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President Donald J. Trump announced on wednesday that the U.S. government will not allow so-called transgender people “to serve in any capacity in the U.S. military.” President Trump’s announcement came just weeks after Defense Secretary James Mattis announced that he will defer implementation of the transgender policy until January 1, 2018. The Obama-era policy would have allowed incoming service members identifying as “transgender” to enlist if they have been “stable” in their gender identity for 18 months.
“Transgender” service members have been able to serve openly in the military since last year, when former Defense Secretary Ash Carter ended the ban. Since Oct. 1, transgender troops have been able to receive medical care and receive taxpayer-fund medical treatment that includes hormone therapy, counseling, and body mutilating plastic surgery.

In a series of tweets today, President Trump wrote: “After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you.”
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The relatives of a newly recruited soldier in Egypt has reported that he was beaten to death by an Egyptian military officers July 19 upon learning that he was a Christian.

Joseph Reda Helmy of Kafr Darwish village, Beni Suef Governorate, had just completed training at Mobarak military training center and was transferred to Al-Salaam special forces police unit, where three officers killed him, but claimed that he died of an epileptic seizure.

His father, Reda Helmy, told Al Karma TV by phone that his large, strong son had arrived at the camp at 2 p.m. and was dead by 8 p.m. In the same program, the deceased’s cousin, Youssef Zarif, said he received a message at 2 a.m. on July 20 from the Ministry of Interior to come and retrieve Helmy’s body.

When Zarif arrived, he asked to meet an officer and was initially rebuffed. Eventually he met with an officer who told him that Helmy had died of an epileptic seizure. Zarif refused to believe the army explanation, saying Helmy was a healthy, quiet person loved by all in his village of Christians and Muslims.

He told Al Karma that the extensive bruising he found on the body did not look like those of an epileptic episode. He said Helmy had bruises on his head, shoulders, neck, back and Instruments, with the worst injuries occurring on his back.

The doctor who examined the body refused to bow to pressure from those who brought it and reported that the cause of death was not natural, Zarif said. A prosecutor accompanying the family firmly concurred and demanded an investigation. The three officers who attacked his cousin are in custody and under investigation.

Zarif said he learned from police and other soldiers that the three officers began to harass Helmy because of his Christian faith, and that the marks on his body indicate they kicked him with their boots and hit him with heavy instruments.

Another cousin, Malak Youakim, confirmed the killing to Alhorreya.TV. Youakim also said Helmy was attacked for his Christian faith. Sadly enough, Helmy had been in the army for only month when he died on July 19.

Several other Christians have died for their faith while serving in the Egyptian military. On Feb. 17, 2016, the Egyptian military informed the family of Michael Gamel Mansour that the 22-year-old conscript from Assuit had committed suicide. Authorities claimed Mansour, who was assigned to a unit that guards El Gomhoreya Stadium in Cairo, shot himself with a rifle. They asserted that moments before his suicide, Mansour became despondent after a telephone conversation with members of his family. His case marked the third time in nine months that the government reported a Coptic Christian soldier committing suicide. A fourth Christian was killed in August 2016, according to the government, in a shooting incident in which no one has been criminally charged.

On Nov. 20, 2015, the military informed Nataay Boushra that his son, Private First Class Bishoy Nataay Boushra, a second-year conscript soldier in the Egyptian army, was dead, also a victim of suicide. Boushra, 21, served in the Central Security Forces (CSF), a ubiquitous, 450,000-man unit under the command of the Ministry of Interior used to augment the Egyptian National Police. Boushra was posted to the outskirts of Cairo, guarding the CSF barracks used by his duty section.

According to the military, Boushra was found dead the morning of Nov. 20, 2015 in the bathroom of a military jail cell with a sheet wrapped around his neck. Officials told Nataay Boushra that his son hung himself from a windowsill.

Nataay Boushra rejects the government’s claim of suicide. His son was deeply spiritual and considered suicide to be a grave sin. During his army service, he was in regular contact with his family and gave no indication of any depression before his death. He was just three months away from being discharged from the army and pursuing his lifelong dream of becoming a monk.

As with the case of Mansour, the military made its ruling that the cause of Boushra’s death was a suicide before an autopsy was performed. At the morgue, the family refused to take the remains until officials conducted an autopsy, but while waiting, Nataay Boushra and his brother were able to examine the body. In addition to the ligature marks expected from a hanging or strangling death, Boushra’s torso was covered with bruises and huge welts from what appeared to be sustained, brutal beatings.

For months before his death, according to his father, Boushra endured threats, violence, intense verbal abuse and public humiliation from a fellow draftee, a Muslim known to the public only as “Mustafa.” Boushra took the abuse in stride until Nov. 4, when the Muslim soldier launched into yet another tirade against Christianity. Boushra picked up a stick the size of an ax handle and hit the other soldier in the head, knocking him to the ground, according to military court testimony.

The soldier was taken to a hospital for examination and then released. Both men were arrested and placed together in a jail cell awaiting a hearing in a military court.

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The man who leads the largest Roman Catholic Church in America is advocating that the church allow married men to become priests, and plans to spend his retirement ministering among the poorest of the poor.

Monsignor John McSweeney, 75, who is originally from New York, is concluding 43 years of ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina, The Twhere he has most recently served as priest at St. Matthew in The Reverend father who leads the largest Roman Catholic Church in America is advocating that the church allow married men to become priests, and plans to spend his retirement ministering among the poorest of the poor.

Monsignor John McSweeney, 75, who is originally from New York, is concluding 43 years of ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he has most recently served as priest at St. Matthew in Ballantyne, an affluent suburb of the state’s most populous city.


St. Matthew Catholic Church is the largest Roman Catholic parish in the United States which boasts of over 10,000 families, according to The Charlotte Observer Sunday.

Much like Pope Francis, McSweeney said he desires a church that is more oriented toward hospitality and less about judgment. Charlotte, which reportedly has a burgeoning population of Roman Catholics, faces a shortage of priests in their diocese. And to address this, McSweeney said he favors the Church allowing priests to be married, mentioning that he has been around many Protestant pastors who are married and “doing great work.”

“And many men I was in the (Catholic) seminary with would be great priests today except for one thing,” McSweeney said. That one thing is their desire to be married.

For the first 1,000 years of Catholicism, celibacy for priests was optional. In March, Pope Francis expressed openness to the idea.

“In our history, we would have men in training in different seminaries so we’d get a broader aspect of the church,” he said.

“And I think that’s what should be done now. Not just one place.”

In the fall of 2009, Pope Benedict invited disenchanted Anglicans to come into the Roman Catholic Church, and allowed for married Anglican priests who converted to remain in the clergy.

McSweeney is “very concerned,” about a resurgence of younger priests who are very conservative who dislike the Vatican II reforms in the Catholic Church.

Also called the Second Vatican Council, this council occurred in the 1960s where the Roman Church adopted notable changes in the way ministry is conducted. Vatican II invited lay people to minister more actively in the liturgy, and masses were increasingly celebrated in native languages of people, not just Latin.

Yet lay ministers who are women, are not being allowed, for instance, to help serve Communion. Altar boys are permitted, but not altar girls.

These young conservative priests, McSweeney explained, “are trying to reform the reform … I don’t endorse what they’re doing to God’s people.”

“I’ve had the privilege of being in many different roles in ministry … But I think I need now to experience [poverty],” McSweeney said, who intends to spend the years of his retirement in a place like Haiti or Jamaica, ministering among some of the most destitute people on earth.

“I’m going to try to walk in the sandals of the Lord,” McSweeney said.

“I have a little motto: ‘You never say no to Jesus.’ And he keeps talking to me.”
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Today the White House announced that Sam Brownback will be President Donald Trump’s nominee for America’s next ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.
“Religious freedom is the first freedom. The choice of what you do with your own soul,” the current Republican governor of Kansas tweeted. “I am honored to serve such an important cause.”

If confirmed by the US Senate, Brownback would follow in the footsteps of previous ambassadors-at-large David Saperstein and Suzan Johnson Cook in the State Department post.

Brownback has governed Kansas since 2011, after representing the Sunflower State in the Senate (1996-2011) and in the House of Representatives (1995-1996). He was a key sponsor of 1998’s International Religious Freedom Act, which was significantly expanded by President Barack Obama last December. He was also 1 of only 3 members of Congress to receive a perfect score on the International Religious Freedom Scorecard for his efforts during Obama’s first two years in office.

A convert from Methodism to Roman Catholicism, Brownback served as a Catholic advisor to the Trump campaign. “He is a man of convicted compassion and courteous candor who—as a function of his own deeply held Christian beliefs—will work tirelessly for people of all faiths and none,” said Chris Seiple, president emeritus at the Institute for Global Engagement.

Tom Farr, president of the Religious Freedom Institute at Georgetown University, told The Kansas City Star that he hopes Brownback will “see this position as contributing to the national security of the United States. Advancing religious freedom in our foreign policy will help Christians and other religious minorities around the world who are suffering persecution,”. “It will at the same time undermine religion-based extremism and terrorism. He has an extraordinary opportunity, at low cost, to advance the fundamental national security interests of our nation.”
Frank Wolf, a longtime Virginia politician who retired in 2013 as one of Congress’ leading advocates of religious freedom, told the Star that “this job is really made for Sam. On all these issues he’s been there before almost anybody else.”

Wolf, now a senior fellow for the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative, also highlighted that Brownback will be the first elected politician to serve as IRF ambassador. Previous ambassadors were religious or NGO leaders.

Open Doors, a leading advocate for the persecuted church, looks forward to working with Brownback soon. “With religious persecution reaching devastating levels around the world, we urge the Senate to confirm Gov. Brownback for this crucial role as soon as possible,” said US president and CEO David Curry, whose organization produces one of the best annual analyses of how religious freedom violations have reached record levels in recent years.

“Given his strong experience on the important issue of international religious freedom, we have confidence that Gov. Brownback will be an important asset and champion,” said Curry. “This nomination demonstrates a genuine commitment on behalf of the Trump administration to religious freedom around the world.”
During his time in the Senate, Brownback co-chaired the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and championed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. As noted in a 2006 interview, Brownback developed a reputation for defending the poor and advocating for foreign aid to address humanitarian crises—including the Darfur genocide in Sudan, the AIDS outbreak in Africa, and human rights violations in North Korea.

The IRF office carries out its mission by issuing reports on persecution, meeting with foreign government officials, partnering with NGOs, and reaching out to religious communities.

If confirmed, Brownback would leave Kansas at a low point in his career, having watched his trickle-down tax cut plan fail to improve the state’s economy and be dismantled by state lawmakers, the Associated Press reported.

“President Trump has made this selection in 6 months, whereas it took his predecessor 27 months to do the same,” said James Dobson, host of My Family Talk and founder of Focus on the Family. “The president has sent a powerful message … that the United States will lead the global effort in defending and preserving every man, woman, and child’s right practice his or her beliefs without fear of intimidation or violence.”

“There’s no issue in the world I care more about than religious liberty. There is no person in the world that I know cares more about these issues than [Brownback],” said Johnnie Moore, a Trump advisor and CEO of The Kairos Company. “The decision to take someone of his stature—a sitting governor—and put him in a position of this importance is hugely encouraging.”
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It is very important to note that different people (church members) have different perspectives and view about their leaders. it is therefore very important for leaders to find out why their members feel the way they do about them. Below are four helpful questions that will help christian leaders get relevant information from their members so as to enhance their ministry positively

1. Why are you leaving?
No matter how large or successful your ministry, people will leave from time to time and join a church down the highway. I wondered why.Ask any pastor. It feels like a rebuke when members leave your church for another in the same community. And no one in his right mind goes around seeking rebukes and asking unhappy people to dump on us. And, I suppose that’s how it would feel to most pastors to want this information.

2. Why are you unhappy?
The question assumes that some in the church will be unhappy with the preacher. Sad to say, that’s almost always the case. Since our church doors are open to “whosoever will,” there is no requirement of maturity or wisdom or Christlikeness from our congregation. So, a certain contingent in every church seems to be forever unhappy with something going on or someone in leadership. (Note to the leadership: If you cannot handle some people in the church being unhappy with the pastor, you will be forever upset. Likewise, the perfectionist pastor will become a neurotic, running around trying to please everyone. Best to accept the reality that no congregation is going to be free of those who wish the Lord would take this preacher and send them a good one!)

3. How am I doing?
Since its an established fact that member have different perspectives and view of their leaders, it is there fore very vital that this question should be asked at intervals. Also, since there is need for christian leaders to also take stock of their lives, this question will in no doubt go a long way in helping pastors and other christian leaders to know their strength and weaknesses.

4. What would it take for you to decide to leave this church?
You think people would not leave a church for such silly reasons. But they do. Though we are not to compromise the standard of God’s word by the way people feel, yet this question is very vital since we might not always be perfect.
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CHARLES WESLEY
Charles Wesley was the eighteenth child of Susanna Wesley and Samuel Wesley. He was born in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, where his father was rector. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was ordained. At Oxford, Charles formed a prayer group among his fellow students in 1727; his elder brother, John, joined in 1729, soon becoming its leader and moulding it in line with his own convictions. They focused on studying the Bible and living a holy life. Other students mocked them, saying they were the "Holy Club", "Sacramentarians", and "the Methodists", being methodical and exceptionally detailed in their Bible study, opinions and disciplined lifestyle. George Whitefield joined the group. After graduating with a master's degree in classical languages and literature, Charles followed his father and brother into Anglican orders in 1735.
In April 1749, he married the much younger Sarah Gwynne (1726–1822), also known as Sally. The union was blessed with 8 children with only 3 surviving.
Charles Wesley published the words of over six thousand hymns. Some of his popular hymns include:
• "And Can It Be That I Should Gain?"
• "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today"
• "Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown"
• "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus"
• "Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee"
• "Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise"
• "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
• "Jesus, Lover of My Soul"
• "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling"
• "O for a Heart to Praise My God"
• "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing"
• "Ye Servants of God"

FANNY CROSBY
Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs with more than 100 million copies printed, despite being blind from shortly after birth. She is also known for her teaching and her rescue mission work. By the end of the 19th century, she was a household name.
Crosby was known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers and as the "Mother of modern congregational singing in America", with most American hymnals containing her work. Her gospel songs were "paradigmatic of all revival music", and Ira Sankey attributed the success of the Moody and Sankey evangelical campaigns largely to Crosby's hymns.
Some of Crosby's best-known songs include
• "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour",
• "Blessed Assurance",
• "Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home",
• "Praise Him, Praise Him",
• "Rescue the Perishing",
• "To God Be the Glory".
• “close to Thee”
Crosby died at Bridgeport of arteriosclerosis and a cerebral hemorrhage on February 12, 1915 after a six-month illness, aged 94.

IRA D. SANKEY
Ira David Sankey was born on August 28, 1840 in Edinburg, Pennsylvania, just outside New Castle to David Sankey and Mary. At the age of 16, Sankey was converted at a revival meeting at the King's Chapel (now a United Methodist Church), three miles away from his home.
Sankey's increasing fame as a Gospel singer eventually attracted the attention of noted evangelist Dwight L. Moody. They first met at a YMCA convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, in June, 1870. Several months later, Sankey attended his first evangelistic meeting with Moody. Shortly thereafter, Sankey resigned his government position. On June 7, 1872, Sankey and Moody made the first of several joint visits to the UK. Sankey's hymns were promoted by London Baptist preacher, Charles Spurgeon, long afterwards.
When a local pastor asked Rev. Moody about the contribution that a gospel singer and song leader such as Ira Sankey brought to his meetings, Moody replied, "If we can only get people to have the words of the Love of God coming from their mouths it's well on its way to residing in their hearts.
Sankey wrote several hymns and songs, and composed and arranged music for many more. He collaborated with Philip Bliss and then later with James McGranahanand George Stebbins) on a series of "sacred song" collections published in the United States by Hubert Main through his Biglow & Main Co., and in the United Kingdom by Morgan & Scott, publishers also of his most enduring work, the popular Sacred Songs and Solos (widely known as "Sankey & Moody" which eventually ran to over 1200 works and is still in use today.
His first and most famous composition was 'The Ninety and Nine'. Sankey and Moody were en route from Glasgow, Scotland to Edinburgh in May 1874, as they were to hold a three-day campaign there. This was at the urgent request of the Ministerial Association. Prior to boarding the train, Sankey bought a weekly newspaper for a penny. He found nothing of interest but a sermon by Henry Ward Beecher and some advertisements. Then, he found a little piece of poetry in a corner of one column that he liked, and he read it to Moody, but only received a polite reply. Sankey clipped the poem and tucked it in his pocket. At the noon day service of the second day of the special series, Moody preached on The Good Shepherd and asked Sankey if he had a final song. An inner voice prodded him, although there was no music to the poem, so he acquiesced. He placed the little piece of newspaper he had tucked in his pocket on the organ in front of him. Half speaking and half singing, he completed the first stanza, which was followed by four more. Moody walked over with tears in his eyes and said, "Where did you get that hymn?" The Ninety and Nine became his most famous tune and his most famous sale from that time on. The words were written by Elizabeth Clephane in 1868; she died the following year. Sankey suffered glaucoma during the last five years of his life, so Crosby, blind since childhood, may have also been a kindred spirit. Sankey died on August 13, 1908 at his home in Brooklyn, New York. Some of his popular hymns include:
• "Fading away like the stars of the morning"
• "Come, Holy Spirit, like a dove descending"
• "Am I a soldier of the Cross"
• “All, All is Well”
• "We praise thee, we bless Thee, our Saviour Divine"
• “Come, Wanderer, Come”
• “Take Me as I Am”
• "Rest in the Lord, O weary, heavy-laden"
• "Onward, soldiers, onward today!"
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St. Stephen

St. Stephen suffered the next in order. His death was occasioned by the faithful manner in which he

preached the Gospel to the betrayers and murderers of Christ. To such a degree of madness were

they excited, that they cast him out of the city and stoned him to death. The time when he suffered

is generally supposed to have been at the passover which succeeded to that of our Lord's

crucifixion, and to the era of his ascension, in the following spring.

Upon this a great persecution was raised against all who professed their belief in Christ as the Messiah, or as

a prophet. We are immediately told by St. Luke, that "there was a great persecution against the church which

was at Jerusalem;" and that "they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria,

except the apostles."

About two thousand Christians, with Nicanor, one of the seven deacons, suffered martyrdom during the

"persecution that arose about Stephen."

James the Great

The next martyr we meet with, according to St. Luke, in the History of the Apsotles' Acts, was

James the son of Zebedee, the elder brother of John, and a relative of our Lord; for his mother

Salome was cousin-german to the Virgin Mary. It was not until ten years after the death of Stephen

that the second martyrdom took place; for no sooner had Herod Agrippa been appointed governor

of Judea, than, with a view to ingratiate himself with them, he raised a sharp persecution against the

Christians, and determined to make an effectual blow, by striking at their leaders. The account

given us by an eminent primitive writer, Clemens Alexandrinus, ought not to be overlooked; that, as

James was led to the place of martyrdom, his accuser was brought to repent of his conduct by the

apostle's extraordinary courage and undauntedness, and fell down at his feet to request his pardon,

professing himself a Christian, and resolving that James should not receive the crown of martyrdom

alone. Hence they were both beheaded at the same time. Thus did the first apostolic martyr

cheerfully and resolutely receive that cup, which he had told our Savior he was ready to drink.

Timon and Parmenas suffered martyrdom about the same time; the one at Philippi, and the other in

Macedonia. These events took place A.D. 44.

III. Philip

Was born at Bethsaida, in Galilee and was first called by the name of "disciple." He labored

diligently in Upper Asia, and suffered martyrdom at Heliopolis, in Phrygia. He was scourged,

thrown into prison, and afterwards crucified, A.D. 54.

Matthew

Whose occupation was that of a toll-gatherer, was born at Nazareth. He wrote his gospel in Hebrew,

which was afterwards translated into Greek by James the Less. The scene of his labors was Parthia,

and Ethiopia, in which latter country he suffered martyrdom, being slain with a halberd in the city

of Nadabah, A.D. 60.

James the Less

Is supposed by some to have been the brother of our Lord, by a former wife of Joseph. This is very doubtful,

and accords too much with the Catholic superstition, that Mary never had any other children except our

Savior. He was elected to the oversight of the churches of Jerusalem; and was the author of the Epistle

ascribed to James in the sacred canon. At the age of ninety-four he was beat and stoned by the Jews; and

finally had his brains dashed out with a fuller's club.

Matthias

Of whom less is known than of most of the other disciples, was elected to fill the vacant place of Judas. He

was stoned at Jerusalem and then beheaded.

VII. Andrew

Was the brother of Peter. He preached the gospel to many Asiatic nations; but on his arrival at Edessa he was

taken and crucified on a cross, the two ends of which were fixed transversely in the ground. Hence the

derivation of the term, St. Andrew's Cross.

VIII. St. Mark

Was born of Jewish parents of the tribe of Levi. He is supposed to have been converted to Christianity by

Peter, whom he served as an amanuensis, and under whose inspection he wrote his Gospel in the Greek

language. Mark was dragged to pieces by the people of Alexandria, at the great solemnity of Serapis their

idol, ending his life under their merciless hands.

Peter

Among many other saints, the blessed apostle Peter was condemned to death, and crucified, as some do

write, at Rome; albeit some others, and not without cause, do doubt thereof. Hegesippus saith that Nero

sought matter against Peter to put him to death; which, when the people perceived, they entreated Peter with

much ado that he would fly the city. Peter, through their importunity at length persuaded, prepared himself to

avoid. But, coming to the gate, he saw the Lord Christ come to meet him, to whom he, worshipping, said,

"Lord, whither dost Thou go?" To whom He answered and said, "I am come again to be crucified." By this,

Peter, perceiving his suffering to be understood, returned into the city. Jerome saith that he was crucified, his

head being down and his feet upward, himself so requiring, because he was (he said) unworthy to be

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They will approve a (hosted) adsense account for you. You will only be able to show ads on Google partner websites like , hubpages, youtube etc.

The Best Way (Recommended)
(1) Create a blog (Fully Self Hosted blog) on Wordpress or Blogger (with your custom domain)
(2) Publish about 30-50 original articles with at least 400-600 words each (Don't use any image unless you own or created them.
(3) make sure you have the following on your blog: Privacy policy page, about me page, search, categories, tags, archives, menu, popular post.
(4) Pray to God so that they will accept you at first application.
(5) Apply for Adsense

God willing, they will approve your application at first attempt. But if you are not, don't be discourage, continue to update your blog with original contents and apply again after sometimes. Sure, you will get it.

Now you know how to get adsense account in both the easy way and the best way.

In the next training, I will teach you here how to make money from your adsense account.

by chikachuks1: 1:06pm
I copy, edit and then post.
Could it be the reason why i
was bounced back by
adsense and
please how do i even
know the number of
views i have per day
www.christianityupdate.com

kay29000:
Whoa! Great blog...and very lucrative post titles/sub niches. Americans would flood your blog...keep it going.

please how do i even know the number of views i have per day www.christianityupdate.com

I copy, edit and then post. Could it be the reason why i was bounced back by adsense www.christianityupdate.com

Many at times we
wander about looking
for ways to please God.
Let me tell you a story:
there was this widower
who had just one son.
He was very rich and so
wanted his son to think
towards his direction-he wanted his son to
create his own wealth
because he believed
that it was the only
way he could teach his
son to manage his
wealth. The boy went
through seasons of
training until the he had
reached a stage which
the father believed was
enough for him to own
his own wealth. The
father began testing
him to see if he had
really learnt anything.
He did well until the
time he failed one of
those tests. Though
the son felt bad but it
touched the father more than it touched
the son. To continue, visit www.christianityupdate.com/how-to-please-god.

I have a christian blog www.christianityupdate.com which is about 6 months old but yet unpopular, how do i make it popular and increase the traffic? I will appreciate any suggestion and contribution