Your Mind is a Vital Part of Your Spiritual Makeup

Albert Einstein said, “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination”.  Indeed, knowledge can be had, but it is the imagination that brings new ideas into existence resulting in new inventions.  Even Christian spiritual maturity depends on the transformation of the mind; failure to transform one’s mind means living as a carnal Christian.  For Paul, the mind set on the things of the flesh is death but the mind set on the things of the Spirit is life and joy (Romans 8). 

Learning from others' mistakes

Whether You Are A Thinking Person!

As a normal human being with a thinking brain inside your head, you may have ideological, philosophical, theological, methodological, and so on and so forth differences of opinions; you can attack and criticize the discourse you don't agree with.  Occasionally, you may be tempted to address the person behind the discourse.  But if the person behind the discourse becomes your primary target of attack and criticism, you have failed to demonstrate that you have the thinking capacity.

Are we afraid of positive thinking?

Whether we like it or not, there is tremendous power in positive mental attitude.  If we honestly examine the successful people in the world, religious or nonreligious, they all share one common trait; the positive mental attitude.  The forerunners of modern day positive mental attitude; people like Napoleon Hill, Vincent Peale, William Clement Stone, Robert Schuller and the likes have unequivocally attributed their inspiration for PMA to the teachings found in the Bible.  An American psychologist and philosopher of 19/20^th century, William James, said, “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes”.[1]  True to his discovery, the uncountable volumes of self-help books have come into existence from writers, philosophers and thinkers who recognized the power of human brain.  Equal numbers of people have helped themselves by applying the principles found in these books and teachings.

Pabitra Atmako Baptisma

Losing some to gain all

1 Corinthians 6:1-11
August 4, 2013

How to make your Pastor an effective preacher?

As I was reading through a pastor's blog, I came across one of his entries on effective preaching.  This pastor cites an unknown writer who gives an amazing plan to make his/her pastor an effective preacher....Please pay attention to this suggestion, especially if you are in the preaching domain......

Glamorous or Glorious Christians?

1 Corinthians 48-21

Not Judgmental but Faithful

July 7, 2013

Living Temple

Lessons from the pursuit of PhD - Part 2

Just as the graduation ceremony died down, and my wife and son were finished with taking pictures, questions began to flood my mind.  Was it worth the struggles and suffering I put my family through all these years?  Did this degree really change me in anyway?  Would I be different with or without it?  What have I really learned from this?  So on and so forth.