Through Death Into Light

Through Death Into Light: "This is a true story of beings and energies, and the passage after death into greater light. Some of it is metaphor, but the overall principles of ascendance are not. The character of the ancient one has a place in the hierarchy of light, and the blessings offered and help given to the departed are very real." ... (Click title link above to read entire article.) ...

The Fascination With Celebrity: A Spiritual View

The Fascination With Celebrity: A Spiritual View: "Our daily lives are filled with multiple choices that determine what we do.

We could choose to spend our time learning about the advances that science has made in discerning what is happening with our oceans and glaciers as a result of global warming; or in the prediction of weather patterns; or in the discovery of genetic coding for a variety of diseases; or in the expanding view of space that lies beyond our own galaxy. " ... (Click here to read entire article on celebrities.) ...

Spiritual Awakening: The Opening Of The Way

Spiritual Awakening: The Opening Of The Way: "The arrival of a new level of spiritual awareness can be as gentle as a slight breeze, in fact, almost beneath the level of our noticing. It can come as a perception of what is not, rather than what is. For example, a pain in the heart that has been there for a long time can suddenly feel like it is off in the distance. Or a sense of anxiety that has traveled with us for a long time can suddenly be missing. The absence of what has been can be a signal, as much as anything else, that a new energy has entered the picture that is creating changed inner conditions, and this can be true even though its source is unknown and even though nothing special may have happened to bring it about. "... (Click here to read entire article on spiritual awakening.) ...

When Our Prayers Go Unanswered

When Our Prayers Go Unanswered: "I don’t think there has ever been a group of people who were more disappointed than the eleven apostles who watched Jesus Christ die on a cross on Cavalry. These eleven men had been with him for three years.

They had staked their whole lives on Him. They had forsaken homes and jobs and families and invested their whole lives in his promises and plan and there they were, standing on that windswept hill outside Jerusalem, watching the man they loved and believed in... die a torturous, horribly violent death.

Can you imagine the prayers these disciples prayed? For hours. “God... please...don’t let him die!!”" ... (Click on title link above to read entire article.) ...

1948: Israel Fulfills Bible Prophecies

1948: Israel Fulfills Bible Prophecies: "Prior to 1948, Israel last existed as an independent nation in 606 B.C. when the first captives of Israel were taken by Nebuchadnezzar. The destruction of Israel at the hands of the Babylonians was completed in 587 B.C. with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. For 70 biblical years (approximately 69 years on the Gregorian calendar), the Jewish people were held as captives in Babylon. In 537 B.C., the Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylon and issued a decree for the Jews to return to their land and rebuild the Temple. It was during the Babylonian captivity and this return to Israel that Ezekiel appeared as a prophet and provided the following information on the future existence of Israel as an independent nation:" ... (Click on title link above to read entire article.) ...

An End To Shame: The Journey Of The Soul

An End To Shame: The Journey Of The Soul: "The presence of shame is a reflection of one thing more than any other – the loss of connection with the deeper layers of self so that one's self-perception becomes based on something less real rather than on something that is more real." ... (Click on title above to read entire article.) ...

Simple Ways To Share Christ With Children

Simple Ways To Share Christ With Children: "As Christian parents, one of the most important duties that we have is to teach our children about the Lord. This is an awesome responsibility. It can also seem like an overwhelming responsibility. But Praise God - our Heavenly Father, in His infinite wisdom has built four teachable moments into our day that can help us to share His word with our children in bite-sized, manageable chunks." ... (Click on title link above to read entire article.) ...

Political Correctness - The Liberal Brand of Censorship

Political Correctness - The Liberal Brand of Censorship: "Being hard pressed to find a single appropriate definition of it, I will use that of Mr. Philip Atkinson put forth on the website ourcivilisation.com. Philip said “Political Correctness is the communal tyranny that erupted in the 1980s. It was a spontaneous declaration that particular ideas, expressions and behavior, which were then legal, should be forbidden by law, and people who transgressed should be punished. It started with a few voices but grew in popularity until it became unwritten and written law within the community. With those who were publicly declared as being not politically correct becoming the object of persecution by the mob, if not prosecution of the state.”" ... (Click on title link above to read entire article )...

The Gift Of Joy

The Gift Of Joy: "I am really a kid at heart. I love the sights and sounds of Christmas. In fact when I go home to visit my family in Richmond, one of the things we like to do as family is to load up in the car and go on the “tacky house tour”. You know those are the houses that have everything in the yard from E.T. to Superman to Santa Claus. What other time of the year can you see such amazing sights and have the whole world drive up and down your street, tie up traffic for hours, and your neighbors still speak to you! Amazing! Christmas does seem to bring out the best in all of us. It is a season of joy and goodwill." ... (Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

Why Do Bad Things Happen?

Why Do Bad Things Happen?: "Bad things happen, very simply, because we live in a fallen world. Our world has been invaded by sin, and the result of sin is decay and death, both physical and spiritual. Adam and Eve were, in a sense, the 'test case' for humanity. Could they live without going after the one thing in the Garden of Eden they were not supposed to have? They could not. They chose to disobey God and eat from the 'tree of knowledge of good and evil'. God promised that the day they ate from it, they would die. Adam and Eve had lived a perfect life in paradise until that point. They had known no sickness, no death, no hurt. In a real sense they enjoyed 'Heaven on Earth'. Then after yielding to temptation, they both ate the forbidden fruit. At this moment, Hell literally broke loose on earth. It came in the form of sickness, death, loss, tragedy, etc. " ... (Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

Beautiful Star of Bethlehem - It Will Shine Again

Beautiful Star of Bethlehem - It Will Shine Again: "Stars come in various sizes, shapes, ages and brilliance. It is their brightness that is the most noted of all their attributes. Astronomers still engage a system for measuring the brightness of a star that was developed by one of their own named Hipparchus at about 120 BC. The scale he developed rates the brilliance of stars from 1 to 6. One is the brightest and six the faintest. The brightest stars are said to be of the first magnitude. The brightest star in the skies today is Sirius and it is rated a 1.42. Hipparchus method of rating the luminescence of the stars is used to this very day." ...(Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

Sharing The Christmas Story With Children In 4 Easy Steps

Sharing The Christmas Story With Children In 4 Easy Steps: "At this time of year, children all over the world are making wish lists and hoping Santa Claus will stuff their stockings with the latest and greatest toys and gadgets. They think back to the joys of last Christmas when all them dreams came true and they’re waiting with anticipation for Christmas morning to arrive.

But how many children know the story of the first Christmas - the night Jesus was born?" ...(Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

Simplest Way To Be Healed By Faith

Simplest Way To Be Healed By Faith: "Of all the ways our blessed Lord has given us for healing by faith, the following is the easiest. It must be ministered by the elders of the church. James gave us the instructions for this way of healing in the following Scriptures."... (Click on title link above to read entire religion article) ...

The Origins of Spurious - The Un-Intelligent Design of Darwinism

The Origins of Spurious - The Un-Intelligent Design of Darwinism: "The basis for this article is connected to a well known Bible verse from 2 Thessalonians 2:11. It is important to keep this reference in context with the surrounding verses. The entire chapter is the best context here as it seems to be centered on this one single idea, namely that Christ will not return until the Anti-Christ appears and finishes his brief but horrific rule." ... (Click on title link above to read entire religion article) ...

How To Share Christ With A Nonbeliever

How To Share Christ With A Nonbeliever: "We're told by Jesus to go out into the whole world and tell others about the Good News?
But just how can we do that?

Here's my top ten suggestions on how to share Christ with a nonbeliever."... (Click on title link above to read entire religion article) ...

American Sleeping Giant Awakes – But is too Heavy to walk on Islamic Jihadist Eggshells

American Sleeping Giant Awakes – But is too Heavy to walk on Islamic Jihadist Eggshells: "One of America’s largest Christian broadcasters, Trinity Broadcasting Network has decided to drop one of its shows because it does not want to agitate Muslim Jihadist. Of course they say it is because they don’t want to offend Muslims in general and that because they are beginning to broadcast into Arab countries. Nevertheless the dye is cast and with a brand of political correctness of their own making they plan to bounce the long running show created by the late Zola Levitt. The last show is set to air on August 28, 2006. Zola Levitt’s ministry will be carried on by his son Mark on the internet according to the ministry’s newsletter." ...(Click on title link above to read entire religion article) ...

What went wrong with the Early Church

What went wrong with the Early Church: "What Went Wrong with the Early Church of Christ?

When we read and study the early church in the New Testament we get a social model of the first Christians and the community they strove to create around their faith and teachings of Christ. We learn the difficulties and persecutions of the early Christians not only by the Romans, but the Jewish establishment and temples alike. Needless to say that the disciples to whom Christ instructed, were constantly in fear of reprisal and condemnation of death for following Christ.

This atmosphere created a very close network of believers who met in secret to hear the story of Christ by his disciples who related the miracles and wonders they had seen while they walked with Christ. The Early Church wasn't brick and mortar, but blood and flesh, the individual followers of Christ." ... (Click on title link to read entire article) ...

What the Old Testament is About

What the Old Testament is About: "The Bible consists of two major divisions - the Old and the New Testaments, with the Old Testament making up about two thirds of it. The Old Testament is further divided up into 39 smaller books, with Psalms being the biggest book of the Bible.

The Time Period of Writing of The Old Testament

The first book of the Bible, Genesis (which was written by Moses), was penned around 1500 BC. The book of Job was written around this same time, possibly earlier. The last book written of the Old Testament was Malachi, and it was written as late as 400 BC

The Time Span Covered In The Old Testament" ... (Click on title link above to read entire article) ...

Putting on the Full Armor of God

Putting on the Full Armor of God: "Putting on the whole Armor of God

I believe like most people, we get up in the morning and get dressed. For some this is a daily routine instilled in us since we were old enough to dress ourselves. From the very first we are taught how to dress ourselves. First comes this, then that, then our shoes are last. The then that and this may vary among many as to what they start with first, pants, or shirts. But in the end we to get dressed, day in and day out for the rest of our lives.
Did you know that Christ has also taught us to dress ourselves as well. Christ explains that just as we dress ourselves daily, so shall we put on the "Whole Armor of God" as well.

And just as we do daily upon waking, we take various steps in dressing ourselves with the style of clothing we have chosen to represent us. So is it with our Christian lifestyle, we take very much the same steps in dressing our life with Christ, so we too represent that which we have chosen to wear in Christ's name." ... (Click on title link to read entire article) ...

Tongue is a Weapon of Hurt

Tongue is a Weapon of Hurt: "We inflict pain on each other in many ways, yet the greatest hurt that has come to the world it that which comes from our words. Your tongue is the dagger that you have to be careful of. This is obviously not the thing we have in mind when we speak. We talk because communication is the only way that we can survive. But it is not the talking that is destructive but the revenge that pours through the usage of our tongues.

It is so strange that we do not often think about the effects of what comes out of our mouth. Our words can cause wounds that might never heal. That is the poison that our tongues produce to the world. It is like the birth of pain. We might think that in time all wounds will heal, but those created by words are the ones that take the longest. It is a human flaw that can be corrected. You will be able to find the strength to right the wrong that your tongue has caused through God. It is in the giving of you that the understanding that as a human being we are not perfect. "... (Click on title link above to read entire article) ...