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    What is Kosher food?

    Kosher food is any food or beverage that Jewish dietary laws allow a person to eat. Kosher food is essentially food that does not contain any non-kosher ingredients. Some of the requirements of Jewish dietary law require that: Meat and milk products are not mixed together Animal products from non-kosher animals (like pork) are not […] More

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    What is halal meat?

    Halal is an Arabic term meaning “permissible”. Halal food is that which adheres to Islamic law, as defined in the Koran. Halal meat must be prepared using the Islamic form of slaughtering animals. It involves killing through a cut to the jugular vein, carotid artery, and windpipe. Animals must be alive and healthy at the […] More

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    My fascination with computer technology

    I’m fascinated by computers because they are these highly complex machines with millions of transistors that can now fit in that palm of your hand and transfer information all the way across the globe in a matter of seconds. More

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    Holy Trinity

    One God in three Divine Persons: The Father (God), the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost). More

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    Holy Spirit

    The Holy Ghost who came down in the form of a dove as the voice of God at Jesus’s baptism in the Jordan River. It came down again as tongues of fire on the day of Pentecost. More

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    Missionary

    A person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country. More

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    Christ

    In Christianity, Christ is a title for the savior and redeemer who would bring salvation to the whole House of Israel. Christians believe Jesus is the Israelite messiah foretold in both the Hebrew Bible (Torah) and the Christian Old Testament. More

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    Sabbath

    Sabbath is a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday. More

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    Baptism

    In the Christian Church, baptism is the religious rite of sprinkling water onto a person’s forehead or of immersion in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church. In many denominations, baptism is performed on young children and is accompanied by name-giving. It is during the baptism that the godparents are assigned. More

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    Christian Holidays

    Ash Wednesday – The first day of Lent Lent – Observed as the 40 day period before Easter. Begins on Ash Wednesday. It is a time for self-examination and preparation for Easter.  Early on Christians used fasting as a visible way to demonstrate this process. Over the years they have relaxed the fasting rules. Today, […] More

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    The Bible

    The Bible is the Christian book of God’s laws, actions, and the plan that God has for humanity. Its writing took over 40 different authors to write over sixteen centuries and is divided into two volumes namely the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament, which comprises 39 books, is the original Hebrew Bible, […] More

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    The Jehovah’s Witnesses

    This sect or denomination is founded by Charles Taze Russell and a known to be missionary zealots. The basis of their organization lies with two branches: the Watchtower Society of Pennsylvania and the Watchtower Society of New York. Structurally it consists of: The board of directors Branch servant District servant Circuit servant Congregation Congregational servants […] More

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    The Mormon Church

    This denomination is popularly known as the Church Of Jesus Of Latter-Day Saints. It was founded by Joseph Smith. It is a highly organized church and is ordered like the Roman Catholic Church. Highlights of its organization include: Melchizedek priesthood; the greatest spiritual empowerment The Aaronic priesthood Plurality of Gods Plurality of wives Celestial marriage More

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    The Seventh-day Adventists

    This Christian denomination is based on the teachings of William Miller and its belief systems are centered on the observance of the original seventh-day Sabbath i.e. Saturday Sabbath and Adventist; their views concerning the Second Coming of Christ. Others include a vegetarian diet and baptism by immersion. The book of Mormon is their main scriptural […] More

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    The Baptist Church

    This Christian denomination traces its origins to Mr. Smyth and is one of the most influential denominations today. There are over 10 major Baptist denominations. Some of its views include predestination, dissuasion from any credo, eternal security, and salvation through faith. More

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    The Episcopal Church

    The Episcopal Church was founded by King Henry VIII. It is known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church or Church of England in other nations and is a denomination of the Christian Church. Some of its belief systems include Salvation by faith only and liberal theologies. More

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    The Presbyterian Church

    This denomination emanated from John Calvin. Its organization consists of congregations, synods, presbyteries, and the general assembly. Offices include: The Pastor; The Vicar/Representative Of Christ The Ruling Elder The Deacon Some of the beliefs of presbyters include predestination, salvation by faith, and the Apostles Creed. More

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    The Lutheran Church

    This denomination of Christianity was founded by Martin Luther, who nailed 95 theses on the building of a church in Germany to address the misguidance of Catholicism. Belief systems include child sinfulness, modeless baptism, and confession. Creeds of the Lutheran church include: The Apostles Creed The Athanasian Creed The Nicene Creed Some confessions of the […] More

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    Eastern Orthodox Church

    This denomination is a large Christian body that formed after the Great Schism of 1054 AD between Pope Leo IX (leader of the Roman arm of the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church) and Michael Cerularius (leader of the Eastern Branch). This marked the formal separation of the Eastern Orthodoxy from the Catholic Church. They, […] More

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    The Roman Catholic Church

    This is the most expansive Christian denomination with over 1.2 billion members worldwide. The Catholic Church does not consider itself to be a denomination; instead, it considers itself to be the original church. The head of the Catholic Church is the pope and his seat of authority is called the papacy. Some of the beliefs […] More

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    Denominations of the church

    Denominationalism is the division of the church into several sects that possess no unionism, organization, or doctrine. Its origin stems after the first century when radical unspiritual alterations took place in the church as a result of heavy persecution of the missionaries, many of who were martyred for their faith. This culminated in the founding […] More

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    The Spread of Christianity

    The Christian Church was born after The Pentecost. Then, like a famous rock band post-album release, it was time for the Good News to go on a global tour. In the first 300 years, there were vast incursions of the Gospel in Greece and Rome, which, at the time, spanned the Iberian Peninsula to the […] More

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    The Birth of the Christian Church

    Before his death, Jesus Christ promised his disciples that a comforter; The Holy Spirit would visit them at their darkest hour and empower them to rise above the persecution that they have been facing after the resurrection of Jesus. This event was to be called The Pentecost (Acts 2:4), and it took place 50 days […] More

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