The Word “Easter” The word ‘Easter” does not come from Ishtar or Astarte! This does not even make linguistic sense since words from those languages do not migrate into English. […]
Read part 1 first The Threefold Appeal One of Dyer’s recent books is Being In Balance:9 Principles for Creating Habits to Match Your Desires. Part of the description states: “In […]
“Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.” Proverbs 27.20 Wayne Dyer is a motivational speaker and prolific bestselling author who appeared often on […]
The word divine comes from divination, which in a broad sense means getting information from a divine being. The divine being can be a god, goddess, angel, any kind of spirit, or some other […]
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown has become a bestseller. Although a work of fiction, in the story Brown suggests or speculates that Jesus married Mary of Magdalene and that […]
Haven’t read part 1 and part 2? read them before reading this one Beyond contemplative prayer: back to God’s word Reflecting on God’s word, in the sense of thinking […]
Read Part 1 before reading this one Beyond the mind: No-thinking According to Keating, CP should be “detachment” from thought, getting into a state of “no-thinking” and that “it is […]
[First published in Midwest Christian Outreach Journal, February, 2005; this version has been modified with additional information] “God’s first language is silence.” 1 “Progress in intimacy with God means progress […]
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We can journey from shelter provided by God to rebellion against God to redemption from God through the abundant and magnificant tree imagery in the Bible.