Religion

12

Abortion – A Religious Issue or a Secular Issue?

http://www.jesussite.com

It would seem pretty fair to say that most of the pro-lifers in the U.S. take their stance against abortion based on religious convictions. However, it's often a losing battle this particular stance is taken. So, what other options are there?

Read more »
JesusSite's picture
Submitted by JesusSite 5 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 5 weeks 1 day ago
Category: Family   Tags:
11

What Jesus Said

http://mosaicmercy.com

Sometimes we want to express ourselves and we can’t find the right words. Sometimes we get lucky and somebody says exactly what we wanted to say. And we find ourselves saying, “What they said.”

Read more »
Submitted by mosaicmercy 13 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 13 weeks 1 day ago
Category: Devotions   Tags:
13

The desecularization of this so-called postmodern world ...

http://www.examiner.com

The secular humanists of the old Enlightenment regime must have been appalled for having finally realized that all of their efforts combined together to secularize the modern world have failed ...

Read more »
Submitted by edwinv1230 29 weeks 5 days ago – Made popular 29 weeks 5 days ago
Category: Faith   Tags:
11

A religion of the fleeting moment and the slipping-away meaning

http://www.examiner.com

All values are mortal and therefore transient, says Don Cupitt, a Cambridge University don, who is also an Anglican priest and atheist at the same time ...

Read more »
Submitted by edwinv1230 35 weeks 20 hours ago – Made popular 35 weeks 13 hours ago
Category: Faith   Tags:
10

2 Corinthians 8:9 New Year 2010 Free Wallpaper Christian

http://free-wallpaper-christian.com

2 Corinthians 8:9 – “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.” (NIV)

God wants us to know His grace. He wants us to learn about it, and then experience it at work in our lives.

Read more »
10

John 15:10 | Free Wallpaper Christian

http://free-wallpaper-christian.com

John 15:10 – “If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.“

Obedience is very important to God. Christ begins this conditional statement by stating that those who are obedient to His commands will abide in His love.

Read more »
10

Romans 5:9 Christmas Free Wallpaper Christian

http://free-wallpaper-christian.com

Romans 5:9 – “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.“

I cannot think of a better time to reflect on this verse than Christmas. As believers in Jesus Christ we are made right in His blood. The curse on man since Adam has plagued us, but through Christ we are healed.

Read more »
10

Germany Reaffirms Sunday Law

http://www.thetrumpet.com

Coincident with the enacting of the Lisbon Treaty/EU constitution on December 1, Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the nation’s capital must, like the rest of the country, abide by the law instituting Sunday as a day “of rest from work and of spiritual improvement”

Read more »
Submitted by nickarene 37 weeks 4 days ago – Made popular 37 weeks 3 days ago
Category: News   Tags:
18

Avoid Pastor Burnout: Plan for Vacation

http://www.umcom.org

The very attributes that make pastors good at what they do also make them reluctant to take a vacation. Yet even God rested on the seventh day. “So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it.” (Genesis 2:3a, NRSV)

Read more »
Submitted by umcom810 1 year 7 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 7 weeks ago
Category: Faith   Tags:
18

Rethink Your Couch: A New Spin on Missions and Hospitality

http://www.umcom.org

What if missionaries received free lodging wherever they traveled? What if a hospitality service allowed the church to open its doors to people from all over the world?

Both of these scenarios come true everyday via the CouchSurfing Project. With more than 1.2 million users, Couchsurfing.org is the largest free hospitality-exchange network in the world.

Read more »
Submitted by umcom810 1 year 7 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 7 weeks ago
Category: Faith   Tags: