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If God knows our heart , why isn't repentance and a desire to be pure sufficient to make us pure? Because effective repentance means reform—radical, fundamental rethinking that changes sorrow, shame, and suffering into purified lives. God's love for us impels us toward this reformation process.
The poet Robert Bly hints at the illusory nature of mortal life when he writes: For we are like the branch bent in the water.
There are ways out of the trap of depression—ways that avoid the slippery road of becoming heavily dependent on drugs. I found such a way, and it taught me some of the most useful lessons I've learned in my life.
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , one of the main areas of increased public sales in bookstores is in "Mind, Body, Spirit" (MBS) subjects. In contrast, the subject of religion doesn't evoke similar interest.
It would certainly be understandable if Jesus' followers had hoped that after the crucifixion they would eventually see their Master again. Perhaps in some future heaven.
The story of the resurrection has been told by many different people in many different ways—and none of the versions are eyewitness accounts. But each has its own touches of beauty and spiritual power.
Over the past few months, readers of the Journal have been appreciating Rosalie E. Dunbar's series on the history of Sunday Schools in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist" section of the magazine.
Christ Jesus prayed in the Lord's Prayer, "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. " Matt.
As six-year-old with floppy brown hair and a backpack bulging with his roller blades waved a quick goodbye to me in the airport as he bounded off for home with his parents. I had the feeling that he had taught me something very important on the flight we'd just shared, though it took me a few days to figure out what it was.
Does It Sometimes Feel like a battle to be good, to see good, to feel good? Sometimes it has to me. But I'm most successful when I realize that goodness is actually a result of law and that it is our nature to surrender to this law.