704 articles on "religion"

Is God Asking For Your Ability or Availability?

Over the years I have had the privilege of taking an annual prayer retreat. During those times I would go to a secluded location in the woods or near a lake, to open my heart to God. It is during those times that I found God challenging me and stretc...

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Is Tithing a Sin?

Is it a sin to tithe? No. Yes. No, tithing (giving a tenth) is not a sin if the actual dollar amount is sacrificial, proportionate to the level of your financial prosperity, and generous. Whatever you think about the applicability of Old Testament ...

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How to Buy a Bible

There are a number of things to keep in mind when you get ready to buy your new Bible. Here are some tips. First, decide on the version. This is the most important decision you have to make. Some versions are very literalothers just a paraphrase of ...

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Facts About the Second Most Controversial Topic in America - The First Is Abortion

Many who read the title to this article might think that the second most controversial topic in America today is whether the United States should continue its war in Iraq. Those who thought that would be, in fact, dead wrong. This article is really ...

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Faith is in the Gopher Wood

In an interesting turn of events this week we have had massive rain storms in the Northeastern United States, resulting in flood evacuations in Pennsylvania, and an archeological team from Texas believes it has found Noah's Ark in the Elburz mou...

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Grace To Be Ourselves

Brett Favre, quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, announced his retirement this week. At a news conference yesterday his simple explanation for the move was that he was tired. At thirty-eight and possessing graying hair, Favre and his family have b...

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Is Unbelief Ruining Your Life?

They had come to the very edge of the Promised Land. The spies had returned and had not only told them about how wonderful it was, that it was a land that flowed with milk and honey, but they had even brought back some of the fruit of the land to pro...

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Traveling On

Five weeks of bombing between Lebanese Hezbollah and the State of Israel ended in a fragile ceasefire last week that seems to be holding itself together. Since the ceasefire began on August 14, passages have been opening for delivery of humanitarian ...

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A Guide for Choosing Catholic Gifts

As an individual who has been a devout and a loyal believer in Catholicism for pretty much my whole life, it's really only natural that all of my family and friends for the most part share in my beliefs. This is comforting on many levels, and he...

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Skilled Worship

Many have misunderstood worship to be nothing more than an emotional expression. Culture has given us the idea that showing emotion is a sign of weakness. Men are led to believe that emotional outbursts are some how feminine and that expressions of f...

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