Tag: born again

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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The Broken, Weary and Forgiven

Randolph Jason

The Broken, Weary and Forgiven The quotes below are from Alcoholics Anonymous, affectionately known as The Big Book. There are words stricken and replaced in an attempt to demonstrate how this book can introduce people to God, Jesus Chris and fellowship with the Holy Spirit. All the quotes are from the chapter, “The Doctors Opinion“. The point is, if we simply turn our vision ever so slightly we can see life, people and love completely different. Reinventing the wheel is totally unnecessary. In late 1934 I attended a patient who,…

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Reaching for the Prize (Podcast)

Randolph Jason

Reaching for the Prize Podcast by Dr. Pastor John MacArthur for Grace to You Podcast HERE >>>   Let’s open our Bibles now as we come to the study of God’s Word to Philippians chapter 3…Philippians chapter 3. We’re going to be looking at a great, great portion of Scripture, verses 12 through 16 I am sure in many ways the most familiar portion in this whole epistle. I think it is obvious to any student of the New Testament and any student of the letters of the Apostle Paul that he must have loved athletics, as many…

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Kanye West Shares Testimony to 17,000 Students: ‘There Was a Time When the Devil Had Me’

Randolph Jason

Kanye West Shares Testimony to 17,000 Students: ‘There Was a Time When the Devil Had Me’ By CBN News By: Andrea Morris Kanye West and his Sunday Service Choir performed at the Strength to Stand Christian youth conference in Pigeon Forge, TN over the weekend. West stepped onto the stage and powerfully spoke the lyrics from “Jesus is King,” “Follow God” and “Closed on Sunday.” Standing before more than 12,000 students, West proclaimed, “I believe Jesus died for my sins. There was a time when the devil had me,” The Christian Post reports. “I…

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The “Amputation” Approach to Changing Your Primary Story

Randolph Jason

The “Amputation” Approach to Changing Your Primary Story by TREVIN WAX for The Gospel Coalition In this series so far, I’ve laid out one of the challenges facing the church today: we affirm the public truth of the gospel but live as if another story is primary. The narrative that gives our life meaning and direction is a lesser story, not the Scriptural one. Growth in Christlikeness should mark the plot points of a Christian’s story, but Cameron views all his setbacks and steps forward in light of career advancement. The good fight against the…

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Why You Must Rethink Your Life Story In Light of the Gospel

Randolph Jason

Why You Must Rethink Your Life Story In Light of the Gospel by TREVIN WAX for The Gospel Coalition The gospel isn’t about us. It’s a message for us, yes, but it’s ultimately a royal announcement about Jesus. Even if you were never to have existed, the gospel would still be true. It is, as we saw in the previous column, “public truth.” And as the cosmic announcement of the crucified and risen Jesus as King, this message stands at the heart of the Scriptural Story of our world. Public Truth, Minimal Change…

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