The Unspoken Truth About Religion

Religion is held to be the source of our values and morality, the impetus behind all things good. Yet it sustains an unparalleled acquaintance with death, destruction, and terrorism. And generation after generation we fail to acknowledge, much less explore, this glaring incongruity. Historians have written endlessly on the many origins of religion, and critics have written countless volumes on the immeasurable atrocities committed in its name. But here we are in the 21st century, splicing genes and colliding particles at near the speed of light, and we still don't have a coherent understanding of why we practice this most enigmatic of human behaviors. Our technical knowledge, that which reflects the rational side of human behavior, is doubling every couple of years, rapidly increasing the human ability to not just innovate, but to destroy and devastate. Yet our understanding of religion, the only irrational behavior we widely embrace and encourage, has remained virtually unchanged throughout history. The immense significance being, it is our irrational behaviors that have always been and will always be the greatest catalyst for human conflict. Only to the extent we understand our emotionally driven behaviors can we mitigate the rapidly growing dangers that naturally accompany our soaring awareness. This book provides the understanding that humanity needs to purge itself of religious conflicts and terrorism the world over.

David in the Twenty-Third Psalm taught us that God is not some unknown God up in heaven sitting on His throne, but He is close, personal, and intimate. God did not introduce Himself to Moses as El Shaddai, the powerful God of the mountains, nor did He introduce Himself as Elohim, the mighty and majestic God of creation, but Yahweh the great "I am" He who will make things happen for you in the valley of your human failures, struggles, and adversities. God is not some unknown God up in heaven sitting on His throne, but He is close, personal, and intimate. He is the God who walks with us in our valley of need and makes things happen for us. He told Moses: " I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows. And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians" God saw their circumstances, He heard their cries, and felt their sorrows. There is no problem so minute, so trivial and so insignificant that Christ does not see or hear our cries. He told Moses that He would come down and be with him. The promise that God made to Moses, Christ makes to us in our trying moments. If you have a problem that you can't solve, a burden you can't bear, a spouse you can't stand, a child you can't handle, a boss you can't forgive, take it to Jesus. If you have an addiction you can't break, a heart-ache you can't overcome, a mountain you can't climb, a sickness that the doctors can't heal, a dream crushed by adversity, hopes wiped out by disappointment, a pain that wont go away, a hunger that a steak just wont satisfy, take it to Jesus. Christ our good Shepherd promises: "My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness" 2 Corinthians 12:9. NIV "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.

The Unspoken Documentary and corresponding curriculum provides an in-depth look into the Christian heritage of Africa and people of African descent, intended to dispel the notion of Christianity being an exclusively white man's religion.

The Unspoken Documentary and corresponding curriculum provides an in-depth look into the Christian heritage of Africa and people of African descent, intended to dispel the notion of Christianity being an exclusively white man's religion.

In God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World, New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and religion scholar Stephen Prothero argues that persistent attempts to portray all religions as different paths to the same God overlook the distinct problem that each tradition seeks to solve. Delving into the different problems and solutions that Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Confucianism, Yoruba Religion, Daoism and Atheism strive to combat, God is Not One is an indispensable guide to the questions human beings have asked for millennia—and to the disparate paths we are taking to answer them today. Readers of Huston Smith and Karen Armstrong will find much to ponder in God is Not One.

Provocatively argues that concealing Christian identity in American public life is the best way to maintain faithful witness and integrity.

With thoroughly integrated readings and original introductions, UNSPOKEN WORLDS provides an illustration of cross-cultural patterns in women's religious lives. Carefully selected works writings by eminent scholars have been judiciously edited by Falk and Gross to weave them into a coherent whole that evolves from simple, vivid portraits of individual women to analyses of complete systems.