January 6th, 2009
When you were growing up, do you remember your parents complaining about money? It seems like there’s never enough of it to go around, spawning the phrase, “Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure helps.” It’s true that a lack of money can lead to a dissatisfaction with your daily life, but that dissatisfaction is […]
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January 6th, 2009
“For God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
Anyone who knows what it’s like to love a child knows the soul deep agony losing that child causes, because it lingers on the edges of their consciousness as […]
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January 4th, 2009
Baptism happens to be one of the most important commandments given by Jesus Christ as a common practice preached by the disciples as a ritual act. Similarly, ‘Baptism’ is a word derived from a Greek word ‘Batizo’, which means immersing or performing ablution.
However, some differences could be witnessed in the act of Baptism ranging from […]
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January 4th, 2009
The First Communion is a person’s first reception of the sacrament of Eucharist and a Roman Catholic ceremony; however, it is also practiced by some Protestant ethnicities such as the Lutherans. It is usually performed at age 7 or 8.
Such a tradition includes family gatherings accompanied by the fancy dressings to celebrate the occasion. Usually […]
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January 3rd, 2009
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
The Preacher’s Answer
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I […]
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January 3rd, 2009
In two of the four New Testament gospels we read that Jesus is born of a virgin (Mary) who was conceived by the Holy Spirit. Matthew does not give us many details how this happened and just mentions the basic facts: “This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was […]
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