Just sharing some thoughts on the LIVING Jesus (see https://thelivingjesuschrist.wordpress.com/)
Interview with Reza Aslan, Author of ‘Zealot’ : Dr Reza Aslan, internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions and author of the New York Times Bestseller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Dr Reza Aslan, internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions and author of the New York Times Bestseller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
I think the last part of the interview is best, when Dr Aslan talks about his personal experience of faith (just move the bar along, if you wish)
The difference between religion and faith: The difference between the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith… where His Spirit (immense) is activated.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGION AND FAITH
Here are my notes… enjoy
“Religion is nothing more than a symbol, a metaphor of (for) my faith. My faith is in God, the Ultimate Source, the Ground of All Being.There is a difference between the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith. Faith helps us to define the journey.
Religion is simply the language of metaphor. Religion is not divine – it’s man-made – it’s a personal expression of our faith. Don’t confuse religion and (with) faith. My faith is in God and religion allows me to define and express that faith. The water is the water that everyone is drawing from – the water is the same, but the well is all that’s different. Amazing thing about the study of religion – the one thing you can’t get past. Countless cultures and civilisations separated by thousands and thousands of kilometres and many centuries of history define that religious experience, the mystery of God in the same way. They use the same language, the same myths, the same stories (??). They come up with the exact same answers to our questions. Religion is not the means to an end – it’s the end in itself what matters; religion is merely the path to a destination, but it’s the destination that’s crucial. Religion is nothing more than the path, whilst faith is the destination.
– the words of Reza Aslan, author of Zealot, who expressed them, his views on religion and faith far better than I ever could.
About the Author
Craig has a 'passion' for writing books that tell stories about people doing positive things in this often so hard, sometimes unkind world, occasionally cruel, yet always amazing world - true stories that leave the reader feeling uplifted, empowered and hopefully even inspired.
Craig Lock loves to encourage and empower people to be the best they can possibly be, and to create what they want in life. Craig has learnt plenty from the "school of life" (still "battered and bruised") and also from a few "hard knocks on the head". He is an extensive world traveller (on a "shoestring budget") and failed professional emigrater who has spent most of his life’s savings on airfares. He is still sliding down the razor blade of life on the beautiful undiscovered island that is New Zealand, somewhere near the bottom (rude!) of the world near Antarctica. There he talks to the 60 million sheep! Craig has been involved in the corporate world (life assurance) for "many moons". However, through a rather strange (and unique) set of circumstances and finding himself in a small town near the bottom of the world ...and with nothing else to do, he started writing. That was five years ago. Five published books later and having written another twenty manuscripts (now 300 + on widely differing subjects - well what else is there to do here?)... this is where Craig is in the "journey/adventure" that is life. Craig has run a run a successful creative writing course (not teaching sheep!) at the local Polytechnic. He was the author of (as far as we know) the first creative writing course on the internet. He has many varied interests and passions and is particularly interested in the field of psychology – studying the human mind and what makes different people "tick-tock grandfather clock". He is fascinated by the "overlap between psychology and the dimension of spirituality".
One of his missions in life is helping people make the most of their hidden potential and so finding their niche in life... so that they are happy.
Craig’s various books probably tell more about his rather "eventful" life best (no one could believe it!). He writes books with serious messages and themes, then as a contrast "rather crazy, wacky stuff"…to keep him sane here. As an ‘anonymouse’ person wrote: "All of us are born mad; some of us remain so."
Well nothing else much happens in quiet provincial New Zealand, other than headlines like "Golf Ball Thrown at Policeman" and "Beach Toilet Closed for Season.". True!
from
http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/craig_lock.html
For Craig’s books see AMAZON at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4
... but rather GO to www.creativekiwis.com ??
When the writer is no more, the value of your purchase will soar."
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All proceeds go to the needy and underprivileged… and a charity (most worthy-Bill and I)
“When the writer is no more , the value of your purchase will soar! “
“Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, enrich, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials…and strive for and perhaps one sunny day even achieve their wildest dreams.”
PPS
Don’t worry about the world ending today…
as it’s already tomorrow in scenic and tranquil ‘little’ New Zealand
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