Some Christians think that only people who have a “loose approach to scripture” can believe that women should be leaders and teachers in the church. I strongly doubt that any evangelical Christian would regard these scholars and theologians as having...
What Does the Bible Say About Alcohol? "Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder." PROVERBS 23:31-32. Wine - Making...
Why Christian Women Want to Wear Head Coverings? “I thought you decided to join a cult,” a friend said when I posted my Instagram photo of me wearing a head covering to church. I have to give him some credit, the makeshift tube-top-gone-head-covering...
What happened during the French carnage on Friday the 13rd of November 2015, has also a spiritual meaning. All of those peoples killed, disobeyed from one of The Ten Commandments, meaning following the Sabbath, the real one which starts every Fridays...
Make Peace with Your Past . “I understand the temptation to draw an angry X through a whole season or a whole town or a whole relationship, to crumple it up and throw it away, to get it as far away as possible from a new life, a new future. … These days...
Due to the resent events regarding racist comments towards the foreigner community in Finland, I decided to respond to Mr. Olli Immonen about my perspective as a foreigner living in Finland since 2008. We don’t mean harm by migrating to other countries...
Women in the Bible – 5 of the Most Beautiful and Brave women. Last week at women’s Bible study, I was reading the story of Paul and Silas singing praises to God in the prison; it’s one of my very favorite New Testament Bible stories. If you’d like to...
Sex Trafficking and the ‘Pretty Woman’ Fairy Tale By Nina Burleigh. Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in a scene from ‘Pretty Woman.’ Victims’ advocates are appalled that the ‘Today’ show is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the movie. Buena Vista/Getty....
Finland is known for the easy access to clean drinking water… (By Jukka Rapo/ Keksi / Team Finland). According to the environmental performance index 2016, Finland is the greenest country in the world. Finland is followed by Iceland, Sweden, Denmark and...
Things You Should Never Wear On An Airplane. (Amy Foster). So, I have done a little traveling this summer. Have you? Realistically, I fly about every month. I travel every other month on my own to Nashville for work and then it seems my family and I have...
Celebrities you didn’t know are Finnish Americans… (By Kathleen Harris). Finnish Americans make up just a tiny slice of the American pie, at only 0.2% of the population. And yet, there are tons of talented celebrities and influential Americans who can...
She's been speaking out against stigma for years. Carrie Fisher is a total badass. The actress, who is reprising her role as the formidable Princess Leia in the installment of the Star Wars franchise, has been speaking out on mental illness for more than...
Just after the killing of Tucson, Arizona, and the frenzied analyses of journalists to review the political aspects of this human tragedy, it is sometimes difficult to remember what really happened. In particular, the accusations from all sides to find...
Anti-porn activists often face this accusation: You’re right-wing prudes. You just hate sex. But what many fail to realize is that there have been many left-wing thinkers—even far left-wing thinkers—who saw porn for precisely what it is: Exploitation,...
How to make a multilingual relationship work: 6 tips . We all know there’s a ‘language of love’ – but what happens when love is spoken in different languages? Or, more precisely, what happens when two people speaking different languages communicate in...
My research found that the myth of billionaires boosting the economy is untrue – particularly when they amassed their wealth from political connections…. (by Jan Svejnar). ‘Politically connected billionaires are disproportionately represented in post-communist...
Finnish people are warm, open and sincere, even though they might tell you the exact opposite. If you’ve ever met a Finn, chances are they’ve mentioned the reserved nature of their countrymen. Be not afraid – we’re not taciturn brutes. Finns are talkative...
Carrie Fisher has taken a stand against body shaming and ageism, telling social media trolls who criticized her appearance in the new blockbuster Star Wars film: “Please stop debating about whether or not I aged well... Youth and beauty are not accomplishments,...
4 Ways To Identify Fake Friends Who Add No Value To Your Life . C’mon, you know you have them — everyone does. Those people who only reach out and text or call you first when they need something. Any other time you speak to them, it’s because you’re making...
How airlines price their tickets is a source of many myths and urban legends. These include tips about the best day of the week to buy a ticket, last-minute discounts offered by the airlines, and the conspiracy theories suggesting that the carriers use...
CHRISLAM. Editor's note : You just never know where or when some truly insightful information is going to cross our path to share with you. How the Vatican created Islam. The astonishing story from an ex-Jesuit priest, Alberto Rivera, which was told to...
The year is 2015 and many people around the globe are wondering if the end of the world is near. I don't think there has ever been such a widespread interest in this topic like there is today. And who can blame people for wondering, when you see what...
A person's entire immune system can be rejuvenated by fasting for as little as three days as it triggers the body to start producing new white blood cells, a study suggests… (By Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent). R esearch says fasting "flips a regenerative...
Why are plane windows round instead of square? (By Yoni Heisler, 16 Jan 2016 in Airplanes). If you’ve ever traveled by plane, you’re likely aware that every airplane window you’ve ever seen has a round design, whether it be a circle or an oval. As it...
“Youngsters who eat bacon or ham twice a week increase their chances of getting leukaemia by 74%”, reported The Sun. It said that a study in children and teenagers in Taiwan found that those who ate processed meat more than once a week were more likely...
