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1:1: In the beginning God{After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet) as a grammatical marker.} created the heavens and the earth. 1:2: Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on...
You go to church every Sunday and you say your prayers every day. Does this mean you are a spiritual person? No. You practice yoga and meditate every day. Does this mean you are a spiritual person? No. You belong to spiritual group and are dev...
The Old Testament is the Holy Scripture of Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The Jewish Rabbi Jesus Christ is the awaited Messiah of Christianity and Islam. (Koran 3:40-43). Yesterday, April 8, 2007, Easter 2007, Pope Benedict XVI said, “Brothers and sis...
How do you determine if you're under mind control? It's an interesting question that you can pass around at a party or among friends. The fact is that you just don't know. In fact everything you are doing could be a response that fits perfectly in...
Like Dr. Richard Land I have also seen the importance of becoming involved with the democratic process on every level. It is not as important as the call to the gospel but it is folly to ignore political process. From the single vote to full blown activis...
Well, things are certainly hotting up in old Sydney town! Last weekend we witnessed riots in the burbs on a level that certainly surpassed anything that has taken place in living memory for me. Some 5000 people converged on Cronulla beach last Sunda...
"Burn the Witch! Burn the Witch!" These words have come to mind lately, as I've watched a number of Pakistani friends of mine get deported, for reasons nobody is quite clear about. It might not be immediately obvious to everyone - the connection b...
This brief piece is my tribute to what I think is the greatest thing that has ever been done with celluloid. Only the day before posting this I had another young man in my study who had come to debrief with me after watching this movie. "We wouldn't have ...
To the unmarried and to the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do.? (1 Corinthians 7:8) The immortal words of St. Paul, who quite possibly had experienced the pain of separation and divorce first hand prior to penning these ...
I know your translation says 'parable' rather than 'joke', but 'joke' is not a bad translation. We don't tell parables nowadays, we tell jokes, and they're pretty similar - both have punch lines, both can help you to see life in a different way, both can ...
Newscasters have been furnishing the list of the latest sexually driven crimes with every new report but now psychiatry has begun to admit that the inundation of sexual material in the media is hurting the young in America. The studies are complete the fa...
Perhaps there is something symbolic in the fact that we can’t see angels. Perhaps angels are a symbol of higher qualities that are not easily perceptible to our own natures. Perhaps that is why so many humans—the kind, gentle, caring humans—tend t...
Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, a French nun, claims that she was suddenly cured of Parkinson’s disease after praying to the late Pope John Paul II. According to the nun, her symptoms disappeared after one night of prayer in 2005. Though what happened to her...
Living God’s purpose for your life takes a special set of skills and techniques. One of the questions I hear often is, “Where Do I Begin?” Being clear about your kingdom assignment is not enough. Realizing and really understanding God’s vision for...
Therefore, precious jeweled lights of my eyes, Allah alone has laid the most exalted of all paths before us. His quality is the one path. His actions, conduct, and good behavior are the one path. His trust, His justice, His three thousand benevolences ...