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Is the Lord Among Us or Not?

When people become convinced God has abandoned them, they usually decide that they need to fend for themselves. Ron Hogan

Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column

Their Minds Are Set on Earthly Things

One could easily identify the Machine’s end as destruction, its animating deity a belly ravenous for “growth” and “progress.” Ron Hogan

Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column

We Are Treated as Impostors and Yet Are True

England's ruling powers could not tolerate Quakers' defiance—not merely of their authority, but of their very claim to authority. Ron Hogan

Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column

No Prophecy Ever Came by Human Will

“Whether or not I hear God’s call depends upon the state of my ears," Oswald Chambers wrote, "and what I… Ron Hogan

Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column

Is Not This the Fast That I Choose?

God wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves—and expects us to put some backbone into it. Ron Hogan

Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column

God Chose What Is Low and Despised in the World

The blessed community’s covenant nullifies and voids every social hierarchy placing some people above others. Ron Hogan

Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column

I Delight to Do Your Will, O My God

“How can we be made in the image of God and not be built for care, solidarity, and love?” Ron Hogan

Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column

Your Law Is Within My Heart

Renee Nicole Good, it seems plain, carried God’s law within her heart. Ron Hogan

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For He Delivers the Needy When They Call

The 72nd Psalm offers praises for a king who acts in accordance with a divine sense of justice and righteousness. Ron Hogan

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May God Give You a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation

Friends viewed direct contact from Spirit, and the communion that followed from it, as central to their religious identity. Ron Hogan

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For the Grace of God Has Appeared, Bringing Salvation to All

The principle of universal salvation assures us that all souls will enter into communion with God in time. Ron Hogan

Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column

Set Apart for the Gospel of God

Friends who had experienced Christ Jesus speaking to their condition believed that, like Paul, they had been called as apostles. Ron Hogan

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