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Jesus and scientific living
July 19, 2019
Evangelist Evan was reminiscing with scientist Simon about his childhood, when he would be moved to tears while reading the New Testament gospels, especially in Matthew’s portrayal of Jesus’ beautiful wholeness of righteousness. “Happy are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” That righteousness is a gift from God is evident from the passage from Isaiah, “My soul shall rejoice in the love of my God, for he has clothed… Read More
Spiritual experience
June 14, 2019
Watch Mystical Maria: Talk of the spirit of God within is often a way of affirming that we can each have our own personal spiritual experience of God. We do not have to go along with stuffy traditional authority or superficial contemporary enthusiasms—even mine. Scientific Simon: All over the world, religious experience tends to reflect the religions that people already have. Religions give people expectations of what they can or should or will experience, and… Read More
Liberation
June 7, 2019
Spiritual liberation from inner resistance and outer obstacles comes from using spiritual force to break through to the new life in God.
The supreme desire and the supreme joy
May 31, 2019
Evan: I came across a definition of the gospel that puzzles me because it’s different, but it really attracts me. The gospel—the supreme desire to do the Father’s will coupled with the supreme joy of the faith realization of sonship with God.
Assurance
May 24, 2019
Sophia, if I were just meeting you, and if you expressed this concern, I would say, if you receive God as your Father, then you are a daughter of God. That means that you are born again. And that means that you have the power to overcome doubt. And that victory is your faith. Your salvation, your eternal life is assured. And you stay with the program by doing the will of your divine Parent.
Do you have to believe in Jesus to have eternal life?
May 17, 2019
Seven friends discuss the question, “How important in the religion that Jesus lived and taught, was the teaching that Jesus is the divine Son of God?”
What happens after you die?
May 10, 2019
Sophia the philosopher and Evan the evangelist discuss the possibility of growth after death. Why is heaven not just one place? The Hebrew Bible speaks of “the heaven of heavens.” Jesus says, “In my Father’s house are many mansions. In Second Corinthians, Paul refers to a man (most probably himself) being caught up in the third heaven. Hmmm. What’s going on?
Is there sexism in the concept of God as our Father?
May 3, 2019
Why do people reject the father concept of God? Of the various reasons, I consider two here. First, some fathers are terrible parents. Second, generations of sensitive, well-informed, and ethically committed persons have been persuaded that the father concept of God (at least without mention of the motherhood of God) is sexist. To this second concern, I respond with selections from chapters on scientific, philosophical, and spiritual living in my book, Living in Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.
Persecution righteousness happiness
April 26, 2019
Ali from Iran and Miguel from Colombia meet in a world religions class and have an extended conversation about a sentence in their assigned reading: Happy are they who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.