Comments on: (I) The True Cross

By: kevin roberts

kevin roberts — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:59:49 +0000

Bingo! On the nose, Bill, although I would suggest that the earlier Friends were a little more strict than treating the atonement as just a “moral example.” Lots of modern left-wing Christian Quakers would accept that, but the early folks looked at it as an essential work of some sort. Even Hicks considered the inward transformaiton essential, although lots of his followers tossed it aside.

Thanks for the clarity.

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It Is A Precious Thing » Blog Archive » The Eye of the Mind Opened — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:09:42 +0000

[...] he explains that the light within becomes visible to us when we follow Christ to the True Cross (passage I). The Power of God that crucifies sin causes the eye of the mind to be opened. We are then able to [...]

By: forrest curo

forrest curo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:20:46 +0000

The more I see how we fall short by not freeing ourselves from our convenient personal-and-cultural idols, the more I see the need for something like this.

And yet, there are too many religions in this world whose premises call for a kind of spiritual suicide. My little personal self not only resents this; but this can hardly be the intention of God in creating us!

In at least three different religions–the Christianity of William Stringfellow, the Judaism of Alan Lew, the Buddhism of Robert Aitken–I find another concept I hope will turn out to be better attuned to God’s will: That our bad qualities themselves can be redeemed, and will then find their rightful place in God’s work.