20May2013
The Reason for Suffering
Pain and sorrow are everywhere. A child is born deformed. The future of another is only hunger, disease and death. A worthy citizen is cut off in his prime, while another battles on through years of pain. The list is endless.
Every day the media bring...
Racism and Nationalism
Nationalism and racism are evident everywhere. Cultural, tribal, or family ...
Easter and Its Customs
Easter is a celebration that is observed by almost every sector of Christianity, and is a remembrance of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is one of the two most celebrated occasions in the Christian calendar - the other being Christmas.
A great number of people attend their church on "Good Friday" in remembrance of the Crucifixion, and again on "Easter Sunday" in celebration of his resurrection. Some Christians deny themselves of a favourite food for forty days before the Easter period.
For children especially, it is a time for "Easter Bunny" and Easte...
Interesting Reading...
Articles
Will there be a Rapture of the Church?
The ‘Rapture of the Church’ is a phrase that is commonly heard in Christian circles, and refers to a belief that there will shortly be an event of enormous significance to the Christian: namely, when ...
How Can I be Saved by Jesus Christ?
How can Jesus Christ save me? What do we mean by this statement?
Saved from what?
The answer is, Death. It is an accepted fact that everyone eventually dies. Some, perhaps, die sooner than others.
Yet, m...
Halloween
Should a Christian observe this celebration?
Should we encourage or even allow our children to participate in the celebration of Halloween? After all, what harm is there in them enjoying a ‘trick...
For the Children
John the Baptist
Jesus had a cousin called John and he was just a few months older than Jesus; John was also specially provided by God. John's mother Elizabeth and father Zechariah didn't have any children as they wer...
The Boy Samuel!
Many years ago, long before the time of Jesus, there was a man called Elkanah. In those days, men could have more than one wife, and he had two wives.
One of his wives was called Peninnah, and she had ...
The Tower of Babel
When the big flood destroyed everything on the earth, God saved just eight people from drowning by telling Noah to build an ark, or a very big boat.
About a hundred years after the flood, there were on...
Common Q&A
Who wrote Genesis? Who wrote Exodus? and so on...?
There are some books of the Bible whose authors cannot be known completely.
The first five books of the Bible, - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, are referred to in other parts of t...
Can I can still go to heaven without being baptized?
Do you know that the Bible doesn't say ANYWHERE that the reward of eternal life is in heaven?
What IS promised is a beautiful kingdom on this earth:
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You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to se...
Can I marry someone of a different race?
There are many circumstances which bring extra difficulties to a marriage – difference of race or culture, difference of education or ability, marked difference in social background, wide disparity in...
