Considering evidence + Challenging everything
From: Words to Remember
Category: Thoughts of Others
Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace
I Offer You Peace. I Offer You Love. I Offer You Friendship. I See Your Beauty. …I Hear Your Need. I Feel Your Feelings. My Wisdom Flows From the Highest Source. I Salute That ‘Source’ in You. Let Us Work Together. For Unity and Peace. ♥ Mahatma Gandhi This incredible Indian philosopher, internationally esteemed… Read More Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace
Prayer not a withdrawal from the battles of life
Prayer is not a withdrawal from the battles of life. Prayer is where we enter battle and call on the armies of heaven to fight beside, before and within us. In the words of an old song we, ‘Get down on your knees and fight like a man.’ We call up the big guns to… Read More Prayer not a withdrawal from the battles of life
Do we need to learn to accept ourselves as we are?
Everyday we do have to face our self. In this world we encounter so many people who are not happy with their looks, their work, their politicians, their “this and that”! When not happy with the own body many look for aesthetic corrections. The Coffeeshop rabbi writes Often we adopt a resolution because there is… Read More Do we need to learn to accept ourselves as we are?
What is the Kingdom of God?
From the first Book of the Bible we learn already that God has a Plan for His creation and that there would come some one who shall bring an end to all misery and death. That sent one from God shall be authorised by God to speak and act in His Name. He would be… Read More What is the Kingdom of God?
Death
Originally posted on Myabishai's Blog:
Death Acts 7:55-8:1 But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” But…
Leading with Fear: Gathering or Scattering?
Originally posted on Myabishai's Blog:
Leading with Fear: Gathering or Scattering? Jeremiah 23:1-81 Restoration after Exile Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered…
Just One More Minute
Originally posted on Wordsmith's Desk:
? ~ How precious is a minute? Hear the plea, “Oh, for just one more minute.” Words left unspoken…intentions left undone… “Oh, for just one more minute.” How precious is a minute? So much more than we realize… until it’s gone. ~
3 Reasons Why You Should Go To A Small Church
Originally posted on First World Revival:
?? 3 Reasons Why You Should Go To A Small Church Before you go on assuming please know that I have nothing personal against the contemporary “mega-church” movement but I do think that attending a small church will more consistently grow God’s children into spiritual maturity. I also want…
Add your vote for the outlook of this website
Why do you not let hear your voice about the outlook of this site? We invite you to express your opinion. Please be welcome to have your say. Graag nodigen wij u uit om uw indruk te geven over het uiterlijk van deze site. Mits wij nu graag de lezer de keuze laten om te… Read More Add your vote for the outlook of this website
Overcome division with core values
Originally posted on Wisdomforlife:
Conflict management 101 “Virtually all theorists of conflict management agree that parties to a conflict must share larger or ultimate values in common as a basis on which to resolve their differences.” (Hugh Halverstadt, Managing Church Conflict, p. 212). Two important examples Two areas that significantly disrupt unity are differences in giftedness effecting…
Four Pressing Needs in Rural Communities, and How the Church Should Respond
In our expanding world people having to find places where they can find enough work to provide for a sufficient income, people may find different denominations they originally grew up in. In the wealthy countries many extended families today are scattered among different congregations, some in different states, provinces or on different sides of the… Read More Four Pressing Needs in Rural Communities, and How the Church Should Respond
a little church
Originally posted on Pilgrimpace's Blog:
I am extremely grateful for a friend who shared this poem by ee cummings with me. I hope it is OK to reproduce it here. It is something I shall be living out of for a while. It makes me ask questions; I am not sure I agree with…
Is your church small?
Originally posted on The ONE THING:
Mark 4:31 (NKJV) It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; Recently I attended a pastor’s conference where I was informed that 80% of the churches in my denomination were small churches and that the…
Personal thoughts, communication, establishing ecclesia and guest writings
From now on you shall be able to find on this platform of the Free Christadelphians or Brothers in Christ personal thoughts under the own heading of the author or under this name of ‘guestpeaker‘. This way the founder of this site created an opportunity to have sporadically some personal thoughts and ideas from non-christadelphians… Read More Personal thoughts, communication, establishing ecclesia and guest writings
The Big Conversation follow up
Some days ago we announced The Big Conversation and were very interested in the outcome of the thoughts brought together by our brethren and sisters. Held at Dudley College on October 10th 2015 the Big Conversation was an opportunity for brothers and sisters from UK ecclesias to share their thoughts and feelings about the future… Read More The Big Conversation follow up
Islam says it admires faith based on logic, what about the others
Originally posted on Islam and Spirituality:
As per Holy Quran only faith that’s based on a thought process is respected. Sura Al-e-Imran verse 191: “And those who ponder on the shape of skies and earth say ‘Oh our God, you have not created them without benefit’ ” On the other hand Holy Quran admonishes those…
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