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Acquiring Spiritual Wealth Will Greatly Enrich Your Life

by: Emmanuel Emezie


Spiritual wealth is wealth that derives from knowledge. To gain spiritual wealth entails acquiring spiritual knowledge. Facts and information about the spiritual aspect of life are what constitute spiritual knowledge. Such facts and information include: facts about our spiritual nature and the purpose of our life; information about God and the role He plays in human affairs; facts and information on the way our spirituality shapes and orders huma

Figuring out Channel 4's The Doomsday Code (without freaking out too much!)

by: Tony Pearce


Channel 4 did another of the medias hatchet jobs on the Bible (I eagerly await their first demolition of the Koran) with Tony Robinson fulminating on the evils of end-timers in his two hour documentary The Doomsday Code. Ghostly voices quoted from apocalyptic parts of the Bible, notably Daniel and Revelation, while weird demonic looking beings jerked too and fro.

Evangelical preachers from America (mainly) were given a platform and th

The Neighborly Thing To Do

by: Cory L. Kemp


While browsing through the website for my hometown newspaper, the Door County Advocate, I found myself drawn to the Traveling Back section, an impromptu history lesson of Midwestern sensibilities about small town life ranging back ten, twenty, and sometimes a hundred years ago. Since my own memory is stretching back farther each day, sometimes I stumble upon events I remember or which involve people I used to know. One particular story caught my att

Who Are The Chosen?

by: Cory L. Kemp


The New England Patriots have announced their desire to create a Hall of Fame celebrating their team‘s players and accomplishments. While eleven former players are considered Hall of Fame members for their contributions to the sport, their "hall" has been six pages in the team‘s media guide. With three Super bowl victories to their credit in the past five years, the Patriots are ready to establish something more permanent. Plans are bein

Practicing Forgiveness

by: Cory L. Kemp


Reading Dr. Wayne Dyer‘s most recent book, Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling, has been a joyfully challenging experience for me. Joyful in that it opens new doors and encourages me to hope and grow. Challenging for the very same reasons. Personal growth and development is exhilarating, but also ponderous at times, demanding at still others. Basically, it‘s not for the faint hearted or easily frightened. What I love best about Dr. Dyer&l

Truth About Christ - Three Components of Christ

by: Sustines Laplana


Did you know that Christ has three component as a being?

Man is composed of three components: Body, Soul and Spirit according to Apostle Paul.

23May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (I Thesalonians 5:23, NIV)

And because Christ is truly a man, he has these too. Christ has body

Will Christians be Raptured before the Tribulation?

by: Debra Lohrere


Today many people are teaching that Christians will be taken away in a secret rapture, seven years before the return of Jesus, and that they will escape the Earths final tribulation period.

Is this what the Bible really says?

After describing the "persecutions and tribulations" which the early believers where enduring, Paul wrote: 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 "And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus sha

Biblical Support for the Authority of the Pope

by: Lee Anderson


Infallable? The Pope does not sin?

Many Protestants do not understand Catholic terminology (many Catholics don‘t either!) Suffice to say, some of them believe that Catholics profess the Pope to be without sin. ImageThis idea is of course inconsistent with Scripture (Romans 3:23). As such, this is certainly not the position of the Catholic Church. Infallibility refers to his teaching, not his conduct. Infallibility does not mean

Jesus Christ for President!

by: Dottye Blake


What would happen if the President of the United States resigned this afternoon and Jesus took his place immediately?

" To begin with, he would end the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan immediately, giving genuine aid to the people of those countries, without expecting oil or anything else in return.

" Would there be a repeat of the Miracle performed at the Wedding at Cana with a twist- instead of turning water into win

What Do You Do when You Are Offended?

by: Ann Stewart


How do you respond when you‘re offended? Why is it that one word, a look or even a perceived snub can suddenly change your happy mood into an overwhelming feeling of hurtful indignation? More often than not offence starts with the notion that you were wrongfully hurt and, therefore, have the right to feel resentment towards the perpetrator.

Offence is always directed at yourself. It‘s all about your feelings. Thoughts racin

Forty Days of Fear and Failure

by: Rob Marshall


Copyright 2006 Rob Marshall

In his book, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill says, "One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat." He goes on to tell the story of R. U. Darby who stopped three feet short of finding gold.

Darby, like many others, was caught up in "gold fever." He went out west in search of gold and after digging in a mine with a pick and shove

Peace Is a Process

by: Ann Stewart


There is a process of peace underway. Throughout the world nations are clamoring for peace. Throughout the world nations are clamoring for peace. From Afghanistan to Iraq, Gaza and Lebanon we see destruction, violence and utter desolation. Israel is at the very heart of this process. Whether we understand it or not, the whole earth is embroiled in a spiritual battle. Although it seems like a number of unrelated wars between nations, nationalities, or

Is there really a Secret Rapture?

by: Debra Lohrere


The secret rapture doctrine teaches that the coming of Jesus will be in two separate stages. The first, a secret rapture of the Church at the beginning of a seven year tribulation period followed by His glorious, audible, triumphant return to Earth accompanied by the Church at the end of the seven years.

It also teaches that during this seven-year period the Antichrist is going to come into power, sit in a rebuilt Temple in Jerusale

A Trace of "Satan" Through the Bible

by: Tonia Jordan

Throughout the Bible, the name of Satan may represent one being, but the characteristics of this being change several times. The one characteristic that remains the same throughout the Bible is that Satan likes to cause trouble. In Genesis 3, Satan tempts Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge, which causes the fall of man. Although the name of Satan is not used, the passage suggests an evil being taking the form of a serpent, which m

Youth Mentoring - a Pebble of Faith

by: John Cragg


My Father is a pastor. In 1975, He had accepted an invitation to be the dean of students for a private Christian prep school. He was thrilled with the prospect of a new and very different challenge. But before the moving van was packed, but after the church said its warm good-bye, the school had some form of difficulty and removed the job offer. Therefore, my father was not only deeply disappointed, he was unemployed. It was a very low point in my Dad

The First Key to Getting What You Want

by: Rob Marshall


I was listening to an interview with a well-known Internet marketer who said that the number one question his clients ask him is: What is the one thing that I can do that will guarantee my success?

No matter where we are on the road to our success, often times lost on a detour away from it, we always want to know if there‘s one, and we hope it‘s simple and easy, step that we can take that will help us leap right to a happy

On Being Called

by: Cory L. Kemp

Our country paused again today, remembering the attacks on the United states that began over our morning coffee five years ago. Most of the talk around this anniversary has centered on how the world has changed since that day. Most of the responses were about airport security issues and practices to which we have become accustomed. There were also references to those who lost loved ones or were in New York or Washington when the planes hit,

Fear Not!

by: Michael A. Verdicchio


Modern psychology seems to suggest that living with fears is normal. Some popular phrases today include, "accepting your fears," "managing your fears," "embracing your fears," or "coping with your fears." But is that really the way the Creator intended us to live - with fear?

There are countless people today trying to accept their fears. They are doing everything they can to manage their fears. They are unclear on exactly how

Is the Secret Rapture Biblical?

by: Debra Lohrere


One of the most controversial subjects in relation to the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus, is whether or not there is a Secret Rapture of Christians seven years prior to His return.

We know from Pauls writings that at the last trump, when the trumpet sounds the dead in Christ will rise first and those believers on earth will be changed in an instant and receive our new immortal bodies 1 Corinthians 15:51-53, "Behold, I show you a my

Symbolism and Presence

by: Shen Gerald


The following article is my opinion about the nature of Reality. It is just my understanding and it is not definitive. This article is rather abstract though.

Our reality or environment seems ‘solid‘, when we ‘externalise‘ experiences as something separate from Mind. That is, when we have yet to realise/recognise the root/cause/source of any particular feeling and experience, we will continue to feel in a certa

Secrets to Answered Prayer - Challenge Your Beliefs

by: Rob Marshall


He sighed as he thought to himself, "Why do I keep coming back here? I come here every day and nothing ever changes, nothing happens. When the angel moves the water, someone always gets into the pool before I do. If I just had someone who could help me, but there‘s no one who will come and wait here with me. If there was just some other way to get healed."

Suddenly someone‘s shadow came over him. He looked up, squinting in

High Standards and Hypocrisy: Avoiding the Trap of a Divided Life

by: Rachel Starr Thomson


But nothing covered up is

Which shall not be uncovered,

Nor hidden

Which shall not be known;

Wherefore whatever in the darkness ye said,

In the light shall be heard;

And what in the ear ye spoke in chambers,

Shall be proclaimed upon housetops.

(Luke 12:2-3, The Englishman‘s Greek New Testament)

If in life you do anything differently than other people--if you

Revival Fires in America Where Will They Light

by: Rev Michael Bresciani


When a church puts a banner out announcing that they are holding a revival that usually means one thing. It means the evangelist is coming to fire up the church. It is said that an expert is only a man from out of town with a brief case. Can the church live in this cycle of inactivity followed by forced fire. The answer is an unequivocal no, but even more so as we approach the coming calamities of the "Last Days."

The movie "

A Certain Order of Things

by: Cory L. Kemp


Adventure looms close on my personal horizon. Vacation time arrives next week and I am traveling to a place I have never been before, the Western United States. I‘d watched a PBS special last summer and felt a distinct pull to go to Yosemite National Park this year. Although that is not my destination, I feel I have kept an important promise to myself of which I am still in the process of discerning. I‘ll get back to you with the details

Israel - Hezbollah Is It Just? Continued...

by: Clyde Annach


Originally I did not think this topic would warrant a second article. After reading a couple of comments and re-reading the first message, my thinking has changed.

Not because I disagree necessarily with what I am hearing, but that the first article was written before I had completely formed my opinion.

It is a fact that Hezbollah, which is an elected part of the Lebanese government, is in violation of the Geneva conven

Faith is in the Gopher Wood

by: Cory L. Kemp


In an interesting turn of events this week we have had massive rain storms in the Northeastern United States, resulting in flood evacuations in Pennsylvania, and an archeological team from Texas believes it has found Noah‘s Ark in the Elburz mountains of Iran. Good timing. The team which claims the discovery feels quite confident in identifying its find as the famous ship. "I can‘t imagine what it could be if its not the Ark," said Arch

A Fourth of July Prayer

by: Cory L. Kemp


Garrison Keillor‘s A Prairie Home Companion has been a Saturday night staple on Minnesota Public Radio for years. Filled with stories, music and commercials from fictitious companies like Powdermilk Biscuits and Bertha‘s Kitty Boutique, the showcase of the program‘s second hour is the news from Lake Woebegone. Keillor claims Lake Woebegone as his hometown, a small place in Minnesota farm country filled with Norwegian bachelor farme

Former Jehovah's Witnesses Seem Lost When They Leave The Organisation

by: Jeffery Johnson


You have decided that you no longer want to be one of Jehovahs Witnesses.

You have decided to leave the organisation and people that you have known, maybe all your life, breaking connections with family and friends. You are now regarded as an XJW.

You have given up a life. So what now? How do you go about starting a new life? For many ex-witnesses this has proven to be extremely difficult. Even after making what seem

Traveling On

by: Cory L. Kemp


Five weeks of bombing between Lebanese Hezbollah and the State of Israel ended in a fragile ceasefire last week that seems to be holding itself together. Since the ceasefire began on August 14, passages have been opening for delivery of humanitarian aid denied the 750,000 people World Vision estimates were displaced by the conflict. Many of these people left with minimal food, water and clothing, and when they return their homes may be destroyed. Wo

A Simple Formula For Faith Can Help You Reach Your Dreams

by: Rob Marshall


When I first starting telling people that we were going to move to Germany, I had no idea how we were going to do it. We didn‘t have the money to pay for the move, we didn‘t know anybody in Germany and I had no idea how I was going to find work. It seemed like it was an impossible dream, but I did have one thing going for me, I had faith.

It‘s like one of my favorite stories from the Bible, the story of David and Gol

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