Palm Sunday
The 10th of Nisan was the day the children of Israel were commanded to choose an unblemished lamb for the Passover sacrifice on the 14th of Nisan. This is the Paschal Lamb to be the offered, roasted and eaten for Passover Seder.
Jesus and Shalosh Regalim – Three Jewish Pilgrimage Festivals
Shalosh Regalim refers to the three annual pilgrimage festivals required in Judaism; Pesach (Passover – physical salvation), Shavuot (Weeks, Pentecost – spiritual salvation), and Sukkot (Tents, Booths, or Tabernacles – Joyous thanks for God’s encompassing protection).
I Shall Not Want – Psalm 23:1
The archetypal Shepherd is used through the Bible as the one who cares for the sheep, people. This is said of God and His kings. In Jesus of Nazareth we have the King of Kings and the Good Shepherd in the anointed Christ.
William James – What is the Nature and Value of Religious Propensity?
The question, What are the religious propensities? and the question, What is their philosophic significance? are two entirely different orders of question from the logical point of view; and, as a failure to recognize this fact distinctly may breed confusion, I wish to insist upon the point a little before we enter into the documents […]
Great Books – A Valuation Statement
A great book one that catalyzes coherent thought, period. The more coherently a book catalyzes thought, the less I want to put it down.
William James – Feelings and Impulses Must be the Subject of Psychological Inquiry
If the inquiry be psychological, not religious institutions, but rather religious feelings and religious impulses must be its subject, and I must confine myself to those more developed subjective phenomena recorded in literature produced by articulate and fully self-conscious men, in works of piety and autobiography. The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James, Lecture […]