The Origins of Fake News

The Origins of Fake News by Randolph Jason for Gospel News Network When you think about science and God arguably the two most significant scientific discoveries in all of cosmology in the last 100 years points strongly to God. One, that the universe has a beginning. If it has a beginning then there had to be something that got it started. There had to be something that gave it that beginning. Not only do I think that science doesn’t disprove God but I actually think that only God proves science.…

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BreakPoint: Millennials and Evangelism

BreakPoint: Millennials and Evangelism by: John Stonestreet &  Roberto Rivera  for BreakPoint The Plague of Emotivism In 1957, the social psychologist Leon Festinger coined the term “cognitive dissonance” to describe the stress that results from holding two or more contradictory beliefs at the same time. According to Festinger, people will attempt to alleviate the stress by either changing their minds about one of the ideas or, more commonly, convincing themselves the ideas really aren’t contradictory. The latter usually results in an incoherent mess, something a recent Barna report amply demonstrates. The report, entitled…

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Your Storms Are Real. But Jesus Is Bigger.

Your Storms Are Real. But Jesus Is Bigger. PASTOR J.D. Greear You and I are not facing the same kinds of persecution the Apostle John was when Jesus appeared to him in a prison cell on the island of Patmos. In many parts of the world, of course, this kind of overt physical persecution is still common. Compared to the average believer in Afghanistan or Libya or China, our lives are pretty easy. And yet, we have more in common with John than we’d like. Most of us are facing…

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Half of US Millennial Christians Believe Evangelism is Wrong

Half of US Millennial Christians Believe Evangelism is Wrong Christian Today staff writer for Christian Today GNN Note – Is this to say these people don’t believe in witnessing before others? I have been under the impression, my entire life, that it is our duty to the Father to witness, to carry the Word and deliver the Word. Did I misunderstand something? ****** Almost half of Millennial Christians in the US believe evangelism is wrong, according to new research from Barna. The research group’s new report, Reviving Evangelism, looks at the faith-sharing experiences and…

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Ruth: Hope in the Dark (Podcast)

Ruth: Hope in the Dark Podcast – Pastor, JD Greear for JD Greear Ministries Have you ever come to a point in your life where it seemed like everything had fallen apart? Maybe it was a cancer diagnosis or the death of a loved one. Maybe your business went under, or you lost your home in a natural disaster. In this message, Pastor J.D. walks us through the story of a woman who lost everything: her home, her family, and her financial security. And through her story, we’re finding hope…

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