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Numerical knowledge of numerology By : Thomas H. Lindblom The science of numerology began thousands of years ago by Greek philosophers. Its concept is that all things in the universe can be linked to numbers. Christmas Dinner By : Ibrahim As in most Christian cultures, celebrating Christmas dinner with friends and family is the second priority after attending church. Since Christmas is a public holiday in most countries people take the opportunity to visit friends and family. In East Africa goats are sold out at a blink of an eye at the local markets and roasted on Christmas day. In South Africa the sun is hot and the beaches are full of families enjoying braais (barbeques) or traditional Christmas dinners with paper hats, mince pies, turkey and plum pudding (a vestige of the British colonial legacy.) In Ghana Christmas dinner is not complete without fufu and okra soup and in Liberia rice, beef and biscuits are the order of the day. Zimbabweans make sure there are plenty of bread, jam and tea to eat along with their goat meat. Jesus and the rejection of earthly power-now that's the meaning of Christmas! By : Aaron Taylor What is the true meaning of Christmas, in this article, author Aaron Taylor gives a surprising answer. 666 and the Mark of the Beast By : Debra Lohrere Discusses the issue of the Mark of the Beast in Revelation Bible prophecy. Who is The Remnant Church? By : Debra Lohrere Discusses the Biblical criteria for the Remnant Church. The Ten Commandments in Modern Times By : Debra Lohrere Discusses the Ten Commandments and the need for them in today’s society. Discoveries from My Spiritual Pilgrimage to India By : David T. It's incredible to me how life slows down in India and there is time for everything. Westerners are caught up in the chaotic business of today's world and don't believe they have time for their dreams. In order to create more free time to pursue your dreams, you have to make sacrifices by eliminating aspects of your life that have blocked you from making your own spiritual pilgrimage. The Secret of Attracting What You Want for Christmas is Found in Giving -- Not Receiving By : Nina Amir WHile everyone wants to receive gifts at Christmas, and the Law of Attraction teaches us how to attract our desires, the Jewish mystical tradition -- Kabbalah -- tells us that what we should really want is a new desire. We should want a new consciousness that wants to receive for the sake of giving to others. Then we not only open ourselves to the Divine flow of goodness but to a spiritual experience of unity with God. Christmas in Africa, Asia & North America By : Ibrahim In the United States and Canada, many elements of modern Christmas celebrations did not emerge until the 19th century. Before then Christmas had been an ordinary workday in many communities, particularly in New England, where early Puritan objections to Christmas celebrations remained highly influential. Among some groups, Christmas was an especially animated event, characterized by huge feasts, drunkenness, and raucous public partying. In an English tradition that survived in some parts of North America, Christmas revelers would dress in costume and progress from door to door to receive gifts of food and drink. Most holiday gifts were limited to small amounts of money and modest presents passed from the wealthy to the poor and from masters to their servants. Families almost never exchanged Christmas gifts among themselves. The 5 Bible Study Basics: Making your Bible Study Time Bare Good Fruit! By : Ameerah Lewis Do you want more out of your Bible Study time? Learn how to make your time in God's Word bare more fruit for Him through these 5 Bible study basics. The Proverb 31 Woman: Clothed in Gentle Strength By : Ameerah Lewis Feel caught between the woman's movement and the Word of God? Find out why the term "Strong Christian Woman" is not an oxymoron like some may think. Releasing my inner sissy By : Aaron Taylor All over the world, people are sharing their secrets on websites, blogs, coffe-houses, and chatrooms. In this article, author Aaron Taylor shares one of his childhood secrets. Boring Sermons and the Bible By : Robin Calamaio Have you ever endured a boring sermon? Have you ever wondered what God Himself may think about such thing? Does He even have an opinion? 5 Hanukkah Quotes to Celebrate an Amazing Religious Holiday By : Noel Jameson Ready for some Hanukkah quotes? The 8-day celebration is upon us and in full swing. Let these 5 Hanukkah quotes remind us of what and why we celebrate this time of year. 4 Steps for Giving the Gift of Meaningful and Spiritual Chanukah and Christmas Celebrations By : Nina Amir This article offers some easy-to use tips and tools for transforming your holiday celebrations from empty observances into meanign-full and spirit-full rituals. No more focus only on gift buying and giving, this year have Chanukah and Christmas focus on God and the deeper meaning of the holidays. Seven Questions to Ask Yourself When You're Planning a Bible Lesson By : Glenn Brooke Bible teachers can really improve their lesson planning by thinking about how to design a learning environment -- answering these seven questions will help you do just that! Brent Riggs - Dealing With Bad Family By : Brent Riggs You have every right to decide who can be around your family in a private situation. When you have a family member who is mean and hateful, you have to plan ahead. How To Celebrate The Winter Solstice With Meditations, Incense & Decorations By : Donna Oxley How to celebrate the Winter Solstice including meditations regarding the seventh reflection & the laws of attraction. How to make incense and how to decorate. Progress or Apocalypse? By : Aaron Taylor Will the world end in a catyclismic bang or will society gradually improve until Jesus takes over? In this article, Aaron Taylor tackles two very different end of days scenarios and asks if there can be any common ground between the two. A Good Testimony By : Jon Straumfjord http://www.7-Spirits.com The Lord is actively searching for men and women of faith, and He takes great delight in those of faith. People of faith also serve as examples to other believers as conduits of the Lord's power. Better Than A Little Pile of Notes By : Glenn Brooke The simple strategy to convert that confusing pile of notes from sermons and conversations into a treasury that will serve you for years to come. Average Joe Liberal's Bleeding Heart Dilemna By : Aaron Taylor In Average Joe Liberal's Bleeding Heart Dilemna, author Aaron Taylor makes an unusual comparison between bleeding heart liberals and the Apostle Paul. The Fear in Religion By : Roy E. Klienwachter Only 16% of the world has an alternative view from religion - they are the free thinkers who have chosen to think outside the box. It is this 16% who do not live in fear within religion that will move humanity out of the box it now finds itself in. Spiritual Intervention By : Zinn Jeremiah Spiritual intervention and ho'oponopono. Faith, a Characteristic of the Lord Jesus Christ By : Jon Straumfjord http://www.7-spirits.com; Jesus Christ, even though He always was God, completely laid down His deity to live as a man so that He could become the sacrifice for the sin of all mankind. Everything Is Truly Going Your Way At All Times By : Enoch Tan Things are really going your way, even though it may not be the way you think things should go. Everything is happening for you. Everything is happening according to your higher choices which are the choices the real you has made. Spirit has chosen everything for you before you came into this dimension to live a life that you had already purposed to live. The path has already been laid out for you and is just there waiting for you to walk it. Four Steps to a Large Serving of Gratitude This Thanksgiving By : Nina Amir An article offering helpful tips on how to transform Thansksgiving from simply a fabulous meal into the meaningful and spiritual holiday it was meant to be. Instead of just eating lots of food, the author recommends enjoying heaping helpings of gratitude and thankfulness. Faith Empowers the Lord God By : Jon Straumfjord http://www.7-spirits.com; Faith is a characteristic of God Himself; in fact, Faith is one of the Seven Spirits of God. The Lord demonstrated His faith in both creation and the plan of salvation. Practice Forgiveness: It’s essential to your mental, physical and social health! By : Ann Ronan Many world religions include teachings on forgiveness. There is an ancient Chinese proverb that says: "The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves.” Gandhi told us “If we practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.” Here are 5 steps to forgiveness that came out of the psychological research by Everett Worthington, Jr. Having Faith By : Sydney Megan In most religions, God is presented to the followers thru faith. You have to believe in the fact that God exists, but there's no proof for that. We often think that freedom means doing whatever we want, but true freedom comes from only one place - Obeying the Lord. Only faith in a worthy object can see us through hard times. Theology from African Chickens By : Aaron Taylor Theology from African Chickens tells a humorous story of Aaron's observations of chickens living in African villages and what they tell us about God's relationship with His creation. Answered Prayer: Persistent Listening By : Jon Straumfjord http://wwww.7-spirits.com The Lord is continually speaking to us, and frequently gives us the answer very quickly. However, if we are not paying attention and willing to accept an answer different than we expect, we may never know that the Lord has answered. Also, the Enemy is constantly at work to sabotage our reception of the Lord's actual answer. We must persevere to obtain the Lord's answer to our prayers. Unravel The Confusion By : Corey Richardson Radio, print media, and the internet provide 24-7 access to preaching and teaching about the Word of God. However, the messages about salvation and eternal life are far from consistent. If the conflicting messages have left you confused, read on, because your eternal destiny is at stake! How Do You Define Prosperity? By : Michael A. Verdicchio When it comes to your prosperity, you are the only one who can define it. You decide what you want in your life. Don’t pay attention to those who judge you. It is none of their business! What To Do When You Don't Feel Like Studying the Bible By : Glenn Brooke The practical steps for self-disciplined Bible reading and study -- especially when you don't feel like it. When all else fails, try Faith! By : Josh Liteky Often times in life we are backed against the wall and things seem impossible. We don't know how we are going to get out of whatever situation we find ourselves in. Embrace these moments because they are lessons in getting FAITH! Faith in the universe, God, something beyond who you are...whatever you want to call it. These experiences are gifts, even though they may not feel like it! You gotta go through it to feel what I am talking about. Hindered Prayer - Prophecy Ignored By : Jon Straumfjord http://wwww.7-spirits.com The Lord is continually speaking to us. He speaks through His word (the Bible), He speaks through other people, He speaks to us verbally, and He speaks to us through visions. The Lord is constantly speaking to us, but we are frequently not listening. Brent Riggs - Saying What's On Your Mind By : Brent Riggs Foolishness is lack of wisdom. Foolish behavior manifests itself in various forms and choices. Keeping Divine Order To Get Divine Results By : Kenneth Uptegrove When we do not know how to keep divine things in divine order, we produce more Ishmaels and more obstacles to the very thing we wish to see accomplished. More About Born Again and you part 2 By : Terence Oles more about being born again What Plumbing Taught Me About Bible Study Tools By : Glenn Brooke The three best Bible study tools for Bible teachers are investments that will help you for many years to come. More On Born again And The New You Part 1 By : Terence Oles More about how your life changes after you recive Christ. Genuine and False Prophecy By : Jon Straumfjord The Lord both instituted prophecy and commissioned prophets because He greatly desires to speak to us through both His written word and His spoken word. Because God is forever the God of the present and He wants to speak to us, the Enemy, in his malevolence, has created counterfeit prophets. As a consequence, the Lord has provided us the means to test both prophets and prophecy so we can discern the genuine from the counterfeit. THE CESSATIONISTS’ BEST PROOF TEXT By : Kenneth Uptegrove “The Holy Spirit era” (or church age) started on the day of Pentecost and will continue without change until the Second Coming of Jesus. The cessationist view states that God became silent and all miracles ceased when the last apostle died, and that we are now in “the Bible era.” The cessationists’ favorite proof text found in 1 Corinthians 13: 8-12 is actually the best proof text to counter this claim Top 6 things Christians Can Do to Keep Martial Bliss By : Terre Grable As a Christian married couple, do you sometimes feel like the marital bliss of your honeymoon has disappeared? Has your relationship taken a back seat to everday responsibilities? Here are 6 things you can do to help restore marital bliss in your Christian marriage: The Coming Out of God By : Roy E. Klienwachter It is ironic that in a world of God worshippers, none of them would recognize God if they seen him/her, eyeball to eyeball. In fact in our present state of evolution if we did recognize him, we would probably stick him up on a cross or make ceramic dolls in his image. As a race we don't like to see our gods in person. We are much more comfortable following in our ancestor's footprints with symbols of gods... Prophets and Prophecy By : Jon Straumfjord The Spirit of Prophecy is as involved in the Church today as She ever was. Because the Lord never changes, and since the Lord Himself instituted prophecy and commissioned prophets in the past, both prophecy and prophets must continue to exist and be an influence in the Church, even though the Enemy continually seeks to discredit legitimate prophecy. Don't Let Projection Get You Into Trouble By : Glenn Brooke How Bible teachers can use the psychological phenomenon called "projection" to make teaching more powerful. Why The World Will Accept The Antichrist System By : Kenneth Uptegrove Many prominent economists and theologians tell us a depression is coming to America. Is a conspiracy behind this coming depression? Satan’s system is the mother of all conspiracies, and he is using them to establish his anti-Christ system, wittingly or unwittingly. The author describes a possible scenario of how Satan can accomplish this feat, and how God is calling Christians to prepare for this depression physically, mentally, and spiritually Red head beer drinking evangelist By : Aaron Taylor Red head beer drinking evangelist tells a moving story of an encounter between a seasoned missionary evangelist and a struggling Vietnam veteran.
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