Outside the Pigeon Holes

The Book: Patmos by C. Baxter Kruger The Main Idea : Aiden who is a theologian and St. John, author of the Gospel of John and Revelation, meet in a cave on the Island of Patmos and have a three-day conversation. What I liked : The crux of what the author wants to convey is exactly what I have come to understand about the Gospel: that the biggest lie we have been fed by religion and the devil is the lie of seperation from God. There is no seperation except in our minds. And any theology that has seperation (IE - you are apart from God until you believe the right thing and say the right prayer and live the right lifestyle) at the heart of its truth will eventually lead to the exhaustion  and despairof its adherents. Life is in understanding that Christ is already in us - always has been and always will be. Nothing was created or exists in the Heavens or on Earth outside of Jesus - as is the message of John's Gospel. The Gospel of John is explored from this framework as is t