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This is Matt's latest video reporting on the hoped for rebirth to the return of Christianity in America.

Thousands of attendees, mainly consisting of students, gathered at Stegeman Coliseum on April 3, 2024 for Unite Georgia, a free conference hosted by the organization Unite US, to hear speakers discuss current issues facing Gen Z and enjoy music from the band Lindy and the Circuit Riders, all while fulfilling the organization’s mission: to unite college students in the name of Jesus. Unite US began when founder Tonya Prewett, retired educator, began a prayer group at Auburn University. The group grew from five girls to 200 students. In response to that growth, Prewett planned an event within six weeks with...

Conventional wisdom tells us that religious faith is on a downward slope, particularly when it comes to Christianity. Of course, there aren’t many ways to separate nominal Christians from genuine believers when compiling statistics, but many measurements show that Christianity is on the decline in the West. The state of Christianity in Europe can be discouraging. The continent that was once the heart and soul of Christendom is increasingly godless. But is there encouragement on the horizon? One podcaster and writer thinks so. Justin Brierley, the author of “The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God” and host of the “Unbelievable”...

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, Religious Freedom and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. (1 Timothy 2:1-2) Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

The Holy Spirit moves as He will and though anti-Christs try to shut Him out, He is spirit and man is helpless before Him. In this short video the Spirit of revival comes upon the people suddenly. Watch and listen:

Peru’s newly elected president identifies as a Marxist and is against gay marriage. Nicaragua’s once revolutionary president is against abortion. Leftist leaders across Latin America, like Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico, are scrapping progressive values to maintain electoral coalitions Back in the 1960s and '70s when leftists ruled countries in Latin America, their movements focused on the plight of the poor and their economic conditions. In the 2000s, Latin America’s "pink tide" of leftist leaders, like Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, embraced progressive social movements. But as the evangelical church began to grow in Latin America, a region...

Although I am a believer, not a skeptic, I’m a thinking believer. I’m not impressed with the “discovery” of the face of Jesus in a piece of wood. Or the map of America appearing in a bowl of melting ice cream.

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, Religious Freedom and the Media. "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness." (1 Timothy 2:1-2) Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. "Finally, brothers, rejoice. Set things in order. Be encouraged. Agree with one another. Be at peace. And the God...

Here's the classic Ray Stevens music video for his hilarious song "The Mississippi Squirrel"! www.RayStevens.com

With all of the talk of a potential revival sweeping the nation right now, I think it’s a good time to discuss the difference between “the fire of spiritual revival” and “the whisper of daily obedience.”While we all want to see a spiritual awakening sweep the nation and the world, we must recognize that God’s normal work is in the steady obedience of his fully committed remnant.There’s nobody who knew this better than Elijah. He learned the lesson toward the end of his prophetic ministry, and the process of it was painful.The showdownWhen we catch his story in 1 Kings...

As a church historian, it has been interesting to see how Christians have responded to the recently concluded revival at Asbury University. Some people thanked God for the outpouring of His spirit, while others cautiously encouraged the revival but warned that only time will tell if this bears fruit.Then there are the naysayers. The charges leveled against this revival ranged from not teaching repentance of Asbury’s egalitarian position to delegitimizing its value because there is not an overt antiracist message. There were also the typical charges of emotionalism and lack of preaching. This is not surprising. Jonathan Edwards wrote several...

Is Asbury a True Revival? Originally written over 6 years ago, I felt compelled to bring this article out once again. The deception and heretical movements of these end times are so far from the truth of the Word of God, it makes a person wonder how the followers can be so deceived and gullible. But wonder as we may, Jesus did warn about the coming deception: “And Jesus answered and said to them: ‘Take heed that no one deceives you'” (Matthew 24:4). “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it....

— I went to the Asbury University Awakening movement and interviewed students for three days to do a journalistic deep dive on what we can learn from this youth phenomenon. When you witness tens of thousands of young people from all over America hold a non-stop event (sometimes all night) for two weeks, it calls for our attention. What I found greatly inspired me and filled me with pride for America’s younger generation. Quick history of awakening movements and their impact on America America has experienced religious awakening movements in the past. The first two so-called Great Awakenings created a...

For the first time in CDOP history, every college campus has been adopted in prayer BEFORE the appointed day. But we can’t stop there. Even though every campus has been adopted, we want to saturate every single campus in America with prayer. We want to see this Generation raised up in revival and awakening.

Summary: 1 Thess 5:19-21 -- Do not quench the Spirit, but test all things. Here are the eight questions: 1. Asbury has seen 8 revivals since 1890: Why is this college being picked by the Holy Spirit? 2. Asbury is part of the Wesleyan Holiness movement; they are orthodox believers but tend to deemphasize sin, judgment, wrath, and repentance: which are necessary for biblical revival. The Gospel has to be the centerpiece-- but its not apparent. 3. Who is endorsing this revival? Todd Bentley, Sean Feucht, Shane Claiborne. 4. Other Christian colleges are reporting similar revivals. Why not the secular...

Best I can tell, this is the Asbury live cam. It gives me chills to hear and see this revival. Try it and see how to affects you.If I am not mistaken the last evening service was last night...which means the University president is going to try to close the chapel this afternoon.We'll see if he is successful.I would imagine his phone is ringing off the hook with calls asking him to stand down.

For the last four years at her Christian college, Gracie Turner had been keeping a secret. She had lost her faith. In high school, she watched cancer ravage her great-grandmother. Then she saw her family fall apart. One fight drove her to call the police on a relative. “I just remember thinking, why is this happening? How could this happen? And my first thought, or first person to blame was God,” Turner, a 21-year-old film major, told me. “I would lay in bed sometimes and just pray to God, like, it would be really nice if I didn’t wake up...

“While the Church of England is busy rejoicing in Anglicanism’s latest embrace of the culture and the music industry celebrates Satan, God is busy fulfilling a long-ago uttered promise about the perseverance of the Church — revival has broken out at Asbury University,” writes Mary Ann Mueller, a regular contributor to VOL.The revival is getting worldwide attention. People are dropping everything and flying to Wilmore, Kentucky from all points of the globe including the Philippines, Singapore, Canada, New Zealand, Brazil, and Indonesia.

I’ve been to more “revivals” than I can count. I grew up in churches where “revivals” were the norm, not the exception.I actually became a Christian during a “revival” at a youth retreat. After a weekend of preaching, “prophecies”, prayers, and “casting out demons”, most of the people at the youth retreat accepted the altar call, repeated the sinner’s prayer, and made professions of faith in Christ.Within weeks, however, the vast majority of the people who professed faith in Christ had returned to unrepentant sin. So I’ve seen firsthand how emphasis on “revivals” instead of repentance harm so many.It’s with...

Around-the-clock prayer services that have lingered for a week at a Christian university in Kentucky have drawn national attention as participants have flocked nationwide to experience what some are calling a spiritual revival.Students at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, have engaged in continual worship services in the school's chapel since Feb. 8, which have reportedly been marke.d by prayers, worship music, testimonies, altar calls and religious conversions. The movement began after students refused to leave following a chapel service last Wednesday, and the services have since grown to pack the school's chapel with worshippers from all over the country, according...