In the South especially, Vacation Bible School is a part of almost every child's summer, whether their parents regularly attend church or not. Children make crafts, perform skits, sing songs, and, most importantly, memorize Bible verses.

The goal of Buddhism is to decrease and eventually free the mind of attachment, which is the direct cause of dukkha, or suffering. Dukkha is an inherent component of samsara, or the cycle of death and rebirth. This freedom from attachment is therefore the antithesis to samsara, known as nirvana. Nirvana is a "blowing out" of the three fires, each of which represents a specific class of attachment.

Global theology is a touchy topic. In this article we give an impartial view of global theology and its place in the world.

I think it was Alan who mentioned during last night's Bible talk that many of the things that we stress about during a normal day are man made institutions. In whatever culture we happen to grow up in are structures (real or imagined ) that we have created that we need to adhere to or operate within the parameters of or else some kind of negative action will take place.

The Bible is a very powerful tool when it comes to spiritual growth and communicating with God. More and more Christians all over the world have begun to use it along with a meditation technique that helps them attain inner peace strength and happiness. Out of all the benefits that go with this technique, there are three that stand out considerably.

When the Lord Jesus is about to go to the cross, He comforts and encourages the hearts of His disciples by pointing them to the Father House. It is amazing to see that Christ thinks about His disciples in this. And so He also thinks of all those that would believe their testimony, that is us, Christians who believe. The Father House is a distinct place, set apart from the highest heaven and the New Jerusalem.

I started out with religion as a child. But I wasn't saved until I was an adult. What's the difference?

Without humility there can be no genuine honor. Real humility is self imposed. The honorable answer to hidden principles and unseen values.

Faith institutions are taking ground-breaking measures to respond to the housing needs of their parishioners and the community. Many have found themselves inundated with housing support requests that their mission ministries are extending beyond the basic benevolence support to housing-focused support. Intrinsically, faith is becoming the lifeline to housing.

There are a number of misconceptions regarding evolution. The subject is not commonly taught in thorough manner, and many religious adherents believe that accepting evolution as a fact would contradict their religious beliefs.

It has been estimated that only about five percent of the population of the American Colonies took an active part in the cause for Independence. As much as in the marvelous events leading up to and during the founding period, the hand of Providence is evidenced in the men of character that God brought together in order to accomplish the great experiment in Christian self-government, that is the United States of America.

The widespread fight against gay marriage is winnable! However, victory won't come until we trade our wrong and worn out anti-gay attitudes of hostility and condemnation for a brand new mindset and correct strategy!

When the Israelites left Egypt, their focal point was the promise land, to be a free nation serving the Lord. Christian Business Tip - Success Requires Focusing. At different times and at different point between Egypt and Canaan land, they encountered many difficulties.

Trinitarians and those who reject the Trinity but who otherwise believe that Jesus was/is God typically cite John 1:1 as the absolute proof of their belief. For the unfamiliar, John 1:1 states: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." First, please note that nowhere in the text or surrounding context (or anywhere else in the Bible for that matter) is there any mention of the holy spirit being part of a three-in-one godhead.

The Bible has some pretty inspiring things to say about perseverance. I love finding verses that encourage me to live to the full and strive toward my goals.

The month of blessing has arrived again. This is the month of happiness and loads of blessings and unlimited bounties for all the Muslims globally from our Almighty Allah. It is the advent of a month that is filled with immeasurable blessings; the thirty days which necessitate a Muslim to observe one of the five pillars of Islam, fasting. This month helps all the Muslims to abstain themselves from all the bad deeds and to develop good habits in them.

The bible teaches us salvation cannot be obtained on our own, but so often church leaders do not help the Christian understand God is looking for a commitment from us. Through His grace, we receive the power to overcome sin but we must stand firm in our desire to become righteous and devotion to the Lord.

There's no concrete evidence to refute it, but it is reasonably certain that the diminutive Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu ever chased anyone from anywhere, unless and, as for washing feet and the rest of bodies, it's also pretty certain that it was she who did the washing. Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity and spent most of her adult life tending to the needy in the Black Hole of Calcutta, now Kolkata, but came under criticism during her life and after her death primarily from a small clique of atheists, agnostics, and "progressives" who must have known better than the notoriously atheistic, agnostic, and "progressive" Nobel Prize Committee. The charges against her and her order were dredged up by such people as Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything and trotskyite Tarik Ali and groups such as the Council of Secular Humanism...

Some wonder why Muslim clergy are silent in light of mosque controversy. Silent clergy are no new thing.

With all the knowledge that is available to people today by way of television, radio, bookstores, libraries, schools, and a number of other resources, why are so many church leaders so ignorant of what should be taught in the church. With just a little effort much of what is being taught in the church can be proven inaccurate, misleading, or just down right wrong.