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Want to feel more thankful? Time to write a Done-It List
When was the last time you felt truly thankful?
10 scriptures on God as our provider
As beings with needs, we often are quick to search for the things that our bodies and souls need. It's both our weakness and our privilege to have been created with so many needs.
God's pruning process for Christians: How is God pruning you?
The prospect of pruning can be pretty off putting if we're still attached to the things that we know God is telling us to separate from. But the act of pruning is done out of love, in order to stimulate growth. Understanding the purpose of pruning is key if we're to appreciate it as a positive exercise when we're called to do it in our lives.
11 Bible verses which reveal the nature of sacrifice
Sacrifice is a reoccurring theme in the Christian faith. We're called to offer ourselves as living sacrifices, to sacrifice certain comforts and it's all in response to God's grace and love for us which is illustrated by Jesus' ultimate sacrifice as payment for our sins.
Half of all black gay men in U.S. will contract HIV in their lifetimes, CDC says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects that half of all black gay men residing in the US at present will contract the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Photo-essay: Photographer captures a year in the life of a parish priest, and reconnects with his own faith
A photographer who spent a year shadowing and documenting the life of a local parish priest in South London reconnected with his own faith as a result.
Ancient documents reveal the 'incorrigible' abbot and other pestilences of medieval Christian England
More than 10,000 individual handwritten parchment folios that belonged to the Archbishops of York between 1225 and 1650 have been digitally scanned and put online in the York Registers.
How can I let God fight for me without getting lazy?
It's been said that we are to trust God and let Him fight our battles for us, but how do we do that but not stay complacent?
3 foolish things God did not tell us to do to our enemies
What does it mean to "love our enemies?" Does that mean we have to build relationships and ties with them? Be generous toward them?
5 practical ways to honor God with your time
Everyone is different in many ways, but one thing that we all people have in common is that we all have 24 hours in a day, seven days in a week and 365 days in a year.
Is God racist?
One of the formal attacks made by agnostics against the Bible and God is regarding the theme of perceived racism which many anti-Christianity people think is present in the religion.
12 signs that you're becoming a pharisee
Every Christian at some point or another has fallen into a certain level of moralism. The moment you start thinking that you're not prone to "pharisee-ism" is probably the moment that you are starting to fall into the trap.
Three questions to ask when God seems silent
While we may celebrate in times of answered prayer, sooner or later we must face an opposite truth: sometimes God is silent too.
6 Bible verses on spiritual renewal for Christians
As we approach a new year, our minds tend to turn to fresh starts. But we don't have to wait for a new year, new month or even a new day to affect change, experience change in our lives and leave our old ways and bad habits behind. One of the benefits of accepting Jesus as our saviour is the promise of spiritual renewal.
Not the biggest Justin Bieber fan? Here's something you'll agree with him on
As Justin Bieber celebrates his 22nd birthday today, we take a look back at the warning he issued to his fans in a recent interview with a UK newspaper. You might not agree with Bieber on a whole host of things but you'd be hard pressed to argue against him when he says...
Man miraculously survives direct lightning strike after wife, passersby offer prayers
A miracle happened along a road in South Africa recently when a man who went down after being directly struck by lightning "came back by the grace of God."