First Discipleship

This is a series of episodes examining the critique of the 21st Century American Church by skeptics and critics of Western Christianity. I am attempting to frame a logical construct to understand the progression of American history to the emergence of Mainstream Christianity in 2023.  

Does Galatians 3:28 support non-binary gender? 

 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus".

No, it does not, Galatians 3:28 is saying there is no difference in the eyes of Jesus Christ, all come through Him to get to the Father. 

Passover and Communion, is there a difference?  

This episode is the summation of Junipero Serra. After 9 episodes, this summation is of the "Official Story" of history but I like to read between the lines and expose the sin to forgive the sin.   

Junipero Serra, the benevolent saint, and evangelist to lost Alta California pagan Indians, or the puppet of the Spanish crown and Catholic church doing the bidding or the catalyst to colonialism and or imperialism for a geopolitical race of land acquisition and natural resources? The results speak for themselves in mathematical fashion in death tolls and cruelty in the name of God. Uncovering the truth is necessary to dialog for forgiveness and the gross application of Biblical scripture outside of Godly love for self-serving gain.    

Expose the sin to forgive the sin. As a Christian Native American, the difficulties to deal with Christianity and the sad and controversial truths that are associated with the failed Spanish Catholic Church Alta California Missions system, faith, and forgiveness must play a large role in understanding the torn feeling and social results of the continuing stages of recovery California Indians. We cannot allow hatred to bind us from forward advancement.     

Inquisitions, Junipero Serra, Colegio Apostólico, how much do we know about the conditioning of the mindset and preparation to enter Alta California of the Franciscan Friars led by Junipero Serra to build the Mission system? 

Introduction to Junípero Serra, Alta California Mission system, early inquisitions, Jesuits, Franciscans, Papal Bull, and much more to open episode 6 in the next step in a topical approach of California Native Indians.   

Continuing with the second part of Cabrillo, the Catalina Islands, Chumash, and Tongva California Native American Indians.  Cabrillo visiting the California Channel Islands. Native way of life and the way they connected with the land. William Wrigley Jr. and the development of Catalina Island.