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As Sampson moved the pillars I will shake man's false hopes , The counterfeits of Me and my fruit shall fall from the heights and the slopes , Those things man has stored shall be removed in one day , Buy from me gold and silver before your time fades away , I am shaking " all " the foundations of earth , You ask me why ? To bring direction and rebirth , The fool hearty do not know who I am , Yet in this breaking they shall learn to call me friend , For a great awakening...

Pittsburgh, The city of bridges has built a bridge from its steel past to a diverse 21st-century economy. The summiteers arriving on September 24th can take note EVEN on an overcast day, the view from Jeffrey Romoff’s office is spectacular. Across the river are waterfront baseball and football stadiums. Dozens of bridges span the Allegheny to the north-east and Monongahela to the south-east. The two rivers merge to form the Ohio River. Not one soot-churning mill is in sight. Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania’s governor, observed that it used to be “you couldn’t see a bloody thing”. Steel was once the largest...

Resurrecting Religion It was a commonplace of the late 1960s that religion was obsolete and that modern 20th-century people had no need of faith. "Is God Dead?" Time asked in 1966, and books such as The Gospel of Christian Atheism seemed to prove that religion was something modern people could confidently ignore. In the 1990s, books such as Francis Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man explained to intellectuals that religion was as dead as Communism (or history). The Economist even decided to commemorate the millennium by publishing God's obituary. But in our century, religious news is, more...

KIGALI (AFP) – Former Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday praised genocide-scarred Rwanda as "an inspiration to the world," after talks with President Paul Kagame. "Rwanda has in a remarkably short period of time become a role model for Africa," said Blair, highlighting the small central African state's tourism industry just 15 years after a genocide that that left around 800,000 people massacred during a 100-day carnage. "A country that was once a no-go area attracted more than a million visitors in 2008," Blair stated. "It is one of the most stable countries in Africa," he added.

The tea parties are a great idea but are simply political protests when the problem is SPIRITUAL! I applaud the efforts of so many citizens who are rising up to protest the out of control spending by our government, the increase in taxes which will stifle corporate and personal financial growth, and the growing concern over the socialist direction our nation is heading. I pray that these efforts will impact those men and women we have elected to office and they will take notice of the concern so many have over the fiscal and political directions of our nation. However,...

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Psalm 140 1Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. 6I said unto the LORD, Thou art my...

1 Peter 1:3-9 (King James Version) 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7That the trial of your...

World-Wide Revival Born Out Of A New York Prayer Meeting Selected Stories & Teachings From The History Of Revival The mid-19th century revival winged forward on prayer. Above men and women on their knees in front of the minister in the Jane St. M.E. Church in New York City. SOMETIMES IT IS DURING THE DAYS OF HOPELESSNESS AND DESPAIR THAT REVIVAL COMES TO A PEOPLE! So it was in the middle of the nineteenth century. In the United States, it was a spiritual, political, and economic low point. Many people had become disillusioned with spiritual things because of preachers who...

Initially sparked by the conversion of [West Point] Cadet Leonidas Polk, the revival would impact a number of other cadets as well, including Robert E. Lee, Albert Sydney Johnston, Joseph E. Johnson, and Jefferson Davis. The story has lots of fascinating twists and turns—too numerous and involved for a blog post—but one of the most interesting aspects of this revival was the conversion of a cadet by the name of Martin Parks. . .

“Revival! June 1- June 6th — Special singing each night.” How often we have observed similar advertisements in front of various churches. Also we have seen such wording in the media announcing the special meeting. Because of this type of promotion, the average American would equate having a special meeting with revival. But, is this a true definition? When the late missionary Dr. James A. Stewart first came to the U.S.A. from Scotland, he spotted such a sign in front of a church. He was riding on a bus at the time and was excited by a sign that...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A call for Southern Baptists and other believers to engage in 40 days of prayer beginning in late September has been issued by the SBC's North American Mission Board and Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. NAMB President Geoff Hammond and ERLC President Richard Land are hopeful that the 40/40 Prayer Vigil for Spiritual Revival and National Renewal will pay spiritual dividends for families, churches and the nation. Hammond described it as "a strategic opportunity for Southern Baptists to join hands in praying for our nation, asking the Lord to grant sweeping repentance, renewal and spiritual awakening." The cooperative...

Hi! There has been a lot of encouraging feedback regarding the week of prayer and fasting for America! Just wanted to encourage people who are interested to check out the website and consider standing with us in prayer and fasting this week! Even if you can't fast, you can prayer! We all know the following verse! "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land.” II Chron. 7:14. Lets take...

Further to the recent revelations from one of C Peter Wagner’s apostles Robert Ricciardelli about Todd Bentley and the Lakeland deception, here is some more information from Ricciardelli’s latest posts on the Charisma Magazine forum here. (Please note that I in no way endorse Ricciardelli, his beliefs, or the movement he is attached to. However I attach this for information purposes as he has interesting insider information, that confirms what we already know - that Todd lies and falsely speaks for God and manipulates for money.) “If you are going to lie or stretch truth like Todd does on a...

The History and Future of the Present Revival - Part 7  View Part 1 Last Sunday morning in one of our services, I polled those attending by asking the following questions: How many had come to the Lord through a revival?How many had come to the Lord through a crusade or evangelistic campaign?How many had come to the Lord through Christian television?How many had come to the Lord through the witness of a friend or relative? There were roughly a thousand people in that service. The following are the approximate results to these questions: 3 people7 – 8 people4...

America's Sin In Forgetting God By Evangelist Joseph T. Larsen This article is from the July 1933 Moody Bible Institute Monthly AMERICA'S greatest sin and the real cause of the present depression is forgetting God. That means failure to obey God, to listen to His Word, and to bring up our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Godlessness leads to disregard for law, corruption in politics, fraud in educational and state life, and hypocrisy in the Church. America has forgotten God! Its parents, youth and citizens as a whole - these have forgotten God. Even ministers, educators...

But why am I opposed to this 'Healing Revival' so soon after it has been announced? -It is because I already know Todd Bentley's ministry all too well, and this whole thing centers around him.

I have been to the outpouring in Lakeland twice with my family. I was wondering if any other Freepers have been as well. We went when it was still in Ignited Church which holds 700. It has moved to a church in Auburndale that holds 3,000, they then moved it to the Lakeland Convention Center that holds 9,000 and then to Lakeland Tigers Baseball stadium that holds nearly 12,000. Tonight it will be at Lakeland/Linder Airport, Sun and Fun Grounds. We have seen lots of healings and miracles. It has been going on for over 35 days and will be...

I have been to the outpouring in Lakeland twice with my family. I was wondering if any other Freepers have been as well. We went when it was still in Ignited Church which holds 700. It has moved to a church in Auburndale that holds 3,000, they then moved it to the Lakeland Convention Center that holds 9,000 and then to Lakeland Tigers Baseball stadium that holds nearly 12,000. Tonight it will be at Lakeland/Linder Airport, Sun and Fun Grounds. We have seen lots of healings and miracles. It has been going on for over 35 days and will be...

JENA, La. (BP)--On Sept. 20 of last year, more than 20,000 people from across the nation gathered in small Jena, La., to protest an outbreak of racial tensions at the local high school, exposing old feelings of racism and hate. Celebrities such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton fueled the media's glare on this small community of foresters and farmers. The only thing people outside LaSalle Parrish knew about Jena was the label of "racist" in the newspapers and on TV. What could possibly transform this community torn by mistrust and innuendo? A movement of God's Spirit. On Feb. 17,...

RAMADI, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2008 – Reviving agricultural enterprises that have deteriorated from years of sanctions, conflict and neglect is crucial to the economy in this region in western Iraq, U.S. and Iraqi officials here said. John Jeans, of the Inma Agribusiness Program, and Navy Cmdr. Kevin Anderson inspect a lettuce field in Ramadi, Iraq, as part of the effort to revive agribusiness in Anbar province. Photo courtesy of Inma Agribusiness Program  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “I’ve seen several (poultry) growers who have returned to production during my seven months here, and more will return as things...

God has come back to life. The world is witnessing a huge explosion of religious conversion and growth, and Christianity is growing faster than any other religion. Nietzsche’s proclamation “God is dead” is now proven false. Nietzsche is dead. “The era of Western Christianity has passed within our lifetimes, and the day of Southern Christianity is dawning.”1 - Philip Jenkins, The Next Christendom The ranks of the unbelievers are shrinking as a proportion of the world’s population. Secularism has lost its identification with progress and modernity, and consequently it has lost the main source of its appeal. God is very...

Citizens in Baghdad’s Doura district go into a corner market to buy food. Neighborhoods in the district have shown a recent economic revival after years of fighting. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Timmons, 1st Infantry Division, Public Affairs. BAGHDAD — Bullet holes attest to the battleground that was this two-block portion of the Doura neighborhood. Just a few months ago, residents were afraid to step outside, leaving their neighborhood filled with garbage, without power and with most of its shops closed. That was until members of 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,...

BAGHDAD, Nov. 14, 2007 – Bullet holes attest to the battleground that was this two-block portion of the Doura neighborhood. Just a few months ago, residents were afraid to step outside, leaving their neighborhood filled with garbage, without power and with most of its shops closed. Citizens in Baghdad’s Doura district go into a corner market to buy food. Neighborhoods in the district have shown a recent economic revival after years of fighting. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Timmons, USA  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. That was until members of 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry...

The Remarkable Experience of Euley Hudson James Brooks I first met Euley Hudson about 20 years ago. He was an independent evangelist. Some years before, while working as a car salesman, he felt God calling him to go around the world preaching the gospel. No church, denomination, or mission board that he approached would back him, so he determined to go forth on his own. He told God that though man would not back him, he was going to obey God and let God provide. God did indeed provide him with the means to go around the world and he...

[snip] In a country where barely 3% of the population goes to church each week, the affair seemed just another step in Christian Europe's long march toward secularism. Then something odd happened: A national furor erupted. A conservative bishop announced a boycott. A leftist radical who became a devout Christian and talk-show host denounced the biblical purge in newspaper columns and on television. A young evangelical Christian organized an electronic letter-writing campaign, asking Scandic: Why are you removing Bibles but not pay-porn on your TVs? Scandic, which had started keeping its Bibles behind the front desk, put the New Testament...

NASHVILLE, July 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Thousands of people, primarily young adults, gathered in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday to pray for a spiritual revival in the United States, Christian Newswire (CN) reports. A crowd of people gathered at the LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans football team, to join together in a massive prayer rally organized by The Call. Although news services reported various numbers, Local TV channel WKRN estimated that the crowd swelled to approximately 100,000 by the end of the day. Many participants had fasted for days from food and other personal indulgences prior to the gathering....

America has been slowly but systematically and certainly redefined to the point that current generations struggle to understand what America is now. They can’t decide if it’s friend or foe, a beacon of light or a symbol of evil. America has lost its collective soul, but not by accident. America has been redefined. I’m not just talking about the overt re-writing of history, changing facts to accommodate the agenda or dropping out entire lessons from the past, so that we’ll be doomed to repeat the same mistakes again soon. I’m talking about the conscious agenda to “redefine” nearly everything we...

"AMERICA in THE BALANCES" -by Andrew Strom. Complacency. Apathy. -These are the greatest downfalls of the 'lukewarm' church. "We are increased with goods, and have need of nothing," as the Scripture so rightly says. So what does God do with a country like America today? -A country that has historically been a "Land of Revivals" but is now addicted to "consumerism" en masse. A country that for the first time since the Great Depression now has a NEGATIVE savings rate - because its people are so enamoured with owning "things" - even if they can't afford them. A country whose...

Dear Friends, As a nation we are in an urgent hour! As I've recently talked to prophetic friends in ministry, the Lord seems to be highlighting six main issues to pray about for America over this election season. Everyone is sensing that as a nation, we are once again at a critical crossroads with these upcoming elections. On Saturday, October 21, over a dozen leaders will be praying together and sharing what God has been speaking to them concerning our country on the issues of Israel, abortion, the homosexual cultural agenda, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, homeland security and...

KHMELNITSKY, Ukraine - The newly-elected Mayor of Khmelnitsky, Sergey Melnik, promised to support the local Jewish community and provide assistance in the construction of a synagogue and a mikva. During the pre-election period the mayoral candidate followed the advice of the city’s Rabbi Yehoshua Raskin and visited the grave of Baal Shem Tov in Medzhibozh. Mr. Melnik took this advice very seriously and promised to help the Jews of Khmelnitsky should he attain success at the elections. He indeed was elected the Mayor of the city, winning the elections against 25 other candidates. August 31st, Rabbi Raskin paid a call...

We are witnessing rising tensions between secularism and faith in Australia, writes Editor-at-large Paul Kelly RELIGION and religious friction are on the rise worldwide and Australia's political system is starting to confront a new challenge: how to manage tensions between secularism and faith. Contrary to much Western orthodoxy from the Enlightenment onwards, modernisation and science have not killed religion. God, in varying manifestations, is making a comeback. The collapse of the Christian churches in Europe is not the defining trend of the age but the exception. "The belief that outbreaks of politicised religion are temporary detours on the road to...

More-moderate religious perspectives "do not have voice" within the media, says U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), and it's something he's working to change. "I think it is unfortunate any time the media does not accurately portray the true beliefs of the American people," Obama, a member of Trinity UCC in Chicago, told United Church News. "There are millions of religious Americans who are offended when their faith is used as a tool to attack and divide, and who see a positive role for the church in solving both social and moral problems.

CORVALLIS, Ore. It may seem a mere tangle of pipes and instruments to the untrained eye. To nuclear engineer Jose Reyes, it's a sign of a coming nuclear-power plant revival in the United States with electricity produced more safely and for less money than the atomic behemoths built in the 20th century. This jumble of technology is a one-quarter-scale model of the Westinghouse AP1000 power plant. Reyes heads a team at Oregon State University that built the model to test the AP1000's so-called passive safety systems, under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy and Westinghouse. "We've conducted 20 tests...

The Energy Department has completed the first life extension on a 1960s-era nuclear bomb that is part of the Pentagon's strategic deterrent, a senior department official said yesterday. "Completing the B61 first production unit is an important step in keeping our nuclear weapons stockpile safe and reliable," said Tom D'Agostino, deputy administrator for defense programs at the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration.

Iraq's uncertain marshland revival By Andrew North BBC News, Hammar Marshes, southern Iraq Marsh Arabs lead hard poor lives despite the end of Saddam's rule The Iraqi government says it has successfully restored large parts of the country's unique marshlands over the past three years. Large areas were drained in the 1990s under the orders of Saddam Hussein - turning some sections to near desert. Thousands of the region's Marsh Arabs - who can trace their ancestry back thousands of years - fled to neighbouring Iran. But after the invasion, the Iraqi authorities began to tear down the dams that...

Major Signs of Religious Revival Seen in France and Quebec By Peter J. Smith May 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - France, once called the Eldest Daughter of the Church, has begun to awaken from her deep secular slumber, and so has her daughter Québec. France and Québec have been the respective leaders in the European and North American continents in the culture of death, but there are definite signs of a promising renewal. Better yet, France may even have found its champion against what Pope Benedict has called "the dictatorship of relativism." Nicolas Sarkozy, one of the most visible public ministers...

Rebel and Yankee troops began taking up arms against each other 145 years ago this month. A few weeks into the war, citizens gathered in Athens to cheer and weep as the new Hobbs' Corps boarded a train bound for Richmond, Va. A newspaper reported that the corps sought prayers "for the safety of our company from the dangers of the field, and the temptations of the camp, and for the speedy and complete triumph of the cause of the South." Most of those prayer requests went unanswered, it seems. Maj. Thomas Hobbs, an active Methodist, died in the war....

VIENNA, Austria, MAY 5, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The contribution of Christians is indispensable to restore Europe's soul, Catholics and Orthodox affirmed in an unprecedented meeting on culture in Vienna. "We believe that Christians, preaching the hope brought by Christ's resurrection, united together with people of other faiths and convictions, can help everyone to live in an ethically grounded, just and peaceful society," the participants stated in the final message of the meeting. The three-day meeting ended today. This was the first time that the Holy See organized a symposium such as this with the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow. Cardinal Poupard, president...

USCIRF to release "Thank you, Father Kim Il Sung": Eyewitness Accounts of Severe Violations of Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion in North Korea At Capitol Hill press conference with Congressional MembersFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 14, 2005Contact: Anne Johnson, Director of Communications, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27 WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) will be joined tomorrow by Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Congressman Christopher Smith (R-NJ) for the release of the USCIRF study “Thank you, Father Kim Il Sung”:  Eyewitness Accounts of Severe Violations of Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion in North Korea at an on-the-record...

Christianbook.com: Briefly describe the Revolution that is taking place in the Kingdom of God. George Barna: There is an enormous, and growing, body of Christians in this country who love God and want more of Him in their life, but cannot satisfy that need through the local church or the other means they have relied upon. Consequently, they put together a series of relationships that enable them to get more of God in their life, and to be the Church rather simply go to church. Our research shows that these folks tend to emphasize their spiritual life in terms of...

This article appeared in the May 19, 1989, issue of National Review. Margaret Thatcher [also] wrote a piece on Ronald Reagan that appeared in the December 30, 1988, issue of National Review. Some years ago, while I was still Governor of California, I was invited to address a large meeting of business leaders in London. Upon arrival I met another American and longtime friend, the late Justin Dart. The British Conservative Party had just elected Margaret Thatcher Leader of the Party. She was the first woman to hold that position and, if the Conservative Party won an election, she would automatically...

LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Evangelist Franklin Graham told an audience that Hurricane Katrina could lead to a spiritual rebirth of what he called a sinful New Orleans. ``There's been satanic worship. There's been sexual perversion,'' Graham said Monday in an appearance at Liberty University. ``God is going to use that storm to bring revival. God has a plan. God has a purpose.''

How God is cleaning up 'worst city in world' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: July 12, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com No one will ever mistake Cali, Colombia, for an Amish community, but it's way more peaceful than it was 10 years ago, when God began to transform it. As home of the world's largest drug cartel, it was the murder capital of the world, with an average of 15 homicides a day. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency called the cartel the largest, richest criminal organization in history. It terrorized the 2 million citizens with a kind of lawless violence not...

[I recently received some literature from a book club I belong to. In this literature was the description of a book, which really stirred me (a book I have not read and do not intend to purchase). The book title interested me because I have seen this transition of people in my own church – we have people from every denomination – and we’re a very conservative evangelical church. I thought some of you would be interested to know that this is going on – while the ACLU is trying so hard to erase every vestige of Christianity from American...

Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Bishop of Mainz, Germany, has announced that a noticeable increase in the number of people joining the church has been seen. This increase has been attributed to the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of the German, Pope Benedict XVI as his successor. Lehmann, speaking at a bishop’s conference in Berlin, reported that in the period from May to June more people returned to his diocese than in the whole of 2004. His diocese is not the only one to report such an increase, but all over Germany increases in attendances are being recorded,...

Looking over the news coverage of last weekend's Billy Graham crusade, which drew nearly 250,000 evangelical Christians in New York, I was thinking: Good for them. Seeing the ecstasy on their faces in the photos, I was happy for them. Growing up in urban, liberal America in the Sixties and Seventies, I took a distinctly different attitude toward the evangelical movement. Like other liberals, Jewish and gentile, I assumed that evangelical Christians were either stupid or rotten, or both. They didn't like Jews and they despised blacks. They hated everything I loved, and vice versa. But the photos from the...

Graham called the Clintons "wonderful friends" and "a great couple," quipping that the former president should become an evangelist and allow "his wife to run the country."

City transformation on a scale not seen before Posted: June 21, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com First, let me wave my tiny set of conservative credentials: I stand somewhere between Joan of Arc and Wyatt Earp, I support any conspiracy theory that can be explained in basic English with a straight face, and I will enter any contest in which first prize is dinner with Ann Coulter. That said, I feel that no array of think tanks, PACs, programs, and Fox News commentators is going to bring about the redeemed world we're looking for. Not by itself. Our problems are far...

Article Last Updated: 04/29/2005 11:16:34 PM Ancient rhythm: Converts to Orthodoxy are drawn by its unchanging nature, aesthetic beauty and spiritual mystery By Robin Galiano Russell The Dallas Morning News Orthodox churchgoers line up at the end of service to kiss the cross being held by Father David Hovik in Arlington, Wash. After six months of catechism studies, Hovik and 104 members of the independent Grace Community Church converted to Eastern Orthodoxy and became the St. Andrew Antiochian Orthodox Church. (Pedro Perez/Seattle Times )Meg Robinson lights a candle for her uncle and grandparents before service at St. Andrews Church in...