Home Second | The Christian Mail

UK Preacher Says He’s Ready to Go to Jail for Calling Islam ‘Satanic;’ Churches Leaders Fear Being Targeted for Christian Beliefs

World News

-

0

(Photo: Reuters/Juan Medina)

Christian Post Report – A girl holds up a sign during a rally by members of the Muslim community of Madrid outside Madrid’s Atocha train station, January 11, 2015, in solidarity with the victims of a shooting by gunmen at the Paris offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and against Islamophobia. The words on the birds read, “Peace, Respect, Love, Tolerance and Coexistence”.

A British preacher from Belfast who’s facing prosecution for calling Islam “satanic” and “spawn of the devil” has said that he’s willing to go to jail if it’s necessary. Other British churches have meanwhile also expressed concerns they might be targeted for their beliefs.

Pastor James McConnell of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in north Belfast has said that he will plead not guilty to the charge of making a “grossly offensive” statement for his comments in 2014 which were broadcasted online.

McConnell has told the Belfast Telegraph that he does not regret what he said, and is “prepared to go to jail for it if necessary.”

Earlier he revealed that the controversial remarks were made in the context of drawing attention to how some followers of Islam have used doctrine as justification for violence.

“I have qualified my comments by reference to those who use their religion as justification for violence. As a preacher of the Word of God, it is this interpretation of the doctrine of Islam which I am condemning,” he said.

(Photo: Reuters/Stefan Wermuth)

A man gestures during a speech by Muslim speaker Osman (C) at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, London, Britain May 3, 2015.

Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service has accused the 78-year-old pastor of Islamophobia, however, and said that he will be prosecuted at court for his comments.

“That offense was one of sending, or causing to be sent, by means of a public electronic communications network, a message or other matter that was grossly offensive,” a PPS spokesman said.

Other church leaders have said that such prosecution is causing them concern.

Peter Lynas, Northern Ireland director of the Evangelical Alliance, said: “I don’t agree with all that pastor McConnell said, but I am deeply concerned about this prosecution for allegedly sending a message that is grossly offensive.

“Many churches will be wary of what they place on the Internet until this case is heard and the law is clarified. This prosecution seems to stretch the Communications Act well beyond what parliament intended.”

Lynas added that he believes other churches will also be concerned.

“People will want to be cautious until they see what happens in court, until they get clarity,” he said.

“If this prosecution succeeds, it will cause massive ripples. It it fails, people will say, ‘Why did this ever go to court? What were they thinking?'”

Free Presbyterian minister the Rev. David McIlveen added: “No church should be under any obligation or pressure to restrain or restrict the message that is coming from the pulpit and has come from that pulpit over many years.”

“Whether we are from the Christian, Muslim or Jewish identity, I think all are subject to scrutiny and examination,” he continued.

“If we cannot do that without fear of persecution or prosecution then I think we have really gone beyond the pale of civil and religious liberty. We are seeing this as more of an attack upon the Christian faith.”

Last week the Rev. Mike Ovey, a former lawyer and now principal of Oak Hill Theological College in London, said that Britain’s proposals for new anti-extremist orders could threaten traditional Christian teachings, such as the belief that Jesus is the son of God.

“As a lawyer I think it is a disaster area and as a Christian believer and teacher I think it is a disaster area,” said Ovey, who also worked as a parliamentary draftsman in the 1980s. “There has got be a better way to do it.”

Source : Christian Post

Cheap Imitations

Opinion

-

0

Christian Post Report – Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.”
— Matthew 13:24-25

(Photo: rever Hoehne for Harvest Ministries)

Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and Harvest Orange County in Irvine, California, shares the Gospel with a sold-out crowd of 19,000 for Harvest America at the American Airlines Center and Victory Park in Dallas, Texas, Oct. 5, 2014.

Christians should be aware that the Devil is an imitator. When he cannot stop a work of God, he will offer his cheap imitation. That way he minimizes the power and glory of God.

God has His genuine; the Devil has his imitations. God has love; the Devil has lust. God has true faith in Christ; the Devil has false religion. He offers just enough to keep people from the real truth. Those who buy into this will say, “I don’t really need to hear about Jesus. I am a religious person” or “I am a spiritual person.” They are satisfied with a cheap imitation instead of going after the real thing.

Jesus told a parable about a farmer who sowed wheat in a field, but at night, his enemy came in and sowed tares among the wheat. A tare, also known as the darnel seed, looks a lot like wheat initially. But as it grows, it actually will uproot the wheat.

That is how the Devil works. He will put his plants in the church. They will talk like Christians. They will use phraseology that Christians use. And when they do something wicked, people will say, “I can’t believe that a Christian would do such a thing!” Here’s an idea. Maybe they actually were tares among the wheat. I am not saying that Christians are incapable of sinning. But I do think some people who attend church are tares among the wheat. They are imitations.

Case in point: Judas was a tare among the wheat as one of Jesus’ disciples. In fact, when Jesus said one of the Twelve would betray Him, no one knew He was referring to Judas. But Judas was an imitator. The Devil puts his fake versions out there, flooding the market with cheap substitutes.

Copyright © 2015 by Harvest Ministries. All rights reserved.

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Bible text from the New King James Version is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Attn: Bible Rights and Permissions, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214-1000

Used with Permission

Source : Christian Post

ISIS Crucifies Two Children for Eating Food During Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan

World News

-

0

(Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas)

Christian Post Report – A Syrian refugee woman crosses into Turkey with her children at the Akcakale border gate in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, June 15, 2015. On Sunday, Turkish authorities reopened the border after a few days of closure, a security source said, adding that they expected as many as 10,000 people to come across.

Terror group ISIS has reportedly crucified and killed two children in Syria for failing to fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

The boys, who were both younger than 18, were later displayed with placards hung around their necks revealing their “crime” in the town of Mayadin, Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights revealed on Monday.

“Apparently, they were caught eating,” SOHR founder Rami Abdel Rahman told the AFP news agency.

Muslims are forbidden to take food, water, or have sexual relations during Ramadan from sunrise to sunset, but the rule is not supposed to apply to children, pregnant women, the ill, elderly or people who are traveling.

ISIS, which has captured significant territory throughout Iraq and Syria, has reportedly beheaded and crucified children on a number of occasions.

Back in February, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child detailed some of the horrific abuses carried out by the jihadists.

“We have had reports of children, especially children who are mentally challenged, who have been used as suicide bombers, most probably without them even understanding,” committee expert Renate Winter said at the time. “There was a video placed [online] that showed children at a very young age, approximately 8 years of age and younger, being trained to become child soldiers.”

ISIS has targeted Christian and Yazidi minorities, as well as Shiite and Sunni Muslims. While it has subjected boys to violence and death, many of the girls have been sold as sex slaves in marketplaces.

The jihadists have released several propaganda videos where Islamic militants are featured teaching young boys dressed in ISIS uniforms how to use weapons and carry out military drills.

Earlier in June, ISIS released a 14-minute video showing young boys being trained to carry out suicide attacks and called their pending deaths a “great honor.”

The children are indoctrinated into ISIS’ ideology at these training camps, and have later been used in battle.

“Indoctrinating kids with ISIS’ fanaticism is not only the easiest population to indoctrinate but also produces new generations of ISIS believers and ultimately, at some point, fighters. This is the way you build a Caliphate,” said Steve Emerson, the executive director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism.

He continued: “Their goal is to rebuild the Islamic societies they have conquered into a global comprehensive Islamist system that takes over all aspects of society from garbage collection to teaching at the Madrassas [religious schools].”

Source : Christian Post

Megachurch Pastor Joel Osteen Says Muslims Attend His Church and That His Books ‘Sell a Lot in Muslim Countries’

Church and Ministry

-

0

(Photo: video still)

Christian Post Report – Joel Osteen, best-selling author and pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, says his books are popular in Muslim countries and that Muslims sometimes visit his megachurch.

Evangelical Christian pastor Joel Osteen shared in an interview this week that “a whole group of probably about 50 Muslims” recently visited his nondenominational megachurch in Houston, Texas, and indicated that his inspirational messages on “how to live a great life” resonate with people “in Muslim countries.”

“I have Muslims that attend our church and my books sell a lot in Muslim countries as well,” Osteen said during an interview with Jeremy Hobson for the “Here and Now” radio program published online Monday.

Hobson had mentioned that he heard Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel express the opinion that Christianity and Judaism had not done “a good enough job keeping an open conversation with Muslims” in the U.S. He then asked Osteen if he has conversations with Muslims, which prompted the preacher to share that he “certainly” does.

“You know, I don’t know, I don’t get too deep in those kinds of things,” Osteen added, “but our ministry is about reaching out to everybody, and so you know, I do have those conversations.”

“I had a whole group of probably about 50 Muslims here at the service about two weeks ago, sitting right on the front row. They came, and we have good, good relationships. And I think part of our ministry is, our main theme is Jesus says love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as you love yourself. And I don’t try to put people in a box — OK, they’re Jewish or they’re Catholic, they’re this or they’re that. I just say, ‘you know what, they’re somebody that God’s put in our path for us to love,’ and that’s our philosophy,” he added.

Osteen also touched on immigration, the End Times and the intersection of politics and religion in his interview with ‘Here and Now,” which you can listen to in the audio player below:

Osteen previously has shared that his messages are not only attractive to Muslims, but to atheists as well.

In a 2014 “Larry King Now” interview, King asked the megachurch pastor, also known for his megawatt smile: “Why would an atheist be a fan?”

“I think what they like, Larry, the principles that we teach is from the Scripture but they can help anybody you know, to reach dreams or to forgive or to have a good self-image,” Osteen said. “I know that I’m not a traditional pastor in terms of I’m just going down teaching scripture by scripture, because a lot of what I would teach is just how to live a great life.”

Another view on why Osteen might be so popular with those outside of his conservative Christian faith was recently presented in an opinion essay published in the Jewish Journal.

“He does not proselytize in a loud, Bible-thumping sort of manner. Instead, with a calming, reassuring voice, he delivers words of faith, hope and optimism based on a biblical foundation,” wrote the author, who identified as “Jewish, and intend to remain Jewish.”

The writer added: “… I have to admit that there were times when I felt that pastor Osteen had put his finger on the pulse of my current challenges, and offered comments that gave me some degree of immediate solace.”

Osteen’s messages and sermons are not a hit with everyone, particularly other conservative Christians. Critics have for years claimed that Osteen’s messages are too focused on positive thinking and personal prosperity, and light on sin and repentance. The Texas pastor, whose popular inspirational and self-help books include Your Best Life Now, You Can, You Will, Every Day a Friday, and Become a Better You, has responded on more than one occasion to such criticism.

“There’s enough pushing people down in life already. When they come to my church, or our meetings, I want them to be lifted up. I want them to know that God’s good, that they can move forward, that they can break an addiction, that they can become who God’s created them to be,” Osteen said in one television interview.

Osteen welcomes about 52,000 worshippers weekly to Lakewood Church, according to a press release from his ministry. The church also says that it is “one of the nation’s most racially and socioeconomically diverse” and that its pastor reaches millions of people through his television program that airs in more than 100 different countries.

Follow this Christian Post reporter on Twitter:
Follow @namenzie

Source : Christian Post

Wife of Billy Graham’s Grandson Who Admitted Affair Says His Statement Does Not Reflect Her Opinion

Church and Ministry

-

0

Christian Post Report – The wife of Florida pastor Tullian Tchividjian, a grandson of prominent evangelical preacher Billy Graham, has issued a brief statement of her own after her husband revealed over the weekend that she, as well as he, each had an “affair.”

Tullian Tchividjian, pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

“The statement reflected my husband’s opinions but not my own. Please respect the privacy of my family at this time, thank you. I do thank everyone for the outpouring of love for my family as well during this difficult time and we appreciate all the prayers and support we are receiving,” Kim Tchividjian said in a statement submitted to The Washington Post.

Mr. Tchividjian revealed the affair Sunday evening in a statement also submitted to The Washington Post, which reads in part:

“As many of you know, I returned from a trip a few months back and discovered that my wife was having an affair. Heartbroken and devastated, I informed our church leadership and requested a sabbatical to focus exclusively on my marriage and family. As her affair continued, we separated. Sadly and embarrassingly, I subsequently sought comfort in a friend and developed an inappropriate relationship myself. Last week I was approached by our church leaders and they asked me about my own affair. I admitted to it and it was decided that the best course of action would be for me to resign.”

Mr. Tchividjian, whose full name is William Graham Tullian Tchividjian, added that he and his wife “are heartbroken over our actions,” and solicited prayers for grace to “weather this heart wrenching storm.”

Like his wife did in her statement, he also asked for the public to “respect our privacy.” The couple married in 1994.

It was unclear whom Mr. Tchividjian was addressing at the start of the statement with the phrase “as many of you know,” but it is possible that he was alluding to a blog post published hours before The Washington Post report by someone claiming to be a member of his Fort Lauderdale, Florida, church. The anonymous blogger claimed that church leaders informed the congregation of Tchividjian’s dismissal on Sunday, when services were held at 10:15 a.m.

No vertical condemnation does not mean no horizontal consequences. Surrender early.

— Tullian Tchividjian (@PastorTullian) June 22, 2015

So grateful that God is a bottom feeder.

— Tullian Tchividjian (@PastorTullian) June 23, 2015

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church leaders confirmed the news in a statement posted to its website that, “Several days ago, pastor Tullian admitted to moral failure, acknowledging his actions disqualify him from continuing to serve as senior pastor or preach from the pulpit, and resigned — effective immediately.” The church indicated that it did not yet know who would replace Tchividjian as senior pastor.

The church had scrubbed Tchividjian’s biography page, sermons and other related content from its website by Monday.

In addition to formerly leading Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, the 42-year-old married father of three, is a best-selling author and founder of Liberate, described as a ministry that seeks to “connect God’s inexhaustible grace to an exhausted world.” His installation at Coral Ridge in 2009 was marked by a fallout with family members and those devoted to the previous pastor and founder, D. James Kennedy.

“Six months later, hundreds of church members — including their choir director — defected,” The Miami Herald reports. “A petition called for Tchividjian’s removal, saying he was not living up to the legacy of Kennedy, who built the church on a bedrock of Christian conservatism and political activism.” Tchividjian survived the upheaval, however, when a majority of the remaining congregants voted in favor of keeping him on board.

“Tullian is singularly and passionately devoted to seeing people set free by the amazing power of God’s grace,” Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church wrote of its former pastor on its website.

In a 2013 interview with The Christian Post, Tchividjian said that the modern Christian church had gone astray from the crux of the Gospel and that it was time for a new reformation. The interview was on the occasion of his book, One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World, which he said was about the transformative power of “the radical nature of God’s grace.”

“I think there needs to be a seismic shift, first in pulpits. I think preachers need to get back to preaching the focus of the Christian faith, which has always been Jesus’ work for sinners, not what we must do to get better,” Tchividjian told CP at the time.

“You need 100 percent law and 100 percent of grace. It’s law then grace, not law or grace,” he said, noting that he was not emphasizing grace over law, or even that one can “balance” the two.

“The law shows us what a sanctified life looks like, but only grace sanctifies. The law shows us what godliness looks like, but it’s grace that actually makes us godly,” he stated, adding that “love inspires what the law demands.”

Since publicly confessing infidelity and his removal from the 2,000-plus-member Florida Church, Tchividjian has been tweeting sporadically about “condemnation” and “consequences” and expressing gratitude that “God is a bottom feeder [sic].”

Follow this Christian Post reporter on Twitter:
Follow @namenzie

Source : Christian Post

Second Nun Gang-Raped in India in ‘Anti-Christian Hate Campaign’

World News

-

0

(Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)

Christian Post Report – A protester holds a placard during a rally by hundreds of Christians against recent attacks on churches nationwide, in Mumbai, February 9, 2015. Five churches in the Indian capital New Delhi have reported incidents of arson, vandalism and burglary. The latest was reported last week when an individual stole ceremonial items.

A nun in the Indian city of Raipur has allegedly been gang-raped in what Christian community leaders are calling an ongoing “anti-Christian hate campaign.”

While police in Raipur’s Chhattisgarh state are calling the case “attempted rape” and have arrested some of the unidentified men who are believed to have carried out the assault, Arun Pannalal, president of Chhattisgarh Christian Forum, told Voice of America that the woman had indeed been raped.

“We are 100 percent sure that the nun was raped yesterday. There cannot be any dispute over this fact. And it appears to be part of the ongoing anti-Christian hate campaign across the state,” Pannalal said.

The 47-year-old victim, who wasn’t identified, was working as a nurse at a medical center run by Christian missionaries.

It is the second such attack on a nun in the space of a few months, with a 71-year-old nun gang raped by robbers back in March inside a Catholic missionary school in eastern India.

Pannalal said that such assaults are aimed at desecrating the spirit of the Christian community.

“By targeting Christian nuns in rape they are seeking to inflict maximum amount of humiliation and pain on the community,” he said. “We are not sure who committed this heinous attack on the nun. But we suspect that Hindutva activists might have had a role in this attack.”

Christians are a distinct minority in India, and their rising population has been targeted by Hindu extremists in a series of attacks throughout the country.

In April, Sadhvi Deva Thakur, vice president of All India Hindu Mahasabha, suggested that Christians and Muslims in India be forcefully sterilized, and said that Hindu gods and goddesses should be placed in churches and mosques.

“The population of Muslims and Christians is growing day by day. To rein in this, Centre will have to impose emergency, and Muslims and Christians will have to be forced to undergo sterilization so that they cannot increase their number,” Thankur said.

Christians have called on India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make good on his word and protect religious freedom in the South Asian country.

“These attacks on minorities are anti-constitutional. We ask the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, to intervene and ensure the safety of all citizens and all the communities that make up the Indian society,” said GCIC President Sajan George.

Source : Christian Post

Gospel Singer Kierra Sheard Launches Plus Size Clothing Store Online

Entertainment

-

0

(Photo: BET Networks)

Christian Post Report – Kierra Sheard currently serves as a judge on BET’s “Sunday Best.”

Grammy nominated gospel singer, Kierra Sheard, is officially a clothing designer now that her Eleven60 fashion line has been launched online.

Sheard, 27, debuted her fall and winter collection pieces from her full figured Eleven60 fashion line at www.MyEleven60.com. The singer and “Sunday Best” judge recently spoke the inspiration behind the clothing line.

“It’s a clothing line that compliments the thick woman. While being a full-figured woman, I’ve found it hard to find quality high fashion trends in my size,” Sheard said in a statement obtained by The Christian Post. “But no more skimpy clothes! And no more muumuus! Since the average American woman is plus size, I should be able to healthily, and fabulously, own it!”

Sheard announced that she would release Eleven60 last March and spoke up about the need to create quality apparel for what appears to be an underserved demographic of women.

“I’ve learned that the full-figured apparel represents almost eighteen billion dollars and is growing. However, we haven’t been accepted into the high fashion realm,” Sheard wrote last March. “Why?! We are the money! Let’s show them how and why we should be accepted.”

The daughter of Grammy Award-winning singer Karen Clark Sheard of the gospel music group The Clark Sisters, and Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Kierra has managed to make her mark in the music world and signed on to serve as a judge on “Sunday Best” last year. While she is planning to use the platform to showcase her upcoming clothing line, she was once apprehensive about appearing on the show next to big names like Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin and Kirk Franklin who have helped usher new talent into the gospel music industry.

“I always said I don’t think I ever want to be a judge! So I thought about it because I was a little nervous about judging and being the youngest judge on the panel,” Sheard admitted to The Christian Post last year. “It’s been a great journey because I’ve been able to glean from the trailblazers that are on the set and I’m just thankful to have the opportunity because I would never have said no to ‘Sunday Best.'”

“Sunday Best All Stars” premieres, Sunday, July 19 at 8 PM ET/PT on BET where fans can tune in to see what Sheard’s clothing line will offer. She will release her entire collection later this year.

follow me on Twitter @CAThomasos

Source : Christian Post

Cornerstone Church Denies Claim That Pastor John Hagee Said Women Who Use God’s Name While Having Sex Should be ‘Thrown in Jail’

Church and Ministry

-

0

(Photo: Reuters)

Christian Post Report – Pastor John Hagee.

A Cornerstone Church official denied Monday a report that claims their senior pastor, John Hagee said women who shout God’s name during sex should be “thrown in jail” in an interview discussing the 10 Commandments.

The San Antonio, Texas church told The Christian Post in a telephone interview that the claim is false and that the church’s lawyers are currently looking into the situation.

“The story is a complete fabrication. It’s written to by a website that makes up these kind of stories in an effort to be humorous. All media outlets that have picked up this story have been contacted by John Hagee Ministries and will issue a retraction or face legal action,” said an official statement from Cornerstone Church’s Legal Department shared with CP.

Hagee’s remarks about women were originally reported in an interview by Newslo.com.

While discussing the 10 Commandments Hagee expressed his frustration over churches in America not taking the use of God’s name in vain seriously enough.

“Saying the Lord’s name in vain might seem petite and insignificant compared to some of the things that are going on in the world right now, even in churches all across America,” Hagee reportedly said. “But that’s precisely the problem. If shepherds of a faith start doing wrong, what is the flock supposed to do? Follow in their footsteps? I don’t think so. The flock needs to get its bearings and start thinking for itself.”

Newslo claims Hagee went on to address women who use it during sex.

“That is one of the filthiest, most derogatory and sinful uses of the Lord’s name I can think of. If it were up to me, I would put every single woman or girl who does that in jail,” Hagee reportedly said. “That would be a fine example of God’s wrath aimed at what is, in my opinion, a terrible misuse of our Maker’s good name.”

While Cornerstone church has denied this recent comment, Hagee has made controversial statements in the past. In November of last year Hagee made some strong remarks about President Barack Obama’s treatment of the nation of Israel at an event for the Zionist Organization of America.

While receiving an award for his contributions in helping Israel Hagee asserted that Obama “is anxious to accommodate Iran and its nuclear ambitions.” He also said “the executive branch is in the hands of one of the most anti-Semitic presidents in the history of the United States of America.”

Along with his work at Cornerstone Church, Hagee is leader of the Christians United for Israel organization . founded in 2006. It provides evangelical-based support for Israel and has 1.6 million members.

Contact: [email protected]; follow me on Twitter @vinfunaro

Source : Christian Post

Taraji P Henson Believes Recent Hospitalization Is Message From God Saying ‘You’re Doing Too Much’

Entertainment

-

0

(Photo: Reuters)

Christian Post Report – Actress Taraji P. Henson accepts the award for “Best Actress – Drama” for her role on the FOX series “Empire” on June 01, 2015.

Taraji P Henson believes God was trying to send her a message when she was hospitalized recently.

The 44-year-old actress, recently took to her Instagram page to post a picture of an IV drip connected to her arm and while she was not forthcoming with the details behind her hospital stay, the “Empire” actress believes God was trying to get her to slow down.

“God has a way of saying ‘you’re doing too much!’ ‘SAT DOWN SOMEWHERE.’ I’m listening Father,” Henson wrote on Instagram. “I am taking several seats!!! Don’t worry y’all I’m a tough cookie! HA! I will be just fine.”

Henson won “Best Actress in a Drama” category at the Critics Choice Awards earlier this month for her portrayal as the character Cookie Lyon on the hit FOX television show, “Empire.” She previously spoke to The Christian Post about how her Christian faith has impacted her life and career.

“It has definitely kept me sane and continues to keep me sane because I know how I got here. I moved to California with $700 in my pocket with my son and a dream and faith,” Henson told CP. “And every time a door would close I would pray to God like ‘I know you’ve got a plan for me because I’m still here.’ There’s a plan for me and I believe in that.”

Although Henson later became an Oscar-nominated actress with countless other awards and accolades under her belt, there was a point in time when she had no accomplishments to feel secure about. In those moments, Henson turned to God.

“Whenever I thought I was supposed to get something and it didn’t fall through, I would just fall back to God and be like ‘ok well what else, because whatever you’ve got must be better than this,'” she revealed to CP. “And then it is, it always is.”

follow me on Twitter @CAThomasos

Source : Christian Post

1...3,3733,3743,375...3,897 Page 3,374 of 3,897

‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ Star Tamra Judge Forgives Ex-Husband After Finding Jesus; Wants Their Kids Baptized

UK Preacher Says He’s Ready to Go to Jail for Calling Islam ‘Satanic;’ Churches Leaders Fear Being Targeted for Christian Beliefs

Cheap Imitations

ISIS Crucifies Two Children for Eating Food During Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan

Megachurch Pastor Joel Osteen Says Muslims Attend His Church and That His Books ‘Sell a Lot in Muslim Countries’

Wife of Billy Graham’s Grandson Who Admitted Affair Says His Statement Does Not Reflect Her Opinion

Second Nun Gang-Raped in India in ‘Anti-Christian Hate Campaign’

Gospel Singer Kierra Sheard Launches Plus Size Clothing Store Online

Cornerstone Church Denies Claim That Pastor John Hagee Said Women Who Use God’s Name While Having Sex Should be ‘Thrown in Jail’

Taraji P Henson Believes Recent Hospitalization Is Message From God Saying ‘You’re Doing Too Much’

EDITOR PICKS

Prominent Pastor Begs Forgiveness After Caught in Prostitution Sting

Actress Says Hollywood is Not Friendly to People of Faith

Slovakia agrees to accept 200 Syrian migrants – as long as they’re Christian. Reject Muslims

POPULAR POSTS

Salvation Ministries Dedicates 120,000-Seat Hand of God Cathedral in Port Harcourt

ReadyUK Issues Emergency Preparedness Warning, Urging Churches to Prepare for Severe Weather and Security Risks

Church of England’s Abuse Redress Scheme Criticised as ‘Not Fit for Purpose’ by Survivors’ Representatives

POPULAR CATEGORY

ABOUT US

FOLLOW US