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| Apple's "Pocket God" Video Game |  Printer view
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| Topics: | Entertainment, Experiencing God, False gods, Gentleness, God, God, attributes of, God, character of, God, compassion of, God, gentleness of, God, goodness of, God, grace of, God, holiness of, God, love of, God, mercy of, God, omnipotence of, God, patience of, God, Perfection of, God, power of, God, protection of, God, provision of, God, Righteousness of, God, sovereignty of, God, trustworthiness of, God, will of, God, works of, God, wrath of, Grace, Idolatry, Kindness, Knowing God, Love, Mercy, Perspective, Vengeance, Wrath |
| Filters: | Pop Culture, Stories, Youth & Children |
| References: | Exodus 34:6 , Nehemiah 9:17, Job 1:22, Job 27:2, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 91, Psalm 103:8-9, Psalm 145:8, Psalm 145:15-17, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2, Nahum 1:3, Matthew 5:45, John 3:16-17, Romans 8:28, James 1:17 |
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Have you heard about Pocket God? It's one of the top-selling video game applications for Apple's iPhone. Here's the game description found on iTunes:
What kind of god would you be? Benevolent or vengeful? Play Pocket God and discover the answer within yourself. On a remote island, you are the all-powerful god that rules over the primitive islanders. You can bring new life, and then take it away just ...
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| Dutch Artist Creates Cell Phone Number for God | Printer view
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| Topics: | Experiencing God, God, God, faithfulness of, God, greatness of, God, holiness of, God, infinite, God, invisible, God, love of, God, omnipresence of, God, omniscience of, God, presence of, God, providence of, God, provision of, God, silence of, God, trustworthiness of, God's love, God's Presence, Prayer, Prayer to God, Prayer, answered, Prayer, answers to, Prayer, believing, Prayer, believing in, Prayer, importance of, Prayer, need for, Prayer, persistence in, Prayer, power of, Prayer, unanswered, Prayerlessness, Prayers, Prayers, answered, Prayers, answers to |
| Filters: | International, Stories |
| References: | Psalm 23:4, Psalm 55:1-2, Psalm 77:1, Psalm 139:7-10, Matthew 6:9-15, Matthew 8:18-22, Luke 11:1-13, Luke 14:25-35, Romans 8:26-27, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 2 Timothy 4:9-11 |
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In March of 2009, Dutch artist Johan van der Dong decided God needed a telephone number. So, he got him one. A cell phone number to be exact—to show that God was "available anywhere and anytime." "In earlier times you would go to a church to say a prayer," Dong said in an interview, "and now [this is an] opportunity to just make a phone call and say your prayer in a modern way."
It seems a lot ...
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| The Holiness of Jesus | Printer view
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| Topics: | Christ, our righteousness, Consecration, Ethics, God, holiness of, God, Righteousness of, Godliness, Holiness, Jesus Christ, Ministry, Morality, New Birth, New man, Outreach, Purity, Rebirth, Renewal, Sanctification, Separation |
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| References: | Isaiah 52:11, Matthew 5:19-20, Matthew 15:1-20, Mark 7:1-21, 2 Corinthians 6:17 |
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The difference between Jesus' holiness ethic and that of the Pharisees is this: the Pharisees refuse to touch any unclean thing. Jesus aims to make the unclean holy.
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| The Suffering of God | Printer view
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| Topics: | Culture, Depravity, Fatherhood of God, Flesh, God, holiness of, God, love of, God, Righteousness of, Human condition, Human nature, Injustice, Nations, Oppression, Sin, Sinful nature, Social conditions, Suffering, Tragedy, Unjust gain, Violence, World |
| Filters: | International, Stories |
| References: | Genesis 6:5-6, Matthew 5:10-12, Romans 8:17, Hebrews 2:14-18 |
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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright shares this brief moment she shared with Holocaust survivor and author, Eli Wiesel:
Not long after September 11, I was on a panel with Eli Wiesel. He asked us to name the unhappiest character in the Bible. Some said Job, because of the trials he endured. Some said Moses, because he was denied entry into the Promised Land. Some said Mary, because she witnessed ...
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| French Investor Caught for $7 Billion Fraud | Printer view
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| Topics: | Ambition, Deceit, Depravity, Fall of Humanity, Gluttony, God, holiness of, Greed, Guilt, Holiness, Human condition, Jesus Christ, Judgment, Law, Lawlessness, Lies, Lying, Materialism, Money, Sin, Stealing, Ten Commandments, Transgression, Unjust gain, World, Worldliness |
| Filters: | Free, International, Money, Stories |
| References: | Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3, Romans 2:5, Romans 3:9-23, Romans 6:23 |
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Have you ever gotten yourself in big trouble—really, really big trouble? So big you can't even conceive of how much trouble you're in? That's what 31-year-old Jerome Kerviel is accused of. Jerome worked for a prestigious bank in France. He had worked his way up from the back room to being one of the men who did the bank's investing. In January 2008 he was caught allegedly committing investment ...
Craig Brian Larson, editor of PreachingToday.com; source: "Bank's billions burnt in 10 days," www.business.timesonline.co.uk (1-27-08) |
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| The World's Fastest Computer | Printer view
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| Topics: | Biology, Body, human, God, attributes of, God, glory of, God, greatness of, God, holiness of, God, majesty of, God, omnipotence of, God, omniscience of, God, power of, God, sovereignty of, Human limitations, Human worth, Mind, Power, human, Technology, Thoughts |
| Filters: | Statistics, Stories |
| References: | Genesis 1:26-27, Psalm 8:4-5, Psalm 92:5, Psalm 139:13-16, Isaiah 40:12-14, Isaiah 55:6-11, Isaiah 64:4, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Hebrews 4:13 |
| Tone: | Commend |
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The most powerful computer in the world is currently the IBM BlueGene/L, housed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. It can perform 280 trillion calculations a second!
However, that's nothing compared to the computer they're trying to put together at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. It's called The Roadrunner Project, after New Mexico's speedy ...
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| Researchers Identify America's Four Images of God | Printer view
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| Topics: | Anger, divine, Beliefs, Christianity, Culture, Experiencing God, God, God, attributes of, God, goodness of, God, grace of, God, holiness of, God, love of, God, mercy of, God, omnipotence of, God, patience of, God, power of, God, wrath of, Knowing God, Presence of God, Religion, Theology |
| Filters: | Free, Statistics |
| References: | 2 Samuel 6, Job 36:26, Isaiah 40:13, Jeremiah 9:24, John 1:1-14, Romans 2:5-8, Hebrews 10:31 |
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In September of 2006, Sociologists from Baylor University released the results of a study looking into America's different views of God. Part of the study was a survey conducted by the Gallup organization, which identified four distinct views of God's personality and interaction with the world. Baylor researchers outlined the results as follows:
Thos who believe in an "Authoritarian God" who is "angry ...
John Beukema, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; source: Cathy Lunn-Grossman, "American's Image of God Varies," USAToday.com (9-11-06) |
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| Man Unknowingly on the Wrong Side of the Law | Printer view
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| Topics: | Anger, divine, Apathy, Complacency, Consequences, Day of the Lord, Debt, God, holiness of, Guilt, Judgment, divine, Judgment, final, Punishment, Sin, punishment for |
| Filters: | Money, Stories |
| References: | Matthew 12:36, Romans 3:10, Romans 13:8, Hebrews 9:27, James 2:10, 1 Peter 4:5, Revelation 20:11-15 |
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After moving to a new state, I walked into the Department of Motor Vehicles to get my new driver's license. Imagine my surprise when the guy behind the desk said he couldn't help me because my license was suspended.
I said, "There must be some mistake. I've never done anything to deserve that."
The civil servant was very civil and said I had to clear up the problem with the State of Massachusetts before ...
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| Tozer on Elevating Our Concept of God | Printer view
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| Topics: | Attributes of God, Church, God, attributes of, God, holiness of, God, Perfection of, Holiness, divine, Truth |
| Filters: | Christian Culture, Quotes |
| References: | Matthew 5:8, Romans 11:33, Colossians 1:10, Hebrews 12:14 |
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The heaviest obligation lying upon the Christian church today is to purify and elevate her concept of God until it is once more worthy of him—and of her. In all her prayers and labor this should have first place. We do the greatest service to the next generation of Christians by passing on to them undimmed and undiminished that noble concept of God which we received from our Hebrew and Christian fathers ...
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| Math Test Humbles the Brainiest Students | Printer view
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| Topics: | Dependence on God, Faith and works, Fall of Humanity, God, holiness of, God, Perfection of, Good deeds, Good works, Holiness, Holiness, divine, Holiness, human, Human condition, Lostness, Perfection, Righteousness, Striving, Works |
| Filters: | Pop Culture, Statistics, Stories |
| References: | Isaiah 64:6, Matthew 5:48, Romans 3:9-28, Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 Peter 1:16 |
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In Time Lev Grossman writes:
Every year on the first Saturday in December, twenty-five hundred of the most brilliant college students in North America take what may be the hardest math test in the world—the Putnam Competition. How tough is it? Although there are only twelve questions, the test lasts six hours. And although these are the best and brainiest young minds our country has to offer, ...
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