704 articles on "religion"

5 Qualities to Look for in a Stewardship Consultant

With only 4 percent of American church members tithing, many churches badly need a boost in offerings. Unfortunately, most of us pastors have no training in stewardship development and have no idea how to lead people to generous, biblical giving. Th...

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Memorial Service Tips For Ministers

For the majority of us, as we go through the every day, nitty gritty of our lives, death is an just an abstraction. So, whenever it happens around us, we're likely to be caught off-guard. If you are a officiant, you can't let that occur. H...

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The First Step Toward Healing

The general definition of "trauma" is anything that leaves a lasting negative impact on one's life. According to this broad definition, all of us have experienced one or more traumatic events during our lifetime. There are several categories o...

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Teaching Children To Pray

Discussing spiritual matters with young ones can be a trying task. If you have ever attempted it, you know that their insatiable curiosity will lead them to ask many questions which might end up stumping you. So when you are teaching your children to...

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Better Than A Little Pile of Notes

How many times have you heard a great line in a sermon, or a quote in an article and thought "Hey, that's really good!" How many of those can you remember? For most of us, we can't remember all those great lines, and we wish we could rem...

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Not Women

The first thing to notice about Paul's admonition against women taking leadership in worship is that it limits or clarifies what Paul just said about all Christians prophesying (clarifying and explaining Scripture). Here he says that women shoul...

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Are The Souls of the Dead Alive?

It is our belief that the souls of the dead can still talk to us and can even made themselves appear in front of us especially when they have messages to tell us. Two of those who experienced amazing experience is my aunt and my mom. My aunt, told m...

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In Defense of the Jewish People and the State of Israel

As Christians, we have to stand firmly and solidly behind the Jewish people and their state of Israel. When you put all of the verses together on the original covenant God the Father made with their first forefather, Abraham, I believe that this ...

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Responsibility

I am reposting this blog on the first anniversary of the Haitian earthquake: It is far easier to work for the BNN, the Biblical News Network, and report on thousands of years and cities of Jewish history, than it is to work for CNN and report on eve...

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The End Of The World - Why That Is A Good Thing

To be sure, end of the world is a frightening thought, and consequently, because of the unpleasant images associated with it, most people avoid thinking about it. Hollywood movies portray the post-apocalyptic world peopled with survivors who have b...

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