Shane Idleman

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  Oct 20, 2016

  Why I'm Voting for Mike Pence

  While we are concerned with terrorism, and rightly so, there is a greater threat from within. We are witnessing the rapid deterioration of a nation before our eyes. We have become one nation "above" God, rather than under God.

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  Oct 17, 2016

  The Shirt Read, 'Shoot The Police'

  Stunned, I contemplated what I had read. Just days after Sergeant Owen in Lancaster, California, was brutally killed, a young high schooler was photographed at a local high school wearing a shirt that read, "Shoot the Police." Emotions surfaced from anger to sadness.

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  Oct 11, 2016

  To Both the Compromiser and the Legalist: REPENT!

  Popular opinion says that because we are "no longer under law, but under grace" (Romans 6:14) our choices are no longer bound to the law...the "thou shalt nots" no longer apply; we have complete freedom. But this twisting of the truth attempts to justify sin.

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  Oct 4, 2016

  The Only Thing Holding Many Churches Together Is ...

  I knew a pastor who instructed his worship leader to remove songs that mentioned the Holy Spirit, and another pastor who removed songs about the blood of Christ. How sad ... in their zeal to avoid charismatic excesses and offensive truths, these pastors actually quenched and grieved the Spirit.

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  Sep 28, 2016

  The Difference Between True Revival and False Fire

  As believers, we are to discern truth from err, light from darkness, and right from wrong … but how?

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  Sep 24, 2016

  Pastors: Stop Trying to be Popular and Politically Correct

  A few years back, I listened in astonishment as some prominent emerging leaders talked about replacing "preaching" with "having a conversation."

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  Sep 13, 2016

  Sitting for National Anthem: Trend or Tragedy?

  I'm all for exercising Constitutional Rights, but this new trend is alarming. Standing honors those who have given their lives for the freedoms that we now enjoy — freedoms that allow these individuals to make millions of dollars and never have to worry about retirement or hard work.

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  Sep 7, 2016

  Are American Christians the Walking Dead?

  Are many of us playing games with God? This is often why "Christians" bare little resemblance to Christians defined by Scripture. The cares of the world choke spiritual life out of us, as described by Jesus in the parable of the seed and the soil. They are the walking dead ... dead to the things of God.

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  Jul 23, 2016

  Warning: This Article May Offend Many Christians

  I'm not referring to all churches collectively in this article, but to the large majority who have drifted away from God. The present condition of the church leaves one to wonder if the lack of the fear of the Lord is contributing to her spiritually dead condition.

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  Jul 14, 2016

  7 Reasons Christian Leaders Fall

  Why do they fall? They fall for the same reason that all Christians fall. Each of us are drawn away by our own evil desires and enticed. When these desires are acted upon, they lead to sin (cf. James 1:14-15).