Volume 2, Issue 1, January 1995


LIFE OF LOVE IS GODLY

"Life is being in actuality and love is the moving power of life", stated the theolgian, Dr. Paul Tillich. A fellow theologian, Dr. Nels Ferre, declared, "God is the spirit of love and truth".

The basic ideals of a godly life are not unrealistic objectives of a passe, whimsical philosophy, depicting "pie in the sky", but a knowledge that God as love is made known in kind and co-operative community.

The power of evil lies in the absence of good and the living of love. The mind that is not making use of good thoughts is prone to incubate notions that are harmful and destructive.

The philosopher, Schleiermacher, remarked that religion is the sum total of all the higher feelings, and like sacred music should uninterruptedly accompany the whole of a person's active life.

The famous American preacher of a generation ago, Harry Emerson Fosdick, said, "Religion is like music - it is not in need of defense, but of rendition".

Religion at its fullest is more than feeling; it is the centre and unity and uplifting stimulus of ones whole personality.

If God is ultimate love then the children of God will find as they learn and practice genuine love they will be aroused to lead loving, enthusiastic, happy, significant lives.

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"Religion NOW" is published in limited edition by the Rev. Ross E. Readhead, B.A., B.D., Certificate of Corrections, McMaster University, in the interest of furthering knowledge and participation in religion. Dialogue is invited and welcomed.