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2010-12-22T20:59:37Z

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== Simplify ==

I suggest we simplify the main page and remove the "Featured video" and "Featured Bible passage" sections. We seem to update the main page so infrequently that I think we should concentrate on having only one "Featured article" and try to change that more often. Other opinions? --[[User:Graham grove|Graham grove]] 14:05, 7 October 2008 (PDT)
: If we have 365 or 52 items, we could have it auto-rotate for us ... -[[User:Aquatiki|Aquatiki]] 17:15, 7 October 2008 (PDT)

== Keep it simple ==

Hi. Just wanted to suggest that we keep the main page simple and without too much information, and keep in mind that we've had problems in the past rotating through featured bible passages. Keep up the good work. Cheers. --[[User:Graham grove|Graham]] 05:16, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

== The Word ==

[http://pics4.porntalk.com/new_thumbs/media/2009/04/17/asian-whore-mika-cant-ever-really-quit-porn/img_orig/asian-whore-mika-cant-ever-really-quit-porn_30.jpg Deus est Nunquam Quietis Satis.]

Essence of Christianity

2010-12-22T20:47:47Z

Manofsorrow: /* Jesus */

{{quote | text={{Bible verse|1 John|4|10|lang=WEB}} [[1 John 4:10]]}}
{{Infobox_Contents |
topic_name = Essence of Christianity
[[Image:Cross sunrise.jpg|thumb|center|The [[cross]] representing a [[God]] who has redeemed us is central to [[Christianity]].]] |
subtopics = [[God]], [[Jesus]]
* [[Christian]]
* [[Becoming a Christian]], [[Grace]]
* [[Living as a Christian]], [[Love]], [[Worship]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}
* [[Salvation (justforcatholics.org)]]
* [[How to be saved (Compass)]]
* [[Essential Christian doctrines (anon)]] |
}}

[[Christianity]] is about [[God]] reaching out his hand in friendship to mankind. [[Christian]]s believe that the everything within the universe was [[creation|created]] by God. God is a personal being, and by some mystery that we cannot understand, he is three, yet one: [[God the Father|Father]], [[Jesus|Son]] and [[Holy Spirit|Spirit]]. He created people in his image, to [[love]] him. Yet every person has rebelled against God. But instead of turning his back on us, God the Son, became a man, Jesus, and lived among us, dying because of us - the death that we should have died. [[Death of Jesus|Jesus was crucified]] on a cross, but [[Resurrection of Jesus|he rose from the dead]], and now calls us to trust him, to love him and to [[repent]] of our rebellion. If we do this, then our relationship with God becomes restored, and God the Spirit lives within us, assuring us of the promise of everlasting life.

The good news of Jesus, or the [[gospel]], is summarized in [[1 Corinthians 15]]. This passage is a simple statement that gives a portrait of what the essence of Christianity is - forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
: ''{{Bible verse|1 Corinthians|15|3|lang=WEB}}''
: ''{{Bible verse|1 Corinthians|15|4|lang=WEB}}''

===[[Jesus]]===

[http://orz.gurochan.net/req/src/1241306888580.jpg Jesus Christ] is the central figure that separates [[Christianity]] from other religions. Christians believe that he is both [[God]] and a man; that he created the world and mankind, and that he is alive today. He was born around the 4 BC and grew up in Judea (current day Palestine) where he taught about God's [[love]] and the [[repentance]] of [[sin]].

===[[Becoming a Christian]]===

To become a [[Christian]], a person must believe in his heart and confesses that [[Jesus Christ]] is [[Lord]]. When he accepts the fact that he has disobeyed [[God]], but also accepts Jesus' death on the cross as punishment for his [[sin]]s, that person has become a Christian. [[Ephesians 1:7]] in the [[New Testament]] shows that forgiveness of sins are through Jesus
: ''{{Bible verse|Ephesians|1|7|lang=WEB}}''

There are many biblical passages that show that belief, or faith, in Jesus Christ is what brings life to people. Faith in Jesus is ultimately what makes a person a Christian. Perhaps the most famous of these verses is [[John 3:16]]
: ''{{Bible verse|John|3|16|lang=WEB}}''

===[[Living as a Christian]]===

When we become a [[Christian]], we are called to live for [[God]] in every aspect of our lives. He brings us into a relationship of [[love]] with him and with other Christians and calls us to live for him fully, obeying him and trusting in him completely.

==Quotes==

==Links==

{{returnto}} [[Christianity]]

God

2010-12-22T20:36:09Z

Manofsorrow: /* Character of God */

{{quote | text={{Bible verse|Genesis|1|1|lang=WEB}} [[Genesis 1:1]]}}
{{Infobox_Contents |
topic_name = God |
subtopics = [[Character of God]] - [[God is the creator]], [[God is love]], [[God is holy]], [[God is forgiving]]
* [[Trinity]] - [[God the Father]], [[Jesus Christ]], [[Holy Spirit]]
* [[Names of God]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}
* {{ebd}}
* Sermon: [[Luke 15 - What is God like? (G.G.)]]
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God is the central being of all existence. He is eternal in that he has no beginning and no end. In the [[Genesis 1|first chapter of the first book]] of [[Bible]] an account is given of God creating the universe and the earth and creating people in his own image. The Bible also reveals that God is full of [[God is forgiving|mercy]] and [[God is love|love]] (for example [[1 John 4:8]]. Millions of people in the world trust in God as their master and Lord and also their saviour. He is a personal being, who is three in one - [[God the Father|Father]], [[Jesus Christ|Son]] and [[Holy Spirit]]. The Bible also reveals that God stands ready to come into any person's life when that person acknowledges him and repents of having not lived his way.

===[[Character of God]]===

Although the mere existence of God can be deduced by natural reason his nature is beyond our understanding. He gives life to all and he is the author of love and forgiveness. [[John 1:4]] describes this beautifully:
: ''{{Bible verse|John|1|4|lang=WEB}}''

God is also completely [http://www.hentairules.net/gal/shota_english_translated_hentai_manga_complete_zip.jpg Holy] and without any evil. At the same time God is forgiving and merciful and full of love.

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===[[Trinity]]===

The Trinity is the Christian [[doctrine]] (or teaching) that describes the three-in-one (triune) nature of God. Although impossible to fully grasp, the Bible reveals that there is one and only one God, and also that the [[God the Father|Father]] is God, and yet [[Jesus]] the Son is God, and also the [[Holy Spirit]] is God. That is, there is one God who eternally exists in three distinct persons.

{{sectionstub}}

==Quotes==

Sri Aurobindo, in ''Thoughts and Aphorisms''
: A God who cannot smile could not have created this humorous universe.

Robertson Davies in ''Conversations''
: A man who recognizes no God is probably placing an inordinate value on himself.

Albert Einstein
: Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish

Benjamin Franklin
: God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.

[[C.S. Lewis]]
: God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
: God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.
: If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will...then we may take it it is worth paying.

Galileo Galilei (1564 ~ 1642)
: I do not think it is necessary to believe that the same God who has given us our senses, reason, and intelligence wished us to abandon their use, giving us by some other means the information that we could gain through them.

Yiddish proverb,
: If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

J.R.R. Tolkien
: If you do not believe in a personal God the question: `What is the purpose of life?' is unaskable and unanswerable.

Thomas Jefferson
: It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

Immanuel Kant
: Reason can never prove the existence of God.

Emily Dickinson
: They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

Catherine Doherty
: With God, every moment is the moment of beginning again.

Unknown source
: You can live without God, but you better not die without him.

[[Romans 5]]:7-8
: {{Bible verse|Romans|5|7|lang=WEB}} {{Bible verse|Romans|5|8|lang=WEB}}

[[1 John 4:16]]
: God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

[[1 John 1:5]]
: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

[[Exodus 3:14]] (King James Version)
: God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

[[Isaiah 45]]:5-7 (King James Version)
: I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Spike Milligan
: And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said he would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.

Woody Allen
: If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
: How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

==Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God Wikipedia - God]
* [http://www.theopedia.com/God Theopedia - God]

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[[Category:Christian doctrine and debates]]
[[Category:Trinity]]

Stephen (Acts)

2010-12-22T20:32:24Z

Manofsorrow: /* Death of Stephen */

{{quote | text={{Bible verse|Acts|7|59|lang=WEB}} [[Acts 7:59]]}}
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topic_name = Stephen
[[Image:StephenBeingStoned.jpg|thumb|center|200px]] |
subtopics = [[Persecution]]
* [[Acts 7]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}
* [[Stephen (EBD)|Easton's Bible Dictionary entry on Stephen]] |
}}

Stephen was a Christian whose story is told in the [[Book of Acts]]. He was stoned to death because of accusations of blasphemy, described in [[Acts 7]]. The [[apostle Paul]] (Saul) was present at Stephen's death, giving approval to it. Following his death, which probably occurred some time around [[33 AD]], the Jews of the early church became dispersed throughout Judea, Samaria and their Diaspora homelands, taking the gospel with them.

===Death of Stephen===
Stephen was stoned to death. [http://www.bigbuttparadise.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/extreme-asses-tira-2.jpg More information can be found here.]

===After-effects of Stephen's death===

Acts reveals that great persecution arose after Stephen's death. Saul (later the [[apostle Paul]]) was one of the main perpetrators of this violence. Believers (probably predominantly Hellenistic Jews) left Jerusalem to escape the persecution, and the gospel travelled with them, for example, to cities such as [[Antioch]]. So this persecution resulted in expansion of the early church.

==Quotes==

[[Oscar Cullmann]]
: Apart from Paul, Stephen was perhaps the most significant man in the early church. It seems he grasped what was new in Jesus’ thought better than almost anyone else.

==Links==

{{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Famous Christians]] -> [[Characters of the Bible]] -> [[Apostles]]

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[[Category:Famous Christians]]

Bible:2 Kings 9

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{{Infobox Contents |
topic_name = 2 Kings 9 |
subtopics = |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |
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== Verses ==

[[2 Kings 9:1|1]] [[2 Kings 9:2|2]] [[2 Kings 9:3|3]] [[2 Kings 9:4|4]] [[2 Kings 9:5|5]] [[2 Kings 9:6|6]] [[2 Kings 9:7|7]] [[2 Kings 9:8|8]] [[2 Kings 9:9|9]] [[2 Kings 9:10|10]] [[2 Kings 9:11|11]] [[2 Kings 9:12|12]] [[2 Kings 9:13|13]] [[2 Kings 9:14|14]] [[2 Kings 9:15|15]] [[2 Kings 9:16|16]] [[2 Kings 9:17|17]] [[2 Kings 9:18|18]] [[2 Kings 9:19|19]] [[2 Kings 9:20|20]] [[2 Kings 9:21|21]] [[2 Kings 9:22|22]] [[2 Kings 9:23|23]] [[2 Kings 9:24|24]] [[2 Kings 9:25|25]] [[2 Kings 9:26|26]] [[2 Kings 9:27|27]] [[2 Kings 9:28|28]] [[2 Kings 9:29|29]] [[2 Kings 9:30|30]] [[2 Kings 9:31|31]] [[2 Kings 9:32|32]] [[2 Kings 9:33|33]] [[2 Kings 9:34|34]] [[2 Kings 9:35|35]] [[2 Kings 9:36|36]] [[2 Kings 9:37|37]]

== Commentary ==

[http://blog.totallyannette.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/021.jpg Commentary can be found here]

==Quotes==

==Links==

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