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to the Lord. Say to Him: 'Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips'" (Hos. 14:1, 2). God's answer to this prayer rings with poetic beauty: "I will heal their waywardness and love them freely. I will be like the dew to Israel." And He promises not only blessings to them but also blessings to those who"dwell in his [Israel's] shade" (Hos. 14:4-7). With God's mercy and forgiveness the sinful individual and the sinful society begin a journey toward wholeness while extending mercy to others.
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love not in our own spiritual growth. Since we cannot be separated from the love of Christ we will not easily or quickly separate ourselves from those to whom we are committed (Rom. 8:35-39).
A Philosophy of Evil
Listening to Zukav on Oprah's show I was reminded of Yeats' poem The Second Coming. The poem pictures the fragmenting of the social order and the slow careless rise of evil. In the poem the converse of Christianity grows because society disregards the enduring grace of Christ. As Yeats puts it, "The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity." In place of such a monstrous philosophy believers must holdout the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Viola Larson has a BA in Philosophy and in Religion Studies, and a MA in History with a concentration in the Humanities. She is an author and teacher on new religious movements, and is the founder of Naming The Grace Ministries (www.naminggrace.org). 1 Gary Zukav, The Seat of the Soul (New York:A Fireside Book, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1989), 27-31. 2 Ibid., 29, 30. 3 Ibid., 37. 4 Ibid., 41, 42. 5 Ibid., 43. 6 Ibid. 7 Ibid. 8 Ibid., "Illusion," chap. 14. Although Zukav explains that, "Every physical form, as well as every nonphysical form, is light that has been shaped by consciousness" (p. 111), he later devotes a whole chapter to our human experience as "illusion." He states, "The illusion for each soul is created by its intentions. Therefore, the illusion is alive at each moment with the most appropriate experiences that you can have in order for your soul to heal" (p. 207). This is, of course, inconsistent. 9 Ibid., 114. 10 Ibid., 115. 11 Ibid., 168. About Us | Articles |Resources Catalog |Free Newsletter |Contact Us with extreme 12 George L. Mosse has documented the mixing of |Donate non-racial Spiritualism and Theosophy Nationalism and anti-Semitism inhis book, Toward the Final Solution: A History of European Racism(New York: Harper Colophon Books; Harper & Row, 1978). 13 Zukav, The Seat of the Soul, 124. 14 Ibid., 125, 126.
http://www.watchman.org/articles/new-age/gary-zukav--a-failure-to-name-evil/
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