There is some business that I want to mention at the end of this post, and it connects directly with some of the most important teachings of Jesus. Here is the question that I want to answer today. Jesus taught that we should love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength—and our neighbor as ourselves. How does this teaching relate to Jesus’ description of the basic relationship of God and humankind?
The 12 step program’s Jellinek Curve symbolizes and describes the downward spiral into chaos and then the recovery slope back to health, sanity, happiness, and productive living. This curve symbolizes an interpretation of our planet going downhill.
Truth is like the light on a miner’s helmet, illuminating for everyone the scene as it changes step by step.
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 … Read more
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.
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?
Legalism and self-righteousness hostility give righteousness a bad name. But the hunger and thirst for righteousness lead to the divine gift of righteousness and on to our learning the beautiful wholeness. Here’s how.
What answer to the question “Who am I?” establishes truth in your core identity, makes any remaining craziness peripheral and much easier to deal with, and opens up enhanced beauty and goodness for your contribution to sanity in this world?
The truth of God as our Father is accessible to the faith of a child. It reveals who the Creator and liberates us to live in harmony with the Creator, the evolving creation, and our core identity.