23May2013
Tithing is a system by which people are required to donate, usually one tenth, of their gross or net income to the church. By doing this many suffer real hardship for themselves and their families, sometimes they are unable to pay the bills which com...
Nationalism and racism are evident everywhere. Cultural, tribal, or family ...
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...
For almost twenty centuries the name of Jesus Christ has been in the minds of a countless number of people. Some of these have even been tortured or put to death, for their conviction and belief that ...
Tithing is a system by which people are required to donate, usually one tenth, of their gross or net income to the church. By doing this many suffer real hardship for themselves and their families, so...
A response to those who believe that a follower of Jesus Christ must keep the seventh day as a holy Sabbath.
Keeping the Sabbath.
There are a number of religious groups that assert that the Christian be...
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...
Long, long ago, about 1000 years before Jesus was born, God gave Samuel the priest a message. God had chosen someone to be the king of Israel, and Samuel was to go and visit a family in Bethlehem.When...
Many years ago, the king of Israel was a man called Saul. Just near Israel was another nation called the Philistines, and they were enemies of Israel.
One day the Philistines came to fight with Israel....
The Bible is quite definite on its view. If you believe that it is the Word of God, and therefore containing inspired and infallible advice, then it is against women preachers.
" All Scripture is God-br...
The Bible does not anywhere indicate that tithing is applicable or expected in our time at all. It was a system which was brought in following the exodus from Egypt and the forming of the children of ...
Let's look at what the Bible says:
Shortly after Jesus ascended to heaven, he made a promise to the Apostles -
we read in Acts 1:8:
" But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you ...