704 articles on "religion"

Seeds of War

The Prime Minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, recently made a visit to the White House and was promptly told by President Barack Obama that Israel will give up the West Bank and East Jerusalem for a two state solution to the Palestinian problem. ...

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The Pied Piper of Turin - Saint John Bosco

At the time of Saint John Bosco's ordination, Italy was very anti-clerical. A lot of this stemmed from the clerics' Jansenist behavior, which caused them to remove themselves physically and emotionally from their flock. Don Cafasso fought t...

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Church Affiliation Has Nothing To Do With Salvation

The very reason why the number of Christian sects today grow faster is the belief of many Christians especially those in the protestant sects, that Church affiliation has nothing to do with Salvation. For them, salvation will be obtained as long as m...

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Common Ground

Former President Clinton has been in the news the last few days. Appearing in a series of interviews as he entered a three day Global Initiatives Conference, Mr. Clinton mostly has been seen defending his attempts to protect the country from terroris...

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10 Ways to a Closer Relationship with God

What's your day like so far? Did you have time to enjoy a cup of coffee, eat breakfast, spend some time with your family before they headed out the door? Does the day you are anticipating feel exciting, daunting, boring? What do you plan to do t...

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10 Commandments in Public

Thinking about the 10 commandments and the controversies concerning them, especially more recent ones and especially in this county, is being considered a strange thing to do. Those have served as the basis of Judaism and in the same time they are st...

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The End of the World?

Since the beginning of human history, speculation about the end of the world has fascinated mankind. Myths and stories about the end of the earth exist in almost every religion and culture ever known. And yet, somehow, men seem unsatisfied with the a...

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Not Women

The first thing to notice about Paul's admonition against women taking leadership in worship is that it limits or clarifies what Paul just said about all Christians prophesying (clarifying and explaining Scripture). Here he says that women shoul...

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Is God Good?

Why do Christians say, "God is good"? Because He is. Why do people believe God is a bad God? Due to famines, wars, shootings and violence that take place every day in this world, many assume that God must be bad. They think He is allowing these ev...

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To Jerusalem

What do you do when you are the Savior of the World, have a little over a week left to impart your message to your disciples and still have to make the journey to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover? If you are Jesus of Nazareth, an itinerant rabbi...

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