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After all, the average teen spends nearly nine hours online every day, not including homework. But bad outcomes aren’t inevitable. With your help, their introduction to the internet can set them up for a lifetime of healthy tech use.
I believe the time has come for a “Theology for Dummies” examining a balanced approach to understanding the way people are saved.
They found ways to reach and mentor many of these young mothers. Eventually, the moms started coming to the church. And, of course, their kids came as well. The church is now thriving with kids and young adults.
India’s famed Emperor Ashoka was an ancient convert from Hinduism to Buddhism. He demonstrated that a person is NOT forced by others to convert from one religion to another. Today, “religious conversions are forced,” is the flawed premise of all anti-conversion laws of India. Who could have forced mighty Emperor Ashoka to change his religion? The Emperor’s famous religious conversion was his choice.
Welcome to the Roman Empire on the night Christ was born.
History shows that Christianity and its Church have brought about more changes for the advancement and benefit of people than any other force or movement in history by an immeasurable factor. What is particularly surprising are the myriad achievements made by committed Christians, which non-believing secular-minded people also applaud
I don’t know what you or your family may be going through this holiday season. But I pray you’ll allow Isaiah’s words and the Christmas story to remind you that the God who became one of us is not a weak God. He is not a fearful God. He is not a God of confusion. He is a wonderful, wise, mighty, everlasting God of peace who took all of our sin, shame, and suffering on His shoulders on the cross.
This story’s complexity presents a daring challenge to any individual looking for explanations of God’s sovereign actions on the earth versus how He works through the free will of man.
Acquiring the virtues of love, contentment and humility during this Christmas should be a good way to celebrate the lowly birth of Christ.
Sometimes we become so wrapped up in celebrating Christmas that we forget to share the Christ of Christmas. Christmas is for celebrating, but Christ is for sharing.
