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Benny Hinn in 2019

Prosperity preacher, Benny Hinn, reveals his two biggest regrets

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Popular and equally controversial televangelist, Benny Hinn, revealed his two biggest ministry regrets in an interview with Stephen Strange, the Christian Post reports. The first regret that Hinn, 71, pointed to was his failure to address the inaccurate and false prophecies that were delivered during his meetings by himself and others. He specifically cited outside ministries that had uttered prophecies during his meetings, that “brought harm to not only peopleā€™s lives but also to my reputation.” He then cited some of his own failed prophecies and stated that no one is perfect. Hinn added, “sadly ā€” and I wish I could go back and fix it ā€” but sadly, there were some prophecies I gave that were not accurate or from the Lord.ā€ His second-greatest regret was his emphasis or perhaps his overemphasis on the prosperity message because he still believes in certain aspects of what is referred to as the prosperity gospel. Hinn admitted that there were elements of this message that he labeled as ‘gimmikry’ and because of the pressure to raise money, …

Candace Cameron Bure in March 2018

Actress Candace Bure talks about how the Holy Spirit is invading Hollywood

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In an interview with CBN, Christian actress Candace Bure stated that she has seen a growing interest in Christianity in Hollywood recently. In particular, the former Fuller House star talked about actress Danica McKellar’s decision to become a Christian due in part to Bure’s influence. Danica starred in the popular TV series, Wonder Years. ā€œItā€™s pretty incredible from the people that Iā€™ve walked hand-in-hand with and encouraged along the way,ā€ Bure said. ā€œAnd just to have a small part of knowing that I planted a seed, or maybe spoke a word that encouraged them along to become a believer ā€” or strengthen their faith in Christ.ā€ Bure also talked about her recent involvement in Christian movies, which she had purposefully avoided because of their poor quality. But that changed recently. ā€œWithin the last, I would say, five years, the quality is incredible,ā€ Bure told CBN. ā€œItā€™s like people of faith are coming out of the woodwork.ā€ This led to Bure’s decision to serve as both the executive producer and act in the Christian movie Unsung …

Russell Brand in September 2020

Russel Brand announced plans to be baptized on Sunday, April 28, 2024

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Russel Brand, a controversial British comedian, actor, and podcaster, just announced on April 26, that he will be getting baptized this Sunday (April 28, 2024), Fox News reports. Over the past several months, Brand has been expressing an increased interest in the Christian faith. This included videos stating that he has started reading the Bible and notable Christian author, CS Lewis. In one video, he also explained his decision to wear a Christian cross and even discussed the possibility of getting water baptized. “Whatā€™s been explained to me is, itā€™s an opportunity to die and be reborn. An opportunity to leave the past behind and be reborn in Christā€™s name,” Brand said in his most recent video. “Like it says in Galatians: that you can live as an enlightened and awakened person,” Brand added. He also said that as the world seems to be getting crazier, he has noticed a growing interest in the Christian faith. “People are so cynical about the increasing interest in Christianity and the return to God, but to me, itā€™s …

JiDion, popular YouTuber

Influential YouTuber explains his decision to delete videos and follow Christ

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There has been a remarkable transformation in the life of a popular YouTuber, JiDion, who became a Christian probably sometime in 2023, Premier Christian News writes. He has over 7.7 million followers on his YouTube Channel and in October 2023, he deleted all his videos, except one. This meant 121 of his 122 videos were gone. Many of them had millions of views, with several exceeding 10 million. They were mostly prankster videos and his byline, before the deletion, basically described what he did. “I like messing with strangers…” JiDion wrote. JiDion deleted those videos because they conflicted with his decision to follow Christ. This decision comes complete with a new byline, “Retired menace. Full time follower of Jesus.” JiDion has since added two new videos, one of which explained his decision to delete the videos. “If I’m gonna truly give my life over to God, I gotta also take out the wickedness that I put into the world,” JiDion said. “As an influencer, I failed this generation horriblyā€¦I can’t be the way I was …

John Cooper performing with Skillet in 2017

Skillet frontman, John Cooper, facing death threats over the title of his book

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Things are definitely taking a negative turn for Christians in America, and it was perhaps best demonstrated by comments made by John Cooper in an episode of ‘Politically Rude,’ hosted by Abby Johnson, Church Leaders reports. Cooper, who is the lead singer for the Christian rock band, Skillet, recently published a book in November 2023 entitled, ā€œWimpy, Weak, and Woke: How Truth Can Save America From Utopian Destruction.ā€ The book focuses on the ā€œphilosophies behind utopian dreams that become dystopian nightmares, and presents a positive vision for how we can thrive and flourish.ā€ The book states that man’s solutions will not cure the raging ails of the world, and only God is the solution. In an interview with Church Leaders, Cooper added that the trouble started long before the book was printed and actually began when he released the title of the book. Initially, it resulted in “absolute hate and cussing” and people telling him to “go to hell.” This would have been fine because Cooper is used to this type of hate because of …

A photo of the 1900 Oberammergau Passion Play portraying Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on a donkey

The world’s largest Passion play

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Oberammergau is a small town of 5,000 residents in Bavaria, Germany, and is best known for hosting the world’s largest Passion play, the Western Journal reports. It is held roughly every ten years or so because of a pledge that town citizens made in 1634 during the height of the devastating Bubonic plague that swept Europe, killing between and third and half of the population. The citizens vowed that if God spared their community, they would hold a Passion play every ten years and according to tradition, the village was largely spared despite people with the plague coming to the village. The Passion play typically involves 2,000 of the town’s residents as actors, singers, and production workers and can last between five and seven hours, with one break for lunch. Only people who are residents of the town and 20 years or older are allowed to participate. In preparation, for the performance men who are playing leading roles, often start growing their beards and hair on Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, the previous year. …

Phil Robertson in 2015

The Power of Testimony, the story of Phil Robertson

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Many of us underestimate the power of our personal testimony of what Christ has done in our lives, but we can be sure of one thing, Satan doesn’t. In his vision of the end time, the Apostle John writes that when Satan begins to directly attack believers in the end times, he saw them conquering Satan “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony” (Revelation 12:11). Though the blood of Jesus played a major role in this spiritual battle, so did the believer’s ‘testimony’, which is the Greek word, ‘marturia’. It refers to the testimony that a person gives during an actual judicial trial as evidence, or more generally to any testimony. In this verse, it refers to the believer’s testimony of what Christ has done in their lives, and it’s this testimony that helped conquer Satan. We see a demonstration of a testimony’s power, in the life of Phil Robertson, the former Duck Dynasty star. The Robertson family recently produced a movie, entitled The Blind, which portrays Phil’s remarkable …

Michelangelo's Moses with horns, The Vatican, Rome

Meet Moses with horns

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If you go to the Vatican in Rome, you will find a statue of Moses with horns. Yes, horns. The marble statue was created by Michelangelo at the request of Pope Julius II to be used as part of the Pope’s tomb. The statue was completed in 1545, 32 years after Pope Julius had died. It proves that some Bible translations are more accurate than others because the famous Renaissance sculptor created Moses with horns because of a mistranslation of a Hebrew word in the Latin Vulgate. The Vulgate was largely based on the Latin translation of scriptures from the Hebrew and Greek texts created by Jerome, a priest and theologian, in 382 AD. Though the Vulgate is a bit renowned for its mistakes, it basically became the Roman Catholic Church’s official Bible. So did we end up with a horned Moses? A second set of ten commandments was needed after the first set was broken (Exodus 32:19). When Moses came down the mountain, with the new tablets, his face was shining so brightly, having …

Ryan Phillippe in 2011

Actor Ryan Phillippe ‘craves’ a relationship with God after his role in ‘Prey’

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Actor Ryan Phillippe, 49, has had leading roles in several movies over the past few years, including Gosford Park and The Lincoln Lawyer. He recently admitted that he was spiritually impacted by his most recent role in a movie called Prey, CBN reports. It is the story of a missionary couple who were ministering in the Kalahari Desert, a large (900,000 sq km) Savannah area in Southern Africa found mostly in Botswana but also extends into Namibia and South Africa. An extremist group forces a missionary couple to flee their station by plane. After the plane crashes in the desert, the husband faces a crisis of faith and he and his wife are forced to fight man, the hostile climate, and animals to survive. In an interview with Fox News, Phillippe spoke about how his role impacted him. ā€œI got back into reading the Bible and various other religious tomes, but I found myself drawn to this notion of spirituality,ā€ the actor said. He added that just before shooting the movie, “I was kind of …

Russell Brand via YouTube capture

Russell Brand discusses water baptism and churches in a recent Instagram post

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In a recent Instagram post, actor Russell Brand asked for advice on what church to attend and also had questions on water baptism, as he was considering that as well, the Christian Post reports. Brand has starred in several movies and is also a popular podcaster with 6.8 million followers on YouTube and over 1.8 million followers on Rumble. Brand, 48, who is facing numerous allegations of historical sexual assault, has indicated an increased interest in Jesus and the Christian faith since December 2023, when announcing he had started reading the Bible. Though he didn’t provide specific details in his most recent video, it appears he is taking an Alpha course at the Church of England. But was wondering about other denominations including the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic and asked what the difference was. He has been attending different churches and mentioned that one of his favorites was a Baptist church, that he had attended in the US. “The Baptist church was the best church experience I’ve ever had! Very exciting, so connected šŸ„°(I …

How a prophetic word helped pave the way for Pastor Rodriguez to become involved in Hollywood

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Over the past few years, Pastor Samuel Rodriguez has been involved in the production of two successful movies, Breakthrough and Flamin Hot. But it wasn’t always like that. In fact, in his early years, Rodriguez stated in an interview with Billy Hallowell on his podcast Higher Ground, that he preached against Hollywood and its excesses. Rodriquez, 54, was born in Puerto Rico and today pastors New Season Church, a mega-church based in Sacramento, California. He also heads the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which has over 40,000 Hispanic churches as part of its network. It all changed for Rodriguez about ten years ago, when a woman went to an open mic and delivered what was essentially a prophetic word, .ā€œSamuel, God says ā€˜Hollywood.ā€ Sometime after that, a door to Hollywood cracked open, when the producers at Paramount asked Samuel to prescreen a movie entitled Noah to see if it would appeal to evangelicals. After watching the movie, he accurately told the producers that Evangelical Christians would not find the movie appealing. That prophetic word continued …

Rudolf HoĢˆss, commander of Nazi Germany's Auschwitz Concentration Camp

A German movie, ‘The Zone of Interest’, asks a disturbing question: Could you have been a Nazi?

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A German movie, The Zone of Interest, which was nominated for five Academy Awards, is about a German family and their father Rudolf Hƶss. Hƶss was the actual commander of the Auschwitz Concentration camp, where over one million Jews were slaughtered by Nazi Germany during World War II. The movie is based on first-hand accounts from Hƶss’ servants. The film focuses on the family life of Hƶss, his wife Hedwig, and their five children who lived beside the concentration camp. Though you never see scenes from the concentration camp, you hear the sounds of trains rolling by the Hƶss home delivering Jews to the death camp. You hear yells from the camp, machinery, cracks of whips, and other sounds associated with what is happening inside Auschwitz. Mark Legg who watched the film noted in his article for the Denison Forum, “Watching the Hƶss family ignore the sounds of daily thousands upon thousands of murders next door horrifies the audienceā€”until you realize halfway through that youā€™ve likewise begun to ignore the sounds too.” “The Nazis were …

‘Learn to pray ā€¦ it is so good for your soul,’ Actor Chris Pratt

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Most of us have heard of Chris Pratt, a Christian actor who has starred in several Hollywood mega-hits, including the ā€œJurassic Worldā€ series and “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Over the years, Pratt has caught flack for outwardly expressing his Christian views. Pratt was introduced to Christ as a teen in Hawaii, when he also received a prophetic word that he was ‘destined for great things’. Pratt was working as a restaurant waiter at the time. The Western Journal reports that Chris has recently signed on to co-star in a new sci-fi movie entitled “Mercy” which is scheduled to start production this spring. Rebecca Ferguson will be co-starring in the movie about a detective who had been falsely accused of committing a violent crime. Ferguson most recently played Lady Jessica in ā€œDune: Part Two.ā€ But what caught my attention in the article was a statement that Pratt made at the 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards when People Magazine reported that during his acceptance speech after winning the Generation Award. Pratt told the audience, ā€œYou have …

Elias performing on WWE's Raw in April 2018.

WWE wrestling star, Elias, going into full-time ministry

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Thousands of people follow World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Though I don’t, as a young teen I used to, or at least its equivalent, decades back. Every Saturday, I would faithfully turn on the TV to watch my favorite wrestling show, and suffered horrible mocking for doing so. I suspect not much has changed today. By the size of the crowds that come to watch its shows, WWE has a large, loyal following, many of them teen boys. So it caught my attention, when WWE wrestling star, Jeffrey Sciullo, who goes by the stage name of Elias, announced that he is hanging up his wrestling boots, to go full-time into preaching the Gospel, Breitbart reports. He came to this decision after being released from his contract in September 2023 and this decision even comes with a change in his stage name from Elias, to Elijah. In a recent TikTok Video, Elijah, who has been outspoken about his faith throughout his wrestling career, said ā€œThe good news of the Gospel is Jesus. We need to make a …

Guitarist plays on of bass guitar

Is the spiritual battle getting real? What is going on with music?

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Christians have talked about spiritual warfare in the past, but there are indications it is starting to get very real. Shane Lynch, 47, is a singer and TV personality from Ireland. He is most famous for having been a member of the Boyzone, which was a popular boy band in the 1990s. Shane became a Christian in 2003, and according to an article in New Life, as a teenager, he “was frequently visited by grotesque evil spirits who tortured his mind and left him paralyzed.” This resulted in him consulting psychics and mediums, who left him believing that “he was possessed by an evil spirit.” So with some familiarity with the satanic realm, in a recent interview with Ireland’s Sunday World, Shane warned that he is starting to see demonic influences in music. He specifically cited Taylor Swift, and Shane suggested she is actually “performing satanic rituals” during her concerts. “Youā€™ll see a lot of hoods up and masks on and fire ceremonies,” Shane said. “Even down to Taylor Swift ā€” one of the biggest …

Half the people watching ‘The Chosen’ are not Christians, survey finds

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According to recent data, nearly half the people who are watching the popular TV series The Chosen, are not Christians, Christian Headlines reports. The popular series, now in its fourth season, depicts the life of Jesus and His disciples as recorded in the Gospels. Its popularity is due in part to the show’s portrayal of the disciples as real people complete with the foibles that plague us all. In an interview with Christian Headlines, The Chosen VP Katherine Warnock said that survey data revealed that half of those watching, “were either practicing Christians or cultural Christians. And then the other half were either curious about Christianity or just no Christian faith. And we were deeply surprised about that” She added that the same data also showed that a significant percentage of viewers were Gen Z or younger, which was again surprising since they expected it to appeal to an older audience. Warnock also added that there was even a split between male and female viewership.

Comedian Bill Maher receiving his Hollywood Star in 2010

Comedian Chris Distefano challenges Bill Maher to read ‘The Case For Christ’

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Comedian Bill Maher, who hosts ‘Real Time’ on HBO has never shied away from speaking about his Atheist beliefs over the years. However, in a recent podcast interview on ā€œClub Random,ā€ Maher was challenged by fellow guest, Comedian Chris Distefano, to read Lee Strobelā€™s The Case for Christ, CBN reports. ā€œI believe in Jesus, by the way,ā€ said Distefano who stated he has just started reading the book and recommended that Maher read it. Distefano added that he grew up Catholic and never took his faith seriously until he read Strobel’s book. Maher, who said that he has found the defense of the Christian faith ‘underwhelming,’ agreed to take a look at it. Strobel, a former investigative journalist and atheist, wrote The Case for Christ after his research convinced him of the reality of Jesus Christ. He was challenged to investigate the Christian faith after his wife became a believer. Strobel’s book, a bestseller, defends the Biblical case for Jesus Christ.

Satan's temptation of Christ by Ary Scheffer

Spiritual warfare: Amazon Prime’s ‘Hazbin Hotel’ portrays evil as good

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“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20 ESV) There is no doubt in my mind, that the Holy Spirit is starting to move in America, and it shouldn’t surprise us if the satanic realm will attempt to strike back. But how it’s happening is particularly deceptive. Christian Learning recently wrote about the trailer for Amazon Prime’s new animated cartoon series that will portray Satan as a hero and God as evil. The series, entitled, “Hazbin Hotel” will star Satan, portrayed as one of the angels of Heaven. He will marry Lilith, which Jewish tradition states is a satanic sexual spirit, and some believe was actually the first wife of Adam. The satanic duo will also have a son who starts a rehab center at the hotel. It’s billed as “Heaven and Hell like you have never seen it before.” “The cartoon portrays Lucifer as an unsung hero, fostering sympathy towards him,” writes …

Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas host Superbowl LVIII

Did Satan Make an Appearance at Super Bowl LVIII?

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While Christian players at the Superbowl acknowledged God at football’s biggest game on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, allegations are surfacing that the satanic realm also had a presence, Charisma News is reporting. It apparently centers around rapper Ice Spice, who attended the game with pop star Taylor Swift. A video posted on X of Ice Spice at the game not only shows the rapper wearing an upside-down cross, a classic symbol of satanism but also making what some allege are satanic hand gestures. It seems from the video that Ice Spice was also fully aware that her antics were being viewed on the big screen.

Brock Purdy as Iowa State QB in 2021

Superbowl QB, Brock Purdy, says he doesn’t pray for victory, he prays for peace amid the chaos

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Brock Purdy, who will quarterback the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, Feb 11, 2024, is one of several professing Christians playing in the NFL championship game, the Christian Post reports. In addition to Brock, the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the 49ers will feature five other Christian players, including: I appreciated how Brock has incorporated his faith with professional football. In an interview with Sports Spectrum, he stated that he prays before and during each game, but he is not praying for help to beat his opponent, instead, he prays for peace. “It’s not ‘God, can we win here? Can we do something great here?’ It’s more just to have that peace, that steadfastness in all the chaos. That’s really what it is,” Purdy said. “And sink it back into like, ‘Holy Spirit, you know, take over and, and lead me here in this moment and allow me to think clearly, allow me to obviously go through my reads and like I said, have a even keel state of …

Closeup horizontal photo of an old dirty baseball inside of heavily used glove and wooden bat in background on rustic wood

The story of Rickey Hill: Christian movie hits top spot on Netflix

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A Christian movie, The Hill, which won the Family Film and TV award for the best feature film at the end of January, was one of Netflix’s top movies in January. It was also the streaming platform’s most popular movie for at least six days that same month, Christian Headlines reports. The movie, starring Dennis Quaid, is based on the true life story of Rickey Hill (played by Colin Ford) the son of a Baptist preacher who went on to play professional baseball despite suffering from a degenerative spinal disease. Quaid plays Rickey’s father, Pastor Hill. ā€œNo words! Netflix #1 movie in America! Crazy! Keep the thumbs up and weā€™ll stay awhile. Thank you all for your undying support!!,ā€ wrote the movie’s director Jeff Celentano in a celebrity post on Instagram. But the movie’s popularity is a bit of a surprise because according to Forbes magazine, it only had sales of $7.6 million when it was released in movie theaters in August 2023. But despite this, it has an outstanding 97% audience score on Rotten …

Volunteer Special Constable from London England telling Harmonie London that she is not allowed to sing gospel songs outside of Church grounds.

Volunteer police officer in London, tells Christian busker she is not allowed to sing outside church grounds

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Buskers singing and playing on street corners are a common sight in major cities around the world, but according to one volunteer police officer it’s apparently illegal for Christians to sing gospel songs on British streets, the Daily Mail reports. Harmonie London, 20, is a Christian singer and regularly sings gospel songs on London’s Oxford Street and posts videos of her performance to the 320,000+ subscribers on her YouTube channel. Some of her videos have been viewed over four million views. But recently, an upaid Metropolitan Police special constable said that Harmonie was ‘not allowed to sing church songs outside the church grounds’ without the permission of the church. When Harmonie challenged the special constable, telling her she was wrong, the constable stuck her tongue out at Harmonie as the officer walked away. According to the Daily Mail, volunteer special constables, who wear regular police uniforms, have the same authority as regular police. Westminster is a borough of London, and Westminster City Council has included Oxford Street as an area where buskers are allowed to …

JuĢˆrgen Klopp, Head coach of Liverpool Football Club

Liverpool FC coach, JĆ¼rgen Klopp, shares the problem of being a Christian in professional soccer

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In an interview with Gary Lineker, who hosts BBC’s Premier League Show, JĆ¼rgen Klopp made an interesting statement about his faith, Premier Christian News reports. Kloop, who is German and a believer in Jesus, coaches the Liverpool Football Club, in the UK’s Premier League. “The problem is I’m a Christian,” Kloop told Lineker. “That [in itself] is not a problem, but the problem is I think other people can have success too – it’s not about me.” His desire to see others succeed and do well really struck me. This is because it fits a prophetic word that the prophet Jeremiah gave to the Jews who were in Babylonian captivity after King Nebuchadnezzar sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the temple in 586 BC. Jeremiah told the Jews, who were now living in foreign cities, to “seek the prosperity of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord in its behalf; for in its prosperity will be your prosperity” (Jeremiah 29:7 NASV) God desired for the Jews to seek the betterment …

Russell Brand in September 2020

Russell Brand explains why he is reading the Bible more and now wears a Christian cross

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Popular YouTuber and controversial British comedian and actor, Russel Brand, 48, recently posted a short video on X explaining why he is now wearing a Christian cross. Brand explained in his video, “Christianity and in particular, the figure of Christ are it seems to me inevitably becoming more important as I become more familiar with suffering, purpose, self and not self.” He also added that he now reads the Bible more and is also reading a popular Christian book, The Purpose Driven Life, written by Rick Warren. At the end of his video, Russell invited people to respond to what he had to say. Many responded by encouraging him in his spiritual journey. According to CBN, Brand’s post also prompted a response from mega Church pastor, Greg Laurie, who posted: Brand, who was once married to American Pop Singer Katy Perry, has over 6.4 million followers on his YouTube Channel, where he often discusses political and cultural issues. His videos have been viewed over a billion times. He has recently faced legal challenges from women …

Jim Harbaugh, head coach of the Michigan Wolverine's college football team.

‘Mini revival’ took place last year on Michigan Wolverine’s football team, says head coach Jim Harbaugh

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Yesterday, we reported on how God is moving among young men in Finland. This has resulted in a significant increase in the number of those aged 15 to 29 who attend church, triple the number of young women who attend. Today, we are discussing how a similar thing took place last year among the players of the University of Michigan Wolverines. The team won the 2024 US College football championship, beating the second-ranked Washington Huskies 34-13 in a game played on Jan. 8, 2024. However, in addition to winning championships on the football field, there were also victories in the spiritual realm this past season. In an interview with sports commentator Jon Root, Wolverine head coach, Jim Harbaugh shared how nearly 70 of the 100+ players on the football team were water baptized in 2023 as part of their declaration of faith in Christ, CBN reports. The Root and Harbaugh were attending the annual pro-life rally in Washington, DC when the interview took place. Harbaugh went on to describe what happened among his players as …

World War II bunker in Denmark.

Did the Apostle John see the underground bunkers and fortresses being built around the world today by the rich and famous?

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I wonder if an interesting thing that is taking place around the world among the rich and famous is just preparatory work for the opening of the sixth seal. The opening of the seven seals is found in chapter six of the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John’s vision of events that would be occurring in the apocalyptic events leading to the second coming of Christ. The seals are the first of the three sets of judgments that John saw taking place, the other two being the sounding of the trumpets and the pouring out of the bowls of wrath. In a recent article for the Daily Mail, Kim Komando and Matthew Phelan report that the world’s rich and famous are and have been building massive underground bunkers on their properties. This includes an estimated $100 million spent by Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, on a “hidden fortress buried beneath his Hawaiian island ranch, complete with its own energy and food supplies and blast-resistant doors.” The Daily Mail duo also alleges that the insanely …

Stones lying on the ground in a valley.

NBC encounters the ‘crying stone’ principle over its censorship of Texan quarterback C.J. Stroud

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A strange thing happened when NBC censored the comments that Houston Texan quarterback, C.J. Stroud, made about his Christian faith, after the team’s dominant playoff win The Texans routed the Cleveland Browns 45-14, and Stroud, a rookie, had an outstanding game. In the words of NFL.com, he “diced up the NFL’s No. 1 rated defense.” But during his sideline interview with NBC immediately following the game, Stroud started off by stating that he gives “all glory to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.” However, when NBC posted the interview on X, formerly called Twitter, it deliberately edited out Stroud’s lead-in comment about Jesus, a fact quickly picked out by those on social media. Since that happened, there has been a slew of stories and comments about NBC’s censorship of Stroud’s statement, including this one on Fox News: With whole stories now being written on NBC’s censorship, Stroud’s praise of Christ effectively has a broader reach than it would have had if NBC had simply let it play. The network’s censorship got the exact opposite result …

Hollywood actor, Alan Ritchson, at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2022

‘Reacher’ Star has a Bible-focussed YouTube Channel Called InstaChurch

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Actor Alan Ritchson, 41, who plays Jack Reacher in the popular Amazon TV series, Reacher, is a very outspoken Christian and even started a YouTube channel called InstaChurch, where he shares his faith and Biblical teaching, Faithwire reports. The byline of the channel which he started in 2022 reads “Daring to awaken the other half of us. Let’s take a look at scripture and how it relates to our lives today.” Alan has uploaded 70 videos on the channel, which now has over 21,000 followers. In his most recent video, which has over 261,000 views, he addressed criticisms he received from other Christians involving his role as Reacher, which can be violent and morally ambiguous at times. ā€œI love playing a character who creates a kind of moral ambiguity that we should struggle against as we consider whether or not what heā€™s doing is good all the time or morally right,ā€ Ritchson stated in his video. ā€œI think that kind of thing is fun and fascinating, and I think escaping to that world as an …

Andrew Lloyd Webber at the White House with President George Bush in 2006

Andrew Lloyd Webber called in a priest to deal with a poltergeist in his home

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In an interview with The Telegraph, famous British composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber said that he had actually called in a Roman Catholic exorcist to remove a poltergeist from his home in London, England, the Christian Post (CP) reports. Webber is probably best known for composing such musicals as The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (based on the patriarch Joseph), and Jesus Christ Superstar. Though Webber had never seen the apparition in his 19th-century home on Eaton Square, the composer stated that he had seen evidence of its activity. This included taking scripts and putting “them in a neat pile in some obscure room.ā€ The activity ceased after Webber called in a priest to bless the home. “Poltergeists, known as ‘noisy spirits,’ are often associated with troubling activities, such as hurling objects, biting and even starting fires,” writes Leah Klett in her article for CP. In an 1971 interview with the New York Times, Webber referred to himself as an agnostic but described Jesus as “one of the great figures …

Elon Musk agrees that the West is probably screwed without Christianity as its foundation

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Zuby, whose real name is Nzube Olisaebuka Udezue, is a popular Christian rapper and podcaster based in Britain. On Dec. 29, 2023, he put out a tweet on X (formerly called Twitter) to his 1.1 million followers that, “the West is absolutely screwed if it loses Christianity.” He explained that it would be similar to removing the foundations of a building and expecting it to remain standing: But what caught everyone’s attention was that Elon Musk, arguably the world’s richest man and owner of X responded to Zuby agreeing with the rapper’s statement.

Worthy is the Lamb, a page from Handel's Messiah

The story behind Handel’s ‘Messiah’

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CBN recently had an interesting story on the development of Handel’s Christmas masterpiece, Messiah, composed in 1741 that included the infamous Hallelujah chorus. The words were written by Charles Jennens who had gathered together several scriptures, including many from the Old Testament (about 60% of the composition), that spoke of the coming Messiah. Jennens, a committed Christian, had written it to counter deism that was growing in popularity at that time. Though Deism acknowledges a God who created the universe, it does not believe this God is personally involved in the affairs of humans and certainly did not believe Jesus was divine. When he handed these words to George Frideric Handel, a German composer living in London, Jenner hoped Handel would create a masterpiece that would counter this growing movement. Many believe that the great German composer was in a slump, because opera, which was Handel’s specialty, was becoming less popular. But Mark Martin explains what happened next: “It’s said that Handel never left his house during those three weeks, and a friend who visited …