Jesus Never Preached Poverty

Does God want us to be rich? The story of the rich young ruler has often been used to teach us that rich people won't be going to heaven. But is that teaching a misinterpretation of what Jesus was saying?

Hera - Greek Deity

Hera was a Greek deity of a different sort, one that displayed the tendency of the ancient Greeks to have a religious figure for everything they deemed significant.

The Benefits Of Active Church Participation

The benefits of church attendance and growth are many. If our society can get children actively participating in church activites, everyone will benefit.

What is Peace

Peace, an illusion or an attainable goal? Peace is something that everyone wants probably more than anything else. Yet since time began, this world has never known true peace. With all the technological advances that have profoundly changed the way we live, we still have not found a workable formula.

Helpful Tips for Church Marketing

In recent years, churches have recognized the need to promote themselves in our competitive world. This is because they have to maintain an edifice and a support as well. They need to attract more church goers in order to support themselves. Nowadays, there a lot of things that people can do other than putting on their Sunday best and going to church.

Sunni, Shi'a—What The Bleep’s the Difference?

Rugged as the Blue Ridge Mountains of the American East were those roughhewn giants that settled on opposite shores of the winding Tug Fork River. The Hatfield’s of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky turned their backs on the genteel society of their Virginia homeland, and set out for the freedom of the untamed Appalachian wilderness.

Make Your Bar Mitzvah A Big Hit with an Amazing Speech

Sometimes, an occasion calls for a more extensive commentary. Like a bar mitzvah speech. Or a candle-lighting poem. A father's words at his child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah can be very touching. An occasion such as this calls for a custom speech from Poems To Go.TV.

How the Grace of a Broken Heart Can Open Our Eyes to the Broken World Around Us

Ouch! Have you forgotten how to get your heart broken? Have you learned how to protect your heart from getting broken? God blesses those who are willing to break open their conservative political thoughts and tear down their non-compassionate feelings towards the down and out, the hurt and the lonely.

Do You Prefer TRADITION Over Truth?

Do you prefer the plain truth or popular error?

Religion and the Bible: Is the Holy Book Trustworthy?

Ethical and moral issues in society trigger a sense of doubt for many religious followers

Islam - Christianity Comparing Their Doctrines of Salvation

The doctrine of Salvation or Soteriology is our focus for this comparative study. More specifically how Muslims (followers of Islam) and Christians (followers of Christianity), view Salvation and its inherent requirements.

Creationism And Evolutionism: Two Perceptions Of The Same Truth

It seems that lately there has been quite a lot of controversy and disagreement about the history of Creation. This rivalry has been growing for years now, in communities (both religious and scientific), in our schools, and even in our “courts of law”. After such a long, enduring war of beliefs, one must ask the question…are they ever going to find a middle ground? Are these two views of the world so far apart that they can never meet? Perhaps those who argue are simply not willing to let them.

What Will Pope Benedict XVI Find In Turkey

Following in the the steps of his predecessors pope Benedict XVI is about to begin his first apostolic trip to Turkey. His visit will begin from Ancara, the capital of turkey where he is scheduled to meet with president of Turkey and will make some visits to meet with the diplomats of that country. Then his trip will take him to Ephesus, the city visited by St. Paul the Apostle where on his second visit he spent almost tree years. Then the pope Benedict XVI will conclude his trip to turkey with the visit to Istanbul (former Constantinople), where he will meet with His Holiness Bartholomew I and other religious leaders.