Key Ideas of Mythic Reality

In no particular order:

• Truth is the perfect convergence of 'event' and 'meaning'; the unveiling of the what and the why inside a person. A thing happens, and Jesus unveils its meaning to us.
  
• Imagination is the internal mechanism used to open our eyes to the mythic nature of an event.
  
• Story is the best metaphor for life as we know it. We all have magnificent bit parts in Someone else's story.
  
• "Good" and "Evil" are not as useful as "Truth (light)" and "Falseness (darkness)" in understanding a human activity or condition. You don't need definitions of "light" and "darkness" in order to understand this. You simply need eyes to see.
  
• "Rebirth" is simply one metaphor for what it is to enter the kingdom. The invitation and the entering may take any number of forms.
  
• Acceptance of a set of propositional statements does not constitute salvation.
  
• Truth (entering the kingdom, 'seeing the light,' being 'reborn', etc.) is a thing that happens to us. It is not a verifiable proposition with which we agree, nor a conclusion we reach, nor a decision we make. It is experienced, not grasped.
  
• Faith is a kind of trust, a naive acceptance of what we have been told, a child-like wonder in our hearts. It is not the acceptance of a set of beliefs. Thomas saw and then believed. This is the equivalent of reading the scripture end to end, studying all the faith traditions and deciding to put one's trust in Jesus. Jesus said there was a more blessed way than this. "Be like children." Children are simple and naive, let's face it.
  
• We were created for fellowship with each other and communion with God. All forms of 'sin' can be described in terms of failure to engage in these two kinds of life.
  
• The glory of God is seen all through His creation, in the faces of a thousand of His children and creatures.
  
• There is no distinction between the sacred and the secular. There is simply life and death, light and darkness. Life activities cannot be categorized. Imagine walking through a music store and reading these headings above the racks of CDs: "Rap, Disco, New Age, Classical, Opera, Soundtracks, Country, Rock, Hip Hop, Gospel." Bogus. All human activities are spiritual, and can be described in terms of "light" and "darkness."
  
• What cannot be seen with the eyes opens our eyes to what is seen.
  
• Jesus came to restore all things to Himself. He does this as He sees fit, at His own pace. We have been invited to join Him in this restoration activity. Every knee would do well to bow at His coming and His activity.
  
• The main activity of the evil one is to tell that which God created, "You are not what you were meant to be. Someone is to blame. Either you, or God, blew it."
  
• Variety is God's way.
  
• Irony is God's sense of humor.
  
• When it comes to walking together with humans, pressing in is always the right response. Running away is always a sinful act.
  
• When it comes to walking with God, allowing His life to flow out of us is all that is required. Let your light shine. As the song goes, "Shine, make them wonder what you got."
  
• Bezalel (Exodus 31) is the rule, not the exception. Understand the life of Bezalel, and we will understand our own lives much more clearly. What is it that the Spirit of God is filling you to do? Go do it.