Why are our thoughts and motivations hidden? Who can hear them? And who can judge them for what they are, either good or bad?
And how did this thought mechanism come into existence? And for what reason? Who or what invented it?
Truth is your friend
Truth is not democratic
Truth never forces you what to believe
To find truth we need to dig deeper
To find truth we need to open our heart for it
There’s no such thing as relative truth
Truth is always true, whatever perspective you have on it
Love does not keep the truth hidden from others
Do you strive for happiness, or do you want to live a truthful life?
If you don’t like truth, you are betraying yourself the most
‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life,’ Jesus proclaimed
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Isabeau and Family singing…
Here’s a little foretaste of some of the music you can expect on this blog. This is Isabeau Waia’u Walker singing with her family. She apologizes for the sound, but it’s not that bad, and their honest performance warms my heart.
By the way, Christianity to me has more to do with what Jesus taught than it has to do with going to church, although the Bible does tell us that as followers of Jesus it is good to get together (see also here), and I do strongly believe that certain churches are closer to what Jesus taught while other churches are actually rather far removed from what Jesus taught.
This Jesus of Nazareth, without money and arms, conquered more millions than Alexander, Caesar, Mohammed, and Napoleon; without science and learning, He shed more light on things human and divine than all philosophers and scholars combined; without the eloquence of schools, He spoke such words of life as were never spoken before or since and produced effects which lie beyond the reach of orator or poet; without writing a single line, He set more pens in motion, and furnished themes for more sermons, orations, discussions, learned volumes, works of art, and songs of praise, than the whole army of great men of ancient and modern times. — Philip Schaff, The Person of Christ (New York: American Tract Society, 1913), 33.
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Well, God himself thinks it is strange as well, foolish even.
If you saw a pastor enter a brothel and assume he came to ‘get laid’, aren’t you actually judging yourself?
Since any decent Christian would think he came to help the women get out of that lifestyle.
The young man in this video thought so, too. Would you be willing to learn from him?
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
— Matthew 13:44 => see also the story about the valuable pearl in the next two verses.
God gave us all a free will as He wouldn’t want to be honored and worshiped through any form of coercion, just like we ourselves wouldn’t like to be loved by any person that was pressured into it.
So, if you feel coerced by members of your family, community, or country in the sense that there will be repercussions when you do not follow their instructions as related to faith matters or matters of conscience, then you may well conclude that these people are not speaking on behalf of God.
Remember, Jesus died on a cross for us to draw us toward God and heaven and all. He never came at us with a sword of any kind, but only with love and kindness.
Now, of course, God doesn’t want anyone to end up in Hell for eternity just because that person didn’t pay enough attention. Therefore, God might turn our life a little bit upside down just to get our attention for the big things in life, to make us see how small-minded our view on life is, and to open our heart to other people’s miseries, as well as to other things of God that make us live a dignified life. Note, however, that no man can claim that he is God’s representative on earth to turn your life upside down. Only God will do these things. No man or group of people can take the place of God, or be God’s rulers on earth.
Passionate speech by Ravi.
Find more interesting videos and articles by him and others on this page.
C.S. Lewis trilemma Lunatic, Liar, or Lord: «I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.»
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