Give God a Chance: Christian Spirituality from the Edgar Cayce Readings

by James Kyle Brown

Overview

Give God a Chance is an effort to present the information in the Edgar Cayce readings in ways that are meaningful and useful to Christians of all persuasions, and even to those of other faiths. Give God a Chance consists of the following five sections:

PART I: The Edgar Cayce Readings
This part focuses on Edgar Cayce and the ways in which Cayce presented health and spiritual advice in what has been called readings. It also deals with the author’s personal experiences with the readings. Various questions are asked in an attempt to compare the purposes of the readings with those of traditional Bible based, Christ-centered, faith in God.

PART II: God, Mankind, and Spiritual Laws
The readings begin with the assumption that all souls were created for the purpose of becoming companions with God. A creation cosmology is explored, which includes the possibility of the continuity of life extending into other times and places. God’s justice and mercy are understood in terms of the law of cause and effect, the law of grace, and the law of love.

PART III: Christianity and the Cayce Readings
The Cayce information sheds new light on our ancient Scriptures. It gives us a unique perspective of Jesus the Christ and His mission. The history of the Church is explored from the early church onward to the vision of a more democratic, inspired, and unified Body of Christ in the future.

PART IV: Christian Spirituality Applied
The Cayce readings are a treasure of information about prayer, meditation, healing, spiritual psychology, and applied spirituality in all phases of our lives.

PART V: World Transformation
A Christian worldview is developed that emphasizes personal spiritual growth (a new heaven) through having in us the mind that was in Christ Jesus, and global transformation (a new earth) through the application of Christian spirituality in the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780759621688
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	09/01/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

Part 1	The Edgar Cayce Readings
1	Introduction	3
2	Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater: Personal Experiences with the Readings	8
	There is a River
	Involvement in the Work
	Personal Testimony
	Applying the Information
3	Faith in a Promise: Edgar Cayce and His Gift	13
	Edgar Cayce the Man
	A Gift of the Spirit
	Factors Affecting the Readings
	Cayce as an Evangelist
4	Try the Spirits: Sources and Purposes of the Readings	23
	Scriptural?
	Supplant Individuals Relationship to God?
	Spiritualism?
	Psychic or Occult?
	Eastern Religion?
	Channeled?
	Sources of Information?
	Readings Protected from Evil?
	Idolatry?
	Demonic?
	Used for Selfish Purposes?
	Challenge to Religion?
	Mistakes in Readings?
	Former Members?
	Cult?
	Conclusions
Part 2	God, Mankind and Spiritual Laws
5	A Creation Cosmology for Today: Why Humankind and the Universe Exist	51
	Secular vs. Spiritual
	Back to the Source
	A Plan of Salvation
	Evolution: Physical or Spiritual?
	History/Prehistory/Myth
	Creation Cosmology
	Conclusions
	Additional Readings
6	The Concept of Oneness from the Readings: Monotheism	65
	God Is
	Anthropomorphism
	Father-Mother God
	Monotheism
	Evil/Dualism
	Oneness
	Idolatry
	The Law of Love
7	Manifestation in Three Dimensions--Body, Mind, Soul: The Trinity	78
	The Temple of God
	Projector Analogy
	The Father
	The Son
	The Holy Spirit
	The Harmonious Triune
8	Life More Abundant: Evolution of the Soul--Reincarnation	84
	History
	Prayer for the Deceased
	Reaction Against Dualism
	Other Objections
	The Readings
	Why Don't We Remember?
	Looking for Information About Past Lives
	Schoolhouse Earth
	Disadvantages vs. Advantages
	Social Implications
	Sharing the Concept of Reincarnation
9	Spiritual Laws in a Physical World: Cause and Effect--Karma or Grace	105
	Church Experiences
	The Man Who Was Born Blind
	Misuse of the Knowledge of the Law
	Meeting Ourselves
	Spiritual Laws
	God's Plan for Us
	The Law of Grace
	Being Proactive
	Teaching Experience
	Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
	The Karma Game
	Graduation
	The Pattern of Salvation
	Additional Readings
Part 3	Christianity and the Cayce Readings
10	New Meaning to the Words of Old: The Bible	129
	Relevance of the Bible in Today's World
	The Bible in the Readings
	Exegesis
	Inerrancy
	Study of the Scriptures
	Israel
	A New Meaning to the Words of Old
	Behavior of Bible Characters
	Challenge for the Future
11	The Master in All Ages and His Mission: Jesus Who Became the Christ	143
	Picture of Jesus
	Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up
	Jesus/Christ
	Jesus Who Became the Christ
	Former Appearances of the Christ
	The Way
	The Pattern/Example
	Love Manifested
	The Servant
	Forgiveness
	The Cross
	Resurrection
	Personal Relationship
	Atonement
	Other Biblical Names Used in the Readings
12	Children of the Living God: The Early Church	167
	Birth of the Church
	Sects/Heretics/Gnostics
	Children of the Living God
	Gnostic vs. Orthodox: Faith Watered Down
	Church Councils
	Conclusions
13	From Denominationalism to Inspired Democracy: Unity in the Body of Christ	180
	Church Politics
	Church Membership
	The True Church
	Methods of Salvation
	Denominationalism or Sectarianism
	Church Unity
	Jesus is the Church
	Inspired Democracy
	No Patent on Spirituality
	Witness to the Readings
	"Feed My Sheep"
14	Finding Common Ideals: Other Religions	205
	Judaism
	Islam
	Hinduism/Buddhism
	King of Kings
	Sharing the Faith
Part 4	Christian Spirituality Applied
15	A Closer Walk: Manifesting the Fruits of the Spirit	217
16	The Harmonious Triune: Meditation--Listening to God	225
	What is Meditation?
	The Harmonious Triune
	The Body is the Temple
	Preparation
	Protection
	Be Still and Know
	Affirmations/Scriptures
	Gland Centers (Chakras)
	Kundalini
	Pineal First: The Mark of the Lamb
	Purpose: Working Meditation
	Group Meditation
	Problems
	Why Reach Out to the Churches?
17	Spiritual Growth: Safe Ways to Use Dreams and Intuition	237
	Prayer
	Fasting
	Conviction/Repentance
	Dreams/Visions
	Speaking in Tongues
	Growth
18	Causes and Corrections for Dis-ease: Spiritual and Physical Healing	246
	Illness Caused by Sin
	Attitudes Affect Health
	All Healing is From God
	The Great Physician
	Healing From Within
	Changing Old Patterns
	A Person Must Want Healing
	Group Effort
	Learning How to Heal
	Meditation and Prayer
	Laying on of Hands
	Patience and Persistence
	Give God the Glory
19	Signs in the Heavens: Astrology--Science or Superstition?	256
	The Zodiac
	Biblical Warnings
	Proper Use of Knowledge
	Interplanetary Sojourns
	Free Will
	Study of History
	Signs Not to Be Worshiped
20	Mind Is the Builder: The Psychology of the Soul	263
	Mind is the Builder
	Ideals
	Thoughts are Things
	Personality/Individuality
	Right Thinking
	Shortcuts
	Mind Control
	Self-Control
	Learning
	Attitude
	Resentment
	Self-esteem vs. Guilt
	Condemnation
	Mental Illness
	Humor Heals the Mind
	Peace: Contentment vs. Satisfaction
21	Applied Spirituality: Changing Old Patterns and Lifestyles	280
	Spiritualizing Desires
	Diet and Exercise
	Farming and Gardening
	Sexuality
	Marriage
	Divorce
	Home
	Children
	Music
	Balancing Work and Recreation
Part 5	World Transformation
22	A Christ-Centered Worldview: Integrating Science and Religion	297
	Positivism/Humanism
	Objectivity
	The Religion of Science
	The Science of Religion
	Religion and Science are the Same
	An Integrated Worldview
	Evolution vs. Revolution
	Progress
23	No Desire to Sin--A New Heaven and a New Earth: Hope for World Peace	313
	Civilization
	The Invisible Empire
	Christian Witness
	Conspiracism
	The Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man
	New World Order
	Freedom
	Equality
	Technology
	Environment
	Leadership
	Starling of the White House
	Economics/Poverty/Wealth Distribution
	Capitalism vs. Communism: Let Love Rule
	Armageddon
	Save the World Club
	Second Coming
	The Promised Time of Peace
24	What Will You Do With This Man, Jesus?	335
	The Work
	A Final Word