704 articles on "religion"

The Winter Solstice Celebrations With Meditations, Decorations & Incense

Winter Solstice or Mid Winter comes around in the Northern hemisphere, or much of the Western World, on December 21st. This is a magical time of the year and throughout the ages of mankind religions have gravitated toward this date to hold major cer...

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Religion is Deeper Than Culture On Being An African-American Buddhist

The following commentary ran in the Religion Section of the Cleveland-based Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest Newspaper, Saturday, August 19, 2000. "Your father didn't teach you right, THAT'S your problem," I am told. It's late January...

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Salvation of the Professing Christians

The way of salvation that professing Christians, like Born Again Christians, knew is too easy to do. According to them, by just accepting Christ as personal savior is enough for us to be saved on Judgment Day. This pronouncement is backed them up wit...

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Understanding The Term Church

The term church was first used by Christ during the time when he declared that He will build the church as it was written on the book of Matthew 16:18. Definitely, the Apostles who heard it from Christ knew what it means, because they didn't que...

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Just Surrender

Surrendering seems to be the last thing you'd want to do when it comes to your mental health. After all, "Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8 NIV)." But there is a place for surrender...

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Gift of Love

God's grand plan unfolds through the exercise of the ordinary means of grace Word and Sacrament in the midst of His people who make use of their God-ordained gifts, and are intended to bring blessing to us and glory to God through ordinary liv...

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How do Internet Ministries Spread the Word ?

The internet is not just a powerful communication tool that helps people from all different nationalities and regions of the world get in sync but it is an effective means of spreading the gospel. The internet has revolutionized the way churches are ...

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The Two Building Blocks in Sermon Jokes

In general, we can say individuals laugh at two issues: surprise and misfortune. These two developing blocks are necessary for fantastic humor. A cartoon containing a lot of surprise would be a cartoon showing Pope Benedict XVI riding a skateboard. ...

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Material Abundance In The End Times

The world of the post-Industrial Revolution is one of vast material wealth, where average citizens enjoy a lifestyle that in generations past would have been the envy of kings and queens. Yet, in spite of this great material prosperity, most of the w...

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Dear God, I'm Mad As Hell

In Bible studies that I've taught, I've often had people talk with me afterwards and mention that they're struggling because they're not getting answers to their prayers. They want to have faith, they don't think that they&ap...

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