“The fourth paradigm forces us at every point to discern between the creationally valid and the sinfully perverse and thus confronts us with a never-ending task which requires not only competence but also spiritual discernment. Yet this is precisely the task which we must assume, even at the risk of being vague on specifics. The alternative is to compromise basic themes of authentic Christianity.” SpiritualCultureForceChristianityRiskTasksAssumingCompromiseAlternativesThemeFourthVagueCompetenceDiscernmentParadigmNever EndingSpecificsAuthentic Christianity Author:Albert M. Wolters
“Faith in the continuance and enhancement of the intrinsic values--faith in truth, in beauty, in friendship, in love and harmony of life--in short, faith in reason and the worth of spiritual life--such faith is only another name for faith in the persistence of spiritual individuality. For, I repeat, these values are real only as functions of personal experience and deed. To have faith in the permanence of intrinsic values is to assume the enduring reality of selves who know truth, feel beauty, who love and win spiritual harmony.” KnowsFeelsRealSelfReasonRealitySpiritualValuesWinningNamesFunctionHarmonyAssumingEndureIndividualityDeedsPersistenceRepeatsHave FaithSpiritual LifePersonal ExperiencesPermanenceIntrinsic ValueEnhancementContinuance Author:Joseph Alexander Leighton
“Man is spiritual being -- a soul, in other words -- and that this soul takes on different bodies from life to life on earth to order at last to arrive at such perfect knowledge, through repeated experience, as to enable one to assume a body fit to be the dwelling-place of a Mahatma or perfected soul. Then, they say, that particular soul becomes a spiritual helper to mankind.” MenDifferentSoulBodyEarthLastsSpiritualOrderPerfectMankindParticularFitAssumingDwellingHelpersSpiritual BeingsDwelling Place Author:H. P. Blavatsky
“Without transformation, you can assume you're at a high moral, spiritual level just because you call yourself Lutheran or Methodist or Catholic. I think my great disappointment as a priest has been to see how little actual spiritual curiosity there is in so many people.” PeopleThinkingLittlesHas BeensSpiritualLevelsMoralTransformationCatholicAssumingCuriosityDisappointmentPriestsSpiritual TransformationMethodistsLutherans Author:Richard Rohr
“Education must assume full responsibility to enter the moral and spiritual lives of pupils.” SpiritualResponsibilityMoralAssumingEducationalSpiritual LifePupils Author:Sai Baba