How is it found? And being found, how can it be retained? Let us consider each of these questions separately, for each reflects a different step along the way. First, how can the peace of God be recognized? God’s peace is recognized at first by just one thing; in every way it is...
Some translations of the Bible use the word “surpass” in place of “transcend,” but the meaning is much the same. God’s peace is so great we cannot possibly comprehend its fullness, so great it overshadows even the mightiest of concerns. But what is the peace that surpasses all under...
by John FlavelGod is a SpiritQuest. 4. WHAT is God? A. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice,
Redundancy is syntactical overkill. A pin-prick of peace at the end of the tunnel of a nightmare night in a roach motel. Their noise infects the dream. In black kitchens they foul the food, walk on our bodies as we sleep over oceans of pirate flags. Skull and crossbones, they crunch ...
Body, Soul, and Spirit in the Bible There are a few places in the Bible where the body, soul, and spirit are mentioned. One of these is in1 Thessalonians 5:23: "Now may the God ofpeacehimself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at...
There I was in a shabby carol on the basement level of the ugliest building on God’s green earth, and I was experiencing something close to transcendence. And when I awoke from that state I looked around startled and blinking, shocked to be re-entering the 20th century, and real life....
Everything to god in prayer Oh what peace we often forfeit Oh what leanless pain we bear All because we do not carry Everything to god in him Have we trials and temptations Is there trouble anywhere We should never be discouraged Take it to the lord in prayer Can we find a friend so...
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who...
Making Peace with God: What Place for Religion in United Nations Mediation?View further author informationalejandro.posadatellez@politics.ox.ac.ukAlejandro Posada-Téllez
aAs you said, God is beyond the anthropomorphic image that religions have a tendency to assign unto IT. This is why the absurdity of a "Holy War" can exist. And also why we cannot band together under the DOVE of PEACE, as "religions" divide people from our ONE common spirit. What a...