Middle East/Africa

Viking King of Norway, Harald Hardrada and Orthodox Christianity in Scandinavia

Viking King of Norway, Harald Hardrada and Orthodox Christianity in Scandinavia

  The great Viking king of Norway, Harald Hardrada (1015 – 1066) was a true international warrior. The Viking culture is spectacular in its remarkable shift from Norse religion to embracing Christianity, as their famous kings set out to Christen Scandinavia and abolished the Viking customs of keeping slaves, leaving babies out for the wolves to kill, human sacrifices and …

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The depressed, suicidal West: The Christian solution

The depressed, suicidal West: The Christian solution Hanne Herland

  Depression is now an epidemic in the West that permeates society with emptiness, sadness, hopelessness, anger, loss of interest in life, and insomnia. One in four Americans struggle with depression, one in four high schoolers identify as LGBT+ with all the sad problems that come for these young individuals who struggle with feelings of not being the sex they …

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The Nouriel Roubini warning of staggering amounts of debt that will lead to “the Mother of all Economic Crises”

Nouriel Roubini on Megathreats Getty

  Nouriel Roubini, a former advisor to the International Monetary Fund and member of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors, was one of the few “mainstream” economists to predict the collapse of the housing bubble. The Nouriel Roubini warning: Now Roubini is warning that the staggering amounts of debt held by individuals, businesses, and the government will soon lead to …

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Why we Celebrate Christmas: St. Nicholas, Santa Claus and the birth of Jesus

Why we Celebrate Christmas: St. Nicholas and why we celebrate Christmas, Herland Report

  Initially a Christian feast celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, Christmas has been appropriated by secular forces to be expanded into a generic holiday that serves consumerism, materialism and pop culture more than it does Christ. Why we Celebrate Christmas: The secularized, atheist Christmas has become a time for unrestricted indulgence, all in the name of “Santa”, who has …

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The Evergreen Tree and Christmas Celebrations over time

The Evergreen Tree and Christmas: The Royal 1848 Christmas Tree engraving that produced a craze for Christmas Tree across the Western world. It was the German-born Queen Charlotte of Britain who published this Christmas greeting depicting her family around a Christmas tree.

  Today, Christmas is celebrated with trees, decorations, mistletoes, chocolate and presents. The Evergreen Tree and Christmas: Many allege that these traditions stem mostly from pagan or secular practices, and very few, if any, from Christianity – again, rendering Christmas into a generic holiday unspecific to Christianity. Let us begin by revisiting how Christmas was initially commemorated. The answer is …

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Christmas and the most significant person in world history

Christmas and the most significant person in history: jesus-is-born-Christmas-Herland-Report

  As yet another paganized Western Christmas celebration has come, we are drifting further away from the deeper meaning of existence found in the Nativity of Christ’ story. Christmas and the most significant person in history: Christmas is now a generic, winter holiday that serves consumerism and atheist pop culture. It is about decorations, mistletoes, chocolates, gift-giving and celebrating evergreens. …

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