Mightier Than The Sword (Part Fourteen)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughRalph Waldo Emerson's insistence that every person is free to be his own god served as the underpinnings of the ascendant, emergent religion of humanism.
Mightier Than the Sword (Part Twelve)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughIn one of his writings, Emerson reacts with anger, adamantly rejecting any force, custom, or tradition which threatened to put his intellect in chains.
Mightier Than The Sword (Part Eleven)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughRalph Waldo Emerson was America's foremost practitioner of Transcendentalism and Pantheism, which equate the creation and the Creator, ignoring Him.
Mightier Than the Sword (Part Thirteen)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughAlthough Transcendentalism as a movement never had an abundance of adherents, Emerson's teachings did permeate the schools of philosophy of the Ivy League.
Think on This
Sermonette by Ted E. BowlingContrary to false concepts of meditation in Eastern religions, we are mandated to maintain control of their minds, using meditation as a teaching tool.