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SHOULD INFANTS BE BAPTIZED?

July 25, 2019 Randolph Jason

SHOULD INFANTS BE BAPTIZED? by Adriel Sanchez for Core Christianity Editor’s Note: In this article, Pastor Adriel lays out the argument for infant baptism. While Core Christianity holds to the view that infant baptism is Biblical, we are aware that within the family of God there are many who hold to other views on baptism and we warmly embrace them as brothers and sisters in the fellowship of the gospel. When I first began going to church as a teenager, I assumed that only Roman Catholics practiced infant baptism. In the…

How Vanity Fair’s Instagram Mommy Murfer Celebrates Traditional Living

July 25, 2019 Randolph Jason

How Vanity Fair’s Instagram Mommy Murfer Celebrates Traditional Living By Melissa Langsam Braunstein for The Federalist What’s perhaps most countercultural about Courtney Adamo, an heiress who can afford to live as she pleases, is how much she reflects traditionally conservative ideals about family life. Growing up, it was all about fiction for me. I loved vicariously visiting new places and gaining insight into how others live and might think. These days, I don’t have time for novels, but I do have Vanity Fair profiles. VF’s recent profile of Instagram influencer Courtney Adamo and…

Why You Need the Lord’s Supper Frequently

July 25, 2019 Randolph Jason

Why You Need the Lord’s Supper Frequently by Justin Dillehay for The Gospel Coalition I can’t remember not going to church. My youthful experiences ranged from Pentecostal to Baptist to non-denominational. But regardless of the setting, one thing that stands out in hindsight was how rarely we took the Lord’s Supper. I don’t know all the reasons for this omission (though I have some guesses). But having been a member of a church for 13 years that practices almost weekly communion, it’s hard to imagine going back. It’s also hard for me…

2 Challenges for Churches Still Playing Games

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Randolph Jason

2 Challenges for Churches Still Playing Games by JOHN BURTON for Charisma News Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of a two-part series. For part 1, click here. When God moves powerfully and His undeniable, tangible presence, His anointing, His manifestation, hits you, and you can’t stand, you are undone, you are wrecked, you are flowing with love and power, you can barely speak, you are shaking, groaning … would you really suggest a demonic spirit is behind it? And, another question: Who in the world wouldn’t want God to encounter…

Justice Department launches ‘broad’ antitrust investigation of Big Tech companies

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Randolph Jason

Justice Department launches ‘broad’ antitrust investigation of Big Tech companies by Calvin Freiburger for Life Site News WASHINGTON, D.C., July 24, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — The Trump administration is launching an extensive review of the world’s leading internet companies to determine whether the likes of Facebook and Google are harming consumers and stifling competition, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday. The DOJ Antitrust Division will “consider the widespread concerns that consumers, businesses, and entrepreneurs have expressed about search, social media, and some retail services online,” according to the press release,…

5 Words That Strengthen Any Sermon

July 24, 2019 Randolph Jason

5 Words That Strengthen Any Sermon by Jason K. Allen for The Gospel Coalition Sermons are composed of words, and every sermon rises or falls on the words that preachers choose to deploy. The words preached come with the power of life and death, so the preacher must carefully choose his words. The point is not so much eloquence as it is intentionality. Over the years, as I have monitored my own preaching and observed others, I have come to realize how intentionally using a few key words will strengthen most any…

Study Reveals Huge Number of Christians Are Not Reading the Bible Regularly

July 24, 2019 Randolph Jason

Study Reveals Huge Number of Christians Are Not Reading the Bible Regularly By Will Maule for Faith Wire GNN Note – Leaving the instructions laying on the floor makes for a bad build. ****** A new study has revealed that a startling number of Christians very rarely delve into the word of God. The study, undertaken by Lifeway Research, found that just a third of Americans who attend a Protestant church regularly (32%) say they read the Bible personally every day. Roughly a quarter (27%) said they read it a few times…

Why Seeker-Sensitive Ministries Are So Foolish

July 24, 2019 Randolph Jason

Why Seeker-Sensitive Ministries Are So Foolish by JOHN BURTON for Charisma News A move of God in Jesse, West Virginia has left many wondering—how could any pastor promote seeker sensitive ministry? This is what revival looks like. Surrendered hearts, holy fire, relentless worship. Intercession. Chains broken, healing happening, persistent people who are hungry for more. Firebrands. Revivalists. Reformers. Revolutionaries. Pursuing the face of God and His heart. Different states, different intercessors, all coming together with one voice: a cry for the fire of God and revival to hit this land…

4 WAYS TO READ THE BIBLE FOR PERSONAL APPLICATION

July 24, 2019 Randolph Jason

4 WAYS TO READ THE BIBLE FOR PERSONAL APPLICATION by David Powlison for Core Christianity God’s Word for You It is a marvel how personally the Bible applies. The words pointedly address the concerns of long-ago people in faraway places, facing specific problems, many of which no longer exist. They had no difficulty seeing the application. Much of what they read was personal application to actual situations they were facing. But nothing in the Bible was written directly to you or specifically about what you face. We are reading someone…

OLD PAPERS, NEW DISCOVERIES, AND AI

July 23, 2019 Randolph Jason

OLD PAPERS, NEW DISCOVERIES, AND AI by Dr Joseph P Farrell for Giza Death Star If you’re familiar with the work of Lt. Col. Tom Bearden (US Army, Ret.), this story will sound eerily familiar in its basic outlines. But for those of you who are not familiar, Col. Bearden maintained in various books and papers that the post-war Soviet Union undertook a most unusual form of black science projects research. According to Bearden, Stalin, faced with an overwhelming American numerical superiority in nuclear weapons, lashed the Soviet Academy of…