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Thursday, May 24, 2018

Go West Franklin Graham: Evangelist Takes Message of New Life and Hope to California - CBN News Mark Martin

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Go West Franklin Graham: Evangelist Takes Message of New Life and Hope to California
05-23-2018
CBN News Mark Martin
Evangelist Franklin Graham is out West these days, on a mission to bring hope through one-day 
evangelistic prayer events across California.

"We had great crowds in Escondido & Pasadena this week. Join me tonight in Oxnard, CA, for 
stop #3 of the #DecisionAmerica CA Tour," Graham tweeted Wednesday.

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We had great crowds in Escondido & Pasadena this week. Join me tonight in Oxnard, CA, for 
stop #3 of the #DecisionAmerica CA Tour.

"We need a spiritual revival; we need an awakening across this country," Graham said in a video 
on the "Decision America California Tour" website. "The only hope is God."

This is the third year in a row for the Decision America Tour.

"In 2017, I took the Decision America Tour on the road for a second straight year," Graham shared 
in the video. "We saw God do a mighty work as His Gospel was proclaimed."

"This year we're taking the Decision America Tour west, and we're going to go right up the 
West Coast, starting down near Mexico, going all the way up to Canada, and we're coming to 
pray," Graham explained.

"And I'm going to be presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ," he said.




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It’s going to be a great night in Oxnard, with music from @JeremyCamp. Join us & hear the 
Good News that could change your life forever! See you at Beach Park at 7:30! #DecisionAmerica

The events are free and will feature live music from Christian artist Jeremy Camp, inspirational 
country artist Dennis Agajanian and many others

"Bring your unsaved friends; please join us; be a part of it," Graham said.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Bible on POW/MIA 'Missing Man' Table in Japan Sparks Navy Investigation - CBN News Mark Martin

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Bible on POW/MIA 'Missing Man' Table in Japan Sparks Navy Investigation
04-09-2018
CBN News Mark Martin
A POW/MIA "Missing Man" table display at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan included a Bible prompting the Navy to investigate, according to Stars and Stripes.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation and 26 families on Okinawa filed a complaint Thursday. They are demanding the Bible be removed right away from the display, along with written materials that explain why the Bible is there, the news outlet reported.
Todd Starnes, the host of the radio program, Fox News & Commentary, writes in The Patriot Post that in addition to the Bible, MRFF wants the Navy to remove a placard which reads, "The Bible represents the strength gained through faith to sustain those lost from our country, founded one nation under God."
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In the formal complaint, MRFF's attorney Donald Rehkopf Jr. wrote, "The statement on the exhibit's placard is nothing more than an illegal, unconstitutional proselytization from an extremist, fundamentalist Christian sect. It ignores all followers of other religions and totally ignores all those who subscribe to no religion — all in blatant violation of (Department of Defense) and (Department of the Navy) regulations." 
Navy Live, The Official Blog of the U.S. Navy, explains the reason for the Bible: "The Bible represents faith in a higher power and the pledge to our country, founded as one nation under God."
"Why is that Bible there?" asked MRFF founder and president Mikey Weinstein, according to Stars and Stripes. "Can you imagine if somebody put a Quran there, or the book of Satan, or the Book of Mormon? It violates the (First Amendment's establishment clause) as well as DoD and Navy regulations."
The complaint also demands an independent investigation into who set up the "Missing Man" table and "appropriate disciplinary measures", Stars and Stripes reported.
If the situation is not resolved to their liking, MRFF lawyers say they will file a third-party inspector general complaint and possibly a federal lawsuit, according to the news outlet.
"Not all POWs are Christian," Weinstein said in the Stars and Stripes report. "This is America. We are a representative, secular democracy… the Constitution is worth standing up for."
According to its website, MRFF "is dedicated to ensuring that all members of the United States Armed Forces fully receive the Constitutional guarantee of religious freedom to which they and all Americans are entitled by virtue of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment."
However, Starnes disagrees. He calls MRFF "a radical group that has a history of targeting public displays of Christianity."
The general counsel for First Liberty Institute, Hiram Sasser, wants the Navy to not give in to MRFF.
"The Bible is on the table because it is part of the tradition that predates our current demands for political correctness," he told the "Todd Starnes Radio Show." "When we telegraph to our global military competitors that the mere presence of a Bible mentally destroys some of us, we are doomed." 
CBN News reached out to the hospital for comment on the investigation and is waiting to hear back.
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Saturday, March 10, 2018

'I Feel Vindicated' ICEJ Spokesman Weighs In on Trump's Jerusalem Embassy Decision - CBN News Mark Martin


'I Feel Vindicated' ICEJ Spokesman Weighs In on Trump's Jerusalem Embassy Decision
03-09-2018
CBN News Mark Martin


The Trump administration says it will move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May to coincide with the Jewish State's 70th anniversary celebration, a move that was called for in Washington more than 20 years ago.
In the 1990s, David Parsons, the vice president and senior international spokesman for International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, put together a draft of a bill to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem that had three parts: recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, move the ambassador immediately and then, look into securing a building for the embassy. 
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The bill became law in 1995. 
"The bill got changed by the time it got through Congress; the presidential waiver added delay after delay for 23 years now, but President Trump is doing it in the order that we originally set out in our initial draft," Parsons told CBN News.
"So I feel vindicated all that work in running around the halls of Congress was worth it," he added.
Parsons stands by the importance of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995.
"It's symbolic, recognizing the 3,000, even 4,000-year-old Jewish claim and connection to Jerusalem," he explained. "But there's also substance to it in that the Palestinians have denied any Jewish connection to Jerusalem or the Temple Mount, and we wanted to affirm that."
Parsons went on to say that the ICEJ, where he's worked for the last 20 years, was founded on the principle of Christians standing with Jews in their ancient claim and connection to Jerusalem.
"The wisdom of that bill was shown just a few months later; it passed finally in October of '95," Parsons said. "In December of that year, Arafat took over Bethlehem for the first time, and if you were visiting Manger Square that Christmas season, you were not told about the connection between the birth of Jesus in this site."
"You were handed (an) official PA paper, a document that said that the Western Wall in Jerusalem was an exclusively Muslim site," he continued. "So tampering with history and such, we need to stand for truth that God attached the Jews to Jerusalem even to this day for a redemptive purpose." 
Presidents in the past have backed out on their promises to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Parsons weighed in on Trump's decision to buck that trend.
"Other presidents have promised to do it, and once they get in the White House, they get all these briefings that the Arabs are going to be very upset; the whole region will explode," Parsons told CBN News.
"The whole region's already in tatters, and Trump had the courage of his convictions; he said, 'I made a promise here, and I'm going to keep it,'" Parsons continued. "And he's the first one who tested these threats of mayhem and violence, and there were some protests, but it did not turn out as bad as many thought."
"And I think it just shows maybe they were just trying to intimidate us all along, and I think even now, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas are desperate to try and stir the Arab street against these embassies coming back, but there's just not enough momentum, and the whole region is in political chaos still, so it just seems the right time to do this," Parsons said.
In addition to taking a stand for the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and recognizing the holy city as the capital of Israel, ICEJ also works to help Jews around the world return to Israel or make Aliyah. The Washington Post featured ICEJ's work in a recent article.
"We've been assisting Jews' return to Israel from all around the world since we were founded in 1980," Parsons told CBN News. "We already had people even in the 70's helping Jews who could come out through Vienna, through Hungary and Austria. That was the only way out before the fall of communism."
"But once Soviet communism fell, we've helped over 140,000 Jews make Aliyah to Israel," he continued. "We helped around 3,000 last year, and if you look during our almost 40 years of existence, nearly every year we have helped about 10 percent of the Jews coming back move into Israel that year."
"We do it because we believe it's the hand of God, that 'Hear O nations, He that scattered Israel will gather him,'" Parsons said. "And there's an invitation in Isaiah. God says, 'I'll beckon to the Gentiles. They will carry you home on their shoulders and in their arms.'"
"We're invited to play a role in this positive side of Bible prophecy, the restoration of Israel," he continued.
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Monday, February 5, 2018

'All the Glory Belongs to God': The Faith of the Super Bowl-Winning Philadelphia Eagles - CBN News Mark Martin,Benjamin Gill


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'All the Glory Belongs to God': The Faith of the Super Bowl-Winning Philadelphia Eagles
02-04-2018
CBN News Mark Martin,
Do faith and football go together? For players on the Philadelphia Eagles, the answer is a resounding "yes."
The Eagles won their first Super Bowl 41-33 over the New England Patriots in a hard-fought game Sunday night in Minneapolis.  
“All glory to God,” MVP Quarterback Nick Foles said right after the win.
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“I felt calm. We have such a great group of guys, such a great coaching staff... we’re very blessed," he said. 
Just nine years ago, Eagles head coach Doug Pederson was coaching high school. Now he's a Super Bowl champion.
“I can only give the praise to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for giving me this opportunity," Pederson said Sunday night.
And touchdown-scoring Wide Receiver Zach Ertz echoed the same sentiment. 
“Glory to God first and foremost,” Ertz said.
And despite being sidelined by a season-ending injury, Eagles QB Carson Wentz threw all his support to Foles, and all the glory to God.
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On January 21st, the Eagles clinched the NFC Conference Championship, earning the right to face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.
"First and foremost, all glory belongs to God. I wouldn't be here without Him and this is just very humbling and unbelievable," QB Nick Foles said immediately after that Eagles' win over the Minnesota Vikings. "I'm blessed to have amazing teammates, amazing coaches."
Foles, who turned in an amazing performance to lead the Eagles to victory, is bold about professing his born-again faith, describing himself on Twitter as a: "Believer in Jesus Christ, husband, father, son, brother."
A number of his teammates share that faith in Christ, and you can bet many on the team were as "prayed up" for the Super Bowl as they were throughout the season.
At the start of the season, Foles and teammates Zach Ertz, Trey Burton, Carson Wentz, and Chris Maragos released a Bible study on humility and surrender through the YouVersion Bible app.
And back in November, the Eagles team released a video on its Facebook page entitled, "The Locker Room's Binding Force." It's a look at the Christian faith of three players and how Christianity is a big part of the team's unity.
Starting quarterback Carson Wentz, wide receiver Torrey Smith, and safety/special teams player Chris Maragos share their testimonies in the video.
"I was kind of on this downward spiral because the things I was trying to place in my life to give me satisfaction would last for a little bit and then they'd fade away," Maragos said in the video. "And that was my sophomore year in high school."  
"I was really at a crossroads at that point and had to make a decision on where I was going," he continued. "And that's when I gave my life to Christ, and really he supplied that satisfaction and that joy for me." 
Players have the opportunity to attend chapel among other things.
"On every Monday night, we have a couple's Bible study. We have a Thursday night team Bible study," Wentz explained in the video. "And then Saturday nights, we actually get together the night before the game and just kind of pray; talk through the Word; what guy's have been reading, what they're struggling with, and just kind of keep it real with each other."
"To have that here in an NFL facility like this, it's really special," he added.
"As men, you tend to be very sheltered. If I'm going through some things, I may not express that to the next man," Smith shared. "Only you can kind of expose your weaknesses and things you want to work on, whether it's in your relationship or your marriage or your family, whatever it may be."
"When you're able to talk about it amongst your brothers, amongst your family, it helps you grow," he continued. "And when you realize that you can apply Biblical principles to it, it helps us all grow."
"I think the biggest thing that we're always challenging each other with is just to not lose sight of the bigger picture," Wentz said. "I think wins, losses, highs, lows, everything that comes with this game, it's so easy to take your mind and your eyes off of the ultimate prize, and that's living for the Lord."
"And we want to be united," Maragos said. "We want to support each other; we want to support each other in our lives through the difficulties off the field as well as on the field."
"And so I think it's really kind of something to where we're all just kind of binding together to kind of keep each other sharpened and keep pushing forward," he continued.  
That unity helped propel them to the NFC Championship game and now a 41-33 win over the Patriots in the Super Bowl. 
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Saturday, January 20, 2018

'The Locker Room's Binding Force:' the Faith of the Philadelphia Eagles - CBN News Mark Martin

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'The Locker Room's Binding Force:' the Faith of the Philadelphia Eagles
01-20-2018
CBN News Mark Martin
Do faith and football go together? For players on the Philadelphia Eagles, the answer is a resounding "yes."
This Sunday they're in the NFC Conference Championship, and you can bet many on the team will be "prayed up."
In November, the team released a video on its Facebook page entitled, "The Locker Room's Binding Force." It's a look at the Christian faith of three players and how Christianity is a big part of the team.
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Quarterback Carson Wentz, wide receiver Torrey Smith and safety/special teams Chris Maragos share their testimonies.
"I was kind of on this downward spiral because the things I was trying to place in my life to give me satisfaction would last for a little bit and then they'd fade away," Maragos said in the video. "And that was my sophomore year in high school."  
"I was really at a crossroads at that point and had to make a decision on where I was going," he continued. "And that's when I gave my life to Christ, and really he supplied that satisfaction and that joy for me." 
Players have the opportunity to attend chapel among other things.
"On every Monday night we have a couple's Bible study. We have a Thursday night team Bible study," Wentz explained in the video. "And then Saturday nights, we actually get together the night before the game and just kind of pray; talk through the Word; what guy's have been reading, what they're struggling with, and just kind of keep it real with each other."
"To have that here in an NFL facility like this, it's really special," he added.
"As men, you tend to be very sheltered. If I'm going through some things, I may not express that to the next man," Smith shared. "Only you can kind of expose your weaknesses and things you want to work on, whether it's in your relationship or your marriage or your family, whatever it may be."
"When you're able to talk about it amongst your brothers, amongst your family, it helps you grow," he continued. "And when you realize that you can apply Biblical principles to it, it helps us all grow."
"I think the biggest thing that we're always challenging each other with is just to not lose sight of the bigger picture," Wentz said. "I think wins, losses, highs, lows, everything that comes with this game, it's so easy to take your mind and your eyes off of the ultimate prize, and that's living for the Lord."
"And we want to be united," Maragos said. "We want to support each other; we want to support each other in our lives through the difficulties off the field as well as on the field."
"And so I think it's really kind of something to where we're all just kind of binding together to kind of keep each other sharpened and keep pushing forward," he continued.  
That unity has helped propel them to the NFC Championship game this Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings.
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