Category: GNN News

How You Can Experience Christ’s Redemption in All Seasons of Life by MICHAEL LOMBARDO for Charisma News Every person walking this earth has an allotted lifespan given as a grace gift from God. He has marked our days and predestined good works for us to walk in. God created time for His beloved creation to operate within the confines of, yet He is not bound by time Himself. God is outside of the realms of time and space. He can see our past, present and future simultaneously. After all, He…

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The Amazing Power of Thanking God for What He Hasn’t Done By Gary Thomas for Church Leaders The last time Lisa and I bought a house we made a naïve mistake that we won’t make again: we closed on the house with the builder promising to finish several items that weren’t yet completed. He was a Christian, after all, and had even written scriptures into the frame of the house before finishing it. But he never did finish it, and his ability to stall exceeded our patience until we finally paid to…

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Stop Smearing Christians As ‘Christian Nationalists’ Just Because They Value Both Faith And Freedom By Kylee Zempel for The Federalist Don’t confuse true believers who rightly fight for both faith and freedom as Christian nationalists. They’re just Christians. Throughout the Trump presidency but with increased frequency in the days and weeks following the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, the term “Christian nationalism” has littered newsfeeds, and “Christian nationalist” has become a ubiquitous insult hurled broadly at those on the religious right. We can’t say Christian nationalism doesn’t exist; it does. But…

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As Pandemic’s Economic Impact Rages, Churches Rise to Meet Radical Needs by NADIA JOY SCHULT for Charisma News The cafeteria is crowded. The lunch line is out the door. But when asked to pay, you realize your pockets are empty. Your rent is due. The bills, piling up for weeks, lie unpaid on the kitchen counter. You try to decide which is more important: food or heat? Your church runs on the support and generosity of others. You feel guilty for asking for more consistent tithes when the world seems…

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Tim Tebow Turns to Children’s Books To Further Spread God’s Truth from Christian News Journal Going back more than a decade, Tim Tebow has won a Heisman Trophy (2007), been a starting quarterback in the NFL Playoffs (2011 season) and played minor-league baseball in the New York Mets organization (2016-2019). Around his time on the field, the outspoken Christian athlete has found time to author multiple books which have landed on the New York Times Bestseller list. Shortly after the calendar flipped to 2021, Tebow released his latest book. This…

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WHY DOES FAITH ALONE MATTER? by Silverio Gonzalez for Core Christianity God’s radical grace was necessary for human beings to be right before God because human obedience could never qualify….Believers needed an imputed righteousness, a righteousness given to them instead of earned by them….Faith receives what God gives, and those who put their faith in Jesus Christ as the crucified and risen one are right with God. —Thomas Schreiner Faith Alone: The Doctrine of Justification, 52 To those of us who are already convinced, this sounds great, but many who read…

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Prophecy: ‘These Are the Days of My Remnant!’ by DAVID LEBO for Charisma News “The part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. A cubit on the one side and a cubit on the other side of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side to cover it” (Ex. 26:12-13). The remnant that remains is a half…

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The Meaning of Light in the New Testament by Myra Kahn Adams for Town Hall Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. Today we conclude our two-part study exploring the Meaning of Light in the Bible. Last week in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, we discussed how God created light to give life to all living things. Light symbolizes God’s Glory. He is light. His holiness, presence, goodness, and above all, His love shines upon us when we show our love for Him by showing love for each other. Jesus said, “In…

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Black History Can’t Be Told Without the Bible By Nicole Martin for Church Leaders Black Americans are leading the charge when it comes to religious practice in America. According to Pew Research, nearly 8 in 10 African Americans (79% percent) identify as Christian — more than any other ethnicity. It is worth noting that this legacy of faith was forged under slavery and in the years of oppression that ensued, even as their oppressors attempted to keep slaves from engaging with God’s Word. The Slave Bible, for example, widely distributed to reinforce slavery,…

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Is there anything wrong with questioning the Bible? from Compelling Truth There are healthy and unhealthy ways to question anything. Questioning the Bible can be a natural part of our spiritual growth or a means by which we begin to wander from God. How it plays out relates to the condition of our hearts and our view of God and His ultimate authority. Jesus welcomed questions from His disciples when they had trouble understanding the Parable of the Sower, and He shared an explanation with them (Luke 8:9–15). In a…

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