Varieties of Religious Experience – William James

William James - The Varieties of Religious Experience, thoughtsofgod.com, Thoughts of God, David Reese

The course is not anthropological, but deals with personal documents. Percepts versus abstract concepts-Happiness is man’s chief concern-Healthy-mindedness and repentance- Heterogeneous personality- Sudden conversion- Testing human value of its fruits- Mysticism defined- Primacy of feeling in religion- Philosophy a secondary function- Aesthetic elements in religion- Summary of religious characteristics

Your Own Emotions Have Cut You Off from Us

3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, dbr, mythoughts, thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God

Most, if not all creeds, mark a clear point when a group, large or small, separated into its own group/division. Comparing one creed to the creed before it, on the same branch, we can see what the points of contention were between different believing groups.

Lord, Lord, Did We Not

Matthew 7, Lord, Jesus, Κύριε, Church Invisible, Church Visible, Born of Spirit, Christian, God, Mythoughts, Thoughts of God, David Reese

In Matthew 7, Jesus makes a statement that should give each of us pause to consider our personal relationship with Him. Jesus said that not everyone who calls out to Him “Κύριε, Κύριε”, “Lord, Lord” are of His flock, the household of God. If people who claimed to follow Jesus, to the point of producing miracles, did […]