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    Using a Time Warp to Get It Right: A Dialogue with Disciples
    Using a Time Warp to Get It Right: A Dialogue with Disciples
    Using a Time Warp to Get It Right: A Dialogue with Disciples
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    Using a Time Warp to Get It Right: A Dialogue with Disciples

    By Br. Spike Jonas

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    The book is an admixture of science fiction and adventure with both a military and a religious perspective. Br. Spike travels back in time to 45 AD to dialogue with Disciples to establish historical facts useful in understanding the early roots of Christian doctrine.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 24, 2011
    ISBN9781456746742
    Using a Time Warp to Get It Right: A Dialogue with Disciples
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    Br. Spike Jonas

    Author is a Neurology professor, a retired Army Colonel, +a licensed Eucharistic minister of the Episcopal Church who questions religious authority and studies religious history + doctrine in an attempt to clarify his issues. He inserts himself into a short story as Brother Spike Jonas who travels in time to speak with Disciples.

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      Using a Time Warp to Get It Right - Br. Spike Jonas

      © 2011 Norman C. Reynolds Jr., M.D.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 02/21/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-1441-3 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-4674-2 (e-b)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2010919008

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any Web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      SYNOPSIS:

      INTRODUCTION

      VERBALIZATION TO CLERGY

      TIME TRAVEL

      OR ANOTHER FANTASY?

      ARRANGING A TRIP

      TIME WARP

      MY SIDE TRIP TO ROME

      RETURN TO MODERN TIMES

      SYNOPSIS:

      "Dear Lord, I grow so weary of sitting on this fence

      Just wondering when your Bible will finally make some sense

      I need your Holy Spirit to lift my soul on high

      Grant patience, wisdom and some closure before I die"

      Br. Spike

      If you ever wanted to be an integral part of your religion, but you felt a disconnect with remote culture, language and history, insert yourself into the process carefully but directly with a desire to learn as much as possible Br. Spike. This is a short fantasy of someone who ponders the realities in Christian tradition and wonders how accurate the Bible really is.

      Specific theological issues are posed and addressed by participant observation and inquiry. At the beginning, writing as a fictitious lay member of a religious order, the author describes his history of religious doubts and a desire to resolve these issues. He discusses these concerns first with an Episcopal priest and then with his nephew, a physics professor who puts him in touch with Air Force researchers studying time travel at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago. Under the guidance and support of these researchers he travels to Jerusalem and makes his trip back in time to 45 AD. He links up with John, Thomas, James and Mary Magdalene who are able to clarify early church concepts with him. He takes a side trip with Roman soldiers to visit an ancient Mithric temple near Rome and runs into Deacon Phoebe delivering Paul’s first letter to Roman Christians in the catacombs. He eventually returns to the present and is debriefed by military personnel and in turn relates his story to his original clergy contact in a coffee shop. The issues are resolved with an admixture of science fiction, adventure, and spiritual experience. The people in the story are all real people with fictitious names and the biblical figures are researched from Bible references and the writings of the Rt. Rev.Tom Wright, Anglican Bishop of Durham. The author is a licensed Eucharistic Minister of the Episcopal Church and a Professor of Neurology.

      INTRODUCTION

      There’s one thing that I cannot get out of my head now for the past 55 years. When I was a catechism student in Pastor Hochstetter’s class, I tried hard to learn the proper materials for Lutheran Confirmation. Every relative on the German side of the family was confirmed and I felt out of loyalty that I should also do it. I had my adjustment reactions but I was convinced that having one foot on the path to Heaven had its merits. Classes with the Pastor were not always boring: that one day when a boy with greased hair and wearing a leather jacket, put a cigarette in his mouth to impress the girls in the class. The enraged Pastor actually pistol whipped him

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