Wednesday, March 31, 2021

We're misunderstanding the problem

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Spiritual problems cannot be solved by administrative techniques . The problem is not how to fill the buildings but how to inspire the hea...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

That flashy preacher? Look at his knees!

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There are many who labor in the vineyard of oratory; but who knows how to pray, or how to inspire others to pray? There are many who can exe...
Monday, March 29, 2021

Does it help?

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This is our problem: “We have eyes to see but see not; we have ears to hear but hear not.” There is God, and we do not understand Him; there...
Friday, March 26, 2021

What we need

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Let us never forget: If God is a symbol, He is a fiction. But if God is real, then He is able to express His will unambiguously. Symbols ar...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

'tis real

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The uniqueness of the Bible is not in its symbolism. The religions of Egypt, Rome, India were rich in symbolism; what they lacked was not th...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

It's Metaphysical

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Science does not know the world as it is; it knows the world in human terms. Scientific knowledge is symbolic knowledge. Trying to hold an in...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

You've been had!

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As background to this little post, I worked in distribution of audio and video for fifteen years. I also have been a marketer in book publis...

It's the emptiness

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No one eats figuratively, no one sleeps symbolically; so why should the pious man be content to worship God symbolically? Those who are in...
Monday, March 22, 2021

How free are you, really?

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Identity and personhood are complex ideas that may have been quite different in the ancient past. Often, our contemporary inclination is to ...

What image?

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The divine symbolism of man is not in what he has —such as reason or the power of speech—but in what he is potentially: he is able to be ho...
Friday, March 19, 2021

More on the image of God

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As not one man or one particular nation but all men and all nations are endowed with the likeness of God, there is no danger of ever worship...
Thursday, March 18, 2021

In the image and likeness of…

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And yet there is something in the world that the Bible does regard as a symbol of God. It is not a temple or a tree, it is not a statue or a...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Just a bit of leavening…

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One can serve God with the body, even with one’s passions; one must only be able to distinguish between the dross and the gold. This world a...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Chaos, waiting at the doors

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One of the lessons we have derived from the events of our time is that we cannot dwell at ease under the sun of our civilization, that man i...
Monday, March 15, 2021

The spoken word

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Many of us detest the idea of holiness and consider it to be a waste of time, a meaningless concept, the invention of primitive man, notwith...
Friday, March 12, 2021

Partnering together

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We are partners with God, partners in everyday actions. We do not walk alone. We are not solitary in our toils or forsaken in our efiforts. ...
Thursday, March 11, 2021

How to judge value

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All values are esteemed only to the extent that they are worthy in the sight of God, for only through the Divine Light is their light seen. ...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The measure of a person (or society)

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How does one measure dominion, beauty wealth, power? The soul of every human being possesses within it the tendency to value those things th...
Tuesday, March 09, 2021

The siren call

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The satan of publicity dances at the crossroads, moving with full strength. Who is the wise man who has not gone out after him, following hi...
Monday, March 08, 2021

True nobility

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What is the meaning of nobility? A person possessing nobility is one whose hidden wealth surpasses his outward wealth, whose hidden treasure...