It took twenty of them two weeks to finish. By the time they were finished, it measured almost seven feet across, one of the largest ones ever done in the West. Using a small metal funnel called a chak-pur, the Tibetan Buddhist monks used twenty bowls of colored sand to make their mandala depicting their view of the spiritual configuration of the universe.… Continue Reading
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HOW CAN GOD HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED?
When God called Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage, Moses was afraid. “And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you” (Exodus 3:13-14).… Continue Reading
WHAT DOES THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT MEAN TO CHRISTIANS?
The fourth commandment says, “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it” (Exodus 20:8-11).… Continue Reading
WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH TODAY?
Tram Sessions, member of the Alabama state legislature, clipped a poem from a magazine and mailed it to University of Alabama Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. Bryant liked the poem so much that he always carried a copy in his wallet until his death. The poem gives us all something to think about as we begin each new day.
“This is the beginning of a new day.
SEVEN AGES OF MAN — BOB PRICHARD
R. M. Cornelius identifies “Seven Ages of Man”:
- 6 weeks—all systems go
- 6 years—all systems “No!”
- 16 years—all systems know
- 26 years—all systems glow
- 36 years—all systems owe
- 56 years—all systems status quo
- 76 years—all systems slow
I do not know about you, but it shocks me to see that I am already firmly entrenched in the fifth age—all systems owe.… Continue Reading