Category: GNN News

Pastor Details ‘Surreal’ FBI Experience After Pregnancy Center Firebombing, Warns of Politicization: ‘They Literally Started Screaming at Me’ By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire A faith leader who runs crisis pregnancy centers in Upstate New York is alleging he had a “surreal” experience with Federal Bureau of Investigation officials after his pro-life clinic was firebombed, claiming agents screamed at him on the phone and waited months to put out a most wanted poster. The Rev. Jim Harden, president of CompassCare Pregnancy Services in Rochester, New York, told CBN’s Faithwire communication with…

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An Open Letter to Trump: You Can Help Heal Our Nation by Shane Idleman Special note. If you prefer to watch instead of read click here. This is my honest and straightforward commentary. Please make sure to read the entire article before commenting and follow me on my brand new Rumble channel. Whether it’s key evangelical leaders turning on Trump, the media’s outright hatred for him, or the other extreme thinking that Trump is their savior, the divide is deep and the damage is damning. One side asks, “How can you…

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Churches Abandon Biblical Doctrine for Transgender Ideology by James Lasher for Charisma News The division within the Christian church continues to wreak havoc on those looking for the truth that the church is supposed to offer. In recent years, denominations including Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian and scores of others have affirmed within their congregations that homosexuality, transgenderism and same-sex marriage are not sins. Now, as the devil tries to deceive societies across the world to abandon God’s Word for the ideologies of man, Joshua Heath, a junior research fellow at the University…

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The ‘Imprisoned Spirits’ of 1 Peter 3:19-20 by Will Graham for Evangelical Focus Just what was Peter talking about? One of the toughest New Testament texts to interpret is 1 Peter 3:19-20. What does it say? It reads: “By which (or in which) also He went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water”. Let’s get cracking with the interpretation.…

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What is cessationism? What do cessationists believe? Is cessationism biblical? from Compelling Truth Cessationism is the theological belief that the sign gifts of the New Testament period have ceased to function. While cessationists believe God still performs miracles today, they teach that God does not specifically equip individual Christians to perform miraculous signs. The biblical evidence most often used to support this view is 1 Corinthians 13:8-10: “Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.…

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Who is My Neighbor? By MICHAEL BROWN for The Stream In the Torah, the Lord called the Jewish people to love their neighbors as themselves, expressed most clearly in Leviticus 19:18: “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.” In the New Testament, Jesus reiterated that this was the second greatest of all the commandments, superseded only by the commandment to love the Lord Himself with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Jesus…

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Tim Tebow: ‘I Want to Stand Up for Jesus’ by James Lasher for Charisma News Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow tackled a subject Christians of all ages deal with: people pleasing. In a recent Instagram post, the former pro-football player offered encouragement to his followers who struggle with what people think of them. “Growing up, I always wanted people to like me,” Tebow wrote. “I was what you would call a people pleaser. Today, while I still strive to do good things for others as we all should, I’ve come to…

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What Is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit? by Pat Robertson for CBN News The baptism in the Holy Spirit is the empowering for service that takes place in the life of the Christian. It can take place at the moment of faith in Christ as in the case of the first Gentile convert, Cornelius; but traditionally and experientially it follows repentance, saving faith, and baptism (see Hebrews 6:1-2). It enables a believer to witness to the Lord’s salvation and to demonstrate one or more of the nine gifts, or manifestations, of…

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‘This is Christ-mas’: Actor Tim Allen Pushed Back on Original ‘The Santa Clauses’ Plot in Quest to Explore Holiday’s ‘Religious’ History By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire Coverage of actor Tim Allen’s new Disney+ series “The Santa Clauses” has primarily focused on a line his character uttered about “saying Merry Christmas,” but there’s another proclamation worth exploring. The 69-year-old comedian recently told “The Wrap” religion will be present in the new six-part series — an interesting diversion from the first three “The Santa Clause” films, as faith was never a part…

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