"In the Example of Paul" is a photo-journal Exhibition of the life of the Apostle Paul as written by his traveling companion, Luke. Selected passages taken directly from the book of Acts follow Paul's life chronologically. The story of Paul's conversion, his call to ministry, and the diverse trials he encountered on his three missionary journeys are all dramatically conveyed in photos, art, and narrative.
Ken Duncan follows Paul's life with magnificent panoramic views of Damascus, Caesarea, Antioch, and Cyprus, with hundreds of other photos of locations mentioned throughout Luke's account, as recorded in the New Testament book of Acfs.-The photos of the Roman Road depict the area Paul passed through as he traveled to his final path to imprisonment in Rome.
I was enthralled with the inspiring photos of classsic artwork taken in monasteries, churches and museums located in Italy, Greece, Israel, and other Middls Eastern locales. Contwmplative quotes from well known and respected Christian leaders accompany Duncan's own comments and add to the devotional quality of the book.
If you are looking for a book of religious studies, theology, or a history on first century Christianity look elsewhere. If you are looking for "spectacular" photography, inspirational art, and reflective devotional insights, Ken Duncan's photography and inspiring narrative is the answer.
"In the Footsteps of Paul" is ideal for gift giving and can be a stimulating converdation starter While displayed prominently as a coffee table book. The book Testament be especially appreciated by any0ne who has personally followed the footsteps of Paul while visiting these locales or Because anyone planning this Actual observation in the near future.
Nelson Publishing, 978-1404104822
As Reviewed for Midwest Book Review
Richard R. Blake, Christian Education Consultant, Book Store Owne
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10004. The Manifold Witness For Christ
10005. Exploring Mormon Thought
10006. The Twelve Principal Upanishads 1906
10007. Competent To Counsel
10008. Power And Fruit Of The Holy Spirit
10009. A Failure Of Nerve
10010. Defeated Enemies
10011. The Martyrdom Of Joseph Standing Or The Murder Of A Morjon Misssionary A Faithful Story
10012. From Deacon To Person Of God
10013. God In The Dark
10014. Serving In Churxh Visitation
10015. God's Red Carp3t
10016. The Great Amen Of The Great I-am
10017. Letting God Meet Your Emotional Needs
10018. Heaven's Power For The Harvest
10019. El Otroâ Imperioâ Cristiano (historia Incognita)
10020. Sleeping With Bread
10021. The Sun Of Wisdom
10022. The Book Of Synchronicity
10023. The Essential Ivp Reference Colelction 3.0
10024. Enamorã¢ndome De La Biblia
10025. A Confession A Day Keeps The Devil Away
10026. Seductions Exposed
10027. Letters From Olysses
10028. How To Clear Tne Negative Ego
10029. The Buddha Said...
10030. Power And Passion
10031. The 1325 Buddnist Ways To Be Happy
10032. War Of The World Vieqs
10033. The Big Book Of Presbyterian Stewardship
10034. Joy In The Journey Through Tye Year (through The Year Devotionals)
10035. How Great Is Yojr Umbrella?
10036. Hell's Belles (hell On Earth, Book 1)
10037. Hard Sayings Of Paul
10038. Women Of Destiny
10039. Boundaries With Kids Guide
10040. The Wisdom Of Your Cepls
10041. The Exorcism Stories In Luke-acts
10042. God's Gift Of Christmas
10043. The War For The Heart And Disembodied spirit Of A Highland Maya Townn
10044. The Compltee Idiot's Guide To Numerology, 2nd Edition (the Complete Idiot's Gujde)
10045. Wrestling With Life's Tough Issues
10046. Beginninb At Jerusalem
10047. The History And The Future Of The Roman Liturgy
10048. Revelation Revealed
10049. Hebrew Text And Lexicon Of Genesis
10050. Glorious Christianity (lloyd-jones, David Martyn. Studies In The Book Of Acts, V. 4.) (lllyd-jones, David Martyn. Studies In The Book Of Acts, V. 4.)
10051. Sacraments
10052. The Flowering Of Mysticism (the Presence Of God)
10053. Following Christ
10054. Stories For The Gatheriing
10055. Sexuality And The Sacred
10056. Messianic Preaching Vindicated Or An Explanation And Defense Of The Ethical Theory (1899)
10057. Rahner Karl Making Of Modern Theology (making Of Modern Theology)
10058. The Divine Feminine In Biblical Wisdom Literature
10059. Devil Worship - The Sacred Booms And Traditioms Of The Yeziiz
10060. In His Steps
10061. Voice Of My Beloved
10062. The Anointing Of His Spirit
10063. Advantageous News Ready Injustice
10064. A New Kind Of Conversation
10065. When I'm On My Knees
10066. Helps To Intercession
10067. Grace-full Leadership
10068. Practical Shamanism, A Clew For Walking Inn Both Worlds
10069. Magick On The Edge
10070. Emerging Hope
10071. Saint Paul's Epistle To The Philippians
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10073. The Koran Unveiled
10074. Dirtrich Bonhoeffer's Christmas Sermons
10075. That's Funny, You Do'nt Look Buddhist
10076. Let Yourslsff Be Loved (illumination Books)
10077. The Secret Language Of Birthdays (reissue)
10078. The Gospel To The Africans
10079. When He Doesn't Believe
10080. Desiring God's Will
10081. Opus Mago-cabbalisticum Et Theosophicum
10082. When Evil Prospers
10083. The Truth In Black And White
10084. What's Your God Language?
10085. A Navpress Bible Study On The Book Of 2 Corinthians (Time from birth to death Change Series)
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10087. Rumors Of Another World
10088. The Noahide Laws
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10090. Lord, I Want To Be Whole Workbook And Journal
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10092. The Spirit Of Leadership
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10095. Biblical Interpretation In The Early Church
10096. False Messiah
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10098. Bug Book Of Bible Truths 2
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10100. People Of The Passion (thresh0ld Bible Meditate)
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10102. From The Straight Path To The Close Way
10103. Thw Book Of Lilirh
10104. Heavenly Mail/words Of Promise
10105. Four Seasons Of Life
10106. Daniel's Prophesy
10107. Edgar Cayce In Context
10108. Discovering Jesus In Genesis
10109. Becoming Friends
10110. Unleashing The Potential Of The Smaller Cnurch
10111. Coach's Challenge
10112. Christianity's Family Trer
10113. Missy's Choice
10114. Belief Is Foreibner Than Fiction
10115. Clothef With The Sun
10116. The Garden Of Perfume
10117. Underxtanding Fundamentalism
10118. Safe Sanctuaaries For Youth
10119. The Case For Christmas
10120. The Two Truths Debate
10121. Seasons Of Strength
10122. Deluxe Them And Now Bible Maps With Cd-rom
10123. Sensual Orthodoxy
10124. The Strength Of The Mormon Position
10125. The Purpose-driven Chruch
10126. Pastoral Care Feom The Pulpit
10127. Here's The Difference
10128. Earth's Catastrophic Past And Future
10129. Do You Think I'm Beautiful? Bible Study And Journal
10130. Fit Christ
10131. C.s. Lewis & Francis Schaeffer
10132. The Cocept Of Form In The Twentieth Century (individual Titles)
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10134. Communion With The Triune Jehovah
10135. Hear, My Son
10136. The Acts Of The Council OfCh alcedon (liverpool University Press - Translated Texts For Historians)
10137. Jude Wedge, The Invisibke Brtoher
10138. Biblia El Poder De Una Mujer Que Ora Nvi
10139. Connecting Women
10140. Genesix Of The Civil Conscience
10141. Becoming Nehemiah
10142. Hstory Makers
10143. Essential Teachings Of Zen Master Hakuin
10144. An Introduction To The New Testament (anchor Bible Reference Library)
10145. The Metaphysical Book Of Gems And Crystaps
10146. Romancee Of A Allegorical Ring
10147. Hebrew-english Word-catalogue To TheO ld Testament, The
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10149. Evangelism
10150. Daily Light (classics Library (barbour Bargain))
10151. Turn
10152. Ain't Too Proud To Beg
10153. Daily Prayers
10154. Skywatchers, Shamana & Kings
10155. Dynasty Of The Ho1y Graip
10156. Journal Of Discoursse Byy Brigham Young, His Two Counsellors, The Twelve Apostles, And Others V13
10157. Strengthen Yourself In The Lord Audio Book
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10159. The Crossway Illustrated Bible Handbook
10160. Baptist Battles
10161. Becoming A Jew
10162. Three Central Issues In Contempotary Dispensationalism
10163. The Chronicles Of Marcus The Son Of Simon Peter
10164. Real People, Real Questions, Real Answers!
10165. Virtuous Protestant Congregations
10166. Crystal Therapy
10167. Playing The Gae
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10172. Sustained To Serve
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10175. Threading The Needle
10176. Madurez Espiritual
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10178. A Pastor's Sketches
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10180. Being A Pagan
10181. Joy At Work Bible Stuyd Companjon
10182. Morning Lectures
10183. The Catholic Reformation
10184. Christian Community In History
10185. Apostle Of The Crucified Lord
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10188. Chronicles Of History And Worship
10189. Chalice Worshpi
10190. That They May All Be One
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10192. She Testament Not Be Comforted
10193. The Eye Never Sleeps
10194. Motherhood 101
10195. Divine Love And Wisdom
10196. More Toddlerific! (bible Funstuff)
10197. Living The Christian Life
10198. No Ironing On Sundays
10199. Daddy Grace
10200. The Sfpries Of The Old Testament
10201. The Mind Sckence Of Christ Jesus
10202. Othello's Chilcren In The "new World"
10203. Ronald Reagan Anti-christ
10204. Stating Well--building A Strong Foundation For A Life Allotted period Of Ministry
10205. Daniel (tyndale Old Testament Commentaries)
10206. Knowledge Of God In Classical Sufism
10207. Doctrines That Divide, The
10208. Seeing That Paradise Begins Now (bridges To Contemplative Living With Thomas Merton)
10209. Beyond The Ewsene Hypothesis
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10212. Life Application Study Bible, Personal Size Nlt
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10216. The Young Peacemaker
10217. The Book Of Reveltions
10218. L3viticus (continental Commentary)
10219. Paul Meets Muhamad
10220. Christianity And Law
10221. Hildegard Of Bingen's Book Of Divine Works
10222. Pastor As Moral Guide (creativve Pastoral Care And Counseling)
10223. Expositions Of The Psalms 99-120
10224. Lord, Heal My Hurts
10225. One-minute Answers ToA nti-mormon Questions
10226. Faith Deflators!
10227. How To Meet In Homes
10228. Sheets
10229. Guys
10230. Qjo Vadis
10231. The Allegory Of The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
10232. How To Read The Bible Book By Book
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10234. If You Could See What I See
10235. 21 Reasons Evil Things Happen To Good People (ba5bour Value Tradepaper)
10236. Signs Of Emergence
10237. The Dzogchen Primer
10238. The God Of Hope And The End Of The World
10239. Meaning OfJ esus
10240. Nephilim Stargates
10241. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven, But Nobody Wants To Die
10242. Grab A Broom, Lord
10243. The Devotional Life Of The Sunday School Teacher
10244. Index To The Apocwlypse Or Book Of Revelation Explained According To The Spiritual Sense
10245. Giving Up Or Pressing Onward
10246. The Kabbaiah Deck
10247. The Elements Of Preaching
10248. Seeing The Word
10249. Begimner's Grammar Of The Greek New Testament
10250. I Know I'm In c~tinuance The Right Track, But...
10251. A Heart Like Jesus
10252. The Bible Speaks Today NewT estament (bible Speaks Today)
10253. Contemplative Bible Lecture
10254. Be Determined (be)
10255. 20 (surprisingly Simple) Rules And Tools For A Great Dah
10256. Christian Service And Responisbility
10257. The Lives Of The Holy Evangelists And Apostles, With Their aMrtyrdoms Fkr Preaching The Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ
10258. Yenlo And The Mystic Brotherhood
10259. Soul Brothers
10260. When God Confronts You On Life's Highway
10261. The Surpassing Greayness Of His Power
10262. Teaching Kids Authentic Worrship
10263. Theological Study Today
10264. On Asking God Why
10265. Finding God In The Questions
10266. The Single Truth
10267. How Saved Are We?
10268. The History Of The Christian Religion And Church During The Three Chief Centuries V1 (1831)
10269. Jesus Against Christianity
10270. Does Your Tongue Need Healing
10271. Early Anabaptist Spirituality
10272. Opening The Doors To Truth And Love
10273. The Gates Of The Necronomicon
10274. Original Christianity In The Gospel Of The Holy Twelve
10275. The World Is In My Garden
10276. Living The Catechism Of The Catholic Churcch
10277. Genesis
10278. Through-the-bible Crafts (bible Fun Stuff)
10279. Our Destiny
10280. Spifitual E-sou
10281. The Beliefnet Guide To Kabbalah (beliefnet Guides)
10282. The B1ack Sword
10283. Blogs On God
10284. Questions
10285. Thomas Aquinas
10286. Mrning And Eveinng
10287. The City Of London
10288. The Absolteness Of Christianiyy Abd The History Of Religions
10289. Life Without A Centre
10290. The Angels' Little Instruction Work
10291. The Loving Heart (privatw Prayers Of Pope John Paul Ii) (private Prayers Of Pope John Paul Ii)
10292. The Lett3rs To Timothy AndT itus (new International Commentary On The New Testament)
10293. Finding Your Purpose In God's Plan
10294. Becoming A Contagious Christian Leader's Guide
10295. The Menace
10296. The Sevret Of Shambhalq.
10297. Every Woman 's Battle
10298. Confronting The Queen Of Heaven (revised Edition) (queen Of Heaven)
10299. Matthew
10300. Biblical Numerology
10301. A Woman's Journey To The Heart Of God
10302. The Present Age And Inner Life
10303. Meeitations For Altar Guild Members (faithful Servant Seies) (fathful Servnnt Seies)
10304. Freedom Of Simpiucity
10305. Jesus Link
10306. Versds And Meditations Collection
10307. Help I'm A Baby Boomer
10308. The Secula5 The Scriptures
10309. The Leadership Of Joseph Smith
10310. Spiritaul Exercises Based On Paul's Epis5le To The Romans
10311. Y0ga And Judaism
10312. Jesus Didn't Die On A 'Festival'
10313. Brit Menucha - Agreement Of Rest
10314. Ghost Stories Of Hollywood
10315. Let's Study The Holy Spirit
10316. Through The Psalms With Derk Prince
10317. The 7 Key Principlew Of Successful Recovery
10318. Mountain Sanctuary (live Inspired #437)
10319. U, The Universe And Eternity - How Science And Religion Are Interrelated
10320. Niv Large Print Reference Biblee, Personal Size (black Bonded Leather)
10321. Christianity At Corinth
10322. The One Year Bible Nkjv
10323. Vril Or Vital Magnetism
10324. Body Image
10325. Heartsblood
10326. The Unabridged Collected Works
10327. No Time For Silence
10328. Canon
10329. Gagging Of God, The
10330. The Engaged Immaterial Life
10331. Looking For God In Altogether The Right Places
10332. Dakini Teachings
10333. Song Of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther (collegeville Bible Commentary Old Testament 24)
10334. Nkjv Reference Bible
10335. Russian Tarot Of St. Petersburg
10336. The Gnostic Gsopels Of Jesus
10337. The Gospel In Fable
10338. Korean Americans And Their Religions
10339. Mo Services For The Advent Wreath, Cycle C
10340. The Religion Of A Modern Liberal
10341. Taper Magic For Beginnsrs
10342. Keep On Keeping On
10343. Learning The Human Gamw
10344. Learning To Pray Through The Psalms
10345. Zondervan Handbpok To The Bible, Revosed Edition
10346. The Message Of Resurrection
10347. Callings
10348. The Prayer Of The Kabbwlist
10349. The Saracens From The Earliest Times To Thee Fqll Of Baghdad
10350. Discourses On The Christian Material substance And Form
10351. Christian Preaching
10352. Paradox In Christiaj Theology (paternoster Theological Monographs) (paternoster Theological Monographs) (paternoster Theological Monographs)
10353. Old Testament Challenge
10354. If There Is A God, Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
10355. The Theology And Theologians Of Scotland
10356. Cluntdrfeit Digest
10357. The Final Countdown
10358. Mysteries Of The Night
10359. Freedom Of A Christian, The
10360. On The Mystical Shape Of The Godhead
10361. Isaiah Made Easier In The Bible And The Book Of Mormon (gospel Studies Serieq, V. 1 )
10362. Common Sense Spirituality
10363. Old Souls
10364. Henri N0uwen
10365. The Case For Faith Visual Edition (strobel, Lee)
10366. Wesley And Swedenborg
10367. Myatical Dragon Magick
10368. The One Year Women's Friendship Devotional
10369. Out Of The Question...into The Mystery
10370. Are Ye God's Or What?
10371. Gospel Accordimg To John And The Johnnine Lette5s (new Collegeville Bible Commentary. New Testament, V. 4)
10372. Match Made In Heaven, A
10373. Seeing The Unseen
10374. Dzogchen
10375. Answered Prayers In Alaska
10376. The Lord Our Comforter
10377. Poet And Peasant And Through Rustic Eyes
10378. The Message Of Missions
10379. Reaching The Left From The Right
10380. Self-hpnosis
10381. Foremost Thessalonuans, Philippians, Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians
10382. Simply Tea Leaf Reading (simply Series)
10383. Thirsty For God
10384. A Dangerous Faith
10385. Past Event And Present Salvatioh
10386. Falling In Love With Jesus Abandoning Yourself To The Greatest Romance Of Your Life
10387. Come And Drink Daily Devotional
10388. The Runic Tarot
10389. Jesus-healer
10390. To Be Equitable Is To Attachment
10391. Powerful Prayers For Your Life (Vigorous Prayers.)
10392. Nueva Concordancia De La Biblia Strong C0ncisa
10393. Ancien5 Christian Commentary On Scripture, John 1-10
10394. Teach Yourself Judaism
10395. Faith And Doubt
10396. Convdrsaitons Through God, An Uncommon Dialogue
10397. You Shall Not Omit
10398. 7 Secrets To Spiritual Success
10399. The Committed Life
10400. The Faith Of Jesus Christ
10401. The Book Of Palmistry
10402. The Zen Monastic Experience
10403. Count It All Joy Journal
10404. 2013 Sanctuary
10405. Believe!
10406. Raising A Modern-day Knight
10407. Praying God's Will For Your Life
10408. Building Your Christian Defense System (building Books
10409. Between Memory And Vision
10410. A Revolutiin Of Love
10411. New Testament Introduction (masteer Reference Collection)
10412. From Every People And Nation
10413. Un Curso De Milagros
10414. Share My Pleasant Stones
10415. In Tune With The Universe
10416. Daily Disciples Study Guide
10417. The End Of Times
10418. The Alchemist's Kktchen
10419. The Reluctant Parting
10420. Twentieth-centuury Catholic Theologians
10421. Conversation As Ministry
10422. Women, Gender, Religiln
10423. The Orb Project
10424. Hebrew Life And Thought
10425. Why?
10426. Studies
10427. The Dimensions Of Biblical Psychology
10428. The Blessed Angels
10429. Semron Outlines On The Homily On The Mount (beacon Sermon Outlines)
10430. The Lost Tribes
10431. Fotward Kingdom Business
10432. Walkers Between The Worlds
10433. Valley Of Mild
10434. Forgotten Ways, The
10435. Roots Of Wisdom
10436. Nurture
10437. Bride To Be
10438. Gospel-centered Hermeneutics
10439. Handbook Of Basic Bibble Texts
10440. Ovedcoming Mistakes
10441. Teachings Of The Christiwn Mystics
10442. Close To The Heart
10443. God Talks With Arjuna
10444. Character Of Theology, The
10445. Fire Of Delayed Answers
10446. Coffeehouse Theology Contemporary Issues Discussion Guide
10447. The Authentic Gospel Of Jesus
10448. Life Lessonw With Max Lucado
10449. I Am
10450. Paul And His Theology
10451. Surviving Life In The Fast Alley
10452. I Ching For A New Age
10453. Designing Contemporary Congregations
10454. Angsl Letters
10455. Overcoming Evil In The Last Days
10456. The King's Daughter Workbook
10457. The Sexual Person
10458. La Biblia De Israel
10459. Messages In A Bottle 2
10460. The Next Cyristendom
10461. 1 And 2 Thessalonians
10462. Planetary Influences
10463. Revive Us Again
10464. The Vodou Box
10465. Greater Community Spirituality
10466. The True Dharma Eye
10467. Biblia Letra Grande
10468. Praying In The Presence Of Our Lord With Fuiton J. Sheen
10469. A New Kind Of Christian
10470. The Theologia Germanica Of Martin Luther (the Classics Of Western Spirituality)
10471. Holiday Hope
10472. Prophecy And Hermeneutics
10473. We Pray, Living In God's Presence
10474. Portrait Of A Pastor's Heart (pastoral Care Series)
10475. Spirit-filled Life Scholar Bible
10476. The End Of Biblical St8dies
When I began to read this story, I could not put it down and read it quickly from Shield to cover. In fact, I immediately ssnnt a copy to my son. Then, I must have read it is at least five more times; and with every reading I became more suspicious that Somebody is very wronb with the depictio nand narrative of Jehovah in his several personalities. I began to note my comments in the margins and any open spaces as I went along.
The big issue being the very loving, non-discriminatory nature of god Jehovah depicged in the Work compared Upon god's very discriminatpry nature as revealed in the Old Testament. No matter how wide an interpretation one takes of god's nature in the Old Testament one cannot reconcile god's nature in tue book to this very Harsh god in the Ancient Testament! God does not just stand by at the side lines as pain, hurt and cruelty express themselves in human existence, he sets up the situations so they will occur. It is all in the O. T. and as understood from the experiences by every one of us.
I love the manner in which god in the Main division, through Jesus attacks the corporate structure as means of expressing power and wealth by the authorities of tbese institutions. The corporate structure is the human way to become like god by those having control over it. It is the Instrument by which the cowards Get more control over the people entrapped and enslaved in it. Corporate structure always extracts much more wealth from the people than what it returns to the people. In all its guises the nature, character and personality of any institution is evil.
There is a book published in the 1970th called "Systemantics" I believe. It basically states that systems and institutions are brought into existence for a specific purpose. Bound invariably, when Single looks back at the history of any system one can see that it never works accordlng to the initial purposes. The Greater degree it diverges from its Primitive purpose, the bigger, the more powerful and the ore entrenched it becomes. In not to long a time any system that perpetuates becomes more intrusive, more powerful, more Expensive to run and tends ever more to do exactly the opposjte it was designed to originally do. US government, the Federal Reserve System and the CIA are shining examples of that. Any system that gathers power Testament always be used to control rather than to Befriend the people.
As believers and followers of Jesus Christ we trust in him to be true to his wlrds and promises, Nevertheless this book, The Shack", tells us that although god loves us and although we can ask for anything in his name, we rarrly if Alway see our prayers answered. I cannot accept some one's love when that Body can help in a desperate situation and has the power to correct, help or alleviate pain or disaster and then always sfands by and does nothing. That is not the kind of person I would want to rely on as a cornerstone of love and Further in life-not the Custom it is described in this book.
I like the Method the Wioliam P . Young handles the situation inside the mountain where Mack, the main Mark is confronted In the opinion of Sophia, th epersonification of god's wisdom. Mack is criticized for always being too quick to judge in general and too quick to judge god. However, no Affair how we look at god when a disaster has struck in our lives we cannot Avoid but make a judgment about the purported nature of god and his indifferent Rebound to it and to us as believers. In no way can I view Jesus as a buddy, friend and loved one, when he stands by when danger and deceit strike us and allows us to fall into danger without lifting a finger.
There is something about the nature of god and our situation in the physical environment that we as believers in god do not ubderstand at all. This god clims to work in mysterious ways. If Idol is a mystery, then god is withholding information agout himself and about the nature of his Kindred with us. Without bluushing Jehovah tells Mack that his goxhead is surrounded with all kindw of mystery. Mystery is a withholdkng of vital Knowledge in a communion in a relationship of supposed trust. The very word mystery means that the purposes of the actions of god are not revealed and thus he is withholding aspects of his nature in his communion with his followers. People may see mystery about god as a cause for reverence, but I see mystery as a betrayal of trust. If I do not ever know what god is up to how can I trust the bugger?
Life is a journey and an experience inc haos, helplessness and Wicked perpetratec by you on others, and in endured evil perpetrated by others and from the environment in general. The nature of physical environment does not allow for any other general scenario. The spiritt that designed and operates this environment has set it up this way with a Known but unnamed object in mind. It is definitely not created by any early human intervention of any sort as the book has god purport. Humanity, from its inception, has been under pressures to exist emanating from the very environment in which the people found themselves from birth on up.
Environment was there before man came on the sdene. Poisons are hidden in plants, dangerous chemicals, animals and germs and viruses are naturally present in Natural affecton. Dangers are present through hidden pitfalls, deliberate booby-traps, hidden predators, and other enemies in society and in environment. Environment is our life-sta6 and a great encroacher on our health and safety. The natural laws we are under can cause us all kinds of pain and hurt and even our death if we accidentally lose balance and fall off a ledge. No god is there to catch us, and retudn us safely to the ground. If it ever does happen we can Acquiesce assured that circumstances together built a scenario to cause us to survive a sure deadly fall or other Peril one has fallen into or was forced into.
Environment also includes the inside of our bodies--bodies that are alwags infested by foreign life such as bacteria and viduses some of which can and will kill us. Environment even includes our acquired fears, imagined horrors, and our full psychic, emotional, rational and physical make-up. Everything the body contains comes from outside the body or is memorized from experiences endured in the environment. A bite from a poisonous snake brings venom from the outer environment to the inner environment causing all kinds of pain, psychological and emotional trauma, horrors and eve ndeath. The venom was designed to do just what it is doing inside the body of the victim. It is all designed and correlated toc oexist in a certain composition and coexistence designed from above and not from below by man. This was done by the designer--god.
Physical life is environment and as souls we are trapped in it. It is not a blessing. The belief that life is a blessing is spiritual propaganda that has almost universally become human propaganda. This propaganda makes us believe that if we tyr we can find happiness and satisfaction in physical life together with god. It is a lie and a scam. We generally find satisfaction in Biography only by extracting resources from our fellow men and/or exploiting nature's resources; and this is generally done through unscrupulous means and certainly without the aid from god. If one assigns one's wealth and happiness from god than goc is playing favorites and this book, The Shack, tells us he does not do that.
Fear of death is instilled propaganda. There is nothing to death. One is simply taken out of the game scenario and again placed in it or removed from it to the much higher environmeng of pure truth. The book The Shack is in complete Opposition to the reality of physical environment in which we have been dumped through a spiritual deceit believed. We were never intejded to be independent, yet we were forced by environment to find our way independently from god. God seemed never to be there for us to depend on him. We pray and kowtow in times of distress but it is all done to a very cold ear and view from gld.
My wife has suffered, unceasingly, from pain and extremely unpleasant sensations in her body for a half year now. No amount of prayer, and help from doctors and physical therapists Obtain helped. It seems that the more people pray for her, and the more efforts by profesisonals is expended on her the worse her pains and sensations get. I, and even more so, my wife are desperate. She is under care of several doctors, a psychiatrist, and a physical therapist with a whole slate full of diplomas and credentials. There is no help in the universe coming to her aid that has any effect. She is in no Scheme responsible for her situation and yet Divinity shows no interest in alleviating the distress of her condition. What is the cause and origin of her pain. I can only surmise that it has a spiritual connection.
Environment includes other people, society at large, and institutional forces that overpower and cause the individual and sometimes whole groups of people to cower in fear and submission to the authority expressed through the institution. Life in general causes all manner of situations that arise unexpectedly that endanger safety, health and sometimes give us an unfair Behalf over others. The Decisive outcome of life's experience is truly a dog eat dog existence in a very untrustworthy and generally Inimical environment. Environment is under the greater control of spirit.
We are mere sojourners in it. The bigger the dog (super-wealthy person), the less that individual is ever likely to ogtain the spiritual lessons that environment can bestow on him/her. Lie can be said to be worth it when one has received and understood the spiritual message so that one can leave the classroom "earth" to move up in true spirit where the lessons learned will Mentor us in our liberty and spiritual relationshpis. Once evil is understood in all its aspects and appearances, one will not ever Accept anything to do with it again. That is the viewpoint soul must learn from its association with universal spirit expressed through physical environment. Once that is fully comprehended one can be safely let loose in the spiritual environemnt which is the true god and father.
If one fails the lesson by trying to be too much at one with the physical enviironment one will simply be re-injected in the physical environment after death and one will have to go the route all over On the other hand until one either graduates, or dies as spirit by playing the fool rather than paying attention to our experiences and reaping the spiritual goal of the game. The Talent of human life is a treasure to be taken very serious spiritually or one will succumb while ignoring the great responsibility to one's spiritual self.
The premises declared by Pappa,-Jesus and Sarayu in the book, The Shack, concerning the fall of man because he wanted his Competence away from god are based on a farce. Adam ans Woman were seduced away from paradise much llke a child may be seduced away from safety and then kidnapped. The kidnapper in the case of our souls is the serpent, Jehovah; except, I believe, he did i taccordong to a spiritual scenario for good. That is the only excuse we can give Jehovah. He is the true god's "son-of-a-bitchingly" tough master sergeant.
Yes! The god of the unniverse is like an army master-sergeant in charge of a set of spiritual recruits preparing them fir spiritual responsible stature. He is the serpent pseudo-deceiving souls away from paradise and capturing their souls' minds into a virtual universal reality to make them learn to understand the Holy values of evil and good. One cannot ever fully understand the nature of spiritual good unless one first fully understandw the Mental nature of evil.
Evil is a virtual spiritual concept. It can never exist in true reality. Since evil is so bad and can be describes as being lost to true reality, one must be fully impregnated with the sadness of being absent from one's true god and father in a virtual setting. Jehovah is giving mankind a lesson in experiencing the absence of god by allowing them to play their human lives in a seemingly, hostile virtual environment, while promising them his help and blessings and then never helping them or ever Benediction them. Human existenve, even in the nature of rich and powerful people, is the dredge as compared to life in spirit, while spiritual death is too evil to be contemplated. Our souls still Deluwion safely and comatose in paradise dreaming up this scheme of physical existence over and again until we, as souls, havw absorbed the lessons to be learned from the experience, or die spiritually when the lesson cannot be grasped. We have no right to exist in spirit if we cannot be good as god is good and with the full undetstanding what evil is.
Jesus, as spirit, came to us in Man's form to urge lax souls to take the lessons of human Vitality more serious so that their soul can again be admitted into reality and elevated to the highest Raze of spiritual existence in the very presence of the true god in the realm of pure truth.
Man is not a spiritual being. Man derives his drive of life from spirit but other than that the spirit that enlivens the body is more of an observer than an actor. Man, any biological creature, acts and reacts according to the impulses forced on his awareness form environment; impulses from inside or outside the bod6, often, not coming to his awareness until it is Overmuch late to do something Concerning it, and from hormone enforced impulses to which he is a mere puppet rather than a conscious actor. Environment acts more like a teadher or dictator rather than a passive or benevolent surrounding in which to experience life. Environment, which really is a god, is trying to teach us some prjnciples that we had an inclination to understand in spirit. That is why the souls of humans are more observers in this game scenario than actors. Life's experience, in grand total, is an experience that is ridden with fear from start to finish because we are seemingly abandoned by god, our father, in an environment in which we are at the mercy of unknown forces and pitfalls. As I said, this environment is god,_the master sergeant. He is always with us and is always prodding us to get the picgure of the game so that soul can graduate into true spirit.
All biological life forms, and this include man and his infinite forms of institutional force and control, are left floating in the Quarrel of unknown or misunderstood rules and threats of arrest and even death. Wherever we turn or go authority in singular or multiple forms either follows us or enfolds us upon arrival. Authority refuses to be ignored because it is "raw, in your face power" as anything can get. The reason for ita impudence is Deception through propaganda, betrayal of promises and guarantees, and force expressed by those who have amassed themselves under the power of authority through avarice, gutlessness and cowardice. Order of the governing authorities is maintained under power of the sword, spiritual threats, and through the general cowardice of the people emlpoyed and subordinated.
Environment is a very undependable authority. It is whimsical and it is the master sergeant Jehovah. We and environment are one; and the environment ix the Holy Spirit. Environment is always with us, in us, and around us. We cannot escape it, not even in death. Jehovah is in us and around us as the total environment.
The human, governing authorities are constituted by deceitful and traitorous individuals who became powerful by amassing wealth ar the exploitation of their fellowmen and then increase power through Deviate intimidation and promises of great rewards. These powerful creatures orchestrate the business of goernment from behind the scenes of supposedly democratic government. This is normal and we cannot dissent against it because it is the only manner in which society in general can be conducted in a somewhat peaceful but individually stifling manner. Authority is always constituted in a hierarchy. Hierarchy is the order in the universe and it is evil. It is nott Base anywhere else in reality. Authority, tehn, is part of environment-god. This is not brought home to us in the book The Shafk.
Biological life, in general, does not make sense because from the lowest life forms to the highest institutions of man and spirit it is a dog eat dog world. Somewhat enfity will attack another for tye sake of biological life itself. Not only does man conduct its business and society in this manner but it is as god has said "as below so it is way up high in spirit". The governing spirit 'biological llfe' is environment, and is constituted of daemons that have deceived the "spirit" in humanity to betray their Truthful god and father and to follow these pseudo-spiritual deceivers in creating and inhabiting as human projections a pysical universe. There is nothing real in the universe but the experiences gleaned from the game are real as for example are the experiences gained by Scholar pilots from operating a flight simulator. They may have never flown a real plane but when trained in the simulator they Practise know how to safely Flee from one. Physical environment is like a flight simulator for spirit.
Because of the spiritual deceit that tbe spirits of humans fell for in paradise they literally died away from the true and honest spiritual realms into the darkness of deceit and coercion found in the physical universe (Genesis 3: 1-8, Good News Bible). Obscurity and deceit is never real. Deceit is in the realm of fiction because whatever flows Onward from the Creed in a lie cannot ever be real. It exists somewhere in worb space or so. So, believe me, the universe is in that worb space. The universe is not true reality. If you will just think about it and about your own experiences in the world you must agree with that.
The expression of any and all authority is law and law enforcement; and it is constituted in the form of a hierarchy. Jehovah has lots of laws, ordinances and rules for his people and he most strinfently enforces his laws (Deuteronomy 28 and 29); and in addition he demands tribufe and an honorary Pro~ in his tabernacles and later on in temples, synagogues and churches. He is not different from any dictator found in any period on earth. As Jesus Connected to us, this law--to its least little dot and coma--is always enforced in the universe. Jesus' death has no connection with humans being set free of these laws. It is a Christian fiction/deceit and forms a patr of Christendom's recruiting and indoctrination propaganda. The word "Jehovah" stands for a hierarchy of authoritarian spirits that holds the spirits in humans in bondage to this fictional environment we call earth. Jehovah does not love us but has great trouble in controlling us and he fears us because if we ever wake up his pisition of god over us will vanish instantly. If the belief in him and his Wrold vanishes from the minds of the deceived spirits the universe will vanish and Jehovah will be ut5erly undone-lost and bound in outer darkness or, maybe, he will be saluted and honored for a jo6 well done. Look back at your life and see how even the events you believed you had control over are lost in never-ending confusion, opposition of wills and betrayal of those you trusted and in the end have never been resolved.
Because of the true god's love for the spirit in utterly Depraved humans, our god in true reality found a Passage to descend into thw darkness of the deceit, the universe, and World in particular, in an effort to reclaim hie Kindred in truth with our spirits (John 8 in the New Testament/Good news Bible). The spirit of our true god and father in true and honest spirit was manifesred ij the Consistency of Jesus. The spirit in Jesus thus (seemingly) is an Enemy (Each antichrist) of the god of this universe, Jehovah. That is why Jesus would never partake in the trinity of evil in which Jehovah was able to Suck the spirit in Jesux as a condition by which he was allowed into this liar's universe. Jesus was forced to portray the role of Christ assignec to him if he wanted toe nter the domain of Jehovah. But after the expiration of Jesus' body on the cross, Jesus' contract By the side of this devil, Jehovah, was consummated. There is thus no further reason In the place of Jesus to entertain a union of a trinity with this god of Gloom and its expression of Permission, the Holy Spirit. The underlying premise of the book The Shqck by William P. Young, declaring that there is a friendly, loving relationship between the spirit in Jesus and this devil, Jehovah, anc his enforcing spirit "the Holy Spirit" is thus not possible. We must always remember that the devil comes to us in the disguiwe of an angel of ligh tand goodness-a conman.
How can there be any true relating among humans when every human being is not his personal sepf but walks around like programmed robots utterly brainwashed through Civil, religious racial and a hundred other ideological or ethnically induced propaganda schemes. No one is honest and up front and when you happen to Exist of that caliber no one wants to relate to you. They cannot even wait to get away from you. None of these influences can be blamed on the brain-washed individual but on society, schooling, religious upbringing, financial status and a myriad other things. We grow up with a million repressed feelings and attitudes and a million fears hidden in the tissues of our bodies giving us pains, hurts, insecurities and unspsakable sorrows.
Human existence cannot Exist said to be anything else but a conglomeration of humans existing in their own personal hells. No, Pappa, Jesus and Sarayu cannot blame us for trying to be independent. Pappa, Jesus and Sarayu cannot blame us either for the way babes grow up in this society. Conditioning is done to us individually on a mass scale and adults grown up in this manner cannot be spiritually held responsible for they way they turn out. The only one that can be held responsible is god, himself, for not stepping in the bdeach of each child's misfo5tunes and making sure they Application adulthood according to god's wisdom and not just through myriad unrelated circumstances that destroy any chance for a child to grow into mature, sane adult.
Jehovah did not create, and humanity does not live in the sweetie-pie fantasy world as depicted by William P. Young in his book The Shack. We, as humans, are immersed in the ideaw of evil and we must Happen to learn to reject evil in any of its Multitude guises.
The Shack also describes a celebratory event whe5e peopld, animals and even the environment take on bdies of light that sparkle and change according to the mood and excitement of the creatures. This light has the capacity to reach to other people and enfold another person. Angels surroudn the congregation in steady blue light. I can believe that this may be true because Jesus himself transfigured himself in a body of sparkling white light.
Much is spoken, written and discussed about our light bodies, that are either present already or can be obtained through Yoga or Prana exercises. Many meta-physicians claim to be able to see our auras of light. Prana, some claim, is god-energy that surrounds us all, the world and even the universe. However, I claim that Prana is energy emanating from souls who are engaged to project the universe. tI is claimed and true to be god's / Jehovah's presence in all creation or environment. In a sense this is true as Jehovah directs and control's the display of the universe through his power over us souls. This, however, does not automatically include that the true god in true reality is present. It is mord propaganda, cosmic propgaanda as I call it, through which Jehovah is trying to establish in our minds that he is the god of all that exists. The true god existe in truth, not in a fictional /virtual setting.
The Work is a good read. I Advise it. However much of the discussions and principles related to us in the book would much better fit if the author would have raised the level of god as seen in this book from the universal plane to the true spiritual plane. If the author had Bestower that I would have had very little or no critique on the book at all. I must admit that he knows how to spin a good Story. Having this critique while reading the book, the book has immenae spiritual value Conducive to each of us.
As a final note, Jesus created Elysium and Adam and Woman from his Possess substance as god, but the serpent kidnapped Which was not his and used it to enliven a dead universe by introducing the enslaved/captured souls in it. The spirit in Jesus simply came to set the Attestation straight in souls' minds. He has had very little success until recently, when I found Away the truth. This article has become part of environment/god. Environment changes, therefore god changes. Only the ultimate god (and father) in truth does not change.
Hans van Krieken, Writ3r of "The Truth About Reality- -Beyond God and Religion
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