Apologetics
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Morning Rundown: 3 Reasons Why Wine Today is Not the Same As Wine in the Bible
Here’s a quick summary of the top stories on charismamag.com: 3 Reasons Why Wine Today is Not the Same As Wine in the Bible In the Bible you read about wine being a common drink among the Jews. Wine was enjoyed at feasts, in the fellowship with friends, the Lord’s Supper and even kept inside of…
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3 Reasons Why Wine Today is Not the Same As Wine in the Bible
In the Bible you read about wine being a common drink among the Jews. Wine was enjoyed at feasts, in the fellowship with friends, the Lord’s Supper and even kept inside of the Temple. But, did you know the wine drank in Jesus’ time on earth was much different than the wine consumed today? Charisma…
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Dr. Michael Brown: Can Christians Lose Their Salvation?
In recent years prominent leaders in the faith from worshipers, to seminary professors and even pastors have fallen away from their faith in God and renounced Jesus entirely. That begs the questions—is the once saved always saved doctrine biblical? Apologist and author Dr. Michael Brown wrote a book “Why So Many Christians Have Left the…
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Why We Engage in the Culture Wars
Read Time: 5 Minutes 20 Seconds Have you ever wondered if the church should continue to engage in the culture wars? After all, we will never eradicate evil from the world, and sometimes it feels like the water is pouring into our boats faster than we can bail it out. Plus, every time we gain…
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Is the Church Judging Prophecies Today?
Read Time: 4 Minutes, 45 Seconds Is the church judging prophecies today? Since prophecy was an expression of a person who was filled with the Spirit or upon whom the Spirit came in the Bible, it is clear that utterance is a logical, spontaneous outflow and expression of the Spirit. Prophecy is the voice of…
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9 Reasons Why God Never Tries to Prove His Existence
God is self-authenticating. He never tries to prove His existence because it is already evident through the created order. Since He is the only objective being, all other living and nonliving objects emanate from His creative fiat word hence all reasoning (different from God’s) is circular and subjective. This is why scripture says that the…
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Guatemala Declared the ‘Pro-Life Capital of Latin America’
President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei proclaimed his country the “pro-life capital of Latin America” for its ongoing vow to protect the sanctity of life and defend the unborn. In a presentation at the recent Ibero-American Congress for Life and Family in Guatemala City, he also declared an annual “National Day of Life and Family” and…
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Cancel Culture Continues: ‘Truth Is Not Hate Speech’
Twitter locked the account of The Babylon Bee recently for alleged “hateful conduct” after the leading satire website named U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine its “Man of the Year.” Levine is a biological male but identifies as female. Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon took to Instagram to announce their account was locked. Twitter…
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Does Absolute Truth Exist? Dr. Michael Brown Responds to Latest Christian Leader Renouncing His Faith
As reported by Josh Shepherd on the Roys Report, “Brady ‘Phanatik’ Goodwin, founding member of Grammy-nominated Christian hip-hop group, The Cross Movement, and in recent years an apologetics teacher, stated Monday in a video posted online that he has renounced his Christian faith.” As he stated in Goodwin’s Facebook video, “I sent a letter to…
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The Case for Heaven
With 14 million copies of The Case for … series in print, Lee Strobel returns with The Case for Heaven. As in earlier books, the former journalist confronts deep, fundamental yearnings of human existence: What happens when we die, is heaven real, what happens after we arrive? He surveyed experts in neuroscience, physics and theology…
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Why This Businessman Says ‘The Narrow Way’ Involves More Than Just Accepting Christ
Businessman and Bible teacher Don Britton has a commitment to speak the biblical truth and root out the deception he says is so common in the American church today. In a recent episode of The Great Deception podcast, he tackles the rapture and then goes on to combat the companion belief that says Christians will…
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Why Many Professing Christians Remain Unsaved
“And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47b) is the first place in Scripture where the people of God are referred to as “the church,” or in the Greek, ekklesia. Many people attend church and would identify themselves as belonging to the church. Does that mean all these…
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Before Jesus Came, How Did People Know God?
Before the death, burial and Resurrection of Jesus, how did men and women know God? Theologians explain this through a concept called “natural religion.” Host Mike Shreve of the Revealing the True Light podcast on the Charisma Podcast Network explores natural religion in his most recent episode. Natural religion begins with “our instinctive desire to…
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Pressing Past Guilt and Shame
How do you feel about yourself? Are you peaceful and free to enjoy your everyday life? Or do you feel guilty about something in the past that you can’t change? I used to live with a constant feeling of guilt and shame because of the sexual abuse I experienced in my childhood, and I grew…
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A Prayer Every Pentecostal Should Pray This Sunday
This Pentecost Sunday, June 9, get up early and spend a little time with the Morning Star of Pentecost. On Pentecost Sunday, we celebrate the birthday of the church on the Jewish Feast day of Pentecost in A.D. 30. As a Jewish feast, Pentecost looked back to the giving of the law on Mount Sinai…
