Tag: giving

Loving Our Neighbors During the Coronavirus (Podcast)

Randolph Jason

Loving Our Neighbors During the Coronavirus Podcast by John Stonestreet for Break Point Over the past two weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot of how Christians throughout history understood their responsibility to care for the sick and dying, rather than running for the hills like so many of their pagan neighbors. In many ways, the earliest Christians were the earliest first responders, risking their own lives and even losing them, because of what they believed about Christ, about their own lives, about the salvation and love of neighbor, and about…

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Self-isolation can be a God-given opportunity, if we let it

Randolph Jason

Self-isolation can be a God-given opportunity, if we let it by Rob James  for CBN News I was fascinated to hear Esther Rantzen telling Radio 4 listeners the other day that she has been self-isolating for several weeks. She adopted this course of action much earlier than others it seems because she was acutely aware that she could be either a transmitter of the dreaded virus or succumb to its insidious effects, thereby placing an even greater burden on our over-stretched health service. I found myself applauding her altruism and…

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Look for These 7 Church Trends in 2020

Randolph Jason

Look for These 7 Church Trends in 2020 by THOM RAINER for Charisma News Offering trends are a worthless exercise if they have no connection to reality. For over 15 years, I have suggested trends in churches that may become movements of reality. On an occasional basis, I review all of my prognostications to see if they came close to reality in just a few years forward. So far, my prediction accuracy rate has been almost 90%, depending on how long you allow the trend to become a reality. For…

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Surprising Study: Church Attendance Is Declining, but This Religious Act Has Not

Randolph Jason

Surprising Study: Church Attendance Is Declining, but This Religious Act Has Not by RNS/YONAT SHIMRON for Charisma News All the available hard evidence—not to mention a look around many houses of worship—shows that religious congregations are declining. As congregants increasingly head for the exits, younger Americans, who say they have no religion, are far less likely than previous generations to join a church. But a new nationally representative study from the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy finds that revenue is not…

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Multi-Millionaire Who Hated God Gets Radically Saved, Now Helping Christians Level Up in Business and Christ

Randolph Jason

Multi-Millionaire Who Hated God Gets Radically Saved, Now Helping Christians Level Up in Business and Christ by Dan Andros for CBN News Michael McIntyre reached success most people only dream of achieving. A private jet. Multiple assistants. Tens of millions in revenue. Everything changed, however, when his little daughter became ill. Michael didn’t know it, but he’d had an army of people praying for his salvation for quite some time. They’d pretty much kept it to themselves because, in his words, he wanted “nothing to do” with born again Christians.…

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