Tag: David Reese

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Thoughts of God, Love Mercy – Do Justice – Walk Humbly with God – Love God with all of your heart, all of your soul, all of your mind, and all of your strength – Regard the well being of others as you regard your own well being, mythougths, thoughts of God, thoughtsofgod, thoughtsofgod.com – “8 He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?” In the past, in the present, in the future God requires actions of love to God and to Others, thoughtsofgod.com, David Reese

Love of God and Love of your neighbor form the crux of the covenant God made with Israel through Moses, as well as the church, τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, those called out of the world, into the kingdom of God.

Expect Ourselves to Be Assailed by Eight Deadly Thoughts

" ... one of the things I found ... through all spiritual writers, that is people who are concerned with bringing to fullness, in our lives, the work of Christ, and that's the work of God the Holy Spirit....all of them agree that after we are converted we can expect ourselves to be assailed by eight deadly thoughts." Diogenese Allen

” … one of the things I found … through all spiritual writers, that is people who are concerned with bringing to fullness, in our lives, the work of Christ, and that’s the work of God the Holy Spirit….all of them agree that after we are converted we can expect ourselves to be assailed by […]

Gluttony – Gratifications Is so Pleasurable.

"Our appetite for food, and for that matter drink, sexual gratification, material goods are not easy to control because the gratifications of the appetite is so pleasurable. We have to make an effort to restrain them and many of us find it hard to stop eating good food, even if we feel stuffed and know we're going to regret it later. More than one person has regretted their actions when under the influence of drink or the grip of lust. Few of us know when to say "enough" when it comes to buying things." Prof. Allen

“Our appetite for food, and for that matter drink, sexual gratification, material goods are not easy to control because the gratifications of the appetite is so pleasurable. We have to make an effort to restrain them and many of us find it hard to stop eating good food, even if we feel stuffed and know […]

Onset and Increasing Anxiety While out of the House

Panic Disorder is characterized by recurrent, intensely uncomfortable episodes known as panic attacks. Thoughts of God, thoughtsofGod.com, David Reese

When I am out, I can almost always expect panic onset. I grow uncomfortable for some reason. (certain) The reason can vary widely. Epinephrine storms the system. (certainly perceived but no clinical assurance) Lungs tighten, constricting breathing. (certain) Time slows tremendously. (certain) Every second passes slow enough that I can look at multiple perceptions occurring in a given second. (certain) In this slowing […]

Nygren’s Agape and Eros: A Transvaluation of Love

it is the Christian conception of fellowship with God that gives the idea of Agape its meaning, mythoughts, thoughts of God, thoughtsofgod, David Reese, Anders Nygren, Nygren, Agape and Eros, Agape, Eros

In Greco-Hellenism the gods do not love man.  In Christianity, not only is God Agape but Agape is His very nature.  In Greco-Roman world the gods do not take part in a fellowship with man, Christianity places fellowship in the middle of the Agape motif.  Finally, Christianity is theocentric while Greek thought is egocentric.