New Identity Magazine

HONORING GOD ON ALL HALLOWS EVE

Jena Campion — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:08:24 +0000

Besides Christmas and Easter, Halloween is one of the most celebrated holidays of the year. Halloween began as a Celtic festival called Samhain. There were massive bonfires and lots of dancing to celebrate the end of the harvest season. It also began the “time of darkness” which we would consider now as the winter season. There was a belief that the “gates” between our world and the spirit world…

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TURNING YOUR DAILY GRIND INTO A DIVINE ADVENTURE

Tom Koel — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:31:39 +0000

Almost thirteen years ago, my wife and I took a herd of young adults down to San Diego at Christmas time to the Campus Crusade Winter Conference–or whatever they called it. John Eldredge was there. He ruined my life. I came to Christianity in my late twenties and all my early indoctrination had supported the notion of a very even-paced, even-tempered, even-keeled masculinity.

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SHATTERED GLASS: THE DIVORCE DILEMMA

Wendy Van Eyck — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:13:19 +0000

He finally got down on his knees and asked the big question, “Will you marry me?” The ring sparkled on her finger, the church was booked and both of their mothers were trying to decide what to wear. Everything appears perfect, like the dream is about to begin, but somewhere at the back of the bride and groom’s mind is the question, “Will we make it or will our marriage end in divorce?

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A 30-DAY SEARCH PARTY

M Ramoran — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:32:55 +0000

Before I even started writing this assignment, I knew that in the last couple of years, I felt like a part of me faded away. Like I had been “off” for half a decade and had become a lesser version of what I once was. It’s difficult to explain since most of you reading this article never knew me before. But I once felt like God had great plans for me. It wasn’t out of a misguided belief in my own…

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CHURCH-LESS CHRISTIANITY

Kelli Ward — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:51:17 +0000

For many Christian “church” is an optional event that comes around every Sunday. Some say, “Well church isn’t for me, I haven’t found a church where I’m comfortable, I’ve been turned off from church because of cattiness in the ministries, they’re always asking for money, our beliefs don’t line up, after a long week I just want to sleep in and relax, and I pray at home all the time, isn’t that good…

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THE WHEELS ON THE BUS – AND THE BLESSINGS – GO ‘ROUND AND ‘ROUND

Kevin C. Neece — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:48:51 +0000

I have an eight-month-old son. He’s my first, so I haven’t been a dad for long, but already it’s deep in my bones. That boy is the most precious, most amazing, most important person in the world to me. I hate spending a day or even a few hours away from him. I know he grows and changes every second I’m gone. I cherish my time with my son, but I treasured it even more when I learned about inmates…

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WHERE’S YOUR EDEN?

Jasmien Nikole — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:05:23 +0000

For people to escape from their troubles and worries, they must try to imagine they’re in a place of peace and beauty. For some people to find peace of mind and to be able to think clearly, they feel the need to let their minds wander into a paradise they consider their own. In the beginning of the Old Testament, God creates paradise on earth. Genesis 2:8 says “Now the Lord God had planted a…

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