Tag: christianity
member name: Cheryl W.
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January 14, 2007 10:54 AM EST --
As a Christian mother, I have a dilemma, and I would greatly appreciate any advice you can give to me.
In our family we have always raised our children up in the church. My two older . . .
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September 02, 2006 03:07 PM EDT --
No wonder so many people see Christians in a negative light. It is human nature to focus on the negative and ignore the positive.
Parents are much quicker to point out a child's wrongdoing than . . .
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September 10, 2006 01:02 AM EDT --
Today, I am a Christian who is on a continual process of learning. And the more I learn, it seems the less that I know. But here are a few things that I have decided as I have been on this . . .
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November 08, 2008 01:58 PM EST --
As Christians, we are taught to love unconditionally. We are taught to give for the sake of giving, with no expectation of anything in return. We are taught to give until it hurts. We are taught to forgive . . .
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August 10, 2008 12:58 PM EDT --
Through the gospels, we come to know a personal Jesus. We see Him not only as God, but as man. And He was a man who had to deal with the same temptations that we do. When He was tempted in the desert . . .
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July 09, 2006 09:47 PM EDT --
I am a born-again Christian. Before you run for the hills, take a moment to read. I have some insights to share with you.
I grew up in the Methodist Church in the mountains of NC. I . . .
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September 09, 2006 12:18 AM EDT --
We speak of unconditional love. This kind of love is best described in the Bible in 1 Corinthians 13. When I read this chaper on love, I automatically think of God's love. In my mind, . . .
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November 27, 2006 12:29 AM EST --
We sit in our pristine churches,
in our mansions made of glass;
We pray for those who have nothing,
but when we see them, we walk past.
We congregate, try to legislate,
but forget those in . . .
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June 11, 2008 11:36 AM EDT --
This article was originally published a year ago, and many people wanted to know how it was resolved. Today it came to a resolution...which I have added at the end. I have included the article . . .
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September 14, 2008 01:44 PM EDT --
Americans are addicted to happiness. After all, are we not taught to pursue "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"?
The problem with this is that happiness is a fickle . . .
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December 04, 2008 11:41 AM EST --
Such a tiny baby boy
in a stable lay;
Surrounded by the animals,
he could hear the donkey bra y
He could hear the cow mooing;
He could . . .
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January 11, 2009 01:47 PM EST --
I feel You inside of me,
breathing Your spirit
into my soul...
answering questions
that have plagued me,
quenching the thirst
that consumes me,
filling the emptiness
that leaves me aching.
. . .
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January 24, 2009 04:21 PM EST --
Are you good to yourself? Do you treat yourself as well as you treat others? It was not until someone asked me this question that I really thought about it.
As a child I was raised . . .
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October 02, 2006 07:39 PM EDT --
I have a question that has been bothering me for quite some time, and it is one that I would really like an answer to.
Having grown up in a Christian background, when something terrible happens, I immediately . . .
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January 29, 2007 09:31 AM EST --
I call myself a Christian. This doesn’t mean that I believe I’m perfect or that I have all of the answers. What it means is that I have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into my . . .
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May 09, 2008 11:08 AM EDT --
You sit in your self-righteousness,
bow your head for all to see,
pointing your finger as you look down
from your self-made throne.
I can feel your razor eyes
cutting . . .
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November 16, 2008 02:55 PM EST --
I'm amazed
by the love
that You rain down.
I'm amazed
how You lead
without a sound.
You open doors,
You open hearts,
You lead me from above;
You took
this broken child, . . .
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November 25, 2008 12:45 PM EST --
I don't have many things that truly bother me in this life to the point of anger, because I'm a very laid back kind of person. But there are 3 things that upset me to no end.
The first . . .
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May 22, 2006 11:34 AM EDT --
She had been seeing him for around two years. At first they were friends. Soon it was an affair, and one she truly had not planned on. When she had marched down the aisle all of those years ago, she had . . .
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August 07, 2006 10:15 AM EDT --
I have so many people ask me what kind of God would place himself in a position to be a puppet, in which we simply pull the strings and He does what we ask of Him.
It scares me that people have this . . .
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