... that's where the power for right and good is cultivated and given reign. Get that now. We need to pay attention to the inside because that's where the power for right and good is cultivated and given reign. Laurens van der Post wrote a book entitled Jung and the Story of Our Time. Van der Post was born in South Africa, is something of a renaissance man who worked in philosophy, was a naturalist, and a brilliant thinker. In his book he reminds us that the first dream mentioned in the Bible was Jacob's dream ...
... , demons of rejection, demons of abuse. There are many demons. And most of us battle more than one demon. Most of us are a demon pandemonium. All of us need Jesus’ healing touch. There is not a life here this morning that doesn’t need healing. When Laurens van der Post was with the Kalahari bushmen, he asked them what motivated them from within. An elder answered for them all: “There is a Dreamer dreaming us.” God has a dream for each one of us . . .and a dream of a new heaven and a new earth. There ...
... leaves them breathless.3 Biography: There are many fine examples, especially from WWII prison camps, of persons loving their enemies and of the effect that this could have on the guards. Examples include Bishop Leonard Wilson in Changi Prison in Singapore, and Laurens van der Post in POW camps at Sukabumi and Bandung. Anecdote: A story about the renowned Rabbi Hillel is told in the Babylonian Talmud (b. Shabb. 31a). When challenged by a Gentile, “Teach me the whole Torah while I am standing on one leg ...
