Category: Opinion
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Larry Tomczak’s Week in Review: Bickle, Jakes, Driscoll: What’s Happening, How We Have Hope
By Larry Tomczak On top of all the cultural and global warfare we find ourselves in the midst of, we also are struggling with unbelievable challenges within our own ranks. How easy it is to succumb to discouragement and even some depression as we’re rocked by crisis after crisis. “Don’t doubt in the dark what…
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Recent Actions Endanger Israel and US, 157 Christian Leaders Warn Biden
By American Christian Leaders for Israel One hundred fifty-seven Christian leaders, including Gary Bauer, Troy Miller, Juan Rivera and Star Parker, united under the banner of American Christian Leaders for Israel to write a letter expressing disappointment with recent actions taken by the Biden administration regarding Israel and warning him that these actions will embolden…
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American Universities, You Are Responsible for Campus Jew Hatred Increase
It is not so much that our elite universities have allowed a spirit of vile Jew hatred to take root on their campuses. Instead, they have cultivated that very spirit, fueling its fires and finetuning its ideologies. The universities are complicit. Ben Shapiro confirmed these sentiments, writing: Open anti-Semitism has been on the rise for…
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10 Factors Hindering a National Awakening
By Joseph Mattera Christians everywhere pray for a national awakening that will preserve and revive their nation. However, an awakening does not come simply because people hope and pray for it. Before a nation experiences a spiritual awakening, certain preconditions must occur. By “awakening,” I am referring to masses of people in a community, city…
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Prophetic Alert: Are These Israel’s Darkest Hours?
By Gary Curtis This is part one of a two-part article. Watch for part two, coming soon to charismanews.com. Many believe Israel is now in its darkest hour since its War of Independence against five invading Arab armies concluded in March 1949. It seems the world is increasingly turning against the land and its people.…
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Christian World, Now Is Your Time to Denounce Antisemitism
As followers of Jesus we are often grieved over the compromise and cowardice of previous generations of American Christians. With righteous indignation, we say, “Had I lived in the days of slavery or segregation, I would have taken a stand. I would have spoken up!” In the same way, we decry the compromise and cowardice…
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NOW Would Leave Even Karl Marx Scratching His Head
About 40 years ago, I saw an ad on Christian TV promoting a new translation of the Bible. It depicted King James as he was presented with a copy of the new translation bearing his name in 1611. Turning to one passage, the king read the words, “with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward”…
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Larry Tomczak’s Week in Review: Upcoming Election: 20 Fast Facts About ‘Just Say No’
BYLINE: Larry Tomczak The 2024 election is rapidly approaching. How do we vote for, not against, our values to transform the culture and the political scene? Breaking news, Spirit-filled stories. Subscribe to Charisma on YouTube now! Take 10 and watch this compelling video as it lays before you critical areas that require your attention for…
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Israel Sends Message With Strike; Tensions Not Likely to Escalate
BYLINE: Michael L. Brown Is the conflict between Israel and Iran about to explode? Are we on the edge of World War III, if not Armageddon? The answer to all these questions is the same: not likely. But in saying this I do not claim supernatural prophetic insight. Rather, my remarks are based on a…
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Driscoll, Lindell Megachurch Confrontation Sparks Controversy
I arrived at my radio studio Monday to learn that social media sites were blowing up over the latest controversy involving Pastor Mark Driscoll. He had publicly called out the performance of a sword-swallowing acrobat as demonic without talking to the pastor first. The pastor, in turn, then called out Driscoll in midstream, shutting down…
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20 Reasons We’re Saying No to ‘4 More Years’
On the wall of my study, I have a letter from one legendary leader who had a major influence on my life, Chuck Colson. It hangs above an autographed picture from President Ronald Reagan. Colson was a champion in evangelical Christianity, founder of Prison Fellowship and former White House hatchet man before he converted to…
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How Will Israel Retaliate Against Iran?
As expected, in retaliation for Israel’s killing of a top Iranian general and seven other senior military leaders on April 1, all of whom were suspected of having Israeli blood on their hands, Iran struck back on Saturday night, launching roughly 350 drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles on Israel. This marked the first time…