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Articles about christianity (0-50 of 1127)
- It's Hard To Be Free Alone
By: Carol Rae Moon | - Book Review by Carol Rae Moon
The Christian Life and Character of the United States
Author: Benjamin Morris
A land of righteousness:
Compared to other nations we have had a remarkable chapter in modern history. Christianity shaped the destiny of our nation from the beginning. Early Christian America was the land of the Bible, the Church, and the Lords Day Sabbath; a land full of freedoms. The spirit of the government was adapted to secure peace. The gover ...
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- When Christ Was Born
By: Brian Jones | - What Homer, Euclid, Herodotus, Hippocrates, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Gutenberg, and Jesus Christ have in common is that they are among the many historical figures documented with uncertain dates of birth. And it is rather ironic that Jesus Christ, probably the biggest name in the list and to whom historians have been basing their timeline for the last two thousand years, continues to have an obscure birth date.
Early Church experts ventured to establish Jesus' birth as the center o ...
Tags: Jesus Christ, Christianity, religion
- Christian Bible Studies - Getting Nearer To The Almighty!
By: Melissa Vermont | - The study of the Bible, in Christianity, is a devotional act to enrich the life of a person both religiously and spiritually. Christian books are effortlessly obtainable to learn in scores of forms; such as, devotional stories and parables that put across religious thoughts.
There is gospel surveys steered at numerous centers for Christian Bible studies. Each day these studies go over sundry gospels that are relevant to the matter that you are chatting about that day. To encourage ...
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- Did Jesus Die On A Cross Or A Stake?
By: John W. Samuels | - This quoted text from Vine's Dictionary of New Testament Words, written by a Protestant clergyman in 1940, provides a background of the Greek meanings of the word cross, as well as the historical origins of the cross.
Cross, crucify - Stauros
Definitions and history from Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.
Noun
Stauros(Greek) denotes, primarily, an upright pale or stake. On such malefactors were nailed for execution. Both he n ...
Tags: jesus teachings, the cross, bible teachings, christianity
- The History Of The Easter Egg
By: Amy Nutt | - The egg is a remarkable product that has a rich and fascinating history of symbolic meaning in many cultures. Throughout the world, it is known as a universal symbol of Easter celebrations. Along with the association of Christian religious beliefs with the Easter holiday, there is also the time honored tradition of making Easter eggs. Easter eggs have been painted, dyed, and decorated to celebrate the Easter holiday. Children especially love the fun of decorating and painting Easter eggs. The h ...
Tags: easter, eggs, holidays, history, christianity
- The Power Of Christian Faith
By: JM28 | - Do you ever wonder why some people, no matter how unlucky they are in life, still hope for a better future? If you will ask them, it's because they have faith, and as long as you believe in it, there is still a chance to make things possible. I actually don't believe in faith because of the same reason that "Neo" from the movie "Matrix" said when "Morpheus" asked if "Neo" believes in faith. He said no because he doesn't like the idea that he's not in control of his life. Let's just say I'm more ...
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- Is God Finished With Israel?
By: William Bell | - This is an old question which Paul addressed in his letter to the Romans. "I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin." God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel saying, 'Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life:? But what does the divine re ...
Tags: Israel, Abraham, Judaism, Remnant, Isaac, Eschatology, Christianity
- Real Christianity: Don't Let Your Past Destroy Your Future
By: Jinger Jarrett | - Your past only has as much power you as you give it.
Let me repeat that: your past has only as much power as you give it.
Too many people today live in the past. They care too much about something that happened hundreds of years ago before most of us were born. Or, they're stuck on some event that happened in their lives, and they just can't seem to get past that.
The problem here is that it's really selfish to live in the past. When you live in the past ...
Tags: abundance, christianity, real christianity, Science of Getting Rich
- The World Is Passing Away
By: William Bell | - Today, there is some obsessing over the end of the world. Many believe the Mayan calendar makes such prediction for the date, December 21, 2012. Early and recent history documents the scattered ashes of literally thousands of failed predictions about the end.
Scientific Evidence of Mayan Calendar Prediction Lacking
Susan Milbrath, a Maya archaeoastronomer and curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, commented in "We have no record or knowledge that the worl ...
Tags: Eschatology, End of the world, Old Covenant, Mayan 2012, Christianity, Religion and Spirituality
- Becoming A Spiritual Christian
By: Rhonda Jones | - Aren't all Christians spiritual? That seems like an odd question. Most would equate spirituality with Christianity, yet it's possible to possess one and not the other. So what are the differences and what characteristics follow the spiritual Christian?
To be a spiritual Christian means to be lead and to live by the spirit of God. It means allowing God's spirit, that is living inside you, to guide your decisions instead of relying mostly upon your logic and intellect. Galatians ...
Tags: spiritual christian, spirit, christian, meditation, christianity, living, abiding,
- Gary Demar And "america's Heritage" -- Another Failed Effort To Link Christianity And The Constituti
By: Oliver Woods | - Some people just never say die. "America's Heritage" is another futile attempt to link Christianity and the U.S. Constitution. Written by Gary DeMar, the book was published by Coral Ridge Ministries in 2002.
A Christian Constitution?
The fundamental question is posed in the Introduction, "America's Christian Heritage: Fact or Fiction?" The foregone conclusion is "fact," and the book trots out the usual assortment of quotes from various Presidents and Supreme C ...
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- God Brings Joy In The Morning
By: Antonio Mitchell | - At times people seems to forget how much God is willing to put up with our faults and short comings. One of his promises would suggest that his anger endures only for a moment.
We must remember these things because often times when we offend God, he becomes angry with us, but not so easily provoked towards judgment.
This is why we must study God's word, so we continue to grow in our faith, knowing that he is for us and not against us. As our knowledge grows, we wil ...
Tags: God, joy, anger, christianity, christian
- God's Anger Put On Pause
By: Antonio Mitchell | - One of God's promises state that he is very gracious, while being filled with great compassion. Because of his great mercy that he has for humanity, he will be slowed to anger.
So what we are finding here is that God is very gracious to those that serve him. For the people who have decided to accept responsibility for the way they live their lives.
For those who have the courage and strength to turn away from everything they once thought was right that came from out ...
Tags: Anger, mercy, God, christian, Christianity
- The Jesus Family Tomb: Science, Religion And A Rational Christianity
By: David Comings | - People often ask if science and religion are compatible. This is a reasonable question given that science is based on verifiable fact while most religions require blind acceptance of dogma based on faith. In this regard science and religion would seem to be continuously at odds. Science says, "show me the evidence or I will not believe." Religion says, "Just believe, faith is belief without evidence." However, science and religion do not always ...
Tags: Christanity, Jesus, spritituality, rational Christianity, science, science and religion,
- Understanding The Christian Way Of Life
By: Francis Hirak | - The Christian way of life is the pillar and support of the truth and should be concerned about congregational purity. The entire life course of a faithful Christian is actually governed by faith, enabling them to overcome obstacles that would hinder their service to the true God. The Christian congregation serves as a pillar and support of the truth, preserving the purity of the truth, defending and upholding it. (1 Tim, 3:15)
The Christian way to upholding the truth is espe ...
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 The Joy-Driven Life | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction Shared By: johnsamwallace - Christianity Today continues as a leader in providing informative editorial on current events, news from a Christian perspective, Christian doctrine,...
 'Blind Side' Makes Actress Re-Think Christianity - US - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com Shared By: karismilz - . The film tells how Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, a wealthy Christian couple took in Oher when he was a homeless child walking the streets of Memphis...
 Jesus loving Jesus? • The Metaphor Bluntly Shared By: Joshuabizley - The notion that Christianity is about loving Jesus might have been its most destructive blow. Ugh. inspired by the work of SAUL BASS , ART GOODMAN...
 Heaven's Hoax: The Differences between Atheism and Christianity Shared By: teflontommy2 - Christianity is not a religion of good. I really love the second list. The first makes me shudder. Partially because I know some people hold that...
 JIGGA WHAT??? Jay Z Being Criticized For ATTACKING Christianity In His New Song!!! - MediaTakeOut.com 2009 Shared By: millieforte - JAY Z BEING CRITICIZED FOR ATTACKING CHRISTIANITY IN HIS NEW SONG!!! November 30, 2009. To email this story to a friend enter email address here:
 Christianity and the crash : The Public Philosopher Shared By: Christian_Life - In this month’s Atlantic ,... core of over-eager banks and prosperity-driven Christianity share a great deal in common. “Spend now - don’t worry,...
 reason.cck.org.uk » Aren’t men considered superior to women in Christianity? Shared By: RichSpear - The Bible and Feminism The stereotype that Christian women are thought of as second-class citizens in the church has emerged into common thought today.
![]() Did Christianity Cause the Crash? - The Atlantic (December 2009) Shared By: - But over the past generation, a different strain of Christian faith has proliferated—one that promises to make believers rich in the...
 Bill O’Reilly Reports on “Anti-God” Ads « Proud Atheists Shared By: ProudAtheists - And seeing as Christmas isn’t a Christian holiday! When will people get this through there thick heads. All in all. “A smear against christianity.”
- Who Is God And What Are His Characteristics
By: Daniel Millions | - The topic of God is one of the most controversial and, for many people, important of our time. Whether or not one believes in God, nobody can deny the immense power that the subject has over the world. The idea of God has lead people to drastically change their lives, help other humans, and try to change the world for the better. It has also lead to the deaths and suffering of millions upon millions of people.
What exactly is God? The word God is usually associated with the chief ...
Tags: Christianity, God, Jesus, Religion, Christians, Holy Spirit, Bible Study, gospel, prayer, networking
- The Greatest Habit Of Your Life
By: Dr. Mike Smalley | - People dont decide their future. They decide their habits... and their habits decide their future. I still remember the impact this Wisdom Key had on my life when my mentor shared it with me for the first time.
Successful men and women of the past and present always link their success to the positive daily habits they established. King Solomon was correct when he declared 4000 years ago, Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, ge ...
Tags: goal setting, habits, origins of Christianity, Jesus Christ, salvation, scripture, bible studies
- Selling Christianity
By: Roy E. Klienwachter | - Anxious to move on to my next step in my own evolution and an experience of the physical life that embraces it, I am sometimes brought back to the reality of my own existence by my emotions or what someone has written or said. All of us including myself express ourselves from our own truth and what we belief to be so. However, we can become arrogant and pretentious when we believe our truth is right.
This is probably the greatest motivator for me wanting to rid our language of the ...
Tags: Christianity, religion, belief, evolution, right and wrong, good and bad, next step, spirituality,
- Easter Basket Traditions And History
By: Victor Epand | - Easter baskets are a symbol of the holiday. What would Easter be without baskets filled to the brim with candy treats such as chocolates and jellybeans, all of these usually in the shape of an egg or a rabbit. In addition, these candies may be hidden in hollow plastic eggs in a variety of colors. If you were lucky, there would be Easter egg hunts where you could search for boiled, colored eggs or the plastic ones filled with chocolates of every conceivable shape and flavor. Have you ever conside ...
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- The Black Girl In Search Of God And Some Lesser Tales By George Bernard Shaw
By: Philip Spires | - The title piece in this anthology is a parable on the nature of religious belief. When first published in 1932 it caused quite a stir and I wondered whether the intervening 75 years might have rendered it something less of a shocker. I found that, apart from one violation of current political correctness and a few inevitable stylistic issues, the message had lost none of its poignancy and perhaps little of its ability to shock.
The Black Girl in Search of God is not a novel or a n ...
Tags: george berard shaw, religion, black girl, god, christianity, prophet, africa, humanist, numanism, human, islam
- Poll Says American Youth Waning On Christianity - Secularism Edges Forward
By: Rev Michael Bresciani | - If we put two coins on a table, one new and shiny but only worth its face value and another that is old worn and dull, which one will a child pick if they are told to choose one for themselves? You guessed it; they will always choose the shiny new coin. Youthful idealism sees the pristine and shiny condition of the coin compulsively. The other coin could be a priceless rare mint but a child hasnt the knowledge or the patients to search for the truth that might lead them to discover this highl ...
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- Comparative Religion Slaughterhouse Of The Mind
By: William Nugent | - A young college woman sits down at her desk on the first day of a course on comparative religion. She thinks it's a good deal. She gets college credit for a casual review of her own Christian faith and gets to learn about other world religions.
The professor enters the room fashionably late. He's casually dressed in frumpy clothes and his hair is in a thin gray ponytail that's so tight it stretches all the wrinkles out of his face. What follows in that first class and throughout ...
Tags: Christianity, gnosticism, comparative, religion, prophecy, fulfillment, Bible, davinci, code
- Have You Heard The News?
By: Jerry Richard Boone | - Have you ever heard a sermon, speech, or lecture so apt, so fitting, that you wanted to tell the world about it? The speaker was Rod Rutherford and his lesson was: "A Day of Good News."
Here's my summary from an outline of the sermon:
Back in the days of the prophet Elisha, Syria besieged Samaria resulting in a severe famine. Four starving lepers were talking outside the city gate. One said, "Why should we sit here, waiting to die? Let's sneak over to the Syrian ar ...
Tags: Rod Rutherford, Good News, New Testament Christianity, Restoration, Gospel, Jule Miller, Visualized Bible Study Series, churches of Christ, God
- The Promise Fulfilled
By: Jerry Richard Boone | - John the Baptist
In A.D. 26, a prophet named John, who we know as John the Baptist, began preaching in the Desert of Judah, "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near." (Matthew 3:1-2) Quoting the words of Isaiah he said: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.' " (Matthew 3:3)
Jesus of Nazareth
Later on in that same year, another young man (about thirty years old) began teaching in ...
Tags: Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, John the Baptist, Biblical prophecies, Messianic prophecies, kingdom of heaven, resurrection, fulfilled prophecies, S
- How Did Halloween Begin?
By: cdmohatta | - It is believed that Halloween originated from a Celtic holiday known as Samhain, which was celebrated in Ireland and Scotland at harvest time for well over a thousand years. Samhain was the time of year (October 31st) when harvesting was completed and animals were brought from summer pastures to shelter for the winter months. At Samhain a large festival was celebrated, and fruits, vegetables, grain, and animals, were burned as gifts to the gods in huge bonfires in hope of a successful new year. ...
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- The New American Theology - A Gospel Found Between The Lines
By: Rev Michael Bresciani | - Perhaps the day has come when the well known comment made by C. S. Lewis is undergoing prophetic fulfillment. Lewis said that in today's world of intellectual pride and pomposity that Christ probably wouldn't be crucified at all. Instead, they would invite him over for dinner and spend the evening making fun of him.
Soldiers of the cross have suffered a drain of top leaders in the public arena of late. The passing of the fearless, Rev. Falwell and religious freedom' ...
Tags: Obama, Dr. James Kennedy, Ray Comfort, Larry Craig, Christianity, religion, Rev Bresciani, theology, American, Romans, Apostle, PC, tolerance, C.S. Lewis, lagniappe
- Rumors Of A Civilized World - The Taunting Osama
By: Rev Michael Bresciani | - Deception's infamous prodigy is not satisfied with nefarious past deeds but now sends messages to taunt those who remain and hope to rebuild. The showing of Bin Laden's most recent video message is under the scrutiny of the entire world. Free men everywhere are giving it a collective; thumbs down.
From the tainting to the taunting the message is abhorrent to most of civilization even as it serves to draw a line in the conscience of the world. The line drawn is o ...
Tags: Christianity, religion, Islam, muslims, Osama, 9/11, Brad, Angelina, Rev Bresciani, Oprah, Bette Davis, Kathy Griffin, Bin Laden, Voice of Martyrs, Prophet Daniel, H
- Oprah And Obama Its No Secret
By: Rev Michael Bresciani | - The Obama endorsement may be good news for Oprah who always seems to need a cause and good news for Obama who needs all the help he can get. It is bad news for the rest of us including some liberals and Democrats.
Oprah psyches up her gushing adherents to the tune of 8.4 million viewers a day. Her website boasts 2.3 million unique visitors a month. Her magazine, newsletter and the Oprah Alert e-mails reach another 4 million Americans although they are obviously redundancies from t ...
Tags: Christianity, religion, Barack, Hillary, Alan Keyes, conservative, Oprah, Renew America, Promised Land, Rhonda Byrne, Ariel Durant, Rev Bresciani, Medal of Freedo
- When Religion Fails In America - Prophecy Will Not
By: Rev Michael Bresciani | - In America secular forces are actively trying to give Christianity the boot. Day by day trusted biblical precepts are being scoffed at, openly ignored and actively fought against.
America chooses to ignore its foundations in the bible while Europe is rising on the world's stage as a super power with no anchor, allusion or claim to any religion but secularism. What is the end of all this and where will it lead?
As the line between right and wrong fades into obs ...
Tags: Christianity, religion, Rev Bresciani, denomination, church, secularism.eccumenicism, Ten Boom, Basansky, Howser, Worldview, prophets, teens, Isaiah, Daniel, Ezekie
- Books About Christianity
By: Andrew Schwartz | - The aim of the response paper consists in discussing of two reading: The World's Religions by Huston Smith and Mary Pat Fischer Living Religions: Western Traditions. These two books have certain differences: one book covers all the religions of the world and the other one only western traditions. In spite of this they have one common feature: significant parts of the works are dedicated to Christianity in the modern times, the authors study and analyze it.
The book ...
Tags: Christianity, faith, doctrine, religion, Bible, society, values
- Restoration Of The Church
By: Jerry Richard Boone | - Back-to-the-Bible Movement
During the later part of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, a number of church congregations decided that creeds, regardless of whoever wrote them and whatever form they take, are divisive and not in accord with the teachings of the New Testament. They sought to end their denominational ties and become mere Christians with no separating labels.
Why should we base the church exclusively on the New Testament? Jesus chose fro ...
Tags: Jesus, New Testament Christianity, church Restoration, churches of Christ, back to the Bible, Barton W. Stone, Thomas Campbell, Alexander Campbell, J
- Miracle Or More?
By: Verona Raymond | - For quite some time I have been trying to get my son to understand Christianity ever since I was saved. Unfortunately, when I was younger and raising him I thought I was saved, but I really wasn't. My examples probably weren't the best and I didn't understand the true meaning of being saved until after my son had moved out on his own.
We attended church in his childhood, and went through the motions not realizing that they were the most influential years back then. His careles ...
Tags: christian, christianity, god, jesus, miracles
- Glimpses Of Esoteric Christianity Part 4
By: Luxamore | - Reincarnation
Everything in this universe is in motion. Movement produces change, or transformation. This is an eternal constant, a Law of the Cosmos, and it is immutable. The process of transformation occurs in stages, phases, and cycles. Every unit of life unfolds its consciousness in accord with the Law of Activity and Rest. The cycle of activity begins with birth, youth, maturity; it declines with old age and ends with so-called death, which is the period of Rest. The cycle co ...
Tags: reincarnation, karma, esotericism, Christianity, Self, law, Truth, Great White Brotherhood, gospel
- Glimpses Of Esoteric Christianity Part 1
By: Luxamore | - Esotericism
There is more to Truth and Reality than what elementary minds would want to pursue and consider. It often seems more comfortable to sit in the dark where we see nothing than to face the blinding light. Is the blindness the same in both cases? The former is blissful ignorance, the latter an initial shock--but one that eventually offers solace to the soul. It is the courageous individual that seeks Truth no matter how painful or shocking it may be. In this paper we do no ...
Tags: religion, christianity, gnosis, gnosticism, mysticism, mystery, esoteric, esotericism, doctrine,
- Jesus: Legendary Hero Or Real Man?
By: Jerry Richard Boone | - Surely, it's the most extraordinary story ever told. Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, came to earth and sacrificed himself so that we mortals might have eternal life. Yes, an extraordinary story, but is it fact? or fiction? One compelling bit of evidence strongly suggests it is indeed a fact. Even so, you will never hear it mentioned in a church!
Say you were examining an old manuscript and wanted to determine whether the story was fact or fiction, what should you look for? Scho ...
Tags: Jesus, four Gospels, apostles, John the Baptist, Parable of the Shrewd Manager, Jesus' prophecies, Christianity, the Messiah, Moses, Peter
- Three Things Passover And Easter Have In Common
By: Nina Amir | - Despite the fact that Easter and Passover are celebrated within days or weeks of each other, most Jews and Christians don't realize the link between their respective spring holiday observances. The reason for this lies simply in the fact that many Jews and Christians alike know little of the origins of the other faith's holidays, rituals or beliefs.
Although Christianity arose our of Judaism, many Christians do not recognize this. Christians do not talk about Jesus as a Jew, and ...
Tags: Easter, Passover, seder, Jesus, christianity, Judaism, Egypt, slavery, crucifixtion, ascension, resurrection
- Bonanza Of God's Billboards
By: Jerry Richard Boone | - Once upon a time, Americans traveled the highways searching for the latest word of God. But not anymore! Those same roadside messages, plus a batch of new ones, can now be viewed anytime at home on your own personal computer. Google currently lists nine sites carrying these "messages from God."
Do you remember the original billboards? Someone in Florida started the ball rolling with eighteen messages in white type on black billboards all "signed" by God.
So ...
Tags: God, God's Billboards, Christianity, God Speaks
- Christianity Verses Works Based Religion
By: Steven Coffman | - Over the centuries Christianity has grown immensely in popularity. I feel that why this has come to pass is because it is the only religious doctrine that is based solely on us praying in the name of Jesus to God to ask forgiveness for our sins, and forgiveness being granted by God. In John 14:5-6 (NKJV) Thomas said to Him, Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way? Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through M ...
Tags: Christianity, Religion, Budhism, Hinduism, Judism, Islam, Muslim, Mormon, Catholic, Baptist, Jesus, God, Bible
- Religion: Institution Or Revolution?
By: Chris McElroy | - In writing any article about religion you run the risk of people not agreeing with you or the risk of offending people. Does that mean we should not write about religion? Absolutely not.
Should we worry that people might be offended? No. We should not go out of our way to offend people, but as long as you write your true beliefs, then you are doing what is in your heart and should share that with others.
For many churches, Christianity and religion have become insti ...
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