6 results for tag: Christless religion

February 2025

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Greg Albrecht "You Don't Love Me!" – pg. 2 Richard Rohr God, the Lover of Life – pg. 5 Brad Jersak "God is Love, but..." Nothing! – pg. 7

October 2024

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Brad Jersak Simone Weil: An Astonishing Life – pg. 2 Greg Albrecht "Everyone Is Forgiven" – pg. 5

Getting Caught Up in a Religious Show – by Greg Albrecht

Acts 5:1-11                      The story of Ananias and Sapphira Here's a story that might seem as if it belongs in the Old Testament rather than the New. The story related by our keynote passage begins with an idyllic picture of new Christians, living together and sharing their lives. But then, in the midst of this upbeat picture of God's favor and blessings, comes a depressing story of a man and his wife who gave an offering to God, but misrepresented the actual amount of how much they gave. In the middle of this time when God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all (Acts 4:33) God took the life of this husband and ...

CWR Video – Top Five Sermons Heard in Religion – by Greg Albrecht

The worst sermons - The 5 most frequently preached unchristian sermons in Christian churches. https://vimeo.com/77726041

Religiosity is Adapting – Brad Jersak

In our long-term quest to pursue Christianity Without the Religion, we’ve noticed that Christless religion can adjust itself to shifts in popular culture. In other words, religiosity is quite capable of adapting to new forms and expressions, while continuing to wander far from the Jesus Way.

Christ-centered faith vs Christless religion/spirituality – Brad Jersak

Lately, I’ve been noticing subtle differences between the popular ‘spirituality vs. religion’ and ‘faith vs. religion' Some prefer ‘spirituality’ because it only implies one’s own spiritual self or soul (sans any god at all). So hiking the mountains is ‘spiritual’ because it nurtures the soul. True enough. However,  I personally prefer to speak of ‘faith’ because my spiritual self or my soul has been freed and fed by a Love greater than my own … and indeed, faith freed me from religion in a way that spirituality hadn’t. As one Orthodox priest says, ‘Religion is a neurological disease and faith is its cure.’ I’m also ...