Chris Pratt opened up in a recent interview about the night he first met God.
At 19, Pratt was living in a van with a few of his friends, and one evening they decided to stop at a convenience store. Pratt said none of his friends were of age, so they sent someone else in to buy beer for them.
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Friday, March 6, 2020 2:46:00 PM
Calling sage burning “witchcraft” and “satanic aromatherapy,” Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, warned his members on Monday to stay away from the practice.
In a teaching session with the women of his church streamed on YouTube, Bryant explained that he had to dive into some research on the practice after two members of his church gifted him sage for his new home in Atlanta.
I “was amazed because two saints gave me sage for my new house. I didn’t know what to do with it. I was unsure of it. And all the more, why they’d feel comfortable giving it to a pastor. Then I began to research and study it and found out that the sales of it have gone up by over 200% in the last four years and have to be constantly placed on restock in natural health stores.”
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Thursday, March 5, 2020 7:57:00 AM
In an image-obsessed society, “Biggest Loser” winner and outspoken Christian Michelle Agular Whitehead is encouraging others to find purpose and worth beyond the number on a scale, as true, lasting joy is found in Christ alone.
Twelve years ago, Whitehead was propelled to fame after winning the NBC reality television competition that documented her remarkable 110-lb weight loss. Whitehead, who competed alongside her mother, took home $250,000 and, more significantly, a new perspective.
“I remember one of the greatest compliments I ever got was from a dear friend after I had left the show and come home before it aired,” she recalled in an interview with The Christian Post. “I was having lunch with friends and he looked at me and said, ‘You know, I never saw you as someone who was overweight. You’re just Michelle. I just see you. I don’t see anyone else.”
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 9:24:00 AM
Avalon, one of the most successful Christian music groups, reunited this year to release their first album in 10 years titled, Called, which shares a message about Jesus that the group believes the world desperately needs to hear.
The group, comprised of Greg and Janna Long, Jody McBrayer and Dani Rocca, announced in October 2018 that they were gearing up for their “next chapter.” The statement revealed that founding member McBrayer would return to the group along with the addition of Rocca.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 2:20:00 PM
Bible teacher and author Priscilla Shirer announced that the surgery she recently underwent to remove a node from her left lung was “curative" and praised the Lord for His faithfulness.
“I am recovering well from the surgery,” Shirer announced in an Instagram post over the weekend. “My breathing is still pretty labored so I am working on my lung capacity and getting a little breath back here. But doing really good and recovering well.”
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Monday, February 17, 2020 11:18:00 AM
"Who doesn't want to be loved like that?" I Still Believe Producer Kevin Downes says his wife asked after watching the movie coming to theaters in March.
I Still Believe tells the story of up-and-coming Christian musician Jeremy Camp as he falls in love with a young woman named Melissa. Melissa, unfortunately, is diagnosed with cancer. The movie follows the young lovebirds' journey and how they seek to honor the Lord with their story.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 12:20:00 PM
Christians across China are prohibited from holding religious funerals for their deceased loved ones as the Communist Party continues to tighten its grip on the regulation of religion and religious activity.
Bitter Winter, a magazine documenting human rights and religious freedom abuses in China, reported that authorities throughout the country are enforcing policies that prohibit religious customs and rituals to be used during funerals.
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 7:20:00 AM
Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic university in the United States, has thwarted a student group’s attempt to hold a first-trimester abortion demonstration on campus.
Organized by the New York-based Reproductive Health Access Project, the “Papaya Workshop” features an abortionist who shows students an example of how vacuum aspiration abortions are performed by using a papaya as a uterus model in which the inner pulp and seeds are suctioned out by a suction machine.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 7:53:00 AM
“Burden,” a powerful new film about a former KKK member whose life was transformed after forming a friendship with a black preacher he once planned to assassinate, will soon hit the big screen.
Releasing in select theaters Feb. 28, “Burden” follows the true story of Michael Eugene Burden Jr., who in 1996 opened the Redneck Shop and Klan Museum in Laurens, South Carolina, displaying KKK paraphernalia, including white-hooded Klan uniforms and photographs of lynchings.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020 11:30:00 AM
Kirk Franklin gave praise to “Jesus the King, because it is all about Him" after bagging the award for Best Gospel Performance for his song “Love Theory” at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.
"Gospel music has so many incredible talents and I'm so humbled to be in that category with some of the greatest to ever do it,” said the singer at the 2020 Grammy Awards. "I am such a fan of all these incredible men and women that I get to tell the world about Jesus the King because it is all about Him, amen?"
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Monday, January 27, 2020 12:05:00 PM
New England Patriots player Benjamin Watson has always been vocal about his pro-life beliefs, so it’s no surprise the tight end is producing a new pro-life documentary.
Watson, who is also partially financing the documentary, interviews 30 Americans in the film, who are on both sides of the aisle. The film features a few different prominent figures, including former presidential candidate and neurosurgeon Ben Carson as well as Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Friday, January 24, 2020 3:23:00 PM
"You have abandoned the love you had at first" (Rev. 2:4). This is what no Christian wants to hear Jesus say. Leeland's new song cries out to God about keeping Him first. To do so, He must be our one desire, the song's lyrics convey. Is God still at the center of your life?
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 8:55:00 AM