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基督教的话最经典的就是《圣经》一书，而十诫正是出自《圣经》，是摩西和上帝所签订的。《圣经》中记载，由于移居到埃及的犹太人劳动勤奋，且擅长贸易，他们积攒了许多财富。这引起了执政者的不满。再加之执政者对于以色列人的恐惧，法老下令杀死新出生的犹太男孩。摩西出生后其母亲为保其性命就取了一...
Religionphilanthropywarm-glowimpure altruismpoverty alleviationMany charities, especially religious ones, spend significantly to improve poor community members' living standards. Conventional theoretical philanthropy modelsdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3164327Fraser, Clive D...
Treat the other person the way you would want to be treated. Gently probe with open-ended questions. Rely on God’s word to get to the truth of the matter. Find things to agree with and try not to focus on irrelevant disagreements. Do not purposely agitate the person, yet offer suggest...
You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness. — C. S. Lewis 52 A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundat...
Pepperdine is a Christian university, but perhaps you feel that you can better understand Christianity by learning about and engaging with other religions. Maybe you’re fairly new to religion and still questioning and challenging—your contributions to conversations might be very different from that ...
For example, I felt lonely for many years due to the trauma of being brought up in a fundamentalist Christian religion that isolated me from everyone. Being taught that outsiders were “evil” caused me to distance myself from everyone which caused a deep-seated sense of loneliness. (Thankful...
more than their emotions. Those are pretty abstract lessons that probably would go over the heads of my 9- and 10-year-old if I tried to spell them out. Thankfully, solitude is a simple, physical practice that can teach their bodies and their hearts ideas that their minds may not be ...
Christian prayer is a method of speaking to God. To get the full benefit of Christian prayer, though, you can't just speak, you must prepare yourself to listen, as well. The following tips can help you hear what God is saying to you: Get the inside sc...
It's a fairytale so tragic there's no prince to break the spell. I don't believe in magic, but for you I will —Bruce Springsteen 12 In the war of magic and religion, is magic ultimately the victor? Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the...