There is one thing that the devil and his cohorts do not want every child of God to do. He does not want us to have a perfect relationship with God. He divides and rules us. However, God desires personal intimate relationship with Him. The only way we can achieve this is through prayer. He wants everyone to come to Him directly in the name of Jesus Christ. The whole extent of Christianity is to have an intimate relationship with God. Unfortunately, many of us are distracted in the church by a...
On November 3, 2020, I had emergency heart surgery. As part of the healing process, I unwittingly intensified my writing poetry in gratitude to those who saved my life and supported me in the harrowing days which followed. In the hospital, I was deeply moved by the constant kindness of the healthcare professionals and my family members who helped me back to life. I saw in them a «kindness response» to life which I always knew existed but now appreciated as the core value of what it means to be a...
This book is a careful scientific approach that gradually guides pilgrims to perform the Hajj rituals very easily and smoothly. The design was developed through an educational perspective that handles all critical issues of Hajj rituals from a learner's viewpoint, an approach that is always needed when high standards of accuracy are required. The gradual, step-by-step approach adopted in «Hajj and 'Umrah from A to Z» not only runs very smoothly but also eases the tension caused by...
When a recent college graduate with a smoking habit is called to serve on the board at his local church, he immediately struggles with separating his public and private lives. His fantasized ideas of religion suddenly become dangerously real as he's enmeshed in a perfect storm of events which leads to, of all things,spending three extremely paranormal days behind bars. When it's all said and done, it seems as though he has entered through the gates of hell and been released to the flip...
Tro kan flytte bjerge, siger vi. Alligevel er det i lang tid gaet lidt ned ad bakke for Gud og co. De er ikke lAengere svaret pa alle vores bonner. Og monopolet pa at forklare alt mellem himmel og jord er gaet flojten. Men ifolge Peter Lodberg, klippefast teolog ved Aarhus Universitet, er tro ikke bare varm luft. Den er en grundsten i ethvert menneskes liv. Det er nok derfor, at storstedelen af jordens befolkning stadig bevarer troen. Ja, selv de vantro tror nu en lille smule. Hvis ikke pa Gud,...
Karma er ved at erobre verden. Dog i en noget nedskrevet udgave. For i den indiske originaludgave er karma nAermest matematik for viderekomne, hvor malet er engang at undslippe en ellers uendelig rAekke af genfodsler. Vi velfAerdsdanskere tager nu ikke det oldgamle begreb sa seriost. Vi vil bare have plusser i det moralske regnskab nu og her. Heldigvis har Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger, religionsvidenskabelig karmakender ved Aarhus Universitet, sa stort overskud pa sin karmakonto, at hun gerne vil...
Jesus er en superstar. Alle kender ham, mange forguder ham, og en del historikere tror, han havde sin gang pa jorden. Om end han nok ikke gik pa vandet. Til gengAeld matte han sluge kamelen og ga fra Herodes til Pilatus blot for at ende pa korset. Men hvorfor skulle en jodisk handvAerker fra UdkantspalAestina overhovedet derop? Var Jesus militant oprorsleder, gudsbenadet storyteller eller slet og ret Guds son? Halleluja for Kasper Bro Larsen, teologisk snushane pa Aarhus Universitet, der har sat...
Der er kun tre bogstaver i Gud. Men allerede ved det forste gar det galt. For er det med stort eller lille? Nogle mener det sidste. Der findes jo mange guder. Thor, Zeus og Baal. Andre, at kun et stort bogstav kan gore det. De svAerger til en enkelt. Jahve, Allah eller bare Gud. Og sa er der alle dem, der mener, at Gud er dod eller slet ikke eksisterer. Men hvem ved, hvem Gud er, og om rygtet om Hans dod er stAerkt overdrevet? – Gud ske tak og lov, for at vi har Svend Andersen, professor i...
Il Libro di Urantia , pubblicato per la prima volta dalla Fondazione Urantia nel 1955, ci presenta l'origine, la storia e il destino dell'umanità. Risponde alle domande su Dio, la vita nell'universo abitato, la storia e il futuro di questo mondo e include una narrativa edificante della vita e degli insegnamenti di Gesù. Il Libro di Urantia descrive il nostro rapporto con Dio Padre. Tutti gli esseri umani sono figli e figlie di un Dio amorevole e quindi fratelli e sorelle nella...