Truth and Its Yield (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
God made us for himself, to be in eternal communion with him. This one single claim makes sense of mankind, why he was created, and what it is that gives man his deepest meaning and fulfills his deepest yearnings.
But are these things true? How do we...
But are these things true? How do we...
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God made us for himself, to be in eternal communion with him. This one single claim makes sense of mankind, why he was created, and what it is that gives man his deepest meaning and fulfills his deepest yearnings.
But are these things true? How do we know theyre true? How important is truth itself? What flows from truth? Human experience has taught us how important truth is--truth frees and falsehood enslaves.
There is something within man that needs God, created by God himself, and something given by God to meet that need. At its base, the need is for happiness, and happiness, once understood, has its source in one place alone, God himself. This truth is pivotal to mans well-being as a full human being. It is Gods revelation about this core nature of man that is essential to mans own self-understanding. St. Augustine expressed this in one simple line: Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.
Gods own revelation of eternal life provides the very meaning for our existence. It reveals the eternal mind of the Father, what he had in mind for mankind even before creation--a being that would have life through, with, and in him. Truth has its yield. Our own happiness is linked to knowing what it is. But the truth about God is subject also to our reason. We have discovered that religious truth must stand the test of human reason, experience, and time.
Truth and Its Yield deals with the very importance of truth itself.
But are these things true? How do we know theyre true? How important is truth itself? What flows from truth? Human experience has taught us how important truth is--truth frees and falsehood enslaves.
There is something within man that needs God, created by God himself, and something given by God to meet that need. At its base, the need is for happiness, and happiness, once understood, has its source in one place alone, God himself. This truth is pivotal to mans well-being as a full human being. It is Gods revelation about this core nature of man that is essential to mans own self-understanding. St. Augustine expressed this in one simple line: Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.
Gods own revelation of eternal life provides the very meaning for our existence. It reveals the eternal mind of the Father, what he had in mind for mankind even before creation--a being that would have life through, with, and in him. Truth has its yield. Our own happiness is linked to knowing what it is. But the truth about God is subject also to our reason. We have discovered that religious truth must stand the test of human reason, experience, and time.
Truth and Its Yield deals with the very importance of truth itself.
Autoren-Porträt von Dennis E. Coates
Dennis Coates attended Catholic and public schools. Very early on, Dennis had faith, prayed, and believed. He became an altar server at age nine. He recalls vividly and with great warmth serving early morning Masses. This was the time when Dennis was genuinely and permanently evangelized.He drifted away from his faith in his later teens and twenties. But the Lord always called him back, as was the case when he met and married Diane, the love of his life. Then Dennis tasted some material success and actually said to a friend, “I don’t need God.”
He discovered soon enough that he not only needed God but also felt God calling him back. In 1976 he experienced Christ personally in a deep and lasting way through the Cursillo Movement in the Catholic Church. At that point, he committed himself to follow Christ. He now had a method by which he could live his faith fully, deeply, and perseveringly and finally leave behind his previous in-and-out, come-and-go pattern.
Dennis sought to live his faith in the family, in the workplace, among friends and acquaintances, and in his parish. His desire that others have the opportunity to encounter Christ personally, as he had, became his principle motivation. In 1977 he gave his life totally to the Lord and was willing to answer Christ’s call to serve in whatever way the Lord wished. He served the Church from that point principally through the parish and the Cursillo Movement.
During a retreat in 1992, Jesus told Dennis, “I want you to write your gospel.” “Fine,” answered Dennis, “what’s a gospel?” His retreat spiritual director told him that every follower of Christ has his or her gospel, his or her good news, to share with others. For some it may be through witness, others through service, and others through writing. It became clear to Dennis that his would be through writing.
During that retreat, his first book began, God Is My Shepherd, I Lack Nothing. He then converted a lengthy letter to someone close to him into
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a book. He followed this with Of Spirit and Presence, summarizing the spiritual dialogue over a thirty-seven year period with his closest friend, an agnostic. Then Evangelized! Dare I say it? told of his Cursillo encounter with Christ and some of its consequences. He followed this with In the Power of God, a book about the power of prayer.
The spiritual dialogue with his agnostic friend took the form of innumerable letters. This dialogue became a key component of his early writing. Business writing became an important ingredient in his professional advancement. Dennis considers these two forms of writing as his greatest background in the development of his writing skills.
In 2003, at age sixty-five, a new stream of writing began. Dennis described it this way. “I showed up at the computer ‘for work,’ and the words would come. I never knew what the subject matter was or even what the next word or paragraph would be. I would first hear the name of the book and then the name of each chapter. I set up the book format, went to chapter one, and the words would come. I was the typist and truth-checker. Twenty-nine books were written in this manner over a six- to seven-year period.”
At one point Dennis asked Jesus, “Lord, what am I do with these books?” He answered, “You are not to be concerned with that; I will take care of that in my time.”
It seems that now is his time, and he has provided the means.
The spiritual dialogue with his agnostic friend took the form of innumerable letters. This dialogue became a key component of his early writing. Business writing became an important ingredient in his professional advancement. Dennis considers these two forms of writing as his greatest background in the development of his writing skills.
In 2003, at age sixty-five, a new stream of writing began. Dennis described it this way. “I showed up at the computer ‘for work,’ and the words would come. I never knew what the subject matter was or even what the next word or paragraph would be. I would first hear the name of the book and then the name of each chapter. I set up the book format, went to chapter one, and the words would come. I was the typist and truth-checker. Twenty-nine books were written in this manner over a six- to seven-year period.”
At one point Dennis asked Jesus, “Lord, what am I do with these books?” He answered, “You are not to be concerned with that; I will take care of that in my time.”
It seems that now is his time, and he has provided the means.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Dennis E. Coates
- 2014, 164 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: WestBow Press
- ISBN-10: 1490859713
- ISBN-13: 9781490859712
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.11.2014
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