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The Holy Spirit: Signs, wonders and righteousness By Joseph D’Souza, Op-Ed Contributor for The Christian Post We live in an age of self-obsession. But one of the great characteristics of Christianity is that personal, spiritual renewal is ultimately always about the world we’re living in and not just our own individual lives. This is a lesson of the Charismatic renewal a century ago that we must pass along to a new generation. In the spring of 1906, a series of revivals erupted in a neighborhood of Los Angeles. People spoke…

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Avoiding Hypocrisy by J. Stephen Lang for CBN The old joke about hypocrites involved someone who said, “I don’t go to church. Churches are full of hypocrites.” The punch line was, “Come on in, there’s always room for one more!” While there are no doubt hypocrites in the churches, there is no place for them in the Kingdom. God’s promises are for believers, not for those who only pretend to believe. Some of the harshest warnings in the Bible are reserved for the Great Pretenders in religion, the ones who act…

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‘Completely Changed the Way I Live’: Man Who Lost Everything in Tragic Floods Shares Surprising Lesson He Learned By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire GNN Note – Gratitude and humility go a long way in this world. / END An Australian man who recently lost nearly everything in devastating floods revealed his surprising reaction to the horrific scenario. Ironically, he said, it’s “almost as if it’s one of the best things” he has experienced. Josh, 29, told Australian outlet 7News that losing it all due to the flooding earlier this year…

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Visiting Prisoners in Jesus’ Day by DAVID L. STUBBS for Christianity Today Helping detained people was a shocking calling in the first century. Whenever I take my shoes off at the security entrance of the Muskegon Correctional Facility, I feel like I am stepping onto holy ground. In the Michigan prison and its classroom, a true gift exchange happens that seems filled with the presence of God. Christians involved in prison ministries, advocacy organizations, and prison educational programs—such as the Hope-Western Prison Education Program, which I am part of—trace their work…

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‘You Deserve Death’: Family Allegedly Sprayed With Acid After Leaving Islam, Refusing to Abandon Newfound Faith in Jesus By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire A Ugandan family was reportedly attacked with acid for leaving Islam to embrace Christianity, according to Morning Star News, an outlet monitoring Christian persecution across the globe. Juma Waiswa, 38, his wife Nasimu Naigaga, 32, and the couple’s daughter, Amina Nagudi, 13, were reportedly attacked March 8 after refusing to deny their newfound belief in Christ. The family accepted Jesus Feb. 17, after a pastor came to…

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The real Jesus is revealed and authenticated by the New Testament By Richard D. Land, Christian Post Executive Editor for Christian Post Earlier this week, The Christian Post contributor Mark Creech wrote an op-ed, “Andy Stanley’s tweet about the Bible is seductive and harmful,” referring to a now-deleted tweet by Rev. Andy Stanley, pastor of North Point Community Church, which said: “The Christian faith doesn’t rise and fall on the accuracy of 66 ancient documents. It rises and falls on the identity of a single individual: Jesus of Nazareth.” Like…

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How to Help Hurting Friends BY William Boekestein for Core Christianity I was once hiking in Colorado with a friend and two of my kids. Way past dark we saw a single faint light meandering down the mountain toward our basecamp at 12,000 feet. It turned out to be a cell phone held by a young woman who had been hiking alone. She had run out of daylight, lost track of the trail, and took several bad falls. Her body was sore and dirty. Her hands were bloody. Her face was tear-stained.…

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Jonathan Cahn: Is an Ancient Mystery Behind the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Calamities From 2020? by FATHOM EVENTS for Charisma News New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Cahn revealed a stunning link behind the pandemic that has paralyzed much of the world—as well as other catastrophes from 2020—and the words of the prophet Jeremiah in his most recent book, The Harbinger II: The Return. Now, Cahn will reveal even more insights into an ancient mystery that is still affecting the world today. As America especially struggles to return to what many…

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