Articles on Religion and Faith

Church Service Family Style: How a 3 Year Old Preacher & a Beagle Made Our Sunday Unforgettable

One unforgettable Sunday our church had a three-year- old preacher, an organist who could play one song, an altercation involving the offering and a visiting beagle who knocked over the pulpit. It...

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The Feeding of the 12 Million

Perhaps you have heard of the famine in the Western regions of Africa. There has been some press, not a lot, as we here in the United States grapple with our own issues, particularly our...

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On Finding Our Way

Maps are funny things.

They are only good if you know how to use them. You have to know where you are, know what your destination is, and from that, apply your time frame to this...

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A Safe Place to Fall

Do you know the meaning of a safe place to fall? Parents are to give their children that place where no matter what they do or the mistakes they make, we love them unconditionally and give them A...

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King Solomon's Mind

"Don't you understand, everything in this life is meaningless," cautioned the old man.

"Meaningless? Everything? Surely not!" responded the young man in disbelief.

Smiling, the old man...

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Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) A Study in Courage

Pope John Paul II, the third longest reigning pontiff, served his 26th year as St. Peters successor and the head of the Catholic Church. The picture of the 84 year old pontiff, who could hardly...

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Finding True Happiness: Part Two - Four Sources of Divine Contentment

There are four sources from which we can experience true divine contentment. Contentment, as defined in part one, is a plateau of the Christian life that every believer must reach in order to be...

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Finding True Happiness: Part One

1 Timothy 6:3

3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

4 He is...

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Did You Inherit Your Religion?

One Saturday morning I was sipping my coffee and reading the newspaper when the doorbell rang. This was an unusual occurrence as we lived in a somewhat isolated log cabin in the mountains outside...

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What Did Jesus Really Say?

Most people, even if theyre not Christians, acknowledge that an exceptional spiritual master named Jesus lived and died 2,000 years ago. The story of his life and teachings are chronicled in the...

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