As cultural and societal shifts continue to occur at a rapid pace, many are calling out that the friction in American society is more than what it appears to the naked eye.

Fingers are constantly pointed at the surface level issues: economics, politics, education and many more, but there is a rising number of Americans saying the root of all of these issues lays in the spiritual realm.

Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue believes that if America does not course correct and in fact elects Joe Biden to a second term as president, then the country will be lost.

“As a CEO, businessman, what’s happened in the last two years is a complete disaster,” Unanue told Fox’s “Mornings with Maria.”

“We’ve unraveled all the gains that were made. But I’m more here today as a Latino than as a business person. And when things get bad, we need an intervention. We need an intervention bad, or otherwise we’re going to lose this country, our morality,” Unanue says.

Unanue joins a growing list of Latino evangelicals such as Rev. Samuel Rodriguez and Evangelist Mario Murillo who believe God is going to use the community to bring about revival in a country that desperately needs it.

There is a growing clash among Hispanic communities of faith and the agenda being pushed by the Biden administration in regards to gender ideology and failed economic policies.

“Family is generally a priority among Hispanics,” says Dennis Rivera, director of the Office of Hispanic and Ethnic Relations for the Assemblies of God, “and relationships are far more important than schedules, which can then conflict somewhat with church activities as those activities need to be on some kind of a schedule.”

Meanwhile, California Democrats are seeking to push a bill that would allow the state to remove children from their homes if the parents do not “affirm” their gender, co-authored by California Sen. Scott Weiner, the same politician who attends heretical “hunky Jesus” performances and introduced SB 107 that made California a “refuge” for child sex changes.

“We are in a spiritual war,” Unanue says. “But this intervention is going to take place with the Holy Spirit. Latinos, which will be the biggest group in this country by 2050 or by next week with this open border, hold the values of God, family, life, work. We are attacked.”

“[Latinos] left countries with communism, with oppression where there’s no freedom of speech, only to find that happening here,” he continues. “We’re in a country where we’re attacking the children. Our children are under attack, and we need to heal.”

Evangelist Mario Murillo is echoing these calls to repentance and allowing God to become center in American society once again, and that the Latino community is going to be used for God’s glory.

“There is a major spiritual awakening going on,” Murillo told Charisma News.

“There has become such a desperation now,” Murillo continues. “In fact, I’m going to predict right here, right now, that the wave of revival in the Latin churches in America is going to end up being the most forceful spiritual awakening that we have. It will transcend anything else.”

Murillo is one of many who believe that the abandonment of godly and biblical principles will bring about revival and repentance in America as people’s eyes are opened to the spiritual battle taking place in the world.

“It’s because there is a natural sense of family values in the Latin culture,” Murillo says. “The fact that they are here … what the devil meant for evil, God is going to use to His advantage. Their Catholicism prewires them to believe in miracles.

“So, we do attend crusades in the Latin community. Wheelchairs are empty, blind eyes are opened; cancers vanish. People are healed because of their pre-wired faith in miracles.”

At the rate America is descending into godless immorality at the hands of faithless leadership, God’s miracles of restoration cannot come soon enough.

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.

The Southern Baptist Convention voted to uphold the previous decision to remove Saddleback Church from the denomination at their annual meeting.

The California megachurch founded by Rick Warren was removed for the appointment of female pastors, a stance and practice the SBC rejects.

According to reports, the representatives attending the conference in New Orleans voted in overwhelming numbers to affirm the removal of Saddleback, 9,437 votes (%) to 1,212 votes (%), as well as Fern Creek Baptist Church of Louisville, Kentucky, (9,700 to 806) and Freedom Church of Vero Beach, Florida, (9,984 to 343).

The SBC is the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., even after losing large swaths of congregants from its fold over the last few scandal-ridden years.

The decision to remove Saddleback came back in February and the megachurch has since doubled down on their stance on female pastors by appointing new Lead Pastor Andie Wood’s wife, Stacie, to role of “teaching pastor.”

According to the Baptist Press, “Saddleback Church was deemed not to be in friendly cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention’s statement of faith, the Baptist Faith and Message 2000, due to the church continuing to have a female teaching pastor functioning in the office of a pastor.”

Yet it has been Warren and his immense influence and presence when it comes to the challenging of the SBC’s executive committee’s initial decision.

Appealing to the members at the Annual Meeting, Warren implored them not to go through with these expulsions and to follow in similar fashion when the SBC did not disassociate from the churches who held onto Calvinist doctrines.

“We should remove churches for all kinds of sexual sins, racial sin, financial sin, leadership sin, sins that harm the testimony of our convention,” Warren said. “But the 1,129 churches with women on pastoral staff have not sinned.”

Warren says studying the Great Commission was one of the driving factors for his change of heart when it came to ordaining women pastors.

“There are four verbs in the Great Commission: ‘go,’ ‘make disciples,’ ‘baptize’ and ‘teach,” Warren says. “Women are to go. Women are to make disciples. Women are to baptize and woman are to teach, not just men. This is one of the reasons why Saddleback Church has baptized more people than any church in American history—57,000 baptisms in 43 years. Anybody can baptize anybody that they led to Christ.”

The SBC however has not had such a change of theological interpretation.

Speaking in favor of upholding the expulsion, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Albert Mohler says he believes that Saddleback’s actions represented a threat to the unity of the entire SBC:

“It’s not just a matter of church polity; it’s not just a matter of hermeneutics,” Mohler argued. “It’s a matter of biblical commitment, a commitment to the Scripture that unequivocally we believe limits the office of pastor to men.

“Here we face the unusual situation in which Dr. Warren himself has made repeated statements, and the church has taken repeated actions that make very clear it rejects the confessional understanding of the Southern Baptist Convention on this issue,” Mohler adds.

Section six of the SBC’s Baptism and Faith Message discusses the role of the church, which reads: “While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.”

Judging by the great disparity in the votes to uphold Saddleback’s, Fern Creek Baptist’s and Freedom Church’s expulsions, they do not plan on changing that interpretation anytime soon.

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.

God never abandoned Israel while her people were choosing to worship the Baal’s and the Ashtoreth’s instead of He who brought them out of Egypt.

The Lord sent prophet after prophet to warn them of their sin and to repent of the path they had chosen, instead of staying true to His will and commandments.

America is walking an identical path of ancient Israel, without the covering of being God’s chosen people.

While the United States was founded upon the Judeo-Christian values found in the Bible, she has since been led astray from those beliefs and commandments, and at no time was that as evident as this past weekend.

On Saturday, June 10, 2023, the Biden administration held a “Pride” event in honor of the LGBTQ community and the radical gender ideologies that have swept across the nation.

Front and center of the event was the “Pride” flag, hanging on display from the White House itself. Flanked on either side of the standard was the U.S. flag.

While this action in and of itself is an actual violation of the flag code on the week of Flag Day 2023 (June 14th), and which many across the nation have decried because the U.S. flag does not get placed in a subservient position to any flag, it also ushered in a spiritual welcoming to the demonic forces plaguing American society today.

Actions have consequences, and as the leadership of the United States, the Biden administration has given place to the spiritual entities and principalities that led Israel down the road to ruin.

These spirits now have a spiritual right to the heart of America. They were invited in, and have taken up residence within the halls of the U.S. government.

This is not hyperbole or dramatization, but a real-life scenario that is taking place which the Bible warns about often. Things have become so bad in American society that non-Christians are seeing and calling out the evil taking place within the country’s borders.

Children are being mutilated in the name of compassion; God is being removed from every corner of the public square to usher in a secular state where government is the new god; and rebellion against God’s design and will for humanity is running rampant.

Do Christians not expect God’s judgement to eventually fall upon this nation?

Enormous blessings were heaped upon America for being a beacon of freedom and godly principles over the course of her existence. These blessings led to the U.S. eventually becoming the most powerful nation the world has ever seen. But when much is given by the Lord, much is also expected.

Paul lived an exemplary life as someone who found salvation in Jesus Christ after living in sin and repenting. Much was expected of Paul, and while he was by no means perfect, he never stopped seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.

Likewise, Christians in America are not to simply roll over and allow Satan to take over the country. They must engage in spiritual warfare against the true enemies of God: the principalities, powers and rulers of darkness (Eph. 6:12).

The people living under the LGBTQ lifestyle are not the enemy. They are who Jesus wants the truth of His sacrifice and Resurrection to be told to. He died for them, just as He died for every human in existence to have the opportunity to repent of their sin and realize their one, true identity in Him.

This submission to demonic spirits by the U.S. government must be a call to action for Christians in America. Believes across the land must take up the call within the Word of God and be empowered by the same Holy Spirit who fell upon the believers of the early church and who went on to fundamentally alter the course of human history.

If not, the governments of the world will only become more corrupt and hostile toward the Word of God, and His faithful.

There will come a day of choosing for humanity, either God or the world. As Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 10:21, “You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.” A side must be chosen.

Choosing to submit to the Lord and His ways is the only way toward everlasting life. In doing so, make sure to take up the full armor of God (Eph. 6:10-18) because as Americans are witnessing on a daily basis across their country, the enemy is going to throw everything he has to get Christians to back down and become a non-threat in the spiritual battle for the heart and soul of their country.

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.

The foundation of the Christian faith is that the information contained within the Bible is the Spirit-inspired, inerrant Word of God.

This means that the writings on creation, the flood and the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ are all factual events, according to the Christian Bible.

Within those pages, in both the Old and New Testaments, are warnings about changing the Bible and the message contained within it (Deut. 4:2; Rev. 22:18-19).

So, thinking from a tactical perspective, what would be the one thing that Satan would ultimately try and corrupt to lead people astray from the truth held within the pages of the Bible?

It would be to alter the very Word of God with a different theology than what is written in Scripture.

This grand deception are why the words of senior World Economic Forum (WEF) advisor Yuval Noah Harari, a homosexual, Israeli author and historian who holds mostly to atheistic beliefs in spirituality, about having AI re-write the Bible are so dangerous

Considered by many to be one of the most influential intellectuals in the world today, his statements are taken quite seriously by millions around the world, and should not be merely brushed off as heretical by Christians.

His books, which have sold over 45 million copies worldwide, have been recommended to society by some of the largest names on the planet, including Barack Obama, Bill Gates and many other influential figures.

So, when Harari brings up the concept of “correcting” the Bible, Christians should know that many people will side with him and agree.

During a recent interview with journalist Pedro Pinto in Lisbon, Portugal, Harari discussed the idea of using emerging technology such as artificial intelligence to create new ideas that are “correct.”

“It’s the first technology ever that can create new ideas. You know, the printing press, radio, television, they broadcast, they spread the ideas created by the human brain, by the human mind. They cannot create a new idea,” says Harari.

“You know, [Johannes] Gutenberg printed the Bible in the middle of the 15th century; the printing press printed as many copies of the Bible as Gutenberg instructed it, but it did not create a single new page,” continues Harari.

“It had no ideas of its own about the Bible: Is it good? Is it bad? How to interpret this? How to interpret that? AI can create new ideas; [it] can even write a new Bible,” Harari declares. “Throughout history, religions dreamt about having a book written by a superhuman intelligence, by a non-human entity.

“In a few years, there might be religions that are actually correct … just think about a religion whose holy book is written by an AI. That could be a reality in a few years,” he states.

This is not the first time that Harari has drawn the ire of Christians with his comparisons of humanity becoming godlike in their ability to create.

In a previous video Harari claimed humans are now “hackable” and that the pandemic brought surveillance into the human body itself.

“Also, we see a change in the nature of surveillance. Previously, surveillance was mainly above the skin,” Harari says. “Now it’s going under the skin. Governments want to know, not just where we go or who we meet. Above all, they want to know what is happening under our skin.”

Even as Christians are wary, or even fearful, of Harari’s vision for new Scriptures using AI as a controlling device for major population groups, he is really a pawn in a much bigger game being played on the spiritual level.

Satan wants people to introduce “new” ways of finding God, alternate venues that sidestep the already written Word.

This deception is already at work in the world, as many who formerly prayed to the God of the Bible, now worship at the alter of radical gender ideologies and adorn their churches in the off-rainbow colors their religion worships.

Christians must maintain a strong stance on biblical principles if they hope not only to withstand the coming deception, but also to counter it proactively by revealing the truth of Jesus Christ held in the pages of the Bible.

Knowledge of God’s Word will protect them, and those they witness to, from any future “scriptures” written by a machine of man’s own creation.

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.

As the world struggles with finding identity in an ever-confusing landscape, Christians can find relief in the fact that their identity is spelled out for them in the Word of God.

In the Bible there is also the call to follow Jesus and turn away from the life a person was previously living. This is because God has a higher calling for His children than the world does. With this higher calling comes a set of higher standards however, and too often people compare their lives to those who are living according to the world’s standards.

According to Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, Christians are not alone in this commandment from the Lord to live according to His morality and will. Israel was doing this for thousands of years, yet with a higher calling brings with it the possibility of a harder fall from grace as well.

“There were other nations far worse than Israel, pagan nations, but Israel had known more, seen more, been given more, so more was required,” explains Cahn.

“So, judgement came to Israel that did not come to the other nations in the same way. The fall was greater [for] Israel because they knew more, they were given more. That is why I fear for America, because when a judgement comes to America, if it does not turn back [to God], it will be more severe,” continues Cahn.

It seems the leadership of America, like the evil kings of ancient Israel, are intent on testing the patience, grace and mercy of God to see just how far they can delve into the practices of Satan before God removes His hand of protection and blessing from the nation.

There are heroes of the Bible who understood the price that must be paid by serving God.

Moses is perhaps the greatest example of Old Testament sacrifice in the service of the Lord. Yet for all of Moses’ obedience and submission, so great and high was his calling, that when he struck a rock so that water would flow forth from it in anger when the Lord had instructed him to command the rock to send forth water, it cost him the opportunity of stepping foot into the Promised Land (Deut. 32:51-52).

Paul is an example of New Testament submission to the will of God while bearing His standard to a world living in sin.

“Paul was used powerfully, yet there was a price,” Cahn says.

“He said ‘I can’t do these things that everybody can do, I can’t do this because this is what God has called me to.’ He dealt with a lot of stuff, went through a lot of stuff, but he was Paul. He changed the world because he was consecrated to God. Perfect? No, none of them were perfect, but consecrated to God,” Cahn adds.

As Christians today navigate the muddy waters of theology that is lacking in the power of the Holy Spirit, sermons that are seeker-friendly but leave out the importance of living consecrated lives set apart from the world, there must be an understanding that to reach the higher calling God has on their lives they must in turn live a life that is worthy of that calling.

It is an intentional choice to live this life that is separated from how the world lives. God does not say it will be easy, in fact Paul warns of the difficulties he personally faced on the journey of living a sacred life in obedience to the calling the Lord had on him. But it is worth it.

“You are a child of God,” Cahn says. “That is a high calling. How does a child of God love? … The Bible says you have a high and holy calling. Paul said live in a manner worthy of a high calling. He didn’t say some of you have it and some of you don’t. He said all of you have a high calling.”

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.

Pastor Jim Baker (that’s one K and no Tammy Faye) is letting Christians know it’s OK to be blessed and work toward expanding the kingdom of God.

The love of money is certainly a sin, but God’s blessing is available to all people, no matter the situation, and God wants people to use His blessings to build His kingdom.

“We get ourselves into trouble because we think that in order to be blessed, we need to be poor,” says Baker in an exclusive Charisma News interview.

“One of the most important things is you must understand what God’s will is on something. You cannot attach your faith to something if you do not even know what God says,” he adds.

In the spirit of biblical verses such as Romans 12:2 which warns believers to “not be conformed to this world,” wealth is to be used not for one’s own increase, but for the increase of God’s kingdom.

Continuing in Romans 12:2 believers are told to “be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” This includes how to gain funds that may be necessary for a ministry, because God can and will supply those needs.

By understanding the will of God, as Baker says, you will align yourself with His plans for the wealth He may bring your way, and the good and perfect way to put it to use.

“Part of what Jesus paid on the cross is for you to have an abundant provision, so you can abound in every good work,” explains Baker.

“Anytime there’s a need that comes across your path, and your heart is moved to meet that need, God wants you to have a stream of income to meet that need,” continues Baker.

There are times when a Christian sees a need in the world, and they truly wish they had the means to help in that need. What then, are their actions to be able to fulfill that desire in the future?

It would be to, biblically, earn enough income to support oneself while at the same time building the kingdom by sowing into those areas they wish to help support because the Lord put it on their heart to.

“My definition of prosperity is you have more than enough resources to fulfill every divine assignment God has for you, and enough left over to help others fulfill theirs,” says Baker.

The point of finances and prosperity isn’t to have the newest car or build up one’s bank account so they do not have to worry about bills, but to sow into God’s kingdom and help others play their part in the call God has for their lives as well.

“Jesus was prosperous. He wasn’t some hotshot, flashy evangelist walking around with a bunch of bling. But He had the provision for the vision God gave Him. He was outrageously generous. Whisper something, and Judas is there. [At] the Last Supper, Judas gets up, and what do the disciples say? They say, ‘Oh, there he goes to give away more money in the middle of the night because Jesus was such an outrageous giver by lifestyle,” says Baker.

So, when taking time to talk to the Lord about how to further His kingdom, are Christians asking for the provision or inspiration to seize that provision to fulfill the call God has for them?

If not, they should, and then be amazed at how richly the Lord blesses those who seek provision for His sake and not merely their own.

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.

Let it be known that the Oklahoma Sooners Women’s Softball players have more guts in glorifying the name of Jesus publicly than many Americans today.

During a press conference after their Game 1 win in the Women’s College World Series, when asked about how the team handles the pressure and maintaining the joy their team is known for, team captain Grace Lyons did not hold back when answering the question.

I love their faith! It brings tears and fills my heart! ♥️

— Just Jill (@JustJillTeacher) June 6, 2023

“The only way that you can have a joy that doesn’t fade away is from the Lord. Any other type of joy is actually happiness that comes from circumstances and outcomes,” Lyons replies.

These ladies have a lot to be joyful about too.

They are currently riding a 53-game winning streak, and just completed a historic three-peat as NCAA champions by defeating Florida St 3-1 on Thursday night.

Quoting Coach Patty Gasso, an outspoken Christian who regularly exalts the name of the Lord in public, Lyons continued pointing to Jesus as the source of the team’s uniquely joyous relationship.

“The joy of the Lord is really the only thing that can keep you motivated, and just in a good mindset no matter the outcomes,” continues Lyons.

“Thankfully, we’ve had a lot of success this year, but if it was the other way around, joy from the Lord is the only thing that can keep you embracing those memories, moments, friendships and all that,” add Lyons.

Representing the true team spirit, and community in Christ, outfielder Jayda Coleman backed up Lyons words:

“One thousand percent agree with Grace Lyons. I went through that my freshman year. I was so happy to win the I was just so happy that we won the College World Series, but I didn’t feel joy. I didn’t know what to do the next day, I didn’t know what to do for that following week. I didn’t feel filled, and I had to find Christ in that and I think that is what makes our team so our life is in Christ, and that’s all that matters,” states Coleman.

But wait, there’s more!

Rounding out the interview was utility player Alyssa Brito, who shared how Jesus has changed the mindset of the team:

“I think a huge thing that we’ve really just latched on to is ‘eyes up,’ and you guys see us doing this [points up] and pointing up. But we’re our eyes on Christ and that’s something can’t find a fulfillment in an outcome whether it’s good or bad and I think that’s why we’re so steady in what we do, and our love for each other and our love for the game because we know this game is giving us the opportunity to glorify God. …Once we figured that out and that was our purpose, and everyone was all in with that, it’s really changed so much for us,” shares Brito.

This is what successful, biblically based discipleship that will change the world looks like.

Coach Gasso has passionately taught her players that win or lose, rain or shine, the joy of the Lord is their strength, and no situation on earth can take that away from them.

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.

Persecution often starts small, as a whisper in the ears of the public who are unsure about what they are hearing.

This is because Satan is an excellent deceiver. Having honed his skill at manipulation throughout the course of human history, riling up crowds through unrestricted emotions and chaos has become a successful tactic of making regular citizens complicit in the persecution of those they do not know or understand.

It is not only Satan who has excelled in sowing seeds of hatred toward Christians and Jews throughout history, but his minions, some great, some small, have become master manipulators as well.

According to Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, the same gods and principalities that arranged for Christians to be thrown to wild animals in the grand Roman arenas are now at work in the Western world, and persecution has come with them.

“In the beginning of the age believers, Christians, were in a war, a spiritual war of principalities of powers, gods or spirits,” explains Cahn.

“The spirits of paganism came against them as the spirits were threatened by them, and so they threatened believers. The first believers were persecuted; marginalized; vilified; scapegoated; persecuted; prosecuted; arrested; [and] thrown to the wild animals of the Roman games. Behind it were spirits,” Cahn says.

The treatment of the saints in Roman times is being mirrored in today’s society as well.

Look no further than the mainstream media’s indifference to the shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, once it was found out the victims were Christians and the shooter was transgender.

Persecution of Christians is also running rampant within the halls of America’s own Department of Justice, which is not living up to its name.

Pro-life Christians are having their homes raided at gunpoint and are being arrested for peacefully protesting the slaughter of unborn children, yet pro-abortion groups such as Jane’s Revenge operate with impunity and have yet to face justice for their crimes.

The American government and corporate media are working from the same outline as well with their identifying of anyone who is not for their anti-God agenda as an “Ultra MAGA white supremacist,” even if they bare no allegiance to Donald Trump and his policies. It has become a dog whistle used by the radical left.

This is because the same spirit of Roman times is the same spirit stirring up this anger toward Christians today.

“[The] spirits depicted Christians, believers, as intolerant haters, extremists, dangerous,” reveals Cahn. These same accusations are in fact seen across media platforms and already were echoed over a thousand years ago, and led to violence against the accused.

These ancient, pagan spirits were defeated by the spreading of the gospel and the rise of Christianity. Their practices were abandoned and left in the pages of history.

The place they held in society was instead filled with the Holy Spirit and the Word of God, in whose presence these ancient spirits were unable to be.

“Now, we are witnessing America and the West turn away from God and the gospel and the Word,” warns Cahn.

Cahn’s statements are backed up by the fact that a school district in Utah recently went as far as banning the Bible from the district’s elementary and middle schools due to it’s “graphic nature.”

“The spirits and the gods have returned, but they haven’t just returned: they’ve returned to take up where they left off. This is round two, the war of the gods,” continues Cahn.

“They seek again in our culture more and more to depict believers as intolerant; as haters; as extremists; as dangerous. It is the same exact strategy that was used at the beginning of the age, and you can sense this spirit in our culture.

“We are , for the first time in the Western world, pastors and evangelists have actually been put in Western jails. The jails of Europe, even Canada, and it’s threatening in America. There is a spirit seeking to silence Christians, [to] punish them, [to] close down Christian schools [and] excommunicate Christian students,” warns Cahn.

Just as in ancient Israel, the Lord has sent those to sound the alarm when a nation has turned its heart away from Himself. Israel did not heed the calls to repentance, and even as God’s chosen people, suffered the consequences of their sin.

Will America listen to the words of the prophets, calling for repentance of sins and making God once again the first love in her heart?

Time will tell, but in the meantime, Christians have their assignments just as did the disciples of old: to proclaim the name of Jesus to the ends of the earth, even in the face of persecution and certain death.

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.

There is no reason for Christians to be fearful of finances, but it is essential that instead of fear they have wisdom, discernment and biblical understanding.

The Lord looks at the hearts of His followers, searching for ones He knows can be trusted to further His kingdom utilizing finances that He blesses them with.

This is a great responsibility, one that should be taken seriously, and when using the resources the Lord blesses one with for His purposes and glory, is there such thing as too much money?

Financial expert and Pastor Jim Baker of Zion Christian Fellowship in Powell, Ohio, recently sat down with Charisma News to address this very topic, Christians and the money God entrusts them with.

“Christians are more afraid of finances than they are the mark of the beast,” claims Baker.

“Here’s the thing: more money equals more impact. For the believer, we’re blessed to be a blessing. You know what that means? You first must be blessed. It’s hard to fill up someone else’s cup if your pitcher’s empty. It’s hard to go into all the world if you can’t afford to go to the store… [even] Jesus had a treasurer,” explains Baker.

“We’re not talking about building wealth for wealth’s sake. We’re not trying to get enough money so we don’t have to trust God. God is looking for people who love not the world, so [He] can trust them with the things of this world,” adds Baker.

The world is a “bigger” place than it was during the days of the disciples. With instant communication and faster travel options than they could ever imagine, Christians are able to go into areas that were previously off limits before in days of old. Christians are called to take part in and revolutionize the business, political and cultural worlds that desperately need revival.

God has remained unchanging in His desire to have believers grow His kingdom on earth, says Baker, and it is up to Christians to engage with the world and utilize the resources God blesses us with in a wise and biblical manner: “God has [a] kingdom. It’s an unshakeable kingdom that [is] supposed to stay unchanging, because God is unchanging. And God is the source. Everything else is just a resource, and the source never changes,” says Baker.

How Christians use the resources God gives them, however, is up to the condition of their heart according to Baker.

“Money is neutral. Money is not evil …. Money takes on the character of whoever is holding it. So, if someone is greedy and they get more money, it only amplifies what is already in their heart. If someone is generous and they get more money, it only amplifies what’s already in there …. The only thing in this equation that can change is you. So that’s good news because you can learn how to tap into these kingdom principles, and how to have money, to turn those dollars into soldiers to accomplish kingdom purposes,” Baker explains.

If a Christian has their eyes and heart set on growing the kingdom of God above all things, and is entrusted with wealth for that very purpose, is there such a thing as too much resources to grow the kingdom?

Joseph had almost unlimited resources and wealth at his disposal in the kingdom of Egypt, and Esther was queen over a nation, but they both placed the will of God at the forefront of their hearts.

When it comes to wealth, finances and investments, it behooves every Christian to take an introspective look at their own heart and motivation behind success. Is God and growing His kingdom the driving forces behind the desire for success? Or does the thought of having more money bring with it a false sense of security?

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.

In today’s world, the warnings of woes and judgement as described in the book of Isaiah provide a roadmap for today’s geo-political, social and economic deceptions told to the citizens of the world.

As politicians, unelected bureaucrats, business executives, celebrities and media personalities delve deeper into haughty attitudes that glorify themselves and their respective agendas, God is being willfully removed from the heart of society.

This has led to immense corruption and abuse of power and station across the board of politics, economics and even, sadly, the church.

No one is allowed to question the motive or reasoning behind actions anymore, and this is perhaps why Tucker Carlson was removed from his top-rated primetime news program on Fox News. Because he started asking the questions that were not allowed.

Yet in the wake of his departure, a new avenue of media was made available for the message he was spreading, a message that millions have begun flocking to in the hopes of hearing something they had taken from them years ago: truth.

The debut episode of “Tucker on Twitter” had been seen on Twitter, in the first 24 hours, over 87.2 million times and still growing.

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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 6, 2023

According to Associated Press, Carlson’s average viewership for 2022 was million.

Why are people flocking to Carlson’s new show?

Well, because he is asking questions and challenging the narrative pushed by corrupt media conglomerates and government officials.

With the Ukraine and Russia conflict dominating the mainstream media, which many consider to be outright propaganda outlets today, Carlson challenges the narrative that Zelensky is this righteous saint who can do no wrong because he is fighting the all-powerful evil that is Putin’s Russia.

But just because Putin is an adversary, does that make Zelensky good?

Highlighting the recent breach of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, Carlson simply asks logical questions to try and get to a logical answer. This has made him an enemy to many.

“The question is, who did it?” asks Carlson during the debut of “Tucker on Twitter.”

“The Kakhovka dam was effectively Russian. It was built by the Russian government, and it currently sits in Russian controlled territory. The dam’s reservoir supplies water to Crimea, which has been, for the last 240 years, home of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Blowing up the dam may have been bad for Ukraine, but it hurts Russia more, and for precisely that reason, the Ukrainian government has considered destroying it,” explains Carlson.

When dealing with a corrupt system however, people are not allowed to ask these questions or they will be cancelled and removed from their positions and their livelihoods threatened.

Except now there is a revolt against these corrupt demagogues who seek to control the information Americans receive.

Over the past weekend, Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire’s documentary “What is a Woman?” and the corresponding tweet promoting the free viewing of the film, has been viewed to date a total of 179.4 million times.

It’s the movie they really don’t want you to see: #WhatIsAWoman?

Watch the explosive documentary starring @MattWalshBlog FREE on Twitter for 24 hrs.

— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) June 2, 2023

This is after now-former Twitter executives tried to restrict its viewing audience before Elon Musk became involved in the controversy. Musk even went on to pin the tweet on his personal page.

This spirit of censorship, of restricting information from getting to the people to make informed decisions, is the same tactic that the USSR and Communist China employed over the years.

Many citizens are not even aware of what is taking place outside their own sphere that is controlled by the major media and social media conglomerates. That is precisely why Tucker Carlson took his new show to Twitter, because of Musk’s promises of free speech and debate on the digital town hall platform.

There is much more than the suppression of free speech and censorship, however, that Christians must engage in spiritual warfare.

There is the mutilation and chemical castration of children; the integrity of U.S. elections; the uncontrolled spending of the government that may very well crash the U.S. dollar someday soon; the growing influence of unelected NGO’s over American policy; and the rumors of wars across the globe. All of these things, and more, are in dire of need of prayer from Christians around the world.

Prayers of exposure, of light shining into darkness and revealing the true nature of what is going on behind closed doors will foil the plans of the devil. But it will take action, boldness and courage on the part of Christians who choose to stand up for the principles of God, instead of bending to the ways of the world.

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.