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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,â€...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Finding a hot Muslim girl as a date or a life partner is the wish of most Islamic singles these days. The reasons why they all want these pretty Muslim dating women are in...