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Religion
15th July 2008
Question: Someone suggested God loves those who worship Him more. Is this really true? Aren't we all equal in God's eyes?
Answer: There are only two types of people with God. The saved and the unsaved. God loves us all the same, yes. When we wer...
14th July 2008
False teaching has always been in the Christian church. In the first century church the doctrine of Jezebel (Rev. 2) crept into the minds of unwary believers. And in contemporary Christian circles spurious doctrine assumes the form of a cadaverous crossbr...
14th July 2008
Was it a day like today? Did the dawn chase away midnight dreams? From mountain peaks to valley floors, surely all creation joined nature's chorus as the Almighty's symphony sprang to life. This voiceless choir sang utopian melodies of heavenly ecstasy wh...
14th July 2008
Dreams in colour are rarer in comparison to others. The question of colour in dreams has been proved of absorbing interest; and there has been much research into the subject. We often claim to have dreamed in colour but when we are questioned we fail to c...
10th July 2008
The Pharisees were against paying taxes to Caesar. In Rome, Caesar was considered a deity or divine god to the Romans. If the Pharisees will pay taxes to Caesar, then it is like they are accepting or paying homage to a god – an unwanted god! On the othe...
10th July 2008
The relationship between religion and science takes many forms as the two fields are both broad. They employ different methods and address sometimes different questions. The scientific method relies on an objective approach to measure, calculate, and de...
09th July 2008
Bette Dowdell
Pity the poor novice who innocently walks into a ‘with it’ church to worship. They expect to hear a little music, perhaps a reading from the Bible and somebody talking about God.
But in the ‘Church of What’s Happnin’ Now,...
09th July 2008
What is spiritual re-birth?
I'm sure you've heard it called by many names--being Born-again, coming to Christ, becoming a new creation, but it all means the same thing. It means to accept Christ as your Saviour.
Why do you need to do that? Have ...
07th July 2008
In this article we present a collection of local "superstitions" in Indonesia regarding everyday life and the meanings of the omens of Nature.
Avoid sweeping the house at night as this would make it difficult to attract luck.
Avoid sewing a button o...
07th July 2008
Fasting and asceticism are essential practices in Javanese Kejawen and shamanism--especially Indonesian shamanism. Most of the unusual and unique powers acquired in Indonesian occultism are dependent upon the mastery of these disciplines with their many f...
07th July 2008
Knowing one's true SELF
We often identify ourselves with our physical body, with our emotions, and with our mind. These three principles represent our personality. We are often led to believe that the personality is the Self, whereas it is simply a per...
07th July 2008
In metaphysics we are taught that the mind plays an important role in determining one's reality. The combination of all our belief structures, attitudes, expectations, hopes, feelings, and subconscious imprints build up the "reality" that we experience. T...
07th July 2008
Victims of the 2004 tsunami, these children currently sleep on the floor of a small rental home. They’ve lost everything...their families and homes, all food and provisions, their entire community and way of life.
But Project Save a Child is offering...
07th July 2008
The story written by Laurie Goodstein broke in The New York Times Politics Blog June 23, 2008 and has garnered blog responses from around the nation. Keller who operates a live daily broadcast from St. Petersburg Florida and delivers a detailed daily devo...
06th July 2008
It doesn’t matter what part of the world you come from or what religious faith you belong to, people all over the world are fascinated with death and the possibility of an afterlife. Most live in hope of “something” after this life. Some claim to ha...
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