So I ended coming into an understanding of Jesus. I refused until I saw a young handsome guy playing the was the guitar that got my attention. I was not really understanding all of it before too long my neighbors were asking me to church. Enlightenment, prosperity, and healing are suppose to come from chanting nam-myoho-renge-kyo, a mantra expressing devotion to the law of karma and so forth.This is to awaken Buddha nature.

Then the Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism 1871-1944 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi my roommate was Japanese and she introduced me to mediation and chanting and the Major writings which I had no god so I adopted well this is not really a religion. That is the one everyone relates to yoga and he is known as Buddha. Reincarnation where people do not own individual souls or spirits, but one's desires and feelings may be reincarnated into another person. The Eightfold Path is a system to free Buddhists from desiring anything. His teaching was the Goal of Nirvana to eliminate all desires or cravings, and in this way escape suffering. He left the comforts of Home and became enlightened by thoughts of the world of his time. There is a type of Buddhism that started during the time of primal tribes, and then the next noticeable one that everyone recognizes as the rich young prince Gautama Siddhartha 563-483 BC. I had some angelic encounters to speak briefly and my actual first faith was knowing the difference between cause and effect. This explains my entire life quest for God, since I was 21 and even before I did not have a God. This book goes beyond just any ordinary Bible Study. This would be a good resource for new Christians as well as those of us who desire a closer walk with God. His Bible expositions are fresh and insightful. I disputed just a couple of minor details. Some of the teachings were a bit too long. I also felt that quite a bit of the content was self-promoting. I wish there was more day-to-day experiences. One minor point is that I felt that his stories were overrepresented by persons who ended up entering the ministry. It's a pretty good mix of experiences (his minsterial career spanned decades) and good solid Bible teaching. Blackaby has a lot of worthy teaching here.

When this came up as an Amazon deal, I couldn't pass it up. I regret that I didn't join them at their invitation. It took me back to when my parents underwent a Bible study featuring this book. The author came on my radar (again) when reading Me, Myself, and Bob.

Experiencing god by henry t blackaby