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"Investigating Emerson"

"Investigating Emerson". Emerson was frustrated with Religion. Harvard Divinity School. Wife Dies Questions Calvinism. Wrote Nature Early to mid 19 th Century. Experience Revelation Reason. Experience Revelation Reason. Emerson’s Glasses Experience Beats Lifeless Religion.

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"Investigating Emerson"

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  1. "Investigating Emerson"

  2. Emerson was frustrated with Religion

  3. Harvard Divinity School

  4. Wife Dies Questions Calvinism

  5. Wrote Nature Early to mid 19th Century

  6. Experience Revelation Reason Experience Revelation Reason

  7. Emerson’s Glasses Experience Beats Lifeless Religion

  8. John 5:37-42: And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. "I do not receive honor from men. But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you."

  9. God Is Nature and Experience.

  10. Nature Points Us To Experience God. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful.

  11. Emerson's Glasses Truth and God

  12. Emerson: "God Is Us" Transcendentalism Emerson expounded his views on the mystical harmonies of man and nature, the essential perfectibility of the human spirit, the unity of the human soul with the divine Over-Soul.

  13. Emerson: "Truth Is in Us." Nothing at last is sacred but the integrity of your own mind. To believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. ~ Emerson

  14. 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. New King James Version

  15. Jesus' Glasses God-Reliance vs. Self-Reliance

  16. "It is said to be the age of the first person singular." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson "Nothing at last is sacred but the integrity of your own mind." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson from Self-Reliance

  17. Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! New King James Version

  18. 2 Chronicles 16 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. New King James Version

  19. The Great Blondin carrying Colcord on his back.

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