Category: GNN News

Why America desperately needs another “Great Awakening” from Prophecy News Watch From the nation’s capital to the harvest fields in the mid-west, Christians have been crying out to God for spiritual renewal in America. Some believe the nation sits on the brink of collapse, with the only hope being a visitation of God’s power and presence. “Revival or we die,” Dr. Michael Brown told CBN News “That’s where we have to get. You have to get to a place where you can’t live any longer without visitation. It could be…

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God Wanted Me When the Foster-Care System Didn’t by TORI HOPE PETERSEN for Christianity Today I bounced from home to home before finding the Father my heart yearned for. America claims to not have orphanages, but our group homes are actually quite similar. Growing up, I lived in one with nine other young women who had absorbed a message of worthlessness from the foster care system. The rules were strict. Cameras watched us from every corner of the house except our bedrooms and the restrooms. The school was on the…

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Fragrant Incense by Leah Adams for CBN News Think for a moment about something that you love to smell. Is it a fresh pound cake baking in the oven or perhaps bacon frying in a pan? Maybe it is the aroma of coffee or spiced tea brewing? Perhaps it is the smell of freshly cut grass or a puppy. Each of us can identify smells that bring us pleasure. Have you ever considered that there is an aroma that pleases God? Let us look to the Old Testament tabernacle and the…

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Is Robert Barron a Bishop of Baal? By JOHN ZMIRAK for The Stream Did God punish Elijah for destroying the prophets of Baal, as Bishop Barron suggests? John Zmirak has an answer. A classic satirical poem, “The Vicar of Bray” describes an all too well-known religious type: a reed who sways in the wind, a pastor who trims his sails to whatever prevailing fashion, with the pretext that his compromises are necessary to his mission. In the poem, an Anglican vicar goes from High-Church royalist to quasi-Catholic absolutist to Low-Church Whig…

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Spiritual Discernment and Clericalism by PETER AIELLO for Charisma News All Christians with the Spirit of God have a spiritual discernment that others do not have which is called the mind of Christ.[1] It is a wisdom of the heart enhanced by the Spirit. In a culture that worships the mind, this aspect of ourselves is not fully appreciated. When this is not recognized in a Christian organization, there will be the tendency to view those who are in administrative positions as having a more important place in the Body of Christ…

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Is it okay to question God? from Compelling Truth To question God is not wrong. This is clear due to occasions in the Bible in which people asked God questions and He was not offended or angered. For example, the book of Habakkuk largely consists of a question and answer format in which the prophet Habakkuk asked God questions regarding His toleration of wrong and God answered with future predictions of His justice. For example, Habakkuk 1:2 begins by asking, “O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and…

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Ex-Gay Hollywood Insider Becket Cook Reveals 2 Women Were Pivotal to His Salvation: ‘A Supernatural Act from God’ By Talia Wise for Faith Wire Former gay atheist Becket Cook is revealing new details about his remarkable testimony, showing how God can use anyone, anywhere to plant a seed that can lead others into the Kingdom of God. ‘Surprising Encounter’ In a recent episode of “The Becket Cook Show”, Becket introduces Joy Durham-Schafer, a Christian model, who was instrumental in his conversion to Christianity. “On the set of a shoot in 2004, I…

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