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Ramakrishna.

What a man wants is already within him; but he still wanders here and there in search of it.

In:  Margaret Lewis Furse, Mysticism (FIUGEN, 1977), p. 43.

DESIRE; WANDERING

19961200

Randall, John Herman, Jr., and Buchler, Justus..

An important trait that underlies the method of Kierkegaard, and perhaps of all that which is called "existentialist", is the treatment of deep human emotion ("passion") as an avenue of knowledge.

Philosophy: An Introduction. (PF014, Barnes & Noble, 1971), p. 278.

EMOTIONS; EXISTENTIALISM; KIERKEGAARD, SOREN; KNOWLEDGE; PASSION

19800202

Raudsepp, Eugene.

The philosopher John Dewey was one of the first to note that creativity does not start with facts, theories, or hypotheses, but with a problematic situation.  He felt that sensitivity, and the ability to envisage and formulate the right problem are crucial to effective problem solving.

How to Create New Ideas (Perigree, 1982), p. 27.

CREATIVITY; DEWEY, JOHN; FACTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SITUATIONS; THEORIES

19870707

Creativity is...contingent upon the preservation of curiosity and the sense of wonder that are so apparent in youth and so conspicuously absent in many grownups.

How to Create New Ideas (Perigree, 1982), p. 31.

ADULTS; CHILDREN; CREATIVITY; CURIOSITY; WONDER

19870707

What makes memory creative is a state of flux or dynamic mobility in its components.

How to Create New Ideas (Perigree, 1982), p.40.

CREATIVITY; MEMORY

19870707

Creative people rely heavily on internal visual imagery, or "thought-visions."...And there are a host of other noted creative individuals on record who stated that first they try to feel or couch in imagery what they imagine before naming it or formulating a verbal concept of it.

How to Create New Ideas (Perigree, 1982), p. 41.

CLASSIFICATIONS; CREATIVITY; FORMULATIONS; IMAGES; WORDS - VERBALIZING

19870707

Creative individuals have also learned...that these quasi-serious exercises relax the critical and conservative bent of their consciousness....By putting the judicial censor of their conscious minds to sleep, so to speak, creative people can pass over the established order and set the stage for the premiere of novel ideas and solutions.

How to Create New Ideas (Perigree, 1982), p. 43.

CONSCIOUSNESS; CREATIVITY; CRITICAL FACULTIES; PLAY

19870707

Truly creative people are not afraid of disorder or ambiguity.

How to Create New Ideas (Perigree, 1982), p. 44.

AMBIGUITY; CHAOS; CREATIVITY; ORDER

19870707

Read, Piers Paul.

However, it was Islam, not Christianity, that from its inception promoted conversion through conquest; and even if Christianity, at certain times and in certain places, also baptized at the point of the a sword, its growth in its first three centuries to encompass the whole Roman Empire was almost wholly pacific.  Therefore, from the time of the Prophet Muhammed's first razzia, the Christian's perception was that the wars against Islam were waged either in defence of Christendom or to liberate and reconquer lands that were rightly theirs.

The Templars.  (HQ080, 1999), p. 311.

CHRISTIANITY; CRUSADES; ISLAM; JIHAD

20020701

Rees, Elizabeth.

Symbolism is a language not of abstractions but of feelings and images.

Christian Symbols, Ancient Roots.  (PR007, J Kinglsey Pub, 1992), p. 15.

EMOTIONS; IMAGES; SYMBOLISM; THINKING, ABSTRACT

20060321

Ritual is a holy, symbolic action:  we walk across the bridge of ritual into the world of the transcendent.  A ritual is a symbolic journey towards wholeness.

Christian Symbols, Ancient Roots.  (PR007, J Kinglsey Pub, 1992), p. 149.

ACTIONS, SYMBOLIC; BRIDGES; JOURNEYS; RITUALS - DEFINITIONS; TRANSCENDENCE; WHOLENESS

20070528

Reid, James.

The judgement of holy love is more terrible to face than the judgement of / one who does not care about us.

Interpreter's Bible, X (HG153, Abingdon, ) pp. 332-3.

AGAPÉ; GOD'S LOVE; JUDGEMENT

19770000

Reps, Paul.

96.  Devotion frees.

"Centering",

In:  Reps, Paul, comp.  Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (PK040, ), p. 173.

DEVOTION; FREEDOM; ZEN

19830328

110.  Since, in truth, bondage and freedom are relative, these words are only for those terrified with the universe....

"Centering",

In:  Reps, Paul, comp.  Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (PK040, ), p. 174.

FEAR; FREEDOM; SLAVERY; WORDS; ZEN

19830328

Richardson, Alan.

Today it is patently true that theology is being done in dialogue with, or sometimes in reaction from, the various modes of philosophical and scientific thinking which prevail in our time.

"Preface,"

Richardson, Alan, ed.  A Dictionary of Christian Theology.  (FIURF, Westminster Press, 1969), P. v.

DIALOGUE; PHILOSOPHY; REACTION & REACTING; SCIENCE; THEOLOGY; TODAY, THE PRESENT TIME

20070424

Ridenour, Fritz.

...being "religious"—that is, trying to find God or please Him through your own futile efforts.

How to Be a Christian without Being Religious.  (PR085, Regal, 2002), p. 7.

EFFORTS; GOD; RELGION - DEFINITIONS; RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

20060909

Robert, Henry M.

Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the last of real liberty.

The Scott, Foresman Robert's Rules of Order, newly revised. p. v.

LAW; LIBERTY

19820000

Robinson, H. Wheeler.

It [sin] creates its own penalties, alienating the good which might have brought deliverance from it, hardening itself to worse and worse deeds which dispense with even the poor excuse of its own beginning.  Sooner or later, it finds the universe arrayed against it; for sin is the challenge to the whole of things by the individual man, which is the sheerest and uttermost folly.

Two Hebrew Prophets. Pp. 27-28.

In:  Mauchline, John. "Introduction, Hosea,"

In:  The Interpreters Bible, VI. (HG149, Abingdon, ????), p. 554.

ALIENATION; INDIVIDUALS; PENALTIES; SIN - DEFINITIONS; WHOLE, THE

19820000

Rogers, Will.

I belong to no organized party.  I am a Democrat.

in:  Siegelman, Lee.  "Is the Democratic Party Disintegrating?"

in:  Society (July-Aug., 1984), p. ?.

DEM0CRATIC NATIONAL PARTY

198440905

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Pan-American Day Address, April 14, 1939,

In:  The Speakers Almanac, p. ?

FATE; PRISONERS

19840531

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

"The New Deal,",

In:  Wilson quarterly, VI (2), p. 50.

FEAR

19810000

Rosche, Paul J.

The real secret to a long and healthy life is to enjoy what you are doing and be good at it.  It is not to avoid stress.

In:  Restak, Richard.  The Brain (PL036, Bantam, 1984), p. 136.

HEALTH; LIFE, LONG; STRESS

19860717

Rosen, Robert H., et al.

Many of us take literacy for granted.  We can't imagine--or remember--a world in which we were not able to read.  But all of us were there at one time.

Global Literacies (FIUGL, Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 15.

LITERACY

20010213

Because globalization and technology have leveled the playing field, and since we've reached a high level of sophistication in our systems and processes, our people provide our only remaining competitive advantage.

Global Literacies (FIUGL, Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 24.

COMPETITION--ADVANTAGES; PERSONNEL; EMPLOYEES; GLOBALIZATION

20010214

Rosinski, Herbert.

Strategy is the comprehensive direction of power to control situations and areas in order to attain broad objectives.

In:  Eccles, Henry E.  Military Power in a Free Society ( (PK067, Naval War College, 1979), p. iv.

CONTROL; GUIDANCE; OBJECTIVES; STRATEGY - DEFINITIONS

19860808

Ross, Allen P.

But we rarely see the splendor, the beauty, and the glory of worship because we are not drawn out of our world enough to comprehend the God of glory; consequently, our worship is all too frequently unexceptional and at times irrelevant.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 35.

BEAUTY; GLORY; RELEVANCE; SPLENDOR; WORSHIP

20080316

In the ancient Near East, and still today, a clump of trees was a sign of blessing because it meant there was water—life!  And apart from any / pagan perversion, the tree was a symbol of life and fertility.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), pp. 100-101.

BLESSINGS; FERTILITY; LIFE - SYMBOLS OF; SYMBOLS - TREES; TREES - SIGNIFICANCE; WATER

20080411

It made no difference that the man had heard the Word from the LORD himself—Satan was clever enough to pervert it and discredit the LORD so that the pair thought it in their best interests to defy the almaighty.  And ever since that fateful day the household of faith has known that the Evil One is always ready to deceive people over what God said, so that they will enbrace unrighteous deeds—often with pious / intentions (cf. 2 Cor. 11:13-14).

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), pp. 109-110.

ADAM & EVE; DECEPTION; EVIL ACTS; GOD'S WORD; INTENTIONS, PIOUS; SATAN - METHODS

20080419

The word world has several meanings:  it may mean the physical world that God created, the people who live in the world (“the world did not know him”), or the present evil system (“love not the world”).

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 121, n.1.

WORLD, THE - DEFINITIONS

20080426

Whenever proclamation has been lost to worship, worship loses its way and becomes empty ritual.... The Word gives the ritual meaning, and the ritual gives visible form to the Word.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 146.

JESUS THE CHRIST; MEANING; PROCLAMATION; RITUAL & RITUALS; WORD, THE; WORSHIP; WORSHIP SERVICES & RITES

20080503

...we too desperately need a place of atonement and a mediator to intercede for us.  Nothing draws us to these provisions with more urgency and longing than our guilty fears brought about by sin.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 186.

ATONEMENT; FEAR; GUILT; MEDIATORS; SIN

20080524

The Lord of eternity created time so that all his works could fulfill his plan in the seasons and sequences of this life.  He then stepped into time to redeem his fallen creatures from death and received them into his eternal rest.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 223.

ETERNITY; GOD - IMMANENCE; GOD - TIME; GOD'S PLAN; GOD'S REST; REDEMPTION; SEASONS; SEQUENCES; TIME

20080705

Singing is not, therefore, an optional embellishment of worship; it is a necessary requirement of it.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 259.

SINGING; WORSHIP

20080802

...because the evidence of gratitude is generosity.  After all, what he received, what he was praising for, was a gift from God.  Therefore, if praise is being given properly, the needs of others will not be overlooked.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 274.

GENEROSITY; GRATITUDE; GOD - PRAISE; HUMAN NEEDS; NEEDY, THE; PRAISE

20080816

True worship is not simply a celebration of God's provision of atonement but a celebration of being in covenant with the Lord—and being in covenant carries responsibilities.  Every memorial act in worship was a reminder to remain faithful to God, promote justice in the land, and show mercy to those in need.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p.329.

ATONEMENT; CELEBRATIONS; COVENANTS; FAITHFULNESS; JUSTICE; MERCY; NEEDY, THE; REMINDERS; RESPONSIBILITIES; WORSHIP - DEFINITIONS

20081004

The evening followed the basic pattern of a Passover meal, except for the new teachings.  But the major transformation in worship occurred here, for from this point on worship would focus on Christ, the fulfillment of the Passover.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p.377.

JESUS THE CHRIST; LAST SUPPER, THEPASSOVER; TRANSFORMATIONS; WORSHIP - CHANGE

20081129

Through his death Jesus made the perfect and complete sacrifice for sin, and by his resurrection he guaranteed that his death set us free from sin and secured for us everlasting life.  These events marked the beginning of Christianity, but it was at the Last Supper that Jesus announced the turning point of faith, and thereby of worship.  It was there that Jesus explained the divinely intended meaning of the Passover sacrifice and inaugurated the new covenant.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p.391.

CHRISTIANITY - ORIGINS; COVENANT, NEW; FAITH; JESUS THE CHRIST - RESURRECTION; JESUS THE CHRIST - SACRIFICE; LAST SUPPER; PASSOVER - INTERPRETATION; SACRIFICES - MEANING; WORSHIP - CHANGE

20081213

People can worship at any time, in any place.  But it is practical and profitable for worshippers to have a place where they can worship in communion.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 411.

COMMUNITY; WORSHIP; WORSHIP, PLACES OF

20081220

But the confession of faith has always been essential to worship—for clarification of the ritual, for the basis of fellowship, and for mutual edification and encouragement.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 436.

CLARITY; CONFESSIONS OF FAITH; EDIFICATION; ENCOURAGEMENT; FELLOWSHIP; RITUAL; WORSHIP

20090207

To give God the glory is an expression of dependence on God and so logically leads to generosity, for it recognizes everything as Gods bounty.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 437.

DEPENEDENCE; GENEROSITY;GLORY, GIVE GOD; GOD'S PROVISION

20090207

Just as private prayer is basic to the spiritual life, so corporate prayer is at the heart of the worship and service of the congregation.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 447.

CHURCH MEMBERS; PRAYER; PRAYER, PUBLIC; SPIRITUAL LIFE; WORSHIP

20090207

There is a positive side of righteousness that calls for action.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 467.

ACTION; POSITIVES; RIGHTNESS

20090221

Therefore, worship must also be eschatological, that is, concerned with things yet to come.  If we keep our eyes on things spiritual and things eternal, we will be better able to overcome the world, and especially the way the world worships.

Recalling the Hope of Glory.  (HR194, Kregel, 2006), p. 489.

ESCHATOLOGY; ETERNITY; MATERIALISM - FOCUSSES; SPIRITUAL REALITY; WORSHIP - FOCUSSES

20090321

Ross, W. Stanley.

Rewritten diaries, carefully edited and bolstered with afterthoughts, rarely present a reflection of things and people as they really were;....

Ill Met by Moonlight (HQ262, Folio Soc., 2001, 1950), p. 15.

AFTERTHOUGHTS; DIARIES & JOURNALS

20031225

Rossi, Lee D.

These Christian reactionaries have no political program.  They find no social group which responds spontaneously to their ideology and which could carry through their program of cultural reform.  They feel isolated not only from the bourgeois and the working class, but also from their peers in the intelligentsia, a group which is becoming increasingly secular.

The Politics of Fantasy (FIU, 1984, UMI) p. 4.

CHRISTIANS; LEWIS, C.S.; SCHOLARS; TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

20010423

Roszak, Theodore.

At this high level of speculative fever, we are no longer discussing the mere cleverness of machines; the moral resolve and biological fitness of our own species are being weighed in the scales of evolutionary survival---and found wanting.

The Culture of Information (1986), p. 43.

COMPUTERS - DEVELOPMENTS; HUMAN EVOLUTION

19871111

This is because the computer does so ingeniously mimic human intelligence that it may significantly shake our confidence in the uses of the mind.  And it is the mind that must think about things, including the computer.

The Culture of Information (1986), p. 45.

COMPUTERS; INTELLIGENCE; MIND; THINKING

19871111

And lacking a warm and lively sense of the sacred, there can be no ethical commitment that is anything more than superficial humanist rhetoric..

The Making of a Counter Culture (PG048, Anchor Bks, 1969), p. 273.

COUNTER CULTURES; ETHICS; HUMANISM; OBJECTIVISM; SACRED, THE

19730000

Routh, Martin Joseph

You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir.

Memoir of Dr. Routh

In:  DiGaetani, John L., et al.  Writing Out Loud (FIUL, Dow Jones, 1983) p. 153

QUOTATIONS; REFERENCES; VERIFICATION

19870526

Rubin, Louis, D., Jr.

Yet what old-timers really want is not the past itself, but themselves as they were when inhabiting that past--which is to say, to be young again.

Seaports of the South (1998, HP395) pp. 48-49.

LONGING; NOSTALGIA; OLD-TIMERS; SENIOR ADULTS; YOUTH

20010423

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