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As Pastoral Credibility Erodes, How Can We Respond? by Glenn Packiam for Christianity Today Perhaps God wants to reshape our view of authority. I squeeze into the middle airplane seat, politely apologizing to the person who got up from his aisle seat for me to get in. As I set my backpack down, trying to decide whether to grab my noise-canceling headphones, I greet the older woman in the window seat next to me. I opt for my book, kicking my backpack under the seat in front of me. Seat belt…

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Atheist Invokes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Cites ‘Wokeness’ in Quest to Ban Bible From Public Schools By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire A Florida atheist is making headlines for demanding the immediate removal of the “Bible from the classroom, library, and any instructional material.” Chaz Stevens, a well-known activist, sent his appeal to ban the Bible and any texts referencing it to superintendents across the Sunshine State, according to Georgia Public Broadcasting. He is embarking on his pursuit as other books like “50 Shades of Grey” face scrutiny, with Florida parents…

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Jesus, Friend of Sinners BY Adriel Sanchez for Core Christianity “How many prostitutes do you know?” I once sat with a theologian who recommended asking that question to gauge a pastoral candidate’s qualification for ministry. Our conversation took place shortly before my ordination exam. Of all the questions I’d anticipated, this wasn’t one of them. He didn’t mean, “Have you ever visited a prostitute?” He meant, “Are sinners drawn to you like they were drawn to Jesus?” His point was that if we’re going to ordain men to represent Jesus as ministers…

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Prophetic Vision: God’s Glorious Emerging Ekklesia by BERT FARIAS for Charisma News When the forms of an old paradigm and culture are dying, a new paradigm and culture are created by a few people who are willing to be rejected and misunderstood. Some have called them pioneers. Recently the Father has challenged me to be one. For years I’ve had a desire to see a unified church of love and power, but I could not see how that could be possible under the present circumstances and quagmire in which the church…

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Fasting For Spiritual Breakthrough-The Physical Affects the Spiritual by Shane Idleman You choose: Will it be the pain of discipline or the pain of regret? One yields a sense of extreme fulfillment; the other, a lingering sense of defeat. Ironically, we pray for God to heal when we should also pray for the self-discipline to change harmful habits. Fasting is hard because self-denial is hard (discipline), and overindulging is not rewarding (regret). It becomes a never-ending cycle of defeat unless we break the cycle by choosing discipline over regret as…

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Coming to Terms with the All Out Demonic Assault on Our Children by Michael L. Brown for Ask Dr Brown There really is an all-out war on our children (or, if you’re older, your grandchildren or even great-grandchildren). We can hardly overstate it and we dare not ignore it. This is what is happening to the next generation today. They are being slaughtered in the womb. They are being kidnapped and sold into sex slavery. They are being raped and abused and neglected and used. They are being brainwashed by their…

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‘You Never See a U-Haul Behind a Hearse’: Denzel Washington Offers Words of Wisdom to Miami Heat Players By Dan Andros for Faith Wire Denzel Washington is something of a unicorn: a Hollywood megastar at the highest heights showbiz has to offer — yet he’s also a man of faith who isn’t afraid to share his beliefs and wisdom with anyone who will listen. Video surfaced yesterday showing the “Man on Fire” and “Remember the Titans” star sharing some of that wisdom with several players from the Miami Heat. The Miami…

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Why doesn’t the Lord’s Prayer include thanksgiving? from Compelling Truth Despite numerous exhortations and commands in the Bible to give thanks, the Lord’s Prayerincludes no direct expression of gratitude to God. Here is the Lord’s prayer: “Pray then like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us…

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Why Did Christ Have to Suffer Death? {Lord’s Day 16} BY William Boekestein for Core Christianity (40) Q. Why did Christ have to suffer death? A. Because God’s justice and truth require it: nothing else could pay for our sins except the death of the Son of God. (41) Q. Why was he “buried”? A. His burial testifies that he really died. (42) Q. Since Christ has died for us, why do we still have to die? A. Our death is not a payment for our sins, but only a dying to…

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