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Six Strategies For Teaching (NCTQ Report)

The National Council on Teacher Quality has pointed out six strategies that help in the promotion of learning among students.1 They are as follows:

Strategies To Help Take in Information
1. Pairing graphics with words.
Hearing and Seeing are two important channels of receiving information. Teaching must pay attention to both.

2. Linking abstract concepts with concrete representations.
Every abstract thought can be explained with a concrete example. Tea

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Evangelism by the Holy Spirit: Electrifying Testimonies from the Ministry of Charles Finney

There is no Gospel without the power and work of the Holy Spirit. It is He who testifies of Christ. Jesus commanded His disciples to not leave Jerusalem until they had been clothed with power from above. Paul told the Corinthians that he didn't come to them with words of human wisdom but with the demonstration of the power of God. Christ proclaimed that the Spirit of God is upon Him to preach the good news to the poor and set the captives free. Evangelism has to be by the power of the Holy Spir

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Happy Independence Day India! 2017

Today, we celebrate once again the fact of India becoming a sovereign nation, free from the rule of the British Monarchy. Colorful decors, hoisted flags, patriotic songs, happy children will flood schools, streets, and stadiums.
We celebrate our political freedom today. But, we are not blind to the sight of oppressed and marginalized fellow citizens. We are not deaf to the cries of orphans and widows. The nation still bleeds and groans in agony from bruises of internal hurts. The exte

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Multilingual Churches

There are various ways in which linguistic issues are being tackled by churches. For instance, there are those who wish to reach out to their own linguistic community and so traverse land and sea to reach their own community. Examples of such would be Hindi or Sindhi or Malayalee congregations making efforts to establish linguistic church communities in other nations. There are others who wish to only have their linguistic denomination in the foreign country they are living in. Sadly, not many o

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Pokémon Go, Safe Or Unsafe?

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We observed this evening around 15-20 people crowded in a place to catch a Pokémon. Seems like Pokémon Go, invented by Japanese company Nintendo, was successful in bringing the game lovers to this location. The game has already been lauded by some for contributing towards combining virtual game framework with physical activity in real locations. The term used is "augmented reality"--one has to find the pokémon, invisible in the

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We Have Toiled All Night And Caught Nothing

He said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net." And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. (Luk 5:4-6)

Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We are going with you also." They went out and

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Existential Challenges of A Mega Church

The challenges of a megachurch are not a few. But, the most disturbing challenge is the challenge of defining what true "shepherding" really is. One "church" in the south of India uses membership card swipes to track attendance of church members. If a card is not swiped, the member will get a call from the church office the next day to inquire if all things are fine. There are also various plans and prizes being offered all the time to attract financial involvement. On the me

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"My Church" "Your Church" - How Right Are These Expressions?

With the growth of denominational and non-denominational groups, the expressions "my church", "our church", "your church", and "their church" have also become part of many a church jargon. Of course, none of the users of such expressions intend to mean that the church "belongs" to them in the sense of "ownership". Usually, users of these phrases only may mean to say "the local church group that I am going to or am part of". Or

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One Thing Is Needed (Lk.10:41-42)

And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her." (Lk 10:41-42 NKJ)

Chores and cares occupy much of our lifetime. Sometimes, we begin to wonder if time cannot be stretched a bit more longer as the day was stretched for Joshua. As night draws in and another day comes to an end, we wish we could have done a bit much

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Leonard Ravenhill On John Wesley

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[audio https://archive.org/download/RavenhillOnWesley/Ravenhill%20on%20Wesley.mp3]John died in 1791, converted at 35. Turn that round, it makes 53. Add them together, it makes 88. Because he was saved at 35, preached for 53 years, and you know what he left when he died?

He left a handful of books, a faded Geneva gown that he preached in all

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The Inclination Towards "Filling In The Blanks"

Gestalt psychologists have pointed out the interesting tendency of human brain to fill in the blanks in order to achieve an understanding of the world or sense data. Humans are incessant interpreters. They are all the time trying to figure out what something means.

[caption id="attachment_16080" align="alignnone" width="792"] One sees a CIRCLE and a BOX. However, these are just lines that could possibly not even be related. But, the brain makes a figure

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Résumé of Jesus (AD 28)

Jesus Ben Joseph, Eternally Ben Elohim
Address: Nazareth, Judaea. Mob: N/A. Email: N/A
Summary
Served as carpenter (Mark 6:3) in the family business (Matthew 13:55).
Eternally, the Son and High Priest of God after the order of Melchizedek (Heb.7:17).
Objective
Among many, To do the work of the Father (John 6:38; 4:34; 17:4)
To glorify the Father on earth (John 17:4)
To bear witness to the Truth (John 18:37)
To bring grace and truth (John 1

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Employee Exploitation - What Does The Bible Say?

One of the greatest evils prevailing among job sectors is the evil of injustice against employees. Some examples of employee exploitation are: Not paying salaries or wages in time.
Overtasking them and not providing time for necessary rest (Sabbatical Injustice).
Drawing them into unjust employment contracts with terms that are selfish and indifferent towards the employee.
Paying the employee less than what is justly his/her due.
Abusing them and dehumanizing them or

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4 Facts of Life (Psalm 90) - Notes

1. The Shortness of Life:
Life is Like Grass That Withers, Like A Sleep

Psa 90:5-6 They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up. In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.

Psa 90:10 The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years...

2. The Struggles of Life:
Life is Full of Struggles

Psa 9

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Stand, Walk - Poem

You rise, you falter, you fall.
You rise, make a move, then a fault-
You steady up, then slip and fall.
But, nothing can make you halt:
You stand, you walk.

Now,

You rise, you falter, you fall.
You sit, hesitate, moan the fault-
You lie down, slip away, give up all.
But, what has made you halt?
Stand! Walk!

Don't give up when your faults overcome you!
Don't give up when your thoughts fail!
Don't lo

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The Abomination of Casteism

IN HIS ground-breaking book, Annihilation of Caste, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar diagnosed the caste-problem as being fundamentally religious in nature and proposed the only cure to be a rejection of the Shastras or Hindu scriptures; for, he observed, "the acts of the people are merely the results of their beliefs inculcated in their minds by the Shastras, and that people will not change their conduct until they cease to believe in the sanctity of the Shastras on which their conduct is founded."

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Ten Shekels and a Shirt - Paris Reidhead

This message by late Rev. Paris Reidhead was delivered during a Bethany Fellowship Summer Conference in the mid sixties. Since then, this recording has been a continual blessing to many. The sermon picks up its theme from Judges 17 and 18 where the story of a young levite is mentioned during the days of the Judges. This levite sells his ministry to Micah, a self-invented religious man, for 10 shekels and a shirt; but when the Danites come with a greater offer, he opts for them. Reidhead, with t

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Dealing with Rejection the Jesus Way

REJECTION must not touch our spirits, because God has already accepted us in His Son Jesus Christ, and no matter how we are being treated by anyone, the eternal fact is that we are the children of God.Dealing With Rejection
TO BE REJECTED and to FEEL REJECTED are two different things. The former is an event; the latter, an experience, a choice. Every choice involves a selection and a rejection. Because somebody has made a choice not to select us in some kind of a relationship (society

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Anti-Conversion Bill Passed In Jharkhand

The draft of the Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Bill 2017 has been approved by the Raghubar Das Cabinet.1. The Bill prohibits religious conversion by means of force or allurement. It states:No person shall convert to attempt to convert, either directly or otherwise, any person from one religion/ religious faith to another by the use of force or by allurement or by any fraudulent means, nor shall any person abet any such conversion.The Bill further prescribes that any religious conversio

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Anti-Conversion Laws In India

From Marbaniang, Domenic. Secularism In India: A Historical Analysis (2009).

THERE WERE bills and acts in relation to religious conversion even before the independence. Instances are the Raigarh State Conversion Act of 1936 and the Udaipur State Conversion Act of 1946. These laws aimed at eliminating the rural and tribal rights of freedom to conscience and religion.[1] After independence, there have been at least five states (Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nad

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Blue Whale & Suicide

Suicide is a problem that contradicts the natural instinct of survival. The French philospher, Albert Camus, said that the greatest problem of philosophy is the question, "Why I don't commit suicide?" It also, in a way, explains why people would commit suicide if they lack the reason for not doing that. Nikhil Raj Gupta investigates this issue in light of some recent events. Check out for more.

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Two Kinds of Rewards: Earthly Vs Heavenly

The Bible talks of two kinds of rewards: reward on earth and reward in heaven.

Regarding reward in heaven, Jesus said that GREAT will be the reward of those who:
1. Are PERSECUTED for righteousness' sake because of Jesus (Matt.5:12; Lk.6:23)
2. LOVE their enemies, do good and give expecting nothing in return (Lk.6:35)

The Bible deplores the state of those who seek after and are "men of this world whose reward is in this life" (Psa 17:14 N

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Encounter With Rigid Law (Excerpts from The Chronicles of Sin)

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“Come with me!” Law said and turned to walk.

I followed his quick steps on the sidewalk. From the corner of my eye I could see people pulling out their umbrellas, and there were flashes of lightning and a deep thunder roll. The sky moaned, groaned, rumbled, and turned moist; then, thick drops of water started pattering on my head and hands and my back as I kept my eyes and pace fixed after Law. I didn’t want to miss him. My mind thought, “If he co

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Estrangement and Belongedness in the Ultimate Sacrifice of God

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The Imps and Beelzebub at a Ministers’ Conference - Short Story

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