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This prayer touched my heart and showed me how blessed we are to have a loving Father our Savior ========================================================= Father, thank You for this Friday. Thank You for seeing us through another work week and bringing us to the weekend. Father, we pray that...

While religion can be a cause of conflict, it carries political leverage that many say makes it a source for solutions and a tool for peace building. Religion and Conflict Escalation. With religion a latent source of conflict, a triggering event can cause the conflict to escalate. At this stage...

I define Satanism very simply as a veneration of the symbol of Satan. From this basic definition, a multitude of practices and theologies emerge. Two primary branches exist: theistic and nontheistic. Theistic Satanism is a fascinating subject, but is also probably a minority view within the...

Every time the issue of gay marriage has been put to a vote by the people, the people have voted to uphold traditional marriage. Even in California. In fact, the amendment passed in North Carolina on Tuesday by a wider margin (61-39) than a similar measure passed six years ago in Virginia...

There are several people in the Bible who have been eye witnesses to the heaven before they died. Elijah was caught up into heaven, taken up in a whirlwind; he never tasted death (II Kings 2:1-12). Like Elijah, Enoch who was said to have walked with God, was taken up into heaven without ever...

Our forgiveness of sins was bought through the death of Jesus Christ. As God and the only perfect man, His death paid for our sin. He had to die for us. But why did He have to suffer so much before He died? The Bible is fairly descriptive about Jesus' suffering. The abuse began in John 18 after...

I think people would be more skeptical, for three main reasons: 1) We have a much better understanding of life, the universe and everything. 2) We also live in a less religious world, in that there are over a billion non-religious people about. 3) I think people would need a lot of convincing of...

Now disasters are occurring frequently around the world. The signs of the second coming of Jesus have appeared. Clearly, the prophecies the Lord Jesus said 2,000 years ago have been fulfilled, like “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, see, there was a great earthquake; and the...

All things truly wicked start from innocence.” The onslaught of new Bible versions flooding into apostate churches today, will ultimately render them totally ineffective for God in the world. One of the most dangerous changes to the new Bible versions is the entire removal of the word “Godhead”...

God gave us the Bible to teach us about Him and His ways, and since God is not a God of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33), any and all confusion must come from the destructive forces of the world, the flesh, and the devil. The “world” refers to the ungodly world system and its people who do not...

There are perhaps as many reasons for being an atheist as there are atheists. What I mean by this is that the road to atheism tends to be very personal and individual, based upon the specific circumstances of a person’s life, experiences, and attitudes. One common reason for atheism is contact...

My wife has been going thru quite of bit of pain. She had 2 operations on her neck and back. She has balancing problems also, nerve damage to both hands and right leg. She's a trooper and keeps on smiling and trusting in the Lord.. God Bless this forum and our members.

Lord, I thank You that You are the God of the impossible. You can do anything. I want to trust in Your ability and not my own. Teach me to see difficulties in my life from Your perspective. Help me to focus on You and Your power. I want to be like Joshua and Caleb who believed in a good report...

On their way to get married, a young Catholic couple is involved in a fatal car accident. The couple found themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While waiting, they began to wonder: Could they possibly get married in Heaven? When St. Peter...

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and tells whether you are qualified to be a "professional." According to Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong. But many preschoolers got several correct answers! 1. How do you put a...

Note******* This is a good topic for all Christians to discuss. I was raised Catholic and left the church as a grownup as there were many issues I did not agree.. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++: CATHOLIC CHURCH POSITION 1. According to the Catechism of the Catholic...

Our Messiah, commands us that when we pray, we must pray to “our Father in heaven” (Matthew 6:9). Paul even wants us to lift our “prayers TO God” (Romans 15:30). Christians can directly come before God’s throne of grace (Hebrews 4:6), and Christ is the one who will intercede for us (Hebrews...

The Bible is clear that Mary’s unique position as the mother of Jesus did not give her any more access to God than another believer in Christ is given. Therefore, Mary is not worthy of receiving prayers from Christians. Jesus addressed this in Luke 11 by emphasizing that it’s more blessed to be...

Leaders lead by example. “Since an overseer manages God's household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and...

ROMANS 12:2 And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God EPHESIANS 4:23