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# The Jesus Site

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- [All the Kings and Rulers of Israel: From King Saul to Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.jesussite.com/all-the-kings-and-rulers-of-israel-from-king-saul-to-benjamin-netanyahu/) - Here is a chronological list of all of the Kings and rulers of Israel, beginning with King Saul and ending with the current Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
- [Origins & Historical Evolution of the Nations Surrounding Israel and Their Current Relationships](https://www.jesussite.com/origins-historical-evolution-of-the-nations-surrounding-israel/) - With Israel currently at war on several fronts, including the Gaza Strip, South Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and Yemen, I thought It would be useful to look at the nations that surround Israel and learn or their origins as well as their current relationships with God's chosen people.
- [The Supreme Good (the Chief End of Man)](https://www.jesussite.com/the-supreme-good/) - What is the chief end of man? It is a question as old as the existence of man himself. Not only is this a very important question we should be asking ourselves (as well as know the answer to) but there is really no way a person can avoid it, although many try.
- [Should Christians Celebrate or Observe Halloween?](https://www.jesussite.com/should-christians-celebrate-or-observe-halloween/) - Every since I became a Christian in 1988, I have loathed the Halloween holiday. While I love some horror movies, a good haunted house and even monsters, gouls and ghosts in general, something about celebrating a holiday that is steeped in pagan rites and rituals just doesn't sit right with me as a follower of Christ.
- [The Truth - Works Both Ways](https://www.jesussite.com/the-truth-works-both-ways/) - The truth has an interesting characteristic about it. If something is true, you can generally work the idea backward or forward and it just works. Let's take a simple math problem, for example. If you add together 2 + 3, you get 5. Now, if you work it backwards and start at 5 and subtract 3, you end up back at 2.
- [Are You Evolving As A Christian? Is It For Good or For Bad?](https://www.jesussite.com/are-you-evolving-as-a-christian/) - I was having an interesting discussion with a Christian brother and very good friend a few days ago. He mentioned an individual at his work who claimed to be a Christian due to the fact that he believed in God, went to church on a regular basis and didn't cuss. However, my friend observed some "not so Christian-friendly" traits in this guy including the fact that he was very lazy, had a very short fuse when it came to managing his anger and was very pessimistic.
- [Why The 'I Was Born Gay' Argument Is So Wrong](https://www.jesussite.com/why-the-i-was-born-gay-argument-is-so-wrong/) - One of the core doctrines of pro-gay orthodoxy is that homosexuals are born gay. In other words, God made them that way so "gay must be okay." Even though science has failed to affirm or deny this, the vast majority of gays and their supporters are convinced of it.
- [Why I Believe the Bible Is God's Word](https://www.jesussite.com/why-i-beleive-the-bible-is-gods-word/) - We had a really interesting discussion at our last Life Group meeting. We were discussing God's Word - The Holy Bible. One of the questions I posed to the group was, "Do you believe the Bible to be truth and if so why?" In other words, do you believe the Bible is God's Word and if so, how would you explain to an unbeliever the reasons why you believe the 66 books of the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament, written by 40 authors, are the inspired words of the one
- [Fighting To Make A Difference](https://www.jesussite.com/fighting-to-make-a-difference/) - The Word of God is full of promises and blessings. Its pages contain the plan of salvation and allow us to see God’s grace, His mercy, and His everlasting loving-kindness. It is a book of commandments and instruction. It tells us of what is to come that we may prepare and of what has already been done so we may learn from past mistakes. With all that said, we cannot overlook the indisputable fact that the Word of God is also a book of war. It is a book that is full of blood.
- ["Middle" Knowledge](https://www.jesussite.com/middle-knowledge/) - This week, I thought I'd try getting into some things that are not very well-known. Namely, the concept of "middle" knowledge. You're probably wondering what the heck that is and it's my purpose here to do my best to explain the concept.
- [Omniscience vs. Free Will](https://www.jesussite.com/omniscience-vs-free-will/) - In a recent atheist podcast that I subscribe to, the hosts were discussing the idea of the omniscience of God and how this somehow contradicts the idea of free will. Their argument was basically that, if God already knows what you're going to do and the things you or I will choose before you do so, then you and I have not choice but to make that choice.
- [Miracles and Coincidences](https://www.jesussite.com/miracles-and-coincidences/) - In the introduction to his book, Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis discusses some concerns that he has with how some words in the English language end up becoming more or less useless. He uses the word gentleman as an example. He explains that this word used to convey information about a person (that he was a land-owner or of noble birth) but it became simply a word used to describe how an individual esteems a particular person in a more subjective way.
- [What About the Alternatives?](https://www.jesussite.com/what-about-the-alternatives/) - There are many arguments for the existence of God. Many of the best philosophers in the marketplace today will use various cosmological arguments, teleological arguments (arguments from design) and moral arguments among others. A common tactic from non-believers is to post some alternative explanation and claim that this eliminates the necessity of belief in God.
- [Living a God Purpose Life](https://www.jesussite.com/living-a-god-purpose-life/) - Matthew 28:18-20, also referred to as "The Great Commission," is typically used in reference to “making disciples” or “reaching the lost.” While these are good uses for this portion of scripture, it can also relate to the fact that every Christian has a God-given purpose for their life and that every Christian is called to contribute or participate in the building of the body of Christ.
- [Christian Faith That Moves Mountains](https://www.jesussite.com/christian-faith-that-moves-mountains/) - God has called His people to have a faith that can move the mountains in their lives. Those mountains may involve sickness, finances, raising children or even having a happy and successful marriage. Jesus talked about faith that moves mountains in Matthew 21:18-21.
- [Giving To God For All the Wrong Reasons](https://www.jesussite.com/giving-to-god-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/) - I came across a story today on ABC News.com entitled, "Gospel of Wealth' Facing Scrutiny" which focuses not only on the recent U.S. Senate probe headed by Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa into a select group of televangelists' financial practices, but what has been coined the "gospel of wealth" as well. Of particular interest to me is the story of a Cindy Fleenor who bought into the gospel of wealth message only to be disappointed.
- [Romans Chapter 8](https://www.jesussite.com/romans-chapter-8/) - Romans Chapter 8 if probably one of my favorite chapters in the entire Bible. There is so much depth in the thirty-nine verses contained within. It's where we get scriptures like, "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (8:1)," "all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose (8:28)," and "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? (8:35)."
- [Do Christians Really Grasp That They Are Destined For The Throne?](https://www.jesussite.com/do-christians-really-grasp-that-they-are-destined-for-the-throne/) - One of the most impactful books I have ever read is Paul E. Billheimer's "Destined For The Throne." This most excellent work reminds us of who we really are - the Bride of Christ Himself, and that we have no higher calling than the call to pray.
- [Christians Are Re-Inventing Themselves & Not In a Good Way](https://www.jesussite.com/christians-are-re-inventing-themselves/) - I came across an interesting article at The Christian Post that expounds on a recent study conducted by The Barna Group. The study reveals that while fewer Americans identify themselves with Christianity, those who remain Christian are redefining what "Christian" means. Specifically, younger generations are not bound by traditional parameters of the Christian faith but instead are embracing values that are not necessarily based on biblical foundations.
- [Can Homosexuals Be Christians?](https://www.jesussite.com/can-homosexuals-be-christians/) - So can someone who is homosexual be a Christina as well? I would say, "Yes," however, allow me to clarify that answer. A person who is a homosexual can become a Christian, however once a Christian, the person can no longer continue to live as a homosexual.
- [What I Mean When I Say "I'm a Christian"](https://www.jesussite.com/what-i-mean-when-i-say-im-a-christian/) - I came across this wonderful poem sent to me by a friend and written by Maya Angelou. I think it provides a nice reminder that when we claim to be a "Christian," it does not mean we are claiming to be superior to others or to have attained some kind of perfection, but rather that we are forgiven and now instead of trying to lead ourselves, we allow Christ to lead us.
- [Christian Schools Utilizing iTunes to Deliver Education & Spread the Gospel](https://www.jesussite.com/christian-schools-utilizing-itunes-to-deliver-education-spread-the-gospel/) - The Christian Post reports that Apple is partnering with Christian universities to distribute sermons, Christian lectures, chapel services, presentations and Christian media, concerts, performances, and sports highlights for free through its popular music and media software, iTunes.
- [Restoring the Scandal of Christmas?](https://www.jesussite.com/restoring-the-scandal-of-christmas/) - Churches around the world are joining an emerging international movement to restore the “scandal” of Christmas by observing the holiday more authentically. The movement called "The Advent Conspiracy" calls on churches and their members to give simpler but more thoughtful gifts that foster relationships. Christians are then encouraged to use the money they would have spent on expensive gifts to help the needy around the world.
- [The Fallacy of 'Believing' in God](https://www.jesussite.com/the-fallacy-of-believing-in-god/) - How can there be a fallacy when one believes in God? After all, John 3:16 tells us that, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." There is that word, "believe," but what does it really mean? Is that really all one has to do is to believe that Jesus Christ exists? Is that all God intends for us - to believe that His Son came and died for us and then to continue on our merry way, living our own lives? Even the devils believe in the Son of God and they tremble (James 2:19).
- [How The Unchurched Views the Church](https://www.jesussite.com/how-the-unchurched-views-the-church/) - It has been said of Christians that we are at times our worst enemy, at least when it comes to promoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A new study from Lifeway Research confirms that fact.
- [When the Church Strays From the Great Commission](https://www.jesussite.com/when-the-church-strays-from-the-great-commission/) - Two stories in the news of late have really left a bad taste in my mouth. The first involves a radical Baptist church in Kansas who protested the actor, Heath Ledger's memorial service with signs claiming he had died and is in Hell because he played a gay character in “Brokeback Mountain.” The second story involves Christian groups who gathered for a demonstration and prayer vigil outside the headquarters of ESPN over their disapproval with how the television network.
- [Are Christians Sending The Wrong Message To Non-Christians?](https://www.jesussite.com/are-christians-sending-the-wrong-message-to-non-christians/) - I came across an interesting article today where author John Shore had compiled a list of statements wherein non-Christians, in their own words and in a casual, straight-ahead, first-person style, say what they think of Christians in general and specifically how they feel about the dynamic wherein Christians try to convert them. These statements reveal that those of us who call ourselves Christians may be sending the wrong message to unbelievers.
- [Job Opening - Parent](https://www.jesussite.com/job-description-for-parents/) - This is hysterical. If parenting had been presented this way, I don't believe any of us would have done it!!!!
- [Christians Now Have No Excuse To Miss Church](https://www.jesussite.com/christians-now-have-no-excuse-to-miss-church/) - We have all done it - made excuses as to why we might not attend any particular church service - whether we have actually acted on them or not. My pastor recently presented a humorous look at what a church might do in order to provide no excuse to miss church. They'd hold a special service called "No Excuse Sunday" which might look something like this.
- [Give It Up!](https://www.jesussite.com/give-it-up/) - Prayer. It's huge. In fact, it should be typed up as PRAYER!!! The NIV Bible has 155 references just to the particular variation of the word. Jesus gives both a model and an example of prayer. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 puts in simply: "Pray without ceasing..."; an entire verse is dedicated to the idea. With so many examples, instructions and exhortations on the matter, why is it that prayer is so often a neglected part of the average Christian's life?
- [He Is Risen! Happy Resurrection Day (Easter)](https://www.jesussite.com/he-is-risen-happy-resurrection-day-easter/) - He is risen! It was one thing that Jesus was crucified for all the word's sins. It is another that He rose from the dead. By Jesus' act of offering up His life on Calvary's cross, our sins can be forgiven. The fact that He rose again after the crucifixion shows us that we too can have new life.
- [Church Ordered To Remove Controversial Anti-Liquor Advertisement](https://www.jesussite.com/church-ordered-to-remove-controversial-anti-liquor-advertisement/) - Waynesville town officials told a local church on Monday to take down an anti-liquor display featuring a car demolished in a deadly wreck because it broke local sign rules. The N.C. Highway Patrol even got involved, sending a trooper by twice to tell church leaders that the display in front of their building would be towed if it wasn’t moved from the public right of way.
- [California Home-Schooling Ruling Is An 'Assault on the Family'](https://www.jesussite.com/california-home-schooling-ruling-is-an-assault-on-the-family/) - A ruling by a California appeals court that parents "do not have a constitutional right to home-school their children" drew harsh criticism from religious conservatives on Friday, one of whom said the decision makes tens of thousands of parents into criminals - "the equivalent to drug dealers or pick-pockets."
- [Christian Photographer Accused of 'Discriminating' Against Lesbian Couple](https://www.jesussite.com/christian-photographer-accused-of-discriminating-against-lesbian-couple/) - The Human Rights Commission of New Mexico ruled on Wednesday that an evangelical Christian photographer discriminated against a lesbian couple because he refused a job to photograph the couple's same-sex commitment ceremony. The commission ordered Elaine and Jon Huenins, owners of Elane Photography in Albuquerque, N.M., to pay the lesbian couple $6,600 in attorney fees.
- [Study Reveals Decline in Teen Pregnancies & Abortions](https://www.jesussite.com/study-reveals-decline-in-teen-pregancies-abortions/) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a new study has revealed record drops in the rates of teenage pregnancies and abortion. According to the results, both abortion and teenage pregnancies have been steadily dropping since 1990.
- [Football Coach's Prayer With Students Ruled Unconstitutional](https://www.jesussite.com/football-coachs-prayer-with-students-ruled-unconstitutional/) - The Christian Post reports that a football coach of over 20 years and one time recipient of the USA Today's “Caring Coach of the Year” award, has come under attack recently for his practice of holding prayer sessions with his students before games.
- [Ben Stein's 'Expelled' Explodes Into Top 10 Box Office](https://www.jesussite.com/ben-steins-expelled-explodes-into-top-10-box-office/) - The Christian Post reports that “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” the pro-intelligent design documentary featuring actor Ben Stein, made history this weekend as it propelled full speed into the top 10 box office. It opened as the widest and one of the most commercially successful releases for any documentary film. In an impressive opening weekend, the film debuted at No. 9 at the box office, earning a respectable $3.2 million while only appearing on 1,052 screens.
- [New FCC Rules May Threaten the Future of Christian Radio](https://www.jesussite.com/new-fcc-rules-may-threaten-the-future-of-christian-radio/) - This is the final day for public comments on a proposed Federal Communications Commission rule change some say would threaten the licenses of Christian radio stations from coast to coast. Apparently the rule change would require every radio station to take programming advice from community advisory boards representative of the area's population. What does this entail for Christian based stations?
- [How Churches Are Using Evolving Technologies To Minister](https://www.jesussite.com/how-churches-are-using-evolving-technologies-to-minister/) - A new study by The Barna Group looks at how Protestant churches across the nation are using various forms of emerging technology to influence people’s lives and enliven their church experience. However, the study reveals that the pace of technology adoption seems to have slowed in the past two years as some churches focus upon making the most of what they already have, and other churches attempt to get by without incorporating such tools into their ministry mix.
- [Asset Tracking For Churches](https://www.jesussite.com/asset-tracking-for-churches/) - Churches, just like businesses, need certain items to operate. These may include buildings, office equipment, electronic devices, furniture and let's not forget about musical equipment. Depending on the size of the church, these items can accumulate very quickly and become problematic to keep track of. That is where asset tracking comes into play. In the following infographic, the team at Asset Panda takes a look at asset tracking for churches.
- [Kids Say The Funniest Things](https://www.jesussite.com/kids-say-the-funniest-things/) - A friend of mine sent me a handful of statements made by children with regards to the Bible. I hope you enjoy!
- [Dealing With The Reality Of An Immortal Soul In A Mortal World](https://www.jesussite.com/dealing-with-the-reality-of-an-immortal-soul-in-a-mortal-world/) - Our church recently experienced the loss of a dear sister, Cyndee Luque, to cancer. At her funeral ceremony, there were over 500 people in attendance to pay respects to their respective friend, spouse, mother, daughter, co-worker, cousin, sister, and ministry partner. What a beautiful picture of a person who lived their life with conviction and devotion to Christ and how extensive her reach was with the love of God.
- [Bad Commercials](https://www.jesussite.com/bad-commercials/) - We've all seen them on TV or during the previews at the movies. Visually, there is a major disconnect between the visual aids and the message or the marketing department must have just experienced major cutbacks, because what was once supposed to be funny is now downright offensive. This is TV. So how bad does a commercial have to be to be a "bad commercial" on the radio?
- [California 2nd U.S. State To Approve Gay Marriages](https://www.jesussite.com/california-approves-gay-marriages/) - From The Christian Post, California's Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Thursday morning to join Massachusetts as the second state to recognize same-sex “marriage.” In the court’s opinion, Chief Justice Ron George ruled that the ban on same-sex “marriage” was “discriminatory” and that “domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage.”
- [Christian Worker Bullied For Refusing To Marry Gays](https://www.jesussite.com/christian-worker-bullied-for-refusing-to-marry-gays/) - Lillian Ladele, a Christian registrar at Islington Council in north London, was threatened with the loss of her job after refusing to carry out what she considers “sinful” homosexual marriages. The incident occurred after she had asked to be excused from conducting civil partnerships for gay men and women because of her deeply-held religious beliefs.
- [Are You Forging Your Own Path To Heaven?](https://www.jesussite.com/are-you-forging-your-own-path-to-heaven/) - Is there really only one way to Heaven? Jesus Christ himself, who was by the way God come in the flesh, stated such a fact when He said in John 14:6, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." However, it seems that many people, even people professing to be Christians, don't believe this according to an article published at The Christian Post
- [How the Old Testament Isaac Is a Type of Jesus](https://www.jesussite.com/how-the-old-testament-isaac-is-a-type-of-jesus/) - Isaac of the Old Testament and Jesus Himself hold many similar characteristics. If you recall, Isaac was the promised son of Abraham that God had given him and his wife Sarah in their old age. From Isaac would be born Jacob and from Jacob, twelve sons who would become the the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel.
- [18 Old Testament Prophecies Jesus Fulfilled](https://www.jesussite.com/jesus-fulfilling-old-testament-prophecies/) - I'm not sure exactly how many prophecies Jesus fulfilled during His life, death and resurrection but most theologians place it above 400. The Book of Matthew does the best job correlating Old Testament prophecy with Jesus' fulfillment of them.
- [Cute: Two Year Old Girl Sings Lord's Prayer](https://www.jesussite.com/cute-two-year-old-girl-sings-lords-prayer/) - My wife came across this cute video of a Korean toddler saying (singing) the Lord's Prayer. You know, "Our Father, which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name..." I remember reciting this every church service I attended as a kid, but at only 2 years and 8 months, being able to not only remember the Lord's Prayer but sing it as Zoei Toh does is pretty amazing.
- [Website Allows You To Send Email After You've Been Raptured](https://www.jesussite.com/website-allows-you-to-send-email-after-youve-been-raptured/) - Now thanks to a new web site called YouveBeenLeftBehind.com, Christians who believe they might one day be physically swept up to heaven in the Rapture will be able to send e-mails to loved ones left behind on Earth nearly one week after the apocalyptic event takes place.
- [The 5 Senses In Worship](https://www.jesussite.com/the-5-senses-in-worship/) - Psalm 24:9 states “The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.” I love this verse! The voice of the LORD is so incredibly powerful. With it He created the heavens and the earth and all things in them; with His voice, He calmed the stormy sea and nature obeyed.
- [Stop Using Bad Christians As an Excuse to Avoid God](https://www.jesussite.com/stop-using-bad-christians-as-an-excuse-to-avoid-god/) - I am so weary of people that are "Christians" using bad Christians or bad Christian experiences as an excuse to explain why they themselves no longer pursue God. I have seen it happen over and over again throughout my Christian walk. A person becomes a Christian, starts reading the word, praying, even finding a local church where they can attend, grow and serve, and then they come across what we will call a "bad" Christian or experience that causes them to stumble.
- [Does God Still Speak To His People & Are You Listening?](https://www.jesussite.com/does-god-still-speak-to-his-people-are-you-listening/) - I heard an excellent message this past weekend by my Pastor entitled Hearing God's Voice in which he explored the various ways Gods speaks. Does God still speak in this day in age? You bet he does! In fact, God has never stopped speaking not only to those who love and serve him but to those who don't as well.
- [Gay Man Suing Bible Publishers Over 'Homosexual' Verses](https://www.jesussite.com/gay-man-suing-bible-publishers-over-homosexual-verses/) - The Christian Post reports that a homosexual man has filed a $70 million lawsuit against Bible publishers Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, alleging that references to homosexuality being a sin in versions of the Bible they publish violate his constitutional rights and has caused him emotional distress. Are you kidding me? Talk about a frivolous suit!
- [No Other Book as "Unique" as The Bible](https://www.jesussite.com/no-other-book-as-unique-as-the-bible/) - The Holy Bible - God's Word. There is no other book like it on the face of the Earth, both now or throughout history. It is unique in its continuity, its translations, its circulation, its survival throughout the ages, its teachings and its influence. Here are some interesting facts that prove without a shadow of a doubt that the Bible is unique from all other books ever written.
- ["Make Me a Christian" Reality TV Series Challenges Unbelievers to Become Christians](https://www.jesussite.com/make-me-a-christian/) - There is a new television series airing in the United Kingdom this month that aims to challenge non-believers to become Christians through a number of Bible studies and mentoring from an ecumenical team of church leaders. Thirteen people in all will volunteer to give up their normal lives and attempt to live like Christians.
- [Substitutionary Atonement](https://www.jesussite.com/substitutionary-atonement/) - Recently I was listening to some atheists discussing their concerns regarding the idea of the substitutionary atonement of Christ. Basically, that's just a big, fancy term for the fact that Jesus died for our sins. Nothing more complicated than that.
- [Chinese Officials Confiscate Bibles From American Christians](https://www.jesussite.com/chinese-officials-confiscate-bibles-from-american-christians/) - A group of American Christians is refusing to leave an airport in China after China officials confiscated more than 300 Bibles from their luggage. Pat Klein, the leader of the Christian group, said they will not leave an airport in the southwestern city of Kunming until they get their Bibles back.
- [California Court Orders Doctors To Treat Gays Despite Religious Convictions](https://www.jesussite.com/california-court-orders-doctors-to-treat-gays-despite-religious-convictions/) - You could say that California is "going to the gays." First the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing homosexuals to marry each other, making California the second state to approve such an action. Now the same court has now ruled that doctors may not refuse treatment of homosexual patients based on their religious beliefs.
- [What Would You Do If You Won $3 Million in a Lottery?](https://www.jesussite.com/what-would-you-do-if-you-won-3-million/) - It's a question we have all pondered one time or another - what would we do if we won a lottery of a million plus dollars? For a New York man, the answer was easy. He turned his winnings - all 3 million dollars, over to his church.
- [Dead Sea Scrolls To Be Digitized and Placed Online](https://www.jesussite.com/dead-sea-scrolls-to-be-digitized-and-placed-online/) - Israel Antiquities Authority, the keeper of the Dead Sea scrolls, has announced that they have begun a two-year process to digitally photograph every fragment of the more than 2,000-year-old ancient text and then make them available for all to see online. Although it is pretty basic knowledge that the scrolls exist, they have only been photographed once in the 1950s and actually seen by a handful of scholars.
- [10 Commandments For Christian Bloggers](https://www.jesussite.com/10-commandements-for-christian-bloggers/) - Church leaders from around the world have drawn up a new set of the Ten Commandments aimed at delivering “God bloggers” from the temptations of the blogosphere.
- [The United States a Christian Nation? Think Again!](https://www.jesussite.com/united-states-christian-nation/) - While the United States may have been originally founded as a Christian nation or at least based on Christian values, to say that the U.S. is a Christian nation today is to fool ourselves. As God becomes less evident in our schools, our government, our money, the media, and even our homes, this country continues to move further and further away from traditional Christian values.
- [Clergy Appreciation Month Draws Near End](https://www.jesussite.com/clergy-appreciation-month-draws-near-end/) - October is Clergy Appreciation Month, a time when parishioners have the opportunity to recognize the contribution their leader makes in their life and community. This of course should be done year-round but it is nice to have a special time of the year that focuses specifically on them and their ministry they provide.
- [The Terminator Continues To Squash Religious Freedom & Moral Values](https://www.jesussite.com/terminator-continues-to-squash-religious-freedom/) - California Governor Arnold "I'll be back" Schwarzenegger signed three bills last week that many conservatives say will further squash moral values and religious freedom in that state. "Under these new laws, foster parents, nurses, doctors, health insurance plans, city and county commissions, and court-appointed children's advocates must abandon their moral, social or financial values at the altar of the homosexual-bisexual-transsexual agenda,” stated Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, on Friday.
- [Connecticut Becomes Third State To Legalize Gay Marriage](https://www.jesussite.com/connecticut-legalizes-gay-marriage/) - Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that homosexual couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize gay unions through the courts. The ruling comes just weeks before Californians go to the polls on a historic gay-"marriage" ballot question.
- [California Voters Say No To Gay Marriage](https://www.jesussite.com/california-voters-say-no-to-gay-marriage/) - California voters have adopted a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage which will overturn the recent California Supreme Court decision that gave gay couples the right to marry just months ago.
- [Gay Rights Activists Don't Like California's Proposition 8](https://www.jesussite.com/gay-rights-activists-dont-like-californias-proposition-8/) - California's Proposition 8, which bans gay marriages, was recently approved by voters in the November 4th election. The proposition is designed to not only define marriage as a union between "one man and one woman" but also seeks to overturn a May 15th California Supreme Court ruling that declared same-sex couples had the right to marry under the California Constitution on the grounds of privacy and equal protection.
- [eHarmony Bows to the Gay Movement](https://www.jesussite.com/eharmony-bows-to-the-gay-movement/) - If you thought that eHarmony was a faith-based dating service, think again. True many Christians have utilized the matchmaking service over the years and Christian organizations such as Focus on the Family have even endorsed the service when it was in its infancy. However, eHarmony's latest move should settle the fact once and for all that it is not a Christian-based service by any stretch of the imagination.
- [What If We Had Google Earth in Biblical Times?](https://www.jesussite.com/what-if-we-had-google-earth-in-biblical-times/) - Scenes from the Bible have been imagined by countless artists over the centuries, but never quite like this. With some photo editing, God’s Eye View by The Glue Society portrays four key Biblical events as if captured by Google Earth.
- [GodTube Raises $30 Million](https://www.jesussite.com/godtube-raises-30-million/) - GodTube, a faith-based YouTube of sorts, has raised $30 million at a $150 million valuation. The funding comes from GLG Partners, a hedge fund. It is not GodTube's technology that sets it apart but rather that the service caters to a very specific yet huge audience.
- [Faith-Based Berenstain Bears Stories a Hit](https://www.jesussite.com/faith-based-berenstain-bears-stories-a-hit/) - The popular and much-loved Berenstain Bears series are becoming quite hit within the Christian community following the release of the first four faith-based Berenstain Bears books.
- [Christian Groups Combat Atheist Bus Campaign With Their Own](https://www.jesussite.com/christian-groups-combat-atheist-bus-campaign-with-their-own/) - When the American Humanist Association began running a $40,000 "anti-God" holiday ad campaign on Washington D.C. Metro buses, Christians in the area decided that something had to be done about it.
- [Using GPS To Protect Baby Jesus in Nativity Scenes](https://www.jesussite.com/using-gps-to-protect-baby-jesus/) - When Baby Jesus disappeared last year from a Nativity scene on the lawn of the Wellington, Fla., community center, village officials didn't follow a star to locate him. Instead a GPS device mounted inside the life-size ceramic figurine led sheriff's deputies to a nearby apartment, where it was found face down on the carpet. An 18-year-old woman was arrested in the theft.
- [Christmas Looking Cheerful Again in Bethlehem](https://www.jesussite.com/christmas-looking-cheerful-again-in-bethlehem/) - After eight long and dismal years, this Christmas season looks as though it will be a cheerful one for the birthplace of Jesus. Hotels are booked solid through January, Manger Square is bustling with tourists, and Israeli and Palestinian forces are working to make things go smoothly. This is attracting tourists once again who have stayed away for such a long time now due to Palestinian and Israeli violence in the area.
- [Jesus - The Supreme Example of Love](https://www.jesussite.com/esus-supreme-example-of-love/) - Jesus gave us the supreme example of enduring love. Hell was what He suffered when He hung on the cross and took our sins on Himself. Not only did He experience separation from His Father, He also endured God's full punishment for our sin.
- [Atheists Sue To Remove God From Kentucky Homeland Security](https://www.jesussite.com/atheists-sue-to-remove-god-from-kentucky-homeland-security/) - American Atheists Inc. has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can't keep the state safe without God's help. At issue is 2002 law that stresses God's role in Kentucky's homeland security alongside the military, police agencies and health departments.
- ['Prop 8: The Musical' With Jack Black & John C. Reilly](https://www.jesussite.com/prop-8-the-musical-with-jack-black-john-c-reilly/) - Composer Marc Shaiman and director Adam Shankman, the minds behind Hairspray, have recently opened their Prop 8: The Musical with an all-star studded cast that includes Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris and John C. Reilly at Sacramento Community College.
- [New Jersey Church Group Loses Court Case Over Gay 'Discrimination'](https://www.jesussite.com/new-jersey-church-group-loses-court-case-over-gay-discrimination/) - A New Jersey church group that owns beachfront property has lost a court case in which they allegedly discriminated against a lesbian couple by not allowing them to rent the locale for their civil union ceremony.
- [Sanctity of Human Life Act](https://www.jesussite.com/sanctity-of-human-life-act/) - I recently became aware of a new bill being introduced in Congress by Georgia Representative Paul Broun (R). The bill is called H.R. 227: Sanctity of Human Life Act. This bill was introduced on 1/7/2009 to provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertilization.
- [Obama Signs Executive Order Ending Ban on Abortion Funding](https://www.jesussite.com/obama-signs-executive-order-ending-ban-on-abortion-funding/) - Since taking office, President Obama has been busy signing executive orders. One such order that was put through occurred on Friday when he ended the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information on the option.
- [Christians Representing 'Christianity'](https://www.jesussite.com/christians-representing-christianity/) - It seems that around the world, Christ's reputation among non-Christians is getting more and more negative. More and more among secular society, Christians are being viewed as narrow-minded, anti-gay, hateful, holier-than-thou, condescending and negative. Is this really a good representation of Christ?
- [California Christian School Wins Appeal Over Expelling Lesbians](https://www.jesussite.com/christian-school-wins-appeal-over-expelling-lesbians/) - A California appeals court ruled this week that a private Christian school has the right to expel two students over an alleged lesbian relationship that was in violation of the organization's Christian Conduct rule.
- [Faith Without Works](https://www.jesussite.com/faith-without-works/) - Making the connection between belief and action should be such a simple thing. In every day life, it plays itself out. You believe the stove is hot, so you avoid touching it. You believe that you'll get in trouble if you're late for work, so you get out of bed earlier. So, why is it so hard to do the same thing with Christ?
- [Archaeologist to Search for Noah's Ark in Turkey](https://www.jesussite.com/archaeologist-to-search-for-noahs-ark-in-turkey/) - This summer, Randall Price who is director of Liberty University's new Center for Judaic Studies is planning an expedition to Mount Ararat where he hopes to unearth the remains of Noah's Ark.
- [Obama's Least Popular Act as President Thus So Far](https://www.jesussite.com/obamas-least-popular-act-as-president-thus-so-far/) - The approval ratings are in for the first couple of weeks of President Obama's presidency. Of the seven actions Obama has taken, five are supported by a large majority of Americans.However, ratings are low for the other two actions, the lowest being for Obama's decision to allow funding for overseas family planning groups that provide abortions.
- [Parental Rights at Risk With United Nations Treaty](https://www.jesussite.com/parental-rights-at-risk/) - What would you do as a parent if you could no longer discipline your children the way you see fit? Or decide what type of education you want them to have? Or even decide what type of religion to expose them to?
- [Economic Recovery](https://www.jesussite.com/economic-recovery/) - Obviously, one of the biggest things in the news and in Washington, D.C. these days is what the government is going to do about the economy. There has been a great deal of bantering back and fourth between both Democrats and Republicans regarding this issue. Both parties have their own separate, and seemingly divisive, ideas on how to bring about positive change.
- [Trusting God in the "New" Economy](https://www.jesussite.com/trusting-god-in-the-new-economy/) - With our economy in what is being called the worst recession in over 35 years, and perhaps since the Great Depression, it is expected that people are going to start asking questions. One thing on the minds of many people is how their faith relates to this economic downturn.
- [Fertilized Eggs Recognized As "Humans" by North Dakota](https://www.jesussite.com/fertilized-eggs-recognized-as-humans-by-north-dakota/) - A measure recently approved by the North Dakota House of representatives provides a fertilized human egg the legal rights of a human being, a step that would essentially ban abortion in the state. Representatives voted 51-41 to approve the measure Tuesday. It now moves to the North Dakota Senate for its review.
- [Theism vs. Atheism](https://www.jesussite.com/theism-vs-atheism/) - Recently, I had been doing some friendly debating amongst some friends and family on Facebook. The topic of the debate was the idea of objective morality. Throughout the entire debate, I have been pleasantly surprised that proponents of both sides have kept things quite amiable.
- [Reasonable Faith](https://www.jesussite.com/reasonable-faith/) - For so many Christians today, faith is simply a matter of just that....faith. In many cases, this faith is the result of being nurtured in an environment that leaves little other option other than to follow in one's parents footsteps. One generation believes in and accepts Jesus Christ because their parents raised them in the church and that is all they have ever known.
- [America The Beautiful?](https://www.jesussite.com/america-the-beautiful/) - If you don't know who Judge Roy Moore is, here is a bit of a history lesson. Roy Moore is an American jurist and Republican politician most recognized for his refusal, as the elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the state courthouse despite contrary orders from a federal judge. On November 13, 2003, Alabama's Court of the Judiciary unanimously removed Moore from his post as Chief Justice.
- [Easier vs. Better](https://www.jesussite.com/easier-vs-better/) - According to an article posted on 3/9, it looks like our new president has fully backed the embryonic stem cell research program that has been the source of a good deal of controversy for some years now. While I have my own reservations about this type of research from a Christian perspective, there is something else that concerns me, as well.
- [Western Christians Abandoning Faith in Record Numbers](https://www.jesussite.com/western-christians-abandoning-faith-in-record-numbers/) - We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. This breakdown will follow the deterioration of the mainline Protestant world and it will fundamentally alter the religious and cultural environment in the West.
- [Transitions and Steadfastness](https://www.jesussite.com/transistions-and-steadfastness/) - It seems almost humorous sometimes. Other times, it's mind-boggling. And still other times, one just isn't quite sure what to think. For centuries, millenia even, the debate has raged on. Does God exist or not?
- [Transitions and Steadfastness - Part II](https://www.jesussite.com/transitions-and-steadfastness-part-ii/) - Last week, I started a post in which we were going to look at four different scenarios between Christian and atheist. As I am a Christian and this is more in my field of knowledge, other major world religions are not being addressed in these posts, though they certainly can be said to have the same four scenarios.
- [Transitions and Steadfastness - Part III](https://www.jesussite.com/transitions-and-steadfastness-part-iii/) - Today, we get further into looking at the four different scenarios relating to transitioning or remaining Christian or atheist. Once again, these same four scenarios could easily be argued by other faiths, but Christianity is being treated here.
- [Transitions and Steadfastness - Part IV](https://www.jesussite.com/transitions-and-steadfastness-part-iv/) - As a final entry in our list of scenarios for transitioning (or not) between Christianity and atheism, we'll take a look at the idea of atheists becoming Christians. This type of thing always brings joy to the church community for many reasons. One, perhaps somewhat worldly, reason is that it helps us to validate what we already believe to be true. Somehow, it seldom works the other way around, though.
- [It's All Greek (or Latin) to Me](https://www.jesussite.com/its-all-greek-or-latin-to-me/) - Have you ever wondered about all those fancy Greek and Latin terms that some Christians throw around? Perhaps not. If you're not one of those people who wonder what the heck people mean when they say things like hypo-static union or orthopraxy then you'll probably not find much interest in this.
- [Consigned to Damnation](https://www.jesussite.com/consigned-to-damnation/) - I was listening to a podcast the other day of a discussion on the Destiny of the Unevangelized from Reclaiming the Mind Ministries' "Theology Unplugged" series. This particular podcast was a cross-over with their Conversing with Scholars program and they were talking with Rob Bowman, the new executive director of the Institute for Religious Research.
- [What's It Take for a Revival?](https://www.jesussite.com/whats-it-take-for-a-revival/) - Recently, I was listening to some teaching by Chuck Smith on the work of the Holy Spirit. The teaching was excellent with lots of great stuff. But I wanted to specifically focus on something he pointed out within the first few moments of the audio.
- [Common Misunderstanding of the Trinity](https://www.jesussite.com/common-misunderstanding-of-the-trinity/) - Not long ago, as I was listening to one of the many podcasts that I subscribe to, I heard Dr. William Lane Craig talking about a recent debate he had had with a Muslim apologist. One of the things he talked about was very interesting to me. He talked briefly about a common misunderstanding among Muslims of the Christian doctrine regarding the Trinity.
- [Freedom of Religion Under Fire in San Diego](https://www.jesussite.com/freedom-of-religion-under-fire-in-san-diego/) - According to a recent report on FOX News, a home Bible study is under fire in California. Pastor David Jones and his wife Mary got some friends together at their house in San Diego for a Bible study. However, when the county of San Diego found out, the couple was told they needed to either stop the Bible study or purchase a permit because they had too many people in their home.
- [Students Five Years Old and Up to Be Indoctrinated With Gay Curriculum](https://www.jesussite.com/students-indoctrinated-with-gay-curriculum/) - The newly adopted curriculum specifically elevates respect for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) students and their families over respect for diverse racial and religious backgrounds.
- [Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength](https://www.jesussite.com/heart-soul-mind-strength/) - For about seven months now, I've been working on my own blog in addition to writing for the Jesus Site. The title of my blog is Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength. This blog is focused on what Christ referred to as the greatest commandment in response to a question from the Pharisees. This reference can be found at Luke 10:27.
- [Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength - Part 2](https://www.jesussite.com/heart-soul-mind-strength-part-2/) - Last week, I began to break down these concepts from Luke 10:27 and I got as far as talking about what it would me (to me, anyway) to love the Lord our God with all your heart. But that was only one of four ways Jesus told us we should love Him. So, let's continue where we left off and see if we can wrap this up.
- [Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength - Part 3](https://www.jesussite.com/heart-soul-mind-strength-part-3/) - Man, this holiday week has really thrown me off. Here it is, Thursday, and I'm just finally getting going on writing this next part of what originally was supposed to be a single-shot post. Though, when one takes into consideration my propensity for being verbose, this should not be a surprise.
- [Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength - Part 4](https://www.jesussite.com/heart-soul-mind-strength-part-4/) - We have finally arrived at the last part of this particular series. We've talked about how to love God with all our hearts. We've talked bout loving Him with all our soul. Last week, we went over how to love Him with our minds. Today, we get to what is perhaps the most challenging one for me to describe.
- [Take the "That's Not Very Christian of You" Test](https://www.jesussite.com/not-very-christian-of-you-test/) - Let's face it - it's hard to live and act like a Christian all the time. Personally, I'm at my worst when I am driving. I came across these neat test you can take to see how often you react in a un-Christianly manner over at Stuff Christians Like. Take this quiz to find out how ‘Not Very Christian’ you might really be in certain scenarios.
- [Evangelical Group Banned From Tulsa Housing Projects](https://www.jesussite.com/evangelical-group-banned-from-tulsa-housing-projects/) - Another report involving government attempts to restrict Christian organizations - this time out of Tulsa, Oklahoma where an evangelical group has been banned from a housing project they have been ministering to for the last 20 years.
- [When the Going Gets Good...](https://www.jesussite.com/when-the-going-gets-good/) - When you look back through history, particularly in America, you tend to see a correlation between faith and tragedy. Almost every time there is a major catastrophe, people come running to God. It happened with Katrina. It happened on 9/11/01. It's a recurring theme that we continue to see. When difficulties arise, we look to God for help, for deliverance, for strength and peace.
- [Man in the Mirror](https://www.jesussite.com/man-in-the-mirror/) - There is a very popular passage in the Gospel of Matthew about judging others. It's one of those passages that is so well known that even non-Christians will sometimes quote it. The passage is Matthew 7:1-5.
- [American Desensitization](https://www.jesussite.com/american-desensitization/) - If there is one thing that the American (and world) media is good for, it's desensitizing us to things that should shock and appall us. For years, we've seen recording artists push the envelope of what is or is not acceptable in our society. We've seen the same thing on television and in the movies. We've even seen it on the radio with the shock jocks.
- [Mortal Immortality](https://www.jesussite.com/mortal-immortality/) - With all the articles, blogs, tweets, e-mails and news reports about the recent deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon, one more would probably make little difference. So, here's another one.
- [Two-Party Pains](https://www.jesussite.com/two-party-pains/) - In the past, I have never devoted much of my time to politics. In fact, in my younger years, there was pretty much no time in my life for such things. As far as I was concerned, politicians were just a bunch of power-hungry, lying thieves who's decisions only mildly impacted my life.
- [One-Sided](https://www.jesussite.com/one-sided/) - Now, I'll be the first to admit that Christians can often be one-sided when it comes to controversial issues. We are not necessarily any better than others when it comes to ignoring important information when it may seem to weaken the arguments for our own conclusions.
- [New Study Reveals That Living Together First Can Spoil Marriage - No Really?](https://www.jesussite.com/living-together-first-can-spoil-marriage/) - I know, the title of this post hints at sarcasm but this is something us Christians have been saying for some time. I'm glad to see that their is now some secular proof to back up the fact that co-habitation prior to marriage does not make for a healthy marriage. In fact, it sets it up for dismal failure.
- [Context is King](https://www.jesussite.com/context-is-king/) - If someone were to ask the question, "What's the best way to refute the teachings of the Christian Bible," I suppose the answer would be...Simple. Just take everything out of context. It really is just that easy. The sad truth of the matter is that both skeptics and Christians have been notorious for doing this very thing for centuries.
- [Apologetics Today](https://www.jesussite.com/apologetics-today/) - To be completely fair, this is probably more for me than for anyone else. At times, it seems as though I have a tendency to assume that the same mistakes that I'm making are the ones that many Christians out there are making. With that, my hope is that someone who actually is making the same mistakes as me might read this and that it would somehow bless them.
- [Things Unchurched People Dislike About Christians](https://www.jesussite.com/things-unchurched-dislike-about-christians/) - Just prior to Jesus' crucifixion he told his disciples, If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you (John 15:19). Now while we Christians should not worry about the fact that the world may hate us, we should make sure it is not for all the wrong reasons.
- [Reporting or Condoning?](https://www.jesussite.com/reporting-or-condoning/) - There is a common occurrence that I have seen among both skeptics and Christians alike. This has to do with some of the things that the Bible says about certain things. Many people seem to read more into some Bible passages than they perhaps should.
- [Sifting the Evidence](https://www.jesussite.com/sifting-the-evidence/) - Typically, one of the most common things that I've heard skeptics say to argue against the existence of God is, "show me the evidence that God exists." Whether through discussions with them, reading their blogs, listening to their podcasts or reading their books, one thing seems to be quite common. That is, they only want the evidence that hasn't already been found.
- [Sifting the Evidence Part 2](https://www.jesussite.com/sifting-the-evidence-part-2/) - Last week, I wrote about how we cannot simply ignore the written eye-witness testimonies regarding Jesus of Nazareth, the miracles He performed, His resurrection from the dead, etc. As in today's court system, such eye-witness accounts are, and should be, taken very seriously and are often cited as some of the most powerful evidence of any given case.
- [Send Your Tweets To the Almighty?](https://www.jesussite.com/send-your-tweets-to-the-almighty/) - Want to reach God on Twitter? Not that you really need a Twitter account to talk to the Almighty as He already hears the prayers of the righteous. That be it may, an Israeli university student has taken upon himself to open a Twitter account that will allow fellow tweeters to tweet prayers that he will then place in the crevices of Jerusalem's Western Wall, a Jewish holy site that faithful believe provides a direct line to the Almighty.
- [False Options](https://www.jesussite.com/false-options/) - In so many conversations I've had or heard, there is an interesting and common thing that I hear over and over again. Typically, this is when the "conversation" is more of a debate of some sort. Whether about theology, politics or whatever something strange often happens.
- [Creation or Evolution?](https://www.jesussite.com/creation-or-evolution/) - One of the things that Ken Ham, founder of the Creation Museum, often points out is the different starting points used by creationists vs. evolutionists when studying observational science. Of course, the most obvious first question is, What the heck does that mean!?
- [Is It Christian, Or Is It Culture?](https://www.jesussite.com/is-it-christian-or-is-it-culture/) - More and more, these days, we continue to hear skeptics deride Christianity for many reasons. Some of them are completely absurd and untrue. Sadly, quite a few of the complaints about Christians are true. At least, to the extent that they accurately depict a fairly large majority of professed Christians.
- [It's Not My Place to Say](https://www.jesussite.com/its-not-my-place-to-say/) - Has this ever happened to you? You're talking with someone and there is mention of a situation where someone is choosing to do something you both agree is morally wrong. Yet, the person says, Well, I've done the same thing, so I can't really say anything.
- [Might Makes Right... Or Is It Righteousness?](https://www.jesussite.com/might-makes-right-or-is-it-rightousness/) - I'm always amazed at the timing of certain things. Based on some comments from one of my recent posts, I thought it curious that I was going to be writing about this today anyway. But now, it's probably going to really stick in someone's craw.
- [The Truth Hurts... But It's Still the Truth](https://www.jesussite.com/the-truth-hurts-but-its-still-the-truth/) - Interesting thing about truth...it's true whether you want it to be or not. Sometimes we like it. Sometimes it doesn't matter either way. Other times, however, we don't particularly like it at all. It's those times that we have to be very careful.
- [Let's Talk About Jesus...Nicely!](https://www.jesussite.com/lets-talk-about-jesus-nicely/) - I cannot say that my memory is not what it used to be. It's been bad for as long as I can remember. So, just from last week to this week, I had already forgotten that I was going to write about this topic and I had already written a whole post about something completely different. Fortunately, I caught myself and will post the other article next week.
- [Weighing the Truth](https://www.jesussite.com/weighing-the-truth/) - Over time, if one pays attention to this sort of thing, one gets to see or hear a variety of different reasons for claiming something as truth. One can also see or hear many different ideas as to how these truths were determined to be true or not. This is something about which we must be very careful.
- [Human Value](https://www.jesussite.com/human-value/) - According to the Bible, Man was created in God's image. It is upon this basis that Jesus makes His statement about the second greatest commandment which is to love your neighbor as yourself.
- [Koko Begat Bubbles Begat Adam](https://www.jesussite.com/koko-begat-bubbles-begat-adam/) - In writing this, an assumption is being made that the concept of evolution does not need a great deal of explanation. The basic premise that must be understood for the purpose of this post is the idea that human beings descended from apes (or ape-like creatures).
- [Spiritual Leaders](https://www.jesussite.com/spiritual-leaders/) - For years now, leadership expert and trainer John Maxwell has taught that everything rises and falls on leadership. Many other books and training courses on management and leadership include the same concept. The leader is responsible for the success or failure of the team.
- [Take This Body, Take This Blood](https://www.jesussite.com/take-this-body-take-this-blood/) - Having been raised in the Catholic church prior to disavowing all things church-related, I had always been taught certain things about communion, or the Lord's Supper. In Roman Catholicism, as well as in Lutheran tradition, communion is thought of quite differently than much of the reformed Church.
- [Freedom of Speech](https://www.jesussite.com/freedom-of-speech/) - When I hear about some of the issues going on today in this nation with respect to the "separation of church and state" (and don't get me started on how out of context that is often taken) it is beginning to remind me of CD release from back in the late '80s or early '90s by rapper Ice-T. The name of one of his albums was Freedom of Speech: Just Watch What You Say.
- [Equal Rights in School](https://www.jesussite.com/equal-rights-in-school/) - Double standards always seem to fascinate me. Sometimes atheists have them. Sometimes Christians have them. In some way, I wouldn't be surprised if we all have some double standards of our own.
- [Social Injustice](https://www.jesussite.com/social-injustice/) - It may be stating the blatantly obvious to say that there are a large number of differing ideologies between the liberal left and the conservative right. The way these two sides of the political spectrum tend to be marketed is, I think, very misleading. At least insofar as I understand the differences between the two.
- [The Changing Meaning of Words](https://www.jesussite.com/the-changing-meaning-of-words/) - I think I’ve hit this topic before, but it seems worth going over once again. There definitely seems to be an issue of misunderstanding with regards to certain concepts and the language used to represent them. Two of the most prominent of these are the common uses of words like “intolerance” and “fundamentalism.”
- [The Nobel Peace Prize Doesn't Always Go to the Most Deserving](https://www.jesussite.com/the-nobel-peace-prize/) - When I heard that President Barak Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, my first thought was , "For what?" Many in the world share the same thought. Then a friend sent me a very interesting write-up on another individual who was in consideration for the prize in 2007 but was passed over for Al Gore. I thought I'd post it here for your consideration.
- [Life and Death](https://www.jesussite.com/life-and-death/) - Last week, I wrote about how the meaning of some of our words can change over time and completely depart from their originally intended definition. Sometimes it is because the words get misused. But sometimes, I think there is just too little understanding of the word itself.
- [Extra-Biblical Texts](https://www.jesussite.com/extra-biblical-texts/) - For years, centuries actually, debate has gone on about the reliability of the biblical texts. Questions have been raised about whether the events in the gospels actually happened and how much, if any, of the related events are historically accurate.
- [Evolution, Natural Selection & Random Mutation](https://www.jesussite.com/evolution-natural-selection-random-mutation/) - There are some thoughts that I wanted to put down regarding the ideas of what has commonly been called the Theory of Evolution. I'm not certain that I'll get to all of this in one post, so we'll see how this goes.
- [Evolution Lacks Explanatory Scope/Power](https://www.jesussite.com/evolution-lacks-explanatory-scopepower/) - One of the more hotly debated issues of evolution these days is the alleged lack of what are called "transitional forms." This refers to the idea that, in the fossil record, one would expect to find fossils of creatures who exhibit various stages of form from one species to another. Evolutionists, of course, claim that these transitional forms exist and creationists claim that they do not.
- [Natural Selection as a Mechanism for Evolution](https://www.jesussite.com/natural-selection-as-a-mechanism-for-evolution/) - When people think of Charles Darwin, they think of "the theory of evolution." As I pointed out already, however, Darwin did not develop the theory of evolution. What his theory was about was the concept of natural selection as a mechanism for evolution.
- [Adding New DNA Information Via Random Mutation](https://www.jesussite.com/adding-new-dna-information-via-random-mutation/) - If you've been following along, over the past few weeks I've been breaking down some of the problems that I have with things like evolution and natural selection. Today, I want to address a concept that has been gaining popularity in order to explain how new genetic information could be generated.
- [Oral Tradition and the Telephone Game](https://www.jesussite.com/oral-tradition-and-the-telephone-game/) - Today, I heard what was most likely the most laughable argument against the historicity of the gospels that I have ever heard. It was a comparison of the oral tradition which passed down the accounts of Jesus of Nazareth until they were written down against the game of Telephone.
- [Atheist or Agnostic?](https://www.jesussite.com/atheist-or-agnostic/) - In the past, I had often thought a certain way regarding the difference between someone who claims to be an atheist versus someone claiming to be agnostic. My understanding had been that atheism was a very arrogant claim. My understanding was that to be an atheist, one was claiming that there was certainly no God.
- [Who Designed the Designer?](https://www.jesussite.com/who-designed-the-designer/) - Originally, I had wanted to write something about a quote that I had read from Richard Dawkins where he said something to the effect that, by all outward appearances, if we didn't know any better, it looks like life is the product of design. I couldn't find that quote, however, but instead found a large number of hits for a different quote from Dawkins.
- [Extraordinary Events](https://www.jesussite.com/extraordinary-events/) - If I had a nickel for every time I heard a non-believer claim that "extraordinary events require extraordinary evidence" I would be independently wealthy. The irony of this is that usually it's the people who claim to be the most intellectually honest.
- [Why We Still Sin](https://www.jesussite.com/why-we-still-sin/) - Last week, I posted my thoughts on the subsitutionary atonement of Christ. At the end of that post, I posed a question that I promised to address this week. It's "next week" now, so I suppose I should keep my promise and address this issue.
- [Take My Word for It](https://www.jesussite.com/take-my-word-for-it/) - I recently heard one atheist mention (several times, actually) that a person's personal testimony of an experience with God would not be sufficient evidence to make a claim of His existence. Now, to a degree, I would have to agree with him. However, there are some inconsistencies with this idea.
- [Eternal Punishment vs. Finite Crime](https://www.jesussite.com/eternal-punishment-vs-finite-crime/) - In Old Testament times, people would take revenge against one another in ways that were absolutely shocking. There was no balance. It was not uncommon to kill someone for being disrespectful or for some petty crime. Then God stepped in with the whole "eye for an eye" thing to keep things a bit more fair when it came to punishment and justice.
- [If I Were God...](https://www.jesussite.com/if-i-were-god/) - It seems like there is just no such thing as having too many articles about the "Problem of Evil" in the blogosphere, these days. In the interest of living that out, here's another one.
- [A-B-C Plan](https://www.jesussite.com/a-b-c-plan/) - We've all heard of the ABC plan for fighting against the spread of the AIDS virus. If you haven't, it came out during (I think actually from but I can't be sure) the previous presidential administration. The basic idea of the ABC plan is pretty simple.
- [Church vs. Christianity](https://www.jesussite.com/church-vs-christianity/) - It is no secret that throughout history, terrible human tragedies can be traced back to the Church. Specifically the Christian Church. Notice I'm using the capital 'C' for Church. This is to indicate the idea that it is the body of Christ followers and not a specific denomination that I'm referring to.
- [Church vs. Christianity - Part II](https://www.jesussite.com/church-vs-christianity-part-ii/) - Last week, I started discussing some of the issues of the Church with respect to how they approach and/or address sin. This is not all Christians in all situations, but it is prevalent enough that it creates a perception of the Church as a whole. It is connected to the whole idea of Christianity and drives people away from Christ.
- [Church vs. Christianity - Part III](https://www.jesussite.com/church-vs-christianity-part-iii/) - Well, we've looked at Jesus' initial interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well and gone over some of the things I noticed that seemed to stand out about this meeting. Now, we're moving on to the next phase of this event.
- [Church vs. Christianity - Part IV](https://www.jesussite.com/church-vs-christianity-part-iv/) - For the past few weeks, we've been looking at a passage of scripture from John 4. The story is about Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well. Today, I'd like to continue with that story and take a look at what happened after the woman left Jesus and the disciples and went back to her town.
- [Pseudo Science](https://www.jesussite.com/pseudo-science/) - I am always fascinated at how spirited discussions can get when people try to discuss science and theology at the same time. Mainly, the way this happens is that one person is talking about science and the other is talking about theology. When this happens, it's quite difficult to come to a conclusion together, never mind how frustrating it can be.
- [Wearing the Bulls-Eye](https://www.jesussite.com/wearing-the-bulls-eye/) - One thing that one commonly hears about Christianity is that once a person accepts Christ, they begin to experience a lot more trouble. You might think that I'm going to go into people's impression that accepting Christ meant that life would be easy, but that's not where I'm going with this.
- [The Problem of Naturalism](https://www.jesussite.com/the-problem-of-naturalism/) - Lately, I've thought a bit about the idea of what is known as naturalism. There have been a lot of different thoughts about why this philosophy does not have the explanatory scope or power necessary to explain much of the universe. However, I've been thinking about a different aspect of naturalism lately. Mostly, I've been thinking about how closed-minded and limited this worldview is.
- [Straw Men](https://www.jesussite.com/straw-men/) - There are so many interesting (and often humorous) ways non-believers attack Christianity. From moral arguments against Christianity (yeah, right!) to the Problem of Evil to the so-called Euthyphro Dilemma and so on.
- [Another Blow To Religious Freedom: Supreme Court Rules Against Christian Legal Group](https://www.jesussite.com/supreme-court-rules-against-christian-legal-group/) - In yet another blow to our religious freedoms, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a Christian student group must accept gays and non-Christians as members if it wants to be officially recognized by a public university. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the court's 5-4 majority, said the "all-comers" policy at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law is "reasonable" and "viewpoint neutral."
- [Florida School Sued for Banning Bible Distribution](https://www.jesussite.com/florida-school-sued-for-banning-bible-distribution/) - For years, the Collier County School District allowed World Changers to offer Bibles to interested students during non-school hours on Jan. 16 in honor of Religious Freedom Day. But since last year, the superintendent and the Community Request Committee have refused to grant permission to the Southern Baptist Convention-related mission group to do so. Now World Changers is suing the school for banning Bible distribution on public school campuses on Religious Freedom Day.
- [Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban](https://www.jesussite.com/wisconsin-supreme-court-upholds-gay-marriage-ban/) - The Christian Post is reporting that the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a state constitutional amendment today that affirms traditional marriage and bans same-sex civil unions.
- [Teaching the Bible in Public School](https://www.jesussite.com/teaching-the-bible-in-public-school/) - It looks as if Texas is not the only place one can find the Bible being taught as part of the public school curriculum. A school district in California has just unanimously passed a vote to include an elective class that teaches the Bible from the standpoint of its being a work of literature and history.
- [Hawaii Governor Rejects Same-Sex Civil Unions Bill](https://www.jesussite.com/hawaii-governor-rejects-same-sex-civil-unions-bill/) - In a victory for the fight to maintain the definition of traditional marriage between one man and one woman, Hawaii's Governor, Linda Lingle, vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have legalized same-sex civil unions.
- ["Obamacare" Will End Up Using Taxpayer Dollars To Fund Abortions](https://www.jesussite.com/obamacare-will-end-up-using-taxpayer-dollars-to-fund-abortions/) - The first set of taxpayer-funded abortions under the new healthcare law President Barack Obama signed has been approved by the Obama administration. Even though Obama and his allies told the public that taxpayers would not be paying for abortions under the law, unsurprisingly they will be.
- [Truth and Relativity](https://www.jesussite.com/truth-and-relativity/) - In the ever-present effort to keep religion out of politics (I actually don't think this is even possible, but that's a subject for another time) many Christians are not doing their faith much justice. I'd like to say that I am often surprised at how often people downplay the importance of their faith in their lives, but I can't.
- [Abortion - A Religious Issue or a Secular Issue?](https://www.jesussite.com/abortion-a-religious-issue-or-a-secular-issue/) - Ever since Roe v. Wade abortion has been quite a hot topic in the United States. It seems like every presidential election, Supreme Court Justice nomination, congressional election and senatorial election, this is one of the major topics of discussion. Where does each given candidate or nominee stand on the abortion issue?
- [Misapplication of Truth](https://www.jesussite.com/misapplication-of-truth/) - It's not a new thing to point out the flaws of Christians and use that as an argument against the veracity of the Christian faith. Many things have been written on this subject and today I've been thinking about something along these lines that I have not yet read anywhere else.
- [Discrimination Against Christianity](https://www.jesussite.com/discrimination-against-christianity/) - One of the ironies in the area of politics and religion seems to be that those people who strongly profess a faith of some sort feel as though they are being persecuted by the secular minority and the secular minority feels as though they are being persecuted by those who are religious. It's an interesting predicament.
- [God Is...](https://www.jesussite.com/god-is/) - God is love. We hear that a lot. And I think that's absolutely true. God is love. However, I sometimes wonder if we are understanding the entire scope when we say things like that. To say that God is love carries with it a rather distinct meaning from it's inverse, Love is God. Those two things are not the same.
- [The Politics of Balance](https://www.jesussite.com/the-politics-of-balance/) - The United States of America is approaching it's 250th year of existence. I hadn't really thought of it that way until just now. But, really, it's only 16 years away. That's not really all that far, when you think about it. It'll be here in the blink of an eye.
- [Dice, Teapots and Spaghetti Monsters](https://www.jesussite.com/dice-teapots-and-spaghetti-monsters/) - If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone argue against the existence of God using some crackpot analogy, I wouldn't need to write blogs any more. While I'm sure there are dozens more out there, there are three that I've heard repeatedly from various sources. Many of the attributes (and problems) with these analogies are consistent among the lot, though some may have some more unique issues.
- [Dice, Teapots and Spaghetti Monsters - Part II](https://www.jesussite.com/dice-teapots-and-spaghetti-monsters-part-ii/) - Last week, I took a look at an example used by non-believers to show how ridiculous it is to believe in the God of the Bible. The example used jars of dice, one set of which were invisible and transcendent. I showed several reasons why this analogy was a very poor argument against God, but you can read that for yourself.
- [Weighed Down by Faith](https://www.jesussite.com/weighed-down-by-faith/) - Last week, I wrote a post on my blog with my feedback of a debate I heard on Apologetics315 between Matt Slick of CARM and Dan Barker. The debate topic was "Is There Reason to be Good Without God?" I won't repeat my comments here, but you can read the entire post if you like.
- [Trees](https://www.jesussite.com/trees/) - For many non-believers out there, if you ever want to get them riled up when they ask you for why you believe God exists, just bring up trees. I've heard many non-believers get to the point that I start do wonder if they might pop a blood vessel when someone uses an argument for God because of trees.
- [Believe - Then You Will Understand](https://www.jesussite.com/believe-then-you-will-understand/) - If you've never heard that before, or something that basically means the same thing, I would guess that you either haven't been a Christian for very long or are not one now. That is probably one of the most common things I hear with regards to understanding the Christian faith.
- [More "Separation of Church and State" Issues](https://www.jesussite.com/more-separation-of-church-and-state-issues/) - Once again, the idea of the separation of church and stately is grossly misunderstood, mis-applied and mis-used. In a news article on OneNewsNow.com, Bill Bumpas writes about a problem at a Chicago school talent show. The problem? Two girls wanted to perform a song with Christian lyrics.
- [The Other Side of the Coin](https://www.jesussite.com/the-other-side-of-the-coin/) - Last week, I brought up a story about going to far about keeping church and state separated. As if on queue, I just ran across another article that brings up the problem in precisely the opposite direction.
- [Prayer in Public Schools](https://www.jesussite.com/prayer-in-public-schools/) - Since I've apparently been stuck on the "separation of church and state" thing these past couple weeks, I figured why stop now? Besides, it's given me a lot to think about as far as what constitutes a violation of the First Amendment and what does not. Perhaps it's just me, but it seems as though there is a lot of gray area when it comes to this issue.
- [Human Rights - Abortion](https://www.jesussite.com/human-rights-abortion/) - According to our founding fathers, there are certain rights we have that are attributed to the fact that we are human. These rights, according to the Declaration of Independence, are given to us by our Creator. The list in the Declaration is not exhaustive, as indicated by the preceding phrase "that among these are."
- [The Third Day](https://www.jesussite.com/the-third-day/) - If I were smart, I'd wait until we were coming up on Easter before I posted something about the resurrection. But, here I am writing about it now...just before Thanksgiving. I guess I could make an argument that it still makes sense since, as a Christian, the empty tomb is something I'm thankful for.
- [Reasoning](https://www.jesussite.com/reasoning/) - Christians have, for some time now, been accused of a lack of reason. Typically, the way things are portrayed, people like to make it seem as though faith and reason are opposites and therefore are incompatible.Sadly, even those within the Church are often convinced of this. I've written before about this and still feel the same when it comes to the faith vs. reason argument.
- [Exodus](https://www.jesussite.com/exodus/) - I have heard it often claimed that there is absolutely no evidence for the Old Testament recounting of the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt as told in the book of Exodus. This is a pretty significant claim since it is fairly well known that the Egyptians had a tendency to keep fairly comprehensive records. So, this leaves the question...Is there evidence of the Exodus?
- [Seventh Day of Rest](https://www.jesussite.com/seventh-day-of-rest/) - One of the "internal" debates these days within the Church is regarding the days of creation. There are basically two camps on this issue. First, there are the "Old Earth Creationists" who believe that the Earth is millions (or billions) of years old. On the other side, there are the "Young Earth Creationists" who believe that the Earth is fewer than 10,000 years old.
- [Wise Men, Mangers and Baby Jesus](https://www.jesussite.com/wise-men-mangers-and-baby-jesus/) - Once again, we are coming up on the time of year when we celebrate one of the greatest events in the history of...well...history. It's a celebration of the incarnation, when the divine took on human form and lived among His creation.
- [Knowledge Puffs Up](https://www.jesussite.com/knowledge-puffs-up/) - The world is full of irony. Of the many things people use against Christians, much of the ammunition non-believers use against us has been provided to them...by us. Not always on purpose, of course. Often it can be a simple mis-application of scripture.
- [Was the Resurrection Physical?](https://www.jesussite.com/was-the-resurrection-physical/) - Over these many centuries since the time of Jesus of Nazareth, many ideas have been offered to attempt to explain certain things about Him and about God in general. Many of them have been denounced as heresies throughout this time. However, now and again, these same ideas that were written off as unbiblical or heretical crop back up in different ways.
- [Relating to Pain](https://www.jesussite.com/relating-to-pain/) - For some time now, there have been many responses to the concept of what is known as the "Problem of Evil." Sometimes this is also called the "Problem of Pain" or the "Problem of Suffering." It is an argument offered to challenge the idea that there exists a God who is all powerful and simultaneously all loving.
- [Indoctrination of Children](https://www.jesussite.com/indoctrination-of-children/) - Perhaps the most outspoken person against the idea of religious indoctrination of children is Richard Dawkins. When writing about it in The God Delusion or talking about it in interviews and such, he becomes quite venomous toward those who would teach their children their own system of beliefs.
- [The Most Dangerous Book in the World](https://www.jesussite.com/the-most-dangerous-book-in-the-world/) - As a Christian, you might expect me to say that I believe that the Bible is the greatest book in the history of the world. The doctrines taught in the Bible have, arguably, led to more philanthropy, selfless action and other beneficial things such as schools, hospitals, etc. than any other book, religion, worldview or ideal.
- [Some Just Refuse to Believe](https://www.jesussite.com/some-just-refuse-to-believe/) - There was a podcast that I used to listen to called The Atheist Experience. One of the hosts, Matt Dillahunty, was once a Christian and was planning to go into seminary until he eventually lost his faith because he felt it was not reasonable to be believe any more.
- [Judging Inconsistencies](https://www.jesussite.com/judging-inconsistencies/) - On one such episode, they had a guest on the show who was a Reiki healer named Beverly. While there were a number of things that she said that I took issue with theologically, one of the things I wanted to cover today was with regards to a discussion she had with a Christian on the program regarding God's judgment.
- [Since It's Gross...We Can Admit It's Bad](https://www.jesussite.com/since-its-gross-we-can-admit-its-bad/) - Recently, I read a news article about the now famous (or infamous) abortion doctor, Kermit Gosnell who was recently charged with eight counts of murder for abortions he performed. The story is not for the faint of heart, so if you're going to read the entire article, please be prepared.
- [Inconsistent Skepticism](https://www.jesussite.com/inconsistent-skepticism/) - It seems that the more I read or listen to many of the common arguments from non-believers, there is a very narrow range of types of objections to Christianity or any sort of theism. One such argument has to do with the level of skepticism they have regarding any claims of a divine being. What I have found, however, is that this argument tends to be every bit as inconsistent as many others.
- [Assuming Evolution](https://www.jesussite.com/assuming-evolution/) - It seems to be taking me an obscenely long time to read through Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. One reason for this is the fact that shortly after starting the book, I began to realize how utterly ridiculous Dawkins’ arguments were against theism. They were riddled with double-standards and self-refuting ideas.
- [The Rhetoric of Philosophical Naturalism](https://www.jesussite.com/the-rhetoric-of-philisophical-naturalism/) - It is no secret that rhetoric can be very powerful when used the right way. It can be a very effective tool to persuade people to your point of view without ever offering any sort of argument or evidence to back them up.
- [Misuse of Truth](https://www.jesussite.com/misuse-of-truth/) - Many people who fall away from the Church have a number of reasons for doing so. While a number of the more outspoken of them tend to claim that they left the Church due to intellectual reasons. However, it seems that when one hears their "un-testimony" it becomes clear that they are more likely emotional reasons.
- [What DOES the First Amendment Say?](https://www.jesussite.com/what-does-the-first-amendment-say/) - Once again, another court case is on the books regarding separation of church and state. This time due to high-school officials taking down a copy of the Ten Commandments from a student’s locker. Fortunately, this was reversed and the student is now allowed to post the Commandments on his locker again.
- [Guilt and Shame](https://www.jesussite.com/guilt-and-shame/) - I thought this would be a good time to go back into the recesses of history and bring up a topic that was taught in my church quite a number of years ago, now. That is, as the title of this post suggests, guilt and shame.
- [Double Standards](https://www.jesussite.com/double-standards/) - It always is fascinating to me when people will try to refute a theistic claim and then turn around and make a claim based on the very logic they are trying to use to refute the other's claim. An example of this came up during a recent debate with Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Lawrence Krauss. The topic of the debate was "Is there Evidence for God?"
- [Easy Wins or Baby and Bathwater](https://www.jesussite.com/easy-wins-or-baby-and-bathwater/) - Recently I had one of those strange moments. I had seen something that made me think that it was not something that I would do. What it was isn't important. What is important is that the reason I felt that I wouldn't do the same was because it wasn't a very "Christian" thing to do.
- [Picking and Choosing](https://www.jesussite.com/picking-and-choosing/) - If you were to ask most apologists, Christian philosophers or theologians what the most difficult objection was to Christianity, they would mostly give you the same answer. The Problem of Evil. Some might refer to this as the "Problem of Evil and Suffering" or some such thing, but it usually involves the same idea.
- [The God-Man](https://www.jesussite.com/the-god-man/) - If you've been around Christianity long enough, you've probably heard someone say that Jesus was "fully man and fully God." Perhaps you've heard some other variation. Perhaps you've wondered how that is possible.
- [Emotions vs. Reason](https://www.jesussite.com/emotions-vs-reason/) - For Easter this year, my family and I were out of town. We ended up attending Easter services at Central Christian Church in Henderson, NV. After the opening worship band left the stage, there was a young man who came out and presented a monologue/poem/rap that highlighted a good deal of what Christianity is about.
- [The Paradox of Karma](https://www.jesussite.com/the-paradox-of-karma/) - I wonder if many people have really ever thought about the idea of Karma. The way that I have always understood it, when you did something selfish, insensitive, rude, cruel, mean, or otherwise unkind you will accumulate "bad Karma." On the other hand, when you do things that are kind, considerate, selfless, caring, loving or otherwise "good" you will earn "good Karma."
- [The Mobile Bible](https://www.jesussite.com/the-mobile-bible/) - I have one on my Android phone as do many Christians I know. How about you? This infographic provides some amazing statistics on how many people are using the YouVersion mobile Bible.
- [Do You Seriously Think God Can't Use You? Think Again!](https://www.jesussite.com/think-god-cant-use-you/) - I came across the following image on Facebook. I'm not sure who originally created it but I just love it. The image entitled "Do You Seriously Think God Can't Use You?" is a simple reminder that God can use anybody... including you and me.
- [19 Different Types of Christians](https://www.jesussite.com/19-types-of-christians/) - People wear their "religion" in different ways. Some may be deeply devout daily while others only pray in times of great desperation. Some seek to eliminate humanity's wrongs while others seek to prove humanity itself wrong. Look at these 19 types of Christians and see if you fit or break the mold.
- [Let My People, Passover!](https://www.jesussite.com/let-my-people-passover/) - Most of us know the story of The Passover from the epic film, The Ten Commandments. This Jewish holiday is a remembrance of the Exodus from slavery in Ancient Egypt. Jewish families eat a special meal called a Seder that is full of symbolic foods.
- [Religion in America](https://www.jesussite.com/religion-in-america/) - In our land of religious freedom, which religion do most Americans choose? Which denominations are most popular? Which regions gravitate to one religion? The following infographic, published by Online-Theology-Degree.com, provides the details of religion in America.
- [Clarifying the Clutter](https://www.jesussite.com/clarifying-the-clutter/) - There has not been, to my best recollection, a more polarizing topic in our society than the current issue of same-sex marriage. Now, before we get further along here, I'd like to point out something about this issue. That is...it is not “gay” marriage.
- [As a Christian, Would You Attend a Gay Wedding?](https://www.jesussite.com/as-a-christian-would-you-attend-a-gay-wedding/) - A post with a very interesting question caught my attention today. John Shore asked the question, "What would Jesus do if invited to a gay wedding?" While he didn't directly answer as to whether Jesus would attend, he did ponder as to whether he himself would attend or not.
- [Online Giving: Is It Right For Your Church?](https://www.jesussite.com/online-giving-is-it-right-for-your-church/) - Churches have been steadily evolving in adopting options that allow members to pay tithes, offerings and other monetary donations online. No longer do churchgoers have to worry about bringing their checkbook or cash. Now, they can simply use their credit or debit card to give directly to their regular place of worship.
- [The Anatomy of an Affair & Why They Don't Last](https://www.jesussite.com/the-anatomy-of-an-affair/) - Here is an infographic from MarriageMax.com that explores the anatomy of an affair
- [The Road Back to the Sabbath](https://www.jesussite.com/the-road-back-to-the-sabbath/) - Have you ever wondered why modern Christians go to church on Sunday instead of Saturday, like Jesus did? What would Jesus do today?
- [How To Talk About God With Your Kids](https://www.jesussite.com/how-to-talk-about-god-with-your-kids/) - Most Christian moms and dads have thoughts about Jesus throughout the day. Therefore, talking to your children about God can be a simple as opening up about what’s already on your mind.
- [How To Teach Children About Prayer](https://www.jesussite.com/how-to-teach-children-about-prayer/) - When teaching children how-to pray, it is best to show them an active prayer life in your own life and encourage them to pray for other people as well as themselves. In this infographic, Hondo Carpenter Ministries looks at some different ways to teach children about prayer.
- [What If I Don't Think I'm a Sinner?](https://www.jesussite.com/what-if-dont-think-im-a-sinner/) - Well, you are a sinner, whether you feel it or not, and you are all called to deal, not with a question of feeling, but of fact. Many a man has been fatally ill, without feeling his danger, but his lack of feeling did not arrest for one moment the progress of disease and death.
- [What If I Don't Feel That I Am Saved](https://www.jesussite.com/what-if-i-dont-feel-that-i-am-saved/) - Here again, it is not a question of feeling but of fact. Of course, if you know upon the sure testimony of God's word that you are saved, you will feel glad and grateful; but you are not saved on account of your feeling, nor by feeling, nor as the result of feeling.
- [Collection of  Clarence Larkin Illustrations Now Live](https://www.jesussite.com/collection-of-clarence-larkin-illustrations-now-live/) - We are very excited to announce that we have completed a new resource section on this site entitled "Biblical Imagery & Visuals" which includes a collection of Clarence Larkin hand-drawn illustrations, 60 to be exact. These are the first collection of "Christian infographics" ever created that I am aware of.
- [When God and Government Collide](https://www.jesussite.com/when-god-and-government-collide/) - I heard an excellent message this weekend from Pastor Ray Davis entitled, "When God and Government Collide." If you are at all concerned with our current government's continuous attack on our religious values and freedoms and how we as followers of Christ should respond, you will want to hear this important message.
- ["The Golden Compass" Movie Has Christians & Atheists Upset - But Why?](https://www.jesussite.com/the-golden-compass-movie-has-christians-atheists-upset/) - New Line Cinema's "The Golden Compass" hasn't even hit theaters yet and it already has some Christians and atheists upset up in arms, reports USA Today. Apparently the movie, based on the first book of British author Philip Pullman's trilogy, "His Dark Materials," has many atheist themes throughout.
- [Characteristics of the 'Less Than Ideal' Husband](https://www.jesussite.com/characteristics-of-the-less-than-ideal-husband/) - An article by Maureen Dowd published at The New York Times provides some characteristics or you could call them "flaws" to look out for if you ladies want the ideal husband. Heed this advice and you may dodge mates who would maul your happiness. Ignore it and you may find yourself in a relationship nightmare.
- [Pastor Starts Program To Place Chaplains in Bars](https://www.jesussite.com/pastor-starts-program-to-place-chaplains-in-bars/) - We have to go where the people in need are at so why not a bar? Crosswalk reports on an original story by the Patriot-News that Chuck Kish, a senior pastor at the Bethel Assembly of God in Carlisle, is launching a program at the Market Cross Pub next month to put chaplains in bars. They will not be there to preach on the sins of excessive drinking nor to evangelize but rather to offer help to people who want it.
- [California Public Schools Going To Hell in a Handbasket](https://www.jesussite.com/california-public-schools-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket/) - It's Arnie's fault! That's right, California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two bills into law that effectively ban the use of words like "Mom and Dad" as well as "husband and wife."
- [News Corp. Gets Religion](https://www.jesussite.com/news-corp-gets-religion/) - Mashable reports that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has purchased Beliefnet, a spirituality-based website founded by Steve Waldman in 1999. No details have been released pertaining to this unconfirmed acquisition, but an announcement is expected from News Corp. sometime today. Beliefnet has an overarching focus on spirituality, touching on Christianity, Judaism, and other forms of spirituality-based
- [How Does the Church Handle Crisis Communication?](https://www.jesussite.com/how-does-the-church-handle-crisis-communication/) - If you have been in a church for any length of time, you have no doubt seen or experienced first hand a crisis. Things like the pastor retiring, interpersonal conflict among members, moral failure of church leaders and even changing the color of the carpet can lead to a crisis. While such crisis situations will come, the real test is how will the church handle them. Is there a plan in place or do most churches just try to cope with them as they occur?
- [Cancel Culture Not Welcome Here!](https://www.jesussite.com/cancel-culture-not-welcome-here/) - Far left liberals, Woke, word and censor police seem to be on an all-out warpath against free speech, at least the kind of speech that does not align up with their own ideals. Weekly we are hearing about people and companies being "canceled."
- [The Convenience of Money](https://www.jesussite.com/the-convenience-of-money/) - I don't know if you're old enough to remember this, and perhaps I'm showing my age a bit, but do you remember what life was like before debit cards? I still remember what it was like when we didn't have the Internet (or at least the World Wide Web), or cell phones, or ATMs.
- [Open Minded](https://www.jesussite.com/open-minded/) - Have you ever heard someone tell you that you need to be more open minded? The most interesting part about that is that most of those people don't actually realize what they're saying.
- [God of the Gaps](https://www.jesussite.com/god-of-the-gaps/) - You've probably heard the term God of the Gaps before. If not, another phrase used for this concept is the argument from ignorance. This is basically an anti-theist argument which tries to make theists look like wishful thinkers.
- [Gospelr: Twitter For Christians](https://www.jesussite.com/gospelr-twitter-for-christians/) - Part chat, part instant messaging, part micro-blogging, new service Gospelr aims to be the "Twitter" for Christians. Gospelr is quick to point out that it’s not "just another Twitter." Instead, the site prides itself on being the world’s first “Ministry Microblogging” tool for those that want to share thoughts, ideas, words of encouragement, prayer requests, daily scripture readings, and oh so much more
- [Our "Strong" 90's Economy](https://www.jesussite.com/our-strong-90s-economy/) - While reading through some blogs regarding the current election year and the campaigns that will soon get underway after the DNC and RNC, I read something about how strong our economy was in the 90's. The statement was made, apparently, in an attempt to give credit to the Clinton administration for being in the Whitehouse during such strong economic times as if they had anything to do with it.
- [Christian Pilots Land Safely Next To Jesus Sign After Running Out of Fuel](https://www.jesussite.com/christian-pilots-land-safely-next-to-jesus-sign-after-running-out-of-fuel/) - Two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in the microlight airplane they were flying, so they did the only thing they could do at the time - pray. Immediately after, they were then able to make an emergency landing in a field -- coming to rest right next to a sign reading, "Jesus is Lord." Miracle or simply coincidence?
- [Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus](https://www.jesussite.com/take-up-your-cross/) - Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." - Mat 16:24. How often we complain about the cross we bear but don't realize it is preparing us for the dip in the road that God can see and we cannot.
- [Old Testament God Vs. New Testament God](https://www.jesussite.com/old-testament-god-vs-new-testament-god/) - I came across an interesting question by a member of a forum I frequent related to the community I live in. They asked the question, “Why is God so different in both testaments?” They provided no other details as to what they were referring to, however I’d make a pretty good guess that they were comparing the differences between God’s grace and God’s wrath.
- [The Commercialism of Christmas](https://www.jesussite.com/the-commercialism-of-christmas/) - I came across a revised "Twas The Month Before Christmas" poem that revels how commercialized Christmas has become in our day and age. Although I consider myself a bit of a humbug when it comes to our modern Christmas holidays, I do enjoy a few things about the Christmas season such as getting together with family and friends, the fact that some people step into a church for the first time and hear the gospel and slowing down the daily grind for at least a couple of days (if not a week).
- [For the Faithful: Christian Universities in the U.S.](https://www.jesussite.com/for-the-faithful-christian-universities-in-the-u-s/) - The United States has a long history with Christian universities. In the following infographic, take a closer look at the history behind and the current state of private, Christian colleges in the U.S.
- [The Power of Forgiveness](https://www.jesussite.com/the-power-of-forgiveness/) - In Mark 11:25, Jesus says, "Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.” Not only are we commanded by Jesus Himself to forgive others, it is to our benefit to do so. The opposite is un-forgiveness which is at the root of all bitterness.

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- [The World's Seven Great Crises](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-worlds-seven-great-crises/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The World's Seven Great Crises.'
- [The Types and Anti-Types of Scripture](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-types-and-anti-types-of-scripture/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Types and Anti-Types of Scripture.'
- [The Two Comings](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-two-comings/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Two Comings' of Christ.
- [The Threefold Nature of Man](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-threefold-nature-of-man/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the threefold nature of man.
- [The Three Tabernacles](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-three-tabernacles/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the Three Tabernacles.
- [The Three Stages of the Earth](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-three-stages-of-the-earth/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the three stages of the Earth.
- [The Tabernacle](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-tabernacle/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration which represents the original Tabernacle.
- [The Spirit World](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-spirit-world/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Spirit World.'
- [The Six Days of Re-Creation](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-six-days-of-re-creation/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing God's six days of creation.
- [The Signs of the Times](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-signs-of-the-times/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the 'Signs of the Times' based on Matthew 16:2-3.
- [The Seven Thousand Years of Human History](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-7000-years-of-human-history/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Seven Thousand Years of Human History.'
- [The Resurrections](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-resurrections/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the Resurrections.
- [The Relation of Jew, Gentile And Church to Each Other](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/relation-of-jew-gentile-and-church/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the relation of Jew, Gentile and the Church to each other.
- [The Prophetic Days of Scripture](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-prophetic-days-of-scripture/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Prophetic Days of Scripture.'
- [The Perspective of Prophecy](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-perspective-of-prophecy/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Perspective of Prophecy.'
- [The Millennial Land](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-millennial-land/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Millennial Land.'
- [The Messages to the Seven Churches](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-messages-to-the-seven-churches/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Messages to the Seven Churches.'
- [The Kingdom](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-kingdom/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Kingdom' delivered to God the Father.'
- [The King](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-king/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The King.'
- [The Judgment of "Reward"](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-judgment-of-reward/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing The Judgment of "Reward."
- [The Jews](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-jews/) - Here we have two of Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustrations detailing the history and future of the Jewish people.
- [The Holy City](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-holy-city/) - The Holy City." illustration is based on Revelation 21:9 - 22:6 where it describes the new Heaven and Earth, the new Jerusalem and the River of Life.
- [The Heavenly Tabernacle](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-heavenly-tabernacle/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration which details 'The Heavenly Tabernacle.'
- [The Greater Life and Work of Christ](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-greater-life-and-work-of-christ/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Greater Life and Work of Christ.'
- [The Gentile Nations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-gentile-nations/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the 'The Gentile Nations.'
- [The Four Gospels](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-four-gospels/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Four Gospels.'
- [The First and Second Resurrections](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-first-and-second-resurrections/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the first and second resurrections.
- [The Feasts of the Lord](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-feasts-of-the-lord/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Feasts of the Lord.'
- [The Failure of Christianity](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-failure-of-christianity/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the 'The Failure of Christianity.'
- [The Dispensation of Judgment](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-dispensation-of-judgment/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Dispensation of Judgment.'
- [Biblical Imagery & Visuals](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/) - This section includes a collection of Biblical imagery in the form of cartoons, infographics, and even the hand-drawn illustrations of Clarence Larkin.
- [The Diagrams of the Great Pyramid](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-diagrams-of-the-great-pyramid/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustrations which serve as diagrams of the great Pyramid.
- [The Covenants](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-covenants/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Covenants.'
- [The Church vs The Kingdom](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-church-vs-the-kingdom/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Church vs The Kingdom.'
- [The Church](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-church/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustrations detailing Christ's Church.
- [The Book of Revelation](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/book-of-revelation/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration based on the Book of Revelation.
- [The "Times" and the "Seasons"](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-times-and-the-seasons/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing The 'Times' and the 'Seasons.'
- [The "Kingdom of Heaven" Parables](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-kingdom-of-heaven-parables/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'The Kingdom of Heaven Parables.'
- [The 'Ages' as Viewed From Different Standpoints](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/the-ages-as-viewed-from-different-standpoints/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the 'Ages' as viewed from different standpoints.
- [Satan 'The God of This Age'](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/satan-the-god-of-this-age/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing Satan 'The God of This Age.'
- [Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/rightly-dividing-the-word-of-truth/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration entitled 'Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth' which is based on 2 Timothy 2:15.
- [Resurrections and Judgments](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/resurrections-and-judgments/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing all of the Judgments and Resurrections detailed throughout the Bible.
- [Regeneration: Restitution of the Universe](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/regeneration/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'Regeneration: Restitution of the Universe.'
- [Prophetical Chronology or the Seventy Weeks of Scripture](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/prophetical-chronology-or-the-seventy-weeks-of-scripture/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'Prophetical Chronology or the Seventy Weeks of Scripture,' showing God's dealings with the Hebrew race.
- [Matthew](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/matthew/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration based on Matthew - 'Book of the King'.
- [Map of the Old Roman Empire](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/map-of-the-old-roman-empire/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration which represents a map of the Old Roman empire.
- [Leviticus](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/leviticus/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the book of Leviticus, also referred to as the book of sacrifice.
- [Kingdom of God / Kingdom of Heaven](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/kingdom-of-god-kingdom-of-heaven/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven.
- [Judgment of Believers for Works](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/judgment-of-believers-for-works/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the 'Judgment of Believers for Works at the Second Coming of Christ.'
- [God's Eternal Purpose](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/gods-eternal-purpose/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'God's Eternal Purpose as to the Earth.'
- [Genesis](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/genesis/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the book of Genesis, also referred to as the book of beginnings or the 'seed book' of the Bible.
- [Exodus - The Book of Redemption](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/exodus/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the book of 'Exodus - The Book of Redemption.'
- [Degeneration](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/degeneration/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing how all dispensations end in failure and that the natural tendency of mankind is to degenerate.
- [Daniel's Seventy Weeks](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/daniels-seventy-weeks/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing Daniele's Seventy Weeks based on Daniel 9:24-27.
- [Daniel's "Seventieth Week"](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/daniels-seventieth-week/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing Daniel's 'Seventieth Week.'
- [Daniel and Revelation Compared](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/daniel-and-revelation-compared/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration that compares the Book of Daniel with the Book of Revelation.
- [Christ and His Saints Compared to the Heavenly Bodies](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/christ-and-his-saints-compared/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration that compares Christ and His saints to the heavenly bodies.
- [Chart of the Creation of the Earth](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/chart-of-the-creation-of-the-earth/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration entitled "Chart of the Creation of the Earth."
- [Book of Ezekiel](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/book-of-ezekiel/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration based on the Book of Ezekiel.
- [Book of Daniel](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/book-of-daniel/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing the book of Daniel.
- [Antichrist and the Times of the Gentiles](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/visuals/antichrist-and-the-times-of-the-gentiles/) - Clarence Larkin's hand-drawn illustration detailing 'Antichrist and the Times of the Gentiles.'
- [Clean Jokes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/clean-jokes/) - A collection of clean jokes and funny stories some of which are related to Christian issues.
- [Worship Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/worship/) - Here we have compiled a collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on the topic of worship.
- [Word Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/word/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on the word.
- [Wisdom Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/wisdom/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on wisdom.
- [Warfare Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/warfare/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on warfare.
- [Vision Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/vision/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on vision.
- [Truth Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/truth/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on truth.
- [Time Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/time/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on time.
- [Thankfulness Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/thankfulness/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on thankfulness.
- [Teamwork Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/teamwork/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on teamwork and being a team player.
- [Success Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/success/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on success.
- [Soul Winning Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/soul-winning/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on soul winning.
- [Sin Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/sin/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on sin.
- [Sex Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/sex/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on sex.
- [Satan Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/satan/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on Satan.
- [Salvation Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/salvation/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on salvation.
- [Sacrifice Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/sacrifice/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on sacrifice.
- [Risk Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/risk/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on risk and taking risks.
- [Righteousness Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/righteousness/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on righteousness.
- [Revival Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/revival/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on revival.
- [Rest Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/rest/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on rest.
- [Repentance Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/repentance/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on repentance.
- [Rebellion Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/rebellion/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on rebellion and being rebellious.
- [Pride Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/pride/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on pride.
- [Preaching Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/preaching/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on preaching.
- [Prayer Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/prayer/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on prayer and praying.
- [Perseverance Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/perseverance/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on perseverance.
- [Patience Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/patience/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on patience and being patient.
- [Pastoral Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/pastoral/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on pastoral issues.
- [Passion Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/passion/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on passion.
- [Mind Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/mind/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on the mind.
- [Maturity Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/maturity/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on maturity and being mature.
- [Marriage Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/marriage/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on marriage and being married.
- [Love Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/love/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on love and loving.
- [Living Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/living/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on living.
- [Leadership Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/leadership/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on leadership and being a leader.
- [Labor Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/labor/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on labor and laboring.
- [Integrity Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/integrity/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on integrity.
- [Humility Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/humility/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on humility and being humble.
- [Holy Spirit Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/holy-spirit/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on the Holy Spirit.
- [Holiness Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/holiness/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on holiness and being holy.
- [Grace Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/grace/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on grace.
- [Giving Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/giving/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on giving.
- [Fear Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/fear/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on fear.
- [Fasting Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/fasting/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on fasting.
- [Family Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/family/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on family.
- [Faith Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/faith/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on faith.
- [Evangelism Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/evangelism/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on evangelism and evangelizing.
- [Disobedience Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/disobedience/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on disobedience and being disobedient.
- [Discipline Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/discipline/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on discipline.
- [Discipleship Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/discipleship/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on discipleship.
- [Conviction Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/conviction/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on conviction.
- [Conquest Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/conquest/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on conquest and victory.
- [Church Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/church/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on the church and church life.
- [Character Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/character/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on having and building character.
- [Change Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/change/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on change and going through changes.
- [Bitterness Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/bitterness/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on harboring bitterness.
- [Backsliding Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/backsliding/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on backsliding.
- [Attitude Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/attitude/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on our attitudes.
- [Anointing Quotes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/anointing/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes on anointing.
- [Quotes by Topic](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/quotes/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian quotes arranged by topic.
- [Teamwork Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/teamwork/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on teamwork and being a team player.
- [Sin Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/sin/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on sin and sinning.
- [Salvation Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/salvation/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on God's great gift of salvation.
- [Sacrifice Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/sacrifice/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on making sacrifices.
- [Pastoral Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/pastoral/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on pastors and pastoral issues.
- [Parenting Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/parenting/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on parenting.
- [Marriage Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/marriage/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on marriage and being married.
- [Love Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/love/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on love.
- [Living Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/living/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on living the Christian life.
- [Leadership Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/leadership/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on leadership and being a leader.
- [Human Nature Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/human-nature/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on human nature.
- [Grace Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/grace/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on grace.
- [Giving Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/giving/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on giving and sacrifice of both time and money.
- [Faith Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/faith/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on the walk of faith.
- [Conquest Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/conquest/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on conquest and conquering life's challenges.
- [Church Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/church/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on church life.
- [Character Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/character/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on having or building character.
- [Change Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/change/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on the changes and transitions we can go through in life.
- [Blessing Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/blessing/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on blessings and being blessed.
- [Attitude Illustrations](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/attitude/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations on human attitude.
- [Biblical Illustrations & Short Stories](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/illustrations/) - A collection of Biblical and Christian illustrations arranged by topic.
- [Why The Bible?](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/why-the-bible/) - A wonderful paper on the validity and beauty of God's Word - The Holy Bible.
- [The Man of God and Sexual Sin](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-man-of-god-and-sexual-sin/) - One of the most difficult issues we continue to face in ministry is how to deal with those in leadership who succumb to moral failure. Recent revelations in national publications remind us that no one is immune to this temptation.
- [The Gift of an Empty Cup](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-gift-of-an-empty-cup/) - An American missionary's account of their trip to Ecuador and the lessons they learned about servant hood.
- [A Thorough Knowledge of Divine Truth](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/a-thorough-knowledge-of-divine-truth/) - For when, for the time, ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. (Hebrews 5:12) These words are a complaint, which the apostle makes of a certain defect in the Christian Hebrews, to whom he wrote.
- [Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/sinners-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-god/) - On July 8, 1741, Jonathan Edwards preached what is considered by many, to be the best sermon ever preached by any mortal man since Paul the Apostle. It is credited with lighting a bonfire of revival and reformation that swept society during the great awakening.
- [God Glorified in Man's Dependence](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/god-glorified-in-mans-dependence/) - The learned Grecians, and their great philosophers, by all their wisdom did not know God, they were not able to find out the truth in divine things. But, after they had done their utmost to no effect, it pleased God at length to reveal himself by the gospel, which they accounted foolishness.
- [Christ's Agony](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/christs-agony/) - Our Lord Jesus Christ, in his original nature, was infinitely above all suffering, for he was God over all, blessed for evermore; but, when he became man, he was not only capable of suffering, but partook of that nature that is remarkably feeble and exposed to suffering.
- [Christian Knowledge](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/christian-knowledge/) - Paul the apostle makes a complaint against the Christian Hebrews, for their want of such proficiency in the knowledge of the doctrines and mysteries of religion, as might have been expected of them. The apostle complains, that they had not made that progress in their acquaintance with the things taught in the oracles of God, which they ought to have made.
- [Absent from the Body](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/absent-from-the-body/) - The apostle in this place is giving a reason why he went on with so much boldness and immovable steadfastness, through such labors, sufferings, and dangers of his life, in the service of his Lord; for which his enemies, the false teachers among the Corinthians, sometimes reproached him as being beside himself, and driven on by a kind of madness.
- [The Works of Jonathan Edwards](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/jonathan-edwards/) - In this section contains a list of sermons and papers by Jonathan Edwards.
- [What Must I Do To Be Saved?](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/what-must-i-do-to-be-saved/) - I believe the conversion of some is like the rising of the sun, and of others like the flashing of a meteor. But both are instantaneous, really, in the sight of God. There must be a time when life begins to rise; when the dead soul begins to live.
- [To the Afflicted](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/to-the-afflicted/) - If I were to ask this audience what Christ came into this world for, every one of you would say to save sinners, and then you would stop. A great many think that is all Christ came to do – to save sinners. Now, we are told that He came, to be sure, to “seek and save that which was lost”; but then He came to do more.
- [Tomorrow May Be Too Late](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/tomorrow-may-be-too-late/) - I have learned that when anyone becomes in earnest about his soul's salvation and he begins to seek God, it does not take long for an anxious sinner to meet an anxious Saviour. Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart (Jer. 29:13). Those who seek for Him with all their hearts, find Christ.
- [The Ten Commandments - X](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments-10/) - Thou shalt nor covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not cover thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.
- [The Ten Commandments - VIII](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments-8/) - Thou shalt not steal.
- [The Ten Commandments - VII](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments-7/) - Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- [The Ten Commandments - VI](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments-6/) - Thou shalt not kill.
- [The Ten Commandments - V](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments-5/) - Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- [The Ten Commandments - IX](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments-9/) - Thou shalt nor bear false witness against thy neighbor.
- [The Ten Commandments - IV](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments-4/) - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- [The Ten Commandments - III](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments-3/) - Thou shall nor take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.
- [The Ten Commandments - II](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments-2/) - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
- [The Ten Commandments - I](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments-1/) - Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
- [The Ten Commandments](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-ten-commandments/) - Some people have their own balances. A great many are making balances to be weighed in. But after all we must be weighed in God's balances, the balances of the sanctuary. It is a favorite thing with infidels to set their own standard, to measure themselves by other people. But that will not do in the Day of Judgment.
- [The Reward of the Faithful](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-reward-of-the-faithful/) - I can speak from experience - I have been in the Lord's service for twenty one years, and I want to testify that He is a good paymaster - that He pays promptly.
- [The Qualifications for Soul Winning](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-qualifications-for-soul-winning/) - God had no children too weak, but a great many too strong to make use of. God stands in no need of our strength or wisdom, but of our ignorance, of our weakness; let us but give these to Him, and He can make use of us in winning souls.
- [The Lord's Work](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-lords-work/) - What men want in doing the Lord's work is courage, enthusiasm, perseverance, and sympathy.
- [Shall We Meet Our Loved Ones Again?](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/shall-we-meet-our-loved-ones-again/) - As I go into a cemetery, I like to think of the time when the dead shall rise from their graves. We read part of this chapter in what we call the burial service. I think it is an unfortunate expression. Paul never talked of burial. He said the body was sown in corruption, sown in weakness, sown in dishonor, sown a natural body.
- [Repentance](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/repentance/) - You will find my text tonight in the seventeenth chapter of Acts, part of the thirtieth verse: "And now commandeth all men everywhere to repent." I have heard a number of complaints about the preaching here in the Tabernacle, that repentance has not been touched upon. The fact is that I have never had very great success in preaching upon repentance.
- [Popular Excuses to Avoid Salvation](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/popular-excuses-to-avoid-salvation/) - Some people are always making excuses for not doing their duty, and especially for not coming to Christ. If I asked you to come to Christ, you would be ready to give some excuse for not accepting the invitation.
- [Lost and Found](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/lost-and-found/) - What more would you like Him to do for you than what He has done already? What would you like God to do more for us? He sent to us the prophets, and we murdered them. He sent His Son from Heaven to be a sacrifice for us. He sent us the Holy Ghost, who is in the world to give us peace and happiness.
- [Hell](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/hell/) - No one ever drew such a picture of hell as the Son of God. No one could do it, for He alone knew what the future would be. He didn't keep back this doctrine of retribution, but preached it out plainly; preached it, too, with pure love, just as a mother would warn her son of the end of his course of sin.
- [Heaven Inhabitants](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/heaven-inhabitants/) - If there is anything that ought to make heaven near to Christians, it is knowing that God and all their loved ones will be there. What is it that makes home so attractive?
- [Heaven: Its Hope](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/heaven-its-hope/) - Like all the other wonderful works of God, this Book bears the sure stamp of its author. It is like Him. Though man plants the seeds, God makes the flowers, and they are perfect and beautiful like Himself. Men wrote what is in the Bible, but the work is God's. The more refined, as a rule, people are, the fonder they are of the flowers, and the better they are, as a rule, the more they love the Bible.
- [Does God Answer Prayer?](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/does-god-answer-prayer/) - I suppose there has been no word on Christians’ lips so frequently at this time as the word “prayer,” and there is not one in this hall who has not thought often, during the last forty-eight hours, of the importance of prayer.
- [Christian Love](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/christian-love/) - It speaks in Galatians about love, the fruit of the Spirit being love, joy, peace, gentleness, long suffering, meekness and temperance. The way this writer has put it -- and I think it is very beautiful -- is that joy is love exultant, peace is love in repose, and long suffering is love enduring.
- [Christ All in All](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/christ-all-in-all/) - CHRIST is all in all to every one who has truly found Him. He is our Savior, Redeemer, Deliverer, Shepherd, Teacher, and also sustains toward us many more offices, to which I desire to call your attention.
- [The Works of D.L. Moody](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/dl-moody/) - In this section contains a list of sermons and papers by D.L. Moody.
- [The True Christian's Blessedness](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-true-christians-blessedness/) - We have here the description of a true Christian, and a declaration of that Christian's blessedness. We have him first very succinctly, but very fully described in these words—
- [The Sweet Uses of Adversity](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-sweet-uses-of-adversity/) - And will God contend with man? If God be angry, can he not take away the breath of his nostrils, and lay him low in the dust of earth? If the heart of the Almighty be moved unto hot displeasure, can he not speak in his anger, and will not the soul of man sink into the lowest hell?.
- [The Secret of Failure](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-secret-of-failure/) - And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
- [The Old, Old Story](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-old-old-story/) - There is a doctor of divinity here to-night who listened to me some years ago. He has been back to his own dwelling-place in America, and he has come here again. I could not help fancying, as I saw his face just now, that he would think I was doting on the old subject, and harping on the old strain; that I had not advanced a single inch upon any new domain of thought, but was preaching the same old gospel in the same old terms as ever. If he should think so he will be quite right.
- [The Danger of Unconfessed Sin](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/the-danger-of-unconfessed-sin/) - It is well known that in ordinary cases grief which is kept within the bosom grows more and more intense. It is a very great relief to shed tears; it gives a vent to the heart. We sometimes pity those who weep, but there is a grief too deep for tears, which is far more worthy of compassion; we ought most to pity those who cannot weep.
- [Our Lord’s Triumphant Ascension](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/our-lords-triumphant-ascension/) - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou has received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
- [Fallen Angels a Lesson To Fallen Men](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/fallen-angels-a-lesson-to-fallen-men/) - We should not confine our attention to God's dealings with men, but we should observe how he acts towards another order of beings—how he dealt with angels before man had become the second sinner.
- [Beauty for Ashes](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/beauty-for-ashes/) - In the midst of our present Christian service, my brethren, when I trust all of you have resolved to come to the help of the Lord—to the help of the Lord against the mighty—we would bid the silver trumpets of gospel promise sound aloud, that the hosts of God as they march on in battle array may feel their pulses quickened and their souls cheered.
- [Adoption: The Spirit and the Cry](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/adoption-the-spirit-and-the-cry/) - We do not find the doctrine of the Trinity in Unity set forth in Scripture in formal terms, such as those which are employed in the Athanasian creed; but the truth is continually taken for granted, as if it were a fact well known in the church of God.
- [The Works of Charles Spurgeon](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/charles-spurgeon/) - In this section contains a list of sermons and papers by Charles Spurgeon.
- [How To Bear Sorrow From "The Secret Of Guidance"](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/how-to-bear-sorrow/) - You are passing through a time of deep sorrow. At such times life seems almost unsupportable. Will every day be as long as this? Will the slow-moving hours ever again quicken their pace? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Learn more about bearing sorrow in the excerpt from F.B Meyer's book, "“The Secret Of Guidance.”
- [Articles & Papers](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/) - In this section contains a list of articles and papers on various topics related to the Christian faith. We invite you check back often as new articles and papers are added.
- [Bible Study Resource Sites](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/bible-study-tools/bible-study-resource-sites/) - Compilation of resources related to the study of the Bible.
- [Bible History](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/bible-study-tools/bible-history/) - Here we have compiled various resources on the history of the Bible.
- [Bible Concordances and Lexicons](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/bible-study-tools/bible-concordances/) - Here we have compiled various Bible concordances and lexicons
- [Bible Commentaries](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/bible-study-tools/bible-commentaries/) - Here we have compiled various commentaries on the Bible.
- [Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/bible-study-tools/bible-dictionaries-and-encyclopedias/) - Here we have compiled various dictionaries and encyclopedias related to the Bible.
- [Bibles](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/bible-study-tools/bibles/) - Here we have compiled various translations and versions of the Bible.
- [Bible Study Tools](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/bible-study-tools/) - Here we have compiled a variety of online study tools and resources that will help you with the study of God's Word. We have organized them into the following categories: Bibles, Bible Concordances and Lexicons, Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Bible History, Bible Commentaries and Bible Study Resource Sites.
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- [Where Art Thou?](https://www.jesussite.com/resources/articles-papers/where-art-thou/) - The very first thing that happened after the news reached heaven of the fall of man, was that God came straight down to seek out the lost one. As He walks through the garden in the cool of the day, you can hear Him calling 'Adam! Adam! Where art thou?' It was the voice of grace, of mercy, and of love.

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