Varieties of Religious Experience – William James
The course is not anthropological, but deals with personal documents. Percepts versus abstract concepts-Happiness is man’s chief concern-Healthy-mindedness and repentance- Heterogeneous personality- Sudden conversion- Testing human value of its fruits- Mysticism defined- Primacy of feeling in religion- Philosophy a secondary function- Aesthetic elements in religion- Summary of religious characteristics
Lectio Divina – Divine Reading – Prayerfully Reading the Bible
“Divine Reading” refers to a specific practice. The next time you feel God leading you to read the Bible, but you do not know how to start, try Lectio Divina.
Your Own Emotions Have Cut You Off from Us
Most, if not all creeds, mark a clear point when a group, large or small, separated into its own group/division. Comparing one creed to the creed before it, on the same branch, we can see what the points of contention were between different believing groups.
Lord, Lord, Did We Not
In Matthew 7, Jesus makes a statement that should give each of us pause to consider our personal relationship with Him. Jesus said that not everyone who calls out to Him “Κύριε, Κύριε”, “Lord, Lord” are of His flock, the household of God. If people who claimed to follow Jesus, to the point of producing miracles, did […]
Job Did Not Turn From God – Was There More He Could Have Done?
The last few times I have gone through Job I have been hearing a new main message. God declares Job just, but still has this to say,
“Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?” Job 40:8
Do Christians Believe in Miracles?
For a Christian ‘yes’ is the only answer to the question, “has God worked through miracles?” Christianity falls if miracles do not exist.