Adventure Quest #7: The Holy Grail of a Worthy God (Exploring the Final Frontier). To Quest (a very active verb): To engage in a long, difficult and adventurous journey that requires hard work in order to achieve a worthwhile goal or a valuable possession; to give oneself to a focused search, a single-minded pursuit, that frequently involves …
Adventure Quest #6: The Holy Grail of Genuine Neighbor-Love (Let’s Get Physical). “And the Word became flesh and pitched His tent among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth… For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through …
Adventure Quest #5: The Holy Grail of Sacred Heroism (Becoming a Saint). If you consult your own soul with complete honesty, you will see that there is one and only one reason why you are not even now a saint. You do not wholly want to be.” (William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy …
Adventure Quest #4: The Holy Grail of Goodness and Virtue (Fruit from the Garden of the Heart). “Seek first and foremost the Kingdom of God and His righteousness… For everyone who continues to seek will find. Be a seeker!”(Matthew 6:33, 7:7-8). To Quest (a very active verb): To engage in a long, difficult and adventurous journey that …
Adventure Quest #3: The Holy Grail of Eternal Paradise (Bringing Heaven to Earth). To Quest (a very active verb): To engage in a long, difficult and adventurous journey that requires hard work in order to achieve a worthwhile goal or a valuable possession; to give oneself to a focused search, a single-minded pursuit, that frequently involves challenges, …
Adventure Quest #2: The Holy Grail of Absolute Truth (Solid Ground for Reality). Old News. We are hearing nothing new these days regarding truth… Everyone has his own truth. You do your truth and I’ll do mine. That may be true for you, but it’s not true for me. How can you say there is such …
Adventure Quest #1: The Holy Grail of our True Self (On God’s Image as Our True Identity”. To Quest (a very active verb): To engage in a long, difficult and adventurous journey that requires hard work in order to achieve a worthwhile goal or a valuable possession; to give oneself to a focused search, a single-minded pursuit, …
The Adventuresome Life for Men: An Old Pathway to a New Quest. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” (Helen Keller). To Quest (a very active verb): To engage in a long, difficult and adventurous journey that requires hard work in order to achieve a worthwhile goal or a valuable possession; to give oneself to …
Questing for the Adventures of a Lifetime: Introduction. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” (Helen Keller). To Quest (a very active verb): To engage in a long, difficult and adventurous journey that requires hard work in order to achieve a worthwhile goal or a valuable possession; to give oneself to a focused search, a …
Book Review #21 – “The Hiding Place” by Corrie ten Boom, published 1971 by Fleming Revell Co. “If you remain indifferent in time of adversity, your strength will depart from you. Rescue those who are being dragged to death, and from those staggering to slaughter withdraw not.” (Proverbs 24:10-11). The First Hero in the Story: Caspar ten Boom. The …
Book Review #20 – “The Happy Prince and Other Tales” by Oscar Wilde, published 1888. “Bring me the two most precious things in the city,” said God to one of His Angels; and the Angel brought Him the leaden heart and the dead bird. “You have righty chosen,” said God, “for in my garden of Paradise this …
Book Review #19 – “Fer-de-Lance” by Rex Stout; published 1934, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publ. “That, of course, is the advantage of being a pessimist; a pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, and an optimist nothing but unpleasant.” (Nero Wolfe, “Fer-de-Lance“). An Amazing Detective Series of Murder Mysteries. If you’re a fan of crime thrillers/murder mysteries/detective stories, this is the …