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Psychotherapy and Faith Reconsidered

It used to be that psychotherapists avoided conversations about faith, spirituality and religion. That is changing. And now, as the psychotherapeutic world begins to embrace the possibilities (or resourcefulness) of ent…
Freedom Positively Understood

Freedom is a major theme in Christianity. The First Commandment begins with the words, "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery." The Israelites' Liberator did not…
Modern American Politics: Idolatry?

“Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. W…
Christianity is the Bloodiest Religion In The World!

In American culture where Muslims are feared for their terrorist image and we view ourselves as a Christian nation it seems funny that nearly all of those professing the faith of the scriptures know nothing of the requ…
Are We Doing This Right?

I started the book of Acts this morning. What a phenomenal book...Pentecost, thousands and thousands coming to Christ, huge moves of the Holy Spirit, the early Church. I've read Acts before and each time I go through it…
This is God's Country: Is America Like OT Israel?

Some time ago on a post, a friend with whom I disagree on more or less everything recommended a book to me. I don't remember what the post was about, but it was probably something to do with America's violent history, …
Behind the Claim That the Founding Fathers Rejected Christianity

The very first order of the very first Continental Congress was to pray. Not prayer to just any god, but to the Christian God -- a prayer that was prayed "in Jesus' name." That first national assembly in American his…
Is America Uniquely Blessed by God?

On a recent Revelife post entitled Do You Sing Patriotic Songs in Church?, LoBornlite@xanga commented:America is the only nation in history that declared, in writing, that it is self-evident that certain unalienable r…
U.S. Military Burns Bibles: Is It a Big Deal?

Credit to soy_esteban for bringing this discussion to my attention. An American church sent unsolicited copies of Pashto and Dari translations of the New Testament to a church member deployed in Afghanistan last year.…
Is Freedom of Religion Truly Beneficial to the Church?

According to a lot of my friends, freedom of religion is something to be thankful for and worth defending (at high costs). Not many people would disagree with the main stance either. Given our society and history this …