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Compare 07/31/10
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 18:47 — tallen
I can't think that when God sent us into the world He had irreversibly decreed that we should be perpetually miserable in it.
--John Wesley, (1703-1791)
P.2076 - §6 (195:6.1) Scientists have unintentionally precipitated mankind into a materialistic panic; they have started an unthinking run on the moral bank of the ages, but this bank of human experience has vast spiritual resources; it can stand the demands being made upon it. Only unthinking men become panicky about the spiritual assets of the human race. When the materialistic-secular panic is over, the religion of Jesus will not be found bankrupt. The spiritual bank of the kingdom of heaven will be paying out faith, hope, and moral security to all who draw upon it "in His name."
John Wesley was an Anglican cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, with founding the English Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield. In contrast to George Whitefield's Calvinism, Wesley embraced Arminianism. Methodism in both forms was a highly successful evangelical movement in the United Kingdom, which encouraged people to experience Jesus Christ personally.
--John Wesley, (1703-1791)
P.2076 - §6 (195:6.1) Scientists have unintentionally precipitated mankind into a materialistic panic; they have started an unthinking run on the moral bank of the ages, but this bank of human experience has vast spiritual resources; it can stand the demands being made upon it. Only unthinking men become panicky about the spiritual assets of the human race. When the materialistic-secular panic is over, the religion of Jesus will not be found bankrupt. The spiritual bank of the kingdom of heaven will be paying out faith, hope, and moral security to all who draw upon it "in His name."
John Wesley was an Anglican cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, with founding the English Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield. In contrast to George Whitefield's Calvinism, Wesley embraced Arminianism. Methodism in both forms was a highly successful evangelical movement in the United Kingdom, which encouraged people to experience Jesus Christ personally.
Compare 07/30/10
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 22:51 — tallen
I have to put up with two or three caterpillars if I want to know butterflies.
--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, (1900-1944)
P.1866 - §4 (170:5.21) Mistake not! there is in the teachings of Jesus an eternal nature which will not permit them forever to remain unfruitful in the hearts of thinking men. The kingdom as Jesus conceived it has to a large extent failed on earth; for the time being, an outward church has taken its place; but you should comprehend that this church is only the larval stage of the thwarted spiritual kingdom, which will carry it through this material age and over into a more spiritual dispensation where the Master's teachings may enjoy a fuller opportunity for development. Thus does the so-called Christian church become the cocoon in which the kingdom of Jesus' concept now slumbers. The kingdom of the divine brotherhood is still alive and will eventually and certainly come forth from this long submergence, just as surely as the butterfly eventually emerges as the beautiful unfolding of its less attractive creature of metamorphic development.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer and aviator. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince), and for his books about aviation adventures, including Night Flight and Wind, Sand and Stars.
He was a successful commercial pilot before World War II, joining the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) on the outbreak of war, flying reconnaissance missions until the armistice with Germany. Following a spell of writing in the United States, he joined the Free French Forces. He disappeared on a reconnaissance flight over the Mediterranean in July 1944.
--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, (1900-1944)
P.1866 - §4 (170:5.21) Mistake not! there is in the teachings of Jesus an eternal nature which will not permit them forever to remain unfruitful in the hearts of thinking men. The kingdom as Jesus conceived it has to a large extent failed on earth; for the time being, an outward church has taken its place; but you should comprehend that this church is only the larval stage of the thwarted spiritual kingdom, which will carry it through this material age and over into a more spiritual dispensation where the Master's teachings may enjoy a fuller opportunity for development. Thus does the so-called Christian church become the cocoon in which the kingdom of Jesus' concept now slumbers. The kingdom of the divine brotherhood is still alive and will eventually and certainly come forth from this long submergence, just as surely as the butterfly eventually emerges as the beautiful unfolding of its less attractive creature of metamorphic development.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer and aviator. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince), and for his books about aviation adventures, including Night Flight and Wind, Sand and Stars.
He was a successful commercial pilot before World War II, joining the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) on the outbreak of war, flying reconnaissance missions until the armistice with Germany. Following a spell of writing in the United States, he joined the Free French Forces. He disappeared on a reconnaissance flight over the Mediterranean in July 1944.
Wednesday Night Jesus Papers, 07/28/10
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:20 — ceudaleyWe enjoyed a couple of people who had not attended our Wednesday class before. We were in the middle of the Feast of Tabernacles where Jesus' discourses were straight forward, with few comparisons. The descriptions of the candelabras, golden pitcher, silvery trumpets, and the paradise apple were enchanting, and of course Jesus proclaiming "I am the light of the world" and "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" is truly memorable. We enjoyed some chocolate chip cookies of the mostly non-flat variety along with fellowship afterwards.
Cabot
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Wed, 07/28/2010 - 22:32 — tallen
Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.
--Henry Ward Beecher, (1813-1887)
P.1141 - §4 (103:9.6) When theology masters religion, religion dies; it becomes a doctrine instead of a life.
Henry Ward Beecher was born at Litchfield, Connecticut in 1813. A shy boy with a tendency to mumble, be became one of the great preachers of his time. He was a committed abolitionist, as was his sister Harriet Beecher Stowe. He called on his congregations to make special offerings so they could buy slaves and set them free.
--Henry Ward Beecher, (1813-1887)
P.1141 - §4 (103:9.6) When theology masters religion, religion dies; it becomes a doctrine instead of a life.
Henry Ward Beecher was born at Litchfield, Connecticut in 1813. A shy boy with a tendency to mumble, be became one of the great preachers of his time. He was a committed abolitionist, as was his sister Harriet Beecher Stowe. He called on his congregations to make special offerings so they could buy slaves and set them free.
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Tue, 07/27/2010 - 22:45 — tallen
In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer.
--George Orwell, (1903-1950)
P.100 - §2 (9:1.8) The universe of your origin is being forged out between the anvil of justice and the hammer of suffering; but those who wield the hammer are the children of mercy, the spirit offspring of the Infinite Spirit.
P.747 - §3 (66:5.13) Urantia civilization was literally forged out between the anvil of necessity and the hammers of fear.
Eric Arthur Blair was born at Motihari, in the Bengali province of British India and went with his mother and sisters to England a year later. He attended, with scholarships, a series of excellent schools concluding with Eton College, but his performance at Eton did not win him additional scholarships so he joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma for five years. He decided to become a writer and moved first to London and then Paris, living cheap and taking odd jobs. To avoid embarrassing his family, Down and Out in Paris and London was published in 1933 under the name George Orwell. After doing a little teaching he found demand for his work from newspapers, he wrote propaganda for the BBC during the war, and then made his name with Animal Farm in 1945 and won fame with 1984 just before his death.
--George Orwell, (1903-1950)
P.100 - §2 (9:1.8) The universe of your origin is being forged out between the anvil of justice and the hammer of suffering; but those who wield the hammer are the children of mercy, the spirit offspring of the Infinite Spirit.
P.747 - §3 (66:5.13) Urantia civilization was literally forged out between the anvil of necessity and the hammers of fear.
Eric Arthur Blair was born at Motihari, in the Bengali province of British India and went with his mother and sisters to England a year later. He attended, with scholarships, a series of excellent schools concluding with Eton College, but his performance at Eton did not win him additional scholarships so he joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma for five years. He decided to become a writer and moved first to London and then Paris, living cheap and taking odd jobs. To avoid embarrassing his family, Down and Out in Paris and London was published in 1933 under the name George Orwell. After doing a little teaching he found demand for his work from newspapers, he wrote propaganda for the BBC during the war, and then made his name with Animal Farm in 1945 and won fame with 1984 just before his death.
Compare 07/27/10
Mon, 07/26/2010 - 21:49 — tallen
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.
--Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870)
P.1875 - §4 (171:7.9) Most of the really important things which Jesus said or did seemed to happen casually, "as he passed by." There was so little of the professional, the well-planned, or the premeditated in the Master's earthly ministry. He dispensed health and scattered happiness naturally and gracefully as he journeyed through life. It was literally true, "He went about doing good."
And it behooves the Master's followers in all ages to learn to minister as "they pass by"--to do unselfish good as they go about their daily duties.
Charles John Huffam Dickens was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters.
Many of his novels, with their recurrent theme of social reform, first appeared in magazines in serialised form, a popular format at the time. Unlike other authors who completed entire novels before serialisation, Dickens often created the episodes as they were being serialized. The practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by cliffhangers to keep the public looking forward to the next installment. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print.
His work has been praised for its mastery of prose and unique personalities by writers such as George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton, though the same characteristics prompted others, such as Henry James and Virginia Woolf, to criticise him for sentimentality and implausibility.
--Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870)
P.1875 - §4 (171:7.9) Most of the really important things which Jesus said or did seemed to happen casually, "as he passed by." There was so little of the professional, the well-planned, or the premeditated in the Master's earthly ministry. He dispensed health and scattered happiness naturally and gracefully as he journeyed through life. It was literally true, "He went about doing good."
And it behooves the Master's followers in all ages to learn to minister as "they pass by"--to do unselfish good as they go about their daily duties.
Charles John Huffam Dickens was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters.
Many of his novels, with their recurrent theme of social reform, first appeared in magazines in serialised form, a popular format at the time. Unlike other authors who completed entire novels before serialisation, Dickens often created the episodes as they were being serialized. The practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by cliffhangers to keep the public looking forward to the next installment. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print.
His work has been praised for its mastery of prose and unique personalities by writers such as George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton, though the same characteristics prompted others, such as Henry James and Virginia Woolf, to criticise him for sentimentality and implausibility.
Sunday Night Class 07/25/10
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 22:43 — tallenFriends,
In spite of Michael's absence, 10 of us sallied forth into Paper 112 and learned a lot about the survival of our soul. It amazes me how much information the papers include in such delightful detail about what happens to us at death. How enlightening and inspiring.
We just have a couple of sections left in this paper, so come on out and join us. We will need a new moderator after this paper, so get your thinking caps on. See you next week!
Tom