http://www.BharatBhasha.com/religion.php BharatBhasha.com, a highly content rich information website with tons of articles on religion written by well known authors across the world. en-us http://www.bharatbhasha.com/religion.php/84464 ... for this is the ease which songs and music provide in expressing worship. The ability to use songs for worship was recognized early in the history of the Christian faith. It was the apostle Paul who encouraged the Ephesians as well as the Colossians to use hymns, psalms and spiritual songs as a way to express the gratitude within their hearts. Throughout the centuries, music has continued to be used in worship services for that very purpose. The various moods of the congregation can be expressed through different songs including prayer, praise, adoration and reverence. Perhaps even... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/religion.php/84313 ... man, to aid others without any promise of benefit to ourselves, is a central tenet of most of the major religions. To emphasize the point, we are told that if we do not obey God's Moral Law we will spend an eternity in hell while if we do obey the Moral Law we will spend an eternity of bliss in heaven. Dr. Francis Collins, of the National Institutes of Health, is the head of the Human Genome Project responsible for sequencing the three billion base pairs of the human genome. In 2007 this eminent scientist wrote a book entitled, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/religion.php/84177 ... own or often wear these items on chains around their neck. The history of practice of wearing religious medals dates back to the early days of the church. Also known as patron saint medals, the images of Saints cut into these coins and often the words pray for us are cut into the medals forming usual the outer edge or the back. It is a common that the wearer of the patron saint medals often pick one that is in somehow are related to something they do or to someone that inspires them. It is possible that the wearing of medals dates back into the Greek and Roman times and got carried... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/religion.php/83170 ... kind, compassionate, personal God that answers prayers and looks out for our personal welfare, allow so much evil to occur in the world? This is often called "the problem of evil." As far back as the fourth century BCE, philosophers such as Epicurus have addressed this question. Epicurus pointed out that it was hard to get God off the hook. He wrote, "Either God wants to abolish evil and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot he is impotent. If he can but does not want to, he is wicked." One of the oldest methods to answer this dilemma was proposed several... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/religion.php/82717 ... years of musical development have produced a variety of hymns that encompass settings for every imaginable purpose and time. At one time, many of the hymns were quite well known and served as a vibrant part of the liturgy. These hymns still represent an important portion of the faith experience and can provide tremendous blessings to believers as well as their families. In the last few decades, the hymns have not been as well known as they once were in the history of the church. That is certainly set to change as The Priests will be releasing their debut album in the fall. The... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/religion.php/82495 ... an act of attention but also an act of integration so that we are drawing upon all parts of ourselves to 'be with' another. When we think in terms of roles in life, we split ourselves up into parts – a father role, a mother role, a teacher role, a student role – we are not our whole self. Many times, we feel the pressure of social expectations which cause us to believe that we must remain within these roles. However, true expression, intimacy, learning, and healing for ourselves and others cannot come from separating ourselves into parts. It can only come from being touched and touching... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/religion.php/82386 ... interrelated parts, can have an intentionality to purify and can be undergoing a process we normally associate with human beings on a spiritual path. And even if it is true of the planetary body, we may well wonder how this happens and how it can affect weather patterns. The 'Great Purification' of the earth has been spoken of by the Hopi and by other indigenous peoples as the prelude to a great transition of life and consciousness which the planet shall go through. This transition has also been prophesied within other ancient traditions as well as by individual seers. The purification... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/religion.php/81673 ... ministers can get them into trouble, when schools are urged to teach creationism, when presidents and main stream movies proclaim the virtues of Intelligent Design, when fundamentalists want to destroy Western civilization in the name of religion, and when ninety-five percent of the people in the world believe that God created man, we need to ask the question, do they have it all backward - Did Man Create God? If man created God then many of the precepts that humans base much of their beliefs on, are false. Asking if man created the theory of a personal God that answers prayers is not the... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/religion.php/81177 ... its side a neighbor man passed them and said: “You fools, what is a Donkey for but to ride on?” So the Man put the Boy on the Donkey and they went on their way. But soon they passed a group of men and one of them said: “See that lazy kid, he lets his father walk while he rides.” So the Man ordered his Boy to get off, and got on himself. But they hadn't gone far when they passed two women, one of whom said to the other: “Shame on that lazy father to let his poor little son trudge along while he rides.” Well, the Man didn't know what to do, but at last he took his Boy up with him on the... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/religion.php/81045 ... not do much to teach me what submission really means. She was an eighties woman (aka: a women’s libber). A recent divorcee’, men weren’t exactly on her likeability list. Helen Reddy’s “I am woman, hear me roar!” constantly blasted from our stereo. With so many women’s rights messages invading my brain, it’s no wonder that the word “submission” was not a word I used often; and when I did, it was usually followed by laughter. Many years have since passed. And although I am now a born-again believer and understand God’s purpose for submission, I’ll admit it’s still not easy for me to submit... Copyright 2005 BharatBhasha.com - All Rights Reserved.