Category: GNN News

All Eyes Are Now off America and on Israel by ROB VISCHER for Charisma News America’s prominence on the world stage is rapidly declining, and Pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, California, is warning Christians that the decline will likely continue. “You can’t insult the God of heaven in the United States and expect Him to hang around,” says Hibbs. “He’s not a punching bag.” Hibbs says that because we’ve thrown God out of college, court, schools, textbooks and the public square, we can’t “expect Him to send rain or…

As Evangelical Christians, We Are Bringing Reproach to the Name of Jesus by Michael L. Brown for Ask Dr Brown When the children of Israel were in exile, scattered from their homeland because of their sin and with the holy temple in Jerusalem in ruins, it made the God of Israel look bad. Couldn’t He take care of His own? As the Lord said through the prophet of Isaiah, “And all day long My name is constantly blasphemed” (Isaiah 52:5). It is the same with us today as evangelical followers of…

Treat the Cause Not the Symptom—Change Your Life Before it Changes You by Shane Idleman We are at the crossroads: Obesity is an epidemic, plaguing the young as well as the old, reaching alarming levels in children. Diabetes is affecting millions, and cancer and heart disease are the number one killers in America. Are there answers? Yes, but we must speak the truth in love. Change Your Life Before it Changes You Although I believed that I was healthy and fit, my 6’2’’ frame recently skyrocketed to over 230 pounds…

Report: Southern Baptist Leaders Ignored Reports of Sexual Abuse, Did Not Remove Accused Pastors by CBN News for Faith Wire An independent investigation found that leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) failed to properly look into allegations of sexual abuse over a 20-year period. The 288-page report by Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted by the SBC Executive Committee was authorized at the denomination’s annual meeting last year. Guidepost investigated the executive committee’s handling of allegations of sexual abuse from January 2000 to June 2021. The report found that committee members ignored…

This Woman Wasn’t Senile; She Was Demonized by JENNIFER EIVAZ for Charisma News I was working part-time at a small but well-maintained nursing and rehabilitation home during my first year at Modesto Junior College in Modesto, California. It was an administrative position that paid minimum wage for minimal hours and without much responsibility. In other words, it was a gloriously low-stress job and perfectly suited for college life. My sole responsibilities were answering the phone and keeping an eye on this and only on the occasional weekend. Regardless, I was able…

The Holy Spirit, God’s Greatest Gift BY William Boekestein for Core Christianity  (53) Q. What do you believe concerning “the Holy Spirit”? A. First, that the Spirit, with the Father and the Son, is eternal God. Second, that he is given also to me,so that, through true faith, he makes me share in Christ and all his benefits,comforts me,and will remain with me forever. In the days after Jesus’s physical return to heaven, the disciples were waiting. Jesus had commissioned them to be his witnesses in a hostile world. But they lacked…

Valedictorian With Non-Verbal Autism Gives Powerful Graduation Speech: ‘God Gave You a Voice. Use It’ by Andrea Morris for CBN News Valedictorian Elizabeth Bonker, who has a non-speaking form of autism, delivered an inspiring message recently to the class of 2022 during the commencement speech at Rollins College in Florida. Bonker used a text-to-speech computer program to share her address at the May 8 graduation ceremony, for which she urged her fellow classmates to “live a life of service.” “We are all called to serve, as an everyday act of humility,…