CHRISTIANITY WITH AN EDGE-WITH SCOTT E. ROKELY

Demons don't give people cancer physically, but they can tempt us to adopt attitudes which will make it much more likely we will develop cancer in our life. Also, Eddie Van Halen's legacy as a creative guitarist and problem solver.

The problem is, nothing satisfies us for long. Listen as I discuss the disease of "More"-itis, what both Christ and Buddha had to say about this, and then as I discuss the satisfaction that never ends. American culture, politics, Thomas Merton, Nirvana, Heaven, Zen Buddhism compared to Christ's teaching, and the empty place inside all of us are all discussed.

We all pray for a lot of different things, but no matter what you pray for, Jesus the Christ says there is one answer to prayer that will solve any situation you can ever get yourself into.

Hardly anyone prays the way Jesus teaches us. No, God is not thin skinned. There is Power in Persistence. And Yes, God is asking us to bother Him.

Believe in a harsh, unforgiving, wrathful, violent, and stern God? Then you believe in a God who doesn't exist.

The words of Jesus Christ have never been more true than right now. They can heal our nation. We must either listen to him, or we will destroy ourselves.

First a shocking quote uttered by Jesus the Christ along with two historical examples that back up what Jesus said to some religious fat cats of his day. I discuss imperial China, the Europeans vs. China opium wars, drug dealing as the policy of a so-called "Christian" nation (Britain), and the one thing that leads to salvation that many religious people don't know. Let's dive in!

I start with Jesus' two verse long summary of what life is meant to be, which was given to a crowd of religious people who wanted to kill him. I end with the warning signs of an unhealthy, disfunctional church. If you've had an uneasiness about your current church, listen as I discuss what happens to a Christian church when religious people control it.

Religion always works from a script. But God is the original Free Spirit who is not constrained by religion's scripts. No surprise that God's Son is a Free Spirit who regularly went off religion's scripts. Listen as I discuss two people who lead to Jesus going off religion's script. The first was a so-called immoral woman, the second a hopeless invalid, who meet Morality and Hope incarnated.

Jesus disregards silly religious rules. He constantly violates other people's religious rules, and He clearly has no regard for these rules. Jesus talks to the poster child for organized religion in Judea, and Jesus is not impressed with him. Listen as I discuss the type of "religion" God has in mind for the human race.