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Contents

The Glory of God is Intelligence: Acquiring and Disseminating Light and Truth

Part One: Fundamentals of Truth

Chapter 1: The Light of the World

Chapter 2: Good and Evil

Light
The purpose of creation is to propagate light
Light shines in the darkness
The fall provided awareness of good and evil
Discerning between good and evil
You are either good or evil
Reconciling your whole life to God

Chapter 3: Awareness

Introduction
You have more or less awareness than others
You can grow or diminish in your awareness
You gain awareness by obeying what you have and seeking for more
Awareness from God; Awareness from Satan

Chapter 4: Saved by Knowledge

Introduction
Greater light, greater commandments
There is a finite amount of truth pertaining to our earthly existence
You will be aware of this amount of truth here or hereafter
Reconciliation to this truth is heaven; Ignorance of it is hell
Heaven
Hell
You can only get further awareness through building trust in God in this life

Chapter 5: Embracing the Truth

Introduction
Increased awareness is always a blessing
God will correct us
Embracing the truth is trust in God
Fear of truth

Chapter 6: Loving a Lie

Introduction
Rebellion
Escaping the lie

Chapter 7: God’s Power is Truth

Asking amiss
In Jesus’ name
Greater power is found in greater awareness
Greater power is found in augmenting reality with God’s word
Unbelief

Chapter 8: Why All Truth Seekers Should Believe in Christ

Introduction
What is the purpose of religion?
Access to truth
Rate of acceptance of truth
Extent of truth accepted
What is the process of religion?
Why do people hate religion?
The goodness of an anonymous God
The gateway to greater goodness
The effects of the Spirit of God on those who submit to God
Increased happiness
A change in desire to do good continually
Filled with love for all people
The capacity to improve every fault
The strength to overcome every situation that might compromise your principles
Freedom from guilt over past mistakes
Will make sense of all things and prevent you from making huge mistakes
The process of getting there
The outcome
Timing

Part Two: Searching for Truth

Chapter 9: Understanding the Search for Truth

Narrow and wide paths
Heed and diligence
Hungering and thirsting after righteousness
Types of truth
Choosing what to search for
Sources of truth
How to seek truth

Chapter 10: Revelation

Introduction
How to get revelation
Discerning source and meaning

Chapter 11: Acquisition of Truth Requires Change

Our beliefs are not meant to stay the same
Seeking Truth Requires Considering Other Views
Setting up Stakes
A Willingness to be Wrong

Chapter 12: Evaluating Putative Truth

Introduction
Are existing beliefs a validator of truth?
Is attractiveness a test of truth?
Is authority a validator of truth?
Developing discernment
How to test truth
The importance of fruit
Misattributing fruit

Chapter 13: Questions and Contradictions

Introduction
Try for something better than yes or no
Feelings versus facts
Reason
Contradictions
Not asking

Chapter 14: Constraints and Consequences

Introduction
Constraints from reality
Consequences of reality
Constraints from our belief
Consequences of our belief
Constraints on happiness
Consequences for happiness

Chapter 15: Responding to Truth from Others

Unbelief
How we react to people with greater truth
What is your rock?
The value of light bearers
Be careful criticizing others
How rare is the narrow path?

Chapter 16: Evaluating Truth in Others

Truth always leaves clues
There are false messages
Don’t accept the messenger; accept the message
Don’t reject the messenger; reject the message
Evaluate the message independent of the messenger
Conclusion

Chapter 17: Proverbs 4

Part Three: Disseminating Truth

Chapter 18: What Happens When Leaders Don’t Lead

Introduction
Unto every one that hath shall be given
Some an hundredfold
What happens if these spiritual leaders do not lead?
Modern consequences
What could cause these spiritual leaders not to lead?

Chapter 19: Attitudes for Teaching Truth

Introduction
Be prepared to learn something
Seek to serve
You are responsible to teach what you know
Contention
Demonstrating fruits

Chapter 20: Teaching Truth

Tearing down false tradition
What to teach

Chapter 21: Enabling Others’ Search for Truth

Introduction
Dissemination

Chapter 22: Dealing with Resistance

Teach people what they are willing to receive
Knowest thou the condescension of God
You can grow beyond the ability to teach those at a lower level of light and truth
Light is never lost

Chapter 23: Ascent

A light in the dark
Order from chaos
Carrying light from chaos to normality
Crawling into the light
Ascent comes through trusting God
God’s justice brings you higher

Chapter 24: Descent

The purpose of suffering
Avoidable suffering is overcome by trust in God
The pendulum of joy and sorrow
God will show you as much of reality as you are willing to see
Comprehending the worthlessness of the world
Overcoming suffering
Peace, but not as the world envisions it

Chapter 25: Sacred Loneliness

Introduction
Recognizing your potential
Your invisible sacrifice
Your unfruitful labor
You won’t be able to turn to others
Relying upon God only
When you will finally find companionship

Part Two: Searching for Truth

Jacob’s Dream, Murillo

Showing the world more of what Jesus is like and persuading them to become the same.

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