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Can Christians Handle Political Power? by Michael L. Brown for Ask Dr Brown It’s the perennial question going back to Constantine in the fourth century of this era. How much power can Christians handle? Put another way, are we better off when we are the persecuted minority or the empowered majority? One of my friends, who lived in Israel for 16 years, was speaking with an Iranian Christian leader. He asked him, “Would you like to go back to the days of the Shah, when Christians had full religious liberty?” The…

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‘Kingdom of God’ – Why It Matters To You by Myra Kahn Adams for Town Hall We begin today’s study by my explaining why the “Kingdom of God” is the topic. While attending Mass last weekend, I heard the hymn “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God” – one I am familiar with and always liked. Then, during the singing, I received a “ding-ding” that I was supposed to write about “The Kingdom of God.” Immediately I whispered the blessed news to my husband (who recently played a prominent role in this Bible Study…

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How America Has Turned Away From Holy Spirit to Incremental Self-Indulgence by DAVID LANE for Charisma News Having made the treacherous trek across stormy seas in ramshackle vessels, the American founders would have been appalled to learn how deep a nation founded “for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith” has fallen. Secularism’s boisterous fanaticism and indiscriminate idolatry have desecrated the biblically based culture the founders established in Jamestown and Cape Cod. Early American education placed Scripture as the principal component of public education. In the 17th…

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THREE OLD TESTAMENT PICTURES OF BAPTISM YOU SHOULD KNOW by Adriel Sanchez for Core Christianity If you’ve been around Christian churches for a while, you’ve probably heard the saying baptism is an outward sign of your inward faith. I remember being told this as a young believer. Short theological tweetables like this can be helpful, but they rarely do justice to the richness of the doctrines they define. Indeed, baptism is a sign of something, but Scripture doesn’t primarily call it a sign of our faith. Whether you believe in the baptism of…

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How to Survive “Cancel Culture” When You Have Unpopular Opinions by Terry Trahan for The Organic Prepper Well, hello there. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we live in a vastly different world than the last time I posted here. The social landscape, political, and, it seems, everyday life is trending vastly different since 2020, Covid, and the national elections. Daisy recently sent out an email explaining the shift away from discussing politics in light of cancel culture and the like. I want to expand on those thoughts, but from an underground,…

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Protect Holy Spirit’s Temple From Stress With These Steps by SHAWN A. AKERS for Charisma News Overwhelming stress is a dangerous health issue that most people worldwide deal with every day. And with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic this past year, the level of stress in the daily lives of those people has been taken to a much higher level, bringing in a fear factor and making them adjust to unexpected lifestyle changes. But naturopathic doctor Mark Sherwood, who hosts Healthcare’s Missing Link podcast, wants everyone to know that you can…

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Actor Stephen Baldwin: ‘My Life Is God’s Life in Me’ from Christian News Journal Christian actor Stephen Baldwin shared how his relationship with Christ gave him true satisfaction. “My life before Christ was focused on making money,” the 54-year-old actor said in his “I Am Second video. “My life before Christ was a totally day-in and day-out existence that was–unbeknownst to me at the time–an existence of self-absorbance. “[I was] just doing what you normally do when you’re trying to maintain a career in the movie business,” Baldwin added. The …

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4 Ways to Walk in Greater Obedience in 2021 by Allen Jackson for Christian News Journal While our calendar page has turned from 2020 to 2021, it’s clear that the confusion and chaos in our culture has not abated. Propaganda continues to wash across our nation, and the fear and anxiety regarding COVID is resurgent—perhaps greater than at any other time. Truth has definitely not regained its balance yet. Many of us remain disappointed and disillusioned – if not downright distrustful – in election outcomes, and we can be tempted…

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Prayers and Praises from the World’s Hardest Places to Be a Christian COMPILED BY MORGAN LEE for Christianity Today The struggles and joys experienced by believers in 11 nations on Open Doors’ Christian persecution watchlist. More than 340 million Christians live in places with very high or extreme levels of persecution, according to Open Doors’ 2021 World Watch List. Since these believers are our brothers and sisters in Christ, we thought it might be helpful to hear from the church and those close to them in 11 different countries on how God…

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What is a spiritual awakening? from Compelling Truth The term “spiritual awakening” is used by different people to refer to different types of spiritually-related occurrences. In general, a spiritual awakening is a new revelation, breakthrough, or enlightenment that happens within one’s spiritual life. We become consciously aware of something spiritual that we did not know before. The idea of a spiritual awakening is popular in secular movements, such as New Age, and in several different religions. From a biblical point of view, salvation serves as our primary spiritual awakening. More…

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