Human Experience of GodDeparting from human experience the book deals with the theological underpinnings of religious experience, then draws practical conclusions or implications for the spiritual life. |
Contents
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THE MYSTERY DIMENSION OF OUR LIVES | 16 |
EXPERIENCE OF GRACE | 27 |
JESUS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF GOD | 39 |
OUR EXPERIENCE OF GOD IN THE LIGHT OF CHRISTIAN FAITH | 55 |
THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF EXPERIENCE OF GOD | 67 |
MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE OF GOD | 85 |
FINDING GODS WILL | 102 |
VISIONS VOICES AND TONGUES | 118 |
EXPERIENCE OF GOD AND CHRISTIAN FAITH | 128 |
NOTES | 136 |
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Popular passages
Page 53 - Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.
Page 36 - And all shall be well and All manner of things shall be well...
Page 46 - The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 52 - Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.
Page 47 - But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Page 43 - And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Page 43 - God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!
Page 43 - For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, 'Abba! Father!' it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God...
Page 53 - In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.