Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in 129 Languages

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Afrikaans
Geseende Kerfees en ’n gelukkige nuwe jaar
Egyptian
Colo sana wintom tiebeen
Albanian
Gézuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri
Amharic (Ethiopian)
Melkam Yelidet Beaal
Aramaic (the language of our Lord)
Edo bri’cho o rish d’shato brich’to
Armenian
Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Aromanian (North Greece)
Crãciunu hãriosu shi unu anu nãu, bunu
Azeri (Azerbaijan)
Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque/Euskera
Zorionak eta Urte Berri On
Bahasa Malaysia
Selamat Hari Natal
Bengali [...]

The Missionary Who Wouldn’t Retire

Lesslie Newbigin, born 100 years ago today, launched a new career at age 66 by calling Western churches to act like they were in the mission field.
Krish Kandiah
It was an unlikely adventure to launch a global ministry—a tediously long bus journey from Madras, India, to Birmingham, England. It was an unlikely background for a champion [...]

The Purpose-Driven Life or The Joy-Driven Life

The Joy-Driven Life
Death to deadly earnest discipleship!
“It is astonishing,” wrote Karl Barth, “how many references there are in the Old and New Testaments to delight, joy, bliss, exultation, merry-making, and rejoicing, and how emphatically these are demanded from the Book of Psalms to the Epistle to the Philippians.”
Indeed, from “Shout for joy to the [...]

Footprints in the sand

.:TonicBlu.com:. Real Answers To Real Questions | Are Christians beliefs about Jesus more legend than fact?

.:TonicBlu.com:. Real Answers To Real Questions | Are Christians beliefs about Jesus more legend than fact?.

joke

Melyik a villamos energiával legjobban ellátott ország?
Magyarország.
Nagy a feszültség, kicsi az ellenállás, minden csak volt, a vezetők érintése pedig halálos.
Dear God,
So far this year you have taken away
my favorite dancer Michael Jackson,
my favorite actor Patrick Swayze
and my favorite singer Stephen Gately
and my favorite actress Farah Fawcett.
Just so you know, my favorite politician is Mircea Geoana.

What about Israel?

‘All Israel Will Be Saved’
God’s ‘first love’ awaits Jesus’ second advent.
Collin Hansen
As Christians anticipate the advent of Jesus this holiday season, they focus once more on the birth narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Sermons will praise Mary’s faith and courage. Carols will extol the holy infant, so tender and mild. Scripture readings [...]

Philip Yancey and Christianity (today)

Billy Graham said about him, that “There is no writer in the evangelical world that I admire more” Let’s see what he says about evangelicals:
(from Christianity Today)
This will be my final column for Christianity Today—for a while, at least. After writing Back Page columns since 1983, I have decided to take a break. Since this [...]

Charles Darwin’s 10 Mistakes

1. “Warm little pond” theory: There is no solid evidence of life arising spontaneously from a chemical soup.
2. Simplicity of the cell theory: Scientists have discovered that cells are tremendously complex, not simple.
3. Theory about the cell’s simple information: It turns out cells have a digital code more complex and lengthy than any computer language [...]

Men’s Thesaurus

men don’t always say what they mean…
– excerpts:
When a man says: “IT’S A GUY THING”
He means: “There is no rational thought pattern connected with this, and you have no chance at all of making it logical”
When a man says “CAN I HELP WITH DINNER”
He means: “Why isn’t it already on the table?”
When a man says [...]