“In broad outline and in detail, the life of Jesus as portrayed in the gospels corresponds to the worldwide Mythic Hero Archetype in which a divine hero's birth is supernaturally predicted and conceived, the infant hero escapes attempts to kill him, demonstrates his precocious wisdom already as a child, receives a divine commission, defeats demons, wins acclaim, is hailed as king, then betrayed, losing popular favor, executed, often on a hilltop, and is vindicated and taken up to heaven.” ChildrenJesusWinningHeavenTakenAtheismDivineBirthKingsHeroLosingDefeatDetailsPositive AtheismFavorsDemonBroadsBetrayedInfantOutlinesArchetypeAcclaimPrecociousVindicated Author:Robert M. Price
“Every sinner must be quickened by the same life, made obedient to the same gospel, washed in the same blood, clothed in the same righteousness, filled with the same divine energy, and eventually taken up to the same heaven, and yet in the conversion of no two sinners will you find matters precisely the same.” MadeTwoMatterEnergyHeavenTakenBloodDivineFilledConversionSinnerRighteousnessObedient Book:Sermons on Soul Winning Source: Sermons on Soul Winning
“All this care for the world, we must believe, is taken by the Gods without any act of will or labor. As bodies which possess some power produce their effects by merely existing: e.g. the sun gives light and heat by merely existing; so, and far more so, the providence of the Gods acts without effort to itself and for the good of the objects of its forethought. This solves the problems of the Epicureans , who argue that what is divine neither has trouble itself nor gives trouble to others.” WorldGivingBelieveProblemBodyLightCareEffortSunTakenTroubleEffectsObjectsProduceDivineLaborSolveArguingHeatProvidenceForethoughtEpicureanMerely Existing Author:Sallust
“The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.” IfsMindSoulHeavenNaturalTakenDivineCorruptionFleshContemplationPeace Within Author:Seneca the Younger
“God has become human. The absolute has become particular. The ideal has become real. The divine has taken up a human nature.” HumansRealTakenHuman NatureDivineParticularIdealsAbsolutes Author:Timothy Keller
“It is man's duty to live in conformity with the divine will, and this means, firstly, bringing his life into line with 'nature's laws', and secondly, resigning himself completely and uncomplainingly to whatever fate may send him. Only by living thus, and not setting too high a value on things which can at any moment be taken away from him, can he discover that true, unshakeable peace and contentment to which ambition, luxury and above all avarice are among the greatest obstacles.” MenMayMeanMomentsLawValuesLinesTakenFateDivineDutyAmbitionObstaclesSettingSettingsLuxuryContentmentConformityAvariceGreatest ObstaclesDivine WillResigning Author:Seneca the Younger