The remarkable story of Christ and Christianity from the historical perspective that reveals Christ's teachings on enlightenment, practiced by the earliest Jewish disciples only recently revealed.

This book explores the religious concerns of Enlightenment thinkers from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson. Using an innovative method, the study illuminates the intellectual history of the age through interpretations of Jesus between c.1650 and c.1826. The book demonstrates the persistence of theology in modern philosophy and the projects of social reform and amelioration associated with the Enlightenment. At the core of many of these projects was a robust moral-theological realism, sometimes manifest in a natural law ethic, but always associated with Jesus and a commitment to the sovereign goodness of God. This ethical orientation in Enlightenment discourse is found in a range of different metaphysical and political identities (dualist and monist; progressive and radical) which intersect with earlier ‘heretical’ tendencies in Christian thought (Arianism, Pelagianism, and Marcionism). This intellectual matrix helped to produce the discourses of irenic toleration which are a legacy of the Enlightenment at its best.

* What Does the Bible Say About Jesus Christ and Salvation? * What do I Need to Know About Satan? * Can I Be Delivered From My Addictions? * Can I Overcome Depression, Bitterness, Unforgiveness, Sexual Perversion, Suicide? * What Does the Bible Say About Being Unequally Yoked? * Can I Really Walk In the Spirit? * Can I Reach My Spiritual Potential? * Can I Be Restored To My State of Purity After Being Sexually Violated? * If God Loves Me Why Is Life So Hard? * Can I Get Victory Over My Past? * Does God Really Have A Plan For My Problems and How Can I Know The Plan? ENLIGHTENED is to be made aware of...this book is designed with that purpose in mind, to help the reader understand what being a Christian is all about. Many questions need many answers...this practical study guide answers many of the unasked but often thought about questions. This is a great study guide to learning about Christianity along with the challenge to grow spiritually. This book is designed for the new converts as well as those who are mature in the Lord. Knowledge is power, and power leads to victory. No longer do you have to be in the dark about who you are in the Lord. Allow the knowledge of the word of God to make you ENLIGHTENED! The author: Frank Loftin is an ordained Elder at New Jerusalem House of God, Mt. Holly, NJ. Being in ministry for over 25yrs, Frank has served in several churches in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania area. Licensed as a Chaplain he has also served for 3 yrs as an instructer at Manna Bible Institue, Mt Holly Campus.

Jesus Christ was a Zen master? In at least one version of early Christian belief, he sure sounded like one. Early Christianity was far from the gentle and unified belief system that we have been led to believe it was. In fact, in the earliest stages of its development, interpretations of the meanings of Jesus' teachings varied widely, were hotly debated, and differing views were not tolerated well at all. The Jesus narrative that eventually won out was passed on to future generations while the losers had their books burned and adherents imprisoned, tortured, or put to death. Talk about issues with freedom of religion! Luckily, an early Christian group called the "Gnostics", in seeing their beloved books burned and adherents mistreated, buried their most important works in hopes of future discovery. These works were discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945 and have shed quite a bit of light on an alternative and very different interpretation of Jesus' teachings--one that was widely followed in the early years of Christianity, yet more closely resembles the "enlightenment" teachings of Zen and Buddhism. The Zen-like nature of the Gnostic's Jesus is the focus of this work. "What you seek after is within you." - Dialogue of the Savior Scroll up and grab your copy today!

Englightened: The Purpose of Spiritual Understanding is an inspiring book for those who are lost and wanting to find direction. It is for those who want to put substance into their spiritual life without being too religious and sacred. Pastor Edmund passionately expounds the benefits of respectful human interaction and relationship as showed by Jesus Christ centuries ago. He talks about the various aspects of enabling oneself to fully understand one's unique purpose in life while likewise preparing the self for the challenges that will come along. Pastor Edmund expounds on the mental and spiritual readiness that one should endeavor to learn successfully overcome the difficulties. Truly an Enlightening book for today's troubled world.

Radical Happiness is for seekers who are ready to be finders and anyone asking the question, Who am I really? Radical Happiness provides the keys to experiencing the happiness that is always present and not dependent on circumstances. This happiness doesn't come from getting what you want but from wanting what already is. It comes from realizing that who you think you are is not who you really are. This is a radical perspective! Radical Happiness describes the nature of the egoic state of consciousness, the mind's role in maintaining it, how this interferes with happiness, what awakening and enlightenment are, and how to live in this world following awakening. Exercises are included to help you apply the information and transform your experience of life--and become happier.

This title tells how John Erskine was the leading evangelical in the Church of Scotland in the latter half of the 18th century. It explores how, educated in an enlightened setting at Edinburgh University, he learned to appreciate the epistemology of John Locke and other empiricists.