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Beyond Idealism: Some Observations on Mark 3:1-6
Much that passes as idealism is . . . disguised love of power. — Bertrand Russell Last First Day, I joined a group of Friends for Bible study an hour before worship at annual sessions of Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative). … Continue reading
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Redefining the Vocabulary of Faith
The following is a series of excerpts taken from an email exchange that occurred during the last week of Sixth month between Daniel Rowan and me. Daniel is a young Brit who recently has found Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) after … Continue reading
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The Mind of Christ
For it hath been declared unto me of you . . . that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; … Continue reading
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The Day Before April
The day before April Alone, alone,I walked in the woods And I sat on a stone. I sat on a broad stone And sang to the birds.The tune was God’s making But I made the words. — Mary Carolyn Davies This time of year, … Continue reading
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Some Thoughts On “Don’t Do This” and “Do Only That!”
Last week I received an email from Friend John Edminster that spoke of his “skeptical but fascinated” scrutiny in years past of A Course in Miracles, a phenomenon that became popular with a number of Liberal Friends beginning in the … Continue reading
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Righteousness Fulfilled: Some Observations on the Third Chapter of the Book of Matthew
[R]eligion is a pure stream of righteousness flowing from the image of God, and is the life and power of God planted in the heart and mind by the law of life, which bringeth the soul, mind, spirit, and body … Continue reading
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Sifting the Heart: Some Observations on the Second Chapter of Matthew
To believe that wherever the true Gospel is proclaimed with power, men will open their hearts without further difficulty, is a mistaken optimism. Rather, a living proclamation of the Gospel often sifts the hearts of men, and the more powerful … Continue reading
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Right Use of Our Tradition (Some Observations on Mark 12:18-34)
[A]nd many may have the Scriptures, and yet be very ignorant of, and strangers to, God’s Holy Spirit; as the Jews were, who had them read in their synagogues every sabbath day, and yet Christ told them, “Ye neither know … Continue reading
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Mind the Oneness
God hath given ability to every one according to their measure, (that are faithful to it,) and here is the righteousness of God received, and the wrath of God revealed upon the children of disobedience (Works, VII, 58). On Seventh … Continue reading
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He Is Gone Before
So, every one must witness Christ born in them passing through death to him, through the world, through the law, through temptations, through the wilderness, and out of the world; and the son of God ye will witness to arise, … Continue reading
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