Andrew Murray Religion

All the stories in the book are spiritual learning experiences that Bob learns in his life and shares it with the world. One thing shared in the book that was pretty much the most inspiring thing I have ever read was how he camped out by the Dean’s office because of how badly he wanted to get into law school. He got what he wanted and he currently pursuing his career as a lawyer. I thought that was amazing how he never gave up. It made me think that’s how we need like that for God. When we feel like God is not there to answer us right away, we need to continue to keep praying and calling for God until he does give us an answer. Never give up no matter how hard life

Everyone who has an inclination towards spirituality will gain enough from this book to keep them searching for the more mysterious and unanswered questions of life and the working of the nature. Although the book can be extremely difficult to understand at times with few concepts that might be outright inconceivable for some, the simple wisdom imparted by the book in the form of morals and virtue lessons using real life and practically achievable examples is the reason I recommend this book to be read. For such is the time in which we live that we could use some concrete

This book not only taught me how to apply her writings to my life, but how to also apply it to others. I have better learned how to apply her writings to my life by first questioning my faith. I learned that I must first apply her writings to my life before I seek to apply it to others. By searching my own heart and my life God will help me take what I have interpreted and help me apply it to my life. After I have applied it to my life then I can point others in the right direction. I can help them learn to interpret and apply Ellen White’s

In my opinion, Nouwen’s work is a spiritual classic. He has done an amazing job of applying the importance of relational connectivity between self, others, and God. He

There is a sentence in the endnotes of the text that really hit home for me and it was “nevertheless, we can never fully rise above our own assumptions, and none of us can completely rise above our cultural and historical conditioning” (pg. 118). When I read this my mind went back to a time when I thought I could take no more of what life was handing me. I went to my chaplain with what felt like the world on my shoulders and anger in my heart because I thought that I had been stupid to give my boyfriend a second and third chance, he had hurt me just like ‘everyone else’ but my chaplain reminded me that it is my faith in god and my heart that is why I kept giving him new chances. He did so by having me recall one of my favorite passages from the bible “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the

After reading this book , I mostly thought about how I first integrated my faith with my personal relationships. I have been Christian for a couple of years now, but every person I get close to or friend I have are not all Christian. Therefore, I had to learn how to not let their habits influence me with what I do and say. I have friends that smoke, get drunk, curse, and many other things that I find not to be Christian behavior. These were once things that I also had taken part in, so continuing our friendship and letting go of bad habits was a struggle for me. Integrating my new life with my old life was changeling because I was always told that your are the company that you keep. I had to make sure I didn’t get myself into situations that could hurt me in the long run. I was set on continuing the friendship I had and remaining a Christian as well. I can remember the first time my faith was tested. It was around five months after I changed my life around. I was invited to go out to the movies and out to eat with a big group of friends. Being that it was only a dinner and a movie, I assumed it would be okay. The night started off really well, we went to see a really great

Is there a quotation from the book that will stay with you for the remainder of your ministry? List the quote, page number, and

He reflects on his personal experience as a teenage Christian minister and his intentions for entering

Example: *Undershaft shocks when he sees his daughter Parpara is a Major for the Salvation Army, unlike his belief in morality and religion. He does not have the financial outlook for the world.

Especially in a dry season, it was refreshing to take a step back and see the faithfulness of the Lord. I was challenged, when I was reading that Wilkerson sold his television set and began spending those two hours in prayer instead, to increase my prayer life as well. I was challenged, when I was reading that the students began thanking and praising God in the chapel for providing the $15,000 that they needed that afternoon even though they had not received the money, to praise God in my life even when things may not make sense. This book challenged my mindset of reaching the lost because I tend to avoid people that struggle with drug addiction, violence and gang activity instead of having a deep desire to point them to

Theissen is very knowledgeable in his Bible history and he displays it well throughout the book. He speaks about many episodes in Jesus’ life that we know to be true based on the Bible, and he interweaves them with his own fictitious character’s storyline. This really gives the reader a sense of what someone might have seen, heard and thought about Jesus during that timeframe, and it gives the reader a better chance to relate emotions with biblical history. Although the book is fictitious in nature, Theissen does a great job at elaborating how it might have been back in time for someone to become a new follower of Christ. He highlighted the many questions they may have faced not only on a personal basis, but on a public one as well.

I feel like he described my relationship to a tee in this book. My husband and I are always blaming each other for the struggles we have. I feel like we need to both find God and look to him for guidance, and that sometimes it is okay to be wrong. We are both Taurus’s, which tends to lead to our bull-headedness. Finding those areas that we can both lend a hand to the other is key to making each other feel appreciated. Becoming aware of our attitudes when we respond to each other is also an important to the success of our relationship. I am going to try to think about how Jesus would have responded before I respond to my husband’s request from now on.

In general, when our society discusses religion and technology, we discuss them as opposites, as two things that are essential to our lives but are incompatible when considered together. In his book Religion of Technology, David Noble argues against this common idea. Noble argues that they are not only compatible in our modern day, but that they have been essential to each others growth for much of religious history. In the text, Noble outlines the history of the intertwining of religion and technology, focusing primarily on “useful arts” from the past and artificial intelligence, atomic weapons, biological engineering, and space exploration in our present day. While it may seem that these scientific advances has very little to do with religion,

Starting off with the quote from Oswald Chambers, Leave the broken, irreversible past in God’s Hand, and step out into the invisible future with him (Francis, 103). This quote connects chapter three to itself and my life. Leaving the past to make my future, God does have a plan for me even if some times I doubt his path for me it will lead me to a successful future. At the end of the chapter, I really liked the passage John 21:16-17 (Francis, 105). As a Christian sometimes I wonder if God loves me as much as I love him.

Another, benefit I got from the book is having a spiritual mentor who holds us accountable. Nouwen was candid about his emotional dissatisfaction of manual labor and the lack of time to write and study. He share his struggles with John Eudes