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Why am I on here? Why Can't I stop?
When you clicked on this you probably thought it was a joke. I am serious. During my work day i spend all my time here. When i go home I read volume after volume of religious texts, commentaries, articles, interpretations. I can't stop looking for something greater. A unifying philosophy. I am currently atheist and before a bunch of you come on here and say "your searching for god! Believe in him and be saved!" know that i study Christianity and I am firm in my belief that whatever it is i am looking for is nowhere near christianity or the bible. Why can't i stop looking for spirituality? I don't really eat, I sleep little and everything that interrupts my search, things like work, friends, family seems secondary. Has anybody else had this problem? Has anybody found the answer?
As I have come into long awaited healing over the past year and a half, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to receive direct, face-to face, contact with my guides, nature spirits and, angelic beings. My healing has been the most extraordinary occurrence, I regret nothing because it all has brought me to this. ‘This’ being the single most important purpose for my existence now on earth, this being my only work to do. Yes, I still have physical needs that require effort, but I have never felt so human, so alive, as I bring my being into alignment with divine freedom. I risk looking the fool, I risk rejection and criticisms, in fact I risk all that binds me to ego and ‘proper’ confinement, for there is no other way. I am overjoyed in daring to share my healing, that we may all risk being more free. This is a spontaneous writing that came forth after my last contact with a truly gentle yet amazingly powerful Angelic Being.
Oh beautiful Being, pure simple essence of love, patience, peace. Take my confusion, my hardest intellectual attempts. Blow it away with one glance, one smile, one touch. In the presence of this pure simplicity, I recognize and respond to the essence of self. All we attempt to cultivate, create, decipher, and figure? As we put so much work into creating we loose sight that we are creation. All we long to have, all we strive to be. We become motivated so deeply by desires of love and connection. We are so busy looking around, trying to grasp opportunities, trying to figure and balance things. That we may in some way build it, capture it, hold onto it, bring it closer and closer. Then somehow end up feeling dissatisfied, rejected, victimized, alone. We are going backwards, it is backwards to seek love. To try to develop or create love, to cling to another because from there we can glimpse love. That glimpse from another is simply a mirror, for we are love. In all our efforts it’s hard to see that what we were seeking is contact with our very essence. So simple we would have never thought it was with us all along. Not only with us, it is us, we could never be separate from it.
Love and Light Ericka
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How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
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Biblical interpretation for both beginning and experienced Bible readers. Changes to the new third edition include: updated language, new foreword, improved diagrams, substantial rewriting of several
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Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament
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The acclaimed Ignatius Catholic Bible study series, finally available in a single volume! The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible - New Testament - edited by Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch The only Catholic Study Bible based on the Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament brings together all of the books of the New Testament and the penetrating study tools developed by renowned Bible teachers Dr...
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Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament
$31.95
Available June 2010 'The only Catholic Study Bible based on the Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament brings together all of the books of the New Testament and the penetrating study tools developed by renowned Bible teachers Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch. ''This volume presents the written Word of God in a highly readable, accurate translation, excellent for personal and group study. Extensive study notes, topical essays and word studies provide fresh and faithful insights informed by time-tested, authentically Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church and other scholars. Commentaries include the best insights of ancient, medieval and modern scholarship, and follow the Church's guidelines for biblical interpretation. Plus, each New Testament book is outlined and introduced with an essay covering questions of authorship, date of composition, intended audience and general themes. The Ignatius Study Bible also includes handy reference materials such as a doctrinal index, a concise concordance, a helpful cross-reference system, and various maps and charts. ''???With copious historical and theological notes, incisive commentary and tools for study, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament is outstanding for private devotion, personal study and Bible study groups. It is excellent for evangelization and apologetics as well!???' " Stephen Ray , Host of The Footprints of God series; Author of Upon This Rock ''???Once a generation a truly unique Bible tool is given to the Church. The Ignatius Study Bible is a gift for our generation. This is the most important book since the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Every parish study group and every student of Sacred Scripture should own and use this Bible.??? ' " David Currie Author, Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic ''???The Ignatius Study Bible is a triumph of both piety and scholarship in the best Catholic tradition: simply the most useful succinct commentary that any Christian or other interested person could hope for.???' " Erasmo Leiva , Author, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word '
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St. Thomas Aquinas Commentary on Colossians
$12.95
Translated by Fabian Larcher, O.P. St. Thomas Aquinas's biblical commentaries have been somewhat neglected. Similarly many readers of the Bible do not spend much time with the Colossians. This pearl of a Commentary should assist not only in renewing interest on Aquinas's exegetical insights, but also in deepening our appreciation for the richness of the Epistle to the Colossians.
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The Bible and the Qur'an
$12.95
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, worldwide interest in Islam has reached an unprecedented peak. Thousands convert to Islam each year in the US alone, and sales of the Qur'an are very high. What do Christians need to know about the Qur'an? Fr. Jacques Jomier, O.P., has written a scholarly yet readable work that details the profound differences between Christian scripture and the Islamic sacred texts, differences that are too often glossed over by the mainstream media. Topics addressed include: Islamic teaching on Jesus and Mary; the universal mission of the Muslim; Jews, Christians and Islamic law. This book is a necessity for those who wish to understand the highly charged religious elements of the current conflict in the Middle East. ???Jomier carefully presents what the Qur'an teaches about the Hebrew and Christian bible. He contrasts the essential Muslim teachings with the Jewish and Christian understandings of themselves. Jomier is both sympathetic and critical. This is an excellent text in which to understand just what Islam means when it talks of Jewish or Christian sources in the light of its own traditions.??? "James Schall, S.J., Georgetown University Jacques Jomier, O.P. , served for many years as a missionary in the Middle East, gaining a unique inside view of the Muslim world. He was among the first to provide commentary on modern translations of the Qur'an, contributing greatly to the study of Islam. '
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Genesis: Interpretation: a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
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In his clear and readable, style Walter Brueggemann presents Genesis as a single book set within the context of the whole of biblical revelation. He sees his task as bringing the text close to the faith and ministry of the church...
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Interpretation Bible Commentary
Bestselling Catholic Books on Amazon.com
Interpretation Bible Commentary
Why am I on here? Why Can't I stop?
When you clicked on this you probably thought it was a joke. I am serious. During my work day i spend all my time here. When i go home I read volume after volume of religious texts, commentaries, articles, interpretations. I can't stop looking for something greater. A unifying philosophy. I am currently atheist and before a bunch of you come on here and say "your searching for god! Believe in him and be saved!" know that i study Christianity and I am firm in my belief that whatever it is i am looking for is nowhere near christianity or the bible. Why can't i stop looking for spirituality? I don't really eat, I sleep little and everything that interrupts my search, things like work, friends, family seems secondary. Has anybody else had this problem? Has anybody found the answer?
As I have come into long awaited healing over the past year and a half, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to receive direct, face-to face, contact with my guides, nature spirits and, angelic beings. My healing has been the most extraordinary occurrence, I regret nothing because it all has brought me to this. ‘This’ being the single most important purpose for my existence now on earth, this being my only work to do. Yes, I still have physical needs that require effort, but I have never felt so human, so alive, as I bring my being into alignment with divine freedom. I risk looking the fool, I risk rejection and criticisms, in fact I risk all that binds me to ego and ‘proper’ confinement, for there is no other way. I am overjoyed in daring to share my healing, that we may all risk being more free. This is a spontaneous writing that came forth after my last contact with a truly gentle yet amazingly powerful Angelic Being.
Oh beautiful Being, pure simple essence of love, patience, peace. Take my confusion, my hardest intellectual attempts. Blow it away with one glance, one smile, one touch. In the presence of this pure simplicity, I recognize and respond to the essence of self. All we attempt to cultivate, create, decipher, and figure? As we put so much work into creating we loose sight that we are creation. All we long to have, all we strive to be. We become motivated so deeply by desires of love and connection. We are so busy looking around, trying to grasp opportunities, trying to figure and balance things. That we may in some way build it, capture it, hold onto it, bring it closer and closer. Then somehow end up feeling dissatisfied, rejected, victimized, alone. We are going backwards, it is backwards to seek love. To try to develop or create love, to cling to another because from there we can glimpse love. That glimpse from another is simply a mirror, for we are love. In all our efforts it’s hard to see that what we were seeking is contact with our very essence. So simple we would have never thought it was with us all along. Not only with us, it is us, we could never be separate from it.
Love and Light Ericka
List Price: $16.99
Sale Price: $9.65
Used From: $5.60
Biblical interpretation for both beginning and experienced Bible readers. Changes to the new third edition include: updated language, new foreword, improved diagrams, substantial rewriting of several
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Inspirational TV and radio host Joyce Meyer adapts the traditional Bible for contemporary readers, providing her own commentary based on decades of study. Meyer brings to this book the same unique ins
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The acclaimed Ignatius Catholic Bible study series, finally available in a single volume! The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible - New Testament - edited by Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch The only Catholic Study Bible based on the Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament brings together all of the books of the New Testament and the penetrating study tools developed by renowned Bible teachers Dr...
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament
$31.95
Available June 2010 'The only Catholic Study Bible based on the Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament brings together all of the books of the New Testament and the penetrating study tools developed by renowned Bible teachers Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch. ''This volume presents the written Word of God in a highly readable, accurate translation, excellent for personal and group study. Extensive study notes, topical essays and word studies provide fresh and faithful insights informed by time-tested, authentically Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church and other scholars. Commentaries include the best insights of ancient, medieval and modern scholarship, and follow the Church's guidelines for biblical interpretation. Plus, each New Testament book is outlined and introduced with an essay covering questions of authorship, date of composition, intended audience and general themes. The Ignatius Study Bible also includes handy reference materials such as a doctrinal index, a concise concordance, a helpful cross-reference system, and various maps and charts. ''???With copious historical and theological notes, incisive commentary and tools for study, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament is outstanding for private devotion, personal study and Bible study groups. It is excellent for evangelization and apologetics as well!???' " Stephen Ray , Host of The Footprints of God series; Author of Upon This Rock ''???Once a generation a truly unique Bible tool is given to the Church. The Ignatius Study Bible is a gift for our generation. This is the most important book since the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Every parish study group and every student of Sacred Scripture should own and use this Bible.??? ' " David Currie Author, Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic ''???The Ignatius Study Bible is a triumph of both piety and scholarship in the best Catholic tradition: simply the most useful succinct commentary that any Christian or other interested person could hope for.???' " Erasmo Leiva , Author, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word '
St. Thomas Aquinas Commentary on Colossians
$12.95
Translated by Fabian Larcher, O.P. St. Thomas Aquinas's biblical commentaries have been somewhat neglected. Similarly many readers of the Bible do not spend much time with the Colossians. This pearl of a Commentary should assist not only in renewing interest on Aquinas's exegetical insights, but also in deepening our appreciation for the richness of the Epistle to the Colossians.
The Bible and the Qur'an
$12.95
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, worldwide interest in Islam has reached an unprecedented peak. Thousands convert to Islam each year in the US alone, and sales of the Qur'an are very high. What do Christians need to know about the Qur'an? Fr. Jacques Jomier, O.P., has written a scholarly yet readable work that details the profound differences between Christian scripture and the Islamic sacred texts, differences that are too often glossed over by the mainstream media. Topics addressed include: Islamic teaching on Jesus and Mary; the universal mission of the Muslim; Jews, Christians and Islamic law. This book is a necessity for those who wish to understand the highly charged religious elements of the current conflict in the Middle East. ???Jomier carefully presents what the Qur'an teaches about the Hebrew and Christian bible. He contrasts the essential Muslim teachings with the Jewish and Christian understandings of themselves. Jomier is both sympathetic and critical. This is an excellent text in which to understand just what Islam means when it talks of Jewish or Christian sources in the light of its own traditions.??? "James Schall, S.J., Georgetown University Jacques Jomier, O.P. , served for many years as a missionary in the Middle East, gaining a unique inside view of the Muslim world. He was among the first to provide commentary on modern translations of the Qur'an, contributing greatly to the study of Islam. '
List Price: $30.00
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Used From: $12.25
In his clear and readable, style Walter Brueggemann presents Genesis as a single book set within the context of the whole of biblical revelation. He sees his task as bringing the text close to the faith and ministry of the church...
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The Psalms have been at the center of Christian faith and piety for centuries. Now, one of the foremost interpreters of the Psalms explores how they can still claim that place today. In this commentary, James L...