Category Archives: culture

C. S. Lewis on Lending Money with Interest

C. S. Lewis on Lending Money with Interest There is one bit of advice given to us by the ancient heathen Greeks, and by the Jews in the Old Testament, and by the great Christian teachers of the Middle Ages, … Continue reading

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Jesus Deficit Disorder

Jesus Deficit Disorder We feel a massive disconnect in the church today, and we believe that the major disease of today’s church is JDD: Jesus Deficit Disorder. The person of Jesus has become increasingly politically incorrect and is being replaced … Continue reading

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Persons vs. Objects

      Persons vs. Objects Man is the only true sacred creature in the eyes of the Lord We show reverence for “sacred” buildings Or reverence for the “sacred” laws and regulations Or reverence for “sacred” territory or land … Continue reading

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The War on Christians: The Rising Genocide

The War on Christians: The Rising Genocide—Newsweek Powerfully Weighs In The grim news has been unrelenting.  Every week I read stories on the persecuted church around the world. But most of us never hear these stories because they rarely make it … Continue reading

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Tears of the Elderly

Tears of the Elderly In the Name of Jesus, we ask everybody to honor the elderly. Please gave them love, compassion and help. Do not leave them alone.  Visit them in their senior homes.  Also, please do not let your … Continue reading

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Do not say, ‘I am only a youth

Do not say, ‘I am only a youth But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall … Continue reading

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The most dangerous change

The most dangerous change The most dangerous change that happened to Christianity was the creation of professional clergy. Faith became a job. Love became duty. Hope became future planing. And Jesus became a dictator hiding in the seventh heaven.

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Living Like Children

Living Like Children Many religious people think of life with God as a continuous test. As if we are required to pass certain exams to go to Heaven. Not at all. Heaven is for free. Everything God created for us … Continue reading

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Heretics

Heretics There is no doubt these days, in one form or another, that we are all heretics. We all sinners, and in need of the glory of the Lord. “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who … Continue reading

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Muslim Calls to Destroy Egypt’s Great Pyramids

Muslim Calls to Destroy Egypt’s Great Pyramids by Raymond Ibrahim According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt’s Great Pyramids—or, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin … Continue reading

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Devout Muslim woman cuts Christian girl’s hair in metro (Cairo)

Devout Muslim woman cuts Christian girl’s hair in metro (Cairo) Maggie Milad Fayez, 13, a Christian girl whose hair was cut by woman with niqab, shows her cut hair to Al-Masry Al-Youm editor during interview with her family, 7 November … Continue reading

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The poor in Egypt: crying for help

The poor in Egypt: crying for help The poor in Egypt are crying for help while Muslim brotherhood, and their president Morsi, are busy helping the Palestinians in Gaza for their own political agendas. They are living in palaces while … Continue reading

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Maggie Gobran: Mother Teressa of Cairo

Maggie Gobran: Mother Teressa of Cairo or

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The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen “Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, … Continue reading

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Can we eat money?

Can we eat money? I am not a sociologist or a historian, and I don’t claim any authority for what I write. However, I thought to share my view on money with others. Over our long history, humans almost always failed … Continue reading

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C. S. Lewis: on Friendship

C. S. Lewis: on Friendship “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”

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The Rape of Christopher Stevens

The Rape of Christopher Stevens by Raymond Ibrahim By obsessing over the 14-minute YouTube Muhammad video and its maker, the mainstream media ultimately exonerates the inexcusable and murderous response of the Islamic world.

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Different flavors of slavery

Does it matter what kind of slave ? “So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will … Continue reading

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Egypt’s Endangered Christians: Freedom House Report

Egypt’s Endangered Christians This report finds that the religious freedom of Egypt’s 6 to 10 million (in 1999) strong Coptic Christian community, while generally able to practice its religion, is threatened in varying degrees by terrorism from extreme Islamic groups, … Continue reading

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The Tip of the Iceberg of Christian Persecution

The Tip of the Iceberg of Christian Persecution by Raymond Ibrahim Two Christians living in the Islamic world under arrest and awaiting execution—the one charged with apostasy, the other with blasphemy—were just released.

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The history of Islam in Europe: and how it effects us to this day!!

The history of Islam in Europe And how it effects us to this day!!

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In Egypt: Muslims leave Dahshur in ruins beyond repair

In Dahshur: Ruin beyond repair by Robier al-Faris The Giza town of Dahshur was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1979, since it is home to five of the most famous pyramids of ancient Egypt. Today, and … Continue reading

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Muslim Brotherhood MP Seeks to Abolish Female Rights and Enforce Female Genital Mutilation

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood MP Seeks to Abolish Female Rights and Enforce Female Genital Mutilation Cross-posted from Jihad Watch By Raymond Ibrahim According to the Egyptian website Youm 7, Azza al-Jarf, a female Member of Parliament representing the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Freedom … Continue reading

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Religious authorities: Kiss our hands and be humble!

Religious authorities: Kiss our hands and be humble! All Orthodox and Catholic Churches, including our Coptic Orthodox Church, have this priestly habit.

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Which One is the True Chruch?

The True Church In our Coptic (Egyptian) Church, and many other churches in the middle east, we fight for permission to build churches (1).

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