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While Martin Scorsese is celebrating his latest epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” on the awards circuit, the filmmaker is already teasing what could be his next movie, based on Shūsaku Endō’s book “A Life of Jesus.” (Endō also wrote “Silence,” which Scorsese adapted into the 2016 historical drama starring Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver.) ... “I’m trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative onus of what has been associated with organized religion,” Scorsese told the publication. “Right now, ‘religion,’ you say that word and everyone is up in arms because...

In the United States, women might live to 81.2 years, on average, whereas men have a life expectancy of just 76.4 years.... Social interaction, having a pet, and walking faster have all been recently shown to boost one’s longevity.Could religion have the same effect on our lifespan? New research suggests so. Researchers led by Laura Wallace, a doctoral researcher in psychology at the Ohio State University in Columbus, have conducted two studies whose results show that religion could give believers a 4-year longevity boost.The findings were published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science....Religion boosts lifespan by up to...

Not a “news story” so posted as a Vanity. Video at link. Minnesota. John Mason @LivingGodsTruth I automatically assumed this was overseas, but it's right here in America.

The day after an attack on a prayer event in Portland, Oregon, a big crowd of Christians gathered in the same location to sing and worship God. Sean Feucht, a volunteer worship leader at Bethel Church, led the gathering, CBN News reported Monday.... Feucht on Monday shared a portion of the video showing the initial incident but included footage of the large crowd of Christians gathered to worship... Ngô reported that Antifa members were watching the event but did not not attempt to confront the group because they were outnumbered... ..' but the antifa are following some of the Christian...

In these increasingly debauched and licentious days, Almighty God calls for all to be saved and delivered from the wrath to come (1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9). Have you received into your heart and life the Savior of the world - the Lord Jesus Christ - as your personal Savior from your transgressions against Almighty God and His RIGHTEOUSNESS? "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that...

WHAT DOES ETERNAL SALVATION IN JESUS LOOK LIKE? A Picture is Worth an ETERNITY of Words! So poweful is this picture that it truly brings to life John 3:16-17; Gal. 1:4; Eph. 2:1-14; 1 John 5:2:15-17; Rev. 22:1-5! Be sure to look up these amazing Bible verses as you view this ETERNAL powerful image of the LOVE of Jesus and this dying world's ONLY hope! The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

As this world in which we live in today is spiraling frantically out of control, what hope is there at all for its doomed inhabitants? The reality is that this world and its inhabitants are at the end of its course. You know there's nothing like the real world to get one down. There's nothing like the world outside that turns one's world upside down. It makes one feel like they're heading down a one-way, dead-end street. We are indeed headed down a one-way dead-end street. Not to rain on any body's parade but... we are at the end of...

The last moment Tyler Moon remembers clearly in the Twin Cities 10-Miler on October 6 was seeing his parents and fiancée around the first mile. After that, he just has flashes of feeling off and struggling to breathe properly, followed by waking up in the ER with cuts on his face and a heavy, painful chest. Despite never having any heart issues in the past, the 25-year-old had experienced ventricular tachycardia, an irregular heartbeat that caused reduced blood flow throughout his body. Just after the 8-mile mark, the lower chambers of his heart were getting no blood at all, so...

No one knows the mind of God, except for God himself. He is infinite; we are finite. We are not entirely clueless about his character, however, because God speaks to us through his Word. According to the Bible, one reason bad things happen is because the whole world is under the control of the evil one (1 John 5:19). That’s why Jesus taught us to ask God to deliver us from the evil one when we pray (Matthew 6:13). Even in the Garden of Eden — in paradise, before Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit — Satan was...

There is ONLY One who is RIGHTEOUS and GAVE himself for the sins and transgressions of the whole world. That One is the Son of Almighty God Jesus Christ. The Bible states; "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved" (John 3:16-17). "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to...

WARNING - UPSETTING CONTENT: The Pope was subjected to violent sexual imagery after writing of Jesus' "love for us" on Twitter Reuters Pope Francis arrives at the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican Pope Francis has been subjected to abusive tweets after writing about Jesus' love on Twitter The Pope has been targeted by Twitter trolls with sickening abuse after he posted a message about Jesus on the social networking site. Pope Francis was subjected to the vile abuse just seconds after writing on his Twitter page. He wrote: "Jesus Christ, the incarnation of God’s mercy, out...

The FBI recently confirmed the identity of the Charleston church shooter as Dylann Roof, and not long after, photos from his Facebook page started getting around. Marcus Stanley, the man who left the comment is a gospel music artist who was shot eight times, but by God’s grace survived the incident. This, folks, is how you respond to a situation like this. Using this opportunity to graciously reach out to this young man with the message of the gospel of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ brings all the glory to God, while demonstrating how Christ works in people to...

Alfonzo Rachel of Zo Nation explains the conservative Republican take on diversity and his interpretation of the conservative belief on equal rights for homosexuals and his explanation of why it is the authoritarian left where the actual hate comes from. After watching this video, who here thinks that everything Zo says in this video is 100 % correct and who here would say that they share all the personal opinions he expresses in this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU0MR0vxmsA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUWq53_f3zgMcWuE-XFKSpyQ

My whole life prior to 1992 was given solely over wholly to the music industry. From playing the music to that of absolutely following all aspects of the industry and culture as some of you who knew me well know. As Almighty God began to get a hold of me and started to redirect me by His Word, I began to see the evils and vices of the whole music culture and life style. I remember saying to myself - the last day that I played in the last phase of Silent Desire (1986-1992) - I thought to myself... What...

This translation of a televised conversation reveals a rare glimpse into the outlook of Muslim scholars who are concerned about Christianity’s growth.

Four months ago, when evolution and "intelligent design" (ID) squared off in Kansas, I defended ID as a more evolved version of creationism. ID posits that complex systems in nature must have been designed by an intelligent agent. The crucial step forward is ID's concession that "observation, hypothesis testing, measurement, experimentation, logical argument and theory building" not scriptural authority define science. Having acknowledged that standard, advocates of ID must now demonstrate how hypotheses based on it can be tested by experiment or observation. Otherwise, ID isn't science. This week, ID is on trial again in Pennsylvania. And so far, its...

Televangelist Gene Scott Dies at Age 75 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gene Scott, the shaggy-haired, cigar-smoking televangelist whose eccentric religious broadcasts were beamed around the world, has died, a family spokesman said. He was 75. Scott died Monday after suffering a stroke, said the spokesman, Robert Emmers. The longtime pastor of Los Angeles University Cathedral began hosting a nightly television broadcast of Bible teaching in the mid-1970s.