Everyone in the healing ministry experiences failure when praying with others for healing. "Failure" in this connection is simply not seeing the healing happen that you prayed for. "Failure" in prayer is never absolute because God always recognises our genuine efforts. But we can reduc ...

For reasons of space, we have to be very concise in this article.(An extended contextual discussion can be found in "The Path To Freedom" at http://www.christianword.co.uk) By Christian we mean people who put Christ first in their ...

An article by Francis Frangipane has recently gone into circulation. It is a very balanced and well constructed article. The main purpose was to argue the need to put the word of the Bible before signs and wonders and to see the latter in the context of the former. He made a number of us ...

Every year, as Christmas approaches, you hear Christmas carols everywhere. Sometimes to the point where another Silent Night would make you want to silent the sound system. Everyone is scrambling to buy Christmas gifts for everyone in a list that seems miles long. The queues to pay up ...

Most people, even if theyre not Christians, acknowledge that an exceptional spiritual master named Jesus lived and died 2,000 years ago. The story of his life and teachings are chronicled in the four gospels of the New Testament and they have captivated the Western world ever since. Bu ...

One Saturday morning I was sipping my coffee and reading the newspaper when the doorbell rang. This was an unusual occurrence as we lived in a somewhat isolated log cabin in the mountains outside Denver. At the door stood two attractive college-age girls who wanted to talk to me about ...

1 Timothy 6:3 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, ...

There are four sources from which we can experience true divine contentment. Contentment, as defined in part one, is a plateau of the Christian life that every believer must reach in order to be fulfilled spiritually, mentally and emotionally. That being said, lets look at these four sou ...

Pope John Paul II, the third longest reigning pontiff, served his 26th year as St. Peters successor and the head of the Catholic Church. The picture of the 84 year old pontiff, who could hardly stand, celebrating mass with drooping head and trembling hand had projected a familiar image t ...

"Don't you understand, everything in this life is meaningless," cautioned the old man. "Meaningless Everything Surely not!" responded the young man in disbelief. Smiling, the old man continued, "I know, I know, because I've seen it all. You name it, and I have done it. I not only did ...

Do you know the meaning of a safe place to fall Parents are to give their children that place where no matter what they do or the mistakes they make, we love them unconditionally and give them A SAFE PLACE TO FALL Growing up I was taught that the Lord also gave us a safe place to fall. ...

Maps are funny things. They are only good if you know how to use them. You have to know where you are, know what your destination is, and from that, apply your time frame to this representation of the larger reality into which you are about to embark. But what if you possess an outdat ...

Perhaps you have heard of the famine in the Western regions of Africa. There has been some press, not a lot, as we here in the United States grapple with our own issues, particularly our involvement in Iraq. But a famine does exist, affecting several countries, including Niger, a place ...

One unforgettable Sunday our church had a three-year- old preacher, an organist who could play one song, an altercation involving the offering and a visiting beagle who knocked over the pulpit. It happened this way. Our family car was down at the shop getting its indigestion cured and o ...

The United States should recognize our Hebrew roots and biblical responsibilities, and band together with our Jewish brethren to FIGHT AND WIN THE WAR AGAINST THE NAZI-MUSLIMS. The Arab regimes only respect force, and with our attempt to be evenhanded, rather than using a proper iron fi ...

Something's missing. Rome is synonymous with the Vatican, Mecca with the Kaaba, and Jerusalem's known for its Western Wall. But WHY should we stand before the wall, letting it obstruct our vision, when we could be praying in a Temple Why should Jews continue to bow before an illegitimate ...

Gifts Of Spirit There are certain gifts man has innate inside him They are spiritual gifts and come from Creator They are discovered, known and developed by some Unknown, denied and ridiculed by others Some accept a few of these gifts as being from God, and believe others are from ...

Putting the cart before the horse! This common trait, paradoxically, is human nature both at its best and worst. We are good at taking that "leap of faith" and making great strides towards a goal. Yet consistantly we ignore sound planning and preparation - two things what would virtually ...

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had no problems and no uncomfortable situations in life That we be great! Someday, when we all get to heaven, that's the way it will be. Until then, the closest thing to heaven is keeping God first in our lives, helping other people, and being in a complete ...

This article is about one of the key concepts of Buddhism, Impermanence. Vipassana meditation as taught by Mr. S N Goenka stresses on the experience of impermanence within our own bodies to attain Nirvana the state beyond suffering. According to Sayagyi U Ba Khin, Mr. Goenka's Guru Th ...