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Ministry/Outreach (Religion)

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  • Statement from the Meeting of the Holy Synod of Antioch

    03/14/2024 5:11:15 PM PDT · by lightman · 7 replies
    Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese ^ | 14 March A.D. 2024 | Staff
    Statement of the Holy Synod of Antioch Balamand, 14 March 2024 The Holy Antiochian Synod, presided by His Beatitude Patriarch JOHN X (Yazigi), held its eighteenth extraordinary session in Balamand from March 13 to March 14, 2024, in the presence of Their Eminences: Elias (Archdiocese of Beirut and dependencies); Elias (Archdiocese of Tyre, Sidon and dependencies); Saba (Archdiocese of New York and All North America); Silouan (Archdiocese of Byblos, Botrys and dependencies); Basilios (Archdiocese of Akkar and dependencies); Ephrem (Archdiocese of Tripoli, Koura and dependencies); Ignatius (Archdiocese of France, Western and Southern Europe); Isaac (Archdiocese of Germany and Central Europe);...
  • An Exorcist on What Happens During an Exorcism

    03/09/2024 3:47:07 PM PST · by NYer · 10 replies
    Catholic Exchange ^ | October 27, 2020 | FR. GABRIELE AMORTH
    What happens during the exorcism to the person afflicted by the possession? Above all, it is necessary to say that normally a person affected by possession desires to be liberated from the influence of the demon and as a result will ask to be exorcized. A difficulty can arise in approaching the rite. When the person enters the room where the exorcist works, it sometimes happens that he will begin to feel the influence of the spell more intensely and will manifest a nervousness and discomfort, or, in more serious cases, the person will enter into a trance and must...
  • The Intense Catholic Spirituality of Mother Cabrini ~ "How grateful we should be to Christianity, which has raised the dignity of woman."

    03/09/2024 11:28:47 AM PST · by Antoninus · 8 replies
    Gloria Romanorum ^ | March 9, 2024 | Florentius
    Yesterday marked the opening of a new film by Angel Studios — Cabrini — and the film has already generated an impressive amount of buzz. Considering the Catholic content of the film, this is somewhat surprising but in a very good way. I haven't seen the film yet, but I intend to over the next week. I'm told that local theaters are basically sold-out this weekend. Of course, nothing produced with religious content is without controversy. Cabrini is being promoted as a sort-of feminist anti-Barbie, which is an interesting tactic. This indicates that the filmmakers are attempting to broaden the...
  • Mourning The Loss Of a Loved One

    03/01/2024 11:47:00 AM PST · by OneVike · 16 replies
    Today I received a letter from a good friend who just lost a loved one. Let me predicate all this by stating my friend knows that her loved one is with our Lord, because my friend's loved one was a follower of Christ Jesus like herself. All who put their faith in Jesus know the promise that to be absent from the body means we are Present with our Lord. (2Corinthians 5:-10) I do understand her mourning, because she misses her loved one dearly. For those confronted with the loss of a loved one, I often times use the following...
  • Pastor John MacArthur repudiates Pastor Alistair Begg's advice for Christians to attend LGBT weddings

    02/25/2024 9:11:24 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 22 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 02/25/2024 | CP Staff
    'It's not loving to help somebody celebrate stepping into the fury of God's judgment'Pastor John MacArthur recently repudiated Pastor Alistair Begg's comments suggesting Christians ought to attend LGBT weddings.Responding to a congregant who asked for his take on the controversy during a question-and-answer period at his Grace Community Church in Los Angeles last weekend, MacArthur also suggested Begg's advice will tarnish the Christian radio personality's otherwise faithful 40-year ministry.John MacArthur’s first public comment (that I know of) regarding Alistair Begg’s counsel to grandmother to attend her grandchild’s transgender wedding.Q and A, Grace Church, Feb. 18, 2024https://t.co/E5MZZfkgwL via @YouTubepic.twitter.com/iHcY4Cl0Q4— The...
  • ‘God Heard Our Prayers!’: Hundreds Baptized in Florida Party School’s Fountain (Video)

    02/23/2024 5:41:17 AM PST · by Jan_Sobieski · 5 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/20/2024 | Amy Furr
    Hundreds of college students at one of the largest party schools in America, Florida State University (FSU), dedicated their lives to God on Thursday.Christian author Jennie Allen shared news of the event on her social media pages. Photos and videos show the large group of young people gathered at Wescott Fountain on the school’s campus in Tallahassee, the Stream reported Saturday.“God keeps doing it!! They confessed their sin. They came forward in droves tonight to trust Jesus. We baptized hundreds in a fountain usually used for partying and worse. And it’s all just the beginning,” Allen wrote in a post...
  • Trust In The Lord

    02/21/2024 8:37:35 AM PST · by OneVike · 9 replies
    The Reason For My Faith ^ | 2/19/24 | Chuck Ness
    So many times we all wish we had a gift to peer into the future. All men desire that gift so they can live their life accordingly. We say that we would then be able to avoid the pitfalls, and be more prepared when we do catch up to our future. We claim this gift would help us make the right choices now. Truth is, if GOD gave us a gift to see the future outright, then we would inevitably take things into our own hands instead of calling upon Him to help guide us. If we knew the...
  • Fitzpatrick presented with Bart Starr Award

    02/12/2024 11:24:11 AM PST · by boycott · 15 replies
    Steelers.com ^ | 2-10-2024 | Teresa Varley
    "I remember asking myself questions. I'm trying to be a better man, I'm trying to be a good man. And I remember asking myself the question, what is a good man, and I was dwelling on it for weeks. I pride myself on being a good man. But really what is that? I'm sitting in my prayer time, my quiet time, God started speaking to me, telling me a good man is a dead man. And at first I heard that and I was like, I don't really know what that means. I want to live. But then he revealed...
  • The Confession of Saint Peter

    01/18/2024 4:45:49 PM PST · by Fester Chugabrew · 11 replies
    1/18/2024 | Self
    + + + In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. + + + Where to start when it comes to this fallen world and its inability clearly to make use of words? To define things and keep the definitions straight? To call a thing simply what it is and leave it at that? The first time a question mark was ever used as punctuation in Sacred Scripture, it was the devil speaking, “Did God say?” And because Eve entertained that doubt and acted upon it, you now live in a world where...
  • What are the beliefs of oneness Pentecostals? {Discussion on the non-Trinitarian Modalist group}

    01/16/2024 7:54:02 AM PST · by Cronos · 19 replies
    Got Questions ^ | 23 Feb 2022
    The "Jesus Only" movement, also known as Oneness Pentecostalism or oneness theology, teaches that there is only one God, but denies the tri-unity of God. In other words, oneness theology does not recognize the distinct persons of the Godhead: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It has various forms / modes / manifestations—some see Jesus Christ as the one God, who sometimes manifests Himself as the Father or the Holy Spirit. The core doctrine of Oneness Pentecostal / Jesus Only is that Jesus is the Father and Jesus is the Spirit. There is one God who reveals Himself in different "modes."...
  • Ohio pastor arraigned after being charged for housing homeless at church

    01/16/2024 6:56:22 AM PST · by Morgana · 27 replies
    Christian Post ^ | January 15, 2024 | Jon Brown
    An Ohio pastor was arraigned in municipal court on Thursday after being slapped with 18 zoning law violation charges related to keeping his church open around the clock to house the homeless. Pastor Chris Avell, who pastors the nondenominational Dad's Place in Bryan, which is a town of around 8,400 people about 50 miles southwest of Toledo, pleaded not guilty to the charges, his attorney told The Christian Post. “Yesterday, the city of Bryan, Ohio, arraigned Pastor Chris on criminal charges for having his church open 24/7," Jeremy Dys, senior counsel at First Liberty Institute, told CP. "He pled 'not...
  • “The Vessel That Christ Picked”: Rookie QB Thanks God For Incredible Playoffs Opportunity

    01/16/2024 2:49:20 AM PST · by Red Badger · 10 replies
    American Tribune ^ | January 15, 2024 | By Will Tanner
    The son of a felon and a rookie quarterback for the Houston Texans, CJ Stroud has been making waves in the NFL not just for his amazing story but because he has been incredibly humble when asked about his success, giving the glory to God rather than focusing on himself. Such could be seen when Stroud helped lead his team to victory over the Indianapolis Colts and secure a spot in the NFL playoffs. After that 23-19 victory, Stroud spoke about the game and the opportunity to enter the playoffs in his rookie year. Rather than focusing on his own...
  • Christian prison ministry canceled for conflicting with state's diversity values: lawsuit

    01/12/2024 9:18:42 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 4 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 01/12/2024 | Samantha Kamman
    A Christian instructor of a faith-based rehabilitation program intended for male inmates is challenging a Minnesota correctional facility's cancellation of the class over its complementarian teachings on marriage and gender. Anthony Schmitt and his colleague, Bruce Robinson, taught a class called "The Quest for Authentic Manhood" from 2012 to 2023 at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud. According to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on Monday, Schmitt received an email on July 2023 from DOC Assistant Commissioner Jolene Rebertus informing him that he could no longer teach the class following a...
  • UK Christian teacher fired after street preaching arrest wins hefty settlement

    01/11/2024 10:03:19 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 5 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 01/12/2024 | Jon Brown
    A Christian teaching assistant in the United Kingdom who claimed he was fired for street preaching in his free time won the equivalent of a nearly $9,000 legal settlement in a case against his former employer.Lawyers representing Andy Nix at the Christian Legal Centre announced Thursday that their client secured a £7,000 legal settlement with Temple Moor High School in Leeds. Nix says he was discriminated against for his Christian beliefs and fired for having preached in Leeds City Centre in July 2021.Nix was arrested on July 6, 2021, after being on the scene in Leeds City Centre with Dave...
  • The Paradox Of Antisemitism And Hope

    01/10/2024 5:37:37 PM PST · by Zionist Conspirator · 18 replies
    Jewish Press ^ | 1/5/2024 | Rabbi Leo Dee
    Rabbis since the Middle Ages onwards have sought to prove the validity of the Torah and our belief in G-d from the story of G-d’s revelation to the whole Jewish people at Mount Sinai. As explained by Rabbi Judah Halevi in the Kuzari, the logic goes like this: If G-d had not actually appeared to all the Jewish people, then it would have been impossible for someone to write a book that would be adopted as truth by those people. Because Jews of previous generations accepted the Torah as truth and passed it down to subsequent generations, and ultimately to...
  • D. James Kennedy Classics: The Dumbing Down of America (Video)

    12/15/2023 1:40:58 AM PST · by spirited irish · 9 replies
    PatriotandLiberty ^ | 2014 | D James Kennedy
    The Dumbing Down of America is a bold and provocative message from the late Dr. D. James Kennedy revealing the threats to education in our nation. Scripture Reference: Hebrews 2:1-9 Feature Description: The Bible’s clear that ônly fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.ö But God has largely been removed from public education. Educational leaders are pushing an agenda that’s turning our children from faith in God and His purpose for their lives. Let’s take a look at what that agenda is and the solutions put and to it.
  • Nashville: Muslim Family Beats and Spits on Son for Converting to Christianity

    12/13/2023 8:58:46 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 61 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 12/13/2023 | Robert Spencer
    There were people who warned that this kind of thing would start happening in America. They were vilified, marginalized, and deplatformed as “Islamophobes.” But like so many who were dismissed in recent years as “hatemongers” and “conspiracy theorists,” they were right all along. Nashville’s WZTV reported that a Muslim family was arrested Tuesday on assault charges. Nick Kadum, his wife Rawaa Khawaji, and their son John Kadum are all accused of participating in the beating and abuse of another son for the crime of converting to Christianity.The young man, unnamed in media reports, was discovered when Nashville police “responded to...
  • Ex-Catholic Exposes the TWISTED Teachings of the Catholic Church

    12/10/2023 8:41:34 AM PST · by patriot torch · 212 replies
    youtube ^ | Oct 8 2022 | Mike Gendron
    (excerpt) In this video, Mike Gendron, an ex-Catholic, visits Revolve to give a seminar that exposes the twisted, unbiblical, and outright satanic teachings of the Catholic Church that most people are completely unaware of. If you’d like to learn more about Mike, please visit his ministry’s website: https://www.proclaimingthegospel.org
  • Luke Chapter 2, Verses 8-14 Bible (Protestant - Meme)

    11/29/2023 2:04:38 AM PST · by SaveFerris · 3 replies
    The Bible ^ | November 29, 2023 | A wretched servant
  • Video: Charlie Kirk Vs. Narcissist College Student

    11/21/2023 1:40:01 AM PST · by spirited irish · 19 replies
    PatriotandLiberty ^ | 11/23 | Turning Point, USA
    Charlie Kirk gives University of Arizona student a major reality checkIf they are our future leaders then we are in very big trouble.