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Treasure Digest: Living Between the Lines

God is the author of order and peace.
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World News and Trends: Ten Commandments or ten suggestions?

What did Moses bring down from Mt. Sinai: the Ten Commandments or ten suggestions?
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Is a Christian Required to Use the Sacred Name?

There are many names and titles of God in the pages of the Bible.
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Who'll Stop the Rain?

Large-scale disasters highlight man's inability to control the environment or to prevent catastrophes that can bring suffering to thousands. The question "Where is God when people suffer?" needs a satisfying answer. Could the answer be found in a source many...
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Is It Anti-American to Criticize the Moral Conduct of the United States?

Mario Cuomo, former governor of New York state, recently wrote in USA Today: "The brilliance of the Founding Fathers has been confirmed by the astonishing success of their experiment in republican democracy" (Dec. 7, 2004). Yet the United States owes...
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Christians in Name Only?

A 2003 poll of American adults found that while 91 percent "absolutely believe" or "mostly believe" Jesus Christ was a real historical person, they are much fuzzier on the implications of that belief.
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In Brief World News Review Study Shows TV Programming Ridicules Religion

A group called the Parents Television Council (PTC) recently published the results of an extensive study of how the seven commercial broadcast networks treat religion.
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Treasure Digest: Be Ready to Give an Answer: Why Do You Believe Baptism Is Necessary?

When thousands of repentant Jews asked Peter and the other apostles how to act on their convictions, Peter's response was to the point: "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the...
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Lessons From the Church Cookbook

Leaving services, I anxiously awaited opening my beautiful new Church cookbook, the labor of love for the Good Works Program. I didn't realize it would also be immeasurably full of food for thought.
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What form of government do you have in your Church?

Could you explain how you operate?
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Although I have known Christ all my life, there have been more times away from His presence than in it. Recently I have come back into the fold and the struggle is immense. I would really be happy if there is anything you can send me or tell me about.

Because of my errant ways I don't have a lot of money, but I will gladly pay for anything that can help me.
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I am a nondenominational Christian trying to find good literature to start reading on a regular basis. I want to make doubly sure the Good News is published by a Christian church.

I saw your web page and it looks good. Are we on the same page with our beliefs?
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Do you believe that Jesus Christ was born of the virgin Mary?

Was Mary a virgin when she conceived and bore Christ?
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World News and Trends: Will this world ever see peace?

The 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza said, "Peace is not an absence of war" (1670).
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World News and Trends: Ignorance of the Ten Commandments abounds in Britain

A recent survey in Britain revealed that "almost one youngster in 10 has never heard of the Ten Commandments."
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World News and Trends- Displaying the Ten Commandments: enigma solved

Nothing seems so perplexing to both the U.S. Supreme Court and the American public than whether a display of the Ten Commandments on government property is legal and/or moral.
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Are You Bored?

Many young people today suffer from boredom. But you don't have to be one of them. Instead, become passionate. Here's how.
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Let's Keep on Going!

The adventures of the great Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton carry meaning and inspiration for those on the Christian journey.
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Governments Legislating Morality

Does the freedom of Western democracy license people to choose their own morality? Or can government legislate it? Actually, neither is true!
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Kissed by an Angel

Could a chance encounter with a stranger be something more? Whether we’re helping an angel or helping a fellow human being made in God’s image, God wants us to be kind, merciful and loving—just as He is.