Why Didn't God Have Any Daughters?
By CHIZIIS

Does anyone have an idea?

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Which God's Birthday Will You Celebrate?
By CHIZIIS

Which God's birthday will you celebrate on December 25th? Here is a list of gods born at Yuletide from which to choose:

1. The Egyptian god Horus

2. Mithras, the Unconquered Sun of Persia (c. 600 BCE)

3. Amaterasu, the Japanese Goddess of the Sun

4. Rhea, who gave birth to Saturn (son of the Father of Time)

5. Quetzalcoatl ...

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Another God Born on December 25th
By CHIZIIS

In the spirit of the Christmas season, it might be fun to explore some other Gods who coincidently have the same birthday as Jesus of Nazareth, namely, December 25th. Osiris is an ancient Egyptian God whose story predates the birth of Jesus and who is thought to have been born between 7 and 4 BCE.

What other Gods are given the birthday of December 25th?

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Old School Teaching
By anikisan

Catechisms are teaching aides that work in the form of a series of questions and answers. The catechism utilized by my tradition for kids is the Westminster Shorter Catechism, a shockingly long and in-depth educational resource by today’s standards. Many would say that this type of teaching is useless since the kids are just learning to parrot a series of propositions. But is this always futile?

When my wife and I attended ...

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Is Church for Kids?
By anikisan

Here are some thoughts on children in the worship service. At the church I pastor, we have a whole bunch of kids. Kids are kids. Sometimes they do silly things and sometimes they need to be corrected. But as we treat them like believers (little believers, of course) a funny thing happens; they love coming to church and they worship vigorously. They also feel they are part of The Church with all of its responsibilities ...

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