Category: GNN News

Insight – Christian Orthodox Faith: the Saker

Randolph Jason

Insight – Christian Orthodox Faith: the Saker from The Saker C.S. Lewis, in his preface to St Athanasius’ On the Incarnation, urges us to study the classics. He lamented how today (his “today,” but equally if not more importantly our own) people are more interested to read about the great figures of the past rather than the works themselves. He emphasized the need to return to the classic texts of the past, both to expose our own all-too-often hidden presuppositions and to open ourselves to ways of thinking other than our…

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4 Reasons Christian Men Struggle Spiritually

Randolph Jason

4 Reasons Christian Men Struggle Spiritually by J. LEE GRADY for Charisma News Last weekend, I led a three-day retreat for 125 men in Pittsburgh. The guys came from more than a dozen states as well as Canada. There were teenagers, college students, 20-somethings, hipsters, jocks, young fathers, businessmen and a few retirees. And the ethnic mix included Ugandan, Korean, Ethiopian, Russian, Hispanic and Ghanaian. Despite our racial diversity and age differences, all the men shared pretty much the same spiritual needs. After 35-year-old youth pastor Daren Duncan preached a…

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How to Respond to the Cultural Scream of Identity Politics

Randolph Jason

How to Respond to the Cultural Scream of Identity Politics by Carl Trueman  for The Gospel Coalition If there is one thing that stands at the center of our current political chaos and drives the increasingly unpleasant social rhetoric, it’s surely identity politics. While it’s hard to define this term with precision, it can perhaps be best characterized as the politics that emerges when the traditional foundations of identity (nation, religion, economic class, and family) are either in a state of flux or rapid decline and have been supplanted by other…

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HOW TO BE FREE IN CHRIST

Randolph Jason

HOW TO BE FREE IN CHRIST by William Boekestein for Core Christianity Four times in two verses in 1 Corinthians Paul quotes what was apparently a motto used by some Christians to justify improper use of Christian liberty: all things are lawful for me (6:12; 10:23). Paul’s use of the phrase in chapter six suggests that the Corinthians invoked Christian liberty to justify the gratification of illicit desires (see vv. 9–10; 13–20). His use of the phrase in chapter 10 pairs liberty and love for one’s neighbor (see vv. 24–33).…

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IDF SOLDIERS MAKE INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY OF WATCHTOWER DATING BACK TO THE FIRST TEMPLE PERIOD IN THE 8TH CENTURY BC UNDER KING HEZEKIAH IN JUDAH

Randolph Jason

IDF SOLDIERS MAKE INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY OF WATCHTOWER DATING BACK TO THE FIRST TEMPLE PERIOD IN THE 8TH CENTURY BC UNDER KING HEZEKIAH IN JUDAH by Geoffrey Grider for Now The End Begins The tower, which was dated to the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah in the 8th century BCE, was likely part of a network of observation posts that used torches as means to send messages between communities, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a statement Wednesday. The IAA said the watchtower, which was found on the Paratroopers Brigade training…

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As China clamps down on religious minorities, church leadership is growing

Randolph Jason

As China clamps down on religious minorities, church leadership is growing by Staff writer  for Christian Today GNN Note – While this is great news, let’s not forget that China is on the other hand hunting Christians like animals with a bounty on their head as high as $1,500 U.S. / 10,500 yuan. Christians Hunted Like Animals In At Least One Chinese City ****** China’s tightening grip on religious minorities has had an unexpected consequence: the growth of church leadership. As China celebrates the 70th anniversary of the founding of the…

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Russian Priests Dump 20 Gallons of Holy Water From Airplane to Purge City of Its Sins

Randolph Jason

Russian Priests Dump 20 Gallons of Holy Water From Airplane to Purge City of Its Sins by TIA via Russia-Insider Editor’s Note: In years past, Russia was famous for its severe problems with alcoholism. But times are changing. Just within the past few years, alcohol consumption in Russia has been reduced by 80%. Such encouraging news is thanks to the power of prayer, and to the work of people like Metropolitan Sava and Fr. Alexander Goryachev, who not only pray for individuals, but also pray for the inhabitants of an entire city,…

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The Two Paths of the World

Randolph Jason

The Two Paths of the World by JC Collins for Philosophy of Metrics As it is with one human, so it is with the ocean of all human thought and endeavor. The mind of man, and in turn, the mind of humanity, can exist and function in either the material world or the spiritual world, but not both simultaneously.  The mind cannot have two masters and fragments itself when attempting to reconcile material actions with spiritual laws. Mind and brain are two separate things.  The brain is the material organ…

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‘The Greatest Day’: Once Atheist Terminal Cancer Patient Baptized as Final Wish

Randolph Jason

‘The Greatest Day’: Once Atheist Terminal Cancer Patient Baptized as Final Wish By Tré Goins-Phillips for Faith Wire After spending most of his life as an atheist, new believer Thomas Roberts was baptized in early September during his final days. Roberts, who passed away on Sept. 9, was dying of lung cancer. He was wheelchair bound and dependent on oxygen tubes to breathe, but he had one final wish: he wanted to be baptized. Neither Corey Agricola, a chaplain at the University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital, nor the palliative care team…

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