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  In the 80’s and 90’s of the last century there was more importance placed on how we treated one another, especially the poor. Human rights violations had the attention of the free world, and would garner the attention of the media through organizations like Amnesty International. We are currently living in a culture now that places more importance on money, status and power, and lacking these, your voice goes largely unheard. Corporations have a monopoly on our economy and work hand in hand with the government, which makes the agenda of the powerful more important than those who have nothing.   In the past, religious groups were more respected because they truly were there to help the vulnerable and the poor, but now what money politics has done is persecuted some religions throughout the world, and as a result the poor are suffering. They use the social agenda of the rich to feed an unhealthy balance of power, and pour more and more money into war, thus feeding the destruct...

  When we are children we are dependent on others to meet our needs and when we don’t get something we want we get upset. The problem is that we have a whole generation of adults who have not learned the lessons of selflessness. We are told now that if we aren’t looking after number one, then there is something wrong with us. We are being taught that our needs are more important than other’s needs, and adults act like children now, trying to control and manipulate others in order to get their needs met. It’s all about a rights society that we even try to control all aspects of society, government etc. until we get our deserts before dinner. We are not learning the lessons that previous generations learned, that we are interdependent and we need to live our lives in an unselfish way. When there is a limited amount of cookies at a party, we should be learning how to share, not petition the party host to go out and buy an abundance of cookies for everyone, even though it might be a ha...

  In 1999 I suffered a mental health crisis and admitted myself into the hospital where I live, in which I was given a mental health diagnosis. I didn’t want to receive medication at the time, but unwillingly accepted it. I was in the hospital for about two months, when I asked my doctor if I could go home, and he said yes, even though he thought it would have been better if I stayed longer.   I was glad to be home though, but at 25, it took some adjusting to feel truly at home. One of the problems I was having at home was it was hard for me to eat the food in the house. I was having a psychosis where I felt the food wasn’t mine, and I literally had to go out to eat, or buy bread from the supermarket and take it home to eat it. Eventually this wore off, but I don’t remember how long.  I was now on ODSP and had a check come to me every month in order to have financial support. I would occasionally have a crisis, and ask my mom to drive me to the hospital, but eventually th...

  The short answer to this question is God defines sin. But how does He do it? Sin is defined in the word of God the Bible. The Bible was composed by many authors but these authors were inspired by the spirit of God, as though the spirit of God was writing through them. So the question is “Who wrote the Bible? Man or God?” The way I can explain this is that God wrote it using the agency of man. Before the New Covenant, there were prophets and holy people who spoke for God. Their words were recorded and when the books were compiled, including the books of the New Testament, we have the Bible.   Because the Bible is God’s word, God Himself has preserved it throughout history. We understand who God is, and what is acceptable and not acceptable to God by reading the Bible. We learn this history of salvation, Israel’s deliverance and what God has done for the problem of sin, that every human being has a part in. Sin is clearly defined in the Bible, both in the Old Testament and in ...

  Bible verses about money. I bet you didn’t think the bible said that? Proverbs 23:5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.  1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. Proverbs 13:11 Wealth quickly gained is quickly wasted — easy come, easy go! But if you gradually gain wealth, you will watch it grow. Psalm 62:10 Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the centre of your life. Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Ecclesiastes 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storeho...

  “Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” (Hebrews 9:22) The Jews who were under the law before Christ came to earth, used the sacrificial system to cover their sins. This is partly the reason why Jesus was seen to be an enemy to the Jewish people by the elders of the Jewish people. To this day the Jewish religion is based on Torah observance, however Jesus came not to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it! (Matthew 5:17) Jesus Christ was able to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins because God credited him of keeping the law perfectly, so we would be imputed with the righteousness of Christ that he obtained from God for us. Because we are credited for Adam and Eve’s sin in the Garden of Eden, (Original Sin) the only way we could have redeemed ourselves is if we could have kept the law perfectly, which is impossible because the bible teaches us that all have sinned, and fallen short of the gl...

  The church is here to serve humanity and it beckons people to believe the gospel. There are many things we can do for non-Christians and Christian’s alike, but what if some people refuse the service of Christianity and Christians, what are we to do then? The first thing we should do is forgive, we can’t force our kindhearted deeds upon people if they don’t want it! We can pray for our fellow humanity, and look to those who want to be served, there are many opportunities inside the church to serve fellow Christians, and others who enter the church from the outside. I believe we will be judged after we die on how we served our fellow man in the name of Christ. I believe we will be rewarded if we took this seriously. I believe as Christians we might experience loss, if we failed to serve our fellow man with love. I believe love is the right motivation if we are serving people, so it can be painful for sure if others reject our love, in the form of our service to them. We look to Chr...

  The church has modernized itself and in the process has lost something very valuable. It has lost its capacity to be personable. The way we reach lost souls is by seeing them, by getting to know them, and by recognizing them, but people are getting lost in the church. The church has become a busy place and is also becoming a less holy place. To make disciples we have to get to know people, and technology in the church is depersonalizing souls, and depersonalizing God for them. Faith becomes a marketable commodity, whereas in the past, churches and their leaders nourished and valued personal faith. While faith is still valued, it’s becoming something that is marketable, which reminds me of the story of Jesus in the temple turning over tables (Matthew 21:12-17). The problem isn’t that the church doesn’t work or doesn’t want to share the gospel, it could be how we are doing it. The church is currently being run like a business, and each Christian metaphorically speaking has a profit...

  In generations past, we didn’t have a problem with this biblical doctrine that all mankind is born in God’s image. This doctrine is different from Original sin, because of Original sin mankind is born with a sin nature and the guilt inherited from our first parents Adam and Eve. While our natures are flawed by sin, this doesn’t mean that we no longer are made in the image of God. Human beings are special creations different from the animal world because we all have a redeemable soul. Many religions have different beliefs about God and the soul, but for the nature for which I am writing, I will address the Judeo-Christian concept of faith and the soul, because Judaism and Christianity share the same bible and the same God. We need to be redeemed because we are all guilty of sin. God is our redeemer and as a Christian, I believe that Yeshua or Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the Jewish law, and through his death and resurrection, we have forgiveness and full redemption from our ...

  If you’re a Christian you have heard of God’s presence, but what is presence, and how can we give our presence to other people? Presence is about connecting to other people in a full and embodied way. The danger with technology is that we can exclude people from our physical presence even if we are present with them in the room. You have heard the saying “give me your attention” but being present for others is not just a brief moment, but a continuous sustained presence which takes ability. Being physically absent, and withholding your presence from someone, feels almost the same! Life demands that we remain present for it, you have heard the saying that this    person has “checked out” of their life, but when we “check out” on other people, it can be just as much disastrous. The reason why we want to be present for our lives and others is because we have one life and whether we know it or not, it is passing us by. Part of building family, faith, and relationships, is b...

  Kindness is a quality that we should never lose. It’s something we teach our children and it’s something that makes our society better. The Bible is filled with admonitions about kindness, so why do we see a lack of kindness in our society? People have drifted away from God and the Bible, so Christian qualities are quickly being ignored and forgotten by our society. Titus 3:4-7 says;  4 “But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Cruelty has a negative affect on us as humans, by nature we know that cruelty is wrong, no one likes to be mistreated. This is why unjust war and violence is wrong. We are made in the i...