Religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. 2. a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion. 3. the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices: a world council of religions.
A religious movement, or new religious movements (NRM), also known as a new religion or an alternative spirituality, is a religious or spiritual group that has modern origins and which occupies a peripheral place within its society’s dominant religious culture. NRMs can be novel in origin or part of a wider religion, in which case they are distinct from pre-existing denominations. Some NRMs deal with the challenges posed by the modernizing world by embracing individualism whereas others seek tightly knit collective means.Scholars have estimated that NRMs now number in the tens of thousands worldwide, with most of their members living in Asia and Africa. Most have only a few members, some have thousands, and only very few have more than one million members. Keywords: religious movements, cults, sects, secret societies.
THE HIDDEN FAITH OF AMERICA’S FOUNDING FATHERS George Washington (1732-1799) George Washington – It comes as no surprise that American Christian Nationalists who advocate for the merging of church and state conveniently overlook certain truths about their Founding Fathers. They...
Introduction: Tell Me Your Story. “Narrative Therapy” – Besides the various mystical practices churches, in general, have latched onto in the past few decades, several psychological techniques and procedures have taken the church by storm, claiming that it can help...
THE HIDDEN FAITH OF AMERICA’S FOUNDING FATHERS The Prayer at Valley Forge During a visit to the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC, Pastor Jack Hibbs commended George Washington, the first founding father of America, as a genuine Christian...
THE HIDDEN FAITH OF AMERICA’S FOUNDING FATHERS Introduction When “Good” is Bad and “Bad” is Good Jack Hibbs’s high accolades of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and the other Founding Fathers of America is an excellent example of how effortlessly the...
Introduction Jack Hibbs. What is deception? Deception is the act of twisting the truth to make it appear as if it is the truth, to enhance the deceiver’s image among their followers (Luke 6:26; Acts 20:30), or to extract large...
The Corleone Jesus Bear in mind the following Scripture while you read this conversation. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall...
The End – Accompanied by Magnificent Masonic Funeral Music Andrew Murray died on 18 January 1917, four months before his 89th birthday. He was so deeply influenced by Johann Christoph Blumhardt’s “Möttlingen” revival that he included a portion of Friedrich Zündel’s...
Why is Biblical doctrine important? The Bible is very clear on the punishment for the desecration of God’s doctrines. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ,...
Andrew Murray’s imitation of Thomas à Kempis who imitated Mother Mary “The Imitation of Christ,” the best seller ever written after the Bible, is not the only devotion Thomas à Kempis’ wrote on the experience of imitation. One of his...
Andrew Murray’s Secrets Jesus Christ said, “I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.” (John 18:20). Albert Pike states, “Masonry,...
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