"And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth and  it grieved him at his heart" (Gen.6:6)

WHO, US?

It came to me in church one Sunday morning,

The preacher up on the pulpit,

The congregation getting fidgety

Just knowing that it is one of their sins being preached on sort of thing, you know, the usual.

We opened our bibles to Genesis 1:1, and read the whole chapter...

Preached by the holy Prophet (pbuh), Islam is spreading vastly around the globe, covering nearly one-quarter of the world itself. The Muslims are a diverse community of believers worshipping only one god, Allah (swt), covering approximately fifty countries, while other groups are clustered in minority communities on nearly every continent.Islam is the Abrahamic religion articulated by the Qur'an, a text considered by its adherents to be...

"And the high priest arose, and said unto him, answereth thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by thee living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the son of God. Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said:                    nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter shall...

What is the most important thing to you in your life? Some might say that it is their spouse or their children. Others might say it is their job. Still others would admit that God is most important in their life.

Many things in everyone's lives fall into the category of important. And some of those things carry more weight or importance than others. Certainly it's important to keep your grass mowed, but paying your bills on time would be much more of a priority.

And so, as...

The gift of tongues is difficult to understand, not because it is shrouded in mystery, but because there is so much historical confusion about it. The first difficulty is to understand what it is, to define it correctly -- biblically. We will use the interpretive principle that the plainest, most ordinary and simple definition is the most likely to be true. However, this will require that we disabuse ourselves of the contemporary definition and use of tongues through the widely popular...

When I was a very young Christian, I was full of the promises of my God who was a mighty warrior. His arm was strong and he was omnipotent. My dad could whip any other make-believe god on the planet: or the universe as far as that goes. I loved the Psalms; however, it was the IMPRECATORY Psalms that I loved the most.

I had all of the violent warrior-like Psalms highlighted in my King James Bible. There you go, the KJV that I used as my main translation should tell you something...

I returned to Van Cortland Park today for the first time since the winter began. A four and half mile walk is, well, a walk in the park compared to an hour on a treadmill. (On My Terms) It's not simply that I can fool myself into believing that I burned more calories when there is no monitor measuring my progress. I am far more comfortable in the park. There are all sorts of people, not just muscle men and people far thinner than am I. There are old people and young, men and women, fat...

"And I heard another voice from heaven saying, come out of her my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and ye receive not of her plagues." (Rev.18:4)

And there will be famines

There are approximately 1 million babies born on this earth every day.

Our resources are dwindling rapidly while we rape this earth, this gift of God, daily trying to make space for these newborn as they get older and want a small piece of ground to call their...

When we transform our minds motivated by bodhicitta what will happen is our motivation is always spontaneous, to benefit others. We will our minds to think about how to bring benefit to others and the secret is it will be spontaneous. It will not be an effort. It will not be like, "Oh, I got to think how to help. Sometimes when you don't help it will feel unnatural. And only when you help you will be at peace and happy. Why? Because your self-cherishing mind the "I'm more...

For many people who read only the media they will have picked up on the cosmic speculation in a few of Scientolgy's 100,000 pages of text.

Most religions have some kind of speculative belief that man is not alone in this universe. For the ordinary man such a thought that the only life in this universe is on this world could be considered very insular. Per some Scientists, this universe is teeming with life.

Mohammad said that all Muslims must understand all religions, even...