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Satan wants to give me everything
I consulted Copilot A.I. regarding a related Bible passage:] WS: What is the passage where Jesus, being tempted the third time, on top of the mountain, replies to Satan’s temptation: “All these I will give Thee if Thou fall down … Continue reading
“A strong wind suddenly blew up…”
강한 바람이 불어서~ Subtitle: “God’s Sense of Humour!” God has a wonderful sense of humour! Here’s what happened: I’ve been fighting a drawn-out spiritual battle with Rev. E Gi-seong, and I know the “Inevitable” (in Russian the “неизбежный” which means … Continue reading
How the Word of God becomes flesh.
Tomorrow (Saturday, October 28th) is our talk to Sun Moon University students, all second generation members we expect. Any other hangers-on are welcome, though, like a visitor to Mecca, they must expect to get the full story: God and True … Continue reading
Synchronicity in my life.
The phenomenon of “synchronicity” is well known. For example, yesterday, in my daily journal on my computer, I mentioned “jet landing on aircraft carrier.” The same afternoon a YouTube video popped up on my screen, uninvited, of a jet landing … Continue reading
The humanism of contemporary Japan
Note: The first 2~3 pages of this 8 page article are more theoretical; somewhere about a quarter of the way down we examine contemporary Japan from a practical, historical, existential, humanistic, and religious perspective. Bear with me…! Several issues are … Continue reading
It’s dangerous to have ideas.
Thomas Edison said to my grandfather Sidney N. Riggs, “Young man, it’s dangerous to have ideas.” I was amazed to read some early letters from my granddad to my grandma—his thoughts were very forward. Back then, in the Roaring Twenties, … Continue reading
To stay alive.
On NHK we watch every evening the inimitable performance of Chico-chan, a very wise little girl who pretends to be five, putting her perky and cocky guests with stumping questions about very mundane or obscure issues. She’ll ask, for example, … Continue reading
Feb. 24, 2011 – “A man should never neglect family for business”
Last night at family evening Hoon Dok Hae, with Fujiko-san and the girls gathered in the prayer room, we read Father’s autobiography, p. 84, the chapter entitled “A Command that Must Be Obeyed”. Father, in 1946, had headed … Continue reading
Feb. 12, 2011 – Hurray for Elves!!!
I wake up this morning with the sound of John Philip Sousa’s stirring march music playing in my ears, recalling high school football rallies. We were simple that time, straight forward, and patriotic. I feel a stirring of … Continue reading
Jan. 31, 2011 – Living Inspiration
WS: Heavenly Father, why do I sometimes feel this hopelessness and sometimes hope? Here’s True Parents, and I believe, and what can I do? HF: What’s that word? You believe, and what? You follow? WS: I’m so sick of this … Continue reading
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