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The pattern, or design, that we should seek for is "the heavenly pattern" --- the spiritual design that reflects the divine intent. Rather than selecting already selectively reported historical acts and incidents, to find a pattern, we should go to the person and discern his spiritual...

Correction in post #6: It was JBF's question. I obviously had Ruby on my mind. Now I'll go and see what awaits me at the other thread. :) Learner

Dear Readers and Writers, I have thought about Ruby's question somewhat this morning, and while I do not have a clear-cut description for Liberal Christianity, an analogy of sorts did come to mind, which I will now present briefly. Let us start by saying the whole idea of loosening...

Dear All in Christ, Thank you for the various words of welcome to comparative-religion.com, and in particular to this forum. There was even a generous introduction of me made by Ruby in her last post. :) Dear Ruby, I humbly submit that you were not the theme of my writing. If you were, I...

Beloved in Christ, I shall not attempt to answer the title of this thread, "What/Who is God?" I am moved to respond, however, after having just read the entire discussion. I'm just not sure what will will come out, but please bear with me. We are taught a fundamental spiritual verity that...

Thinking on what a radical Christian might be, and also, given that I only got a proper indication of what a liberal/progressive Christian is supposed to be from Wikipedia just yesterday; as well as always having had an affinity for mysticism, even while being grounded in fundamentals, I must...

Re: Jesus, Christ et all. Dear Beloved in Christ, It is a well-known testimony, and I have the same from personal experience, that two strangers, in a strange place, may "recognize" each other as Christians, and confirm to one another that they are drawn together by the Holy Spirit. Of...

Thank you, Caimanson, for the question, which I shall try to answer intuitively, as thoughts come to mind. Your question indeed contains words that may well give us an indication where to go for greater understanding of the concept of (d)evil. The NT contains an account of where Jesus...

Dear Readers and Writers, To get a good idea of the concept of spirit, one should visit a morgue. Here one will find (usually) spiritless matter in the shape of bodies resembling those of humans. The word spiritless is easily understood to mean: lifeless. That which animates you, which joins...