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How Do You Translate ‘Filled with the Holy Spirit’? by JOST ZETZSCHE for Christianity Today Pentecost let everyone hear the gospel in their first language. Bible translators work to give others that intimate experience too. Pentecost reveals a God who understands that language is more than communication. Just days after Jesus’ death and resurrection, the Holy Spirit arrives, and with him, the apostles’ ability to speak in other languages. Diasporic visitors from as far away as today’s Iraq, Libya, and Italy suddenly can hear the gospel in their mother tongues.…

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What does the Bible say about public prayer? Is it okay to pray in public? from Compelling Truth There is ample evidence for public God-honoring prayer in the Bible, by such models as Ezra, Solomon, and Jesus. Ezra drew a crowd when he prayed publicly in anguish at Israel’s lack of dedication to God (Ezra 10:1), but didn’t suffer rebuke from the people or from God for his public prayer. When we read of Solomon praying at the dedication of the temple, we can find no backlash or disfavor from…

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Demons Tormented This ‘I Love Lucy’ Star Until a Vision of Jesus Transformed His Life by CBN/RANDY RUDDER via Charisma News I Love Lucy has been called the greatest show in television history, and red-headed firebrand Lucille Ball, who starred in the title role, paved the way for today’s comediennes. But the actor who played “Little Ricky” on the program remembers the show a bit differently. At one point, Keith Thibodeaux even blamed I Love Lucy for tearing his family apart and ruining his life. But in the end, God redeemed…

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Getting comfortable with God’s mysteries By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist for The Christian Post At least he was very polite about it. A guy came to me some years back and told me that he and his wife wouldn’t be coming back to the class I was teaching. The reason? During a series on creation, I expressed the view that I wasn’t 100% certain how God created the universe. He went on to say the Bible makes clear that God made everything we know in six 24 hour, literal days…

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Real-Life Teen Witch Who ‘Should Be Dead’ Went From Casting Spells to Worshipping Jesus By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire Sarah Anne Sumpolec once found herself enraptured by incantations, Tarot cards, and casting spells —until an encounter with Jesus transformed her perspective. Decades later, she’s now a devout Christian who shares her experience as a former real-life teenage witch to help people see God’s power to change lives and perspectives. Her harrowing story of engaging the spirit world and nearly losing her life is nothing short of deeply compelling. The Beginnings…

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Welcome All of the Holy Spirit’s Gifts by J. LEE GRADY for Charisma News A few years ago I was invited to speak at a conference in California. During one of my messages, the Lord showed me that a woman in the auditorium was struggling with infertility. When I made the announcement, a young woman in the back of the room burst into tears. I didn’t know this woman had endured three miscarriages or that she was depressed because she feared never having a baby. She came to the front of…

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What the Bible Says About Music by Myra Kahn Adams for Town Hall Thanks for joining our discussion of what the Bible says about music. In some respects, this study is a continuation of Vol. 114: “What the Bible says about praising God.”  Similarly, again I was “called” to write about this musical topic, exactly how I described in Vol. 114, when on the big screen at church, a passage from Psalm 46 was displayed with the full verse that reads: “God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid…

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What is being slain in the Spirit? Is it biblical? from Compelling Truth In modern churches, particularly those associated with the charismatic movement, the practice of being slain in the Spirit occurs. This is an event in which a person falls down or passes out during a worship service, allegedly based on an overwhelming move of God’s Spirit during a particular time or through a particular person. But is being slain in the Spirit a biblical practice? Are examples of being slain in the Spirit found in the Bible? A…

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