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How Did the Christmas Colors We Enjoy Today Come About?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 24 Dec

As with Halloween and its orange and black, and the Fourth of July and its red, white, and blue we tend to associate Christmas with red, green and white. But where did these colors originate? Red and green can be traced back to...

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To Curse or not to Curse

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 12 Nov 24

I realize that this opinion is unpopular. I realize that this will provoke people to calling me names and criticizing me. But I am gonna say it anyway, just as I have on every other platform: Christians should refrain from using...

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My Survival Plan

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 10 Nov 24

Life can, sometimes, be hard. We will all face challenges at some point in life. We live in a sinful world and are engaged in spiritual warfare. We can make plans for survival. We can make choices to live a life of victory. But...

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Short story: Judaism, and Christianity

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 9 Jul 24

Rabbi Ernev Brunstein, was seated outside, one Saturday afternoon, talking to his student, about Satan. He told him that the Jewish idea of who Satan was is different to the idea held by most Christians. The Devil is not...

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Spiritual, Religious, Neither. Which One Are You?

Elizabeth @hellobunny (33) • United States 17 Jun 24

When it comes to the subject of religion, I can honestly say that I am more spiritual - in the sense that I always thank the universe for things. Sure, I could say I thank God, and sometimes I do say that, but to me, I feel we...

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Resistance

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 19 Apr 24

As with many words, the word resistance comes with many definitions, depending on its context. Those definitions range from: a force that opposes a particular motion, underground organization wrestling against a current...

Lion of Judah

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 31 Mar 24

Hello, It's been a while. For some time I have been following a YouTube channel, called Lion of Judah. It is a Christian Channel. When my brother died in hospice after 2 years of struggling with end stage COPD I was comforted...

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Hypocrisy on Social Media

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 1 Aug 23

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that it seem that some, on social media (facebook, instagram, etc.), are a little hypocritical? I don't understand why many Christians do not take seriously that God has called us to be...

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Southern Baptist Dilemmas

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 25 Jul 23

The southern baptist denomination is under scrutiny. I have been a Southern Baptist since I was 17 years old. Before that, I was Independent Baptist. I have loved being a part of the Southern Baptist up until a little over 10...

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God Will Reveal Himself to Us

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 31 Jan 23

Theologians, sometimes, try to put God into their own little box. They take Scripture and try to make God fit into their own ideal and agenda. Then, we as students of Scripture, hang on their every word. We put more stock into...

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Monkeypox?

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44560) • United States 30 Jul 22

Just when I'm starting to believe just the tiniest bit that maybe we'll survive Covid for the most part.... Here comes monkeypox. I really don't know enough about it to discuss it intelligently, but I'm hoping that as long as I...

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Devotional Moments- I Kings 22:41-50

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 26 Oct 21

Jehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was...

I Timothy 1:1-4 Keep Pressing On

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 5 Sep 21

1 This letter is from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, appointed by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus, who gives us hope. 2 I am writing to Timothy, my true son in the faith. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our...

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'In the silence and solitude of the Holy Week, visit your heart.'

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 29 Mar 21

There's one too many traditional practices that I am going to miss this year again. I thought last year was simply just an extraordinary case in point - a lockdown to prevent the spread of the disease. But the disease has lingered...

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The Cornerstone of the Faith

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 15 Mar 21

Laetare Sunday - the one day in the long season of Lent that the priests wear pink in celebrating the Holy Mass. Why? Because the faithful is being called to 'enter, rejoice, come in, and open the hearts to the Lord.' Why...

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Pope Francis commences our 500 years of Christianity on Laetere Sunday.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 15 Mar 21

Can't feel but be joyous yesterday. For a few hours, my small family was complete again. Home after relentless duty in a hospital with Code Yellow, the Hot Zone full and menacing, my younger daughter slouched on the couch. Snored...

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Paul, the Apostle of Christ

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 25 Feb 21

Three years ago, I was extra excited eager to watch the movie 'Paul, the Apostle of Christ.' Needless to say, I am a Jim Caviezel fan, from his roles in Pay it Forward, Count of Monte Cristo, and of course, The Passion of...

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Amazing Grace Stories of John Newton and Harriet Tubman.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 17 Feb 21

The other day, I watched Amazing Grace, the John Newton story. Newton, a sailor and a slave, penned the lyrics after he discovered Christ amid a journey at sea that would have claimed his life. Despite that, he sailed slaves from...

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500 Years of Christianity in a Country Corrupt.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 8 Feb 21

The 500th year celebration of Christianity in the Philippines is fast approaching. The Spaniards came to our shores 16 March 1521. It is with great sorrow that we have in our nation today callous and corrupt citizens. While we...

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Celebrating 500 Hundred Years of Christianity in the Philippines.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 19 Jan 21

Considering our Lord Jesus was born and preached His ministry in Asia, it is truly interesting that it took a millennium and a half before the faith came to our archipelago just below the land mass that is China. And the religion...

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