Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6 “All things are permissible–and we are free to do anything we please, but not all things are helpful (expedient, profitable, wholesome). All things are legitimate, but not all things are constructive to character and edifying to spiritual life. Let no one the...
12“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.13“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexu...
Verse 1. - As touching things offered unto idols. This was doubtless one of the questions on which the Corinthians had asked for advice. We judge from the tone of the questions to which St. Paul here replies that the majority of the Corinthians, being liberal in their views, held that ...
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.1 Corinthians 6:12“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will ...
all things take care of themselves get out of the way and the Earth still revolves if and when the body is spurned to action silently witness while abiding in inaction we are the still, unmoving Silent Observer Infinite Pure Awareness all over and forever ...
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It’s commonly said that superheroes seek to protect and preserve their society while supervillains seek to destroy it. To an extent, this is true. However, a superhero never intends to simply keep things as they are; instead, superheroes want to improve a society that they see as broken...
timetable of prayer is remarkable because it is the work of God and the product of Islam. It is always preferable to offer the prayer as soon as the time sets in, last some things cause unexpected delay or postponement. These prayers are Divine contests. The Noon (Zuhr) and the ...
these. First, I think that a vision should be placed in a different category than a dream. You wake up from a dream, and thirty seconds later it is all gone. A vision appears to be more vivid. And secondly, I think that John was a genius, and he remembered things better than I ...
And finally, a bit about faith, and hope. Hard times are the furnace where these qualities are often forged. Who feels the need of a lamp when the sun is shining? We can distract ourselves from the things that frighten us when the day is bright, but when darkness falls and the world...