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More Adventures in Jerusalem

Paul keeps going with the backstory stuff. Fourteen years after he first visited the church in Jerusalem, God tells him to head back there again. This time he takes his pals, Barnabas and Titus, with him. Gotta have the entourage.  Basically, Paul is coming to get their support for his mission to the Gentiles. He's been all around the eastern half of the Roman Empire telling everyone that Gentile converts don't need to follow every single Jewish law. Maybe one or two, but not all 613 for sure. It's important to note that Paul doesn't want their approval. He already knows his message is a-okay by God. He just needs to know they won't interfere with the work he's trying to do. The leaders in Jerusalem are pretty much on board. No one says anything about Titus—who's Greek and not circumcised—so things are going pretty smoothly. So as long as Titus keeps it in his pants, things are gonna be fine. That is, until some naysayers sneak into the mix. But Paul stays strong and eventually the leaders of the church—including James, Cephas, and John—side with him. They recognize all the grace that God has given him as the apostle to the Gentiles and send Paul on his way. Now he and Barnabas are in charge of spreading God's word to the Gentiles. The folks in Jerusalem will work on getting the Jews on board.  Look, Paul might be a Jew by birth, but he knows that simply obeying Jewish law can never make a person right with God. Only having faith in Jesus can do that. If a Christian is faithful, but he still has foreskin and enjoys a ham sandwich every once in a while, well, God still thinks he's aces. After all, God sent Jesus to earth to die. If the law alone could make us besties with God, then what the heck did Jesus go through that whole crucifixion thing for?

JON WILLIAM LOPEZ

Jon William Lopez is a student of New Thought spirituality, metaphysics, and a professional licensed spiritual counselor and prayer practitioner with the Centers for Spiritual Living. A cartoon animator, illustrator and professional photographer, his career spans over 40 years, during which he worked at Disney Feature Animation, Dreamworks SKG, Turner Feature Animation, Film Roman (for 3 seasons of “The Simpsons”) and dozens of other studios and production houses. He has exhibited and sold his photography in New Mexico where he and his partner co-owned an art gallery, Morning Calm Gallery. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico and has also lived in Michigan, Brazil, New York, Texas, Georgia and New Mexico. He and his partner also taught English for a year in South Korea. Always interested in metaphysics, Lopez was introduced to New Thought ideas in the mid-1980s and has since had direct personal experience with the spiritual principles that beliefs, thoughts and words create reality, and that there is one Universal Mind and Intelligence of which we are a part and can use in our daily life. Using these principles, Jon has, along with attracting his life partner (now his spouse), manifested his dream job, increased financial prosperity.  He is author of a book, “Perfect Praying: 5 Simple Steps That Make Prayers Work.” Though not raised in any formal religion, Jon has always had a keen interest in and fascination for metaphysics, spirituality, the paranormal and UFOs. In the 1980s, while living in Brooklyn, NY, he had a lucid, out-of-body experience involving UFOs, so vivid and real, he remembers it as though it happened yesterday. His favorite movie of all time is “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, which he has seen more times than he will ever disclose. He and his spouse now live in retired bliss in Tucson, Az, where he continues his photography and spiritual practice.

Hello, My Name Is Paul

Greetings from Paul! He's an apostle sent by God, and he's totally ready to rock this whole disciple of Christ thing. This time he's writing to the churches in Galatia, but he's not too thrilled with what's been going on there. Oh, do tell, Paul. Well, it seems some of the Galatians have been turning their backs on God and putting their faith in a twisted version of the gospel. Say it ain't so, Galatians! Let Paul be clear: there's only one gospel. It's the one Paul told them about. Just because someone comes along and starts spouting off all kinds of random ideas about Jesus, that doesn't make them true. Even an angel from Heaven who teaches them the wrong things about Jesus is gonna get a smackdown from God. This goes double for any humans trying to pervert God's message about Jesus. Seriously, naysayers, God is not amused. Look guys, Paul's not trying to win any popularity contests here. He's just doing what the Big Guy told him. After all, Paul didn't get his info from just anywhere—he got it from Jesus Christ himself. Paul is pretty sure the Galatians know about his past. But he's gonna tell them again anyhow. Just once more for good measure. Back in the day, Paul was a super devout Jew who persecuted Christians on the side. Uh-huh. He's was über pious and totally loved Jewish law—even more than most other Jews—but when God sent him a vision of Jesus, everything changed. He started preaching the good news about Jesus right away. He didn't high tail it to Jerusalem to meet with Jesus's disciples there. He went out on his own and spread the good word. Paul's a rebel like that. Three years after his conversion, he did take a quick trip to Jerusalem, but he only met with Cephas (a.k.a. Simon Peter, Jesus's right-hand man from all the gospels) and James (Jesus's brother).

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II Corinthians 13~Closing Time, Our last chapter in Corinthians

Paul isn't going to deal lightly with these sinners when he comes to town.He's also ready to argue in favor of himself when he gets there. Just in case there's anyone out there who's looking for more proof of his apostolic résumé.All the Corinthians have to do is think about their own faith. If they really believe in Jesus—if they've truly accepted him into their lives—they'll know that Paul is for real.Look, the reason that Paul put all this harshness down in a letter is so that he won't have to break this all out when he arrives in person. He wants to clear the air before he comes.He's hoping that the Corinthians will get his letter, see the error of their ways, and fix the problem.Paul closes his letter with some short little wishes for peace and with the hope that they can patch things up again. For old time's sake. Thanks to www.shmoop.com

Cris D. Putnam         (I'm sorry folks. Our guest was unable to make it tonight. Please consider listening to his one past shows or one of our other shows, thank you.)

In addition to his scholarly work in apologetic theology, Cris D. Putnam is a bestselling co-author of  recent books with co-author Thomas Horn: Petrus Romanus,  Exo-Vaticana , and On the Path of the Immortals as well as being a contributor to the compilation Pandemonium's Engine: the Rise of Transhumanism and Blood on the Altar: the coming war of Christian vs, Christian. His latest book is The Supernatural Worldview with an introduction written by Chuck Missler. He holds a Master’s degree in Theological Studies, a Bachelor of Science degree in religion and mathematics as well as a certification in Christian apologetics. He is a lifetime member of the Koinonia Institute  a multidenominational Christian think tank. Cris is recognized for his expertise in the area of biblical prophecy and other prophetic traditions.  He will be in soon to be released in October 2015, Inhuman: the Transhuman Agenda.   Cris and Tom Horn are currently publishing a book connecting Freemasonry, Russia, Islam, and the Roman Catholic Church to the New World

Corinthians 2 Corinthians: Chapter 12 Summary

He Had a Vision of Heaven. But wait! You want more, Corinthians? You got it. Let's talk visions. Paul's had those, too. One time, about fourteen years ago, Paul was "caught up to the third heaven." Yeah, that's right. Paul's had a vision that he was transported to Paradise. Boo-ya. He saw all kinds of  things. Things he can't even tell people about (God is pretty secretive about what's going on in Heaven). Every Paul Has His Thorn. Look, Paul hates all this bragging.  After he had this amazing vision of Heaven, Paul had some medical problems. He says, "a thorn was given to me in the flesh." That doesn't sound good. Whatever happened (it seems like some kind of illness), Paul prayed three times for the misery to just end already. Finally, God told him to knock it off: "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness."  When Paul comes for his third visit to Corinth, their money is still no good to him. After all, parents support their children, not the other way around. Paul is one proud papa. So even though Paul swears up and down that hasn't taken any money from them, there's still some suspicion around that he's somehow trying to scam the Corinthians. There are rumors floating around that Paul may be keeping a little bit of the money from the collection in Jerusalem for himself. Paul mentions Titus and the other guy he sent (remember them from chapter 9?) to defend himself. None of them have been dishonest at all. The Rumor Mill at Work. Look, everything Paul says is for their own good. He's heard rumors about all kinds of bad stuff: fights, jealousy, anger, selfishness, gossip, arrogance, sexual immorality. Things sound pretty juicy in Corinth. Paul is not looking forward to the heartache.

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The Corinthians & Paul have Issues. 

Paul thinks he's pretty great when compared to the "super-apostles" (ah, sarcasm! Good one, Paul!). He may not be a fancy public speaker like these guys, but Paul knows his stuff. After all, he learned it from God. Apparently, some of these false apostles have been circulating rumors that if Paul were a real apostle, he would accept a salary from the Corinthians. Instead, Paul continues to work as a craftsman (he was a tent-maker) and accepts support from other Christians, but not Corinth. What gives? Paul tells them it's not because he doesn't love them. It's because he does—so much!  But yeah, when Paul came to visit, he didn't take money from them for his personal support. He didn't want to be a burden. He just brought them the good news of Christ Jesus free of charge. Is that a problem, Corinthians? Paul accuses the false apostles of being in league with Satan. Does all this bragging make Paul seem a little foolish? Well then fine. Paul is cool with that… even though he knows how ridiculous this all sounds. Besides, the Corinthians love fools. They listen to them talk all day… and even get convinced by some of their stupid arguments. We're looking at you, false apostles. If these guys want to have a brag-off, then let's go. Are these guys Jewish? Well, Paul is, too! Are they serving Jesus?  Paul has the far more impressive credentials. Five times he was whipped with 39 lashes. Three times he was beaten with rods. More ouch. Once he was stoned. Three times he was shipwrecked. He was lost at sea for a day. He is constantly in danger wherever he goes. Wow, people do not like Paul. See, unlike the false apostles, Paul doesn't brag about all the amazing things he can do or the fancy speeches he gives.

Edwin F. Becker

Edwin F. Becker had the distinction of owning a haunted building in Chicago that became the subject of the first televised paranormal event in 1970 by NBC. Before The Exorcist, or Amityville, there was "True Haunting!" He never sought recognition until his daughter published his recollection in 2011. The book, True Haunting became an instant best seller holding #1 on Amazon U.S., for a year in parapsychology, and for 6 months in the United Kingdom, breaking his publisher's e-book record and topping the sales of their 96,000 book catalog. He appeared on SYFY's, Paranormal Witness in the season two record breaking finale, 'The Tenants."  Though he does not do book signings or public appearances, Edwin has done radio for CBS, FOX, WGN and NBC plus a multitude of internet programs as a guest, co-host and host. He has two daughters and four granddaughters and continues to write, and recently releasing True Haunting 2, which zoomed to parapsychology popularity immediately. He offers as much assistance to people with Paranormal problems as he can and is well aware of dangers within the world of paranormal.  He advises, if you want to connect with something, connect with God and speak with him. He enjoys communicating with his listeners or readers and will answer any and  all correspondence. On his website he has produced some webisodes that are also on Youtube and are intended to be educational. Visit at www.EdwinBecker.com