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    In God's Grace: A Spiritual Renaissance
    In God's Grace: A Spiritual Renaissance
    In God's Grace: A Spiritual Renaissance
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    In God's Grace: A Spiritual Renaissance

    By Dr. Stephen Spyrison

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    This book is about viewing the great Holy Scriptures through a single filter: That is, from the perspective of a purely loving and non-judgmental creator.

    It takes and looks some of the common scriptures and re-interprets them and delves back to original meanings and intentions by looking back at the original sources from which they came:

    The purpose that we are all here for is the pursuit of Truth
    The challenge to mans pursuit of truth,
    For we are at a great crossroad, is this;
    Are we willing to ask the great questions?
    Are we willing to challenge our most basic beliefs
    that we have been telling ourselves fir thousands of years?
    And that have led us inevitably to our state of current affairs?

    Are we willing to seek, to uncover,
    To discover truth?

    This then is the path:

    If we are to know, to discover
    Then we must ask- question everything

    And if we hear a voice telling us not to question a thing,
    understand that is not gods voice, but mans.
    As god rejoices in our seeking and will answer us,
    For to seek truth, is to seek god.
    And is our purpose.

    Call to me, and I will answer you,
    And will tell you great and unsearchable things
    You do not know.
    Jeremiah 33:3

    For unless we ask
    We will never discover our gentle god.
    And until we understand our god
    to be a purely good, unconditionally compassionate Creator
    Man cannot see himself as good- in gods image
    And cannot evolve to the gentle, compassionate being
    That is our absolute destiny.

    The earth shall be filled with the knowledge
    of the benevolent goodness of the lord,
    as the waters cover the sea.

    Habakkuk 2:14
    Welcome to the journey!

    Seeking Truth,
    The poetic language of God and universe.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateNov 24, 2003
    ISBN9781410778192
    In God's Grace: A Spiritual Renaissance
    Author

    Dr. Stephen Spyrison

    Dr. Stephen Spyrison, DDS, is the author/ co-author of 3 books, including 'In Gods Grace- A Spiritual Renasissance'. He is married, has 3 grown children, and has a general dental practise in the midwest. He has done a variety of presentations on spiritual and metaphsysical related topics for 10 years, including the divine feminine/ Mary Magdalene, Crop Circles, and others. He has also been to Mexico and Peru on medical/dental mission trips. Beside enjoying most outdoor activities and cycling, his passion is the seeking and sharing of truth on a path to peace.

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      In God's Grace - Dr. Stephen Spyrison

      Copyright © 2003 by Dr. Stephen Spyrison. All rights reserved.

      Please feel free to quote or use liberally from this book. All that is asked is that you site this author as the source. Thank you.

      ISBN: 978-1-4107-7818-5 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4107-7819-2 (ebook)

      1stBooks-rev. 11/12/03

      We were born into,

      And live… … …

      IN GOD’S GRACE

      The miracle is not to walk on water,

      The miracle is to walk on land.

                     -Thich Nhat Hanh

      Come… … …

      Let us seek God’s True Being.

      And God’s True intentions for us.

      This then is our Greatest Opportunity.

      A Spiritual Renaissance.

      A rebirth:

      To new understandings.

      Unraveling truths contained within

      Ancient wisdom

      that allows us

      to understand our God as the

      Purely Loving Creator God Is

      For we have truly been greatly blessed.

      And have nothing to fear.

      Dedication

      To my wife, Vicki, for her endless love and support,

      and my children, Sarah, Ben and Tyler

      who are my joy,

      My parents, who brought me into this world,

      and my of-this-world mentor and great friend,

      Dr. Al Tolliver

      Who helped bring me to many of the paths

      and truths that led to this book.

      And to my many Spiritual mentors,

      Who assisted me in the creation of these words,

      I am eternally grateful.

      May the following words serve us all to remember

      Who we are, who God Is

      And perhaps bring us

      One step closer to peace on Earth.

                     Thankyou.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      In God’s Grace…

      Spiritual Renaissance

      PURPOSE

      I) A SPIRITUAL RENAISSANCE

      II) THE COURAGE OF EVE: Original Blessing

      III) IN COVENANT WITH MAN

      IV) OF MESSAGES AND MESSENGERS

      V) THE COURAGE TO QUESTION

      VI) UNITY AND DUALITY

      VII) EVENTS

      VIII) OUR GREATEST FREEDOM

      IX) HOW DO YOU CHOOSE?

      X) TRANSITIONS

      XI) THE ETERNAL MOMENT OF NOW

      XII) TO HONOR OUR CHILDREN

      XIII) ON SERVING OTHERS

      XIV) OF PHYSICS AND FANTASY: Science Meets God

      XV) FINDING GOD IN THE SILENCE

      XVI) AS WE JOURNEY ON…

      CONCLUDING THOUGHTS – Unity, of Religion

      To walk in the way of understanding.

                      Proverbs 9:6

      Purpose

      Have we, over the years, been offered truly great insights that have given us the opportunity to come to a truer understanding of our Creator? Offerings from the sifting of ancient wisdom that have always been there for us?

      Who is this bi-polar God that has been presented to us in the Bible? One who is a loving God, but also one who angers, punishes, judges and destroys, seeks wrath and vengeance on That-Which-He-Created, and sometimes sends to Hell? For is not anger, wrath, vengeance, punishment and destruction the root cause of all War? Couldn’t this rather be a reflection of who we are, that is, what we do to our fellow man? And represents not our best… but our worst?

      Is that the highest we can conceive of our Creator an enlargement of man’s best and worst: Man with a bigger club?

      Have we tried to conceive of God in God’s image? Or is it easier to make God in our image, deifying ourselves?

      Is it not possible for us to believe in a peaceful God who purely loves us unconditionally at all times and under all conditions? And who has sent, and continues to send us many messages and messengers, including God’s Son, to guide us along the path to a peaceful world? Not one to fear, nor to coerce, threaten, or command us, but simply to gently show us the Way, by His Eternal Light.

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      Have we dared yet to ask-

      Is the Bible God’s one and only true word? Is it a great and unparalleled Book that contains within it great Truths, yet one in which man’s words need to be sifted from God’s in order to find the Truths contained therein? As are the Torah and the Koran and other Holy Scriptures.

      If so, is not our God worth the effort to do the sifting?

      Were we not given Free Will that we might ask the questions without fear?

      If this book accomplishes one thing, it is most hoped that it may open the door to having the courage to ask new questions. We not only have God’s permission to ask these questions in order to seek Truth-we have God’s blessing. It is His greatest Joy to see us seek Truth.

      Indeed, it is our sole purpose here, for to seek Truth is to seek God.

      Leave no stone unturned.

      And if there is a voice telling us not to uncover certain things-it is not God’s voice-but man’s.

      If this speaks to your inner spirit, it will be my privilege to have you join the quest for new Questions, and with the seeking, a prospect for Greater Understanding,

      A Re-Awakening.

      The important thing

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