How to Give - “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your
Joe Heschmeyer explores the historical factors that enabled Christianity to conquer the Roman Empire (and how we can do it again.) Transcription: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery; I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and guys, I don’t know if you’ve thought about the Roman Empire yet today, but...
1old-fashioned +often disparaging : of or relating to people or nations that do not practice Christianity, Judaism, or Islam : of or relating to heathens (see heathen entry 2 sense 1), their religions, or their customs : pagan heathen rituals. 2 old-fashioned + disapproving : strange, unc...
We all do this to an extent. While we’re thinking of what we’re trying to say, we’ll stall a bit with an “uhm” or an “ahh.” These filler sounds do not help our cause. Far better to just pause, then resume your speaking when you have the right word in your mouth ready ...
ancient teachings but is this way they are failing to value the power and the sacredness that it has to the believer’s faith. He also states that many have really taken this ritual seriously and still do it to the fullest in our time today. Whatbaptismrepresents to (Montague: 1955) is...
I connect Christmas to the birth of Jesus. I know Jesus wasn’t actually born on December 25th and I know the traditions we have today around Christmas were based on Yule to help easily convert pagans to Christianity. Nevertheless, here I am, celebrating the birth of Jesus on December 25th...
men who were present during the Nain resurrection, men dedicated to a creed that honored truth as a basic tenet of their faith, men who had only to forego their testimony to save their lives, a widow’s son was restored from death to life by Jesus at the gates of Nain. This being so...
he tried to show the pagans the futility of their faith: ‘Your gods are just plain wood: it is here now but it may rot into oblivion tomorrow; your gods neither eat, nor drink, nor talk and are made by human hand from wood; whereas there is only one God — He is worshiped by ...
Twenty-four days after Tommy’s murder, thePostreported the suspect’s arrest by the FBI in Providence, RI. Readers learn that he also was a former member of the Pagans, the notoriously violent outlaw motorcycle gang founded right next door in PG County whose members were known for their fa...
Witches can either practice their craft in groups, called covens, or by themselves as solitaries. New members are welcomed into covens with a formal initiation ceremony. In the Gardnerian tradition, there are three phases of learning, each of which lasts a year and a day. Covens generally...