Day Tripping in Jerusalem: The Curious Case of How Russian Orthodox Christians Became the Same-Day Religious Tourists in the Holy Landdoi:10.21427/436C-2T21Dino BozonelosInternational Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
The reactivity hypothesis posits that individuals who are, or perceive themselves to be, deprived tend to develop a fundamentalist worldview and/o
Not surprisingly,many faith organizations received federal money during the pandemic. For example, an entity called “American Baptist Churches in the USA” reportedly received $1.5 million in COVID-19 relief bailout money –in the form of two forgivable “loans”tha...
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I am not just questioning and researching – I am writing about all my discoveries and making them available to everybody for spiritual deliberations. I am writing since I believe many Jews and Christians are questioning all in the above as I do but just do not have time and analyti...
Christmas in Russia is a religious celebration, as in other Western Orthodox countries. However, because of the 13 day difference between the Gregorian calendar and the Julian calendar, Christmas is celebrated on January 7. A traditional Christmas Eve dinner consists of 12 dishes, each dedicated to...
Part 1 ORGANIC MINISTRY IN THE AGE OF MEDIA: First Church vs. Tradition vs. Today Also comparing First Church, Greek Orthodox and many Catholics “My sheep shall know My voice and the voice of the stranger they will not follow “ Jesus Christ Messiah REDISCOVERING ORGANIC MINISTRY: Taveau Def...
A grain of salt is in order no matter what you read. There are probably some success stories that are no more than placebo effect. However, it’s hard to dismiss the long history of essential oil use and the many groups and individuals who have found oils to be effective. Not to menti...
Doubtless many have received the Holy Spirit the moment of their surrender to God before there was time to pray, but how many there are who know that their first definite baptism with the Holy Spirit came while they were on their knees or faces before God, alone or in company with others...
By the early 1800s European geologists (many of them devout Christians) realized that the rock layers they observed had to be far older than the 6000 years allowed by a literal interpretation of Bible chronology. For instance, as discussedhere, angular unconformities like that shown below coul...