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What Is the Trinity? BY William Boekestein for Core Christianity (24) Q. How are these articles divided? A. Into three parts: God the Father and our creation; God the Son and our deliverance; and God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification. (25) Q. Since there is only one divine being,why do you speak of three: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? A. Because that is how God has revealed himself in his Word:these three distinct persons are one, true, eternal God. The eighteenth century German philosopher Immanuel Kant said, “Absolutely nothing worthwhile for…

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Bob Saget, Norm Macdonald, Betty White and the Afterlife by Pastor Greg Laurie for Christian News Journal We were all shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Bob Saget at age 65. To the generation who grew up watching “Full House,” Bob was a father figure they came to love. Yet another generation discovered him as the host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Bob Saget was found dead in his hotel room in Florida following a show on his comedy tour. This tragic event happened right on the…

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Study Shows People Having Fewer Children Because They Care More About Themselves Than Family by Laurel Duggan for Life News GNN Note – When you have a decade called “decade of the selfie” should one expect anything any different? / END New research suggests plummeting birthrates in the U.S. are driven by culture, not economic factors. A winter 2022 study found that the trend of declining birthrates began with the 2007 crash but continued throughout the economic recovery and did not reverse during the strong economy of the 2010s. “The…

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Cultivating God’s Wisdom: LADY WISDOM VERSES LADY FOLLY by Kimberly Pitman  for Servants of Grace When John Bunyan penned his famous work, “The Pilgrim’s Progress”, in the seventeenth century, he used the technique of personifying characteristics to compose an allegory about a journey through life. In the case of Bunyan’s work, it documented Christian’s trek prior to his conversion until the time when he reached the Celestial City. He met people such as Faithful, Evangelist, Obstinate, and Pliable, to name four– identifiers given to them because of their personalities. In…

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Pastor Greg Locke defends deliverance ministry after chasing suspected witches from church By Leonardo Blair for Christian Post Controversial Global Vision Bible Church leader Greg Locke defended the deliverance ministry of his Tennessee congregation Wednesday, calling Christian critics challenging his decision to chase six suspected witches from his congregation “lukewarm” enablers of spiritual wickedness. “The message of deliverance is dangerous because it exposes the enemy for who he is. But like nothing else, it also exposes the lukewarm condition of the Church in America,” Locke said during the Wednesday night service.…

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‘Jesus Told Me…’: ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Phil Robertson on Why He Chose Forgiveness After Viral A&E Controversy By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson recently reflected on faith, hope, love — and cancel culture. Robertson, who infamously faced his own bout with cancel culture in 2013, when A&E suspended him over comments he made about homosexuality during a magazine interview, told CBN’s “Faith vs. Culture” earlier this month he holds no ill will against anyone involved in his highly-publicized controversy. “I never called A&E … and bellyached…

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Nearly a Quarter Million Confess Christ After Watching Luis Palau Association Film Online by ANDREA MORRIS/CBN NEWS via Charisma News More than 245,000 people came forward to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior after watching the new Christian film, Light Your World. The film premiered on Dec. 31 and was produced by the Luis Palau Association. The online event featured music from Christian artists TobyMac and Maverick City Music, according to the ministry. Christian artist Danny Gokey and Darren Mulligan from We Are Messengers shared their testimonies, along with multiple people…

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New Study Shows Intriguing Link Between Religious Upbringing and Academic Success By Tré Goins-Phillips for Faith Wire For years, we’ve seen a link between faith and happiness. New data is showing there might be a connection between religious upbringing and academic performance, too. In her new book, “God, Grades, and Graduation: Religion’s Surprising Impact on Academic Success,” author Ilana Horwitz, an assistant professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, explained to Deseret News that believing God is watching over you — particularly for children — incentivizes “conscientious, cooperative”…

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Religious Experiences Are Common. Which Ones Should We Trust? INTERVIEW BY TRAVIS DICKINSON| for Christianity Today Reports of divine encounters aren’t always legitimate, but they shouldn’t be lightly dismissed. Many religious people report vivid or otherwise memorable religious experiences, which they regard as compelling reasons to believe. But why assume God is actually at the other end of the experience? Harold A. Netland, a professor of philosophy of religion and intercultural studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, explores this question in his new book Religious Experience and the Knowledge of…

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