Shane Idleman

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  Jul 4, 2016

  Fourth of July Wake-up Call for the Pulpit and the Pew

  "We have forgotten God, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own" (Abraham Lincoln).

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  Jun 24, 2016

  Evangelical Pastors Advise Trump: Why Are Christians Divided?

  I'm extremely saddened by the negative comments toward pastors who have sought to advise Trump — Jack Graham, Jentezen Franklin, Harry Jackson, and many others who have helped me immensely — these are godly men.

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  Jun 19, 2016

  Fathers: Wake Up! We're the Reason the Nation Is Deteriorating, Family Is Breaking Down

  Last year I received an email correspondence from a desperate wife and mother: "I won't watch my kids be physically abused anymore. ..."

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  Jun 12, 2016

  Can the Pope Bring Revival?

  I thank God for the wonderful work that many large ministries are doing to promote revival from D.C. to Pasadena — I wish there were more, but there is also a very troubling trend in the evangelical church as a whole.

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  May 29, 2016

  America: Then vs. Now. It's Almost Unbelievable.

  Newsweek magazine, on December 27, 1982, in an article entitled, How the Bible Made America, made this revealing statement, "historians are discovering that the Bible, perhaps even more than the Constitution, is our Founding document."

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  May 22, 2016

  Why Walk Willingly Into the Enemy's Camp?

  Why would we willingly walk into the enemy's camp? Why would we feed wrong desires and thoughts?

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  May 1, 2016

  5 Reasons Younger Christians ​and Pastors​ ​Avoid Politics

  God established the concept of government, why would He not desire godly leadership? The top five comments I've heard that prevent involvement are:

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  Apr 17, 2016

  Which Do You Need More, Counseling or Repentance?

  In Russell Moore's compelling book, Tempted & Tried, a chapter entitled, Why You're on the Verge of Wrecking Your Life (Especially If You Don't Know It), caught my attention. Moore writes quoting a scientist who studied cattle behavior, "A slaughterhouse, in order to keep the cattle relaxed, should remove anything from the sight of the animals that isn't completely familiar.

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  Mar 29, 2016

  Joel Osteen: Preach God's Truth; Don't Avoid Sin, Repentance

  Pastor Joel Osteen has been very clear many times that he doesn't talk about hell, sin, or damnation, or anything that is hard to hear.

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  Mar 25, 2016

  This Easter, Don't Forget About the Power of the Cross

  "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world" (Galatians 6:14).