Post Archive


Here you can find every post from Jack's Journal, even the ones I've hidden! 

I work through Paul’s closing church letters as he urges believers to reject manmade rules, avoid idleness, and stay faithful in doing good while awaiting the Lord’s return.

Jack dives into Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians, each challenging false gospels, hierarchy debates, and calling Christians to live biblically, not culturally.

Exploring 1 & 2 Corinthians, Jack found Paul’s letters reveal not just doctrine but living guidance on division, leadership, women in church, and true faith.

Jack reflects on reading Romans along the Camino, exploring grace, faith, and the marks of a true Christian while rejecting manmade obstacles to genuine belief.

Jack reflects on the Book of Acts from the Camino, exploring early Church history, citizenship, closed temples, and the Bible’s clear path to salvation.

Jack reflects on three goals, bullfighting, religion, and writing, set before a round-the-world trip and revisited after two years on the road.

Contrary to popular belief, I am a highly sentimental person. Not with photos or gifts, but with symbols of something greater than...

There is more to the religious angle than simply commitment to God in the face of an uncertain end of the night. There are lessons to draw from the corrida as an allegory for Christian life, from the written law to our behaviour in the face of social change.

Therein lies the element of faith. Did Jesus really feed 5,000 people with just five loaves and two fish? Did John really preach and die in Ephesus? Is Christianity truly superior to Hellenism? The truth is, we don’t really know and likely never will. Archaeology and history are soft sciences, and without a time machine, we can only make an assessment of what actually happened. But I answered those questions with some of my own.

I knew this story from Sunday School as a child, but I had long chalked it up to theological parable.  Standing in the great theatre, I could no longer ignore that the riot was real.