the preacher and the witness

The preacher preaches, and the teacher teaches, but the witness only gives his testimony.

pantheism reveres the environment

altho an ancient belief panthesism is very active today thinking God is in His creation. The obvious limitation of pantheism is that it only acknowledges the seen. Existence is the Spirit behind nature rather than nature itself. 

minding your own business in the Bible

when Peter heard that John was not going to see death he asked Jesus what about himself. Jesus said if I say one thing to one man, what is that to you? You have to conclude that he was telling Peter to mind his own business and not involve himself with anyone else's. There are some in the churches who have to realize that a slave of Christ does as he is told and there are no raised eyebrows or hand clapping about it.

harder for a rich man

to pass thru a needle's eye than to get into heaven because someone rich, in money or in knowledge, will have a greater opportunity for doubt and less desire for the spiritual than a poor man since he has it so good already. With no incentive to leave the concrete world of the flesh he must make a greater effort to move into the abstract world of the spirit than anyone who does not. It is easier for a child to believe than an adult to believe.

proof is relative not absolute

it must be assumed from overwhelming evidence. Doubt can be introduced from almost every quarter on almost everything. When we assume proof it is a spiritual decision in the final analysis. We can never know for absolute surety. It is a very good probability, a percentage possibility. But we are using faith in our judgment in the final conclusion. When we say all things seen came from the unseen it is meant that the unseen comes from the spirit. There are many who do not relate to anything spiritual which assumes on their part that they know much more than any of us actually do know. Davin Paralee Specific Theory of Existence