Here’s a quick summary of the top stories on cn.mycharisma.com:
Ex-Porn Star Reveals Journey to Freedom from Drugs, Adult Film Industry
An ex-adult film star who spent seven years in the porn industry and is now on a mission to help others find spiritual healing just delivered a transformational message about identity.
Brittni De La Mora recently joined husband and Let’s Talk Purity podcast co-host Richard De La Mora to address how not being able to discern one’s identity can have a dire impact on personal purity.
“Identity affects your purity … I didn’t know who I was. I ended up getting into the adult film industry,” she said in the latest episode of the show, describing how she tried to numb her pain with drugs until finding faith. “When Jesus revealed to me who I was in Him, He set me free.”
Steven Curtis Chapman Reflects on Daughter’s Tragic Death
Fourteen years ago, Christian recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman’s world was turned upside down.
Chapman and his wife, Mary Beth, adopted their daughter Maria Sue from China in 2004. Just a few years later, when their daughter was five-years-old, one of the Chapman’s sons accidentally struck Maria Sue with an SUV in the driveway, tragically ending her life.
The heartbreaking story shook the Christian music industry and sparked an outpouring of love for the singer-songwriter who had become a fixture in the space.
10 Reasons Why We Need to Release the Church in the Workplace
In the early church, there was no separation between the clergy and laity. This separation happened when the church began to imitate Rome, and as a result, became an institution in the fourth century.
Every believer in the early church was expected to be a witness for Christ. Most congregations met in homes and many had their place of business in the same location where they resided. Consequently, they used the workplace as their primary platform to share the gospel. They did not depend upon a professional pastor to share the word on Sundays, inside a so-called “sacred building.”
Historically speaking: In the first century, Jesus started a way of life. Then, the Greeks made Christianity a philosophy in the second century. In the third century, faith was defined as a creed. Later, in the fourth century, Christianity became an institution. In the Middle Ages, it became a religion. {eoa}
