“Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Stories and Reflections Leading to the Recognition of the Existence of the Spiritual World Content Foreword About the spirit of our time Chapter one. God in Nature 1. There is no case in the world 2. Wise instruction 3. Traces of the wisdom and goodness of God, or expediency in the structure of the Earth 4. Traces of the wisdom and goodness of God, or expediency in the arrangement of the water element Appendix. A. Beneficial properties of water B. A phenomenon inexplicable according to the laws of nature 5. Traces of the wisdom and goodness of God, or expediency in the arrangement of the air element 6. Traces of the wisdom and goodness of God, or expediency in the arrangement of light 7. Traces of the wisdom and goodness of God, or expediency in the arrangement of plants Appendix. An example of expediency (Neptune's cup - sponge) 8. Traces of the wisdom and goodness of God, or expediency in the arrangement of the stellar world Appendix. A. Elements of the Universe B. A remarkable fact from the field of geology C. The property of the phenomena and laws of the universe requires the recognition of the existence of God D. Force exists independently of the matter it controls. E. The world did not exist forever: it was created by God in time E. Several examples of natural phenomena that testify to the wise Creator of the world G. There is no spontaneous generation in the world H. Biogenesis. (Life comes from life) I. Resolving objections to expediency in the world 9. Facts of expediency in the field of living beings and especially in the structure of the human body a) Bodies and functions b) instincts 10. Expediency in the structure of the human body, adapted to self-defense from harmful internal and external influences Methods of self-defense of the body a) Thermal environment b) Injuries c) Microbes d) External poisons f) Internal poisons Chapter two. God in the human soul 1. How is God revealed in the human soul? 2. The doctrine of the being of God St. fathers, presented in the form of questions and answers Appendix. A. Testimonies of philosophers, scientists and writers about the existence of God B. Evidence for the Existence of God C. The best proof of the existence of God D. Criticism of pantheism and materialism as systems of atheism, the most common in our time. A. CRITIQUE OF PANTHEISM B. Criticism of materialism Refutation of materialistic false doctrine 1) Materialism is contrary to sound thinking 2) The materialistic view does not explain the appearance of the organism 3) The assertion of the materialists that the Christian world view falls down in the face of the facts of astronomy and geology has no scientific basis. Chapter three. God in the private and world-historical life of the human race A. Providence of God in the private life of people as separate, independent individuals 1. Stories confirming the idea that the ways of Divine Providence are inscrutable 2. About how we can recognize His holy will from the incomprehensible judgments of God 3. Like St. Ephraim the Syrian came to the conviction of the existence of the Providence of God? 4. Stories about the providential care of God for the people of the saints 5. Stories about the obvious traces of God's Providence in the lives of ordinary people a) Miraculous rescue from fire b) God is merciful not only to the righteous, but also to repentant sinners c) The Lord saves people from obvious danger, if their life is useful, then by a mysterious voice, then by other means d) God's care for orphans e) Providence of God in the daily life of a person f) Someone's participation in our life g) Escape from apparent danger h) Saving warning i) A remarkable case from the life of the peasant poet Surikov j) From the Memoirs of Countess A.D. Fornication" k) The Lord Himself preserves children 6. Ways of God's providence in the conversion of sinners 7. Providence of God in the punishment of criminals 8. The wondrous ways of the Providence of God in the conversion of pagans to Christianity 9. Mysterious admonitions and conversions to the faith of unbelievers Appendix. A. God's providence for man, and especially for pious people B. Is it fair to say that what is to be cannot be avoided? C. Conditions under which traces of Divine Providence may be observed B. Divine Providence in the World History of the Human Race 1. Traces of God's providence in the ancient history of peoples 2. Traces of Divine Providence in the fate of modern mankind Appendix. A. Divine Providence and Science B. Divine Providence and Human Freedom Chapter Four. God in the historical fate of the Christian Church A. The deity of Jesus Christ. Supernatural Testimonies of the Deity of Jesus Christ Appendix. A. Are there miracles now? B. Beneficial Influence of Christianity on Humanity C. The Essence of the Gospel Teaching (Content of the Testimony of Christ) D. Proofs of the divinity of Christ's doctrineE. Refutation of False Views of the Christian Religion: a) as if she was guilty of a fanatical fratricidal war in the Middle Ages and b) as if she had outlived her life and should give way to science B. Significance of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ in Proving the Divinity of the Christian Religion Appendix. Analysis of objections to the fact of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, borrowing their pseudo-scientific support from telepathy C. Miraculous Signs of the Truth of Christ's Church1. Church-historica l examples proving that the Orthodox Church is the one true Church 2. Heavenly executions of the persecutors of the Church of God 3. Punishments for blasphemy against St. Orthodox Church 4. Miracles from St. icons as evidence of the truth of icon veneration 5. Stories about the miraculous help of the Mother of God and the saints 1. The miracle of the Mother of God healing the severed hand of St. John of Damascus 2. Salvation from inevitable death by the intercession of the Mother of God 3. The Mother of God as the guardian of the true teaching of the Church 4. Testimony of Russian history about the power of prayer to the Mother of God 5. Chosen Governor 6. Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos for a wife offended by her husband 6. Stories about miracles from the relics and other remains of saints 7. Miracles that happened during the performance of St. sacraments 1. The uniqueness of baptism 2. Stories about the miraculous change produced in people by the regenerating power of St. baptism 3. Miraculous signs performed at the sacrament of baptism 4. Stories from the lives of the saints, proving that in the Sacrament of Communion (Eucharist) the true body of Christ is given under the guise of bread and the true blood of the Lord under the guise of wine 5. Miracles that took place during the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ 6. Examples of God's punishment for unworthy communion of the Holy Mysteries or blasphemous treatment of them 7. Stories about the healing power of the Holy Mysteries of Christ 8. Stories about the power and meaning of the sacrament of repentance 9. Examples of miraculous election and calling to the bishopric 10. Stories about God's punishment for insulting the servants of the Lord's altar 11. Stories about hearing prayers drawn from church history and the lives of saints Appendix. Miracles and nature Chapter five. God in revelation