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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General
The story of Jesus is well-known worldwide. But have you ever
wondered if it is the true and complete story of the Savior? Could
there be more to the Son of God?Author Audrey Carr addresses those
questions in The Greatest Story Never Told: An Advanced
Understanding of Christianity. She not only presents the real story
of Jesus, in which he did not die on the cross, but also includes
his unitary gospel of "oneness with God" that traditional
Christianity has missed. Quoting from highly documented, scholarly
works, this story of Jesus incorporates Judaism, Christianity,
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. With details and maps of his many
years in India, Carr provides a photograph of his real tomb in
Kashmir. Carr also offers information about meditation techniques
he practiced, for Jesus was not a Christian but a Hindu-Buddha "The
Kingdom of Heaven" was his term for Enlightened
Consciousness.Unlike other scholarly books, The Greatest Story
Never Told is intended for the everyday person. Readers will come
away with a new, meaningful, life-changing understanding of Jesus
and his teachings. Carr seeks to destroy what is false and
resuscitate the real truth, beyond all myths, and she reveals the
connections between major religions. Spiritually uplifting and
challenging, The Greatest Story Never Told is for anyone who is
ready for an advanced understanding of Jesus and all the other
God-men of the ages who have realized their divine identity.
In this book he will take you behind the scenes of views on an
amazing variety of subjects, from the character of the Eurasians
domiciled in the San Francisco Archdiocese. Who discussed
relativity and the atom bomb; analyzed Marxism and Communism,
comparing both to Christianity and Democracy. It displays the
intellectual grasp of both spiritual and temporal problems of our
society in the signs of times.
From 1914 the Cruz family moved to Shanghai - it resonates with
today's conflicts and challenges of endless wars. And, it was truly
providential they had survived these many years As a historian in
his own right, is emerging as an author of alternative history.
Thus, an epic story on Moses of the Old Testament about the Exodus
of Israelites from Egypt into the Promise Land is being retold in
resemblance of this modern day narrative in The Eurasian
Gentile.
With great conviction, one who ponders the fate of the free
world and speaks of America's destiny in the present world crisis
and the philosophy of life and living which embraces love of God,
love of neighbor, and love of country.. By the Grace of God, the
writer has captured all his personal history in this memoir
incorporating his life experiences throughout his many travels.
Every serious student of the Bible desires to understand the text,
discover the biblical principles, and apply the truths to his or
her life. This commentary is designed to help students, pastors,
and Bible teachers understand James and Jude in a simple manner.
Working from the popular New International Version (NIV), the
author provides helpful commentary on the text verse by verse. This
verse-by-verse commentary is different from others in two respects.
First, it is brief while some commentaries are unnecessarily wordy
and verbose. Second, it is Pentecostal in outlook. This implies
that we generally adhere to the doctrine of biblical inerrancy and
adopt a literalist approach to the interpretation of the Bible.
James and Jude are letters from James and Jude respectively, who
are half brothers of our Lord Jesus. The timeless truth that James
presents is that believers must harmonize their faith and action.
Our faith must be demonstrated in all situations of life-at home,
at work, in church, in the neighborhood. Jude writes to warn
believers about false teachers and their heresy. He calls on
believers to contend for the apostolic faith.
Each of us is brought into this world with an insatiable, often
misunderstood longing, a haunting of desire for something that is
beyond us. Mysteriously sensing our fractured incompleteness, A
Soul's Romancing: Experience the Holy exposes the source of our
shared inner desperation as the soul's expressive search for
unparalleled and consuming intimacy. A Soul's Romancing: Experience
the Holy offers insight into the mannerisms of the soul and offers
a much-needed language for the restless heart of humanity.
The Book of Revelation comes with a blessing to all who read it,
hear it and do what it says. The question is: How can we understand
it if is presented to us in the form of symbols?
Symbols can be understood after the prophecy has been fulfilled
and believers are encouraged when they look back in history and see
what the symbols represented. God uses symbols to keep what He has
planned a mystery before it takes place; that way neither man nor
Satan can compromise it.
Revelation teaches us that God blesses overcomers, warns of
judgment and tells us what will happen to those who do not
listen.
In The Book of Revelation Satan uses Paganism (symbolized by the
Dragon); The Antichrist (symbolized by the Beast) and False
Doctrine (symbolized by the False Prophet) to stop the truth of the
gospel.
The reader will learn from the Reformers what each of these
systems are: how they rose to power; how their power was taken away
and how they come on the scene again for a ? little season? before
the Second Coming of our Lord.
Central to the Christian life is the practice of prayer. But what,
theologically speaking, is going on when we pray? What does prayer
have to do with religious belief and action? Does prayer make a
difference? Prayer: A Guide for the Perplexed addresses these and
other key questions regarding the Christian theology of prayer.
Beginning with Evagrius of Ponticus's 'On Prayer', Ashley
Cocksworth finds in this early document a profound expression of
the 'integrity' of the experience of prayer and theological
thought. Seeking throughout to integrate systematic theology and
the spirituality of prayer, individual chapters explore the meaning
of some of the core doctrines of lived Christian faith - the
Trinity, creation, providence, and the Christian life - as they
relate to the practice of prayer. Complete with an annotated
bibliography of sources on prayer to promote further reading, this
volume appeals to academics and general readers alike.
'Spirituality' is a word that is used increasingly these days yet
it is often ill-defined. What exactly is spirituality? Is it
distinct from religion and can we separate it from beliefs and
traditions? Does spirituality mainly focus on spiritual experiences
and practices or is it something more? This book suggests that,
while there may be common features in the use of the word,
'spirituality' is not a single reality. Different 'spiritualities'
reflect particular religious or philosophical viewpoints, as well
as the cultural contexts in which they arise and develop.
"Spirituality: A Guide for the Perplexed" provides students and
general readers with a reliable and comprehensive guide to
'spirituality' as an area of study, religiously, historically,
philosophically and in the social sciences. It explores the tools
that are used to study the subject and to interpret spiritual
classics (whether these are written texts or other forms such as
art) from different times and cultures. Attention is paid to
spirituality in a variety of religious and non-religious forms in
their own terms and comparatively. However, for the sake of
simplicity greatest attention is given to the study of spirituality
within a religious perspective with illustrations drawn from texts,
personalities and themes associated with five major world
religions, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. The
book concludes with an exploration of spirituality in contemporary
perspective - in particular how spirituality is currently employed
in areas such as health-care, education and business among other
examples.
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