“There may be too much religious fervor and excitement in some religious gatherings, but surely not in many; and most churches need to pray earnestly for a new moving and inspiration of the Holy Spirit in order that the hearts of the worshippers may know something of the passion, the joy, the rapture, the exultation, the triumphant hope, which was the common experience of the early Christians even in Corinth.”
Charles Erdman-pg 131- First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians.

The Congressional Religious Fanatics Have Gone Stark Raving Mad:' Only AIPAC possesses the raw political power and overwhelming pervasive influence to bribe and blackmail most of the U.S. Congress to push legislation criminalizing the 'Holy Bible.'

So how do so many members of the Republican caucus in the House get to the point where they blaspheme against their own fervently held religious beliefs?

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/05/10/the-congressional-religious-fanatics-have-gone-stark-raving-mad/

THE AUDACITY! Joe Biden Is Running on “Freedom” Theme – As He Works Openly to Strip Speech Rights, Religious Rights from Millions of Americans!!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/audacious-joe-biden-running-freedom-theme-as-he/

Canada Moves to Ban Christianity: Bill C-367, an amendment to the Criminal Code that will prohibit Canadians from expressing 'an opinion based on a belief in a religious text. If passed, people can be arrested for quoting the Bible

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/03/06/canada-moves-to-ban-christianity/

Proposed Canadian law could see Christians jailed for quoting the Bible If the Bloc Quebecois Bill C-367 passes, religious exemptions under the 'hate speech' section of the Criminal Code would be removed, could see Christians arrested for quoting the Bible

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/proposed-canadian-law-could-see-christians-jailed-for-quoting-the-bible/?utm_source=daily-usa-2024-02-21&utm_medium=emailIf%20the%20Bloc%20Quebecois%20Bill%20C-367%20passes,%20religious%20exemptions%20under%20the%20%27hate%20speech%27%20section%20of%20the%20Criminal%20Code%20would%20be%20removed,%20which%20could%20see%20Christians%20arrested%20for%20quoting%20Scripture%20or%20publicly%20voicing%20opposition%20to%20sin.

James
Chapter 1

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

The gospel message does not center in a philosophy, a doctrine, or a religious system. It centers in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
~Warren Wiersbe

With Sunday approaching, many are prepared to attend religious services and to tithe. Christians are called to gather. Are they called to "tithe"?

https://curetsky.substack.com/p/is-tithing-a-christian-concept

Biden wants to essentially ban Christians from adopting foster care children based on their religious beliefs and opposition to radical LGBTQ ideology. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a new rule!

https://www.lifenews.com/2023/11/28/joe-biden-wants-to-ban-christian-families-from-adopting-children-in-foster-care/

The Systematic Killing of America: Knowledge or truth only becomes relevant when it is translated into action. Knowledge or truth must become action; theory must become practice; We are a captured nation, ruled by Satan’s elites,

There is a reason why most pastors and religious people have no knowledge and cannot discern the truth. “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.’ (John 16:13)

https://newswithviews.com/the-systematic-killing-of-america-part-4-of-5/

Silicon Valley’s Vision For A.I. Is Driven By A Perverted Need Of Religion, Immortality Without God Of The Bible

Suppose I told you that in 10 years, the world as you know it will be over. You will live in a sort of paradise. You won’t get sick, or age, or die. Eternal life will be yours! Even better, your mind will be blissfully free of uncertainty — you’ll have access to perfect knowledge. Oh, and you’ll no longer be stuck on Earth. Instead, you can live up in the heavens. If I told you all this, would you assume that I was a religious preacher or an AI researcher? Either one would be a pretty solid guess. The more you listen to Silicon Valley’s discourse around AI, the more you hear echoes of religion. That’s because a lot of the excitement about building a superintelligent machine comes down to recycled religious ideas. Most secular technologists who are building AI just don’t recognize that. These technologists propose cheating death by uploading our minds to the cloud, where we can live digitally for all eternity. They talk about AI as a decision-making agent that can judge with mathematical certainty what’s optimal and what’s not. And they envision artificial general intelligence (AGI) — a hypothetical system that can match human problem-solving abilities across many domains — as an endeavor that guarantees human salvation if it goes well, even as it spells doom if it goes badly. These visions are almost identical to the visions of Christian eschatology, the branch of theology that deals with the “end times” or the final destiny of humanity. Christian eschatology tells us that we’re all headed toward the “four last things”: death, judgment, and heaven or hell. Although everyone who’s ever lived so far has died, we’ll be resurrected after the second coming of Christ to find out where we’ll live for all eternity. Our souls will face a final judgment, care of God, the perfect decision-maker. That will guarantee us heaven if it goes well, but hell if it goes badly. Five years ago, when I began attending conferences in Silicon Valley and first started to notice parallels like these between religion talk and AI talk

https://www.ft.com/content/4c89d6cc-b90c-11e7-9bfb-4a9c83ffa852

We’re Entering A New Era In The United States, Where There Will Be A Cost To Following Jesus

For those of us who call the United States home, we have—for the most part—lived a life of religious freedom. We have not had to fear for our health or our family as we have worshiped our Savior. All that is changing. Approximately 2,000 years ago, shortly after Jesus physically walked the roads of Jerusalem, Christians were already suffering for His Name. In 1 Peter 4:12-19, we are told how we should respond when the world attacks us for our faith. As Christians, we must expect sufferings (v. 12). Peter advises us to expect and anticipate suffering. It is unavoidable. We occasionally act like we should get a free pass because we’re Christians—even questioning God’s goodness when bad things happen—but God promised that difficulties would come our way. In John 16:33, Jesus says, “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” If God promised us that we’re going to go through hard times, we shouldn’t be surprised when it happens. We can rejoice when we go through trials (vv. 13-14). It sounds odd to say we can rejoice during suffering, but there are several reasons why we should: 1. First, we can rejoice because when we suffer we are identified with Christ. This is exactly what the disciples did in Acts 5:41: “So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.” 2. Second, we can rejoice because we share in

https://harbingersdaily.com/were-entering-a-new-era-in-the-united-states-where-there-will-be-a-cost-to-following-jesus/