Category: Revival

Tennessee Bill Could Ban ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ with Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act

Randolph Jason

Tennessee Bill Could Ban ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ with Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act by Geoffrey Grider for Now the End Begins TENNESSEE BILL ‘PARENTAL OVERSIGHT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT’ COULD PUT AN END TO DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR IN THEIR STATE, HELP US TO GET IT PASSED NOW The Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act, sponsored by Tennessee state Sen. Paul Bailey and state Rep. Andy Holt, would establish a five-member review board for each public library to determine “whether any sexual material provided to the public by the…

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What Mike Bickle Really Thinks About Kanye West’s Christian Conversion

Randolph Jason

What Mike Bickle Really Thinks About Kanye West’s Christian Conversion by IHOPKC/ADAM WITTENBERG for Charisma News It’s exciting: A major celebrity makes a public profession of faith in Jesus. Even better, his new album is called Jesus Is King and includes songs that quote Scripture. “Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess, Jesus is Lord” are the lyrics of “Jesus Is Lord,” which references Philippians 2:10-11. What are we to make of Kanye West’s testimony? Is it encouraging—something to celebrate with the hope that it will help reach the masses for Christ? Or…

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3 Thought-Provoking New Christian Documentaries

Randolph Jason

3 Thought-Provoking New Christian Documentaries by BRETT MCCRACKEN for The Gospel Coalition In recent years we have seen the growth of a genre I might call “theological documentary.” As faith-oriented films go, this genre has become somewhat of a bright spot in an otherwise uninspiring “Christian movie” landscape. Documentaries can get away with being didactic and apologetics-oriented in ways fiction films can’t, which is why they’re often well-suited for theological content. Last year’s For the Love of God documentary, for example, was a far more effective defense of Christianity than any of the God’s…

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9 Things You Should Know About Family Structure

Randolph Jason

9 Things You Should Know About Family Structure by JOE CARTER for The Gospel Coalition In a new article for The Atlantic, David Brooks argues that “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake.” Brooks claims, “The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.” The article has provoked a wide range of responses (see, for example, this symposium at the Institute for Family Studies) about the best arrangement for families. Here…

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Calling women ‘pastors’ ‘undermines’ New Testament teaching on church leadership, says John Piper

Randolph Jason

Calling women ‘pastors’ ‘undermines’ New Testament teaching on church leadership, says John Piper from Christian Today Theologian John Piper has claimed that it is “misleading and unwise and ill-founded” to apply the term ‘pastor’ to women leaders in the church. He addressed the useage of the term in a recent episode of his podcast on his DesiringGod.org website, in which he sought to answer a question put to him by a Christian whose church is revising its definition of pastors to include women. The church believes that as Ephesians 4:11…

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IS THE LORD ALLOWING YOU TO GO THROUGH A TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW? HE’S DOING IT TO HELP YOU GROW IN GRACE AND TO TRUST HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART

Randolph Jason

IS THE LORD ALLOWING YOU TO GO THROUGH A TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW? HE’S DOING IT TO HELP YOU GROW IN GRACE AND TO TRUST HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART by Geoffrey Grider for Now the End Begins So what do you do when you’re going through a trial that puts you to bed in tears and wakes you up with anxiety? You do what Job did, what David did, what Joseph did, what Jesus did in the garden of Gethsemane, submit to it and allow His will to have rule…

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Revival and the 2020 Election: A Rally Cry to Christians

Randolph Jason

Revival and the 2020 Election: A Rally Cry to Christians by STEPHEN STRANG for Charisma News Prior to the 2016 election, many intercessors around the world were praying for our election. People in Europe, China and Latin America said intercessors were praying fervently that Trump would be elected. Many took the election so seriously, they were fasting and praying for hours each day. Lou Engle, a revivalist and co-founder of TheCall, a group that hosted 12-hour prayer rallies, sent out a call to friends and supporters to begin a three-day…

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The Jesus Evidence that Turns Atheists into Followers of Christ

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The Jesus Evidence that Turns Atheists into Followers of Christ by Paul Strand for CBN News Although believers and evidence exist, there remains the question: is there a God? Cold case detective J. Warner Wallace has pursued the question, applying the same procedures he used to solve cold cases. He started this investigation into God’s existence many years ago as an atheist. But even then, he had to accept something beyond the natural because he already believed the universe had a beginning before space and time. The Beginning needs a…

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This Act Allows Holy Spirit to Breathe God’s Passion on You

Randolph Jason

This Act Allows Holy Spirit to Breathe God’s Passion on You by BOB SAWVELLE for Charisma News This is the third article in a three-part series. Check out Part 1 and Part 2. In my last article I asked these questions: “Is Jesus your passion, and desire? Do you love him with every ounce of your heart? How desperate are you ‘to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge’?” (Eph. 3:19). If you cannot answer with a firm “Yes!” then perhaps your “first love” for Him has grown cold. Here is the…

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