Christian Mysticism

Fundamentalism and Christian Spirituality

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By Anthony Nayagan: The universal message of Jesus is comprised of the ideas of the indwelling divinity, love of God, universal love, divine grace, universal ethics, spiritual realization, and life in the wisdom of God. In essence, these are the foundations of Christian spirituality. The men and women who devote their lives to Christian spirituality […]

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Wisdom in the Bible

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When we take the first sentence in the Gospel of St John, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” and consider Jesus as a person, these words are enough to assume that the Words in the Bible are absolutes. In other words, we can accept […]

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Prayer with Awareness

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— By Anthony Nayagan Narrating certain Bible verses over and over is certainly a form of prayer and that is perfectly fine to get started in personal prayers. But there is more to prayer. Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice” (John 10:27). If we claim we are children of God, we must literally hear […]

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Inner-Healing and Spirituality

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Inner healing

by Anthony Nayagan All of us have inner-wounds, and memories of some of them are so deep-seated in our subconscious mind, they can even be the cause of a variety of social, behavioral, mental, and nervous system disorders. Spirituality and prayers can heal them; but, they require some reorientations. Spirituality begins with knowledge of the […]

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The Divinity of Christ; by Anthony Nayagan

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Revealed

Freedom, knowledge, and love are inclusive and inseparable. When we have the freedom to love, love is able to blossom. Similarly, where love exists, it thrives and grows when our knowledge and understanding of our beloved increases. This understanding can be applied to the church, particularly the relationship between a Christian and Jesus. To love […]

Christian Mysticism

‘What is Christian Mysticism?’ by Jon Zuck

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Dionysious

“To many modern Christians, words like “meditation,” “mystic,” and “mysticism” bring to mind Eastern religions, not Christianity. Certainly Eastern religions are known for their mysticism; however, mysticism is not only a vital part of the Christian heritage as well, but it is actually the core of Christian spirituality. Mysticism simply means the spirituality of the direct experience of […]