Download or read book Divine Providence written by Bruce R. Reichenbach and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We ask God to involve himself providentially in our lives, yet we cherish our freedom to choose and act. Employing both theological reflection and philosophical analysis, the author explores how to resolve the interesting and provocative puzzles arising from these seemingly conflicting desires. He inquires what sovereignty means and how sovereigns balance their power and prerogatives with the free responses of their subjects. Since we are physically embodied in a physical world, we also need to ask how this is compatible with our being free agents. Providence raises questions about God's fundamental attributes. The author considers what it means to affirm God's goodness as logically contingent, how being almighty interfaces with God's self-limitation, and the persistent problems that arise from claiming that God foreknows the future. Discussion of these divine properties spills over into the related issues of why God allows, or even causes, pain and suffering; why, if God is all-knowing, we need to petition God repeatedly and encounter so many unanswered prayers; and how miracles, as ways God acts in the world, are possible and knowable. Throughout, the author looks at Scripture and attends to how providence deepens our understanding of God and enriches our lives.

Download or read book The Divine Sting written by Frederick Bauer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are beliefs in God and in the soul merely relics of pre-scientific superstition? After all, in the twentieth and twenty-first centuriesthe so-called age of sciencewe know that science can be proven by its fruits: its helped us split the atom and put men on the moon. Religious faith, on the other hand, couldnt accomplish these feats. This conflict leaves modern-day Christians challenged by materialist atheists who claim that faith in God has been discredited by modern physics and psychology. The Divine Sting answers their challenge. Contrary to what most Christians think, belief in God and the soul need not remain matters of religious faith. In fact, it is the atheists themselves who ignore Einsteins shocking revelation about modern sciencethat the physical universe, including the human body and its brain, have never been observed. We have rather only observed mental effects whose source we can only guess at. Atheists naive claims about scientific observation are themselves nothing less than an article of anti-scientific faith. By integrating facts traditionally segregated into categories of philosophy versus theology versus modern science, The Divine Sting will assist you in discovering for yourself how to convert faith in God and belief in the soul into solid, impregnable, and justifiably certain science.

Download or read book Divine Love Theory written by Adam Lloyd Johnson and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if the loving relationships of the Trinity are the ultimate, objective source for living morally? Adam Lloyd Johnson injects a fresh yet eternal reality into the thriving debate over the basis of moral absolutes. While postmodernism's moral relativism once temporarily disrupted the footing of classic moral theories like natural law and divine command, many nontheistic philosophers assert that morality must rest on something real and objective. Divine Love Theory proposes a grounding for morality not only in the creator God but as revealed in the Christian Scriptures--Father, Son, and Spirit eternally loving one another. Johnson contends that the Trinity provides a remarkably convincing foundation for making moral judgments. One leading atheistic proposal, godless normative realism, finds many deficiencies in theistic and Christian theories, yet Johnson shows how godless normative realism is susceptible to similar errors. He then demonstrates how the loving relationships of the Trinity as outlined in historic Christian theology resolve many of the weakest points in both theistic and atheistic moral theories. "Johnson leaves no stone unturned, his research is exceptional, and his topic and treatment of it are first-rate. I very strongly recommend this book." --J. P. Moreland, distinguished professor of philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University "Divine Love Theory is an important and original contribution to the on-going contemporary debate between theists and non-theists over the foundations of morality. It is a work that will be of interest to theologians and philosophers alike." --Erik Wielenberg, professor of philosophy, DePauw University "Johnson's own proposal is a refreshing and insightful address that is often missed in the moral debate of mere theism: Trinitarianism. Divine Love Theory is at once more consistent with the largest theistic population, Christians, but also provides greater explanatory power over competitors, theistic and atheistic alike." --Corey Miller, President of Ratio Christi

Download or read book Awakening as a Human Divine Being written by Donald E. Weiner Ph.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, we incorporate wisdom from Zoroastrianism on the angels of transformation and the Archangel of the Earth; from Ibn 'Arabi on the barzakh (the interface between manifestation and subtle reality), creative imagination, and the human-divine relationship; from Hazrat Inayat Khan, Pir Vilayat, and Pir Zia on contemporary Sufi teachings which state that every desire begins with a divine impulse and that the purpose of spirituality is awakening of divinity in life; as well as from realizations from the authors' meditations, inspirations, and spiritual dialogues which form the basis what they call the Gabrielite Work. Everyone has the potential to awaken to their existence in multiple realms of reality, and to contribute in a unique way from the fullness of their being to the never ending human-divine co-creative process.

Download or read book Epistemics of Divine Reality written by Domenic Marbaniang and published by Lulu Press, Inc. This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Knowledge Claims of God Involve. This book investigates the various traditions like monism, polytheism, pantheism, panentheism and approaches such as foundationalism, fideism, pragmatism, and rational fideism. This book was originally the PhD thesis of the writer submitted to ACTS Academy in 2007.

Download or read book Divine Renaissance written by J Todd Ferrier and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divine Renaissance Volume II opens with a call to the Soul to take flight from the world's clamour, reach the Sanctuary of Being, and stand in the Great Silence of the Presence within.It goes on to reveal riches upon riches concerning the Mystery of Prayer, the Ascent of the Soul, its path to Angelic realms and its ultimate union with the Gods. The true path of the healer is revealed, the zodiacal ministry of the celestial hierarchy of Gods, the mysterious ministry of the one known as the Master and also many aspects of Christian Church Offices and truths long veiled by its Doctrine. This is the day of the Divine Renaissance when the Truth is re-revealed that will set every Soul free. Free to take flight and stand in the Presence of the Divine within and to be led by Him, and Him alone, to a life of Peace, spirituality and Divine Love.

Download or read book Divine Mysteries written by John Todd Ferrier and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a selection of 38 of the writings of John Todd Ferrier. They have been selected to show the profundity and scope contained in his writings, nearly all of which were spoken to groups of friends between 1918 and 1943. Though given many years ago, they are timeless and connect to all truly mystic teachings through the ages and the universal laws that underlie them.In the Foreword we read:Divine Mysteries is a book for those who acknowledge their spirituality and who are seeking a deeper understanding of the mystery of life. It is for those who feel deeply inspired and committed to discovering the Divine - God - the Father-Mother - the Source - the indefinable essence of all life within themselves, the finding of which brings a sense of coming home, of peace and one-ness with all that is beautiful in creation.Topics covered include:Meditation, Angels, our connection to the Universe and all of Life; the nature of the Soul, of truth, of consciousness, reincarnation and life in the beyond, a deeper understanding of colour and music and their relationship.All of these teaching show aspect of the message of Love, which Todd Ferrier brought through from higher realms.

Download or read book Is Divine Energy written by Vipin Gupta and published by Vipin Gupta. This book was released on 2021 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Divine Energy: The secret of the limitless immanent value is a profound explanation of why divine is a state of mind. Our divinity is the impact we make through our conscious decisions. We also reproduce transcendental divinity by para-consciously letting our decisions be guided by a para entity’s divine plan. After that, we seek to invest our divine energy to compensate for programmatic, evolution-guided behaviors and become a revolutionary servicing our supernatural impact. What begins with a linear proportionality of each person’s intrinsic divinity transforms into a nonlinear proportionality of the extrinsic divinity and motivates a parabolic proportionality of the person’s present, absolute divinity. The infinity of microcosmic parabolic reactions constitutes a chaotic reality at the macrocosmic level. The chaotic reality lets the first moving, primordial entities enjoy a disproportionate conscious benefit of growth in their divinity. The later evolving, primeval entities suffer a disproportionate conscious cost of entropy in their divinity. At any moment, the present entity has a choice not to be either the evolved and constrained follower or the revolving and constraining leader. A present entity may decide to be a freedom entrepreneur, inspiring everybody to be the revolutionary and appropriate the entire evolutionary benefit of devoted followership of the perpetuating para deity oneself. For avoiding the certainty of the survival of only the one who is free from the two-dimensional present-effect as the fittest, we need to master the technique of responsibly managing the divine element. Is Divine Energy highlights how by opening one’s mind, one may become free from the theory-effect of a culturally-binding primordial creator and the ideal-effect of a consciousness-binding absolute creature. It demonstrates how each primeval creation of Mother Nature can enjoy the limitless transformations of the desired mood, destiny, divinity, and eternity using the self as the immanent value. It elegantly integrates and resolves grand challenges in a range of scientific disciplines and metaphysical discourses. Dr. Vipin Gupta has a Ph.D. in managerial science and applied economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a gold medalist from the Post-graduate Program of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India. He is a Professor of sensible management and appropriate science at the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, California State University San Bernardino, USA.

Download or read book The Will Divine and Human written by Thomas Solly and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.

Download or read book Chaucer Reads The Divine Comedy written by Karla Taylor and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Stanford University Press classic.

Download or read book Bruno or On the Natural and Divine Principle of Things written by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Makes Schelling's dialogue Bruno readily accessible to the English-language reader, with valuable commentary on the work itself, which details Schelling's account of his differences from Fichte.

Download or read book The Divine Classic of Nan Hua written by Zhuangzi and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Philosophy Science and Divine Action written by F. LeRon Shults and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important and controversial themes in the contemporary dialogue among scientists and Christian theologians is the issue of "divine action" in the world. This volume brings together contributions from leading scholars on this topic, which emerged out of the Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action project, co-sponsored by the Vatican Observatory and the Center for Theology and Natural Science. This multi-year collaboration involved over 50 authors meeting at five international conferences. The essays collected here demonstrate the pervasive role of philosophy in this dialogue. Contributors include: Ian Barbour, Philip Clayton, George F. R. Ellis, Nancey Murphy, Arthur Peacocke, John Polkinghorne, Robert John Russell, F. LeRon Shults, William Stoeger, Thomas F. Tracy and Wesley Wildman.

Download or read book Divine Agency and Divine Action Volume I written by William J. Abraham and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume I lays the groundwork for a constructive contribution to the contemporary debate regarding divine action. Noted scholar, William J. Abraham argues that the concept of divine action is not a closed concept-like knowledge-but an open concept with a variety of context-dependent meanings. The volume charts the history of debate about divine action among key Anglophone philosophers of religion, and observes that they were largely committed to this erroneous understanding of divine action as a closed concept. After developing an argument that divine action should be understood as an open, fluid concept, Abraham engages the work of William Alston, Process metaphysics, quantum physics, analytic Thomist philosophy of religion, and the theology of Kathryn Tanner. Abraham argues that divine action as an open concept must be shaped by distinctly theological considerations, and thus all future work on divine action among philosophers of religion must change to accord with this vision. Only deep engagement with the Christian theological tradition will remedy the problems ailing contemporary discourse on divine action.

Download or read book Divine Intervention and a Dash of Magic written by Ardell Sheridan-Castellano and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new "easy to read" book that explains "the method" (past & present) and the "how to" of acting, writing, directing and teaching. For the first time a book that talks about: What went on Behind the Scenes during the shooting of the original GODFATHER film. Talks about Richard S. Castellano's real life "Family Connections" and the visit his "Uncle Paul" made to the GODFATHER set during filming. Discusses the unique relationship that developed between Francis Coppola and Richard Castellano. (Read the letters written by Francis to Richard.) Shares the Origin of the "real" MAFIA and the "Code of Behaviour" that traveled to America. Offers a Character Comparison of the original "Don Corleone" with a reputed Crime Boss who died in prison. Further reveals the Art of Sicilian Storytelling with a sample introduction to a new original Screenplay, THE BOYS'LL HANDLE IT." Book Cover Art and Design by Lisette Rotman

Download or read book The Second Mind Accessing Your Divine Powers written by Jack Tanner and published by Magus Books. This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's the curious thing about reality. Your godlike mind is not the one in charge. It's your feeble human mind, with its feeble consciousness and feeble capacity to do anything, that's running the show. Why is reality configured this way? You won't believe the answer. It will transform your life. Your own spacetime consciousness is what is getting in your way. Are you ready for the truth? Are you ready to meet your inner god? Are you ready for transcendental super consciousness?

Download or read book To Err Is Human To Give Feedback Divine written by K.S. Ramanand and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a manager, a teacher, a coach, or a parent? Do you find yourself giving feedback all the time? Do you find the whole affair cumbersome and challenging? Are you frequently assailed by doubts such as: • Do I really need to do this? • How and where should I begin? • Will they agree or accept what I am going to tell them? • What if the person starts to argue or justify their action? • Will it have an impact on our personal relationship? • Or, do I just ask someone else to do it? If you have answered YES to any one of the above questions, this book is a must read. To Err is Human… To Give Feedback, Divine: Discover the practical techniques of giving critical feedback in a subtle, yet potent style. The book is packed with case studies, tips, and enduring communication techniques, helps you give feedback in a structured form. Whether you want to give feedback to improve performance, raise awareness, motivate or provoke an action, the suggested strategies and tactics enable you to deliver feedback effectively and seamlessly!