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By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Why did God choose Abraham and his loyal wife, Sarah? The answer to that question frames a powerful challenge to fathers as we come to Father’s Day, 2018. In ancient culture, the father in the home carried the primary duty to instruct his children. It also meant each dad in […]
By Frank G. Tunstall The astounding resurrection of Lazarus meant Jesus not only restored Lazarus but also reunited the family. To this day, Jesus delights to rebuild broken homes. Jesus left Mary, Martha and Lazarus celebrating a happy reunion in Bethany and went with His disciples to Ephraim in the desert. This retreat gave […]
By Frank G. Tunstall Suffering can indeed have benefits. One of them is it shows what is inside us, with the goal to bring us to healing in some meaningful way (Deuteronomy 8:2). Too often we do not know ourselves, but keen disappointment, crushed expectations, or major illness will bring to the surface our secret heart […]
constitution.com/million-poles-gather-pray-country-mainstream-media-calls-islamophobic/ By Onan Coca October 11, 2017 Almost 90% of the people in Poland identify as some denomination of “Christian” with about 87% of the population claiming to be Roman Catholic. So when more than 1 million Polish citizens gathered at the nation’s borders to pray for the future of their country, they were mostly praying as […]
The work being done by Franklin Graham to highlight the persecution of Christians around the world, and especially in the Middle East, is encouraging to me. I have long believed we Pentecostals should make room in every Sunday service to pray for our brothers and sisters in the persecuted church. – Pastor Frank http://time.com/4776717/mike-pence-russian-cleric-hilarion-alfeyev/ By: […]
http://www.charismanews.com/world/63308-franklin-graham-issues-urgent-call-to-prayer-after-radical-islamic-threat If your church is not already doing so, I urge you this Sunday to begin the habit of praying in every Sunday morning service for the persecuted church around the world. This is especially true in the Middle East, including Egypt, where the Coptic Church is being destroyed. Please accept my challenge! – Pastor Frank […]
ISRAEL IN PROPHECY I have known Glen Howard for over forty years. He has served the church at Southwestern Christian University and as a missionary with World Missions Ministries in the Philippines and in Budapest, Hungary. He was living in Eastern Europe in the 1980’s when the Soviet Union started to unravel and when Islam began its […]
Christianheadlines.com/contributors/debbie-mcdaniel/top-50-countries-where-persecution-of-Christians-is-strongest-open-doors By: Debbie McDaniel This past year, for the 3rd year in a row, persecution of Christians has hit a record high worldwide. Open Doors has released its 2017 World Watch List (WWL) and cites increasing concerns for Asia along with the Middle East, due to both ethnic nationalism and Islamic extremism. “The annual list examines the pressures […]
God at Work in the Midst of Crisis By: Eric Metaxas We’ve seen the video clips of Muslim refugees—many of them from war-torn Syria—flooding into an unprepared and overwhelmed Europe. We’ve heard accounts of some of these refugees committing ugly crimes and others demanding that the post-Christian societies that welcome them conform to the harsh […]
charismanews.com/opinion/59075-isis-kill-list-names-15-000-christian-americans-targeted-for-death? By: BETHANY BLANKLEY 8/8/2016 According to a report recently made public, early this year, ISIS specifically identified 15,000 Christian Americans for death and instructed jihadists already in America to begin widespread murder. The Kill List report comes in the wake of ISIS already publicly warning American and British Christians that “they were next.” British police last […]