University of Florida offers Religious Studies

The Department of Religion at University of Florida offers religious studies course. From Vasudha Narayanan
Welcome to the Department of Religion, University of Florida. Founded in 1946, the Department of Religion is the second oldest religion department among Americas’ public universities and one of the strongest. We have a distinguished and diverse faculty, who together offer a rich and diverse curriculum to a growing number of students.
Our undergraduate major examines religion as a significant and pervasive element in human culture. Emphasis on method and theory and religion’s comparative dimensions enables students to read and critically analyze current literature. Our graduate program builds upon department, college, and university strengths while staking out new areas of inquiry within the discipline of religious studies. The Religion in the Americas program draws on UF’s strong Latin American Studies program to focus on North, Central, and South American religious interactions. Religion and Nature critically explores the relationships among human beings and their diverse environments, cultures and religions. The program in Religions of Asia emphasizes the transmission and interaction of Asian religious traditions and peoples as they move across and beyond Asia.
The department is also home to several important initiatives. The Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions, established in 2005, is the only program of its kind in the nation to encourage the research, teaching, and public understanding of Hindu culture and traditions. The Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture provides a forum for international research on religion and nature. Departmental faculty and students also participate in many interdisciplinary programs across UF’s campus and beyond.
Vasudha Narayanan @ http://www.religion.ufl.edu/

America's Golden Calf is Coming Down

America's Golden Calf Is Coming Down Excerpts from an article by David Wilkerson
". . .Beloved, America is facing God's judgment--and we will never be the same! In the days to come, literally hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose their homes. Why? They've leveraged them with equity loans, so they could play the stock market and try to strike it rich! I tell you, the stock market has become America's golden calf! People see it as a financial savior, and they worship it daily--trusting in it, depending on it, giving it all their energy and attention. But it's going to fall suddenly--and none of the small, individual investors will be spared. They'll suffer the most, losing their homes, their cars--everything! I must ask you: "Are you prepared for what is coming? If not, are you acting now to get ready? When I speak of being ready, where do your thoughts take you? Do you think immediately of investments, bank accounts, survival plans, safety for your family?" Yet, I believe it is much more important today for American Christians to focus on spiritual preparation--before the coming storm hits. Let me tell you why. I believe that when the coming storm hits with full fury, and the nation is reeling with panic and fear, people will flee all false gospels and feel-good churches. Christians will forget about gospel entertainment and Christian TV, and they'll start demanding hard truth. They'll flock to hear godly pastors, demanding the true Word of God. Their cry will be, "Who will preach to us a prophetic, life-changing word?" Sadly, many charismatic Christians today talk much about being Spirit-filled--but they are totally bankrupt of truth. They're not intimate with Christ--and so they don't know how to draw on His strength in truth. They don't tremble at the truth of His Word. They don't know how to walk in His resurrection power or live wholly dependent on Him. Instead, they twist, manipulate, and misinterpret His Word to accommodate their flesh. Many pastors and evangelists today have no interest in seeking the Spirit of truth. They think they can call on the Holy Ghost at any time to come down and sweep away all the powers of hell. But these people won't be prepared for the dark times that are coming? The only manifestations we'll see when the storm hits will be men and women falling to their knees in awe and fear of God. They'll be slain by the piercing, convicting, soul-cleansing preaching that comes from the Spirit of truth. Indeed, today--while most of America focuses on its prosperity--God is waking a holy remnant in the church. These saints are on their faces, seeking Him with all their strength and crying out for a true Word from the Spirit of truth... " Believer, you can rest assured--in the coming days of calamity, the true revival won't come through showboating, big-time preachers or TV evangelists. It won't come through prosperity teachings or other doctrines of false security. No--God's revival will come through a hidden company of pastors and lay people who have been in the school of Christ, learning His ways and trusting in Him. These will lead a revival of truth! Yet not everyone is going to want truth. Many will turn to unbridled lust. Indeed, our society could see Sodom replayed a hundred times over. But, as our nation poises on the brink of chaos, many Americans will begin to seek truth, answers, life. As for me, I want to face the coming times as " . . . a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth" II Timothy 2:15 I urge you: Ask the Lord to prepare you--His way--for the day "America's golden calf" comes down. Seek His Spirit of truth in your secret closet. Learn to recognize His voice above all the worldly clamor going on in His church. Then you'll truly be prepared to face the coming storm.
David Wilkerson is founder of Teen Challenge, Inc., the worldwide Christian drug and alcohol rehabilitation ministry. He is the author of The Cross and the Switchblade, The Vision, Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately?, Hungry for More of Jesus, Revival on Broadway and many other books. David and his wife, Gwen, live in New York City, where he serves as senior pastor of Times Square Church.

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God’s Plan of Salvation

God’s Plan of Salvation
1 John 5:11-12 And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
This passage tells us that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son, Jesus Christ. In other words, the way to possess eternal life is to possess God’s Son. The question is, how can a person have the Son of God?
When Jesus knelt in the Garden and was in so much pain that He sweat blood, He was looking into the future at Me. He was going to His death in a few hours not for all the religious people, He was going to the cross for me and all I have to do is accept his gift to have everlasting life. Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.According to Romans 5:8, God demonstrated His love for us through the death of His Son. Why did Christ have to die for us? Because Scripture declares all men to be sinful. To “sin” means to miss the mark. The Bible declares “all have sinned and fall short of the glory (the perfect holiness) of God” (Rom. 3:23). In other words, our sin separates us from God who is perfect holiness (righteousness and justice) and God must therefore judge sinful man.
The Futility of Our Works. Scripture also teaches that no amount of human goodness, human works, human morality, or religious activity can gain acceptance with God or get anyone into heaven. The moral man, the religious man, and the immoral and non-religious are all in the same boat. They all fall short of God’s perfect righteousness. After discussing the immoral man, the moral man, and the religious man in Romans 1:18-3:8, the Apostle Paul declares that both Jews and Greeks are under sin, that “there is none righteous, not even one” (Rom. 3:9-10). Added to this are the declarations of the following verses of Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; and not as a result of works, that no one should boast.

God demonstrates his own love for us

According to Romans 5:8, God demonstrated His love for us through the death of His Son. Why did Christ have to die for us? Because Scripture declares all men to be sinful. To “sin” means to miss the mark. The Bible declares “all have sinned and fall short of the glory (the perfect holiness) of God” (Rom. 3:23). In other words, our sin separates us from God who is perfect holiness (righteousness and justice) and God must therefore judge sinful man. Please refer to http://bible.org/article/gods-plan-salvation for more information on salvation.
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Public Prayer Could Lead To Jail

Jail may be in the future for two Florida high school administrators if a federal judge rules they violated a court order forbidding the promotion of religion in schools.
Principal Frank Lay and Athletic Director Robert Freeman face criminal contempt charges for "willfully violating the court's temporary injunction order" after they prayed at a school function, according to a court order of contempt. The injunction was issued after the American Civil Liberties Union sued the School District on behalf of two students and their parents who said religion was forced upon them at school. Lay encouraged Freeman to lead a prayer before a meal at the dedication of a new field house during a school-day luncheon. Freeman complied. The incident was brought to the attention of a U.S. District Judge by the ACLU. If convicted, Lay and Freeman could each face up to six months in jail or a $5,000 fine.
Some say it's their right to pray in public even if it was a school function, others say if you think your food needs to be blessed do it in silence. Send us an e-mail to CBlock@Todaysthv.com

One nation under ...Who?

One Nation Under … Who? A Nationwide Campaign has been Launched Against Immorality in the United States


Having witnessed an increase in immoral behavior within our society, a new DVD has been produced to inform and educate citizens of the United States. Titled "One Nation Under … Who?", this professionally produced DVD gives a startling look at the current direction of our nation contrasted with God's attitude toward sin. During a time in which political correctness has run amuck, this DVD rejects political correctness and provides a refreshing defense of Christian values and morals, painting a clear picture that America has lost her moral compass. (PRWeb Aug 4, 2009)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2703754.htm

Consciousness Can Live on after Death

Research Shows Human Consciousness Can Live on after Bodily Death


New book reports on a massive, ongoing research project at the University of Virginia and recent research by the Windbridge Institute that show, respectively, human consciousness can survive death and that psychic mediums can report accurate information about deceased individuals without using fraud. The author draws on studies by the Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory, quantum psychics and other research, to form the basis of a theory to explain this. (PRWeb Aug 4, 2009)
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Is Obama God like

God To Man To Government that's the way our rights are delivered. The only way for progressives to change this delivery system is to remove God. I sound like a nut when I say that but Progressives think that our rights should come from the Government and the only way they can get that result is to remove God. Our rights were declared in our Declaration of Independence, http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
and the rights given to the Government were given to it by us, We the People of the United States. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
"Is Obama sort of God" as is declared here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr4VZ8xCzOg
or are we going to keep control of our government as the Constitution insist we do.
Please say a prayer for our President and our government this Flag Day.
http://www.theholidayzone.com/flag/poems.htm

I got this from my pastor this week @ Oak Ridge Baptist Church
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:1 through 3:6 To be born again
1: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5: Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
　
Passage 1 John 5:1: Believe Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Passage 1John 2:29 Practice If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
Passage 1John 3:14 Love We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Passage 1John 5:4 Resistance For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Passage 1John 3:9 Sin Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Passage 1John 5:18 Testimony We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
If being a Christian were against the law, would there be enough evidence to convict you?

Are environmentalist worshiping the wrong Higher Power?

In England The Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has angered green campaigners by describing their view on climate change as a "hysterical pseudo-religion".

Should the Government Celebrate Prayer?

Prayer Always a Part of America
Whether President Obama chooses to bring people into the White House or not, it is still for all Americans a day in which we can give thanks to our Creator for all the blessings and bounty we have in this nation. According to Chuck Colson

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Tiller Suspect Won't Face Death Penalty

from Drudge Retort by rcade
Sedgewick County District Attorney Nola Foulston won't seek the death penalty for Scott Roeder, the accused murderer of abortion provider George Tiller. Kansas law only allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty when a killing involves seven specific circumstances, none of which are covered by Tiller's slaying.

Note From Me: His soul is already dead , He now has time to ask for forgiveness from the only one who can forgive.

Maine Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Gay Marriage

from Drudge Retort by SolidSilver
Maine governor John E. Baldacci today signed into law LD 1020, An Act to End Discrimination in Civil Marriage and Affirm Religious Freedom. "This new law does not force any religion to recognize a marriage that falls outside of its beliefs. It does not require the church to perform any ceremony with which it disagrees. Instead, it reaffirms the separation of Church and State," Governor Baldacci said.

My Note: We are at the "end of days" welcome back Saddam & Gomorrah

Is the murder of Tiller the Baby Killer justified?

I am sorry I was not present at his murder but it was Murder. There is no justification for murder in my mind, we have a court system, and although we answer to a higher authority, Jesus said; render unto Caesar that which is Caesars and render unto God That which is God's. More