Great Britain is reporting markedly lower numbers in those who actively practice Christianity, and the nation is preparing for what was once considered a holy moment ordained by God.

As faith struggles across England, Evangelist Ray Comfort has asked God to bless his plan to evangelize millions at the coronation of King Charles on May 6.

There are few times in history when such a gathering takes place; it will have been 70 years since Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in June of 1953, and it is simply too ripe of a field not to harvest the souls who desperately need Jesus in their life.

With such a gap in time between the two, many people are unaware of the spiritual significance behind the coronation itself.

“When Charles is crowned on May 6th, he’s going to reach out his hand and lay it on a Bible and swear to uphold the biblical truth of salvation by grace, through faith,” explained Comfort in an exclusive Charisma News interview.

“He’s going to be the defender of the faith. He’s going to carry an ‘s a golden globe with diamonds and pearly all over it. [It has] a cross on the top, and it’s symbolic of Jesus Christ’s reign over the whole earth. He’s going to hold a scepter, as David held and as Solomon held.

“He’s going to be anointed with oil, there’s all sorts of it’s going to be witnessed by literally hundreds of millions around the world,” says Comfort.

How could an evangelist pass up such an opportunity to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ at such an event?

So, Ray did what an evangelist does. He devised a way to grab the attention of millions of people and use that moment to introduce them to the Savior of humanity.

“I began thinking, ‘Boy, it’d be great to have a little tract printed with Charles on the front, and the gospel on the back.’ We could give it to people who live in the streets of London, because there’s going to be millions,” Comfort shared.

“So, I made a video. I sent it to my team, and just after I sent the video I received an email from a gentleman and he just said, ‘What are you working on?’ So, I sent him the video and he sent the ministry $200,000. Yeah, it’s better than a wet fleece,” he added.

Nearly 15 million tracts have been printed and the Lord provided several other large donations to the ministry, but it takes workers to glean the fields for the harvest.

“Eighteen hundred Christians have committed to go to London and give out the tracts. Five hundred Christians from the U.S. are flying over to London to give out the tracts as people are coming from Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Never before in the history of the world have we seen so much interest in something that is godly,” says Comfort.

“So, when we give them this, it’s going to be a pleasant looking thing. It’s going to be memorabilia. It’s something they can take home with them, and it has the gospel on the back. So, millions are going to get this gospel training,” Comfort continued.

In one fell swoop, God is going to use a man who took his faith and put it into action answering the Great Commission during one of the most viewed events in human history.

Seeds will be planted, hearts will be watered and lives will be dedicated to Christ in response to the Great Commission.

May Christians the world over see that inaction is not an option, for they are called to go out into the world and spread the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Events like this are excellent reminders of that. {eoa}

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From Playing Teenage Witch to Waging Spiritual Warfare

Actress Melissa Joan Hart has been outspoken in recent years about the faith journey that has led her to find salvation in Jesus Christ. Now she’s speaking out about the importance of prayer after she suddenly found herself drawn directly into the tragic school shooting in Nashville.

As CBN’s Faithwire reports, Hart and her husband, Mark Wilkerson, were in their car on Monday when they noticed a group of kindergarteners running out of the woods, near The Covenant School, a private Christian school for Pre-K through sixth graders. The 46-year-old actor’s three children—ages 10, 15 and 17—attend a school right next to Covenant.

“Luckily, we are all OK,” the celebrity tearfully explained in an Instagram post. “But we did—my husband and I were on our way to school for conferences—and luckily our kids weren’t in today. We helped a class of kindergartners across a busy highway.”

Celebrity Megachurch Churchome Slapped With Class-Action Lawsuit

A Seattle-area megachurch that has hosted celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been accused in a lawsuit of requiring employees to tithe back 10% of their earnings or face repercussions including termination.

Churchome is led by Judah Smith and his wife, Chelsea, who according to the Churchome website, are the church’s lead communicator and lead theologian, respectively.

The Smiths are named as the plaintiffs in the 44-page lawsuit along with CEO David Kroll and his wife, Jenna Kroll, which was filed on behalf of Rachel Kellogg and no less than 100 fellow employees of Churchome who have been affected by this mandatory policy, according to The Christian Post.

Lentz’s to Tell All in New Docuseries ‘Secrets of Hillsong’

Freshly hired by Transformation Church in Tulsa recently, Pastor Carl Lentz and his wife, Laura, are making news once again. But this time, it’s not about how they’re moving forward in their calling for God.

Carl Lentz, who was dismissed as the lead pastor at Hillsong Church NYC in late 2020 for infidelity, among other things, and his wife will now be featured in a new docuseries titled “The Secrets of Hillsong,” which will include the first interviews from the couple since Carl Lentz was fired more than two years ago, Variety reported this week.

“The Secrets of Hillsong” premieres on May 19 at 10 p.m. with two episodes, followed by two more episodes on May 26. {eoa}

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*Note: This is the second of a two-part series. You can view the first part here.

3. What Are the Promises to Believers Who Stand with Israel?

If standing with Israel is important to God, what are some biblical promises to a believer who stands with Israel?

Well, one of the things Paul says in Romans 11:25,

• “For I desire, brethren, that you should not be ignorant of this mystery.”

First, anytime you’re ignorant of a mystery or God’s ways, you’re perishing for lack of knowledge. So you need to understand if you’re going to believe that Israel is God’s time clock, and Jerusalem is the plumb bob from out of the Courts of Heaven to earth; it lands in Jerusalem. Then so goes Jerusalem, and so goes the nation.

And we need to understand what he meant when he wrote, “So I desire, brethren, that you should not be ignorant of this mystery lest you should become wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the Gentiles have come in.” It says the fullness of the Gentiles.

So there’s a season where God has blinded the Jewish people, and now He’s taking the scales off their eyes, just like He took off your eyes for you to be able to believe in Him. So then, you need to be in sync with what God is doing in Israel, and you can see what He’s doing in Israel right now.

It’d be very difficult to say that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is not real, or blessing Israel.

• It’d be very hard. All you have to do is get a history book and look at the pictures of Israel in, let’s say, 1940 to 1950, and understand that Israel became a state in 1948.

• And then look at the modern-day pictures now. If you look at the prosperity, the technology, the Pulitzer prizes and all the things that have happened, you can’t deny the truth about God or Israel.

• I’m a Jewish person, and I’m proud to be Jewish, and I’m proud of my people, but I can tell you this, we didn’t do it.

• You can’t fly over Israel and look down and see the return of the trees and the return of the food and the return of the rain, and then the people returning from the four corners of the earth, and not say, “You know what? This is God.”

• The return of the language is a miracle.

So we need not be ignorant of that mystery, and we need to be able to stand with that.

The Blessings and Promises Available to Believers Who Stand with Israel

I think the nine blessings of Passover, according to Exodus 23, describe the promises and blessings for those who stand with Israel. We watch the people who have been with us from the beginning; they’re so blessed and prospering. We’ve been celebrating Passover for nearly 20 years now.

When you do it God’s way…

• He’ll bless you coming in
• He’ll bless you going out
• He’ll bless you in the city
• He’ll bless you in every way
• No harm shall come near your dwelling

Go to Deuteronomy 28. There are about 17 blessings there. God says…

• I’ll bless you coming in
• I’ll bless you going out
• I’ll bless you in the city and the country
• I’ll bless the food in your basket

To further answer this question, we need to go to Malachi.

So when you bring your tithes in offering and the Lord actually has you bring your offering of Judah and Jerusalem to make it pleasant as in the days of old, see Malachi 3:4. This would be one of the ways you’re blessing Israel because you’re celebrating the Feast of Passover.

Malachi 3:10 says, “‘Bring all your tithes into the storehouse that you may have food enough in My house, and try Me now in this…”

This comes out of the Old Testament. This is an ancient principle of tithe and offering. It says, “If I will not open up the windows of heaven,” so you’re standing and blessing Israel. God’s going to open the windows of heaven. He’s going to pour out such a blessing there’s not room enough to receive it. He said, “I’ll rebuke the devourer.” It’s a great spiritual warfare tool.

And He says, “‘So that he [enemy or the weather or whatever, or plagues or bugs] won’t destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall your vine fail to bear fruit in the field,’ says the Lord of hosts; ‘and all the nations will call you blessed…'”

Blessed actually translates to “you’ll have favor, and you’ll be a delightful land.” This is doing it God’s way and blessing Israel. That would be some of the blessings released when standing with Israel.

4. Can You Lead Us in a Prayer of Repentance?

Can you lead us in a prayer of repentance for what we’ve misunderstood about the significance of Israel today?

Prayer…

“Father God, in the name of Yeshua, I repent on behalf of myself or anybody in my family line because the curse goes back four generations. Father God, I ask You to cleanse my family line from any anti-Semitism, replacement theology or places where we have cursed the Jewish people.

“I ask by the blood of Jesus in the Courts of Heaven right now, that You would expunge and remove those iniquitous structures of curing the Jewish people in Israel out of my family like and out of the books of heaven, in Yeshua’s name. Father God, we cry out Abba Father, and ask for Your mercy and forgiveness.”

5. What Is Happening in Israel That We Should Be Praying About?

What is happening in Israel right now that we should be celebrating, and what should we be praying about?

Right now, Israel has a very strong conservative government with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Finance. All these are people that we’re friendly with at Curt Landry Ministries. And so my prayer would be this…

Prayer

“Father God, in the midst of having to correct a lot of the liberal decisions that have caused problems and weakened the Abraham Accords, Father God, we ask for wisdom and knowledge for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others who are in the new Knesset and the government. We pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and we decree that may they prosper who love you, and may they have peace within their palaces.

“And may we say for our brethren’s sake, shalom shalom, to Jerusalem and all of Israel. Shalom shalom means nothing broken, nothing missing. And Father God, I just ask that Your peace is upon Israel and peace be upon all those who pray for Israel, and may they prosper and have peace within their palaces.

“And we lift up your man, Benjamin Netanyahu, and we thank You, Lord, for giving him health and protecting Sarah and the boys and his family and giving them shalom. Thank You, Lord, for the unity amongst the Knesset members to do that which is written in the book and that which is written in heaven. Lord, help them to be anointed to restore biblical prophetic grounding and healthy Christian and Jewish Zionism, which means that, Lord, we will believe and pray in the courts according to Your words and Your covenant purposes for Israel, the Jewish people and the non-Jewish people. Lord, may Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, in Yeshua’s name.”

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Following critical comments from U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, including a statement that he would not invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the White House “in the near term,” several coalition members in Israel fired back.

“It’s sad that even President Biden has fallen victim to fake news broadcasted from Israel against our justified legal reforms,” Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar wrote on social media shortly after Biden’s comments.

Zohar later deleted the post, although he posted a similar one, not directed towards Biden.

Deputy Knesset Speaker and Likud party lawmaker Nissim Vaturi said that “Israel will protect itself without the U.S. if they will not support us.”

Vaturi indicated that Israeli soldiers died in the 2014 Operation Protective Edge because of a U.S. embargo on the Hellfire missiles used by the Israel Defense Forces.

Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch, also from Likud, said, “Israel is a sovereign state and decisions are made here. American criticism can happen, but the decisions are ours.”

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was even more sharp in his comments to Army Radio yesterday morning, in which he emphasized that Israel is an independent nation.

While Israel “appreciates the democratic regime there [in the U.S.], it is precisely for this reason that they need to understand that Israel is an independent country and not another star on the U.S. flag,” Ben Gvir said in his interview.

Opposition leaders were quick to latch onto Biden’s statements as an indication of Netanyahu’s alleged failures.

“For decades, Israel was the USA’s closest ally, and the most extremist government in the country’s history has spoiled that in three months,” alleged Yair Lapid, who leads opposition party, Yesh Atid.

Benny Gantz from the National Unity party was more restrained, saying that Biden’s comments are “an urgent wake-up call for the Israeli government.”

Former Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, also from National Unity, echoed Lapid’s remarks.

“Never before has any government caused so much damage to the country in such a short amount of time,” Sa’ar claimed.

The Israeli government’s coalition and opposition groups this week entered into negotiations over the judicial reforms. Preliminary meetings began late Tuesday night at Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s residence and continued on Wednesday. A schedule of further negotiations has not yet been released. {eoa}

This article originally appeared on ALL ISRAEL NEWS and is reposted with permission.

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A Seattle-area megachurch that has hosted celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been accused in a lawsuit of requiring employees to tithe back 10% of their earnings or face repercussions including termination.

Churchome is led by Judah Smith and his wife, Chelsea, who according to the Churchome website, are the church’s lead communicator and lead theologian, respectively.

The Smiths are named as the plaintiffs in the 44-page lawsuit along with CEO David Kroll and his wife, Jenna Kroll, which was filed on behalf of Rachel Kellogg and no less than 100 fellow employees of Churchome who have been affected by this mandatory policy, according to The Christian Post.

“Defendants have engaged in a systemic scheme of wage and hour abuse against their employees, including the requirement that all employees rebate ten percent of their gross earned wages back to Defendants in the form of tithes on a monthly basis or face actual or threatened pressure, discipline, or termination,” the complaint states.

As reported by The Seattle Times, “Kellogg, who worked in video and production for Churchome, says she was never informed of this policy until after she was hired in 2019. The lawsuit argues the practice violates the state’s Consumer Protection Act, and wage and hour laws.”

Kellogg works remotely from Greenville, South Carolina.

“Regardless of whether this is a church, or not a church, or a nonprofit or a for-profit corporation, requiring employees to rebate any wages to an employer is an unlawful practice,” said Eric Nusser, one of Kellogg’s attorneys at Seattle’s Terrell Marshall Law Group.

Within the complaint filed, Kellogg alleges that she was not notified, or even aware, of employees being required to tithe back a minimum of 10% back to Churchome itself.

It was during a remote staff meeting in April of 2020 with Judah Smith that she became aware of how serious a policy this was to the church.

“Defendant Judah Smith reminded all employees of Defendants’ policy that the employees were required to tithe ten percent of their paychecks back to Churchome, warning that former employees had been fired because they had failed to meet this company requirement,” the complaint reads.

“I’ll be very honest: people have already been transitioned and moved on and fired because they were not tithing,” Smith allegedly said during the meeting.

Contained in the lawsuit are allegations of Smith telling the staff where he stood personally on the matter.

“Giving 10% of a paycheck that comes from the tithe—to not tithe off of a paycheck that comes from a tithe doesn’t work for me. I’m just going to be real clear: it just doesn’t work for me,” Smith allegedly told the group.

In a statement released by their attorney Nathaniel Taylor, Churchome says that the employee handbook and statement of faith includes tithing and that the church does not deduct the tithe from employee paychecks. It does however ask that employees live out the practice.

“The First Amendment protects a church’s right to restrict employment to those employees who choose to abide by church teaching. Churchome intends to vigorously defend the rights of all religious institutions to live, teach, and model their faith through their employees,” the statement said.

One question comes to mind: Does the employee have to tithe exclusively to Churchome, or can they decide where to give their money?

In a recent article, Fortune reported that “Churchome is primarily supported by membership tithes and offerings, according to a 2021-2022 financial report. In 2022, the organization listed $35.4 million in total assets.”

This lawsuit is also coming on the heels of the recent report that Churchome was among the churches listed in an honorarium scheme run by Hillsong Church.

The Christian Post reported that, “Churchome paid up to $100,000 annually in membership fees to be part of a network called Hillsong Family. Whistleblower documents allege that pastors of churches in the Hillsong Family gain access to a preaching circuit where pastors travel and dine in luxury at the expense of host churches in the network while collecting tens of thousands in cash honorariums.”

While few know what has occurred behind the closed doors of a congregation, Paul writes about such a situation in 1 Corinthians 6:1-20.

Pray that this issue be resolved, potential relationships restored and that, in all things, God would be glorified in its wake. {eoa}

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It’s Palm Sunday, and you enter the church doors, dressed for the occasion. With a smile, a cheerful greeter hands you a palm branch before you enter the sanctuary.

If you are like me, you have probably wondered what the actual significance is behind the palm branch for this particular celebration day. While we all may be aware of the role that palm branches played in Jesus’ crucifixion, there are a lot of historical truths surrounding this important topic: the palm branch. So, why the palm branches? I would like to help answer that question and explain how it can be applied to our lives today.

The book of Zechariah describes how the King of the Jews would come onto the scene as the triumphant, victorious leader.

“Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion! And cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King is coming comes to you; He is righteous and able to deliver; He is humble and riding on a donkey, a colt, the offspring of a donkey” (Zech. 9:9).

It is no secret how the Jewish people would see their newly revealed king one day. As Jesus was preparing to enter Jerusalem, the Jewish people were looking for the one who would deliver them from the Roman Empire. They no longer wanted the corrupt Roman rulers to dictate their Jewish lives; they were looking for the coming Messiah.

When you connect Zechariah 9:9 to the Feast of Tabernacles/Booths (Sukkoth), which normally happens sometime in late September or October, we discover an even greater reason for some to wave and throw branches before Jesus while riding the colt. It was common practice during the Festival of Tabernacles/Booths (Sukkoth) for Jewish people to celebrate by living in temporary booths, performing animal sacrifice and rejoicing with leafy branches (palm branches). This specific festival was a reminder of God’s faithfulness in the wilderness and also God’s soon promise for the Messiah to come. It was during this celebration (Feast of Tabernacles) that they would declare aloud the following verses from Psalm 118: “Lord, save us! Lord, grant us success! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you” (Ps. 118: 25-26, NIV).

“Lord Save us” translates to “Hosanna.” When you apply this to the passage below, you get a greater picture of what was really happening that triumphant day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem.

They brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it. And He sat upon it. Many spread their garments on the street. And others cut down branches off the trees and scattered them on the street. Those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”

“Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!” (Mark 11:7-10, MEV).

To set the stage for Jesus’ entry, remember that some of the Jews had already witnessed the profound miracles that Jesus had performed, while there was a growing outcry by the Jews against the increasingly strict Roman rules being enforced. Now Jesus comes in the exact way that Scripture had prophesied through Zachariah, and although it was not at all near the time for the Feast of Tabernacles, so already-cut palm branches were not readily available, people turned wherever they could to find palm branches from nearby trees and bushes (Matt. 21:8) to wave before the Lord and throw on the ground before Jesus while shouting, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Lord, save us!” What they were really saying was: “Jesus, You are our Jewish king, our deliverer from Rome. Take Your rightful place now and free us!” The Jews were looking for an earthly emperor to take the seat of power once and for all, enabling Jewish people to destroy the yoke of Rome.

Palm branches were a symbol of power and victory over enemies. In Roman athletic competitions, the winners were awarded palm branches as a symbol of strength. Though the palm branches were part of the common practice for the Feast of Tabernacles, it was not a common practice to have palm branches at the time Jesus came rolling in at the triumphal entry. The people were waving the palm branches toward Jesus because of their connection to the regulations for the Feast of Tabernacles celebration. Once they started waving them toward Jesus, it became clear that they wanted Him to be their next leader. The people were trying to make Jesus as “the warrior King”, but Jesus was arriving as “the King of peace,” not taking up a battle against Rome but instead, a war against the wages of sin and death.

Do you see how the crucifixion would later play out? An all-powerful king (Jesus) now making His grand entry at such an event like this triggered the Roman Empire to imagine that a revolting war was about to start soon. This is why the political tension between the Romans and the Jews (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes and so on) along with other dilemmas created a governmental situation to where it was best, politically speaking, for Jesus to die a most humiliating death (Isa. 52:14). There were several “powers that be” during this time who, in the natural, were making a statement with Jesus’ death that proclaimed loud and clear that if anyone ever tried to be a Jewish deliverer again, they would be punished with a horrible death just as Jesus was, crucified on a Roman cross.

Keep in mind that the Jewish leaders were already infuriated with Jesus because of the claims He made, the miracles He performed and the lack of respect Jesus gave for their man-made traditions. Bottom line, Jesus was a serious threat to many! This is the political background and why so many later turned on Jesus at the cross. Their once “forthcoming king” was now being strung up in complete humility, totally naked, for all to see. Anyone who willingly connected themselves to Him while He was on the cross would, more than likely, be searched out, captured and killed as well. Empires in that day didn’t take lightly to those who were treasonous or rebellious.

What the Roman and Jewish people didn’t realize, however, was Jesus had a completely different plan when He showed up that day on the donkey. He arrived to destroy the bondage of sin from all mankind forever (John 1:29). He didn’t come to build another earthly kingdom that would one day fall or collapse just as so many others in times past; instead, Jesus was opening the door to eternal life, now only found through Him and Him alone (John 14:6). It wasn’t just a kingdom that was being established that day; it was the kingdom, the kingdom of heaven whose ruler will have no end.

“And he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end” (Luke 1:33, NIV).

Palm branches played an important part of Jesus’ crucifixion, and similarly, the symbolism still plays an important part of living with Jesus Christ forever. In Solomon’s temple, we find that images of palm branches were present throughout.

“On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers” (1 Kings 6:29).

Later on in the book of Revelation, we see that the righteous will hold palm branches while proclaiming eternal victory to our Savior, the one who saved us from sin. It’s here that we get to celebrate Christ’s eternal victory as King.

“Then I looked. And there was a great multitude which no one could count, from all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands” (Rev. 7:9).

Palm branches: a symbol of victory, triumph and eternal peace. This is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. So when you are handed a palm branch on Palm Sunday, wave it with honor! {eao}

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13 People You Should Never Marry as a Christian

Marrying someone with multiple red flags tends to never turn out well. The wait of finding that person God has for you can feel long and often hopeless, but I can assure you that jumping into a marriage with someone who is not the person you need to be with, will leave you with a lot more struggles in the long-term.

We sat down with Pastor Vlad and Lana Savchuk with Hungry Generation church to talk about the kind of qualities you want to make sure are not in your future spouse.

Here are the 13 red flags to keep an eye out for.

This Demonic Blasphemy Was Aired Live on Television

Christians are being greatly stretched in the current era of humanity.

The relentless attacks against God, His Word and His design for mankind are becoming culturally accepted and amplified across the news waves.

It is no secret that the television outlet MSNBC holds Christians in contempt, but now it is airing blasphemous statements against God without challenging the speakers in the slightest.

Internet Comedian Says He Is ‘Accidentally’ Becoming More Christian

Over the past three years, internet comedian JP Sears says he has found himself “getting accidentally” more Christian.

A man who formerly had a great deal of judgment against religion and Christianity, Sears says he was wrong, and he has definitely changed his mind about God and what our Lord and Savior has to offer.

And Sears is certainly making an impact. In addition to have more than million subscribers on YouTube, he also has 1.1 million followers on Instagram, more than 342,000 followers on Twitter and more than 3 million followers on Facebook. {eoa}

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Decoding the Nashville School Shooter’s Tragic Message

“I’m planning to die today.”

That’s how 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale began a private Instagram message to her friend Averianna Patton on Monday morning of this week.

“THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!” Hale continued. “You’ll probably hear about me on the news after I die. This is my last goodbye. I love you. See you again in another life.”

The Prophetic Significance of Palm Branches This Sunday

It’s Palm Sunday, and you enter the church doors, dressed for the occasion. With a smile, a cheerful greeter hands you a palm branch before you enter the sanctuary.

If you are like me, you have probably wondered what the actual significance is behind the palm branch for this particular celebration day. While we all may be aware of the role that palm branches played in Jesus’ crucifixion, there are a lot of historical truths surrounding this important topic: the palm branch. So, why the palm branches? I would like to help answer that question and explain how it can be applied to our lives today.

The book of Zechariah describes how the King of the Jews would come onto the scene as the triumphant, victorious leader.

Book on Deliverance Sparks Popular Documentary

What if the blueprint for the temple, laid out in numerous places across the Bible depicted a clear understanding of how demons can affect the life of a Christian? The topic of whether a Christian can be demon possessed has been permeating social media channels with commentary in every direction.

I interviewed Alexander Pagani the author of “The Secret to Deliverance,” on my “Strang Report” podcast to talk about the word picture painted in the Bible. Most Christians don’t acknowledge that Satan is influencing them and their circumstances.

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There is little doubt that America is at a crucial point in its history, and it is battling for its survival daily as cultural issues continue to divide the country. And the gap keeps widening.

Many politicians simply aren’t to be trusted. But there are a few in Congress, like Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., who truly care about the “religious and moral foundations” of the country, and they want Americans to know that their nation is truly worth saving.

Fox News Digital reported this week that Johnson led a Christian history tour of the U.S. Capitol Tuesday night, a tour made up of 80 pastors and their spouses from 16 states. The tour also included some current and former lawmakers.

Johnson and his group didn’t hesitate to show their boldness for Christ in the Capitol Rotunda as they praised God with a “moving rendition” of the classic Christian hymn “Amazing Grace” that reverberated throughout the dome (you can watch the video here).

“I always enjoy taking friends and visitors through these hallowed halls, and it was a privilege to take this group of faith leaders on a special tour of the Capitol last night,” Johnson told Fox News Digital.

“They were greatly encouraged to see and be reminded of the religious and moral foundations of our country. In these times of great division, all Americans would do well to be reminded of those truths and that important heritage.”

Johnson lamented the fact that churches services that were previously and routinely held in the Capitol building no longer take place, but that Tuesday’s event was a welcome sight for religious liberty in a place that it supposed to openly promote it.

“It is always moving to hear prayers and hymns echoing in the Rotunda today,” Johnson told Fox Digital News.

Senator Tim Scott, R-S.C., a devoted Christian, was also part of the tour as well as former Rep. Bob McEwen, R-Ohio, and Christian author David Barton.

During the tour, many prayed for the victims who were mercilessly gunned down by a 28-year-old, emotionally distressed trans person at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, the day before.

Fox News Digital reported that Pastor Jim Bachmann, who attended the tour, said a cultural and spiritual change was most certainly needed in our society.

“I think what I say is we need to love each other, and we need to learn to disagree agreeably, and learn how to forgive,” he answered a reporter’s question.

He went on to call for peaceful disagreements instead of violence.

“You know, people from different ideologies, different theologies, different backgrounds, it’s okay to disagree. But it’s not okay to shoot each other, and particularly shoot children and innocent victims,” Bachmann said.

The pastor then quoted Jesus to the reporter and viewing audience.

“And so the message of the Gospel is we ‘love our neighbor as ourselves.’ And try to bear each other’s burdens and work through them, whatever problems—we all have problems. And you know, we all need help at times in our lives,” Bachmann said. {eoa}

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The shooting at Covenant Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, has rocked the nation for its targeted nature against Christians, according to the shooter’s own manifesto.

In the wake of this shooting, even those already leery of the mainstream media and the agendas it pushes are alarmed at how major media outlets have turned to defend the transgender shooter and blame Christians for this horrific event.

Across social media, the calls for violence against anyone who attempts to stand in the way of transgender ideologies have only increased in the wake of the murder of six people at Covenant Christian School.

The radical Left in this country is so permeated with hatred for Christianity that the governor of Arizona’s press secretary, Josselyn Berry, was forced to resign after posting an image threatening to shoot anyone she considered a “transphobe.”

Now, Tucker Carlson is shining light on the hypocrisy and lies being spread by the mainstream media.

As reported by the Daily Wire, “Carlson noted at the top that he had been warning prior to the shooting that the entire movement was ‘militant’ and becoming ‘dangerous.’ But after Monday’s massacre, Carlson noted, the ‘insidious’ media coverage compounded the sickening tragedy. He cited ABC News reporter Terry Moran, who linked the shooting to new laws in Tennessee banning chemical and surgical sex change procedures for minors.”

“The State of Tennessee bans the sexual mutilation of children, children get shot to death in a school,” Carlson said. “It’s cause and effect. That’s what ABC News is telling you. That’s not far from justifying mass murder, but others took the next step.”

Since Christians do not believe that gender is fluid, and is in fact binary as created by God in heaven, this creates the true conflict between Christianity and the transgender movement, according to Carlson.

“The trans movement is the mirror image of Christianity, and therefore its natural enemy,” Carlson said. “In Christianity, the price of admission is admitting that you’re not God. Christians openly concede that they have no real power over anything, and for that matter, very little personal virtue. They will tell you to your face that they are sinful and helpless and basically absurd. They’re not embarrassed about any of this. They brag about it. ‘That saved a wretch like me,’ goes the most famous Christian hymn ever written in English.

“The trans movement takes the opposite view,” he continued. “Trans ideology claims dominion over nature itself. ‘We can change the identity we were born with,’ they will tell can never agree with this statement because these are powers … God alone possesses.

“That unwillingness to agree, that failure to acknowledge a trans person’s dominion over nature, incites and enrages some in the trans community,” Carlson said. “People who believe they are God can’t stand to be reminded that they’re not. So, Christianity and transgender orthodoxy are wholly incompatible theologies. They can never be reconciled. They are on a collision course with each other.”

So what are Christians to do as they are targeted for their beliefs by a radical and armed movement opposed to the very nature of God’s design?

Repentance in humility before the Lord should be on the forefront of every Christian’s mind in America today.

With a multitude of verses in both the Old and New Testament extolling the power in repentance before the Lord, Christians must take claim over America and repent for the nation’s sins. This will bear fruit, according to Matthew 3:8, and muster the armies of heaven on their behalf.

Perseverance in the face of persecution was the name of the game for the apostle Paul. Throughout his many travels, Satan tried to stymie his efforts to spread the gospel message to the Gentiles. This saw Paul beaten, imprisoned and eventually martyred for his faith.

Is this not what modern-day Christians can expect when they too preach the message of Jesus Christ?

Making the study of the Word of God a top priority is a need for many Christians in America today. How many hours are spent on social media, watching television or other forms of entertainment compared to how many hours are spent studying the Bible?

This is an imperative for Christians today and is the only foundation that will help protect them from the coming spiritual battles all will face in the coming days. {eoa}

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