Many gays will protest that God is a "God of love," and they think that as long as we're happy and in love - how could something so right be so wrong They feel God couldn't condemn such relationships and wonder how anyone could think He would. But mortal thoughts and opinions aside (Prov ...

Recently when someone asked me what religion I am I was perplexed. To be a religion means you hold a particular doctrine. I thought about it all day and could not come up with any doctrine that I hold as a religion. The only religious doctrine I might hold is that If it exists than G ...

If we keep uppermost in mind the reason for our mortal existence, the SUPREME PURPOSE for our human-being; to establish contact with our Superior-Being and develop a relationship with Him - then we'll know and understand that everything God does is for our benefit. God wants to help us, ...

Oh my God, or Oh God, are common expressions used world wide involuntarily at moments of recognition of an intense experience. Some say it is a quick prayer or mini prayer and it comes out during extreme emotion. In my experience, I have heard it used as acknowledgement of a horrific ev ...

Have you ever tried praying to the Lord, and for some reason or other, there's just that nagging thing in the back of your mind that you keep thinking about and it's preventing you from praying any further Could it be that God is feeling left out because everything else has cluttered you ...

Stories of generous support to the victims hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina's fury, those who have literally lost everything, including their homes, are being shared in news reports and articles across the United States and around the world. From merchandise gift cards to new jobs to op ...

Philosopher Orhan Seyfi Aris philosophy on philosphers and philosophies on religion and faith, on the transcendental, and the educational, social, attitudes. Orhan Seyfi Ari (1918 1992) saw himself a humble teacher: I am neither a philosopher, nor a scholar he wrote on his death they ...

God's ultimate and highest aim for all of us is our sanctification. God wants to make us more holy like He and His Son Jesus are. He wants to transform us into the express image of His Son Jesus Christ. He wants to consecrate and set us apart unto Himself. The wording in these verses is ...

Welcome to the new year. As Christmas decorations come down, resolutions arise as the new dawn of our existence. A renewed commitment to weight loss is the number one New Year's resolution in the United States. Perhaps because so many of us overindulge with food and spirits the last w ...

I remember being a midshipman in college during the fall of 1987. It was homecoming and I thought that it would be fun to be on the homecoming court in my last year of college. I remember expressing this to a civilian staff member of the Navy ROTC staff. He told me to forget about try ...

The morning of September 11th, 2001, was sunny and warm, and it started out like other mornings which had come before it - people hurried to work, kids rushed off to school, and people boarded airplanes. But, September 11th, soon became the day that changed a nation and forced the world ...

The normal reaction of the readers of my previous post entitled The Church of Christ and The Protestant Sects, is to asked: Does it mean that men who are Protestant and Catholic have no salvation on the day of Gods wrath Well, I couldnt answer it directly. The Bible and Gods Messengers ...

Mother/Father God Why we call Creator, Mother/ Father God Is God just our father, or is Creator our mother too Is there scripture and language interpretation to back up this belief Science says all humans have male and female chromosomes and all embryos are without sex identity the ...

What Jew isn't familiar with the Talmudic saying: "Whoever saves a single life, saves a whole world" What Jew can't empathize with those who have no voice, who are considered less than human, and, through no fault of their own, are marked for liquidation Yet the Gentilized "Jewish" State ...

Angels in art and meditation are an alternative and spiritual healing therapy for child development. As more and more alternative and spiritual healings are being studied and documented they are finding that all forms of upliftment heals the body, mind and spirit. Angelic art falls with ...

Actually I dont want to write a post for this blog about religion. But, I just couldnt stay here in front of my computer without answering the question raised by a friend which was sent to me through email. She asked me the difference between the Church of Christ and the Protestant Sects ...

In a letter historians call The Epistle To Diognetus, an unknown second century disciple wrote to a skeptic named Diognetus to answer his questions about this strange new religion called Christianity. The opening lines of his letter capture what people must have found so appealing about ...

Once upon a time there was a young man who felt called to become a Pastor. He went to a Christian college where they taught him many wonderful things...how to love people and teach the Bible and win people to Jesus. But when he entered his first church he realized there was a big differe ...

Recently I spent the day reflecting on my fumbling attempts to lead our church in growth. To say that Ive felt unprepared for my current assignment is an understatementthe Three Stooges meet Forrest Gump strikes me as a more accurate picture. While my initial list filled three pages, her ...

Eleven years ago I had just graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary and the Senior Minister I was serving with encouraged me to write a letter to the editor of the local newspaper. A radical group of New Testament scholars, operating under the title The Jesus Seminar, had come to t ...