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For centuries people believed Aristotle to be right when he said that the heavier an object, the faster it would fall to earth. Aristotle was regarded as the greatest thinker of all time and so there was no need to doubt. 

Anyone, of course, could have taken two objects, one heavy and one light, and dropped them from a great height to see whether or not the heavier object landed first. But no one did until nearly 2,000 years after Aristotle’s death. Legend has it that in 1589 Galileo summoned learned professors to the base of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He then went to the top and pushed off a ten-pound and a one-pound weight. Both landed at the same instant. The power of belief was so strong, however, that the professors denied their eyesight. They continued to say Aristotle was right.

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As we approach Christmas, let’s not forget the reason for the season: not the angels, not the shepherds, not the wise men, not Mary and Joseph, not even the infant in the manger, but the reason why the story in Bethlehem ever happened at all:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

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Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. Revelation 3:20 (Bible)

Some of the saddest words we can ever hear on earth are: “We don’t have room for you.”

Jesus knew how those words slam your heart. For while He was still in Mary’s womb the innkeeper said, “We don’t have room for you.” …
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A life without God, how would it be, like? Boundless freedom, no coercion to act in a particular way, fly where you want to, think as you want to, do as you desire to. Joy unlimited, Pleasure unrestrained. Tired of religions incessant demands, numerous false and illogical religious concoctions being thrust down our throats. We cry freedom, we want to throw it all out, to walk without anything, to walk on just pure air. The body soul and spirit seems to enjoy the fresh breath of a world without God. (more…)

“RISE UP”, a ten day jubilation of power and praise is being organized in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. This ten day jubilation begins on September 27, 2011 till October 7, 2011. GFAG, the organizers of this event, are also the patrons of the GraceJunction website.

Some of the renowned musicians and bands from around the nation have agreed to be in Ahmedabad during this days for “RISE UP”. The list includes Rev.Johnson Varghese (Bangalore), Yeshua Band (Mumbai), Shyju Mathew (Bangalore), Sounds of the Nations (Hyderabad), Dr.Benny Prasad (Bangalore), Kirti Sagathia (Mumbai), Burning Bush (Bangalore), VJ Traven (Kochi), Rev.Thomas George (NCR). Confirmations are awaited from others like Br.Ram Babu (Bangalore) and Br. Anil Kant (Mumbai).

The theme “RISE UP” heralds the purpose behind organising an event of such scale. GFAG hopes that the youth who participate in the event would “RISE UP” to the need of this city, the needs of its people, “RISE UP” to see and grab greater possibilities and opportunities that are so much within their grasp, “RISE UP” to the challenges put forward by the stalwarts who will deck up the different days of this gala event. The event will also create greater awareness about the presence and potential of GFAG thus paving the way for more opportunities for it to fulfill its mission and purpose.

This blog will continuously feature updates about “RISE UP”. Keep coming back for more.

RISE UP now has a new identity.

Imagine you were forced to parachute yourself on to the Alps with a bottle of water in your hand. As you touch ground, it starts snowing heavily and so you take cover inside a cave. Keeping down the bottle in your hand, you clean the snow off your attire and then go out to gather rest of your gear. When you return in a few minutes, you observe that the bottle of water has frozen. What was water in liquid form is now ice. You panic and frantically try to search for someone who did this act, but there’s nothing in the cave. Eureka ! you cry out, nothing can convert water in to ice, and you write a book on the theory of everything  and try to explain that God is now fully kicked out from the equation.

This is exactly what Stephen Hawking’s new book “The Grand Design” is trying to explain mankind, about how everything that is, has come in to being. Stephen’s book although has not ignited physics, as the theory proposed by him is just an old idea in a new garb. It is a simplistic approach, yet in our secular age it is one that seems to have resonance with a skeptical public. The reason the book has sparked lot of discussion is the philosophical conclusions that he is drawing from his proposed theory. (more…)

In the general sense a word signifies an utterance of the mouth, or a speech; and as a speech is a thought of the mind uttered by means of words, therefore a word signifies the thing that is being thought; and from this, in the original tongue, everything that really exists, and is any thing, is called a word. But in an eminent sense the Word is Divine truth, for the reason that everything which really exists, and which is anything, is from Divine truth.

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