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Hey everyone. When you post in this thread, can you please respectfully keep in mind this? 1. Jesus is Christ, our Lord and so, no matter if you differ from someone, please don't let it become inflammatory. Please avoid attacking anyone. 2. You may be a cessationist or a continuationist...

The Iraqi Human Rights Ministry has declared that an ISIS terrorist known as Abu Anas Al-Libi, has killed more than 150 women and girls for refusing to comply with the "Jihad marriage" (Jihad el-Nikah) order enforced by the extremist group, Al Arabiya’s Jawad El-Hatab reported Tuesday. Libi is...

The Taliban stormed a military-run school in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, gunning down at least 126 people -- most of them children -- in one of the bloodiest attacks ever in the history of the volatile Asian nation. Hours after the terrorist attack, Pakistani troops were still exchanging...

I was a child when I lay down on the floor When you slew me with words like knives That pierced through my heart and more, Because you know words can take lives I waited every evening for you to come home I hoped that someday you would be proud Of me, but now I see that love is a sum I never...

No more Christmas for Christians? BJP Govt makes Christmas "Good Governance Day" If the Union government has its way, CBSE schools may have to remain open on this Christmas. The Union human resource development ministry wants to celebrate the birthdays of former Prime Minister Atal...

Why do some people think that men need only respect and women can make do with only love? I know these passages in the Bible tell us that women should respect their husbands and husbands should love their wives. [ 1 Peter 3 :1 Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even...

Hey everyone. So, we all know that there is a kind of distinction between regular forum users and regular chatters. A world underground and a world above. However some of us have made the journeys and traversed both of these universes. Sometimes with ease, and sometimes not so much. When I...

Last year, I made paintings for my friends on greeting cards. I am not a painter, but I was inspired by the gouache technique, to imitate it with wax crayons. Painting with wax crayons is so wonderful but at the same time very hard. It seems kiddish and simplistic, but it lacks the fluidity...

An article by Jullian Assange for NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/opinion/julian-assange-on-living-in-a-surveillance-society.html?_r=0 Other than decrying the surveillance state of the Internet, it seems he doesn't offer any solution or alternative. Nor does he elaborate on his...

Paris to me.

External interventions can help an individual curb excessive consumption by providing an opportunity to pause and think about consumption. By Dilip Soman, Jing Xu and Amar Cheema Some of the toughest decisions in life are so-called ‘should vs. want’ decisions. John should be saving money for...

(the picture that sparked the interest) Found a recipe on youtube :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghh7Ix47utk Nutella Oreo Cheesecake Recipe: • 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (180g) • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar (60g) • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1/3 cup butter, melted (80g)...

Hey everyone. I have a question regarding the Levirate Marriage custom in the Old Testament, which is specified as this ---> Deuteronomy 25:5-6 “If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family...

You are a city, big and unknown Like a lonely road, with lights aglow Like a train station at night To me you are a lovely sight Like the stars on a clear night You are an airplane at midnight But you hide your heart for all to see Yet I promise you are beautiful to me When you look at...

Isaiah 58: 6-11 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the...

Job 1:13-22 One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazingnearby, and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and...

So India is in the middle of a storm right now, with a quirky campaign titled "Kiss of Love", which started out in Kerala against moral policing. India is very conservative - public displays of affection are very much frowned upon. Basically we don't kiss and we don't tell - in public...

Hey everyone, so apparently another one of these "Lost Gospels" have shown up. As sensational as they appear and as much as it is easy to simply discredit this without further ado, my concern is when it is brought to our notice by non believers and asked for a valid defense. I am hoping one...

ISLAMABAD: A married Christian couple was on Tuesday thrashed and burned alive by an angry mob in Pakistan's Punjab province for allegedly desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran. The incident took place in Kot Radha Kishan town, about 60 kilometres southwest of Lahore city. The victims...

I cannot see The beauty that the world sees I cannot watch magazines And see pretty the way you see I cannot taste The sweetness that you pour Like chocolate syrup over your toast My taste buds are scoured I cannot hear Or I forget instantly the joke When your humor lifts my mouth In vain, my...