We already know that Halloween is not a Christian celebration, rather it is a Christianized Pagan (Heathen) Celebration. This celebration is being held on the night of October 31 according to the Wikipedia.org: "Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, usually by ch ...

It's that time of year again. At two o'clock this coming Sunday morning, while you are fast asleep, you will be given back what was taken from you earlier this year: that extra hour of sleep you have been missing for far too long. What will you actually do with your extra hour during ...

We have a whole bunch of stuff happening in our world, dont we Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, floods, mudslides and a pile of other things produced by the actions or inactions of us silly humans. So is there any particular significance in the fact that all of this is happening in a ...

While you are cleaning up the aftermath of Halloween, you may also like to know that yesterday was Reformation Day on the Protestant church calendar. It was on October 31, 1517, that the then-Roman Catholic priest, Martin Luther, nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of his church i ...

The New Age Spirituality movement is very unique. There are many things about this type of spirituality that is very different from other spiritual groups. There is no central organization, holy text, creed, dogma, formal clergy or membership roles. New Age Spirituality is a group of ...

On the surface, the Gospels are clear: The Jews murdered Jesus Christ in 33 AD. This commonly held belief has so far caused the Crusades, 3 Inquisitions, Pogroms, and WW2, "The War Against the Jews" in which 20 million Christians and Jews were killed, and it is about to trigger the Apoca ...

What is cremation The word cremation comes from Latin cremo, meaning to burnin particular to burn the dead. Temperatures in a crematorium range from about 1400-2100 degrees F. Under these conditions, body and container are almost completely consumed. Remains consist of bone fragments an ...

The NBC drama, The West Wing, is giving us something this Sunday evening that real life doesn't deliver, a real, live debate of the political issues facing the fictional presidential campaign of Democratic Congressman Matthew Santos and Republican Senator Arnold Vinek. These characters, ...

A candle is a light source usually consisting of an internal wick which rises through the center of a column of solid fuel. Typically the fuel is some form of wax with paraffin wax being the most common. Prior to the candle being ignited, the wick is saturated with the fuel in its solid ...

Growing up is hard even in your spiritual life. When we talk to Christians about God, it is important to make an effort to find out where they are spiritually before judging them or making an assumption of what they already know about God. Some Christians are at the point in their Wal ...

A year after we moved into our house, the renters living next door moved out. The next month, a man and his girlfriend moved in. My two daughters (a 3 year old and a 2 year old at the time) kept me busy most of the time, so I didnt get a chance to meet with the new neighbors. After ...

When I was ten years old I had occasion to travel to Plymouth, Massachusetts every day for one whole summer with my father. He had a three hour lay over in Plymouth and it was my chance to roam the beaches and visit Plymouth Rock. It is housed under a monumental canopy and sits deep belo ...

Gen. 2:7 The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. God formed man from the dust of the earth Should we believe this statement literally or was the author of Genesis speaking figurative ...

I rolled from one pillow to the next, twisting about under a sheet, trying to get comfortable. My ankles swollen and small contractions were coming on like a bad case of hiccups. My due date was five days away and I suffered with nagging heartburn all day. While my physical body was ach ...

Since angels are spirits rather than physical beings, they don't have to be visible at all (Colossians 1:16). Elisha once prayed that his servant would see the armies of angels surrounding the city, and the young man discovered that he had overlooked a lot of invisible beings (2 Kings 6: ...

If the proverbial "visitor from Mars" came to earth looking for God, who might have a persoanl interest in him, he would have an extremely wide range of choice, taking account of all the various religions there are in the world. He would, however, surely be struck by the particular claim ...

It sat on my desk staring at me for the longest time. My sermon notes. Full of keen insight, masterful bible exegesis, and even a riveting story or two. Hours of work and soul searching poured into six or seven pages. It was ready to keep the audience in wonder for a full forty minut ...

Every one who believes in God is, to some degree, into theological argument -- argument in the sense of developing logical reasons and propositions for various points of view about God. We are not concerned here with the development of doctrinal arguments, nor in comparing one set with ...

TRUTH and UNDERSTANDING - An electronic magazine of real knowledge- The Black and White of the Unpardonable sin Having heard several different ideas of the unpardonable sin I decided to write on an obvious and extreme end of this subject. I rather felt that by working from this d ...

There is a technique for everything, including prayers. Although emanating from your heart and soul, prayers can be refined to produce better results through the following suggestions on how to verbalize your prayer requests. 1. Be SPECIFIC, YOU MUST BE SPECIFIC! Being specific lets Hea ...