Last week’s Time featured an article on The Biology of Belief. One of the points made in it was that faith can heal:
The Biology of Belief
[...] a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that faith may indeed bring us health. People who attend religious services do have a lower risk of dying in any one year than people who don’t attend. People who believe in a loving God fare better after a diagnosis of illness than people who believe in a punitive God. No less a killer than AIDS will back off at least a bit when it’s hit with a double-barreled blast of belief. “Even accounting for medications,” says Dr. Gail Ironson, a professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Miami who studies HIV and religious belief, “spirituality predicts for better disease control.”
02-24-2009 |
3 Comments »In comment #10 on The Four Agreements, Bryan wrote:
When it comes to discerning truth, it is important to know what God’s Word says. When you are becoming discouraged by what you are hearing in church, it is important to know what God’s Word says. When it comes to wondering if God is really there and if he really cares, it is important to know what God’s Word says.
12-06-2006 |
25 Comments »In comment #68 of Class #1 David H posted the following insightful comments.
I think [super-imposing 'belief' over 'Christ' as a foundation for the Christian faith] is a far-too-common “Christian” practice. Were you to read a denominational doctrine statement you might be able to compile a point-by-point list of other examples. Even biblioatry — worship of the Bible — has become a huge American Christian phenomena.
Obviously it occurs, the bigger question is why? I have a few thoughts on that. Read the rest of this entry »
10-11-2006 |
11 Comments »Vynette is a new participant on the Off The Map blogs from Australia. (Her own blog is The Race Is Run). Her comments on our doable evangelism blog have shown that her beliefs about Jesus are different. This has led to her being asked a number of questions.
Let’s post whatever questions we have for Vynette here in this blog entry. These questions have been asked so far:
Mike O: How about you define Christianity?
Pam Sardar: in the the book of John, Jesus says “I and the Father are One.”
How does that work for you?
Do you set Jesus apart from Moses and the prophets? Why follow him over them? Did he lead a sinless life? Is that what sets him apart?
09-03-2006 |
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