- Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 115 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
One particular idea is taken as the support,in which everything rests and exists,and that support has become all this So on with various ideas - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 116 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
It is not a very logical argument, as we all know; there is something childish about it, yet it is the only little bit of anything we can know about God from the external world, that this world required a builder But this is no explanation of the universe - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 118 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
Thus we find that the minds of these ancient Aryan thinkers had begun a new theme They found out that in the external world no search would give an answer to their question - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 117 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
Along with this progress of spiritual ideas that I am trying to trace for you, I can only hint to you a little about the other factor in the growth, for that has nothing to do with our subject, therefore I need not enlarge upon it -- the growth of rituals As those spiritual ideas progressed in arithmetical progression, so the ritualistic ideas progressed in geometrical progression - 12 Compelling Evidences That The Bible Is True By : Rob VandeWeghe
Is the Bible true Can we trust the texts we read today - 15 Compelling Evidences That God Exists By : Rob VandeWeghe
Does God exist Does evolution explain our existence - The Silver Scrolls, The Oldest Biblical Texts By : Rob VandeWeghe
In June 1986 archaeologists of Tel Aviv University announced discovery of two small silver amulets These two silver scrolls were found in 1979 deep inside a burial cave at a site known as Ketef Hinnom, west of the old city of Jerusalem - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 112 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
Buddhism is a great religion in some respects,but to confuse Buddhism with Vedanta is without meaning; anyone may mark just the difference that exists between Christianity and the Salvation Army There are great and good points in Buddhism,but these great points fell into hands which were not able to keep them safe - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 111 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
In all these cases where hymns were written about all these gods, the Being perceived was one and the same; it was the perceiver who made the difference It was the hymnist,the sage, the poet,who sang in different languages and different words, the praise of one and the same Being - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 110 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
Before going into all these speculations of the ancient Vedic sages, we will first refer to one or two very curious instances in the Vedas The peculiar fact -- that these gods are taken up, as it were, one after the other,raised and sublimated,till each has assumed the proportions of the infinite Personal God of the Universe -- calls for an explanation - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 109 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
So we can multiply examples about the other gods; they all come,one after the other, to share the same fate -- they first begin as gods, and then they are raised to this conception as the Being in whom the whole universe exists, who sees every heart, who is the ruler of the universe And in the case of Varuna, there is another idea,just the germ of one idea which came,but was immediately suppressed by the Aryan mind, and that was the idea of fear - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 108 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
But the popular idea that strikes one as making the mythologies of the Samhitas entirely different from the other mythologies is, that along with every one of these gods is the idea of an infinity This infinite is abstracted,and sometimes described as Aditya - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 107 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
What concerns us most is the religious thought -- on soul and God and all that appertains to religion We will take the Samhitas - Relying On Faith To Carry Us Through By : James Brown
Every time a parent visits their son in jail they are relying on Faith to keep their child safe from harm By relying on Faith to carry us through the difficult times of our life, we are placing our life in the hands of God - Jesus' Resurrection - Were The Apostles Deceived? By : Rob VandeWeghe
The lives of the twelve Apostles as well as those of Paul and James provide clear evidence they were convinced Jesus really returned from the dead, but perhaps they were deceived They believed it to be true, but had they been fooled - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 106 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
My sins, my sorrows, my actions, good and evil, I will offer unto Thee; do Thou take them and I will never forget" One moment I say, "Thy will be done," and the next moment something comes to try me and I spring up in a rage - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 105 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
I am the universal; stand upon that and ever worship the highest through the highest form, for God is Spirit and should be worshipped in spirit and in truth Through lower forms of worship, man's material thoughts rise to spiritual worship and the Universal Infinite One is at last worshipped in and through the spirit - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 104 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
The man who is groping through sin, through misery, the man who is choosing the path through hells, will reach it, but it will take time We cannot save him - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 102 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
Freedom breathes in the throb of the universe Unless there is unity at the universal heart, we cannot understand variety - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 101 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
The whole of nature is worship of God Wherever there is life, there is this search for freedom and that freedom is the same as God - Prophets And Prophecies Book Reviews By : Michael Bradley
For those you who are interested in the gift of prophecy and the prophets that our Lord is raising up in this day and age, here is a list of some of the best books on this topic
The gift of prophecy can be manifested by the Holy Spirit through any believer at any time, and understanding what this gift is all about may help increase your chances of having this gift be manifested through you by the Lord - Jesus' Resurrection - The Evidence Of The Missing Body By : Rob VandeWeghe
All four gospel writers unanimously agree that Joseph of Arimathea claimed the body of Jesus after His death Here is the account of Luke 23:50-56 (see also Matthew 27:57-61, Mark 15:42-47 and John 19:38-42):
“Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action - The Conversion Of James, The Brother Of Jesus By : Rob VandeWeghe
After the miraculous conception of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph had other children as well The gospels report that Jesus had at least four brothers and some sisters: “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son - Would You Die For A Lie? By : Rob VandeWeghe
At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus chose twelve disciples, who later served as His apostles As history and tradition teaches us, likely all but one, John, died a violent death as martyrs for their faith - Jesus’ Miracles, Signs Of Divine Powers? By : Rob VandeWeghe
“This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in Him” (John 2:11) - The Conversion Of Saul To Paul By : Rob VandeWeghe
Paul, the great apostle who founded churches throughout Asia and Europe, whose missionary spirit fills the book of Acts, and who wrote much of the New Testament was initially a fanatic Christian killer
Known originally as Saul of Tarsus, Paul is introduced in the New Testament at the stoning of Stephen (Acts 8:1), one of seven Hellenistic deacons, around 34 AD, only about twelve months after the resurrection - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 100 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
Both are the outcome of the idea of freedom There cannot be life,even in the plant, without the idea of freedom - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 99 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
Even hells stand out with this miraculous fact that we are born rebels; and the first fact of life -- the onrushing of life itself -- against this we rebel and cry out, "No law for us" As long as we obey the laws we are like machines, and on goes the universe, and we cannot break it - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 98 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
On the whole,this shows that the world is expecting a miracle This expectation never leaves us, and however we may try, we are all running after the miraculous and extraordinary - Age New Spirituality – Inspirational Stories ( Part 97 ) By : Vish Writer / Swami Vivekananda
A huge locomotive has rushed on over the line and a small worm that was creeping upon one of the rails saved its life by crawling out of the path of the locomotive Yet this little worm, so insignificant that it can be crushed in a moment, is a living something, while this locomotive,so huge,so immense,is only an engine, a machine
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