The New Morality
April 1, 2007 by Prevail Magazine
Filed under Personal Development, Repentance, Society
Today, our society is at war. The battlefront is not in Iraq—it is right here in North America. Under attack is our ability to distinguish between right and wrong. Under the cloak of freedom and tolerance we have abandoned a morality grounded in Judeo-Christian ethics replacing it with the concept of moral relativism. Moral relativism […]
When a Nation Repents
April 1, 2007 by Dwight Chin
Filed under Repentance, Society
“Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them” Jonah 3:4-5. The immediate future does not look hopeful for all nations, especially for Canada, America, and Britain. It is quite […]
A New Conception in Christ
April 1, 2007 by Zion Hezekiah
Filed under Personal Development, Poems, Repentance
For years I had dined at the table of deceit Fulfilling my own desires and lusts. Habitual sin once a daily routine As I fellowshipped with the unjust. Readily I followed the multitude of despair, The blind leading the blind into the ditch. Laying my treasures on things of this world; Plotting schemes of how […]
Is ‘Paradise’ Where We Go When We Die?
April 1, 2007 by Lloyd Cary
Filed under Kingdom of God, Q&A
Question: Is ‘paradise’ where we go when we die? Does our spirit go to ‘paradise’? Answer: The word ‘paradise,’ translated from the Greek word paradeisos, is mentioned only 3 times in the Bible: Luke 23:43; 1 Corinthians 12:4; Revelations 2:7. ‘Paradise’ is of Persian origin, and means a garden, particularly a garden of pleasure, filled […]
How Archaeology Proves the Bible
April 1, 2007 by Waine-Ann McLaughlin
Filed under Apologetics, Biblical History
The Old and New Testament writings of the Bible have long been considered fables and myths—thereby, deemed untrustworthy. For some critics, if you cannot prove something with empirical evidence, it is not to be taken seriously. As we’ll see in this article, the authenticity of the Bible is supported by empirical, archaeological evidence. Men of […]
Grow Anywhere
April 1, 2007 by Ken Allen
Filed under Personal Development
The study of nature is truly fascinating, especially the study of plants. It’s particularly intriguing to see plants growing under some of the harshest conditions of cold or heat and in some of the most unusual places. Some survive in the cracks of concrete pavement, on bare rock, or way above the ground on high-tension […]
The Days of Unleavened Bread
April 1, 2007 by Patrick Bastien
Filed under Featured Articles, Holy Days, Repentance
When God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, His intent was to make them a model nation. He wanted them to be a light to the world, so He gave them specific statutes and judgments, and warned Israel to follow His instructions. God’s instructions to Israel included a series of divinely appointed festivals that were […]
Letter to Polycrates
April 1, 2007 by Horane Smith
Filed under Biblical History, Is it Christian?
Controversy was brewing again, not a bit unusual in the Second Century, since the departure of the highly respected and last living apostle ‘Saint’ John. It was near the close of the Second Century in Ephesus, Asia Minor, an area where great men of God such as the apostles Paul and John, had trod the […]
Repentance – The Starting Point
April 1, 2007 by Church of God International
Filed under Personal Development, Repentance, Reviews
Jesus said, “Repent ye, and believe the gospel!” John the Baptist shouted, “Repent!” Peter, on the Day of Pentecost announced, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38). Later he said, “Repent […]
Addicted to Death
April 1, 2007 by Mark Agnew
Filed under Personal Development, Repentance, Society
I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.” (John 8:34, NIV) Here and Now The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines addiction as: a devotion or surrender of oneself to something habitual or obsessive. The addict ignores all common sense and rational thinking and becomes a slave to their addiction. Many people today, […]