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Patriotic Holidays and Church Worship

Patriotic Holidays and Church Worship

It was a mostly normal Sunday morning. My wife and I left for church wondering if it would happen. It did. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. The National Anthem was sang. Everyone stood. We sat. It was uncomfortable, I admit.
This was about two years ago. I don’t even remember if it was Memorial Day, [...]

Practicing What You Preach: Vanessa Davis Griggs

Practicing What You Preach: Vanessa Davis Griggs

In Practicing What You Preach (Available Tuesday, May 26, 2009), Vanessa Davis Griggs sheds new light on the divorce and remarriage issue in the church. In Griggs’ eighth novel, this issue is addressed through the life of Melissa Anderson and Marcus Peeples.
Is it a sin to let a good man get away? That’s the question [...]

Daniel: Learning to pray under stress

Daniel: Learning to pray under stress

From time to time we hear news from Homeland Security about the current threat level. As I write this article, the United States government’s national threat level is “Elevated,” or “Yellow.” I wonder what the “stress level” is these days.
We are living in a time where there is so much stress. The uncertainty of our [...]

Four Viewpoints of the Book of Revelation

Four Viewpoints of the Book of Revelation

The Preterist school believes that the symbolism of the Book of Revelation relates only to the happenings of the day in which it was written. All the imagery of the seals and trumpets and the vials has no bearings on the future. The author was simply expressing his moral indignation in relation to the abuses [...]

How Much Has Religion Influenced You?

How Much Has Religion Influenced You?

Aristotle is considered to be the first to offer the idea that the human intellect, “is like a clean table on which nothing is written.” He referred to this as tabula rasa or unscribed slate. The idea is that you are born with an empty slate and your influences, experiences and authority figures “program” you [...]

If Anyone Will Not Work Neither Shall He Eat – 2 Thessalonians 3:10-11

If Anyone Will Not Work Neither Shall He Eat – 2 Thessalonians 3:10-11

There is a type of person that does not work but stays up all night and who walks in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but spend their time being busybodies. This should not be so. Read on…
In the country where I live, Australia, there are plenty of places that will take on a [...]

The Serpents Deceit Strategy

The Serpents Deceit Strategy

In the creation story, God specifically commanded the man not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and the consequence of disobeying God was a sure death (in other words the tree was not good for eating it was evil) . However, Satan the master of deception convinced Eve that what [...]

Taking a Chance on Love by Angela Hunt on Hallmark Channel

Taking a Chance on Love by Angela Hunt on Hallmark Channel

“Taking a Chance on Love,” the top-rated Hallmark Channel original television movie which premiered in January 2009, is now available as a novelization by Angela Hunt, creator of “The Note,” a best-selling Christian romance. “Taking a Chance on Love,” which was the highest rated ad-supported cable movie of the week and the highest rated primetime [...]

Christian Book Publishing Seminar to be Held in Houston

Christian Book Publishing Seminar to be Held in Houston

Todd Rutherford, Vice President of Yorkshire Publishing (www.yorkshirepublishing.com) will be guest speaker at an all day workshop in Houston on May 27th. Todd has more than 20 years of assisting and consulting ministers and ministries on every aspect of Christian book publishing. This seminar will equip the participant with extensive knowledge about each area of [...]

TBN’s Holy Land Experience 2009

TBN’s Holy Land Experience 2009

It’s that time of year again: school is out, kids of all ages are switching out their spring wardrobes for warm-weather apparel–shorts, t-shirts, swimwear–and families across America are gearing up for their once-a-year excursion in search of sun, fun, and relaxation. Yes, the summer season is upon us and countless thousands of families will be [...]

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