI-that’s I had best DEFINE what I mean to apologize to BOTH
+ disagreeing ‘christians‘
and semi-committed A-theists – [mortals AGAINST god AND unequivocally opposed to JESUS Christ].
WHY this SERIES?
I could share many reasons in this Common Era of 2024 WHY I am revisiting ‘doctrine’ but #1:
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
Apologetic for a Common Era approach to Biblical Doctrine
From Before Christ to Before the Common Era
In common Greek, apologia refers to the speech that an accused person delivered in court, rejecting the charges filed against him or her. The apologists of the second century chose this term because they wanted to show that the charges filed against Christians were unjustified and that the truths of their faith could be described and defended. An apologia was dedicated to the Roman emperor, who certainly never read it. [Max L. Stackhouse, “Apologia,” 1988]
The A.D. Second Century CHRISTIAN apologist to whom the article refers is Justin Martyr.
In addition to arguing against the persecution of individuals solely for being Christian, Justin also provides the Emperor with a defense of the philosophy of Christianity and a detailed explanation of contemporary Christian practices and rituals.
The First Apology is dated to between AD 155–157
The theologian Robert Grant has claimed that this Apology was made in response to the Martyrdom of Polycarp ~ in the year of our Lord 155.
‘You’re not my father,’ the young woman yelled at the top of her voice as her mother tried to take control of the situation. (The prodigal teen might just as well been a son rejecting the authority of his father.)
Our Family Prodigal
Most Christians are no doubt familiar with the scenario of Jesus’ parable about the prodigal son with its two brothers questioning their relationships with their father.
We have perhaps neglected a theological relationship of the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit of God.
Today in PART 2 of our examination of the role of the FATHER we continue in our study of doctrines of the Common Era by looking at contemporary family relationships AND parallels to the Son Jesus‘ parable of the prodigal son (which of course HE is not).
Part 1 of God our Father and His role in the Trinity
Parable of the prodigal son
You'll find an archaic former view of 'the prodigal' in the New King James version of the Bible from Before the Common Era referring to the son's prodigal living common to this era.
“A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.
But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. ..when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him,
“Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’
HERE is the riotous Common Era christian as well! You, me and others BEFORE some realize that WE may return to GOD the FATHER in humility — BEFORE some become acceptable in the Father’s house through the saving grace ofthe SINLESS Son JESUS our only hope and Savior.
“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
Why do Common Eraprodigals deny the Father’s love?
Our cover PHOTO, christian family photo album or church member directory could include THOUSANDS of FACES we know who were once near and dear to our hearts.
As noted previously the truth of SCRIPTURE has not changed.
WE cannot quite grasp the mystery of the Holy Spirit.
AND in Common Era preaching Jesus can be promoted more like WE like on the stage of 'worship.'
YET the fruit of FALSE teaching may easily rot souls JESUS would save had WE prodigal evangelicals returned to the Father.
Jesus welcomes ALL sinners with the love of a friend. This Common Era king embraces sinners of ALL cultures and beliefs without requiring any turn toward His righteousness and away from The Lifeof this world.
FALSE!According to Scripture.
Witness of a dad
I know a man in Christ.. —such a man was caught up to the third heaven.
The Apostle Paul in witnessing a true event without disclosure of his source of witness writes to Christians in Corinth.
The 'man' in Christ may have been Paul, John during his Revelation from Jesus Christ, perhaps even Peter or another. The witness is authentic. Therefore the truth and impact of these scenes require no identification of its narrator.
‘I knew a dad..’ I could say, ‘I know a man’ or ‘I know a woman’ or even ‘I knew a 21st century common era mom.’
Here is true witness of several sad stories of sin:
common fathers in the Common Era:
Their father insisted, “not in my house you don’t,” but they did.
Her older sister ran away with her boyfriend, then her father came into her at night!
Their ‘christian‘ mother was caught in the arms of another man, then threw her father out of their house.
The church had no idea who the father of a single mom leading worship might be.
Their father cheated with a woman at work, then they all moved to another town where this prodigal pastor did it again.
The PK (Pastor’s Kid) was known to be sleeping with a significant other.
When their son got his girlfriend pregnant mom helped pay for her to get an abortion.
She changed schools so no one would know what her mother dared not tell her father.
A father suspected his son partied all night with guys and girls alike.
“HE’S NOT MY FATHER! You have to choose between him and ME,” insisted the step-daughter to her mom.
These are all lost sheep, prodigal sons and daughters of FATHERS who are also sinners.
JESUS would invite ANY to the great feast of Heaven..
What is certain in 2023 of the Common Era is that:
Christians have again become a minority.
Marriages between one man and one woman for life are rare (even among ‘christians.’)
Children need not be born into a Common Era home with values of God our FATHER.
Parents of the Common Era reject accountability to a father, a family and to God.
Fathers (present or absent) may NOT raise, teach or discipline ANY human progeny.
a few more facts:
The 1960 Census showed a record proportion married, 67.4 percent, among persons 14 years old and over.
The number of families in the United States in 1960 was 45.1 million. (A family is a group of two or more persons who are related to each other and living in the same household.)
In 2011, the Pew Research Center found that 51 percent of Americans were married, compared to 72 percent in 1960. However, rates of cohabiting couples are rising
according to private research company Demographic Intelligence, less than half a million couples were cohabiting in 1960, compared to 7.5 million in 2010 [C.E.]
71.9% with living spouse present (at time of survey only)
4.2% Cohabiting with joint biological child (actual # may be higher than survey sample)
2.6% Cohabiting with NO joint biological child
21.3% or ONE IN FIVE – NO partner present (at time of survey)
A few are single fathers — MOST are culturally priased as SINGLE MOMS in the Common Era
WHY does Common Era culture reject JESUS?
GOD, the authority of any church and especially FATHERS are anathema to the majority of this COMMON ERA.
Roger@TalkofJESUS.com on Rejection of the Father of Trinity
It’s quite easy for some to worship MARY, the ‘single mom’ of the child Jesus we celebrate each ‘Christmas.’
Yet in the Common Era Mary could easily have made a CHOICE to ABORT this BABY before the Census in Bethlehem!
BUT since SHE chose to live with Joseph (who is NOT the FATHER of Jesus),
Mary was a ‘single MOM’ we can look up to — even worship as the mother of god.
Of course A.D. first century culture was intolerant of such things.
What does JESUS say about ‘the Father’ that is so offensive to so many in Common Era churches in these last days?
“For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that am He, and I do nothing from Myself, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. “For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.
apokalypsis iēsous christoswhich God gave Him to show to His slaves the things which must soon happen; and He indicated this by sending it through His angel to His slave John,
The Revelation of Jesus Christ 1:1 LSB from Morphological Greek New Testament
Revelation 3:19-22
‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent.
Reproof, discipline and certainly that ‘slave‘ thing WE dare not proclaim to Common Era christians.
‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to keep all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20 LSB – Command of the Risen Christ Jesus
