He is wrong about the shift at the turn of the 21st Century. Declinism was widespread in Europe in the 19th Century just as it has been throughout much of… read more →
by Martin Luther King, Jr. Here is an interesting paper written by Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1949 on Mithraism, a sect of Zoroastrianism, and its influence on the Christian… read more →
By: Hank Hasse I just finished reading Choose Yourself by James Altucher. Fun, fun, fun! Find alternative solutions for someone’s problem. You can when you pay attention to your health… read more →
For any interested, here is a summary of Steven Pinker’s book The Better Angels Of Our Nature, on the amazing decline in violence over human history. We are living in… read more →
The Sumerians believed they had been created to serve their gods, and they served their gods with sacrificial offerings and supplications. They believed that the gods controlled the past… read more →
I do not fear Death
Roger Ebert has cancer again…. his thoughts on his approaching death…. I will pass away sooner than most people who read this, but that doesn’t shake my sense of wonder… read more →
Snippets from another NDE
I was lying, suspended, drifting in nothing but light. Everywhere around me was light. There was nowhere that was not light. Light as far as I could see. Light, I… read more →
By: Robert D. Brinsmead On Wednesday last week I looked at a factory producing a new pre-fab housing solution that was almost out of this world when it comes to… read more →
By: Henry Hasse I have been exploring the three part Tanakh or Hebrew Bible, the canonical collection of Jewish texts compiled by Jewish Rabbis after 70 AD, following the Roman… read more →
by James Tabor Most people raised in our Christian culture have a vague story in their heads as to what is supposed to have happened Easter morning, whether drawn from… read more →
Written by: Victor Urbanowicz Neandertal (or Neanderthal) means people who disagree with me, but only when I choose to call them that. Civil marriage is the simplest and most practical… read more →
by Jonathan Goodwin (Bionic Mosquito) Psychosis: a serious mental disorder (as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions I have recently come across… read more →
By: Philip Cross Nassim Taleb puts entrepreneurs at top, academics at bottom Nassim Taleb was described as “Wall Street’s principal dissident” when he was trading options based on the theory… read more →
Posted on October 19, 2012 by Kristen The following passage is from a new book out called Dying To Be Me by Anita Moorjani. Anita had a near death experience… read more →
I grew up in a very conservative/orthodox Lutheran Church. Attended Lutheran Elementary Schools in southern Minnesota from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade and was confirmed after memorizing and being publicly quizzed… read more →
By: Robert D Brinsmead Perhaps the greatest of all Jesus sayings, “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.” This shows that in his heart, Jesus had already… read more →
I am Jennifer Pastiloff and this series is designed to introduce the world to someone I find incredible. Someone who is manifesting their dreams on a daily basis. I met… read more →
By: Robert D Brinsmead If you ask the OT what is the central attribute of God and the height of moral excellence, the clear answer is justice. “The Lord is Sadak.” Job… read more →
By: Robert D Brinsmead Jesus flew in the face of conventional wisdom and justice. His teaching about justice/love appeared to be shocking, even scandalous, but not if one was in… read more →
The Road Home
When people find out I dropped dead on October 13 of 2011, they often ask me if I saw “the white light.” They are disappointed when I tell them I did… read more →
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