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1. RT Kendall: You Might Be A Pharisee If ...

My colleague Jack Taylor used a phrase in a sermon—"Chances are you are a Pharisee if ..."—and I have been intrigued by the idea ever since. We all need to learn to laugh at ourselves and not be defensive ...

Created on 08 July 2020

2. Why the Religious Spirit Is the No. 1 Enemy of Revival

The meanest, foulest, most ruthless demonic spirit you will ever confront is the spirit of religion because it attempts to replace the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian or church. While ...

Created on 07 July 2020

3. Will Police Officers' Bended Knee Gesture Make a Difference?

The scene was repeated this past week in city after city. As thousands of people demonstrated against the death of George Floyd, the 46-year-old Minneapolis black man killed in police custody, police officers ...

Created on 05 June 2020

4. How Biblical Meditation Differs From Eastern Meditation

Longtime pastor, author and speaker Timothy Keller says we shouldn't just be studying the Bible, but meditating on it. This is to be distinguished from Eastern meditation, which is dangerous, and the opposite ...

Created on 04 May 2020

5. 4 Defining Attributes of the Fire of God

... s and even in our gatherings (whether large or small). What we accomplish is oftentimes religious and routine. We can easily end up with a form of religion that is void of God's power. Therefore, we mu ...

Created on 24 April 2020

6. Robot Priest Performs Rites in Japan: Is AI Ruining Religion? ...

... f real possibility. The question is not if but to what extent AI will infiltrate religion and theology in the coming decades. AI and robotics are already making inroads in religious communities around t ...

Created on 27 February 2020

7. Jonathan Cahn Owns 3 Top 10 Spots on Publishers Weekly's Religious Fiction Bestseller List

Those who peruse the most recent Publishers Weekly Religion Fiction bestseller list will be seeing triple-vision. New York Times' bestselling author Jonathan Cahn owns three of the top 10 spots on the ...

Created on 20 February 2020

8. Court Rules Removing 78-Year-Old Cross Would Be 'Aggressively Hostile to Religion' ...

... become "embedded in the fabric of the Pensacola community" and that removing it could "strike many as aggressively hostile to religion." In 1941, the National Youth Administration placed a wooden cross  ...

Created on 20 February 2020

9. Is the Rise of the Religious Nones Slowing? Scholars Say Maybe

For the past 25 years, the number of Americans claiming no religion has steadily ballooned as more and more people quit church, synagogue or mosque and openly acknowledged being a "none." The reality i ...

Created on 12 February 2020

10. Donald Trump, the Champion of Religious Freedom

...  faith. Release prisoners of conscience. Repeal laws restricting freedom of religion and belief. Protect the vulnerable, the defenseless and the oppressed." For whatever reason, this has become somethin ...

Created on 25 September 2019

11. Wheaton Students Sue Chicago for Restricting Their Right to Religious Speech

... es, which were made public on April 2, 2019, visitors had to secure permits to discuss religion or partake in any other speech or display, and even then could only do so in one corner of the park, away  ...

Created on 17 September 2019

12. Christian Filmmakers Win Case: State Can't Require Them to Make Gay Wedding Videos

Over two years ago, Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Minnesota filmmakers, Carl and Angel Larsen. As parents of eight children, they never anticipated that this would be something ...

Created on 26 August 2019

13. New Study Shows the More Americans Know About Religion, the Less They Like Evangelicals ...

A new study from Pew Research has some unwelcome news for evangelicals. The more people know about different religions, the less they like evangelicals, reports The Christian Post. This finding, says Southern ...

Created on 19 August 2019

14. Watch Out for This Gift Card Scam Targeting Worshippers

The Federal Trade Commission recently warned people about a new gift card scam that targets worshippers. According to the FTC, scammers will pretend to be a pastor, bishop, rabbi, priest or imam and ask ...

Created on 06 August 2019

15. 10 Signs You Have Bowed Your Knee to Baal

Baal was a false god the feckless Jewish King Ahab and his wicked wife, Jezebel, attempted to force upon the nation of Israel during the time of Elijah the prophet (see 1 Kings 18). Consequently, during ...

Created on 24 July 2019

16. Democrats' Religion Comes With a New Twist ...

... hose purpose it is to get candidates who represent their values elected to public office. The ultimate battle in America is between two competing religions vying for control of the public square: Christi ...

Created on 17 June 2019

17. How We Must Respond to Mike Pence's Warning: 'Freedom of Religion Is Under Assault' ...

Vice President Mike Pence recently warned about declining religious freedoms in our country, as the guest speaker for the 2019 commencement exercises at Virginia's Liberty University. "Freedom of religion ...

Created on 17 May 2019

18. How This Powerful Move of God Is Uniting Cities Across America

What can heal our divided land? Jason Law thinks he has the answer. Over the past decade, Law, president of World Compassion in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has watched closely as divisive attitudes—political, racial ...

Created on 01 March 2019

19. Med-School Professor: Faith Is Not a Reason to Not Vaccinate Your Children

...  if the measures pass, people will begin abusing the religious exemption. "If you look at the major religions, I can't think of any mainstream prohibitions against vaccines, maybe some sects or spinoffs ...

Created on 01 March 2019

20. After Signing One-World Religion Covenant, Pope Francis Makes His Next Push ...

... at Christians and Muslims worship the same God, and that it is God's will that all of the various major religions in the world co-exist peacefully. For much more on this, please see my previous article en ...

Created on 13 February 2019