Category: GNN News

Baptist President Denounces ‘Hijacked’ BLM Group, but Says It Honors Christ to Say ‘Black Lives Matter’ By CBN News GNN Note – hmmmm….must’ve missed that section in the Gospel regarding honoring one group of people over others. WOW! I wonder why Christianity in the U.S. is becoming highly suspect. It’s nice that Pastor Greear stopped short of advocating for a terrorist organization funded by the Soros foundation / Open Society. ****** J.D. Greear, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, on Tuesday, implored Southern Baptist members to accept and promote that…

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WHEN YOU ASSUME THE GOSPEL, YOU LOSE THE GOSPEL by Shane Rosenthal for Core Christianity The gospel is not ultimately about us or how we can improve this world or ourselves. Rather, it’s about Christ. And it’s not merely about Christ in general or what he can do for us in the here and now. Rather, it is about what he did during a particular time when Tiberius was reigning as Caesar and Pontius Pilate was the procurator of Judea. It’s about Christ’s death for sin and his resurrection on…

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If Only Our Christian Leaders Had The Fiery Devotion Of The Protesters By Christopher Bedford for The Federalist GNN Note – The church we attend is led by a minister that is fighting back, a minister that is calling the Army of God to come forward; a minister that reminds the congregation this is not a “Jesus Appreciation Club” – Listen A Light In The Darkness ****** Christian leaders who were quick to break social distancing guidelines to stand with Black Lives Matter protesters appear loathe to fight back against the…

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Epaphras and Luke by Dave Jenkins for Servants of Grace Colossians 4:12-15, “12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. 13 For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis. 14 Luke, the beloved physician, greets you, as does Demas. 15 Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.”…

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4 WAYS TO PRACTICE THEOLOGICAL HUMILITY by Galvin Ortlund for Core Christianity Humility Is the Way to Unity Some Christians are eager to defend sound doctrine. Well and good. But is the unity of the body of Christ one of those doctrines we jealously guard? The unity of the church is one the objects of Christ’s death (Eph. 2:14). This, as much as anything, is what the New Testament calls us to cherish and uphold. Therefore, our zeal for theology must never exceed our zeal for our actual brothers and…

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Exit the Echo Chamber. It’s Time to Persuade by BRETT MCCRACKEN for The Gospel Coalition A key dynamic in our present epistemological crisis is the way truth has moved from being a matter of reason to a matter of feeling. Rather than something discovered through logical discourse in community, truth is now—to many people—discovered primarily through felt experience as individuals. What matters most is whether I feel something to be true for me, and this only has implications for others insofar as they must respect the viability of “my truth” and not threaten it…

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Billy Graham’s Chilling Warning Before He Went to Heaven by LARRY TOMCZAK for Charisma News The greatest evangelist who preached to more people than anyone in the history of the world gave us a chilling warning before he went to heaven. In spite of all our affluence and achievements, Billy said unless we focused on the transformation of people’s hearts, there would be worsening racial discord that is “more militant and a great deal of blood will be shed” (World Aflame). His concern was echoed recently by Dr. Ben Carson,…

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Prayer Is Activism by EUGENE PARK for The Gospel Coalition As our nation reels from George Floyd’s death, many in the church feel compelled to do something. Responses have run the gamut from listening, learning, and lamenting to posting black squares on Instagram, donating, marching, and more. Yet in our rush to engage, many of us have neglected the most potent form of activism at our disposal: prayer to the sovereign God of the universe. Campaigning to the Highest Authority  It has become standard social-media procedure after major tragedies to ridicule Christians for their…

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CHRISTIAN HOPE CHANGES EVERYTHING by Jen Oshman for Core Christianity We Have Every Spiritual Blessing We who are rooted in Christ also have every spiritual blessing in him in the heavenly places (Eph. 1:3). We need not fear because we already have every blessing. Paul says in his letter to the Ephesians that before the world was even formed, God the Father chose us, adopted us as his children, and lavished every spiritual blessing on us (Eph. 1:3–5). First, what a relief that we were chosen before we were even…

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