CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT FEATURE #2

UK–based Methodist Church votes to approve gay marriage, recognize cohabitating couples:

The Methodist Church of the United Kingdom passed resolutions to approve the blessing of same–sex unions and recognize cohabitating couples. The London–based Methodist Conference announced Wednesday that it has voted to confirm the resolutions at its gathering held in Birmingham.

(For more info, do click the link – https://www.christianpost.com/news/uk-based-methodist-conference-votes-to-approve-gay-marriage.html by Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter – as featured inside Christian Post Magazine – 30th June 2021)

Prophetic Word: The Lord Wants You to Use Your Voice to Advance the Kingdom:

I was in a time of prayer recently when the Lord began to speak to me about becoming a voice. I believe this word was not just for me but for many in the body of Christ in this hour. As the Lord spoke to me about becoming a voice, He revealed to me that our voice is not just about our words, but also about the influence God has given each of us

(For more info, do click onto this link – https://www.charismamag.com/blogs/prophetic-insight/49169-prophetic-word-the-lord-wants-you-to-use-your-voice-to-advance-the-kingdom by Joe Joe Dawson is the founder and apostle of Roar Apostolic Network and Roar Church Texarkana. He is the author of Kingdom Mindset, Destiny Dimension, Living Your God-Sized Dream and Recipe for Revival, as featured inside Prophetic Insight – 31st May 2021)

Only 6% of Americans have a “biblical worldview” research from George Barna finds:

Only 6% of Americans have a “biblical worldview” according to research from notable evangelical pollster George Barna released as part of a new endeavor with the Christian conservative advocacy organization Family Research Council.

 (For more info, do click onto this link – https://www.christianpost.com/news/only-6-of-americans-have-a-biblical-worldview-survey.html by Michael Gryboski from Christian Post, 27th May 2021)

John MacArthur warns culture “systematically designed weaponized to destroy children”

Pastor John MacArthur has warned that culture is “systematically designed” and “weaponized to destroy children” and stressed that God will severely judge parents who fail to raise their offspring “in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

(For more info, do click onto this link – https://www.christianpost.com/church-ministries/john-macarthur-culture-systematically-designed-to-destroy-kids.html? by Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Reporter, 6th May 2021)

Can One Marriage Support Two Callings?

After suffering a panic attack in a Shenzhen municipal office, I began to ask God why he had brought me to China at all. My husband and I had moved overseas believing we were called to work on his startup. I left a job and friends I loved to support his dream of providing solar products for the developing world. I convinced myself that it was my dream, too.

(For more info, do click onto this link –

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/october/can-one-marriage-support-two-callings.html to read this article by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun 15th October 2015 in CT)

When Women Blame Men for Domestic Stress, They Miss the Big Picture:

TIME recently published a piece on housework and parenting asserting that until men share the “invisible workload that drags women down,” women will never be free. Lisa Wade reports on a study by sociologist Susan Walzer in which “Walzer found that women do more of the intellectual, mental, and emotional work of childcare and household maintenance,” she  wrote.

We have come a long way toward giving women the freedom to build a life outside the home, but the last step may be an invisible one, happening mostly in our heads. To truly be free, we need to free women’s minds. Of course, someone will always have to remember to buy toilet paper, but if that work were shared, women’s extra burdens would be lifted. Only then will women have as much lightness of mind as men.

Wade is exploring a well-known and seemingly unresolvable debate: In a post-industrial society where the home space is often cleaved from the work place, who does the domestic work around the house? How do men and women share (if at all) the tedious work of mopping floors, changing diapers, and dashing to the grocery store when the milk runs out? And for those who work outside the home, how do they balance both?

 (For more info, do click onto this link – https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2017/january-web-only/when-women-blame-men-for-domestic-stress-they-miss-big-pict.html by Anne Carlson Kennedy, 13th January 2017)

 4 Ways to Involve Everyone in Evangelism:

Many people have slipped into the mindset that evangelism is a gift that some believers have and others do not. The reality is that when someone becomes reconciled to God, He sends them out to reconcile others. That’s not a gift – we all have the responsibility to take Christ to others.

 (For more info, do click the link –  https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2015/february/4-ways-to-involve-everyone-in-evangelism.html by Ed Stetzer – Executive Director, Wheaton College Billy Graham Center; Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is a professor and dean at Wheaton College who also serves as Executive Director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. Stetzer has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches, trained pastors and church planters on six continents, has earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates, and has written hundreds of articles and a dozen books, as featured inside Christianity Times – 18th February 2015)

Can You Believe Which City Is the Most 'Bible-Minded?’

After three years of having the most Bible-minded city in America, Tennessee has relinquished the title to Alabama. Birmingham moved up from the second spot in 2014 to the top spot in 2015 in American Bible Society's annual ranking of America's Most Bible-Minded Cities.

(For more info, do click the link – https://www.charismanews.com/us/48132-can-you-believe-which-city-is-the-most-bible-minded by Christine Cape – as featured inside Charisma Magazine – 2nd March 2015)

The Man Who Asked God For More:

On January 20, 1994, an unassuming pastor from St. Louis walked into a small storefront church situated in an industrial park near the Toronto airport. The 42-year-old minister had been invited to preach for a few nights at a series of meetings scheduled by the church's pastor, John Arnott. Little did Randy Clark know that here, in Toronto's subzero weather, God would use him to spark a fire of revival that continues to blaze into the 21st century.

(For more info, do click the link – https://www.charismamag.com/site-archives/131-features/igniting-revival/7-the-man-who-asked-god-for-more by C. Hope Flinchbaugh – as featured inside Charisma Magazine – 31st March 2000)