704 articles on "religion"

Hail to the Chiefs - How I Officiated at a Wedding in the Presence of Two Presidents

I recently officiated at a ceremony, where both Presidents Bush and their First Ladies were in attendance. They hardly ever attend private events, so this was very special for everyone who was in attendance. My wife, Liat, and I wondered if we would ...

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The Jesus I Know

I witnessed a sermon recently where a preacher made it very clear that how he saw Jesus was 180 degrees different from how I see him now, having studied "A Course In Miracles". The pinnacle of the sermon was when the pastor waved a long sword in the...

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It"s not About an Apple: Genesis 2 and 3 Point us to Jesus

Many patterns of life today began back in the Garden of Eden, including men's and women's roles, men's passive attitudes, even the clothing we wear. But most importantly, the saving power of Jesus' death began to be modeled to us....

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Do Not Let Christianity Disappear

The European Union, which is supposed to be fashioned after the United States of America, decided to write a history of Europe, but leaving the Catholic Church out altogether. That would seem like an impossibility, but we recall the words of Joseph P...

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God Is Not Testing You

Have you noticed that God gets blamed for a lot of things; not just natural disasters, but even personal disasters in people's lives? And you've probably heard this standard line often comes up, "God is testing you." But is God really testi...

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On Discipleship

Lillie Langtry entered the world in 1853 as the only daughter in a family of seven children born to an English minister and his wife. Blessed with better-than-average resources, she grew up in circumstances of relative ease, married a man of means he...

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The Seminant Sowing to the Spirit

The seminant sowing is sowing to the Spirit to reap the Harvest of the Spirit. You invest when you sow, and when you reap you receive a return on that investment. This is how the Holy Spirit purchases you in preparation for Heaven. When you are seal...

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Theological Discussion On St. Paul

WHEN we pass from primitive Christian preaching to the epistles of St. Paul, we are embarrassed not by the scantiness but by the abundance of our materials. It is not possible to argue that the death of Christ has less than a central, or rather than ...

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A Certain Order of Things

Adventure looms close on my personal horizon. Vacation time arrives next week and I am traveling to a place I have never been before, the Western United States. I'd watched a PBS special last summer and felt a distinct pull to go to Yosemite Nat...

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Turning Around

Most of us spend our lives seeking and struggling to find that which will bring meaning and wholeness to our lives. Searching on the highways and byways, most of that which we find, soon loses value. Perhaps it is because we search in the wrong way a...

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