A Saying That Sounds Impossible There is a saying attributed to Yeshua that sounds almost impossible when you first hear it. In the Gospel of Thomas, he says that the dead are not alive, and the living will not die. Now obviously, every physical body eventually dies, so the saying cannot be understood simply as
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The Mind Is Always Looking for Patterns Human beings have something close to a superpower, although I would not describe it as supernatural. Our brains are remarkably good at recognizing patterns, connections, repetitions, and changes in the world around us. That ability helped human beings survive long before we had laboratories, textbooks, or computers. We
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We Do Not Experience the World Raw Everything we call reality reaches us through a nervous system. Light enters the eyes. Sound reaches the ears. Pressure touches the skin. Chemical signals become taste and smell. Then the brain organizes all of that information into an experience that feels immediate and complete. We usually do not
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The Question That Makes Christianity Uncomfortable There is a question people ask Christians all the time, and I understand why they ask it. What happens if somebody does not believe in Jesus, does not accept the Bible, but lives what most of us would call a good life? Suppose that person is kind, generous, honest,
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David Was Anointed for a Throne David was not called to become a pastor, priest, or preacher. He was anointed by Samuel to become king. That distinction matters because sometimes we have made the mistake of assuming that every spiritual calling must eventually look like church work. David’s anointing was spiritual, but his assignment was
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One Powerful Word There are certain words in the English language that seem to become larger when you place the name of God beside them. One of those words is grace. I have heard that word in church all my life, but the older I get, the more I understand that grace is much deeper
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The Principle That Made Me Stop and Think The deeper I looked into Hermetic philosophy, the more one principle kept pulling me back, and that was the principle of mentalism. There are traditionally seven principles presented in The Kybalion, but mentalism is placed first because the others can be understood through the way we perceive
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Why Dopamine Matters When I think about motivation, concentration, pleasure, and the drive to get something done, dopamine is part of the picture. Dopamine is an important chemical messenger used throughout the brain and body. In the brain, it plays major roles in movement, learning, attention, motivation, and reinforcement. It also helps the brain respond
The Feeling of Being Stuck Sometimes I know something in my life needs to change, yet I keep ending up in the same emotional place. I understand the problem well enough to talk about it. I recognize the anxiety, fear, anger, or behavior that keeps getting in my way. I may even promise myself that
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The Question We Are Sometimes Afraid to Ask Why are so many Black Americans still Christian? That is a fair historical question, especially when Christianity is often discussed alongside slavery and European colonialism. Some slaveholders and ministers used Christian teaching to encourage obedience and protect the social order. That history is real and should not
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