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Which is Greater?
Which is greater; faith, hope or love? Based on 1 Corinthians 13 "love" is the greatest. Does that mean that love overrides a lack of faith or hope? [Discuss]


Living by the Bible

Paul's opponents in Galatia urged a religion of Law upon its converts.  Their appeal was to the Jewish Torah or Law, which embraced the entire Old Testament scripture.  The religion of Law was which they urged was therefore a religion of scripture. [Discuss]

Obama's Mentor Former Communist Leader
It turns out that Barack Obama's childhood mentor, Frank Davis, was a communist. In fact he was the former leader of the Communist Party USA and developed agents to penetrate the U.S. Government. [Discuss]

The Mom Song
Moms, dads and children a like will get a kick out of this clever and very funny video about what a mom says and does during the course of a typical day with her children. You'll want to forward this one on! [Watch]

Tips for Quitting Smoking?
I have been saved for about 7 years now and out of those seven years I have only went without smoking for maybe a year into my walk with Christ. I really want to quit because it is not pleasing to God, it's unhealthy, expensive, and I'm just sick and tired of being sick and tired. I've tried everything from fasting and praying which did work initially to using the patch and gum, but nothing seems to stick.
[Forum]

Communism and Christianity
Most people who think they want that don't realize that's what it is, they just think that the government should be the ONE to provide everything for them as if they are children. What they don't realize is that this takes away freedom and leaves them at the mercy of the government. And thus we go back in time to the days of controlling kings, dictators and other life controlling forms of government that demand the peasants thank them for "taking care" of them. [Forum]

Movie Reviews
Evan Almighty
Steve Carrell and Morgan Freeman star in Evan Almighty, a modern day Noah's Ark. I was asked not to do a detailed review of Evan Almighty until opening night of this film. So this page will be updated opening night of the film (June 22). You might remember Evan from the first of this series, Bruce Almighty. Evan was the reporter [...More]  

Spiderman 3
Spiderman 3 is the third installment in the Spiderman Trilogy.  It is written and directed by Sam Raimi and has Toby Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco reprising their roles. [...More]  

News and Current Events

Barack Obama Camp Doesn't Deny Tax-Funded Abortion
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-life group that has launched a new campaign highlighting presidential candidate Barack Obama's support for taxpayer-funded abortions says his campaign hasn't denied that's the case. In an official response from the group, Obama campaign spokesperson Nick Shapiro claimed Obama wants to reduce abortions despite making Americans pay for them. Discuss | Story

Bush Says Drill and Oil Drops $9
(July 15, 2008) -- In a dramatic move yesterday President Bush removed the executive-branch moratorium on offshore drilling. Today at a news conference, Bush repeated his position and slammed the Democratic Congress for not removing the congressional moratorium on the Outer Continental Shelf and elsewhere. Crude-oil futures for August delivery fell $9.26, or 6.3 percent almost immediately. Story | Discuss

Living the Pro-Life Message: McCain's Adoption
(July 16, 2008) -- A little-know story is that of John McCain's youngest child. As a result of a 1991 Cindy McCain visit to Mother Teresa's orphanage in Bangladesh, the McCains adopted an infant daughter dying from a host of health issues. The orphanage could not provide the medical care needed to save the litle girl's life, so the McCains, already the parents of six children, brought the child home to America, and paid for desperately needed surgeries and years of rehabilitation. That child is their teenage daughter Bridget.. Story | Discuss

Man Sues Bible Publishers for Anti-Gay Verses
(July 10, 2008) -- A Michigan man is seeking $70 million for two Christian publishers for emotional distress and mental instability he claims to have received during the past 20 years from versions of the Bible that refer to homosexuality as a sin. Bradley LaShawn Fowler, a gay man, claims his constitutional rights were infringed upon by Zondervan Publishing and Thomas Nelson Publishing. Story | Discuss

English Students Given Dentention for Refusing to Pray to Allah
(Daily Mail July 4, 2008) -- Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and 'pray to Allah' during a religious education lesson. Parents were outraged that the two boys (11 and 12) were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstration of how Allah is worshipped. Story and Discussion

Dr. James Dobson Criticizes Barack Obama on Abortion
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Leading pro-life advocate James Dobson, the head of Focus on the Family, is criticizing Barack Obama over his pro-abortion position. Obama has begun trying to reach out to evangelical voters to disrupt John McCain's base, but Dobson says Obama is using phony Christian views to do so. Story and Discussion

Student Sues School After Getting Zero for Religious Drawing
MADISON, WI - A Tomah High School student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging his art teacher censored his drawing because it featured a cross and a biblical reference. The lawsuit says other students were allowed to draw "demonic" images and asks a judge to declare a class policy prohibiting religion in art unconstitutional. "We hear so much today about tolerance," said David Cortman, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal advocacy group representing the student. "But where is the tolerance for religious beliefs? The whole purpose of art is to reflect your own personal experience. To tell a student his religious beliefs can legally be censored sends the wrong message." Full Story | Discuss

Bible Study and Devotionals

She Sat in a Pew
by Joe Beam
They sat on a bus while she worshipped Jesus. They had traveled far and felt a need to relax.  She had worked all day, every day, all week and yearned to join in a celebration of praise. [Read]

The Cross
No King in Israel
by Lee Wilson

The Serenity Prayer
by Reinhold Niebuhr
The following passages have been on my mind lately. I've certainly seen it prove true in my time on this spinning rock. People will do all kinds of sinful, wrong things [Read]   Most of us have imagined what God might look like. God even speaks to us in human terms so that we can at least catch a glimpse of his persona. Read
Marriage and Family Bible Study

10 Things Guys Wish Women Knew about Men
by Jim Burns
It is likely no surprise to you that God has wired women and men differently. We all recognize some of these differences, but others often hide in plain sight. [...More]

Pitfalls of Pornography
by Ian Drucker
Pornography causes so much damage on so many levels and across so many areas in our lives that it is often difficult to focus in on one specific concern. I, however, am now convinced that one pitfall stands alone; and is worthy of that attention. [...More]

Marriage Takes Practice
by Lee Wilson
When we want to be successful at something in life, we usually don't attempt to "wing it." That's why those who want to play the piano take lessons. No one can sit down at a piano for the first time and play Mozart or Beethoven. [...More]

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