“We need to approach the Bible each day with a spirit of deep humility, recognizing that our understanding of spiritual truth is at best incomplete and to some extent inaccurate ... we should approach the Scriptures in humility and expect the Spirit to humble us even further as we continue being taught by Him from His Word.” NeedsShouldSpiritualSpiritUnderstandingHumilityTaughtTruth IsApproachHumbleScriptureEach DayRecognizingIncompleteSpiritual Truth Author:Jerry Bridges
“History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people, supposedly important spiritual teachers. Ironically, their congregations would probably be the ones hiding their faces from the accuracies of truth speakers like Christ. Now, Christ was the complete opposite of negative, however the danger is that truth is often misunderstood as negativity by those who are constantly taught to only seek flattery.” PeopleDoeStillsImportantSeemsFacesSpiritualChristTeacherDangerTaughtTruth IsSpeechNegativeOppositesRepeatsHidingSpeakersNegativityFlatteryMisunderstoodAccuracyNegative PeopleCongregationSpiritual TeachersComplete Opposites Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“This doctrine of polygamy, or spiritual wife-system, that has been taught and practiced among us, will prove our destruction and overthrow.” Has BeensSpiritualWifeTaughtProveDestructionDoctrinePolygamy Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“Searching, pondering, and applying the words of Christ as taught in the scriptures will bring wisdom and knowledge beyond our mortal understanding. This will strengthen our commitment and provide the spiritual reserves to do our best in all situations.” SpiritualUnderstandingChristSituationTaughtCommitmentScriptureMortalsReservesPonderingKnowledge And Wisdom Author:Dean M. Davies
“We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become 'self feeders.' We should have gotten people, taught people, how to read their bible between service, how to do the spiritual practices much more aggressively on their own.” PeopleShouldMadeSelfDoneChristianSpiritualLinesMistakeResponsibilityPracticeTeachingTaughtShould HaveTaking ResponsibilityMade A MistakeSpiritual Practice Author:Bill Hybels
“People need to learn how to respond to each other's hatreds with love - which is what Jesus taught us, which is what Buddha came here to teach us, which is what Muhammad taught us, which is what all of the great spiritual masters who have ever walked among us who live at those highest energies taught us - responding to force with more force will just create more problems.” PeopleNeedsProblemSpiritualJesusEnergyForceTeachTaughtMastersHighestHatredMuhammadRespondingTaught UsGreat SpiritualSpiritual Masters Author:Wayne Dyer
“Spiritual instruments suffer in their potency when their use is taught through non-spiritual messages which are self-propagating.” SelfUseSpiritualSufferingTaughtMessagesInstrumentsSpiritualismPotency Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their being kept out of view from others, cloistered in separate buildings and sheltered from the evil material world.” WorldChildrenSoulSpiritualReligionEvilParentViewsBuildingTaughtMaterialsSeparationJustifiedKrishnaMaterial World Author:Mary Garden
“You will all know that in the Middle Ages there were supposed to be various classes of angels. these hierarchized celsitudes are but the last traces in a less philosophical age of the ideas which Plato taught his disciples existed in the spiritual world.” KnowsWorldIdeasAgeLastsSpiritualClassMiddleTaughtAngelPhilosophicalVariousSupposed To BeDisciplePlatoMiddle Ages Book:The Place of the Lion Source: The Place of the Lion
“In the country field, we’re brought up in spiritual homes, we’re taught to “judge not lest you be judged,” and it’s always been a mystery to me how people jump all over things just to criticize, condemn and judge other people when that is so un-Christian – and they claim to be good Christians! We’re supposed to love one another. We’re supposed to accept and love one another. Whether we do or not, that’s a different story. But that’s what we’re supposed to do.” PeopleDifferentCountryStoriesHomeChristianSpiritualAcceptingMysteryFieldsTaughtJudgingAnd LoveClaimsBe GoodCriticizeJudgedLove One AnotherGood Christian Author:Dolly Parton