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MINI-BIBLE by Mick This is a good "starter-Bible" for newcomers to Christianity, for space reasons i've only put one verse in each category but you can copy this to Wordpad and add any other verses that jump out at you as you browse the Bible, and eventually have hundreds of verses in your...

Only mostly wolves and other wildlife now inhabits the 'forbidden zone' around Chernobyl.. The name Chernobyl comes from the Ukrainian word chornobyl which refers to the mugwort plant (Artemisia vulgaris). Mugwort is a close relative of Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) "And the third angel...

CHARLIE by Mick Charlie hated God.Many years ago in his teens he'd been neutral, but as the years passed he'd looked at all the pain and suffering and destruction in the world and slowly decided he'd be an atheist because there couldn't be a God to let such things happen, so he threw himself...

TEN CROWNS by Mick American and Russian nuclear arsenals contain inter-continental ballistic nuclear missiles of the "MIRV" variety- (Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicles).What this means is that a single big rocket can carry up to 10 separate mini-nuke warheads which are released...

SCHOOLS OUT FOREVER by Mick People wonder why the Old Testament was so harsh. The answer is that God has never changed, but the way he had to package himself to get his message across HAS changed, he had to talk in harsh primitive OT terms to earlier harsh primitive peoples in their own...

Here's a little story i've woven around an incident involving a woman we'll call Jessica in Mark chapter 5 JESSICA by Mick Jessica had a good life in ancient Israel, she grew into a fine young woman, got married and had children, and was kind and friendly to all.Like everyone else, she knew the...

Here's a little tale i've woven around a Bible incident in John chapter 4 involving a woman we'll call Leonora LEONORA by MickLeonora had had a rough life. A string of lovers had treated her bad, and now she'd ended up with another here in this remote village in old Samaria miles from anywhere...

Is there any way to change the forum colours? At the moment its white text on a dark blue background and it gives me eyestrain

Why are experienced, respected evangelists of some years standing only called "Novice Evangelist' or 'Aspiring Evangelist' etc underneath their names in this forum?The danger of that is that a newcomer here might skip over somebody's posts if they think he's just an inexperienced beginner, even...

Jesus said:-"Say you're mine in front of people,and I'll say I'm yours in front of my Father" (Matthew 10:32)

A question that comes up now and again in discussions etc is-"what is the definition of a 'Christian'?My answer is simple, a Christian is a WINNER..Jesus said - "I've beaten the world" (John 16:33)and we join him on the winning side-"Who is it that beats the world? Only he who believes Jesus is...

The incredible advances in computer technology over recent years prompted me to write the following little tale -PROCESSING POWER by MickAt last it was finished, and the dozens of computer technicians and scientists stood back to admire their creation, a gigantic new super-computer of such...

Scientists can take any creature, analyse it, dissect it, list all its chemical parts and write lengthy scientific journals about it, but they can't actually MAKE one, not even something like a simple amoeba..This excerpt from a scientific website -AMOEBA -"The isolated plasma membrane of...

I've noticed some people seem to be over-complicating Christianity with big long chunks of theology that look like a cross between tangled balls of string, Frankenstein monsters and contenders for Robot Wars..That's a definite no-no as it must put a lot of people off Christianity by making them...

CHAIN GANG by MickRight from our childhood we have rules and regulations laid on us by parents, teachers and society telling us to be good little boys and girls and play by the worlds rules in order to get a nice job, nice car, nice house, nice kids etc.That's fine of course for those who want...

Ha ha ha, I just saw Buddhist monks on TV running through the streets like crackheads in Bangkok, protesting about the government...If that's Buddhist "enlightenment" they can keep it.. Ha ha ha, we Christian holy men don't do 'running through the streets like crackheads'..

A local vicar and his family run 3 cars between them. Is that setting a good example in these days of pollution?Personally I don't drive and I never have because I'd feel dirty at fouling up the atmosphere and choking asthmatic patients.Church car parks are often full and I don't like to see it..

Paul said - "I'm worried lest you be led astray from the simplicity of Christ" (2 Cor 11:3), yet too many people can't understand that, and they create great big tangled stringballs of theology, almost as if they're deliberately trying to confuse people or put them off Christianity by making it...