Religion of the Prophets: The Message of Jeremiah, Part 1, 1952 July 20

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In this sixth sermon on the prophets, Thurman turns to Jeremiah and the topic of mysticism. Some see mysticism as retreat from the world, whereas ethics and morality seeks to make a way in the traffic of life. Thurman rejects this binary. The life of ethics has to be supported by something. Thurman suggests that outer battles are not won in the events, but deep in the transformations of human spirit. Our ethical struggles and moral difficulties will overwhelm us if we do not find a way to keep the outside chaos from penetrating our inner world. Mysticism is a necessity, for we each must make a way in our lives for renewal and rebuilding of our spirits.

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