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Practical Norm Of Love: Religious Existentialism Iii, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop Sep 1958

Practical Norm Of Love: Religious Existentialism Iii, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop

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“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” This is the test and measure of love to God. It, in the most fundamental way, evidences the sincerity of our love. It also gives it concrete and wholesome content. Had not this description of agape been given to us, Christian ethics would have been left dangerously subjective and abstract, dangerous because abstraction cancels out love. The second commandment is the test of the keeping of the first.


Love Is Existential: Religious Existentialism Ii, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop Aug 1958

Love Is Existential: Religious Existentialism Ii, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop

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Jesus' command that we love the Lord with all the heart, soul, mind, and strength puts the Christian life into the plane where we all live. It speaks of the moral atmosphere out of which life with all of its phases is lived. it is a dynamic principle o f life and love to God that proceeds from the deepest depth of human personality up and out, to the farthest edge o f everything we do. To love with the heart is the whole man integrated about a chosen object. The heart is often considered the center o f the …


Sanctification Is Existential: Religious Existentialism I, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop Jul 1958

Sanctification Is Existential: Religious Existentialism I, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop

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It has been the contention of the church that sanctification is not simply an intellectual idea and a formal statement of faith but also a way of life. Religious existentialism is a reaction against hollow orthodoxy, icily correct doctrine, and an empty religious profession. It is an affirmation for theological truth presented in such a way that, when properly believed, it demands a thorough transformation of a man’s everyday life.