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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The kabbalah of love: part one
- (This is the first article in a new series on the Kabbalah of Love ? stay tuned for upcoming articles!)Intimate Love.What feelings do these words stir up in you? Longing? Excitement? Pleasure? Fear?Whatever the feeling, if thinking about intimate love makes your heart beat faster, I'm not surprised. This feeling is more powerful than almost any we can experience. That's becaus...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Biblically speaking of evil and national security
- We have been learning to think Biblically and speak Scripturally about evil in order to teach our children about the dangers present in our fallen world, while setting our affections on things above (Colossians 3:2) and staying Spiritually minded (Romans 8:6). We first noticed that "it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret" (Ephesians 5:12), so we don'...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Theology, hollywood style
- After years of watching TV shows and movies, I think I have finally gotten a grasp on Hollywood's theology and it's not a pretty picture (pun intended). It should come as no surprise to anyone that Hollywood's theology is vastly different from that of the average American. After all, Hollywood's morals and values are not representative of Middle America, so why should its theology be any different...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is true egalitarianism?
- Why did the founding fathers of the United States consider egalitarianism to be such a necessary value? True egalitarianism is based on tolerance for differences. It is a principle of integrity much more than a rule of law. The antithesis of egalitarianism is judgment. Judging others does not define them. It defines you.My friend's grandmother went to the same university in which Albert Ein...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The new urban christian
- Who are these new Urban Christians? What's up with the afros, long hair, grunge or gangster attire? Have you been to a Christian rock concert? You can hardly tell the difference between it and a Rolling Stones Concert ? there are crowds of long-haired teens and young adults, swaying to the music, holding up lighters. Have you been to a Gospel concert? It's just like going to see any popular R&B ar...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Knowing hinduism or hindu religion
- Hindus are concentrated in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka and these places have been the hot spot of this culture since time immemorial. Unlike other religions, Hinduism does not recognize a single prophet and has multitude of gods and goddesses, mythologically numbering at around 30 millions! Such a figure is given in mythology by people of wisdom who have included all such perceptible forms as thing...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your focus determines your reality
- "Your focus determines your reality", this famous line was spoken by Qui-Gonn Jinn of Start Wars-The Phantom Menace fame.Ok, perhaps it is really infamous and you don't remember that quote. Nonetheless, think about it for a moment. Would you agree or disagree?I'm about to show you why I emphatically agree with this certain Jedi Master and not just because it's from Star Wars...well n...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Union with christ unites us to one another
- Jesus knew He would be abandonedOn the night He was arrested, Jesus knew His disciples would abandon him and scatter. "Scatter" means that not only would they be separated from Him, but also from one another. Nor would this be a one-time event, but an ongoing tendency. Scattering is what sheep do. That very night, to prevent the scattering of his followers, Jesus did at lea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Unholy shadows: gnosticism
- One cannot begin to appreciate the early struggles of Christianity for existence without at least a rudimentary knowledge of its formative history. Thus, it behooves us to take a brief look at Gnosticism and its challenge to early Christianity.Christianity's infancy history comprised a time teeming with religious theories; a time when religious discussion was a popular occupation among thin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Thank catholic schools for faith in every student
- Their high achievement comes as they spend half the money of Indiana's public schoolsWhile government schools scream about small cuts in their state funding, Catholic schools will celebrate the great work they do with half the per-student spending of their counterparts.This is Catholic Schools Week, when schools nationwide will showcase what they do for millions of children.Cr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 6 keys to successfully screening church staff and volunteers
- Whether you are in the process of formulating a screening policy for your congregation, or already have a screening program in place, here are some tips to help you with your efforts to protect your church family.1. Get your house in order.Decide who will oversee the screening process and keep track of the paperwork. This person must be well respected in the congregation, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Keep on singing
- The prisoners of Sing Sing, one of the most repressive, oppressive and dehumanizing penal institutions ever erected on the grounds of New York, were prohibited from singing during their incareration. The authorities felt that it would contribute to prison disturbance and ultimately, chaotic discord.Unlike the prisoners of Sing Sing, the prisoners of Babylon were forced to sing. Judah...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Getting your money out of israel: the presbyterian church (usa) recipe
- Recently, the Presbyterian Church (USA) beat a drum for justice. This brave denomination took the first steps toward removing its monies from companies that profit from the Israeli theft of Palestinian land.The church will target companies that operate in the occupied territories; that sell products, services or technology to support Israeli settlements; that do business with organizations ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Undoing a catholic and an orthodox christian feud
- There's an anecdote about twins still in their mother's womb. They argued about who should come out first. One of the embryos complained "I'm the most beautiful; I should be born first.""Maybe you are beautiful," responded the other, "but I'm the strongest; I should ooze out first."The pair pushed and shoved in their mother's uterus until their umbilical...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Heretical chinese house churches
- One of the more insightful warnings Christians can receive bears on relationships with other Christians. It goes something like this: Do you want to ignore what other Christians say and do? That's like giving your charitable donations to donkeys and reindeer.That's an alarm more deafening than the siren of a nearby fire station when you consider what's happening among some house churches in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Books of the living and dead
- Revelation 20:12 makes a powerful claim: "And I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing before the throne. Books were opened, and then another book was opened, [called] the book of the living. The dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books."Few people would keep a diary if they knew that, by a magical act of memory, the mind publishes every th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is perfect love?
- Today, sitting in my pink armchair, reading about how a world-famous medium was able to communicate with the spirit world and our physical world and end the grief of those who had been left behind, I became even more aware of how love is the central theme of the universe itself. This was what the departed passed on to those who remained on earth. Their major regret was that they had not loved or e...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is god? does proof exist?
- Apology:I don't for a minute profess to know what God is. Frankly, I think God is beyond the grasp of mind because God is beyond the senses and beyond limited words and images.However because I am blessed or cursed with reason, I seek some glimmer of understanding.I, like everyone else, seek to satiate this unquenchable thirst for knowledge by gathering it from other mi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Me and my big mouth!
- During World War II the government realized that the majority of citizen-soldiers had no idea on how to conduct themselves to prevent inadvertent disclosure of important information to the enemy. Central to maintaining national security was the Office of War Information Drive to limit talk about the war in both public and private arenas of American life. Silence meant security.As such, grea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Accountability and such nonsense
- From the late 1970's through the 1980's, my wife and I were members of an authoritarian Bible cult. Not only were we members, but we were full time, unpaid leaders. We were not supported financially in any way for our contribution, yet required to do full time service and pay our tithes for opportunities to minister within the system. We were trustingly blind to how the system was only interested ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Prayer secret #1 - your relationship with god
- This, in my opinion, is the #1 "secret" for getting your prayers answered by God the Father. Here is the Scripture verse that completely captures this principle."If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples." (John 15:7)Look very, very ca...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reading the bible
- A friend of mine had asked my thoughts on how one should go about reading the Bible. I would first read the New Testament in its entirety in order to keep in the "flow" of it. After that - I would then start with the Old Testament - starting from the very beginning. It's long. I don't know how much you can read at a time.But there are a lot of good things back in the Old Testament. I feel t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A worship leader is a spiritual leader
- This article is for worship leaders. And as such, I believe it needs to focus on leadership skills. It is my intent to do this from a Biblical perspective. The only prerequisite for leadership is you must have somebody follow you. I can be just one person or thousands. The definition is still the same - A leader must have someone following them.Understand That You are a Spiritual Leader...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Heroes & villains in the quest for spirituality: 100 significant characters of the hebrew bible
- There are hundreds of named men and women in the Old Testament. Merely to list all of their names would fill many pages and be of little profit. If you want to investigate every one of them, I recommend Herbert Lockyer's books, All the Women of the Bible and All the Men of the Bible, or any good Bible dictionary, such as Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Here are the 100 most signif...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spirituality from the hebrew bible: 10 major themes
- The major themes of the Hebrew Bible (also known as the Old Testament) surely include God, man, sin, righteousness, grace, covenant, law, atonement, an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Does god promise long life?
- Over the last 10 years or so I have met several people who had very irrational fears of dying "young." When I asked them what they felt was "young," they said they did not expect to live past an age range of 40-55 years of age. They did not expect to live up to an age range of 70-90 years.When I asked them why they felt this way - the answer I always got was because one of their parents had...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Should professional athletes be glorifying god and jesus on their public platforms?
- Recently I have run across quite a few Christians who seem to be offended whenever any of the professional athletes get on TV or the radio and publicly give God and Jesus all the praise, honor and glory for all of their accomplishments in their personal lives as well as all of their success on the athletic field.I have heard that many Christians state that a person's spiritual beliefs shoul...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is faith?
- 1. Faith is a "spiritual substance" on the inside of you that can either grow or wane (decrease). The Bible says that:"Faith is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1).I believe that this verse is telling us that faith is literally a "spiritual substance" that operates on the inside of us and that it is capable of "growing or waning."...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The basics of salvation through our lord and savior jesus christ
- The one key central message of the entire Bible is that Jesus Christ is the only way to God the Father and His dwelling place - heaven. There is no other way! As you will see in all of the Scripture verses listed below, Jesus Christ is God's only plan of salvation for the entire world.The Bible specifically says, without any other possible interpretation, that there is only one God, one fai...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The story of adam and eve
- To really understand how we all got here, what it really means to be "born again" and why there is so much death and destruction in the world we live in - you have to go back to the very beginning to the story of Adam and Eve as told to us in the Bible.To truly understand our roots and beginnings as Christians, we have to fully understand what occurred in this story. In this article, we wil...