Spiritual leaders call for new American ‘Great Awakening’

Spiritual leaders call for new American ‘Great Awakening’

WASHINGTON — Some religious leaders say America is facing a spiritually dark time. “At the root of America’s problem, we really have a spiritual cancer that’s been eating away at our nation,” Bishop Harry Jackson, senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland, told CBN News. Retired Gen. Jerry Boykin, … now working with […]

Hip Pope Francis on old fashioned notion: ‘Look out because the Devil is present’

Hip Pope Francis on old fashioned notion: ‘Look out because the Devil is present’

VATICAN CITY — A darling of liberal Catholics and an advocate of inclusion and forgiveness, Pope Francis is hardly known for fire and brimstone. Yet, in his words and deeds, the new pope is locked in an epic battle with the oldest enemy of God and creation: The Devil. … “ ‘But Father, how old-fashioned you […]

Exorcists wanted: Conference says decline in faith has ‘opened the window’ to Satanic forces

Exorcists wanted: Conference says decline in faith has ‘opened the window’ to Satanic forces

The decline of religious belief in the West and the growth of secularism has “opened the window” to black magic, Satanism and belief in the occult, the organisers of a conference on exorcism have said. The six-day meeting in Rome aims to train about 200 Roman Catholic priests from more than 30 countries in how […]

Report finds administration failed to confront persecution of Christians

Report finds administration failed to confront persecution of Christians

A new report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan group, asserts that the Obama administration is turning a blind eye to persecution of Christians by Muslims in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, as well as persecution of Christians in North Korea. … The worst 16 countries that violated religious freedom […]

Teacher gives fifth grader a commandment: Thou shalt not read the Bible

Teacher gives fifth grader a commandment: Thou shalt not read the Bible

Officials at Broward County Public Schools banned a fifth grader from reading the Bible during “free reading” time, according to lawyers from the Liberty Institute who are threatening to sue the school for violating the First Amendment. Giovanni Rubeo is a fifth-grade student at the school, who had been given a Bible at church as […]

‘As it was in the days of Noah’: Author sees parallels to ‘pandemic godlessness’ of that time

‘As it was in the days of Noah’: Author sees parallels to ‘pandemic godlessness’ of that time

Is mankind evolving into a more peaceful and prosperous people – or are we on a path toward ever-increasing moral depravity, social chaos and destruction? Answering that dichotomy depends on one’s worldview, but Christian author Jeff Kinley is in the latter camp, telling TheBlaze that he sees human beings continuously and perilously cutting God out […]

Behavior of movie-goers between L.A. and NYC stuns Hollywood

Behavior of movie-goers between L.A. and NYC stuns Hollywood

God-based movies are thriving at the box office because “people are looking for real hope and real change,”  [Kevin Sorbo told Glenn Beck Thursday]. “Hollywood just thinks it’s New York and L.A., that’s all that exists,” he said.“There are a bunch of states in between with a lot of people that have good morals, strong […]

Rwanda president, inspired by U.S. church, helped turn around devastated nation’s economy

Rwanda president, inspired by U.S. church, helped turn around devastated nation’s economy

The president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, spoke at a special service in California’s Saddleback Church to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, thanking Pastor Rick Warren and his congregation for helping rebuild the East African nation through their ministry called The PEACE Plan. “We remember the more than a million lives we lost […]

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