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| |  | | | United States Constitution | Brion McClanahan | Most Americans recognize a few of the Founding Fathers—Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Adams, Franklin—but what about some of the important but forgotten men who have been lost to time? They have great stories that need to be told. Here are ten whose fantastic lives are in many ways better than fiction.
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| |  | | | Faith 2 Action | Faith2Action is the pro-active launching pad for the pro-family movement. Whether you search by issue or by state, Faith2Action provides the largest network of pro-family organizations in which to enlist.
It’s not about the uniforms we wear, or the branch of the cultural war in which we’re called, it’s about combining our strengths and winning on the issues that matter most. Faith2Action is about being faithful where the battle is the hottest–where our Bible-based beliefs and freedoms are most at risk. But beyond defending the issues that are most under attack, Faith2Action is about advancing–taking back ground. Our goal isn’t to just survive the cultural war, but to win it.
Faith2Action provides pro-active, strategic, and unified ways to ADVANCE the cause of Christ and the kingdom of God. We are turning people of faith into people of action to WIN the cultural war together for life, liberty, and the family.
Janet (Folger) Porter [More] | | |
| |  | | | Defend Christians | | The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission (CADC) is a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) Education Corporation whose purpose it is to become the first-in-mind champion of Christian religious liberty, domestically and internationally, and a national clearing house and first line of response to anti-Christian defamation, bigotry, and discrimination. More | | |
| |  | | | Brigitte Gabriel - Act for America | Brigitte Gabriel is the Founder and President of Act for America. Ms. Gabriel is one of the leading national security experts in the world -providing information and analysis on the rise of Islamic terrorism. Ms. Gabriel lectures nationally and internationally about national security and current affairs. Her expertise is sought after by world and business leaders.
Ms. Gabriel has addressed the United Nations, the Australian Prime Minister, members of the British Parliament/House of Commons, members of the United States Congress, the Pentagon, the Joint Forces Staff College, the U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. Asymmetric Warfare group, the FBI, and many others.
In addition, Ms. Gabriel is a regular guest analyst on Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, and various radio stations daily across America. She serves on the board of advisers of the Intelligence Summit.
Ms. Gabriel is the author of two New York Times Best Sellers, BECAUSE THEY HATE and THEY MUST BE STOPPED. Ms. Gabriel is named one of the top 50 most prominent speakers in America. She speaks Arabic, French, English and Hebrew. [More] | | |
| |  | | | Reclaiming America for Christ | Fairview Baptist | Pastor Blair | After attending the last Reclaiming America for Christ Conference, hosted by the late Dr. D. James Kennedy at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in 2006, our hearts were burdened over the spiritual bankruptcy of our nation. What could an average citizen do to make a difference?
The answer was quite clear. The same strategy that Nehemiah used in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem must be employed in rebuilding the walls of America. Each person, each family, each church must take responsibility for making a difference in their own neighborhood, community and state.
Knowing that it was the spiritual revival that history calls the “Great Awakening” and thepreaching of the patriot pastors in Colonial America that stirred the hearts of the people towards liberty from tyranny and the birth of our nation in 1776, we believe that the same strategy must be employed for the re-birth of our Christian liberty in America.
We began working to “Reclaim Oklahoma for Christ” and now have an effective working relationship with over 500 pastors from across our state. Our goal is to connect with, encourage, and if needed, assist pastors all over the nation in reclaiming their own states for Christ and the Christian liberty upon which our founding fathers built this great country.
Although we are not affiliated or connected with Coral Ridge Ministries or its former initiative, the Center for Reclaiming America, we have been granted permission by those entities to use the name “Reclaiming America for Christ” as we expand this vision across America. We hope to honor the name and legacy of Dr. Kennedy as we strive for another Great Awakening in this nation. [More] | | |
| |  | | | Testimony from the Pastor – Fairview Baptist Church – Edmond, OK | While at home in February of 1989 after completing my third season with the Chicago Bears, I sat in church out of respect for my preacher father on a Sunday evening, and the sermon grabbed me. I had grown up in church all my life and called myself a Christian, but the honest truth was that there was no evidence that Jesus Christ was my Lord and Savior. That night, my life changed as I got serious with God.
I was born and raised in Edmond, Oklahoma. My parents were wonderful Christians and my father was a bi-vocational preacher. At the age of six, I walked the aisle in our church and made a public profession of faith in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and was baptized shortly thereafter. I was a pretty good kid growing up with a pretty good testimony and never really gave my parents much trouble.
Football was very important as my family loved the game and loved the Oklahoma State Cowboys (my Dad had attended Oklahoma A&M after World War II). My dream was to play for OSU and hopefully beyond, but my high school career was not spectacular. Being a “late bloomer” and a “kid with a big frame that had potential”, Jimmy Johnson took a chance on me in 1980 and extended a scholarship offer at the last minute which I gladly took. Fear is a great motivator and I was scared to death that I would get killed when I got to OSU, so I lived in the weight room. I grew a full inch in height that off-season, gained thirty pounds, while improving my 40 yard dash to 4.9. In six months, I went from being a risk to a sure fire prospect. OSU had graduated some linemen the previous year and I was fortunate enough to make the varsity as a true freshman. In 1981, making the varsity as a freshman was not a common occurrence. [More] | | |
| |  | | | Dr. Randy Clark - Global Awakening | An international itinerant minister birthed from a 4-day meeting in Canada, Randy Clark, illustrates perfectly the aphorism, "don't despise small beginnings." The son of an oil-field worker, Randy, like most from his generation, learned the importance of perseverance. After his miraculous healing from a car accident when he was eighteen, he felt led to go into the ministry. Since that day, November 20, 1970, Randy's involvement in ministry soared. Shortly after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Religious Studies 1974, Randy went on to receive his Masters of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY in 1977. Before graduating from seminary with his M.Div, Randy had already been a pastor for 7 years. Randy graduated with a Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio in December 2013. Although Randy's educational background helped him battle many theological issues his congregation would have, his schooling did nothing to prepare him for the despair he felt when the presence of God had diminished. This despair would promise to be the fulcrum point in Randy's ministry.
After months of prayer and fasting, Randy was touched by the Lord mightily. On January 20, 1994, this unassuming pastor from St. Louis walked into a small storefront church near the Toronto airport. Originally scheduled for 4 days, his meetings have turned into a worldwide revival that has impacted millions of people, and scores of thousands of new churches founded! The longest protracted meeting in North American history lasted 12 ½ years, six nights a week.
Now an international speaker, Randy Clark demonstrates the Lord's power to heal, with great tenacity. With more than 30 years of pastoral experience, and 44 years of ministry, Randy's love for people exudes.
Randy's growing understanding of the ways of God causes him to see more of the glory of God. His anointing for healing is strong. He has an unmistakable teaching gift. Using his extensive educational background, Randy delineates even the most difficult concepts to the layperson. Messages like “God Can Use Little Ole Me,” which illustrates the agonies of defeat and the thrills of victory inherent in the healing ministry and “Spend and Be Spent,” a call to capture your destiny, make it easy to see where Randy's heart resides. Because of his uncanny humility, Randy's ministry crosses denominational lines. From the Westminster Chapel in London, to the St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Australia, Randy has been welcomed into a plethora of different streams.
Randy has had a long journey in the ministry. Like many Christians, he suffered persecution, experienced failures, and witnessed disappointments, but Randy let none of these detour his heart's course. He stood steadfast in his beliefs and resolved to see the Lord's blessing in his life, especially in the areas of healing, deliverance, and impartation. As Randy stands at the platform, voice confident and arms animated, the shadow of the man Randy used to be has vacated, replaced with the visage of a man self-affirmed and confident in his place with the Lord.
Since that life-changing night, January 20, 1994, Randy has traveled to over 50 countries and continues to travel extensively to see that God's mandate on his life be fulfilled. He resides in Mechanicsburg, PA, with his wife, DeAnne. They have 4 adult children: Joshua (and daughter-in-law Tonya), Johannah (and son-in-law David), Josiah (and daughter-in-law Allie), and Jeremiah (and daughter-in-law Lizzie). He has four grandchildren and expects to have twelve. [More] | | |
| | | | | How the Spirit of Religion fights the Spirit of God | Definition:by the spirit of religion we mean that group of evil spirits which inspire loyalty to religious concepts and practices in such a way as to oppose and possibly to counterfeit the true work of the Holy Spirit.
Satan knows he cannot stop people from being religious. He therefore seeks to pervert the religious instinct of mankind by deception. All religious deceptions work to draw men away from glorifying and enjoying Christ. Religious spirits work in many different ways, and with many different tactics. We may see through some of their tactics only to be completely fooled by them in another area of our attitudes and thinking. Therefore we must be humble enough to admit that we too, not having fully possessed the mind of Christ as yet, could be deceived in some areas.
It should be obvious to Christians that the power that non-Christian religions exercise over the minds of men comes from Satan. Only a supernatural power could drive men to worship rocks or rats. What power is it that keeps people away from worshipping the true God, the Creator and turning their primary affections to false gods and other vain things? It is the spirit which is now at work in the sons of disobedience (Ephesians 2:2).
However, religious spirits are at work not only outside the church of Christ, but also within it. The extent to which Christendom has been infiltrated by evil spirits is greater than it will ever be possible to calculate. It extends virtually to every local church and across every denomination to a greater or lesser extent. This fact can be demonstrated logically by considering for a moment the theological disagreements and bad relationships which exist between churches, and also within individual local churches. How can these things be so, when Jesus put so much emphasis on us loving one another (John 13:34, 35), and was so emphatic in his desire for the unity of the church to reflect the unity of the godhead? (See John 17). Obviously the spiritual power behind these problems is religious in nature.
The religious spirit will also rear its ugly head when a man or woman full of the mercy of God and the power of the Holy Spirit begins to confront religious people in churches with the truth. At these times demons get stirred up and if possible will provoke all kinds of unreasonable and malicious attacks on such servants of God. In some situations they may even be publicly cast out of those so influenced by them. This ministry is necessary, and in the last days will become more and more common.
Jesus Christ had little trouble dealing with demons provoking sickness and disease in people. However, the Lord faced greater opposition from people controlled by religious spirits. These people did not know they had religious spirits. They thought they represented the true religion of God. They did not want to be free of the spirits that made them feel important and more righteous than those around them. Because of their pride and hardness of heart, even the Son of God could not help them to come to the Father. These people were known as the Scribes and Pharisees, the chief priests and experts in the law. It was these people who hated Jesus and conspired to crucify Him. They were motivated by pride, envy and self-righteousness. They refused to humble themselves and believe in the Messiah, despite the many proofs that Jesus gave. This remained true even after they were confronted with the fact of the resurrection.
We make a serious mistake if we assume that the spirit which motivated these Jewish religious leaders can in no way influence us. In fact, those who think like that are probably the very ones who are influenced by such spirits. While these religious spirits will obviously not promote exactly the same errors now as they did in those people, there will be similarities of attitude and behaviour which will be clearly seen.
This subject is actually a vast one and we need the help of the Spirit of God to be able to get free from the influence of religious spirits. Most people, myself included, will have an ongoing battle with these kinds of spirits. If we are not fighting them, perhaps it is because we are happy to be securely in their grip.
The Scripture gives us many clues as to the marks of the activity of religious spirits, especially those religious spirits which are closest to the truth and therefore harder to detect.
Characteristics of the Work of Religious Spirits
Fear of not being good enough
When we think our salvation depends all on us we will be fearful, because the Bible says that we all stumble in many ways. Until we cast ourselves at the mercy of God and truly give ourselves to Him, we go through a cycle of hearing laws, falling short, feeling guilty, trying to measure up, and repeated failure.
People under religious spirits are carrying heavy burdens and do not have the sense of freedom that comes when we know that our [More] | | |
| |  | | | Norman Vincent Peale | Bowersville, OH | | Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993) was an American minister and author (most notably of The Power of Positive Thinking) and a progenitor of "positive thinking". His ideas were not accepted by mental health experts.[1] | | |
| |  | | | The Science of Mind | Ernest Holmes | The Science of Mind is a book by Ernest Holmes. It proposes a science with a new relationship between humans and God. Holmes, the founder of Religious Science, originally published it in 1926. A revised version was completed by Holmes and Maude Allison Lathem and published in 1938.
Holmes' writing details how people can actively engage their mind in creating change throughout their lives. Explanations of how to pray and meditate, heal oneself spiritually, find self-confidence, and express love led Holmes to believe Religious Science is "a philosophy, a faith and a way of life." [More] | | |
| |  | | | Marble Collegiate Church | Norman Vincent Peale | The Marble Collegiate Church, founded in 1628, is one of the oldest continuous Protestant congregations in North America. The congregation, which is part of the Reformed Church in America, is now located at 272 Fifth Avenue at the corner of West 29th Street in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1851-54 and was designed by Samuel A. Warner in Romanesque Revival style with Gothic trim. The facade is covered in Tuckahoe marble,[2] for which the church, originally called the Fifth Avenue Church, was renamed in 1906.[3]
The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1967,[2] and in 1980 was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [More] | | |
| |  | | | Guideposts | Guideposts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing hope, encouragement, and inspiration to millions of people across America and the world. Through uplifting magazines, books, websites, a prayer network, and outreach programs, Guideposts helps people deepen their faith and inspires them to reach their true potential.
The challenges and obstacles we encounter in life can make it hard to know which path to choose. A "guidepost" provides direction. It's that welcomed sign on an unfamiliar road. We'd like you to think of Guideposts as your trusted partner on your life's journey.
Every day, people like you draw strength from their faith and overcome adversity. We invite you to connect with like-minded Guideposts readers, volunteers, and donors who share a sense of faith and belief in the human spirit.
Guideposts is the place for your "daily inspiration" — where you can read inspirational stories, request a prayer, pray for others, or share an uplifting story of your own. [More] | | |
| |  | | | Rev. Eric Alexander Sermons | SermonAudio.com | | Rev. Alexander was born in Glasgow, Scotland, where he was educated at the University of Glasgow, obtaining degrees in Theology, Philosophy, and History. He served for fifteen years as minister of a rural Church of Scotland parish in Ayrshire, and for twenty years as Senior Minister of St. Georges Parish Church in the center of Glasgow. He retired from St.... | more | | |
| |  | | | ECFA | Winchester, VA | Standards of Responsible Stewardship | ECFA enhances trust in Christ-centered churches and ministries by establishing and applying Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship™ to accredited organizations.
Founded in 1979, ECFA provides accreditation to leading Christian nonprofit organizations that faithfully demonstrate compliance with established standards for financial accountability, transparency, fundraising, and board governance. The Christ-centered ministries accredited by ECFA include churches, denominations, educational institutions, rescue missions, camps, and many other types of tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations. Collectively, these organizations represent over $25 billion in annual revenue.
ECFA accreditation entitles a ministry to use the ECFA seal and receive other Accreditation Benefits. The continuing use of the seal depends on the ministry’s good faith compliance with all ECFA Standards. [More] | | |
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