Palm Sunday and the Gift of Disillusionment

Palm Sunday and the Gift of Disillusionment by JONATHAN MERRITT for Christianity Today How the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry—and my chronic pain diagnosis—helped me trade in false hopes for a truer picture of God. The December sky was low and gray on the morning I woke up and could not feel my hands. I wrung out my arms, hoping the sensation would return. I shook them violently to no avail. Rushing to the bathroom, I held them under hot water. Then frigid water. Neither helped. Within days, prickly tingles…

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3 Portals for Demonic Entry That Are Destroying the US

3 Portals for Demonic Entry That Are Destroying the US by BERT FARIAS for Charisma Mag “ For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places” (Eph. 6:12). Those who are familiar with my writings know I don’t usually mince words. The devil is always behind sugar-coated truth and a slimy tongue. Be sure of that. Abortion, homosexuality and Islam are the greatest dangers facing America in…

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58 YEARS AGO PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER WARNED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THE DANGERS OF A PERMANENT MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

58 YEARS AGO PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER WARNED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THE DANGERS OF A PERMANENT MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX by Geoffrey Grider for Now The End Begins He called it the military-industrial complex, a formidable union of defense contractors and the armed forces. Eisenhower, a retired five-star Army general, the man who led the allies on D-Day, made the remarks in his farewell speech from the White House.As NPR’s Tom Bowman tells Morning Edition co-host Renee Montagne, Eisenhower used the speech to warn about “the immense military establishment” that had joined with…

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The Left Is Going Berserk Over the Successful Pro-Family Conference in Verona, Italy

The Left Is Going Berserk Over the Successful Pro-Family Conference in Verona, Italy by Brian Brown for Russia-Insider The International Organization for the Family (IOF) has just concluded the most important, influential World Congress of Families gathering we’ve ever conducted. The left is going berserk as they come to realize that IOF has reached a new level and is now in a position to help educate, equip and mobilize pro-family leaders and activists on a worldwide scale. And they are not too happy about our success. Confronted by the reality…

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BP This Week: A New Kind of Coach? (Podcast)

BP This Week: A New Kind of Coach? Podcast by Breakpoint  Is there a new breed of coach in college athletics? Two big-sport championship coaches–Tony Bennett of Virginia basketball and Dabo Sweeney of Clemson Football–display decidedly biblical principles in the way they treat their players. John Stonestreet and Warren Smith also discuss the passage of Ohio’s “hearbeat” bill, which would ban abortions after a baby’s heartbeat is detected–and how the media is trying to cast it as a radical, unreasonable law. They wrap up the show discussing religious liberty…

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With You (Paradoxology) Video

With You (Paradoxology) Video by Elevation Worship Beneath the surface Of my anxious imagination Beckons a calmness That is found in you alone It washes over every doubt Every imperfection Jesus your presence Is the comfort of my soul There’s nowhere I’d rather be When you’re singing over me I just wanna be here with you I’m lost in your mystery I’m found in your love for me I just wanna be here with you Here in the waiting I won’t worry about tomorrow No need to focus On the…

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