in church thinking about hunting, it’s a man hunting in the woods, admiring the works of God; much like a spiritual experience is not defined but what someone thinks but by what one…
My Personal Spiritual Journey I would like to share my story/ journey on how I heard from God. I was baptised as a baby into the Anglican Church, married into the Catholic Church and like all other believers prayed and attended church on a regular basis. I thought that was enough to get me into the Kingdom. I was very active in the Anglican Church, I was part ofthe worship team/choir, was a Sunday school teacher and a youth leader and at the same time was a full time college student. I…
of the Tyger is unnamed and unidentified. There is a reference to the creator being the same one as the one who created the Lamb, so that means the one who created both of them, “... suggests that God has…
In Devimahatmya, Devi is battling Sumbha and Nisumbha, and the gods watching over this battle creates female counterparts of themselves, investing their powers into them, to aid Devi. These Saktis are similar in appearance to their creator and share many iconographical traits. Brahmani is seen to hold the rosary and…
trial, he was struck by painful illness, and instead of cursing God like his wife suggested, he replied, “[we] accept good things from God; should we not accept evil?” (Job 2:10), further exemplifying that faith in God should not be out of self-interest. Throughout his suffering, Job did not sin against God and did not fall under the temptations of the accuser in questioning Job’s undying faith in God. Eventually, Job began to question God, due to his lack of understanding that humans are not at…
“Bhagavad-Gita:The Song of God” has had a huge influence on Hindu thought, ethics, and practices shows the spiritual teachings of Hinduism, including very important ones such as karma, meditation through yoga. It is through these teachings that one can reach self-enlightenment and self-awareness. In “Bhagavad-Gita:The Song of God” it reveals that there is only one god, but appears is many forms, that god is the reason for emotional enjoyment, and suffering, in addition to everything physical on…
that some Youtube versions even had to have disclaimers. Nas uses this imagery to bring to light that Jesus’ crucifixion mirrors his own crucifixion in the world of media and haters. Nevertheless, Nas is thankful for his haters because that means “God has given him enough conviction and material possessions to incite…
worshiping also varies. As said by Flueckiger, “The primary mode of worshiping god and goddess in contemporary Hindu traditions is through the practice of bhakti, the up-warding devotional love. The worshiping of the divines with physical forms (murtis) identifies the image, presence of the deities to be embodied or manifested in a physical shape (Flueckiger P.77). One of the most important practices in the worshiping of god with a physical image is the Service of Puja—service to the deity…
The American Jeremiads are sermons, speeches, visual texts, or essays that unify a people by creating tension between ideal social life and its real manifestation. The traditional jeremiad first includes a biblical or a spiritual ideal for behavior, then it describes the ways that individuals and communities have not met the standards of those ideas. The jeremiads then provide a vision for an ideal public life that will result in the individuals and communities meeting the high standards that…
Abrahamic idea of God. So how did we go from worshipping many gods thousands of years ago to just worshipping one all knowing God, and what kind of repercussions has that brought upon the world? Before going into the rise of monotheism, it is important to understand polytheism. Not in the standard dictionary sense, but in the context of the time. Our meaning of religion today compared to the meaning of religion back then are two totally different…