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- coming back homeon Jul 30, 2014 in conversion stories abortion all Protestant denominations are equally right Assemblies of God Assemblies of God minister Baptist church by faith alone Calvinist Campus Crusade for Christ catechism Catholic mass Catholicism cerebral palsy Chaplet of Divine Mercy Christ Christ-centered prayer christian Christianity Churchianity contraception Depression divorce Evangelical Free Church free will Free-Will Baptist Church God Holy Eucharist homosexuality Independent Bible Church infant Baptism Jesus Christ marriage Mass Moody Bible Institute never committed to one particular denomination organized Christianity Paul Ackermann Pope John Paul II Protestant Protestantism Rapture relativism sacramental salvation sola scriptura soul sleep speak in tongues St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Stations of the Cross The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the baptism of the Holy Spirit the Catholic Church The Coming Home Network International The Four Spiritual Laws the Rosary the Sacrament of Confession There cannot be conflicting views of the same truth traditional catholic devotions Trinity Evangelical Divinity School very fundamentalist Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Paul Ackermann I was bored with the Catholic Church! All I did was daydream through Mass and my catechism classes. When I was 10, my parents stopped going to Mass, but my father would still drop off my sister and I at the church. I grew up...
- monasticism, clericalism and the priesthood of all believerson Jul 30, 2014 in christian theology a shared life of prayer Abbot Nicholas Zachariadis Benjamin Mann Christ Christian mysticism Christian prayer Christian theology Christian tradition clergy clericalism Eastern Catholicism Eastern Christian tradition holiness in Jesus' Name intercessory prayer inward prayer Jesus laity lay spirituality liturgical monastic spirituality monasticism ordinary Christian life Prayer priesthood sacramental spiritual discipline St Benedict St. Anthony The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the canonical hours The Catholic World Report the Christian West the ministerial priesthood the monastic tradition the ordained priesthood the priesthood of all believers the priesthood of Christ the universal priesthood union with God Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Benjamin Mann & Abbot Nicholas Zachariadis In an unusual, perhaps surprising turn of events, we now have a pope who speaks often and explicitly against clericalism: that is, against the erroneous assumption that the Catholic clergy are...
- powerful and coldheartedon Jul 29, 2014 in science Bill Clinton cognitive neuroscience coldhearted empathy high positions of power I feel your pain motor excitation people in high positions of power power powerful people psychological research studies have repeatedly shown that participants who are in high positions of power are less able to adopt the visual or emotional perspective of other people The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the brain the brains of powerful people did not mirror the actions of other people the mirror system The New York Times Sunday Review the powerful are not motivated to care varying levels of power when people experience power Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby The New York Times Sunday Review I FEEL your pain. These words are famously associated with Bill Clinton, who as a politician seemed to ooze empathy. A skeptic might wonder, though, whether he truly was personally distressed by the sufferin...
- bonobos invade ‘planet of the apes’on Jul 29, 2014 in science apes bonobo Brian Hare chimpanzee Claudine Andre Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Etumbe female bonobos female bonobos work together to make sure that no one bonobo ever dominates all the others Koba Lola ya Bonobo male bonobos male chimpanzees no bonobo has ever been observed killing another bonobo real bonobo behavior The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Congo basin Vanessa Woods Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Brian Hare & Vanessa Woods “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ” is turning out to be one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters. The “Planet of the Apes” movie series has always been about males: Male characters...
- women getting smarter faster than menon Jul 29, 2014 in science "maths" a large study Agneta Herlitz better education better health better living conditions between hemispheres brains cognitive abilities combining analytical and intuitive thinking education episodic memory Gender & Society gender differences in cognition humans have gotten smarter through time Karolinska Institute LiveScience.com men motor skills new research new study numerical abilities Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recalling and describing experiences and facts smarts Sweden The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie within hemispheres women Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Live Science When it comes to smarts, women are catching up to men in some areas and outpacing them in others, new research has found. In particular, women, on average, are better than men at so-called episodic memory, which involves recal...
- rumours of ‘cults’on Jul 28, 2014 in the contemporary church Ahn Sahng Hong bastard son of Rome Christ Church of God Church of God (Anderson Indiana) Church of God (Cleveland Tennessee) Church of God (Evangelical) Church of God (Singapore) cults Eastern Orthodox Church Grace Communion International heretical Holy Mother Church Martin Luther Members Church of God International Mount Olives Church of God Pentecostal outfit private interpretation Protestant denominations Recovery Version of the Bible restorationist Rev. Neville Tan Second Coming Singapore The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Contemporary Church the Eucharist the Local Churches the Magisterium the New Testament Church the Roman Catholic Church theological anarchy United Church of God Singapore Watchman Nee Wesleyan holiness tradition Witness Lee World Mission Society Church of God Worldwide Church of God Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie BlogA guest at our church service yesterday mentioned how a concerned friend of his wondered if we were a ‘cult’, noting the rumours surrounding the name ‘Church of God’, at least in Singapore (there are hundreds of Protest...
- blessed hari raya puasa to all muslims in singaporeon Jul 27, 2014 in contemporary affairs inter-faith society Blessed Hari Raya Puasa 2014 Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran Christians Christians and Muslims Contemporary affairs current affairs dear muslim brothers and sisters dignity of every person fasting Father Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot friendship from the Vatican genuine fraternity God God's servant God's sovereignty good wishes helping the poor Id al-Fitr immigrants justice message to all muslims muslims mutual respect orphans peace people of good will Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Pope Francis Pope John Paul II Prayer Ramadan religions respect shared values Singapore Singapore News Singapore society solidarity the Almighty The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the One God the one human family the Vatican to work together victims of human trafficking Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie BlogThe following is the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue’s message to all muslims on the conclusion of the month of Ramadan: Dear Muslim Brothers and Sisters, It gives us great joy to offer you our heartfelt congratula...
- can married couples have too much sex?on Jul 26, 2014 in marriage a shared life alone time appetite for sex consequence-free sex contraceptive Crisis Magazine higher sex drive husbands intimate relationship Life marital health marital intimacy marital relations married people men modern society Rachel Lu Reddit sex sex and marriage sex drive spouses spreadsheet The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie wifely duties women Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Rachel Lu Another day, another dust-up about sex. This one is a little unusual, however, in that the controversy involves sex between married people. Here’s what happened. A woman, two years married, went on a business trip. At the airpor...
- marc ayers’ journey homeon Jul 22, 2014 in conversion stories actively teaching apologetics and philosophy in church Arius baptism Calvinist Catholic Christianity faith Fr Scott Houser His Body and Blood I was a fervent Reformed Presbyterian Israel Jesus Jesus founded a Church Marc Ayers Mary is the fulfillment type of the Ark of the Covenant pastor Scott Houser readings from Scripture Reformed Presbyterian Scripture sola scriptura son of David St Augustine the Anglican Church The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Ark of the Covenant the Bible the Catholic Church the Christian faith the Church Fathers The Coming Home Network International the Council of Nicea the Didache the divinity of Christ the early Christians the early Church the Eucharist the Faith the history of the Church the Jehovah's Witnesses the New Testament canon the Nicene Creed the papacy the pillar and ground of truth the Presbyterian Church the Sacraments The Trinity the true son of David the Virgin Mary the writings of the Church Fathers Western civilization Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Marc Ayers My story starts in law school in 1995. At that time, I was a fervent Reformed Presbyterian (Calvinist), having spent time in seminary and still actively teaching apologetics and philosophy in the church. If someone had told me th...
- lukewarm faith might be worse for marriages than no faithon Jul 22, 2014 in marriage society Amber Lapp blue states Catholic Catholic couples Charles Stokes cohabitation conservative marriage norms conservative Protestant couples couples David Lapp divorce divorce statistics evangelical extramarital sex fewer couples in blue states are choosing to marry at all good marriages higher rates of divorce legal commitment Life Site News Love and Marriage in Middle America Project lower divorce rates marriage advice more likely to divorce National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health non-religious couples rates of divorce red states Religion religious affiliation religious attendance religious believers religious community religious observance social support The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie The Federalist theological reinforcement University of Texas US society working-class adults Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blogby Life Site News A recent study out of the University of Texas claims that couples in religiously conservative “red states” are more likely to divorce than couples in culturally liberal “blue states.” The study’s authors specula...
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