Charisma Magazine Staff

  • Franklin Graham Reminds Islam of End-Times Theology

    Franklin Graham Reminds Islam of End-Times Theology

    Franklin Graham is hammering Islam. After making global headlines for rebuking Obama for comparing ISIS to the Christian crusades earlier this month, Billy Graham’s once-prodigal son asked us to imagine the outcry if Christians beheaded 21 Muslims. Now, Graham is pointing to Romans 14:11, Philippians 2:10 and Isaiah 45:23 in his latest response to Muslim terrorism. “The evil of

  • WATCH: The Inspiring Reason Families of Martyred Copts Are Thanking ISIS

    WATCH: The Inspiring Reason Families of Martyred Copts Are Thanking ISIS

    The Islamic State’s heart-wrenching beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians has Christians across the globe mourning the martyrs … but not the family of two of the martyrs.  “ISIS helped us strengthen our faith,” says Beshir, who was the brother of two of the martrys, 23 and 25.   “They are a pride to Christianity, and they

  • Prophetic Leaders Celebrate Life of John Paul Jackson

    Prophetic Leaders Celebrate Life of John Paul Jackson

    John Paul Jackson went home to be with the Lord after a miraculous, prophetic life. His contemporaries, running mates and young prophetic voice alike are mourning his loss and celebrating his life. James Goll, founder of Encounters Network and Prayer Storm, called him a “dear friend and seer of seers.” “We walked together since the late 1980’s of

  • John Paul Jackson: A Miraculous, Prophetic Life

    John Paul Jackson: A Miraculous, Prophetic Life

    John Paul Jackson, an international speaker, author and founder of Streams Ministries International in Flower Mound, Texas, passed away on Wednesday due to medical complications, as Charisma News reported yesterday. Jackson’s wife, Diane, took to Facebook to thank everyone for the prayer and outpouring of encouragement the family has received over the last year. Jackson’s ministry

  • John Paul Jackson Passes Away

    John Paul Jackson Passes Away

    Prophetic minister John Paul Jackson has died.  “Over this past weekend we’ve started to see signs that his weakened breathing is causing vital organs to become oxygen deprived,” reads a post on his website. Jackson has been battling cancer since May 2014 after doctors found a large, aggressive growth in his leg that needed immediate treatment. Through

  • 15 Traits of Wounded Warriors

    15 Traits of Wounded Warriors

    It is an old adage that says “hurt people hurt people.” It is well-known that those who have been emotionally damaged tend to inflict their hurt and pain on other people. For example, a large percentage of those who have been sexually abused become the abusers of others; those who suffered under an alcoholic parent

  • The Jezebel Spirit, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and Immorality in the Church

    The Jezebel Spirit, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and Immorality in the Church

    Lee Grady is right. Fifty Shades of Grey—erotic mommy porn that is making its way from the printed page to the big screen this Valentine’s Day—is perverted.  “The book was accurately dubbed ‘mommy porn’ because it is sexually graphic and full of crude language, and also because Christian expects his girlfriends to totally submit to his

  • Pastors Turn a Blind Eye to Porn’s Devastating Impact

    Pastors Turn a Blind Eye to Porn’s Devastating Impact

    Surveys show about two-thirds of all American men regularly view pornography and the rate is about the same for Christian men. But surveys also show most pastors don’t believe the rate is anywhere close to that in their own church. Rev. Jay Dennis of First Baptist Church at the Mall says it’s time those in

  • After ISIS Beheads Kenji Goto, His Faith-Filled Tweet Going Viral

    After ISIS Beheads Kenji Goto, His Faith-Filled Tweet Going Viral

    The Islamic State reportedly beheaded the remaining Japanese hostage late last month, but a tweet of Kenji Goto’s from four years ago is going viral.  “Closing my eyes and holding still. It’s the end if I get mad or scream. It’s close to a prayer. Hate is not for humans. Judgment lies with God. That’s what I

  • WATCH: Larry Tomczak Sets the Record Straight With CNN’s Anderson Cooper on the Gay Agenda

    WATCH: Larry Tomczak Sets the Record Straight With CNN’s Anderson Cooper on the Gay Agenda

    Larry Tomczak wrote an article for his Here’s the Deal commentary on Charisma News that drew responses from both Ellen DeGeneres and CNN’s Anderson Cooper. In this second video response, Tomczak goes point by point through Cooper’s response to his article, setting the record straight.  

  • Blasphemous Film Claims Satan Is Jesus’ Alter-Ego

    Blasphemous Film Claims Satan Is Jesus’ Alter-Ego

    The younger Obi Wan Kanobi has crossed over to the Dark Side.  In Last Days in the Desert, Ewan McGregor personifies Christ … and Satan, in a move that causes Variety to label it as one of the most controversial films that premiered at Sundance last month. Last Days is an imagined story of test Jesus experienced

  • Even as a Christian, This Had Kirk Franklin Wondering if God Really Existed

    Even as a Christian, This Had Kirk Franklin Wondering if God Really Existed

    Musician Kirk Franklin has opened up about how Christian subculture—rules, dress codes and worship and sermon standards—caused him to question if God even existed.  “Even then, there was something about the Christian church environment that made me feel like I was left out of some secret, private meeting.   “I didn’t always feel like quoting a

  • Prophetic Word Sparks Purity and Power Revival in Virginia

    Prophetic Word Sparks Purity and Power Revival in Virginia

    While writing The Next God: An Appeal to Heaven for Spiritual Awakening, I traveled to many cities to witness pockets of revival breaking out. What the Holy Spirit showed me is there are many expressions of revival. Of course, they are all marked by a fervent hunger for the presence of God. One expression of revival

  • Defying Death, Carman Speaks Out on Hellish Cancer Experience

    Defying Death, Carman Speaks Out on Hellish Cancer Experience

    Carman was on death’s door, but he kicked the devil in the teeth just like he said he would and his No Plan B Tour is selling out. The music legend was diagnosed with cancer in February 2013. He told me in March 2013 that he was going to take a street kid approach to fighting cancer. Some balked at

  • WATCH: Stuck in a Dark Elevator, Franklin Graham’s Faith Shines Bright

    WATCH: Stuck in a Dark Elevator, Franklin Graham’s Faith Shines Bright

    It sounds like the beginning of a joke: Franklin Graham, Greta Van Susteran and four others walk into an elevator … The evangelist and Fox News commentator whipped out their cameras to capture the scene. The comrades banter back and forth, talking about world adventures and adding this one in Hanoi, Vietnam, to the list. 

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