Author: James Freeman ClarkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Common-sense in religion: essays
Author: James Freeman ClarkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Author: Judy BlumePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481409948
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
Common-Sense in Religion
Author: James Freeman ClarkePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365395447
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Excerpt from Common-Sense in Religion: A Series of Essays The of this volume is not to give definite theological results, but to suggest a method of in quiry. By common-sense we mean the 'mode of judgment derived from experience of this world; that is, of God's methods in nature and in human life. A man of common-sense is a man whose in tellect is trained by observation of human nature and the course of events. This rule of judgment is derived from observation of the working of God's laws in this world. This method was continually used by Jesus; why should it not be appliedmore fully by his followers in their studies of religious truth? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Author: Larry SiekawitchPublisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662424396
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Have you ever wondered if there is anything to the concepts of God, religion, and miracles? Are you the kind of person that doesn’t just want to stick their head in the sand and be duped by someone who says “You just need to take a leap in the dark and believe”? I hear you. Or perhaps you are a Christian, but you have some doubts. I want to share the evidence for Christianity in a succinct, readable (with a slight touch of humor), and compelling way using the concept of American jurisprudence, which demands good reasoning but not necessarily one hundred percent proof to make its case. Average, commonsense people live this way all the time, and this book is for them. This book will benefit the average Christian, giving valuable information in a memorable way so that they can share their faith with confidence. It will also benefit those who don’t know Christ yet by its brevity, clarity, and persuasive nature. I begin talking about common sense using American jurisprudence and the concept of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. I then make a case using common sense to gradually move a person down the line from unbeliever to believer. I first help the atheist see why it is more reasonable to be an agnostic. Then I aid the agnostic in realizing it is more fitting to be a theist (a believer in a supreme being) than to stay agnostic. Next, I assist the theist into embracing Christianity. If there is a God, then it makes sense that He would reveal Himself in such a way that we don’t have to wander in the dark all our lives. Then I cover the thorny question of properly interpreting the Bible. I conclude with a satisfying answer to the legitimate question of why an all-powerful and all-loving God would allow so much evil and suffering in the world. Is there evidence for God and Jesus? I think you will be surprised.
Common-sense in Religion
Author: James Freeman ClarkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Common-Sense in Religion: a series of essays
Author: James Freeman CLARKEPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Common Sense in Religion
Author: George Asbury McLaughlinPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260839893
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Excerpt from Common Sense in Religion: Or Reasons Why We Should Be Holy I can not be from God. God is the author both of common sense and of true religion and his works never conflict. Hence the religion that can not stand the, test of common sense is good for nothing either in this world or in the world to come. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Common Sense Applied to Religion, the Bible, and the People
Author: Catharine E. Catharine E. BeecherPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781976582196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This work is the result of thirty years of devotion to the training of the human mind for the great end for which it was created. Early in that period it was felt that at the very foundation of such efforts were opposing theological theories, that seemed at war with both the common sense and the moral sense of mankind. In the progress of such duties, a work was prepared on Mental and Moral Science, as a text-book for the institution under the care of the writer, which was printed, but never published. After submitting this work to the criticism of a number of the leading minds of various schools and sects, it was found to contain so much that might result in theological controversy, that it was deemed modest and wise to wait until age, experience, and farther examination had lent their maturing influence. After a delay of over a quarter of a century, the conviction above stated not only remains, but has been strengthened by the discussions and developments that have intervened in that period. While the great practical truths both of natural and revealed religion have seemed constantly to be gaining a more controlling influence over the intellect and feelings of mankind, the theological dogmas referred to have been more and more evaded or rejected, even by those who receive and respect the Bible as containing authentic and authoritative revelations from God. At the same time, there is apparent a manifest and strong tendency, especially among the young and most highly-educated of both sexes, to infidelity; not to that species of a former age which involved a hatred and contempt for the Bible, nor to the entire rejection of it as a very respectable and useful collection of most interesting writings, but to a rejection of it as a sure and authoritative guide in faith and morals. Though there may be other assignable causes for this, it is certain that not the least powerful is the repellency of dogmas claimed to be contained in the Bible, which are revolting both to the intellect and to the moral nature of man. Instead of being able to meet their religious teachers with the assumption that all which they have felt to be contrary to reason, to common sense, and to common honesty is not contained in the Sacred Writings, many have gradually drawn off to the religion of reason and nature, and left the Bible to theologians and the Church. At the same time, there has been a new development of philanthropy, in which those who either repudiate the Bible as of any binding authority, or disallow its commonly-accepted teachings, are as prominent and earnest in works of benevolence as the most orthodox of any sect. To these are added religious teachers, who set forth the morality and benevolence demanded in the Bible as obligatory, and as satisfactorily deducible from the light of nature, so that no revelation is needful to make them more so. Meantime, in popular forms and by popular writers, all the most plausible and startling difficulties that oppose the claims of the Bible are widely disseminated, while little is done to counteract these influences. Another class of religionists has also arisen, that numbers probably its hundreds of thousands, the Spiritualists, who rest their faith on a new species of so-called revelations, which ordinarily clash with the accepted teachings of the Bible, and by vast numbers are received as of superior authority. Meantime the press and public lectures are extensively supplanting the pulpit as organs of moral and religious influence over large portions of the community, while a large part of the most popular speakers and writers avowedly reject the Bible as of any binding authority in deciding moral and religious questions.
Cursed with Common Sense
Author: Nicole NelsonPublisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973659573
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
For many, it can be hard to believe. People can be skeptical about Jesus Christ and Christianity, or they can think that they just don’t have a good reason to believe. Yet so many of us can’t shake this feeling that we should try to understand God and what we believe about Him—but where do we start? In Cursed with Common Sense, author Nicole Nelson shares her own journey from skepticism and doubt to faith in God. Through her stories, she hopes others can relate to her experiences as she walks with you through the questions she had—and still has—and how she got to the point that she found herself now: writing a book and sharing her faith with the world. You can have common sense and faith in Jesus. Nicole will take you through her process of realizing that God is real and how it changed her life. Cursed with Common Sense won’t tell you what to do or what to think, but together you can explore these questions and arrive at your own faith.
An Appeal to Common Sense in Behalf of Religion
Author: James OswaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apologetics
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description