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Books THINGS I WISH JESUS HADN'T SAID
The easy sayings seem to contradict and counter the hard sayings. I wish he hadn’t said them because they confuse and allow us wiggle room with the hard sayings. They let us off the hook from spiritual, ethical, and moral obligations. They are susceptible to misinterpretation and more vulnerable to exploitation for personal, or national, agendas. They are easily ripped from context, manipulated, and distorted to allow excuses for behavior denounced in Jesus’ tough sayings. Some examples are “I did not come to bring peace, but a sword” (Matthew 10:34), “If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town” (Matthew 10:11-15), and “the poor you will always have with you” (Matthew 26:11) REVIVAL OF THE GNOSTIC HERESY: FUNDAMENTALISM
PRAISE FOR JOE E. MORRIS
"This is a very well written book with a lively style that engages the reader immediately while still amassing an impressive array of scholarship. Morris moves easily and adroitly between the first centuries of Christian emergence and our own more familiar world. Along the way the reader learns a great deal about ancient gnosticisms and modern fundamentalisms and is invited to see the remarkable parallels between these seemingly unrelated phenomena. Whether or not one agrees with all of Morris's judgments along the way, the reader will find this an informative, stimulating, and thought-provoking journey." Available in December, copies of the book can be pre-ordered through Palgrave Macmillan.
Copies of the book can be purchased from MLI (Mississippi Law Institute). Selected Journal Publications Systematic Jury Selection in Mississippi: A Practical Approach. Scranton Publishers, Inc., Jackson, Ms, 1998. "Kierkegaard's Concept of Subjectivity and Implications for Humanistic Psychology," Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 19, No. 3, Summer, 1979. "Humanistic Psychology and Religion: Steps Toward Reconciliation," Journal of Religion and Health, Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer, 1980. "Basic Concepts of Humanistic Psychology," in Philosophy, Religion and Psychotherapy, Ed., Paul W. Sharky, Washington, D. C., University Press of America, 1982, 29-39. "Theology and Psychology: A Humanistic Perspective," in Philosophy, Religion and Psychotherapy, Ed. Paul W. Sharkey, Washing, D. C., University Press of America, l982, 157-169. "The Future Case: An Alternative to Single Case Study,: Journal of Contemporary Psychology, Vol. 13, No. 1, in Spring/Summer, 1982, 77-82. "Future Intention--A New Group Guidance Procedure for Developing Goals for the Future," Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry, Vol. 34, 1981, 85-92. (co-authored with Sally Thomason)
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The book focuses on two groups of Jesus’ messages. One group comprises those sayings which make it hard to be a Christian. The other includes those which seemingly make it easy.
The “hard” or “tough” sayings of Jesus sere and scorch, challenge and demand. They call us to accountability, responsibility, and action. These are the sayings of the Sermon on the Mount, to the Rich Young Ruler, to the adulteress about to be stoned. These are sayings G. K. Chesterton was possibly recalling when he said, “Christianity, even when watered down, is hot enough to boil all of society to rags.” These sayings do not let us off the hook.
Dr. Morris is the author of Revival of the Gnostic Heresy: Fundamentalism. In this rigorous and provocative study, Joe E. Morris argues that the basic tenets and practices of Fundamentalism are those of ancient Christian Gnosticism. Drawing on extensive research and careful analysis, Morris aligns the two religious phenomena, point by point, tenet by tenet. Along the way, he provides insights into the key hermeneutic of Fundamentalism: inerrancy of Scripture, highlighting the multiple problems with the positions of literal and inerrant interpretation, their impracticality and unfeasibility, and their contradiction with their own conservative doctrine--namely, the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. This groundbreaking book dramatically recasts our understanding of the history of Christianity and gives important context to modern-day religious debates.
Dr. Morris has also authored Systematic Jury Selection in Mississippi: A Practical Approach.