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Man's Arrogance vs. God's Intelligence
By Edward Mrkvicka · 12 years ago
I have noticed an alarming propensity of a number of clergy to interpret God’s Word. In sermons across the country we have pastor’s telling us every Sunday what God means when He says X,Y, or ...
Christian Funeral
By Mark Nikolic · 12 years ago
Planning a Christian funeral is never an easy thing to do. Saying goodbye to a loved one is difficult. People grieve in different ways. Oftentimes family tension adds to the stress during an already emotionally ...
Righting the Wrongs of Racism--A White Man's Prescription
By Steve Boston · 12 years ago
How does a society right the wrong of racism? Can it be done? No one can change history or wipe out the evils of what has been committed in the past. But there is a ...
On Becoming God's Enemy
By Edward Mrkvicka · 12 years ago
I have devoted much of my lay ministry to the subject of adultery and what it does to all involved, the guilty and innocent alike. Of course, only the guilty will be held accountable for ...
Be Wiser than the Children of Darkness
By Graeme Hotter · 12 years ago
The other night I watched a program on 20/20 about some people in America who are serial competition junkies. All they do is enter competitions all day in every way they can, especially over the ...
Everybody Needs A Hero
By Mike Hall · 13 years ago
I am somewhat of a daydreamer at heart. I suppose I came by this by being an avid reader at a very young age. I spent half my childhood on some battlefield defending hearth and ...
Retreat Centers For Spiritual Retreats
By Marko Nikolic · 13 years ago
When was the last time you took time out from your hectic life to concentrate on relaxing and de-stressing your mind? With the multitude of new and inspiring alternative therapy and spiritual retreat centers popping ...
Planning Spiritual Retreat
By Marko Nikolic · 13 years ago
A retreat is exactly what it sounds like — the chance to step aside from life for a while, to rest and just 'be' in a welcoming, peaceful place. Retreats are for ordinary people at ...
On Originality and Divine Inspiration
By Cory Tucholski · 13 years ago
Peter Breitbart's short film A Madman or Something Worse is the latest in a line of criticism of Jesus' teachings to carry an unspoken, but integral, underlying assumption that divine revelation must somehow be original ...
11 Bible Verses to Help You Understand Marriage
By Sara Reyes · 13 years ago
If you are thinking about getting married or if you are already married, you should turn to God so that you can learn truly what being married means. You should do so to ensure that ...
How God Identifies Himself
By Cory Tucholski · 13 years ago
It’s interesting how God defines himself. He told Moses that he is the God of your fathers; the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. He did not define himself ...
Take Away Value: The Multifaceted Nature of Scripture
By Cory Tucholski · 13 years ago
It’s a problem in dealing with skeptics as often as I’ve done in the past that we get hung up in discussions about the historicity of this or that story in the Bible. Common hang-ups ...
Room For Everybody
By David Smith · 13 years ago
"When the day of Pentecost came, all of them were together in one place. Suddenly, a sound like the roaring of a mighty windstorm came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were ...
The Way, the Truth and the Life
By David Smith · 13 years ago
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going ...
Discover Some of the Common Jewish Symbols
By Rabbi Andrea Frank · 13 years ago
Judaism is full of many Jewish symbols and meanings. Additionally, God’s creation of Eve is his final creation. It was not good that Adam was alone and when Eve came Adam and Eve were completed. ...
The Endless Knot or The Eternity Knot Symbol
By Sylvia Smelcer · 13 years ago
The Endless, or Eternity Knot is one of the "Eight Auspicious Symbols" of Buddhism. The other seven symbols include the: Conch Shell, Lotus, Parasol, Pair of Golden Fishes, Victory Banner, and Treasure Vase. The Tibetan ...
The Tibetan Buddhist Dorje Vajra Symbol
By Sylvia Smelcer · 13 years ago
The Vajra, or Dorje is a Buddhist symbol representing the nature of reality. Vajra is a reality wisdom, wisdom of equanimity, and all-accomplishing wisdom complementing at the other side. The significance of the symmetry of ...
The Mahakala Buddha
By Sylvia Smelcer · 13 years ago
The Mahakala Buddha is a Dharmapala, or "protector of dharma", who resides in the fourth hierarchy of deities, and is most associated with the Vajrayana Buddhism.
Mahakala’s Sanskrit meaning comes from its roots of "Maha", ...
The Best 20 Bible Verses About Love
By Sara Reyes · 13 years ago
There is one thing in this world that all humans will experience: love. Love is such a powerful emotion – without proper understanding of love, it can be twisted into a negative emotion that it ...
Gaining Understanding of the Jewish Wedding Ceremony
By Rabbi Andrea Frank · 13 years ago
The Jewish wedding ceremony is held under a wedding canopy called a Chuppah. The Chuppah is symbolic of the couple making a home together. It is so important to Jewish tradition that often a Jewish ...