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The latest census from Statistics Canada shows that just over one-third of Canadians have no religious affiliation, and that the number who identify as secular or atheist has more than doubled in 20 years. Religions such as Islam and Hinduism are growing, but there is a significant reduction within Christianity. In 2021, 53.3 per cent of the population followed various churches, down from 67.3 per cent in 2011 and a huge 77.1 per cent in 2001. This has led to many Christian leaders explaining…

</p> <p><img width=”640″ height=”480″ src=”https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kinemetrics_seismograph_Wikimedia_commonsR.jpg” alt=”” title=”Kinemetrics_seismograph_Wikimedia_commonsR” srcset=”https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kinemetrics_seismograph_Wikimedia_commonsR.jpg 640w, https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kinemetrics_seismograph_Wikimedia_commonsR-480×360.jpg 480w” sizes=”(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw” class=”wp-image-454794″/></p> <p> Following are snippets of the top stories posted on charismamag.com over the past week. We encourage you to visit the links to read the stories in full. Recently God spoke to me: “The nations are entering a period of intense shaking. Economies, societies, governments and institutions will all shake. Do not be distracted by the shaking, for in the midst of the…

Read Time: 3 Minutes 45 Seconds “There is a shift coming to America.” Those were the words God spoke to me after almost 100% of conference attendees spontaneously flooded to the altar in a meeting where I was speaking. “What just happened God? I asked, stunned. “There is a shift coming to the body of Christ. There is a shift coming to America and a shift to the world. I am repositioning My people for revival,” He stated. It was at a conference near…

Take a look at this past Sunday’s sermon from a pastor at New York City’s ultra-left Riverside Church. Or rather, take a look at this clip from it: The homilist, the Rev. Adriene Thorne, says in the clip that the David and Bathsheba story centers David, not poor Bathsheba, and that David’s repentance doesn’t get him off the hook. She concludes by saying that the fact that Scripture calls David “a man after God’s own heart” says that God is a bad deity. This…

</p> <p><img width=”618″ height=”340″ src=”https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Yount-praise-1.jpeg” alt=”” title=”” srcset=”https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Yount-praise-1.jpeg.webp 618w, https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Yount-praise-1-480×264.jpeg.webp 480w” sizes=”(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 618px, 100vw” class=”wp-image-454544″/></p> <p> Read Time: 1 Minute 27 Seconds I will never forget what God spoke to me when my life was hanging in the balance 19 years ago with a blood clot in the artery of my heart. “Son, if the enemy can attack you, I can outdo him.” I know that I’m being attacked by healing now and that healing runs in…

As the Anglican priest and theologian J. Davila-Ashcraft wrote for Christianity.com in 2021, some Christian people believe that Halloween is a Satanic holiday. In an op-ed for Charisma News in 2015, Jamie Morgan, a pastor of Life Church in Williamstown, N.J., wrote, “Setting aside a day to celebrate evil, darkness, witchcraft, fear, death, and the demonic brings disdain to God. Period. A Christian celebrating Halloween would be like a Satan-worshipper putting up a nativity scene at Christmas while singing, ‘Happy Birthday, Jesus!’ The two…

The Seventh day Adventist Church has been tasked with a very specific mission. That mission, detailed in Revelation 14:6-12, was designed to rescue God’s people out of Babylon. Since its inception, the Spirit of Prophecy, illustrating the prophetic voice of the church, has spoken boldly and loudly regarding the fallen religious system of Roman Catholicism, and the work that would be done by apostate Protestantism in seeking to enforce religious dogma worldwide.  But something strange is happening to the prophetic voice within Adventism. In…

</p> <p><img width=”618″ height=”340″ src=”https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Haynes-provocation.jpeg” alt=”” title=”freedom” srcset=”https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Haynes-provocation.jpeg.webp 618w, https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Haynes-provocation-480×264.jpeg.webp 480w” sizes=”(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 618px, 100vw” class=”wp-image-454422″/></p> <p> Read Time: 1 Minute 44 Seconds The Spirit of the Lord is moving upon His people, stirring to a holy provocation. He wants us to be provoked at the status quo in our lives spiritually, to be provoked over the evil in the world that is intent to destroy everything in line with God’s design. I heard from the Spirit of…

Read Time: 4 Minutes 38 Seconds The Spirit of the Lord says this day, “The stirring up of the waters and those at sea has begun. Why do the nations rage and the people plot a vain thing? I, the Lord thy God, shall hold them in derision as the nations plot and attempt to usurp at sea. However, I, the Lord God, shall break up the agreement of those who have made unholy, dark covenants with each other—their gods making agreements in the…

Since its theatrical release in 1973, The Exorcist, based on William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel of the same name, has served as the cultural touchpoint for an otherwise mysterious religious ritual. In reality, it’s only part of the most recent chapter in the long history of the spiritual practice that involves far more than a spinning head and green projectile vomit. “Exorcism is a prayer or ritual that is meant to remove the influence of demonic, evil power over a person,” says Stephen Okey,…

More and more adults identify as atheist, agnostic, or “nothing in particular.” A church in Indiana. Despite the beliefs of US founding fathers, Christianity has been at the forefront of the country’s social and political ideology. In the past 50 years, religious matters have become even more prevalent in American public discourse, spilling into virtually every aspect of society. But that may soon change. ADVERTISEMENT In the early 1990s, 90% of US adults self-identified as Christians. In 2007, the figure was 78%. Now, according…

The Dutch right-wing political leader Thierry Baudet has surprised many supporters by saying that Christianity is “for losers” and “lacks masculinity”. In the last couple of years, Mr Baudet attracted many voters because of his cultural Christianity.

Americans are a religious people and, historically, we have been a Christian people (today, 64% of Americans identify themselves as Christians). When the nation goes to war, it should come as no surprise that civic leaders regularly call upon God’s help. These pleas do not always assume American righteousness. In his March 30, 1863 “Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day,” Abraham Lincoln observed that: it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to…

It’s almost surreal that someone has to write a book about Christianity being a religion for all races for all time, and for women just as much as men. But considering the culture of today of Critical Race Theory, Black Lives Matter, the #MeToo era and a whole host of movements of vilifying Christianity as a tool of White male dominance, Christian apologist (meaning defender of the faith) Abdu Murray felt the need to set the record straight. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith…

Journalist Elle Hardy remembers her astonishment at seeing a replica of King Solomon’s Temple rising over Sao Paulo. Allegedly built according to biblical specifications, this massive structure is located in a working-class district of the Brazilian metropolis. Star of David flags are ubiquitous in Sao Paulo, but the edifice modeled after the Temple is extraordinary. And while one might assume that the building is a place of Jewish worship, it’s actually a megachurch associated with one of the fastest-growing religions in the world: Pentecostalism.…

Kristin Kobes Du Mez: I think we see it certainly surfacing more. President Trump was very clear that he wanted to privilege conservative white Christians. He wanted to protect Christianity and a particular type of Christianity. And he very much used this rhetoric of us vs. them. He was not the president of all Americans. He was the president of his base, and he was going to promote them and privilege their ideas. And so, with that rhetoric, I think it became normalized and…

J. Warner Wallace is a Dateline featured cold-case homicide detective, popular national speaker and best-selling author. He continues to consult on cold-case investigations while serving as a Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He is also an Adj. Professor of Christian Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, and a faculty member at Summit Ministries. He holds a BA in Design (from CSULB), an MA in Architecture (from UCLA), and an MA in Theological Studies (from Gateway Seminary).

WARREN, MI — The crowd softened, a dramatic instrumental grew louder, and Donald Trump’s voice ascended into a monologue about “the radical left” leading America toward “destruction” and “Word War III.” “As long as we are confident and united, the tyrants we are fighting do not stand even a chance,” Trump said. “Because we are Americans, and Americans kneel to God and God alone.” If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may…

John Chrysostom in his Major Treatises on Virginity argued that the first human beings were “adorned by virginity,” as they lived in a perfect and non-sexual state before the fall of humankind. Once the first sin occurred, this adornment ended, and all humans were cursed with disobedience and sinful desire, making all sexual intercourse bad. Today, Christian teachings generally assert that pre-marital sex is wrong but that after marriage a couple can have sex. In fact, most evangelical Christians are encouraged to get married…

Note: This is the second in the web-exclusive series “Wichita’s Finest,” which highlights community leaders in Wichita. To read the first installment on USD 259 Equity, Diversity and Accountability director William Polite, click here. WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The first thing you notice is the smile. As you drive up to Woodland United Methodist Church, there’s Valecia Scribner, the pastor, standing on the sidewalk, waiting to greet you. She accompanies you inside and explains that it might be a bit toasty because of the…

. . . and the Judaism which gave rise to it. The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of The Passion of St. John the Baptist today (August 29th). The Baptist is the last and greatest of the Old Testament prophets — the forerunner of the Messiah, who is Priest, Prophet, and King, and in whom the Old Testament prophecies are completely fulfilled. But, significant to this post, and like Jesus, John was a Jew. We Catholics commemorate on this day how John lost his…

By Tony Magliano Making a Difference Imagine being at your parish church this Sunday celebrating the Eucharist. Just as your pastor finishes his homily, gunfire erupts from the back of the church. As you quickly turn around you see several armed men firing their weapons into the assembly. And with added horror, you see numerous fellow parishioners lying dead. Amid screams and cries, people rush toward the exits, running for their lives. Some escape, others are shot and killed. The assailants then proceed to…

In the ancient Greek sanctuary of Claros on the southwestern shores of Türkiye’s Izmir, one of the most important pagan sacred places of Ionia, game boards and forked cross motifs belonging to the fifth-seventh century A.D. have been found. The new discoveries prove that Claros, which is said to have been abandoned after the spread of Christianity, actually preserved its function for many years. According to historians and archaeologists, Claros was one of the three prophecy centers, along with Delphi and Didyma, in modern-day…

Over the past couple months, much has been taking place in the nations and in the realm of the Spirit. The Lord told me in August the nations would reach a boiling point. We have been at a crucial tipping point. A tipping point is a point at which a very significant change occurs; a decisive moment. Rapid change and realignments are being accelerated in the nations and across the board. We are in a time where we’ll continue to see a changing of…

</p> <p><img width=”618″ height=”340″ src=”https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Eckstein-Israel-independence.jpg” alt=”” title=”” srcset=”https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Eckstein-Israel-independence.jpg 618w, https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Eckstein-Israel-independence-480×264.jpg 480w” sizes=”(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 618px, 100vw” class=”wp-image-450344″/></p> <p> </p> <p><iframe title=”Israel Prophecy: The Enemy is Stirring an Unimaginable Conflict” width=”1080″ height=”608″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/KJFFqAgykmU?feature=oembed” allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”>[embedded content]</iframe></p> <p> A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants took effect late Sunday in a bid to end nearly three days of violence that killed dozens of Palestinians and disrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of Israelis, according to NPR. But…

Rumors of wars, monkeypox, escalating tensions, division and confusion are all running rampant across the world stage right now at a rate that is unprecedented. Military analysts are saying that we are now entering into World War III, and we are looking at the destabilization of global economies. Monday night, President Donald Trump announced a raid on his Mar-A-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida. “These are dark times for our nation,” Trump wrote. Americans nationwide are continuing to wonder. “This sort of move requires…

Viktor Orbán, prime minister of Hungary, spoke Aug. 6 at CPAC Dallas. At first blush, this doesn’t seem to matter to a publication like the Baptist Standard. But given what he said about Christianity and its role in the world, his words matter a great deal. For those who don’t make a habit of memorizing acronyms or keeping up with political events, CPAC here stands for the Conservative Political Action Conference. It’s sort of a big deal. In fact, it’s worldwide, with conferences in…

In the month of August, God is bringing swift turnarounds so that your hard places will become a wide-open field. God is bringing about divine connections in order to strengthen the body of Christ. He is releasing faith for radical generosity, divine strategy to champion others and solutions for meeting the needs of the disenfranchised. This month, draw close to the Holy Spirit and listen to His whispers. He will guide you as you take bold steps of faith and meet you in your…

Sider’s faith led him to reject the political bundling and ideological categories of our moment. But though he was a unique and important leader, he was not — and is not — alone. It’s critical to understand that Sider represents an entire movement. He helped build this movement, to be sure, but his work was institutional and relational. It always involved others. Today, when what it means to be an “influencer” is bound up with individual, personal branding, a striking part of Sider’s legacy…

The persecution of Christians has been a common occurrence across much of the Middle East and China, but an equally virulent persecution is taking place not far from American shores with minimal global attention. Nowhere is this more evident than under the regime of Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega. The Catholic Church has been a common target of contempt and accusations of undermining the leftist regime despite a history of liberation theology and pro-left activism in Nicaragua. The Sandinista revolutionary-turned-dictator Ortega, who returned to power in…

</p> <p><img width=”618″ height=”340″ src=”https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Flaming-arrows.jpg” alt=”” title=”” srcset=”https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Flaming-arrows.jpg 618w, https://charismamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Flaming-arrows-480×264.jpg 480w” sizes=”(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 618px, 100vw” class=”wp-image-449338″/></p> <p> God’s glory is breaking through! The Scripture says, “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you,” (Isaiah 60:2, ESV). I recently had a conversation with Ashley Gronholm, whom God is using in healing, miracles, signs and wonders. She shared with me how…

Posted Aug 1, 2022, 10:24 am Brenda J. Child University of Minnesota/The Conversation During a weeklong trip to Canada, Pope Francis visited a former residential school for Indigenous children in Maskwacis, Alberta, on July 25, 2022. The Ermineskin Residential School operated between 1895 and 1975 in Cree Country, the largest First Nations group in Canada. As at many boarding schools set up to assimilate Indigenous children, students were punished for speaking their language and sometimes experienced abuse. According to the National Centre for Truth…

Put your paws…er, I mean…Psalms up, Little Monsters! By Bernardo Sim July 19 2022 11:12 AM EDT Put your Psalms up. Staten Harry went viral for his adorable videos as a young kid lip-syncing to Lady Gaga. However, he has now shared newer videos reading the Bible and promoting Christianity, making it clear that he’s no longer a supporter of Mother Monster. Harry wrote below one of his recent videos: “March 28th used to be a VERY demonic day for me because it’s Lady…

On the front of one of the oldest and most beautiful churches in the country, the Church of the Covenant in Boston, hangs a large banner on which is written: “And God said … “Protect Abortion Access 4 All “Ensure Black Lives Matter “Honor Bodily Autonomy “Defend LGBTQ+ Rights “End Voter Suppression “Turn Guns into Plows “Abandon Fossil Fuels “Provide Sanctuary “Abolish Prisons “Disarm Hate “Speak Truth “Breathe “In other words … “Love” If you needed one example of how destructive leftism has been…

I was recently asked to debate whether “progressive Christianity” (henceforth PC) was “another religion” (meaning, a religion other than Christianity) based on critical statements I had previously made about this so-called “progressive” version of the faith. The problem was that the professor who invited me to debate him defined PC differently than I did. In fact, he denied that my definition of PC was valid. In short, I claimed that the “progressive Christians” (henceforth, PCs) I had interacted with affirmed the validity of same-sex…

To the Editor: Re “On Far Right, Devout Efforts to Get Elected” (front page, July 9): Separation of church and state was a foundational precept of the American Revolution. And that wasn’t because all the founding fathers were freethinkers or agnostics. One thing they all knew, after centuries of religious wars in Europe, was that theocracy was not what they wanted. At this hour of stress and flux, illiberal demagogues instinctively sense that they can make inroads to the chambers of power by using…

In the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law, Paul Miller and I are contributing a chapter on “Christianity and Equity.” We’ve just posted a substantially revised version of the chapter. The new version has less coverage of Aristotle, but it adds a section on equity in the Hebrew Bible, has a bit more on canon law and the Magisterial Reformation, and has new sections on the early modern Chancery and post-seventeenth-century developments. You can read the new version here. One thing we found but…

Since I teach courses in comparative religions at Biola University and through Reasons Institute, people sometimes ask me what I think about the relationship between the biblical religions of Judaism and Christianity. And in that specific context, I’m also asked about Messianic Judaism. In fact, some time back I was contacted on social media by a Messianic Jew who is very supportive of the science apologetics ministry of Reasons to Believe but is critical of historic Christianity overall. In fact, the person expressed a…

This week, the trial of football coach Joseph Kennedy will be heard at the U.S. Supreme Court. Kennedy was fired after he repeatedly prayed at the 50-yard line after football games. According to Kennedy, he was saying a prayer of thanks for his team’s performance: “That’s where I made my commitment to God before I even took the coaching job. There on the field of battle.” The case against Kennedy is that his public prayer was violating the first amendment’s disestablishment clause—otherwise known as…

Elle Hardy is a journalist who has reported from all over the world and written for GQ, Foreign Policy, Business Insider, and Current Affairs. Her new book is Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World. The Sunday Times says Hardy is a “first-class reporter. Beyond Belief makes for an often gripping story full of twists and turns.” The Telegraph calls it an “elegant account” and says that Hardy is an engaging usher around the Pentecostal world. The Irish Times calls it…

A recent letter writer (“Christian parents need to assert themselves in public school instruction,” April 20) refered to herself and unnamed others as “we Christians,” as if all who call themselves “Christian” are in lockstep with one another on the issues of the day, let alone how they understand Christ Jesus. That just isn’t so, and perhaps it never has been. It seems when something is represented as “Christian” these days, it is less as a trust in Christ Jesus of the Scriptures than…

Even before the Russian invasion, the Lord had begun to show me Ukraine in the prophecies of Jeremiah. The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied. The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.” Jeremiah 1:11–12 This almond tree will help us unlock Jeremiah’s prophecies about Ukraine. One of the things we know about almond blossoms is…

In these difficult days marked by deep divisions, deadly diseases, and societal decay, we need discerning wisdom and dogged hope. There’s often more heat than light in our social media feeds and news cycles, which offer vast oceans of drama and worry but with tiny islands of wisdom and hope. As Jeffrey Bilbro writes, “We don’t just need the media to cast a more piercing light; . . . we need to reevaluate the light we rely on to understand our times and discern…

Israel is now a far more prominent player on the world stage than its size suggests. As The Times of Israel’s Diplomatic Correspondent, I’m well aware that Israel’s security, strategy and national interests are always scrutinized and have serious implications. It takes balance, determination, and knowledge to accurately convey Israel’s story, and I come to work every day aiming to do so fully. Financial support from readers like you allows me to travel to witness both war (I just returned from reporting in Ukraine)…

After every football game a coach in Bremerton, Washington runs to the bench and brings out his prayer rug, unfurls it on the field and then kneels down on the rug and prays a Muslim Prayer to Allah.  He is joined by many Black Players from his team and the opposing team in the religious ritual.  People are of course outraged at this violation of the Constitution. But wait, that isn’t how it happened.  As explained in the New York Times without mentioning the…

In the New Testament book of Acts of the Apostles, we find this statement: “These fellows who have turned the world upside down have come here, too…” Acts 17:6. Of course, at the time, they had not turned the entire world upside down, but it must have seemed so to the communities that were being impacted at the time. And, while the early Christians were limited in how far they could travel, Jesus did instruct his followers to “go into all the world” and…

When archaeologists dig through the ruins of antiquity, they have one certain way to identify a place of Christian worship. They look for a cross. When they find it painted on a wall, carved into stone, or even worked into a floor plan, they know they’ve found a church. Since the beginning, Christians have identified themselves with the cross on which Jesus died. And whether it’s carved in wood or etched on our hearts, the cross is the chief symbol and defining reality of…

By Nicole Alcindor, CP Reporter | Wednesday, April 13, 2022 Prophecy Pros podcasters Todd Hampson and Jeff Kinley, known for their thoughtful, biblically-sound views on hot-button issues like the End Times, have released a book detailing the answers to 100 questions on the foundations of biblical eschatology. The book, titled The Illustrated Guide to Tough Questions About the End Times, was written based on information shared on their podcast. The two podcasters told The Christian Post they conducted extensive research to answer the questions,…

“Christ Carrying the Cross,” by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1510 When I was growing up, I do not think I ever heard one person say to me that he did not believe that Jesus literally came back from the dead. Nor have I ever taken a survey to find out how many people do not believe the fact that Jesus rose from the dead after being completely deceased for three days. Easter Sunday is just a few days away, so it is important that we…

On Christmas Day, Michel Butros al-Jisri, one of the last Christians in the Syrian city of Idlib, didn’t attend services, because the Islamist rebels who control the area had long since locked up the church. Nor did he gather with friends and relatives to celebrate around a tree because nearly all of his fellow Christians have either died or fled during Syria’s 10-year civil war. Instead, Mr. al-Jisri said, he went to the city’s Christian cemetery, which no one uses anymore, to sit among…

Konrad Siekierski The Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center will present a webinar with Konrad Siekierski on “The Materiality of Armenian Christianity: Gospel Books as Sacred Objects” on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at 7 pm (Eastern) / 4 pm (Pacific). The webinar will be accessible live on Zoom (registration required) and on NAASR’s YouTube Channel. Konrad Siekierski is a PhD candidate in the Department of Theology and…

By Jonny Lupsha, Wondrium Staff Writer Christianity began in a polytheistic and Jewish Rome and expanded exponentially. However, at the same time, early Christian practices were even more varied than they are now. The Triumph of Christianity reveals how it “went viral.” </p> <p><img width=”1024″ height=”555″ src=”https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hands-Feature-1024×555.jpg” alt=”Hands open for prayer” class=”wp-image-162014″ srcset=”https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hands-Feature-1024×555.jpg 1024w, https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hands-Feature-300×163.jpg 300w, https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hands-Feature-768×416.jpg 768w, https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hands-Feature.jpg 1209w” sizes=”(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px”/></p> <p>Christianity eventually became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Photo Rachata Sinthopachakul / Shutterstock In modern times, Christianity is…

In an early 1960s television sitcom all but forgotten except by strange people with a fixation for old television sitcoms, there was a character of the best friend of the lead who was, in the parlance of the time, played as a “beatnik.” This character was a “free spirit” who wore a goatee (something unusual for the time) and marched to the tune of his own bongo drums. Nothing bothered this character unless someone mentioned a certain four-letter word. If that word was uttered,…