The Soul Cannot Die Thomas Aquinas said that because the soul can’t be destroyed, the parts of a person’s soul after death should be the same as they were before the death. So, the unchangeable soul should be able to keep its identity whether it is with the physical body or temporarily separated while waiting […]
Develop your character so that you are a person of integrity. Peter Cain Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out. Proverbs 10:9 NRSV Modern Society and the Loss of Integrity Many critics have declared a conspicuous and severe loss of integrity in modern society, notably among […]
What everything is made up Only the Divine Mind exists. We can “well up” with power by calmly contemplating this Mind’s ideas. The spiritual body, which lives forever in paradise, would have a base. The visible, material body then conveys the spiritual body to everything we contact. Prophets’ spiritual understanding revealed a new age. New […]
As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples. Adam Clarke Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, John 11: 25 NRSV Crucifixion, Death, and […]
“The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.” Huston Smith Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God […]
Christian tradition has it that all but one of the twelve Apostles held the title after Matthias was killed. John was the only one who lived to old age. Only James, the son of Zebedee’s death, is discussed in the New Testament. Matthew 27:5 says that Judas Iscariot threw the money he got for betraying […]
“Life is a long pilgrimage from fear to love.” Paulo Coelho Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 NRSV Unqualified The Apostles of Jesus were not the most likely to spread the Christian faith in the first few centuries. Most of them knew more about fishing than turning people […]
For most people, the story of their life’s pilgrimage would have ended at their death, but not only did Jesus’ story continue beyond his suffering and death, but by his own life, death, and resurrection, we Christians believe that all of our stories will continue on beyond the physical death into our eternal lives with […]
Passion and Death Jesus’ life journey now focuses on his death and resurrection. From Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem until his crucifixion, Passion Week takes up nearly one-third of the canonical gospels. Jesus expelled the money changers from the Temple for turning it into a den of thieves. He then predicted false prophets, wars, earthquakes, […]
John the Baptist Christ’s next big step on his journey is to be baptized by John, and then he will be tempted in the wilderness. In their gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Matthew, Mark, and Luke all talk about Jesus’ baptism. John’s gospel doesn’t speak about Jesus’ baptism directly. Most modern theologians think that Jesus […]
“Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.” Abraham Joshua Heschel And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18 NRSV Only the Beginning The Three Wise Men may have […]
