Every Christmas the Yuletide card portrays a silver star in a navy blue sky and every year the same heavenly object sparkles from the top of the decorated evergreen. At season's end the three wise men and their fellow shepherds gather at a hastily set up manger for the familiar nativity scene. Though it shimmers on the greeting card and its brilliance lights up the tannebaum, it wasn't a star that erupted into a supernova on that dark Judean night. The star that shone so brightly two thousand years ago was wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.

I have discovered as I grow older in Christ Jesus and wiser in all things spiritual, that one of the best possessions any person can have is a clear conscience. You feel good. I mean, you really feel good. You can let folks say about you whatever they will and it is of little consequence.

The spiritually dead church. In my life, as a minister's son, I have seen many spiritually dead churches. There is no love, or working of the spirit. Some churches, have become a haven, for social gatherings, gossip meetings, and condemnation.

Paul lived in a time when Christianity was more respectable church membership. It was more than a handshake and more than shouting amen; it was more than holding an office or singing in the choir. Being a Christian in Paul’s day was a life threatening experience.

Gush Katif are the Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip area of Israel. This land was specifically given in the bible to the tribe of Judah. Today Israel is in a battle against the world, and against their own government trying to hold on to their biblical inheritance.

From the moment we are born, we are talk to be selfless, to think about others first and deny ourselves at our own expense. How can one give if we have nothing to give, if we are not allowed to collect abundance, whether it is love or money? It is our nature to be selfish and to...

There are not many people who can believe that Pythagoras bi-located or that this is part of how Jesus resurrected. There are far fewer people who have had the 'blessings' I have had including dimensional aspects related to this title.

God knows we cannot make it to His kingdom until we learn how to sacrifice our needs, our wants, and our desires, for the good of someone else. In other words, until we learn how to love one another, even the unlovable. And, we can never love until we get rid of the anger.

Dr. Kelley in this most excellent elucidation of Western Civilization and its formative ideas challenges the adherents of Christianity to build culture with consistency and faithfulness to its covenantal presuppositions in the areas of epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics with the goal of fulfilling God's ordained purposes in history.

That we seek counsel from man and not God in such times speaks volumes of how ignorant we are as God's children. We lack teaching to recognize chronic illness for what it often is, a spiritual attack against our body.

The universe is much more than the ego can contain but the ego does try to limit what it does not comprehend.

What matters most is our trust and obedience in God Almighty.

When was the last time you drove down the road with out the radio in your ears? When was the last time you just listen to your kids, your spouse or a friend and not said two words? When was the last time you just stopped and listened to the coffee pot making coffee early in the morning?

Failing at something and getting back up is much less painful than to look back and regret not doing something (or doing something) and not being able to go back and change the outcome.

Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. JOEL 1:14 The Bible teaches that there are times for feasting and banqueting, but there are also times for fasting. Biblical reasons for fasting are national peril (Joel 1:2; 2:12); mourning (2 Samuel 12:16–17); protection (Esther 4:16); revelation (Daniel 9:3); and power in the personal life (Luke 4:1–2).

Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one's own strength; to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live within the everyday mind... then the Great Way is right before your eyes...

So many people wonder whether Jesus was who He said He was, but at the end of the day, His words are still around today. They are still bearing fruit, even though the Church has let Him down so many times, what Jesus says, happens!

What is the purpose of our life? Is it something that we need to find in order to become totally happy? Does the key to our happiness lie in finding the purpose of our life? The following story will reveal to you the rarely spoken true secret of the purpose of life.

You undoubtedly have to deal with clients who change their plans at the last minute. You go into action, working overtime to make the changes, tie up all the loose ends, and make everyone happy. When it's over, what have you let slip through the cracks? Are there things you've been meaning to do, but had put it off, thinking you had plenty of time to do it? Now you don't.

This article explores strategies and solutions to address the professional burnout experienced by many today.

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NYC based business and work life balance coach Susan Martin offers tips to business owners and professionals on how to avoid burning out.

Stress is unavoidable, but being a victim to stress is not. Learn three strategies that that puts you in control of stress.