Introduction

These Terms of Use, or Website Standard Terms and Conditions shall govern your use of this website, including all pages within this website (collectively referred to herein below as this “Website”). These Terms apply in full force and affect to your use of this Website. By using this Website, you expressly accept all terms and conditions contained herein in full. You must not use this Website, if you have any objection to any of these Terms and Conditions.

Intellectual Property Rights

Other than your comments to my Posts, under these Terms, I own all rights to the intellectual property and material contained on this Website, and all such rights are reserved.

You are granted a limited license only, subject to the restrictions provided in these Terms, for purposes of viewing the material contained on this Website. The content of this Website is for educational purposes only. You can learn and teach others from it. Share with anyone you like in accordance to the terms below.

Restrictions

You are expressly and emphatically restricted from all of the following:

  1. selling, sub licensing and/or otherwise commercializing any Website material;
  2. using this Website in any way that is, or may be, damaging to this Website;
  3. using this Website in any way that negatively impacts user access to this Website;
  4. using this Website contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in a way that causes, or may cause, harm to the Website, or to any person or business entity;
  5. engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting or any other similar activity in relation to this Website, or while using this Website;
  6. using this Website to engage in any advertising or marketing;

Access to certain areas of this Website may be restricted at any time in my sole and absolute discretion.  The user ID and password you may have for this Website are (if any) confidential and you must maintain confidentiality of such information.

Your Contents

In these Website Standard Terms And Conditions, “Your Contents” shall mean any audio, video, text, images or other material you choose to display on this Website. With respect to Your Contents, by displaying it, you grant me a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute it in any and all media.

Your Content must be your own and must not be infringing on any third party’s rights. I will not be held responsible for the damages cause by such infringing. I reserve the right to remove any of your Content from this Website at any time, and for any reason, without notice.

Comment Policy

By posting comments on my Blog, you agree to the following:

Feel free to ask clarifying questions either about the current article or general sincere Bible or Christian life question that you might have. Your questions and the answers provided might help others.

You can disagree with me on any topic, but you’re required to express your beliefs in a very decent and humble way. We can all have meaningful conversations that lead to understanding.

Any comment posted without the real name of the user will not be approved and will be deleted immediately. I do not want to read comments from any anonymous user. If you’re unwilling to identify yourself by a real human name, you should not bother posting any comment on my blog.

I am aware of the United State First Amendment rights and the freedom of speech that might be in place in other nations around the world. But this is a Website that contains Biblical materials and attracts decent Christian audience. There are contents that are inappropriate for my audience. So, I reserve the right to disapprove or delete your comment if in my opinion, it turns out to be:

  1. inappropriate for audience of all ages, like sexual or violent contents, just to name a few
  2. libelous, defamatory, abusive, harassing, threatening, profane, pornographic, offensive, false, misleading, or which otherwise violates or encourages others to violate any law, including but not limited to intellectual property laws
  3. unrelated to the articles and intended to cause contentions, or if it is a direct attack on another person on cases unrelated to the topic of discussion.
  4. spam, or any attempt to advertise, solicit, or promote goods or services especially is it’s not intended to help other viewers to better understand the discussion.

I do not run this site to provide only my own materials, I sometimes and will continue to link to other useful materials that would help my audience better understand the topic of discussion. However, you’re required to notify me prior to posting links to other Blogs or Websites in your comments. I will delete any comment containing links to other Sites or Blogs without my prior approval.

You retain ownership of your comments. I do not own them and I expressly disclaim any and all liability that may result from them. By commenting on my Website, you agree that you retain all ownership rights of what you post here and that you will relieve me from any and all liabilities that may result from those postings.

You grant me a license to post, repost, or share your comments either through Web Pages, Posts, Video, Audio, or images. This license is worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free. You grant me the right to store, use, transmit, display, publish, reproduce, and distribute your comments in any format, including but not limited to a blog, in a book, a video, or presentation. My goal is to spread any useful information that will help my audience live a productive and victorious Christian life.

Other Considerations

Embedded Content from other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. I am not responsible for the availability or functionality of those third party contents.

Also, these websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content. I am not responsible for what the website owners do with the data they collect. Please see my Privacy Policy for more about privacy.

No Warranties

This Website is provided “as is,” with all faults, and I or any other persons related to me makes no express or implied representations or warranties, of any kind related to this Website or the materials contained on this Website. Additionally, nothing contained on this Website shall be construed as providing consult or advice to you on issues not related to Bible discussion.

Limitation of liability

In no event shall I or any of my team members, supporters or employees, be liable to you for anything arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this Website, whether such liability is under contract, tort or otherwise, and I or any of my team members, supporters or employees shall not be liable for any indirect, consequential or special liability arising out of or in any way related to your use of this Website.

Indemnification

You hereby indemnify me to the fullest extent from and against any and all liabilities, costs, demands, causes of action, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of or in any way related to your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such unenforceable items or invalidity shall not render these Terms unenforceable or invalid as a whole, and such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

Variation of Terms

I am permitted to revise these Terms at any time as I see fit, and by using this Website you are expected to review such Terms on a regular basis to ensure you understand all terms and conditions governing the use of this Website.

Entire Agreement

These Terms, including any legal notices and disclaimers contained on this Website, constitute the entire agreement between me and the Website visitors in relation to their use of this Website, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings with respect to the same.

Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, Unites States of America and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Illinois, Unites States of America for the resolution of any disputes.

Last Modified: 11/03/2018.