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Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Randy Gilbert @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 7:02 PM

People today are striving to find the truth about why they are here, what is their calling , who is God and what does He expect, and most of all, what comes next. They thirst for the answers to life's most important and elusive questions. Many people have forgotten the message of love Jesus gave us. They don't realize that His second coming will soon be fulfilled, revealing the answers to all these questions. Perry Ennis, author of Prepare for the Coming of Messiah: A Mess... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Shaun Parker @ Friday, 23rd November 2007 @ 10:43 PM

I am not the first person to notice that the world turns slightly mad at this time of year. A select few grown men put on fake beards and dress up in funny red costumes and proceed to march into schools and department stores with bags full of presents and leave behind an enormous sense of excitement. People start being noticeably nicer to one another. Children go slightly crazy with anticipation as they compile their Christmas lists and young mothers embark on the perennial panic of preparing f... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Dan Brown @ Thursday, 22nd November 2007 @ 12:55 AM

Most scholars will agree the Gospel of John is a very important document on Christian theology - often times, more so than the synoptics, which are the works of Matthew, Mark, and Luke! Why? Probably because the way John the Disciple portrays Jesus Christ! John discusses two critical particulars in His Gospel: 1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God! 2. The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us! Only John's Gosp... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Dan Brown @ Tuesday, 20th November 2007 @ 12:19 PM

Life happens to us all, and at some point in time we all experience a little displeasure now and then. It doesn't matter how long we've been a Christian, how much we do right, or how much we love the Lord. 1 Peter 4:12 says, "Do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality as though something (unusual and alien) were befalling you (Amplified Bible Version)." Just because we are Christians does not mean we should be... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Jim Brown @ Tuesday, 13th November 2007 @ 2:21 PM

There are many occasions where people slide through mishaps and come out unscathed. They might say that they have a guardian angel looking out for them and then they might turn their eyes to the sky and say a big word of thanks. They were protected by a being higher than an angel known as God, and until they allow Christianity to enter their lives, the next mishap may just take them to another place that is definitely not the place anyone would want to spend eternity. When some people all... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Victor Epand @ Monday, 12th November 2007 @ 3:32 PM

Easter baskets are a symbol of the holiday. What would Easter be without baskets filled to the brim with candy treats such as chocolates and jellybeans, all of these usually in the shape of an egg or a rabbit. In addition, these candies may be hidden in hollow plastic eggs in a variety of colors. If you were lucky, there would be Easter egg hunts where you could search for boiled, colored eggs or the plastic ones filled with chocolates of every conceivable shape and flavor. Have you ever conside... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Gary Rohrmayer @ Monday, 12th November 2007 @ 12:29 AM

Evangelism has moved in the last 20 years from being a monologue (one-sided conversation) to a dialog (two-way conversation.) There are people all around us who are receptive to spiritual discussions and open genuine spiritual guidance. George Barna sites, "That 62% of American adults consider themselves to be not merely religious, but deeply spiritual." This means that there is more than a 50-50 chance of getting into some type of spiritual conversation with people who travel in and out... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Shawn Hickman @ Tuesday, 6th November 2007 @ 5:36 PM

In contrast to the rapture, the glorious appearing will be a spectacular event clearly visible to everyone on earth. Following the rapture and the seven-year tribulation, Christ will return with His church to establish His Millennial Kingdom. Jesus explicitly said so when the high priest asked Him to identify himself: Then the high priest asked him, Are you the Messiah, the Son of the blessed God? Jesus said,I am, and you will see me, the Son of Man, sitting at Gods right hand in the plac... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Gary Rohrmayer @ Monday, 5th November 2007 @ 12:31 AM

In my opinion most of the evangelistic training that is available is geared towards non-receptive people and is apologetically driven. Don't get me wrong, I believe we should all be trained and be able to give a reason for what we believe. But I am convinced there needs to be more training on how to identify those who have a higher degree of receptivity to the gospel message. Here are some "quick hits" on how to create thirst in your spiritual conversations: 1. Look fo... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Linda Dipman @ Friday, 2nd November 2007 @ 5:40 PM

The flames from the forest fire twirled creating a funnel that took the form of a fiery tornado that lashed out furiously hurdling huge balls of fire that ignited grasses, trees and every house that was in the mist of the fire. The intensity of the heat boiled the water right out of the luxury pools of the rich and the tiny streams that ran along the path of the forest fire. Everything left behind was destroyed by the gigantic forest fire. The people in the fires path gathered a few pre... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Gary Rohrmayer @ Tuesday, 30th October 2007 @ 11:01 AM

The church is desperately in need for more missional leaders to rise up in it ranks. Here are four essential skills that help a leader align their churches with God's mission. 1. Empowering those around them. Missional leaders are multiplying leaders. They understand that within the Great Commission they have all they need to get the job done. They have been empowered with spiritual authority, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." (Matthew 28:1... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Jim Brown @ Friday, 26th October 2007 @ 11:49 AM

Many people think that once they have the basics of Christianity learned that they no longer have to learn all of the aspects of the religion. What they may not realize is that Christianity is a continual learning experience that will require a great amount of attention throughout a lifetime. Knowing the basics only solidifies the need for learning about Christianity and life will demand more knowledge of the basics everyday. Many people believe that they are safe after they accept Christ... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Bob Alexander @ Thursday, 25th October 2007 @ 11:45 AM

Challenges to our faith come in different ways for different people, but I'll admit to a decidedly lack of faith when it comes to creepy, slithering things that bite! That lack of faith comes from my belief that I'm wise enough not to tempt God with foolish activities. Down here in the South, there's a curious phenomenon that I call picking up snakes for Jesus. It's definitely not for everyone and usually occurs in small churches that have very little, if any, affili... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Gary Rohrmayer @ Monday, 15th October 2007 @ 12:21 AM

One of my favorite leadership books is "Be, Know, Do: Leadership the Army Way" by Frances Hesselbein and General Eric K. Shinski (USA Ret.) This book takes a close look at the official Army Leadership Manual and applies its principles to the corporate and civic leadership realms. Here is the Army's definition of leadership, "Leadership is influencing people, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By William Nugent @ Saturday, 13th October 2007 @ 12:05 AM

A young college woman sits down at her desk on the first day of a course on comparative religion. She thinks it's a good deal. She gets college credit for a casual review of her own Christian faith and gets to learn about other world religions. The professor enters the room fashionably late. He's casually dressed in frumpy clothes and his hair is in a thin gray ponytail that's so tight it stretches all the wrinkles out of his face. What follows in that first class and thro... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Linda Dipman @ Friday, 12th October 2007 @ 6:22 PM

The sky filled with smoke blackening the horizon and darkening all the light of day, stopping all people from seeing the reality of their existence. It was like a computer virus, once let loose, it was given the power to infect all programs in the computers hard drive. It was a corrupting force perpetrating the consciousness of men and filling it with useless thinking that leads them to live their lives for themselves without thinking of anyone else. I stood in shocked silence wonderi... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By William Nugent @ Friday, 12th October 2007 @ 1:41 AM

Socrates (ca. 470-399 BC) is not just another "dead white male" despised by our university elite but a man whose philosophical breakthroughs reverberate down through the centuries and profoundly affect us today. Athens in the fifth century BC was the age of Pericles. The grandiose construction projects undertaken by Pericles such as the Parthenon were being built during Socrates' lifetime. Philosophically, Athens was in a time of confusion, flux and disarray. ... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Arnold Ahlstrom @ Thursday, 11th October 2007 @ 6:30 PM

God gave ten perfectly good commandments to help men function together in peace, and to reverence God and holy things to the degree that they in all things could prepare to enter back into the presence of Him. But man has become geniuses in breaking, or near-breaking, the commandments, and justifying their actions, succeeding in maintaining their pious expressions. I think an eleventh commandment is needed, as an appendage to all the other commandments individually: Nor Anything L... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By William Nugent @ Thursday, 11th October 2007 @ 6:11 AM

The age of reason gave way to the age of emotion. The optimism of the modern philosophers gave way to the pessimism of the postmodern philosophers. Modernism is the idea that ultimate truth and absolute morality can be discovered by rational thought. (Absolute morals are morals that apply to all people across all cultures at all times.) Modernists asserted that this newly discovered rational system of absolute morality would cure the world. This optimistic modernism crashed on t... more...

Religion and Spirituality » Christianity | By Randy Gilbert @ Wednesday, 10th October 2007 @ 10:22 AM

"To have it all, first you have to lose it all," says best-selling author Steve Bonenberger. "When your current life is no longer possible, then you're ready for the Daily Code, the new road map that takes your feet off the path of less onto the road to more. The new Daily Code is one of the five life-changing lessons Bonenberger teaches in his powerful new book Through the Gates of Fire. Readers who start to add these lessons in their lives will soon leave failure in t... more...