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God and Man April 30, 2006

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Quran 7:12 · Al-A'raf
Quran 31:32 · Luqman
Quran 10:91 · Yunus
Quran 2:165 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 14:34 · Ibrahim
Quran 13:28 · Ar-Ra'd
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 11
Musnad al-Bazzar, Hadith no. 7595 Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 7712
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1 min 41 sec
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A radio sign-off sparks a question: whose day is it?
“I start today's talk with something that happened recently”
28 sec
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Have a wonderful day is only half a sentence
“Have a wonderful day — that's only half the sentence”
2 min 12 sec
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Living the day wrapped up in yourself stunts growth
“One way is to spend your day wrapped up in yourself”
2 min 31 sec
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The bread story: why we complain instead of acknowledge
“This morning, when the bread came, I started thinking”
4 min 56 sec
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From complaining about bread to true gratitude to God
“This morning, when the bread came, I started thinking”
29 sec
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Satan's ego psychology lives in every person
“Satan said 'I am better than him' — that's in the Quran”
21 sec
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Saying thank you is a ritual, not real acknowledgment
“Saying 'thank you' is not acknowledging — it's just a ritual”
2 min 55 sec
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MiG pilot's shallow remark: the Himalayas looked small
“That reminded me of a story I once read about a pilot”
4 min
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The Himalaya story: shallow thinking vs deep perception
“That reminded me of a story I once read about a pilot”
36 sec
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Birdsong is superior music to man-made music
“When birds sing, what a strange, wonderful song it is”
4 min 23 sec
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Universe's scale and Earth's rotation as proof of a Creator
“I was talking to a man yesterday about thinking through nature”
40 sec
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Measuring your worth by your car is self-underestimation
“I'm the one who invented the motor car — so why am I small?”
2 min 11 sec
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Astronaut Irwin's mysterious line about God on the moon
“In 1972, man went to the moon — one of them was Col. Irwin”
5 min 26 sec
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Astronaut Irwin's moon experience and detached thinking
“In 1972, man went to the moon — one of them was Col. Irwin”
35 sec
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Astronaut felt the presence of God on the moon
“Standing alone on the moon, I felt the presence of God”
25 sec
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Solitude in nature reveals God's presence
“If a person is ever truly alone in nature, God appears there”
2 min 6 sec
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Why 'character building' as a slogan is meaningless
“Today the phrase 'character building' gets used everywhere”
5 min 32 sec
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Why accountability, not slogans, builds real character
“Today the phrase 'character building' gets used everywhere”
35 sec
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Real character building requires self-negation
“Character building isn't simple — it rests on self-negation”
50 sec
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The real choice: a universe with God, or no universe at all
“The choice isn't universe-with-God vs universe-without-God”
5 min 54 sec
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Modern tension as identity crisis, and the real cure
“Today there's a lot of talk about tension, or stress”
2 min 45 sec
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Tension is really an identity crisis — the Diogenes story
“I discovered that tension is really a name for identity crisis”
33 sec
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Hearts find peace only in remembrance of God
“In remembrance of God alone do hearts find true rest”
2 min 53 sec
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The Prophet in the cave: never alone with God present
“The Prophet once faced a moment of extreme danger while migrating”
29 sec
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No freedom means no real test of character
“No freedom, no test — that's why God gave humans freedom”
23 sec
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Paradise is for the person who stays true to nature
“In one line: paradise is for the man of nature”