Abstract The question whether to ordain women or not threatens the fabric of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The anti and the pro-ordination argument hinge on scripture, the only source of authority for the Remnant Church. This paper has made a critical observation of the arguments and concludes that neither of the camps is right. It has made a brief excursus into the backdrop that may have influenced the prohibitions and observed that it (the backdrop) may not certify the prohibitions to be eternal interdiction on women participation in ministry. The study realizes that the seeming interdictions are statements aimed at setting the church in order haustafeln to defocus believers from their individual self in order to refocus them to their divine calling as colabourers with Paul in Christ. Because the NT seems quiet on the issue whether to, or not to ordain women, and because the texts used for or against seem to be read either at an apparent level, or applied without a keen regard to the contexts, this paper suggests further study of the verses that form the backbone of arguments before any action is taken by the world church. ...

Come dovrebbe comportarsi un cristiano se decidesse di fare quello che il Vangelo dice?

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At the first God made the heaven and the earth. And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark, Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day....

At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

Have you ever wondered 'Who am I?' in all this that happens and is happening in this life? Who are you, really? Are you really this body-mind complex. Knowing who you really are is Self realization. Self realization helps one become free from the problems of the mind and the body in daily life....

If one has attained eternal bliss, and when the worldly pains do not affect him, then he has become free. Permanent bliss (param anand), is verily called liberation (moksha). What is the use of any other liberation? We want happiness. Do you like happiness or not? Tell me that. Questioner: All the struggles are for that only. Dadashri: Yes, you do not like that temporary happiness. Unhappiness (pain) follows this temporary happiness (pleasure); that is why one does not like it. If the happiness is permanent then unhappiness does not follow. One needs such happiness. When one attains such happiness; that is called moksha. What is the meaning of liberation? It is when one remains unaffected by any worldly pains; that verily is called liberation. Otherwise no one will remain unaffected by unhappiness....

Every religion has its story - oral or written. CS Tapu searches the story above and beyond any particular religion - the very quest for Being. A quintessential religious book, these original Teachings are the fruit of millennia of religious thought and practice. While some present or future believers (or religious leaders) might not agree with all of them, the Teachings will surely provide valuable insight for the spiritual beings of believers and non-believers alike. "Tapu is a pioneer that generations will follow." --Dr. Lisa Christiansen...

"There is only one religion: the religion of peace, love, hope, and good will. The religion of helping hands."

I used the image of Paul Simon's "Dangling Conversation". This expresses the way we so often fail to meet each other or God. Clare, by her openness, came to know God and in her spiritual friendship brought others into that space where they could find God and themselves. A new conversation was opened up between God and the broken....

People often debate whether there is a God. This to-the-point essay delves into an even more important topic: Why you should love God. It includes five compelling reasons (1. It's what you were made for, 2. You need it, 3. He loves you, 4. He is worth it and you can trust him, and 5. You will regret that you didn't) as well as a sixth section on ways to get to know God, as well as a list of resources....

Does God exist? It is a question every person is faced with. However, the real question is not whether God is. Even the devil knows that God exists. The question that matters is not, “Do I believe in God?” but “Do I love Him?” The following pages lay out several reasons why everyone should love him. Knowing the love of God - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit - and loving our fellow human beings through that love, is what every person was made for. It is what you were made for. It is your birthright and your destiny. Whatever you believe now, you deserve to know this truth, even if it is a truth that is often ridiculed, buried, and ignored. Christ suffered, died and rose again so that we might know the truth and he instituted the Catholic Church as the place where the truth is to be found. ...

Essay - 1935 words 5 Reasons You Should Love God, with Sixth Section on Ways to Get to Know God. Resources

This is a 54 day reading plan of the New Testament. It features the text of the King James Bible, Pure Cambridge Edition. This special edition has characteristics about it that make it easier to read. These include custom embedded fonts, justified text and a text color that is easy on the eyes! I’ve also removed the verse numbers so that you can read it like a book....

Presenting the King James Bible, Pure Cambridge Edition in Chronological order. This is a one year reading plan split in to 365 individual days. Follow the plan and you will of read through the Bible in one year or go at your own pace. This is a great way to read the Bible every day and be filled with God’s words....

جاء كتابنا الموسوم بـ(هذه عقيدتي) ليسلط الضوء على العم الأول وهو علم العقائد بأسلوب حواري بسيط على غرار الحواريات الفقهية مع ببعض الاختلاف اليسير. يستطيع امتصاصه جميع من يقرأه، خالياً من الاستلال المعقد، والبرهان المستصعب الذي لاي عرفه إلا أهل الاختصاص، كما اننا تصرفنا ببع ضالنصوص ليسهل فهمه على القارئ الكريم....

ورد في الحديث الشريف: سل عن أمور دينك حتى يقال لك مجنون.

قامت بإعادة طبعة شعبة التراث الثقافي والديني في العتبة الحسينية المقدسة.

لقد استغل العلماء العلم بعيداً عن قوى الروح والقلب. فأعلوا من شأن العقل والعلم علواً كبيراً، وحكّموا العقل في القلب كما حكّموا العلم في الدين، فنتج عن ذلك ما تراه من فوضى خلقية، وحروب طاحنة رهيبة فاستأسرت الغرائز، واسرفت المطامع، فإذا آلة العلم تتجه نحو التدمير، والتخريب، والفتك، والتقتيل، حتى اصبحت القوة مقياس تقدم الأمة وعظمتها، ولو تدخل القلب، واتجهت آلة العلم نحو البناء والاثمار والخير والكمال لسمت المدنية، وارتفع شأن الإنسانية، ولسار العلم في خدمة الحياة وإعلاء مقامها....

“Fundamentos da Cabala: Sêfer Yetsirá” busca apresentar e elucidar um dos mais conhecidos textos cabalísticos, o Livro da Criação, Sêfer Yetsirá. O livro procura introduzir os fundamentos da cabala por meio dos temas mencionados no Sêfer Yetsirá. O Sêfer Yetsirá é um dos mais importantes textos cabalísticos e foi escrito, provavelmente, no séc. III da era cristã, sob inspiração gnóstica. Ele versa sobre o misticismo e a tradição mágico-esotérica judaica, descrevendo a criação divina, que é apresentada como sendo resultante das combinações e permutações das letras do Nome de Deus (YHVH). Sua importância para o cabalismo pode ser inferida do fato dele ser o texto judaico mais antigo que cita o conceito de Sefirá. Também é inegável a importância do Sêfer Yetsirá para maçons, rosacruzes e estudantes de ciências ocultas em geral. A tradução do Sêfer Yetsirá para o português foi feita diretamente do texto hebraico, que é apresentado na íntegra no livro. A tradução é acompanhada de explicações do autor e citações dos comentários dos mais renomados rabinos, eruditos e estudiosos, entre eles: Gershom Scholem, Aryeh Kaplan, Leonard Glotzer, I...

O Sêfer Yetsirá é um texto judaico-gnóstico, provavelmente composto no séc. III, com nítidas influências neopitagóricas, pertencendo ao início da tradição Maase Bereshit. As ideias expressas no texto são próximas da tradição cabalística que aparece no Bahir, e muitos ensinamentos do Bahir e do Sêfer Yetsirá parecem provir da mesma fonte. O aspecto mágico associado ao Sêfer Yetsirá pode ser apreendido dos inúmeros relatos do uso do texto para fins teúrgicos, particularmente para a fabricação do Golem....

Prefácio à Edição Revisada e Ampliada ... xxi Prefácio ................................................... xxv Introdução .................................................. 3 O Cabalismo ............................................... 3 Origem e Autoria do Sêfer Yetsirá ............ 11 Versões do Sêfer Yetsirá .......................... 13 Traduções do Sêfer Yetsirá ...................... 14 Nome do Livro e Temas Abordados ......... 17 Método Exegético ..................................... 20 Manuscritos e Tradução ........................... 22 Capítulo 1 ................................................. 25 1:1 ............................................................ 25 1:2 ............................................................ 47 1:3 ............................................................ 52 1:4 ............................................................ 57 1:5 ............................................................ 62 1:6 ............................................................ 69 1:7 .........................................................

El Génesis ha sido un misterio por miles de años. No se había podido comprender de que hablaba el texto. Si era sólo un poema introductorio a las Sagradas Escrituras, o si realmente contenía información acerca de la Creación. El texto del Génesis dividió las aguas de creacionistas y cientificistas durante mucho tiempo hasta el día de hoy. Con este libro espero que esta separación entre cientificistas y creacionistas se diluya ya que he descubierto la clave que unifica ambos mundos. Creo que la clave del misterio de Génesis es comprender que es narrado por alguien. Un narrador del Génesis. El que observa la visión que Dios le entrega y a partir de allí narra lo que observa y lo observa desde su ubicación humana y terrenal. Esta ubicación terrenal y precisa es la llave para comprender el Génesis....

Era claro para mí que el Génesis era un relato real, eran hechos que podían haber ocurrido pero que estaban de alguna manera enmascarados. ¿Cuál era la clave?, ¿cuál era la piedra roseta que me permitiría interpretar la narración? La clave -descubrí-, era que el relato, el texto, era una narración de alguien que contaba lo que veía. Esa era la clave, ese era el tablero -por decirlo así- sobre el que había que montar las piezas de este rompecabezas. En el texto de la Creación existía un observador, un narrador. No eran sólo versos, no, estaba claro que era un relato. El relato de un observador. Al introducir esta variable -el observador-narrador-, todo cobró sentido. A partir de allí lo demás fue simplemente buscar las preguntas correctas: ¿fue una visión o una revelación?, ¿o ambas?, ¿qué tiempo le llevó la visión?, ¿quién era?, ¿dónde vivía?, ¿cuál era su ubicación? La ubicación, la ubicación era determinante. El observador y su ubicación eran las piezas fundamentales para comprender el relato de la Creación. Este libro describe el camino que debí realizar desde La Biblia hacia la ciencia en un ida y vuelta permanente hasta ...

Introducción....11 1 LA BIBLIA, EL GÉNESIS, LA CREACIÓN......17 ¿Siete días?......17 2 MILES DE MILLONES....21 3 ¡Y EN ESTE RINCÓN… LA VIDA…!....31 4 EL GÉNESIS......37 Los monstruos marinos...50 Pangea y la deriva continental....57 5 LA UBICACIÓN Y EL ENTORNO....65 Babilónicos.....65 Egipcios......68 Hebreos.....70 6 EL ESCRITOR SAGRADO....73 7 EL OBSERVADOR.....75 Contemplando la creación....75 8 MENSAJE Y ENSEÑANZA....101 9 EL CONTENIDO TRASCENDENTAL...109 10 EL EDÉN.....115 La naturaleza humana en un ambiente controlado.....115 11 EL CAMINO ESPIRITUAL......141 Las religiones.......141 APÉNDICE I .....145 La Biblia.......145 Enuma Elish.....146 Jardín del Edén......150 Bit-Adinu.......151 La Vulgata......152 LXX......153 Cain y Abel......153 APÉNDICE II.....155 El valle de las ballenas (Wadi Al-Hitan, Egipto).....155 APÉNDICE III.....163 La ubicación del Edén....... 163...

O carte a cautarii de sine.

Îngemănate Mi s a părut dintotdeauna că cele mai înalte preocupări ale spiritului uman sunt muzica și matematica. Misterul lor e totuna cu măreția lui Dumnezeu. Poate să existe ceva la fel de sublim? Ce e miraculos în muzică nu va putea fi pus niciodată în cuvinte. Acel tumult care ne aruncă în cer în mai puțin de o clipă, e în ea sau în noi? Ce tulbură sufletul până la uitare de sine, de ce vrea să fie beat de armonii și să nu se trezească niciodată, ce l face să amuțească și să se răsfrângă în tăcere asupra lui însuși, smulgând doruri nemângâiate din adâncimi nebănuite de tăcere? Cu ce simțim muzica? Nu cumva chiar cu urechile de pretutindeni ale Cântărețului la harfa cu corzile mai întinse decât stihiile cerului, care cântă partitura cu armoniile văzduhului nenăscut, în gama tuturor culorilor nevăzute? Dacă doar El se poate auzi pe el însuși? Poate singură muzica ne poate îmbăta sufletul de El... o bună prietenă a visat o singură dată o muzică... era o mână nevăzută care cânta la un fel de vibrafon... când s a trezit i a venit să plângă... erau niște armonii înnebunitoare... la limita minus infinit, clopoțeii lui Papageno, ...

Cuprins I Doctorii în Dumnezeologie Chipul fericirii Hai noroc zeule, e bună berea? Un mare pas din Tibet, un mic pas către nemurire Meșteri și zidari, calfe, pehlivani... Muntele Templului din strada Gabroveni Coate mai mult sau mai puțin spirituale Pase frivole, ca între amici De la Mahariși, bre M ai însetat, blondă budistă... Adevărata credință Futurobudiștii Muntelui Olimp Cititorii în semne Tantra pe plaiurile Albionului Auleu, muică, ce mai alchimist! Cu țața Tudora la câmpul cuantic Lumea, la un capăt de ață Faraonii din Valea Indusului răuleștean Căzuți din stele, în Anzi Nu căutați pe hartă eternul Babilon! Marțea șugubeților Scurtă șoaptă a lui Watanat, la o ceașcă de sake Dor de apa făgăduinței Doar atât, visare... Idoli, care mai de care Memento Șontâcăind, spre Canaan Sfinxul veșnic surâzător Yoga ca o joacă Tangou mai mult în contratimp Imagini și sfinți, voci și năluci Acuarelă udă Ucenicul cu mintea vrăjită Noaptea Tibetanului În grija lui Kazi Lama Dărnicie de Zburător O, neliniște dătătoar...

The Genesis has been a mystery for thousands of years. No one had been able to understand what the text spoke about, whether it was just an introductory poem to the Holy Scriptures, or it actually contained information about the Creation. The text of Genesis divided the waters of creationists and scientistics long until today. With this book I hope to dilute this separation between scientistics and creationists since I have discovered the key that unifies both worlds. I think the key to the mystery of Genesis is to understand that it is narrated by someone. A narrator of Genesis. Someone who observes the vision God gives him and from there he tells what he observes and he observes it from his human and earthly location. This earthly and accurate location is the key to understanding Genesis....

It was clear to me that the Genesis story was real; they were facts that could have happened but were somehow masked. What was the key? What was the Rosetta stone that would allow me to interpret the narrative? The key, I discovered, was that the story -the text- was a narrative of someone who was telling what he was seeing. That was the key -the board, so to speak- on which I had to assemble the pieces of this puzzle. In the text of Creation there was an observer, a narrator. They were not just verses, no, it was clear that it was a narration: the narration of an observer. By introducing this variable, the narrator-observer, all made sense. From then on the rest was just a case of looking for the right questions: Was it a vision or a revelation? Or both? How long did the vision take? Who was he? Where did he live? What was his location? The location, the location was crucial. The observer and its location were the cornerstones for understanding the story of Creation. This book describes the journey I had to make from the Bible to science in a permanent back and forth until I managed to unravel the mystery. I encou...

I ntroduction 1 THE BIBLE, THE GENESIS, CREATION 1a Seven days? 2 BILLIONS 3 AND IN THIS CORNER… LIVE! 4 Behold...GENESIS 5 LOCATION AND ENVIRONMENT 5.1 Babylonians 5.2 Egyptians 5.3 Hebrews 6. THE SACRED WRITER 7 THE OBSERVER Contemplating the creation 8 MESSAGE AND TEACHING 9 TRANSCENDENTAL CONTENT 10 EDEN 10 a Human nature in a controlled environment. 11 THE SPIRITUAL PATH 11 a Religions AP ENDIX I a The Bible APENDIX II a Valley of the Whales b Enuma Elish c Garden of Eden d Bit -Adin i d The Vulgate e LXX f Cain and Abel Valley of the Whales APÉNDIX II APENDIX III a The location of Eden The author...

This is a short account of what I saw in New Orleans just a month after hurricane Katrina hit and the work God is doing there. It is what you didn't hear in the news about how the church responded to the disaster and how God has been using it to draw people to himself....

Once we got there I was tired, and I started to lose focus. I started to ask myself the question “why did I even come here? What is the purpose? How will what I’m doing here make any difference? Is this the worst of the damage there is? What am I doing here?” That night the pastor gave a speech that put everything back into focus for me. He talked about the disaster in Indonesia and the work that God is doing there. He talked about how Muslim leaders were telling people not to pay any attention to those Christians that were helping them and how they were saying “what are you talking about, the only people who are helping us are the Christians and the American soldiers.” He talked about how God was working in New Orleans and how he wanted to build “a new, New Orleans.” He talked about how people’s lives were being changed because they realized that they were being helped by Christians. He talked about how people are saying “all my life I thought that Christians were hypocrites, but now I’m starting to think differently.” He told us story after story of conversion and renewal; and he said “I have been praying all my life that one day ...

إليكم يا أنصار دين الله.. أسجل ما ينتابني من شعور.. وما تغمر ني من إحساسات نشوة النصر لك ّ ل قيمِ الخ ي ر وأنا أورخ لكم.. ثم ها أنذا أثبت قصور ي وتقصيري في وصف كنهكم يا أنصار الحسين.. وما هي إلاّ هواجس عشق تبعث في روح التغّني بأمجادكم.....

كانت دواعي تأليف هذا الكتاب؛ ليتسنّى للتاريخ أن يثبت (مصداقيته) في تأسيس رؤية واقعية لهذا المقطع الإنساني، وبحمد الله تعالى وفقنا أن نقدم طرفًا من هذا التاريخ المغيب....

La tarea trascendental del pueblo elegido. Las políticas de la Iglesia Católica. El fin del politeísmoEl pueblo elegido, ¿elegido para qué? Adán y Eva, ¿los primeros de la humanidad o simplemente los primeros del pueblo hebreo? Los judíos, ¿fueron el ejército de Dios? Si hay un sólo Dios, ¿qué pasó con los otros dioses de la antigüedad? Jesús: ¿es Dios o un profeta? ¿Para qué un Mesías? ¿Llegó el Mesías? ¿De qué libera Jesús a la humanidad? La Biblia ¿de qué habla?Alberto Canen encontró respuestas a estas y otras preguntas que muchas veces nos han inquietado y que no hemos podido resolver. Al avanzar con el autor por los textos de la Biblia, el lector percibirá que ante sus ojos se devela una trama encerrada entre sus páginas. Sentirá la misma atracción y curiosidad que vive un detective mientras desentraña un misterio o un arqueólogo ante un descubrimiento. Al encontrar el hilo conductor de esta crónica sagrada, se atan cabos, se unen relatos, se buscan piezas para lograr entender una de las historias más conocidas y -tal vez- menos comprendidas de la Humanidad. En el texto se fusionan citas bíblicas con interpretaciones que surge...

En esta oportunidad el relato me mostró una trama que había estado absolutamente oculta a mi entendimiento. Me ocurrió lo mismo que a esa persona que ha tenido una piedra sobre el escritorio durante años, usándola de pisapapeles y de repente, un día, se da cuenta que la piedra es un fósil, el hueso de un animal, una vértebra. Entonces se dirige al lugar donde la encontró y empieza a buscar alrededor y así descubre las otras partes del esqueleto, las patas, las costillas... Cuanto más busca, más huesos de ese esqueleto aparecen, y más precisa surge la figura, algo similar a esos dibujos para niños que sólo son puntos numerados en un papel y que se deben unir para ver el dibujo oculto. Esta vez, apareció ante mí una figura, una trama, un hilo conductor, y empecé a unir los puntos. Cuantos más puntos encontraba, más nítida aparecía esta figura, esta imagen, esta trama, esta cuerda, y al tirar de la cuerda pude comprobar que yendo hacia atrás llegaba hasta Adán y Eva y hacia delante hasta la actualidad, y luego, podía verla, claramente, internándose en el futuro. Esto me generó un shock, un maravilloso estupor. Lo que vi fue la cre...

Prólogo ....9 1 LA BIBLIA ......17 2 DIOS, CREADOR DE UNIVERSOS ......23 El Génesis .....23 3 LOS PRIMEROS SERES DEL PUEBLO ELEGIDO ....31 Adán y Eva ......31 4 LA PRIMERA GRAN SELECCIÓN .....39 El Diluvio ....39 5 PRIMER ACERCAMIENTO A EGIPTO ..45 Historia de Abraham .....45 6 ABRAHAM Y SU HIJO LOT, SODOMA Y GOMORRA ....49 El hijo de Abraham .....53 Abraham en Guerar .....58 7 EL SACRIFICIO DE ABRAHAM .....61 Isaac hijo de Abraham ......63 Sueño de Jacob ....65 8 HISTORIA DE JOSÉ, EGIPTO, “LAS VACAS FLACAS” .....71 9 LAS PLAGAS DE EGIPTO .....81 La liberación de Egipto .....81 10 EL ÉXODO, UNA “CAMINATA” EN EL DESIERTO ...105 La marcha por el desierto ....112 Batalla contra Amalec ...115 11 LAS LEYES. “Estábamos tan bien en Egipto…” .....117 La alianza ....117 El Decálogo .....118 Dios le da leyes al pueblo de Israel, a través de Moisés .....121 Las Tablas de la Ley .....125 Algunas leyes ....117 La ley del talión, ojo por ojo, diente por diente .....140 La Marcha en el Desierto .....145 12 “EN ESTE DESIERTO NO QUEDARÁ UNO: EN ÉL HAN DE MORIR” .....149 Exploración de Canaán ......149 13 L...

A small book that covers every sloka related to gems and its interpretation.

I believe that only ‘Ratnas’ defined in classics should carry “Swapranavastha” (Self invoked state) and rest of the gemstones are just stones. To energize them one needs proper mantras to invoke their powers which are positioned in dormant condition. This is the same as Idols of Deities need to be “Pranpratishtith” before they are worshipped. But Shalagrams and Dakshinavarti Shankas have their own powers and they are never invoked through Mantras....