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Great Expectations for Christmas

Christmas is loaded with expectations, isn't it? Christmas shopping, decorating and entertaining. Typically we knock ourselves out trying to make it the "perfect" Christmas. And year after year we end up with the same empty feeling, like Christmas wasn't as personally fulfilling as we'd hoped. Why is that? Let's look at a few of our expectations. ... >Full Story

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Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (Part 3)

This is Part 3 of a 4 part series - Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? Anti-gnostic argument? Every appearance of Jesus in the gospels is physical. Since the gospel appearance stories are widely accepted as independent, this multiple attestation provides strong support for the historical credibility of a physical, bodily resurrection. This...... >Read More



Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (Part 4)

This is Part 4 of a 4 part series - Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? The origin of the Christian movement Even the most skeptical of scholars admit to the existence of the belief that Jesus rose from the dead. That is, the Christian movement began based on the belief in a resurrected Jesus. Something must have happened to... >Read More



Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (Part 1)

This is Part 1 of a 4 part series - Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? Christianity stands or falls on the event of the Resurrection! If Jesus Christ was not raised from the dead, even the apostle Paul admitted that the Christian faith is worthless. Since they are not really forgiven by God, millions of Christians have been living... >Read More



The Da Vinci Code: Whose Code Is It?

It seems like everywhere you turn someone is reading, has read, or plans to read Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. There is something exhilarating about discovering something that was hidden. An inside look, a covert meaning, a new voice testifying to supposedly new facts-- the plot thickens. So why is this style of writing so tantalizing?  What...... >Read More



Investigating Spirituality

Everywhere you look there is a hunger to know more about the spiritual realm. Talk shows, bookshelves, magazines, whole stores promoting spirituality symbols all point to this growing awareness in the spiritual and the supernatural. The language is similar in the different arenas of information on the subject. The talk of higher power, divine...... >Read More



Fadia Naji, Mother

Growing up in a wealthy family in Kuwait meant Fadia Naji could have anything her heart desired: expensive cars, beautiful jewellery and the latest designer clothes. But when the Gulf War ended in 1990, so did life as she knew it. Her husband, who had sided with the Iraqi army during the conflict, was sentenced to ten years in... >Read More



A Change of Direction Results in a Change of Attitude

The plane was three hours into its international flight when the pilot came on the intercom with the following announcement: “Ladies and gentlemen, don’t be alarmed, but I have some bad news as well as some good news for you. The bad news is that our navigational equipment is malfunctioning and we have no way of knowing where we are. The...... >Read More


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