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Who is Mary to you? What role does she play in your spiritual life? Are you struggling to get focused spiritually or looking for a way to grow to new heights?
Mary is the most famous woman in history. She has inspired more art and music than any other woman and she fascinates the imaginations of men and women of all faiths. Many holy men and women of monumental virtue considered Mary's humility to be a sure path to intimacy with God. They have surrendered...
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Streams of Wisdom serves as an advanced guide to spiritual development. Whether you stand in a specific religious tradition, consider yourself "spiritual but not religious", or are merely an observer of the current religious and spiritual landscape, the content in this book will equip you with an intelligent and intellectually rigorous orientation to spiritual transformation. Have you ever wanted to know the difference between a temporary state experience...
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For thousands of years, the sacred feminine has balanced the sacred masculine in egalitarian societies, an equality that has been lost in the western world beginning with the rise of patriarchy some 5,000 years ago. Today, evidence of goddess worship in the Neolithic Age is being written out of history books once again by a patriarchal backlash in archaeology.
Dance of the Deities weaves together memoir with anthropological research, taking the reader...
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This is the first book of a trilogy titled: "The Universal God". It is subtitled: "The Search for God in the Twenty-First Century". It is written as a comparative religion book and focuses on the major modern religions: Hinduism, Confucianism/Taoism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Differing from many other comparative religion books that focus on the difference between these religions; this book seeks to find the commonalities and 'Truths'...
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At their best, spirituality, philosophy, and religion can help us to understand what it is to be human. Zen Buddhism and Christianity do this and do it in surprisingly similar ways. This book uses a re-imagining of Zen's Ten Bull (or Ox-Herding) Pictures, seeing them with a Christian eye. In this, commonalities between Zen and Christianity are, drawn out. These include the primacy of now, the challenge of the ego and awareness, emptiness and silence,...
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The creation force in the universe existed long before the names Hindu, Christian and Jew were used. At some point, personal liberation will be outside the boundaries of conformity. This book sets out to explain Christ's mystical influences, and then a direct comparison between Hindus' supreme teaching and Christianity (a comparable relationship exists). It also talks about God, Paul, Atheism, Hades, Krsna, Buddha, Quantum Theory and Christianity,...
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Recently found scientific facts allowed Benjamin Freeman to use a scripturally supported variant of the scientific method to meld the major holy books with each other and with overlapping secular truth. Once I show that modern science proves that Judeo-Christians should see the Qur'an as the Bible's third testament, this book then offers compelling support for somewhat unique interpretations of the Noah's Ark, Garden of Eden, Armageddon, and the crucifixion...
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An irreverent abbreviated version of the 1769 King James Bible from a non-believer's standpoint. It includes a running commentary on its stories' ethical worth, and is also the world's first-ever complete statistical survey of the Bible's ethics when judged by 21st century standards. Throughout the text, all of the loving, generous, fair & good, evil, unethical, ridiculous & mythical, and contradictory & hypocritical edicts, actions, statements, and...
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In this study, Robert Reilly provides a careful and critical assessment of the prospects for dialogue between the Catholic Church and Islam. In particular, he highlights the problems for such dialogue presented by their different views of God and of humanity. The author argues that dialogue between Christians and Muslims can be meaningful and fruitful, but only if both affirm a God who is reason, and that human beings possess inalienable rights.
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American Jews live in a predominantly Christian society. Jews have many questions about Christianity but have a hard time getting objective answers. Jews and Christians in dialogue often use the same words without realizing that they have a different meaning in each religion. Rabbi Wylen, a devoted Jew with a positive view of Christianity and a passion for interfaith understanding, responds to the questions that members of his congregation and classes...
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Getting It, Then Getting Along
Understanding the World's Five Major Religions: Collaborative rather than Divisive
This is a book about the five religious philosophies and belief systems that the majority of the world's populations follow. It is not one that proselytizes or presents dogma with the intent to convince the reader of the rightness or wrongness of one system or one belief over another. Neither does it insist that one must be religious...
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"My God is better than your God". Debate settled. The "my God versus your God" battle has consumed millions of lives over many centuries. Will there ever be a day when Jews, Christians, Muslims and Hindus worship a single God? 'In Search of the Universal God' is a step by step guide to discover such a God within our own religion. It attempts to resolve global religious conflicts and unite humankind into a single brotherhood. This book takes you on...
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God vs. Judaism and Christianity circumvents the usual theology, dogma and philosophical wanderings and takes the reader directly Home to an understanding that we are all beings of unconditional love as is our creator. Theo Chambers's reasoning offer us a clear view that we are each creating our own personal realities with our thoughts turning to feelings then expressing as actions, will create the reactions that mirror our worldviews back to us....
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Hypatia Hasbrouck does not simply teach that prayer is a worthwhile practice-she teaches how to pray. Handbook of Positive Prayer is full of exercises, tools, specific steps, and practices to use in creating your personal prayer life.
Hasbrouck explains the meaning of affirmative prayer and why we use the word amen. She writes extensively about visualization as a form of prayer. She makes suggestions for prayer journals, prayer partners, prayer letters,...
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Terrorists and anti-Islam extremists are both wrong about Islam. Qasim Rashid proves just that in EXTREMIST: A Response to Geert Wilders & Terrorists Everywhere. Rashid debunks extremists head-on, clarifying important issues like Islam's view on free speech, women's rights, and Jihad--among many more. He writes for non-Muslims and Muslims alike, asking you to stand for a narrative of moderation, civility, and compassion--and against the extremist...
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"Three" is at once a warning about the End times and a book of revelations. The author shares utterances sent directly from the Holy Spirit that consist of Scriptural interpretations and dire caution about our day of reckoning.
The book goes into detail discussing the main threats facing society today, such as the COVID-19 Pandemic. This spiritual memoir is written with grace and humility, and it serves as a guide for the coming tribulation.
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¿Por qué buscas verdaderos adoradores? Le pregunté al Señor. Y una voz suave susurró a mi oído: "Cuando deseo delegar una gran autoridad busco un verdadero adorador". Ese día se despertó en mí un deseo intenso de ser un verdadero adorador y en mi búsqueda descubrí los 21 hábitos que hicieron del Rey David el adorador que Dios buscaba para delegar en él una gran autoridad, los cuales te entrego en este libro titulado 21 Hábitos de un...
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In his book, "Brother Swaggart, How Do I Understand the Bible?", Brother Swaggart has tried his best to address every major Doctrine given to us in the Word of God. This is material that is necessary for every Believer to know and understand. Hopefully, we have addressed these great subjects in the Word of God in such a way to make it simple and easy to comprehend. The following Doctrines are addressed: The Bible; Grace; Justification By Faith; Our...
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Over a period of time, many, many questions concerning the Bible come into our office. We take each one of them seriously. In developing this book, as it regards questions and answers, we have done our best to answer those questions most often asked. We have gone into some detail, which hopefully will provide the answers desired, and all according to the Word of God. Of course, our selections most definitely have not covered all that we would like...
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This is not your regular conversation on leadership. Timothy W. Sloan's transparent story of how he led his church through the turbulent transition from a traditional to an emerging model offers a unique and strategic vision to help leaders navigate their way through organizational conflict. Like it or not, conflict is an inevitable reality all leaders face. But it must be effectively confronted in order for personal and corporate growth to occur....
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