CHRISTIANITY WITH AN EDGE-WITH SCOTT E. ROKELY

Science has done a lot of good for humanity, but it has also brought the world to the brink of annihilation. A somewhat skeptical viewpoint can surmount superstition, but it can't ever bring order out of the chaos of your life, or the life of the Universe. Listen as I share how transcending the scientific viewpoint has helped me to bring some order into my life.

Throughout her history, the Christian Church has mostly believed that God created the Universe "ex nihilo" or out of nothing. This has been disastrous for both the Church and the planet. In this week's episode, I discuss why.

There is one basic, foundational, and crucial question every person must ask themselves. And how you answer this question will determine the course and trajectory of your spiritual life. If you don't get this right, nothing will be right.

When you discover a teaching that both Buddha and Jesus agree on, you've got something. Listen to a story that will change your life.

Ever wished you had godlike power to create a universe of your liking? Good news, you already have this power. Problem is, you are using it to create a horrible place to live.

One man's story about what happens when you run out of excuses and do a life review with God.

Hi guys, I'm going to start recording new episodes again. This week's episode is about an amazing experience a lady had when she met God face to face in a near death experience, and it's awesome!

How we all can talk to, and receive help from people who are not dead, but more alive than we are. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

I bet you don't interpret the Bible the way that Jesus and Paul did. They both completely rejected large swaths of the Old Testament. Listen as I talk about how to see the Bible the same way Jesus and Paul saw it. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

How did Jesus interpret the Bible of his day? If we literally want to be Christlike, we will interpret the Bible the same way he did. And by the way, he didn't interpret it like most Christians do. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

Scapegoating, and how we can experience a little Heaven or Hell in this life. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

All too often the uneducated preach a very distorted view of God's nature. Listen as I discuss why believing these teachings can be toxic to your soul. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

Yes, Jesus once said to "turn the other cheek." But did Jesus actually practice what he preached? Listen as I discuss how Jesus acted towards those who opposed him. And he usually did not turn the other cheek! In fact, he commonly turned their cheeks. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

There are many religious people who claim to be serving God, but who are in fact mostly serving the demands of their own ego. Find out the difference between Religion 1 and Religion 2 and you'll easily be able to spot them. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

YOUR MIND NATURALLY CUTS EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN TWO. LISTEN HOW YOUR MIND REALLY WORKS AND HOW DIFFERENT IT IS FROM THE WAY JESUS THOUGHT. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

What's your default response when life presents you with something new? Is it a yes or a no? Maybe it's time to open up the windows of your soul. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

You, like everyone else, talk to yourself, all day, every day, year after year, decade after decade. How would it change your experience of life if, instead of talking to yourself all day, you talked to God silently in your head about everything that happens moment to moment. All it would do is revolutionize your life. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

As we conclude this monumental essay, we learn that Emerson would not want to win the lottery. Listen as he explains why. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

Be grateful to your critics, thank your faults, see the advantage of adversity. These are just a few gleams of Emerson's radical faith in the goodness of the Universe. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

Emerson urges us to always pay the price to get what you want. Because if you don't pay the price to get what you want, you'll get something you don't want. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

Is there something in life that you want? Then take Emerson's advice. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

You can never get away with anything. Emerson explains why. COPYRIGHT 2017 SCOTT E. ROKELY

Are you a "victim"? If you think you are, listen to Emerson as he tries to explain how the Universe is set up to work automatically either for you or against you. COPYRIGHT 2016 SCOTT E. ROKELY

We all like to complain that life is unfair. But is it? Is it really true that life is unfair and that we won't get justice until the next life? Emerson, and I, think not. COPYRIGHT 2016 SCOTT E. ROKELY

Although written in 1841, this essay is more true today than when it was written. Why don't we ever learn its lessons? Emerson knew there was no such thing as a free lunch before Milton Friedman did. This is another home run essay from Ralph Waldo Emerson. COPYRIGHT 2016 SCOTT E. ROKELY

The fallacy of living out your "natural" life. COPYRIGHT 2016 SCOTT E. ROKELY

I received some profound insight into why seemingly bad things happen to good people, from the agonizing death of my father. COPYRIGHT 2016 SCOTT E. ROKELY

Jesus tells us what God is like in the so called parable of the Prodigal Son. The problem is, organized religion often does not know this God. COPYRIGHT 2016 SCOTT E. ROKELY

God wants us to grow, but we resist change with all our might. How can God get through to us? Adversity, that's how. Hear about the real man whose actual experiences were behind the plot of the hit movie "Life of Pi." COPYRIGHT 2016 SCOTT E. ROKELY

The pre-existent Christ made the material universe, and he made you. You are the incarnation of this Christ whether you know it or not. COPYRIGHT 2016 SCOTT E. ROKELY

Those possessed by the Spirit of Religion insist John 14:6 is Jesus the Christ's edict that most of the people on the planet are going straight to hell. It is no such thing. What did Jesus mean by this verse? COPYRIGHT 2016 SCOTT E. ROKELY

What difference does it make? Let me put it this way - Jesus tended to be monistic, and religious people tend to be dualistic.

It seems our minds were made for counting. And we especially seem to enjoy counting other people's sins and offenses against us. It is amazing how much joy and peace floods into our lives when we stop counting.

You aren't stupid. You just don't know all of the facts that God does. That's why we all need to check in with the Holy Spirit before we make decisions, instead of blundering ahead and making a decision with the few facts that we know. You aren't stupid. You just don't know all of the facts that God does. That's why we all need to check in with the Holy Spirit before we make decisions, instead of blundering ahead and making a decision with the few facts that we know. COPYRIGHT 2016 SCOTT E. ROKELY

Turn by turn directions through life are available from God's GPS System. Problem is, it hardly ever gets used.

Adversity hits. You pray for help. But no help seems to come. It's at this moment that you must simply believe that God loves you. If you stop believing God loves you in these trying times, you open the door to all manner of mayhem in your spiritual life.

We've all heard about near death experiences. This one happened to an atheist. Listen how it affected him.

Until you accept your entire self, good points and bad points, you will never accept other people, and you will see God as angry, violent, and full of vengeance.

A spirituality of trying to be perfect, and demanding perfection of everyone else will drive you crazy. Instead, face reality and realize that all any of us can do is embrace a spirituality of imperfection.

The world is a neutral gray movie screen that you use to project your attitudes onto. What you see in your mind through attitudes is what you get in experience.

Thinking, thinking, thinking, it's what we compulsively do all day long. The problem is, it tends to drive us crazy. I suggest one way to think that will help you be less crazy and more sane.

Of course, God is loving and so He forgives us out of his nature. But there is another reason God forgives us that will probably shock you, and yes, it's in the Bible.

Others don't hear the words you say, they hear the consciousness you are in when you say the words. Listen as I explain how human beings actually communicate to others.

We continue to explore how St. Francis accepted people for who they already were. St. Francis was realistic about human nature and gave great grace to the people he met.

St. Francis thought 180 degrees from current American pop culture. I discuss one shocking thing that he said that was, and still is, so counter cultural and radical, that his followers refused to believe he actually said it.

Have an anger problem? If so, learn how St. Francis saw reality. For St. Francis saw the everyday situations he encountered very differently than most of us.

Being mad at people, the world, your car, and everything else is the worst life a human being can live. The reason we get so mad at life is because we forget what the purpose of life really is.

I conclude my book "Loving God," and then introduce the new format for my podcast. My first topic is St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis has helped me immensely in my life. I give a brief introduction to him at the end of the podcast.

How do you love God with your mind? Pay attention when your brain is being stabbed.