Beliefs have consequences: "The way teens behave comes from something. Their attitudes and actions spring from their value system, and their value system is based on what they believe. Glen Schultz puts it this way: 'At the foundation of a person’s life
Among the consequences of Europe's abandonment of its religious roots and the [resulting] moral code is a plunge in birth rates to below the replacement level. ... Europe is "committing demographic suicide, systematically depopulating itself."
By focusing on well-known examples, Goodall, through his compelling writing style, points to easily identifiable signposts that trapped “great” men. The profiles in Why Great Men Fall give pause to others in similar environments: corporate execs, mini
CTI reviews the direct-to-video movie featuring one of the most charismatic and controversial figureheads of the modern Pentecostal movement. From the review: "Rossi, who wrote and directed the 2001 Motion Picture Council Best Documentary winner Saving Si
Only four Shakers are left in the world, all living in southern Maine. But if they can't attract converts to their celibate lifestyle and this really is the end for them, they have a plan to ensure that their legacy lives on forever.
By Ravi Zacharias "Zacharias invites readers to follow him on this journey through his life and into the lives of others, and see how he has become more convinced with each year that Jesus Christ is the one who came to give us life to the fullest and to p
Animated by apocalyptic visions of the days of wrath announcing the Second Coming of Christ, motivated by feverish aspirations to be counted among the spiritually elect in the coming age of division between the Predestined and the Left Behind, witness to
Jeff Crosby reviews a book about Christian spirituality in U2's music: Christian Scharen. One Step Closer: Why U2 Matters to Those Seeking God. Brazos Press, 2006.
ISTANBUL SEMINARS, 16-22 MAY 2013 - What is a good and just society? - Can religion be a source of political legitimacy? - How a democratic legitimacy can be assured at the heart of the European integration process. - Turkey, the new soft power in the Muslim world? Among this year's speakers: Lisa Anderson , Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im , Zygmunt Bauman , Hauke Brunkhorst , Faisal Devji , Nader Hashemi , Giacomo Marramao , Achille Mbembe , Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania , Stathis Kalyvas
The Network exists to facilitate dialogue between this Church and members of the scientific, technical, and medical communities; to be an educational resource for this Church, its seminaries, and the wider Christian community; and to provide guidelines in Christian ethics for use in everyday decisions within contemporary American culture.
A ministry of Trinity Moravian Church, Anthony's Plot is an intentional Christian living community located in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Winston-Salem, NC.
Welcome to the Bible Wiki. This Web site contains a lot of information about the Bible. The main project at the moment is the genealogy. Currently there are 691 articles at your disposal.
From the page: "The Yearbook also records the continuing growth of Pentecostal, historic African American and other non-mainline churches in the U.S. Among the largest 25 churches in the U.S., the fastest growing are the Assemblies of God (increasing 1.81
One of the best and most comprehensive surveys of Scripture about Heaven every written, and very easily readable, now has a comprehensive summary provided by ChristianBookSummaries.com. (FREE) Download now!
Check out the beginning of this interesting series of blog posts about the Will of God: "Many believe this refers to a specific plan God has for our lives that we must discover and follow. I’ll call this concept the Personal Will of God. Does God’s Wo
Interesting view of self-centered Pentecostalism from a veteran Emergent: "As the mass choir (three churches) sang, I felt a stirring in my spirit, but not the same stirring of the spirit these people were singing about or any type of “stirring of the S
See the ever-brilliant Dan Edelen's series of posts: "Tough questions every American Christian will face at some point in life—that's a Gut Check" Dan's a PneumaBlogger well worth checking out.
From Charisma: "These 30 leaders certainly are not the only individuals who should be recognized by Charisma. (Our selections were culled from nominations submitted by leaders in charismatic and Pentecostal churches throughout the United States.) But we b
"...training pastors to start congregations from scratch, sending them off with seed money and a vision statement to locations that range from quiet retirement communities to tough cities and inner-ring suburbs."
Internet Guide to Religion A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, web sites, bibliographies, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc. The purpose of the Guide is to encourage and facilitate the incorporation of electronic resources into teaching.
...several Episcopal Campus Ministry Logos... four logos in both English and Spanish incorporating two distinct designs: "Episcopal Campus Ministry" and "Canterbury Episcopal Campus Ministry"
A Cultural Geography of the United States and Canada The U.S. Census Bureau, due to issues related to the separation of church and state, does not ask questions related to faith or religion on the decennial census. Accordingly, there are few sources of comprehensive data on church membership and religious affiliation for the United States. Perhaps the leading organization to address this gap is the Glenmary Research Center, which publishes Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States, 2000. The following series of county-level choropleth maps, which reveals the distribution of the larger and more regionally concentrated church bodies, draws on this resource. The maps are in GIF format.
Three nails from Coventry Cathedral (destroyed 14 Nov 1940) were bound into a cross. This became a symbol of worldwide reconciliation and peace after WW2. There are now 160 of Cross of Nails Centres around the world.