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4 Reasons Christian Men Struggle Spiritually

Randolph Jason

4 Reasons Christian Men Struggle Spiritually by J. LEE GRADY for Charisma News Last weekend, I led a three-day retreat for 125 men in Pittsburgh. The guys came from more than a dozen states as well as Canada. There were teenagers, college students, 20-somethings, hipsters, jocks, young fathers, businessmen and a few retirees. And the ethnic mix included Ugandan, Korean, Ethiopian, Russian, Hispanic and Ghanaian. Despite our racial diversity and age differences, all the men shared pretty much the same spiritual needs. After 35-year-old youth pastor Daren Duncan preached a…

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The Two Paths of the World

Randolph Jason

The Two Paths of the World by JC Collins for Philosophy of Metrics As it is with one human, so it is with the ocean of all human thought and endeavor. The mind of man, and in turn, the mind of humanity, can exist and function in either the material world or the spiritual world, but not both simultaneously.  The mind cannot have two masters and fragments itself when attempting to reconcile material actions with spiritual laws. Mind and brain are two separate things.  The brain is the material organ…

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5 Steps to Win American Culture Back From Jezebel’s Grasp

Randolph Jason

5 Steps to Win American Culture Back From Jezebel’s Grasp by Michael Brown for Charisma News Author and national radio host Dr. Michael Brown says that until Jesus returns and sets up His perfect kingdom, the culture wars will continue to rage, and there will be many setbacks along the way. “But that doesn’t mean there won’t be some real victories as well,” said the author of the popular new book, Jezebel’s War With America: The Plot to Destroy Our Country and What We Can Do to Turn the Tide. “We’ve…

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‘We’re Not Spirit-Filled Enough’: Why Today’s Church Needs an Extreme Makeover

Randolph Jason

‘We’re Not Spirit-Filled Enough’: Why Today’s Church Needs an Extreme Makeover by JOHN BURTON for Charisma News Even today’s most Spirit-filled churches must embrace radical reformation. Listen to a short podcast as I describe the 2 Chronicles church model, a revelation-driven, prophetic model, that must come to the church, and fast. Then, read this article. It’s time for revolution. Today’s Spirit-Filled Church Experience Like most of you, I have quite a memory bank full of church experiences, many of them phenomenal, many of them poor, but most of them quite…

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Pro-Life Heroes: Texas Couple Foster More Than 170 Newborn Babies

Randolph Jason

Pro-Life Heroes: Texas Couple Foster More Than 170 Newborn Babies By Tré Goins-Phillips for Faith Wire Over the course of 36 years, Burrell and Leanna Lankford welcomed a total of 173 newborn babies into their home. It all started in January 1976, Lankford told KUT-FM. Looking back, the now-77-year-old Austin, Texas, native said his wife, who died five years ago, “brought the issue up before the family and decided that she wanted to be a foster parent, so she asked me and the kids if we would be interested and everybody said…

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Hong Kong Pastor Facing Prison Preaches the Sermon of His Life

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Hong Kong Pastor Facing Prison Preaches the Sermon of His Life by KATE SHELLNUTT for Christianity Today The Baptist leader, convicted for his role in the Occupy Central and Umbrella Movement protests, takes the stand with a biblical defense for human rights and civil disobedience. A Baptist pastor in Hong Kong turned the stands of a Hong Kong courtroom into his pulpit, quoting Scripture and calling for justice in the name of God, after he and eight other activists were convicted Tuesday for crimes related to their involvement with pro-democracy Occupy…

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