Blake Lasater is an intelligent, wise pastor at our Methodist Church here in Eureka Springs. Today he spoke about the demise of churches and the reasons for it. We all know the conversation. One point he made stuck with me: Many people want to know more about Jesus, are even fascinated by the topic, but don’t want anything to do with religion or church. Many of us can relate. It came to me that A Course in Miracles is exactly what people are longing for, but don’t know it exists. I am so grateful to Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson, Louise Hay, and many others who talk about this Course in a way anyone can understand. To learn about God, Jesus, without the superstition rampant in religious doctrine, is refreshing and liberating. When people are first exposed to these ideas, they sometimes are afraid because there are subtle differences from what they have been taught in mainstream belief systems. But once you get into this study, you find there are no dead ends, no spots where someone tells you to believe “just because”. This is a self-study course, and you can read a paragraph or make an intensive study of the whole textbook. Whatever the case, it’ll never leave you where it found you!
"Jesus - The highest human corporeal concept of the divine idea, rebuking and destroying error and bringing to light man's immortality." Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 589
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