Category: GNN News

After Threatening To Close Churches for Good, NYC Will Give 400K Meals to Muslims for Ramadan

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After Threatening To Close Churches for Good, NYC Will Give 400K Meals to Muslims for Ramadan By Johnathan Jones for Western Journalism GNN Note – Remember, there is no war on Christianity – that’s just a “conspiracy theory” made up by unstable Christians. ****** Failed Democratic presidential candidate and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says his administration will provide free meals to Muslims celebrating Ramadan. The annual Islamic holy month began Thursday and will run until May 23, and those celebrating in New York City will be presented with 400,000 halal…

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God in Christ Jesus

Randolph Jason

God in Christ Jesus by Dave Jenkins for Servants of Grace Colossians 2:9-10, “9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.” How is Christ, after His ascension, localized in heaven and yet with His people no matter where we are (Matt. 28:18–20; Acts 1:6–11)? According to His humanity, Jesus is not on earth, but according to His deity, Jesus is never absent from us (The Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 47). This issue gets to the heart…

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What First Century Christians Could Teach Us Today

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What First Century Christians Could Teach Us Today by by Michael L. Brown for Ask Dr Brown Growing up in a country like America where we get to vote and influence the government, it’s difficult to imagine what it would feel like to live under an absolute monarchy. Or a tyrannical dictatorship. Or an oppressive, all-controlling regime. Yet the early followers of Jesus not only lived in such environments, but they flourished and grew. What can we learn from these early believers? What would they each us today? First, they would…

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Tim Keller Predicts What Church Might Look Like in Wake of Coronavirus

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Tim Keller Predicts What Church Might Look Like in Wake of Coronavirus By Tré Goins-Phillips for Faith Wire News Tim Keller, the popular retired pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, said recently church leaders around the country need to be ready to “do more with less” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The 69-year-old preacher shared his predictions during an interview with Gabe Lyons at the yearly Q Conference, which was held virtually this year. “Christian institutions are going to be faced with needing to do more…

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NO PLAGUE NEAR YOUR TENT: READING PSALM 91 DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC

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NO PLAGUE NEAR YOUR TENT: READING PSALM 91 DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC by William R. Osborne for Core Christianity It is not often in human history that words like plague and pestilence become household terminology, but here we are. As strange as these words feel on our tongues, they are not as uncommon in the Bible. For example, Psalm 91 speaks directly to the notion of plague or pestilence three times, boldly claiming, “For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence” (v. 3), “You will…

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China’s Religious Persecution in the Time of Coronavirus

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China’s Religious Persecution in the Time of Coronavirus By Susan Crabtree for Real Clear Politics It’s a portrait of contrasts in the age of pandemic. In the United States, small but passionate protests have broken out in recent weeks as some workers and worshipers chafe at being quarantined — even as most federal and state governments caution against full and abrupt re-openings. Meanwhile, in the People’s Republic of China, where the coronavirus originated, citizens live in abject fear over voicing the mildest of criticism about their government’s response to the outbreak…

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Holy Spirit Is Exposing Hidden Rebellion, Deception From Body of Christ Right Now

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Holy Spirit Is Exposing Hidden Rebellion, Deception From Body of Christ Right Now by JOANNA FANNIN for Charisma News In this recent season of exposure, as Holy Spirit has shown His light on hidden deception and rebellion in the body of Christ, we have begun a journey that many of us have never been on—at least not to this extent. Most of us have become aware of areas of rebellion in our own lives. In fact, with attention drawn to it, it’s not hard to see how rampant rebellion and…

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Govt officials reverse course, allow drive-in church services after lawsuit threat

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Govt officials reverse course, allow drive-in church services after lawsuit threat By Alliance Defending Freedom for Life Site News Eight uniformed police officers had issued $500 tickets to each car parked, with windows down, in a parking lot while drivers listened over the phone to a sermon. GREENVILLE, Mississippi, April 27, 2020 (Alliance Defending Freedom) — The Greenville City Council has issued a new order that lifts the city’s unconstitutional ban on drive-in church services during the coronavirus crisis in the wake of a lawsuit that Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed on…

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When Everything Is Not Obvious

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When Everything Is Not Obvious by KEVIN DEYOUNG  for The Gospel Coalition Duncan Watts’s 2011 book is aptly named. If you can read words upside down. The book is entitled Everything Is Obvious, with an * after Obvious. If you turn the book upside down you can read the asterisk: “Once You Know the Answer.” The clever title gets at the book’s big idea. We tend to think there are simple answers to life’s most complex questions. We assume that solving major problems—whether in predicting human behavior, or in economics, or in government…

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6 More Principles to Discern New Testament Prophets

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6 More Principles to Discern New Testament Prophets by RON CANTOR for Charisma News Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series. To read the first six signs of true prophets, read Part 1 here. In this hour where so many are calling themselves prophets, I thought it would be good to do a little teaching on what the Bible teaches about prophets. This is by no means exhaustive, and I am sure some may disagree. But it is a subject with which we should be familiar. The first six…

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