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Who is God? God in judaism

“ Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD” Deuteronomy 6,4. This verse called Schema in Hebrew is a prayer pronounced by a believer throughout his life. It will guide us in understanding who God is, for Jews people and the communion that people shares with Him.

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What Makes People Fall in Love?

Several years ago I developed a model that explains the process of “falling” in and out of love. It’s simple, practical, and extremely valid to the human experience. An amazing serendipity about the model is that when one understands the process of love, the person also learns how to fall in love all over again.

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Water, starvations and illness: the overwhelming report

Although unevenly distributed, the world has plenty of freshwater. However, mismanagement, limited resources and environmental changes mean that almost one-fifth of the planet’s population still lacks access to safe drinking water and 40 per cent lack access to basic sanitation says the United Nations World Water Development Report 2.

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African students the most mobile in the world

Tertiary students from sub-Saharan Africa are the most mobile in the world, with one out of every 16 – or 5.6 percent - studying abroad, according to a report from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). At the other end of the scale, only one out of every 250 North American students (0.4 percent) studies overseas, making this group the least mobile.

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A Reputation, A Good Name, and A Good Deal More

A young non-professional preacher was invited at the last minute to preach a sermon at a church in his city.On impulse he used as his text one of the Ten Commandments: “Thou shalt not steal.” The next morning, he stepped on a bus and handed the driver a dollar bill...

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The Da Vinci Code: Fiction based on fiction

Dan Brown’s fictional best seller, The Da Vinci Code, sat at the top of the best seller’s list for weeks. Goddess worshippers and Christian haters around the globe have not only given it rave reviews, but offer it up as proof that Christianity is a lie. You might be wondering how a fiction novel can have such an impact.

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Grenade explosion in church kills 6 children

A soldier detonated a hand grenade Thursday at an evening worship service, killing himself and five children and wounding four others. The reason for the incident is unknown at this time. According to Pastors Francis Ayul and Saphano Riak Chol, leaders of FEBAC-Sudan, the newly-formed association of evangelical Baptist churches...

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Beauty: To What Extreme?

As I watched the final tear-jerking moments of Extreme Makeover, I couldn't help but feel envious. While the latest recipient of a plethora of cosmetic enhancement procedures walked into a room full of amazed family and friends, revealing her new "identity," I sat on my sofa feeling fat, lumpy, and old.

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Violence Increasing Towards Sri Lankan Christians at an Alarming Rate

The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that violence towards Christians in Sri Lanka is increasing at an alarming rate. As Sri Lanka faces the threat of war yet again, Sinhala Buddhist extremists continue with a campaign of terror against Christians.

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