The sad story of the church groups failed attempt at mass adoption in Haiti. Luckily I have an alternative. (Humorus article beware)
In this article, I’ll try to dismiss some erroneous beliefs about atheism.
Religion and politics have become entangled again as those proponents of additional government largesse, wealth redistribution schemes and increased taxation as "moral imperatives." But what did Jesus really think about government intervention, money and personal responsibility?
“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us" two Corinthians 5:20.
An interesting rite of the Buddhists of Tibet and the Parsi of India was to offer their deceased human members of the community to birds of prey. These traditional “sky burials” grew out of a practical necessity in Tibet, later becoming part of the Buddhist tradition in Tibet. In India, the practice grew from the Zoroastrian religious tradition. What are the pros and cons of sky burials?
An issue the church should discuss more often I feel.
In the book “The Shack”, Jesus says that the “pearly gates” is His great love: the church, but things did not work out as He intended for it to. Does He maybe mean that churches are doing too little to help their communities and too much to help themselves?
The purposes of the Salvation Army are “the advancement of the Christian religion…of education, the relief of poverty, and other charitable objects beneficial to society or the community of mankind as a whole.” There are several local services provided by the Salvation Army which is a nationally recognized non- profit organization, including the Salvation Army Thrift Store, drop boxes, food pantries, homeless shelters, an angel tree ministry, and the Boys and Girls Club.
Uplifting words, in today’s economy, world of sorrows.
What love is and is not.
