704 articles on "religion"

Is It Really An Act Of God?

Most insurance forms have a clause for an "act of God." That is a legal term for events outside of human control, such as sudden floods or other natural disasters, for which no human being can be held responsible. But why are those things attributed ...

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Who is Saint Frances Cabrini?

Our story begins with St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Born in northern Italy in 1850, thirty nine years later, in 1889, she would sail for the United States, the first of many voyages she would make in her sixty seven years of service to the Lord. She is...

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Islamic Intolerance

Islamic apologists keep telling us that the religion of Islam is a kind, tolerante and peaceful religion. Every time a woman is stoned or someone is beheaded or a homicide bomber blows up a bus or restaurant filled with innocent people, we are told t...

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How Does Change Occur

"For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh (Philippians 3:3 NKJV)" Today, there is an almost unprecedented confidence "in the flesh." We are told to build up our "self es...

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Peace And Purity In The Churches

All Christians need to seek the peace and purity of the church. This is no small task because sin has set peace and purity at odds with one another. Those who seek doctrinal unity or purity, those for whom truth is the primary category of faithfulnes...

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Worship Leading And Management Of The Team

Worship leading is a far more complicated role than most worship leaders realize! They start off thinking that all they need to do is sing and the rest will follow, but over the years I have learned many things about worship leading and managing my m...

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Who is Pope Gregory the Great?

In this article we discuss Pope Gregory's influence on not only the Church, but on the world, its governments, its rules of behavior, and much m ore, extended far beyond his lifetime. God's children were suffering! We want to share a litt...

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Choose To Be Saved

The notion of being "saved" is a bedrock tenet of the Christian faith. The church fathers struggled to make sense of mankind's relationship with God. Still today, many interpret the saving message of scripture as God bestowing favor on one who s...

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Make Haste to Help God

One night, I was praying and confessing a scripture that I often spoke in times of trouble. "Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, O Lord, make hast to help me." Psalm 40:13. There were so many pressing issues; I didn't know what to do. The next ...

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Edification of Others

Paul said that "one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself" (1 Corinthians 14:4), and now repeats his insistence that it is preferable to build up the church rather than one's self. He does not say to do both of these things, but contrasts the...

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