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Bogus People on Social Networking Sites Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are good inventions. In a world that has become increasingly globalised, they are good ways of keeping in touch with people we know or once knew.
There are dangers lurking in the shadows... ( added 12 days 13 hours ago.)
Omega 3 - Fatty Acids For Keeping the Doctor Away Not so long ago we were told that all fats were bad for our health. However, the Inuit people living in the cold north traditionally mostly ate animal fats and few of them ever suffered from heart and respiratory diseases. It was found out that... ( added 19 days 13 hours ago.)
Hugo Chavez: No Singing in the Shower! Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is not actually known for his love of personal freedoms. Recently, in a bid to cut down on electricity and water consumption, he banned singing in the shower. Perhaps there is some kind of logic behind this ban. It... ( added 26 days 11 hours ago.)
When Man Tests God And What Then Happens Luke chapter ten includes a touching parable that many if not most Christians know almost by heart. The context is anything but dull: " B ehold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life ?"... ( added 33 days 12 hours ago.)
Amazing Grace: A Former Slave Traders Confession
Written by a former slave trader in 1779, Amazing Grace is probably one of the most-loved Christian hymns of all time. Its message is still as up-to-date as it was when sailing ships plied the Atlantic, laden with their human cargo.
As a... ( added 40 days 12 hours ago.)
Skeeter Davis and The End of The World In December 1931 a girl was born to a poor family in Kentucky living in a two- room log cabin. Her name was Mary Frances Penick but her grandfather soon gave the energetic girl the nickname Skeeter. She decided to adopt the name when she teamed up... ( added 47 days 11 hours ago.)
Eternity in Their Hearts: When God Sent a Long-lost Book In his book Eternity in Their Hearts (1981), Canadian missionary and popular author Don Richardson relates a fascinating story of how the Karen people of Burma or Myanmar were expecting a white man to bring them their long-lost book. In a... ( added 54 days 16 hours ago.)
Pirates of the Baltic: The Mysterious Case of the MV Arctic Sea In late July, the MV Arctic Sea, a Maltese merchant ship with a load of timber worth 1.8 million US dollars, set sail from Jakobstad, Finland, for Algeria. Within a few hours, on the morning of 24 July, however, the media reported that eight or... ( added 75 days 11 hours ago.)
Search Engines: Has the Orwellian Big Brother Society Already Arrived? Each time you do a Google search, the system records your IP address and search data or the path you followed to a particular webpage. Switching to Yahoo will not help you either as it does the same thing. As far as I know, all traditional search... ( added 82 days 12 hours ago.)
What Sparrows Taught Me About Trusting God Some time ago, as I looked out of my office window, I saw a group of young sparrows frolicking on the roof of our neighbor's house. First they dived into a drainpipe that was half full of water and then shook themselves dry. Then they would take... ( added 89 days 13 hours ago.)
Why Predictions of The Death of Christianity Always Fail Throughout the ages, the enemies of Christianity have claimed that the religion established by Jesus Christ was about to become extinct. Some of these skeptics made astonishing predictions. None of them have ever been fulfilled, however. The... ( added 96 days 11 hours ago.)
When Headhunting Cannibals Met the Peace Child
Don Richardson is a Canadian missionary and best-selling author who ministered in New Guinea among the Sawi people whose culture could be characterised as stone age.
In the early 1960s the Sawi, cut off from the rest of the world, were still... ( added 103 days 12 hours ago.)
Christianity the Upside-Down Faith Christianity in unique. It differs from all other religions because of its radical, life-changing message. It is not just an ideology among others. While many religions have codes of conduct, the faith Jesus Christ established transforms a person... ( added 110 days 11 hours ago.)
Heavenly Peace in The Midst of a Tempest
Our worldview determines what we think about ourselves and the world around us. For instance, Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), an influential German philosopher, thought that man was thrown into the world, not knowing where he had come from and... ( added 117 days 12 hours ago.)
The Myth of Two Isaiahs How many Old Testament writing prophets are called Isaiah? For centuries, the traditional view was that there was only one. The Bible introduces him as Isaiah, son of Amoz, and states that he prophesied during the reigns of four kings of Judah... ( added 124 days 12 hours ago.)
Hope in the Midst of Turmoil The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah wrote at a time when hope was scarce, at least in the land of Israel. He is known as the wailing prophet since he predicted difficult times, even captivity in a foreign land, for the Jews, and was willing to bear... ( added 131 days 11 hours ago.)
Building a New Record-breaking LEGO Ship a Miniature Noahs Ark Agroup of 150 children are using LEGOs to build a huge miniature ship. Modelled after Noah's Ark, it is 12 feet (3.7 meters) long, 2 feet (0.6 m) wide and 18 inches (0.45 m) high. They expect the model to be included in the recordholders.org... ( added 138 days 16 hours ago.)
Tips For Avoiding Internet Lottery Scams The Internet has opened up new avenues for unscrupulous would-be business entrepreneurs who would like to have a share of our money, even and probably especially during a recession.
Last week I got an e-mail that began with the words, "We... ( added 152 days 20 hours ago.)
Watch Your Tongue: The Amazing Power of Words Words have amazing power. We can bring about much good or wreak havoc with our words, as we might often see on Internet forums. At times we might fail to express ourselves clearly and others misunderstand us. But we might not be too holy to misuse... ( added 159 days 13 hours ago.)
Dividing Up Israel Is Not Without Its Consequences History tells us that dividing up the land of Israel is not without its consequences. In the Old Testament book of Zechariah there is a dire warning against mistreating the Jews. God says that Israel is the apple of His eye:
For thus says the... ( added 166 days 13 hours ago.)
Barack Obama and Press Freedom: Where Is The Promised Change? Whatever happened to press freedom in the West? California attorney Orly Taitz, who was born in the former Soviet Union, says that there is actually less press freedom in the U.S.A. than in Russia.
Under President Vladimir Putin, the Russian... ( added 173 days 16 hours ago.)
C. S. Lewis On Why Christianity Is not Easy C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), literature professor and famous author, is probably one of the best known defenders of Christianity. A former atheist, he became convinced by the claims of Jesus Christ and wrote many books to explain why Christianity is... ( added 180 days 11 hours ago.)
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