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The Christian RULES of Dating
April 30th, 201202:13 PM ETBy Greg Gibson The motives behind this article are 4 sided: 1) Guys have no idea how to be in a ‘dating’ relationship. 2) Girls have no idea how to be in a ‘dating’ relationship. 3) The Christian dating culture can sometimes seem so ridiculous that it’s fun to pick on. 4) It’s just fun. There is nothing especially Scriptural about ea... -
10 Simple Rules for a Happy Marriage
April 29th, 201211:11 PM ETSince my last post 10 simplerules on dating my daughter got so much talk. I thought I would continue the list with 10 rules for a happy marriage . By Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC, Love/Relationship Columnist - The latest report I read (and these change every day) was that 22% of men and 17% of women cheat during a married lifetime. This number is fro... -
Ten Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter
April 28th, 201210:13 AM EToriginal author was W. Bruce Cameron Some thoughtful information for those who ARE daughters, WERE daughters, HAVE daughters, INTEND TO HAVE daughters, or INTEND TO DATE a daughter. Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk, you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up. Rule Two: You do not touch my dau... -
Ten Vital Reasons the World will not End in 2012
April 27th, 201210:18 AM ETDecember 21st 2012 – a date that is well known globally. Several hundred years ago, the Ancient Mayans predicted the apocalypse on this very date. With their 5,125 year old calendar resetting itself to 0.0.0.0. on this date, many are preparing for the worst. However, how legit is the prophecy of the Mayans? Here are the top ten reasons why the wo... -
The truth about Mary Magdalene
April 25th, 201210:09 AM ETMary Magdalene was one of the earliest and most devoted followers of Jesus. She was among the few who saw him die on the cross, and she may have been the first person to see him alive after his resurrection. She is also known as Mary Magdalen and Mary Magdala. The surname suggests that she came from Magdala, a city on the western shore of the Sea ... -
FBI Warns Infected Computers Will Lose Web, Email Access in July
April 24th, 201210:24 AM ETThere’s a story circulating that if you don’t ensure your computer is malware-free by July 9, 2012, the FBI will shut off your access to the Internet. Like most such alarmist claims, it’s only partly true, though if you’re a Windows or Mac user, you’ll want to pay attention The original story dates back to 2007, when a group of cyber-ne... -
Secret Gospels
April 23rd, 201201:35 PM ETSome early Christians believed that certain gospels contained secret knowledge. Copies of these gospels were usually passed around privately, so that only certain people would have a chance to read them. For these reasons, biblical scholars call them "secret gospels". In some cases a secret gospel was only used by a particular group or sect of Chr... -
Should Christians Tithe?
April 23rd, 201210:28 AM ETThere is an obvious disjunction in the Scripture between the Old Covenant period and the New Covenant Period. I'm not referring to the division between Malachi and Matthew. That's merely a textual division. Jesus' entire life was lived under an Old covenant system even though the events of His life are recorded in the New Testament. Jesus initiated... -
6 Reasons Pastors Should Blog
April 21st, 201210:38 AM ETIn this article I want to convince as many pastors as possible to sit down and start a blog today. If I can’t convince them, then I want to convince churchgoers to hound their pastor until he does. OK, all that’s overstatement, perhaps. You can still be a good pastor and not blog. However, here’s why I think it would be good for you and you... -
The Bible and Global Warming
April 20th, 201206:14 PM ETNot being much of a Bible scholar, or anything even resembling a Bible scholar, I had to dig around on the Internet to find this. Still, I was curious if scripture had anything to say on the subject of global warming. Turns out it doesn’t. There are some general passages about droughts and fires and stewardship, but nothing directly on point. As ... -
DO YOU THINK GOD HAS FORGOTTEN YOU?
April 20th, 201210:07 AM ETIt is a common action for every Christian when meets some problems shall cry out to God and he expects the answers according his prayer. But sometimes God seems to be quite! You will pray too much but you see no answer! When this condition appears many people thoughts themselves that God has forgot them. But what bible says? in the book of Isaiah i... -
Heaven and Hell
April 19th, 201210:13 AM ETThe concept of heaven and hell is probably as elusive as the idea of love. Those who have experienced a glimpse of it will swear to its authenticity, and those that have not, can barely fathom its reality. But how can you know the nature of something reserved solely for the dearly departed? In fact, what is anyone's experience of heaven and hell ou... -
How To Get Out of Hell
April 18th, 201210:28 AM ETJust in case you ever find yourself in Hell, it’s probably a good idea for you to know how to get out of it. First of all, Hell is a place you send yourself when you disconnect from Source/God and believe you are not worthy of universal love. You can go to Hell when you die or you can put yourself in Hell even while you are still living. Whether... -
Are There Really 613 Commandments in the Torah?
April 17th, 201210:27 AM ETThere is no biblical reference to 613 commandments, although the later rabbinic leaders claimed that all 613 commandments are alluded to within the Ten Commandments. The first actual reference to 613 commandments is found in a lengthy Talmudic passage. There, Rabbi Simlai (third century A.D.) is quoted as saying, "Six hundred and thirteen precepts ... -
WOULD JESUS TEXT?
April 16th, 201210:18 AM ETAre you to the point where you have had it with the newest technology? Has it gotten to the turn where you can't take the thought of learning how to download another new program and navigate another piece of software or install a new version of a spysweeper or log into a new kind of blog or work a different gadget? Can you even keep up with the new... -
Why Does God Let So Many People Die in Hurricanes and Floods?
April 15th, 201206:44 PM ETOk, excuse me for that, but by now you know that God has nothing to do with it. The God energy of course is responsible for all weather phenomenons, good or bad from your perspective, but All That Is, is no more responsible for a hurricane than He is for a world war, and they are both destructive mass events. There is a reason why many people die i... -
Does Prayer Help Others Heal?
April 14th, 201210:44 AM ETThere was a study a few years ago on prayer and health heart . The findings didn't show a benefit for the main result measured. But that may not be the end of the story. "This is a first step, not a final, conclusive work," researcher Mitch Krucoff, MD, FACC, FCCP, tells WebMD. "We are very early in our scientific understanding of how important ... -
THE ORIGIN OF FRIDAY THE 13TH
April 13th, 201210:36 AM ETAccording to folklorists, there is no written evidence for a “Friday the 13th” superstition before the 19th century. The earliest known documented reference in English occurs in Henry Sutherland Edwards’ 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini.Consequently, several theories have been proposed about the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition. ... -
Proof of Noahs ark
April 12th, 201201:26 PM ETDiscovery of Noah's ArkNot too long ago, explorers claimed that they had found Noah's ark atop Mount Ararat in Turkey. Yet, two years ago, what some believe to be Noah's ark was found not on Mount Ararat but on a remote site about 20 miles away, near the border of Turkey and Iran. According to the American and Middle Eastern researchers who have be... -
The Pagan Connection: Did Christianity Borrow From the Mystery Religions?
April 12th, 201211:13 AM ETOne of the popular ideas being promoted today especially on the internet is the idea that the miracle stories of Jesus were borrowed from ancient pagan myths. Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy write in their book The Laughing Jesus, “Each mystery religion taught its own version of the myth of the dying and resurrecting Godman, who was known by differ... -
Newborn baby found alive in morgue 12 hours after being declared dead
April 11th, 201208:59 PM ETA newborn in Argentina was found very much alive in a morgue by her mother 12 hours after hospital staff had declared the baby dead. The mother, Analia Bouguet, tells TeleNoticias TV that the hospital still has issued her only a death certificate for the infant rather than a birth certificate. Bouguet said she is planning to pursue a medical malpr... -
UFOs and the Bible connected
April 11th, 201202:30 PM ETAs you will see, UFOs and the Bible are very much linked to one another in the minds of modern day ufologists. I've listed every occurrence in the Bible that many people believe is proof that God was/is an alien from an advanced civilization. This belief is the result of a delusion. What ufologists believe to be flying saucers in the Bible are mos... -
JESUS' ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN
April 10th, 201202:14 PM ETOn the night before His wonderful ascension, I saw Jesus in the inner hall of the house of the Last Supper with the Blessed Virgin and The Eleven. The disciples and the holy women were praying in the side halls. In the Supper Room the Communion Table was standing under the lighted lamp, and on it the Paschal Bread and chalice. The Apostles were in ... -
Losing your faith heres some simple steps to renew your faith
April 10th, 201210:53 AM ETHave you ever thought you were losing your faith? I am sure at one time or another most of us have thought that we were losing our faith. It happens especially in this day and age. Housing foreclosures, losing jobs all the doom and gloom . Well here’s kind of a how to of how to renew your faith. 1) Pray for God to renew your faith. Tell Him of... -
The Names of God
April 09th, 201210:10 PM ETAs you read through the Bible you notice there are several names of God. Starting with Moses, when asked "God who shall I tell the people who you are?" God said tell them "I am who I am." - Exodus 3:14. So here is a list of the names of God from the Bible . The noun "God" is a title. A name, which the dictionary describes as authority and charac... -
Why is Bible Study So Important
April 09th, 201210:19 AM ETIn John 14:15, Jesus said, "If you love me, you will obey what I command." If we're going to obey Christ's commandments, how else are we going to know what those commandments are, other than by reading about them in the Bible? We're not born with the knowledge from the Bible, and when we become Christians, God doesn't automatically fill our min... -
What did Jesus do on Holy Saturday
April 07th, 201202:59 PM ETEvery Christian knows the story: Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and rose from the dead on Easter Sunday. But what did he do on Saturday? That question has spurred centuries of debate, perplexed theologians as learned as St. Augustine and prodded some Protestants to advocate editing the Apostles' Creed, one of Christianity's oldest confessio... -
The Origin of Easter Egg Hunts
April 07th, 201211:13 AM ETHeres pt.4 in my series on Easter. The Easter egg hunt. For children and adults alike, the highlight of Easter is often the egg hunt. Adults and older children enjoy hiding Easter eggs for young children to find. Squeals of delight can be found as Easter egg hunters retrieve colorful eggs, candy, and other small prizes. But you may be wondering ex... -
The meaning of Easter
April 07th, 201210:15 AM ETMany people are wondering what Easter actually means, as the true meaning of Easter has been lost. What I can tell you is it isn't about cute little fluffy chickens, nor does it have anything to do with Easter bunnies. It isn't even about Easter eggs. Although an egg can represent 'new life' because new life hatches from the egg and Jesus was resur... -
The History of Easter Candy
April 06th, 201203:22 PM ETHere is part 3 of the history of Easter. this time we talk about the oh so important Easter candy. The days are longer, the sun is brighter, the colors are rich, and the candies are pastel. It's springtime for many parts of the world once again, and in celebration of its triumphant return we enter into the saccharin sanctity of a world filled w... -
The origin of the easter bunny
April 06th, 201211:15 AM ETI gave you the origin of the Easter egg in an earlier post now I give you the origin of the easter bunny. The Easter Bunny derives from an ancient association of hares, rabbits, and eggs with the fertile season of spring. Since rabbits and hares are prolific breeders that often produce large litters in the springtime, and birds lay their eggs ... -
Why is Easter on a different date each year
April 06th, 201210:16 AM ETIt may seem relatively natural to many that Easter should indeed be a set accepted date for the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, as well as the landmark for many other religious festivals. So why is it that the date changes every year? Why is it so hard to keep track of when Easter will be celebrated? In fact, Easter Sunday can f... -
No more God in God bless America .
April 05th, 201212:53 PM ETWhat is this country coming to now we want to take the word "God "out of God bless America. There is a petition on line. The petition states this ' We the undersigned demand that the song and phrase "God Bless America" not be recited, sung or displayed in public schools, government buildings and institutions, or written on official federal and st... -
Feed the hungry go to jail in Houston
April 05th, 201210:14 AM ETstory here You have to read the article above to believe this one. Part of my ministry is to feed the homeless on skid row in Los Angeles. This is appalling. I would like to see how Houston pd would arrest church groups who as part of their ministry to feed the homeless. Most people who feed the homeless do it because they want to now The Housto... -
The Origin of the Easter Egg
April 04th, 201210:26 AM ETEaster eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. It is the influence of the traditional spring rites that made Easter so egg-special. And myths coming down to us from an incredibly distant past have shown man's relationship with the egg to be very deep seated one. This is caught in old Latin proverb... -
The story of Palm Sunday
April 03rd, 201209:01 AM ETThe story of what we call Palm Sunday is good reading. Jesus is approaching Jerusalem. He sends disciples to find a colt, which is waiting for him, and then he mounts and rides into Jerusalem to the acclaim of crowds spreading cut branches and their cloaks and branches. In Mark's account he then enters Jerusalem and the temple, looks things over, a...
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