Thursday, 22 April 2010

Letter to the Hebrews

Here's a very interesting email I received while I was drinking my morning coffee. A nice lough for a christian and christian bloggers. A Christian who drinks coffee prays well.

WHO DOES WHAT

A man and his wife were having an argument about who Should brew the coffee each morning.

The wife said, 'You should do it, because you get up first, And then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee.'

The husband said, ' You are in charge of cooking around here and You should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee.'
Wife replies, 'No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible That the man should do the coffee.'

Husband replies, 'I can't believe that, show me.'
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament And showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says..........'HEBREWS'

Monday, 19 April 2010

Christian Ads

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Is it proper for a Christian blogger to generate revenue from his blog. Well ideally a Christian blog should be charitable in nature; hence earning money from blogging may not sound right. But I don’t really think so. While it is virtuous for a Christian blogger to publish his thoughts without expecting something in return, earning something does not render such act as immoral or not proper.

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It would be more proper to look at the situation in its proper context. For example is the Christian blogger is blogging just for the sake of earning money or his primary intention is to share something worth writing for. And then one can also ask the question whether what do he or she intend to do with the money. If she is doing it for something good then it is good, i.e. earning from blogging is okay. But on the other hand if he intend to use the money for something evil, like financing his vices such as smoking or drinking, then in this respect it could be considered bad.

To sum up, it all depends on the circumstances surrounding the Christian blogger. Money is not evil, using it on evil things is what make it evil.

Sunday, 18 April 2010

The Glorified Body of Jesus

After Jesus was risen he appeared several times to his disciples and to Mary Magdalene. One common denominators among this appearances was that Jesus was not recognized by them, at least at first sight.

Mary thought he was the gardener. The two disciples waling to Emaus only recognized Jesus when he had left. And then the fishermen realized that it was Him when they caught one hundred and fifty three fish.

Those people had been with Jesus for significantly a long period of time, so how come they were not able to recognize Him right away.

There could be two possible explanations why it is so. First, Jesus could have significantly changed and second, perhaps the authors were trying to tell the reader behind the lines about something, a sort of an apologetics.

Most likely the first one is the right explanation for the disciples not being able to recognize Jesus would be more to discredit the significance of the writing rather than make it more sensible.

So now what could have been the changes. Definitely it should be something better than the earthly body, something more perfect and something that looks like a gardener.

Saturday, 17 April 2010

Christian Insurance

Do you have a spare car at home? It may not be used anymore but still it is in good running condition. But since you have a better car than this one you just don’t use it anymore. Ordinarily you should have sold it already but it you don’t think you can find a good deal that will make it worth selling. Such car has just been a special part of your life and you just want to keep it as long as you can.

Then suddenly your main car is broken and you need to bring it to a garage, the mechanic told you that it may take some time before they can do it. You have toddler children who you bring to primary school in morning and collect there from in the afternoon. And of course you have to report to your job every day. So what now?

Then you remember your old car. Brilliant. Problem solved. But wait a minute. You cannot use that car. It has no insurance therefore it is not safe to use it and more so, it is illegal. Poor you what shall you do now.

Bang! It’s your fairy godmother. She came to bring you some good news. Yes you can use your car and get a short term insurance
. Just a simple as that. 1 to 28 day insurance. No hassles, Enjoy your driving. Life goes on.

Short term insurance is indeed useful. But remember, with Jesus, your insurance is forever.

A Christian Blog on Pain and Planets' Orbits

Pain and Planets’ orbits

Without orbits the solar system will be in chaos. There will be no order among the planets and the sun. In fact the solar system may not be able to exist.

Pain is somehow analogous to planets’ orbits. Pain gives us a sense of order. We cannot survive without pain. Pain is our guidance to survival. Our survival instinct is very much related to pain.

Just imagine banging your head and not feeling anything. Surely without pain we are all heading to injuries and eventually death. Human body is very vulnerable. It is soft and tender. But human as we are, we always tend to avoid pain hence we avoid injuring ourselves.

True Christians welcome pain with thankful hearts.

Friday, 16 April 2010

Christian Postcard

It’s time for your holiday. You have been waiting for it for a long time. And finally here it comes. It is about time to reward yourself the holiday that you rightfully deserved.

Where are you up to? Europe, Asia or America. Wherever it is don’t forget to take photos of the most famous Church landmark of the place. And also any place of religious interest.

Why not try Philippines. It is the first Christian nation in Asia. Centuries old places of worship and the locals way of practicing religious piety are very interesting.

And after you have taken those pictures, what now?

Make use of them in sending your circle of Christian friends customize Christian post cards which will not only tell them how you miss and remember them in your tour but at the same time the picture tells a story of what you were doing and where you have been travelling.

How can this possibly be? It's easy and simple now a days. With today's internet facilities you can easily find a postcard printing service which will just do everything for you. And no, they are not really expensive as you would imagine. With internet things are done faster but the cost are actually lesser.

Send your love to your friends. Send them your personalized Christian postcards.

Christian Blog on Stewardship

Nobody owns the earth. All of us are merely tenants of this planet. Soon or late we will be parting with her. We are steward. Our stay in this world is only temporary.

What is the use of hoarding too much material things if tomorrow you will die. We should not be too concerned with material treasures but rather with heavenly treasures.

The principle of (Christian) stewardship is that anything that you don’t need which is in your possession does not belong to you anymore. Someone who needs it more owns it.

If only Christians will practice this principle, there will be no poverty, no tycoons, less war less conflict, more harmony and unity. This is a sort of realization of God’s heavenly kingdom on earth.

Thursday, 15 April 2010

Why all these tragedies and troubles and pains?

Why God allows tragedies

Tsunami, volcanic eruptions, plane crushes, heart seizures, accidents and many more. Tragedies, just like the sun which shines to both saints and sinners, tragedy can happen to anyone.

Whilst some of them are man-made, some are simply unavoidable circumstances. So why does a loving God who created everything as good allows these things to happen.

If God is powerful then He can stop them from happening. If He loves us unconditionally then He will see to it that no tragic event should happen to anyone.

But the truth is they happen. And the truth is God loves us unconditionally and that He is powerful and all-knowing.

So why all these tragedies?

Well if God allows them and if God is all loving and almighty then these tragedies only mean one thing. They are nothing. Yes, nothing to worry about because they are simply nothing to worry about.

Why does a parent allow his child who is scared to death of an injection to have one. The simple answer is that, such pain emanating from injection is nothing. To a child iit is something too big to worry about. But to a loving parent, it is simply nothing.