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Sports Illustrated Lambasted Over Tweet Warning SCOTUS Win For Praying Football Coach Would Be ‘Erosion of a Bedrock of American Democracy’ By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire Sports Illustrated’s take on a Christian high school football coach whose quest to pray on the 50-yard line left him without a job is raising eyebrows. Joe Kennedy, former head coach for the Bremerton High School football team in Washington state, made national headlines when he was fired in 2015 for praying on the 50-yard line and allowing students and community members to join…

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Are prayer and fasting connected? from Compelling Truth Prayer and fasting are tied together at places throughout the Old and New Testaments, but no specific connection is explained nor are the practices commanded together. In fact, while fasting is certainly seen as a positive practice, Christians are not explicitly commanded to fast. In the Old Testament, prayer and fasting usually happened when the people of God were in a jam—they needed protection or deliverance. Nehemiah prayed and fasted in response to Jerusalem falling into enemy hands (Nehemiah 1). Daniel’s pleas…

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Churches Are Putting the ‘Hospital’ Back in Hospitality by CLARISSA MOLL | for Christianity Today COVID-era congregations are finding better ways to minister to their grieving parishioners and neighbors. In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jane Waln waited at home as her husband declined in hospice, restricted from visitors by lockdown. She’d lovingly nursed Dennis through the years as dementia stole him from her, but new health protocols were undermining her hopes for the end she thought they would be able to face together. When Jane returned to church…

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God’s Wisdom vs Human Wisdom from The Preachers Word There’s an old story about a little girl who proudly wore a shiny cross on a chain around her neck. One day she was approached by a man who said to her, “Little girl, don’t you know that the cross Jesus died on wasn’t beautiful like the one you’re wearing? It was an ugly, wooden thing.” She was surprised by the stranger’s affront.  But then quickly replied: “Yes, I know. But they told me in Sunday School that whatever Jesus touches,…

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Honored to Be Called the ‘Original Screamer’ by a Trans Activist Against Transitioning Children by Michael L. Brown for Ask Dr Brown When I arrived at my office on Monday to do my daily Line of Fire broadcast there was a package waiting for me from TreVoices. In the package was a long-sleeved t-shirt with a logo on the front and an inscription on the back. And both front and back were customized with a special message which I’ll share with you in a moment. I was genuinely honored and moved.…

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Apostate – ELCA pastor says ‘Jesus screwed up’, calls woman seeking help the B-word by Brandon Showalter for Christian Today GNN Note – We are going to begin calling-on-the-carpet any and all apostates that cross our path. The apostasy is unfolding right in front of our eyes and we need to point it out. / END A Lutheran minister claimed in a recent sermon that Jesus, who was holy and never sinned, “screwed up” and called a woman a b—- in her retelling of a biblical story that some have…

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‘An Angel’: Bus Driver’s Reaction When She Sees Blind Man on the Street Goes Viral For All the Right Reasons By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire A Florida bus driver has gone viral for all the right reasons. Miami-Dade County driver Ciji Crawford said she didn’t think twice about her recent decision to stop, get off her bus, and help a blind man walk across the street — but that simple act has touched many. “When my job called me and told me, ‘Hey, you went viral,’ I’m like, ‘What?’” Crawford…

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The Covenant of the AntiChrist Is the antichrist one person, a group of people or something else? 🚨The Secret Covenant of the 'Jesuit' Part 2/5 pic.twitter.com/AhqOw3Q7YS — Ger Delaney (@GerardDelaney39) June 13, 2022 🚨The Secret Covenant of the 'Jesuit' Part 4/5 pic.twitter.com/vRryBTlOKo — Ger Delaney (@GerardDelaney39) June 13, 2022 🚨The Secret Covenant of the 'Jesuit' Part 5/5 pic.twitter.com/s6Dz1q6Ka4 — Ger Delaney (@GerardDelaney39) June 13, 2022

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Does the Holy Spirit ever leave a believer? from Compelling Truth Jesus taught that the Holy Spirit would live within His followers forever: “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth” (John 14:16-17, NIV). Every person who belongs to God has the Holy Spirit within them (Romans 8:9). One of the strongest teachings on this issue is found in Ephesians 1:13-14. Paul taught, “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth,…

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How to deep six the sin in your life By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist for The Christian Post It’s the most important book you’ll never want to read. In 1656, English puritan minister John Owen published, Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers, which contains perhaps the best biblical advice on forever sinking the sins in our lives. Two years later Owen wrote, Of Temptation and in 1667, he penned Indwelling Sin in Believers, with these three works being, in my opinion, the definitive biblical guide to achieving personal holiness. The problem with them is, well,…

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