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Discernment – The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment. – The Free Online Dictionary We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. – Paul of Tarsus, 1 Corinthians 2:12 [niv] Test everything. Hold [...] Lectio Divina is a way of reading scripture that allows contemplation, listening to the Holy Spirit, and even communion with God in order to more deeply appreciate and integrate scripture into one’s thinking and being. One may receive peace, guidance, joy, or insight from this practice. We have found it quite beneficial in small group [...] In an essay entitled The Ecclesiology of Vatican II, Joseph Ratzinger (as of 2011, the current pope) explains a Catholic view of what constitutes a church: No one can make a Church by himself. A group cannot simply get together, read the New Testament and declare: “At present we are the Church because the Lord [...] Does God intend Christians to be healthy and wealthy? Is the prosperity gospel on target? I say no. Here’s an explanation. The argument I most often hear for the prosperity gospel is that God loves his people and knows how to give them good gifts. Thus, he gives them prosperity and health. I agree that [...] Recently Arthur Roberts recommended to the Friends Theology email list a quote from a prayer by Charles Marshall, given at the close of a meeting in Grace-Church Street on March 11, 1693. The prayer is found in the Quaker Homiletics Online Anthology, a division of Quaker Pages, edited by Peter Sippel. Can we be as [...] Being from the Friends tradition, and staying with it (which is not true of all Evangelical Friends), we’re often asked about our practice of baptism and communion. These days not too many Christians are aware of church history at all, let alone Quakers. They are surprised to find out that otherwise perfectly fine-seeming Christians are [...] |
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