What does Bruno have to do with the prophet Amos? Exploring the third of the minor prophets, and chapter seven in particular, who is disturbing the status quo in Israel. Amaziah’s words to Amos: “Go, you seer! Flee to the land of
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Wilful Blindness! The blindness that is incurable. The will is the seat of our desires, our affections, what we love. It can receive what is good. The will is also capable of receiving the opposite, evil. The understanding is the seat of
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Hosea is the first of the “Minor Prophets”, or “the book of the Twelve” Recorded on Sunday 23rd January 2022.
Learning to read the Text with conscious attention The Text is the means given for our regeneration In the New Church organization we have an acknowledgement that the Heavenly Doctrines are the texts that have been provided by the Lord to support
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Over a number of years I’ve found myself more and more drawn to seeing and using the Word’s text more personally; in other words, relating what’s said to states I know I experience. In a word, it’s a more internal way. Sometimes
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The world can seem to be a dark place. What right have we, then, to celebrate Christmas and the coming of the Light? In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was
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At our multilingual Lessons and Carols service, I spoke about the universal application of truth: how the life and work of Jesus was for all people and not only those who call themselves Christians, and for every moment of our lives. I
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Over the past two centuries the spiritual and religious contact of East and West has broadened and intensified. Some of the landmark developments in this process were the establishment of the Royal Asiatic Society and the burgeoning of Orientalism as a field
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