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==brooke ligertwood======
Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood (Fraser; born 15 December 1983), professionally known as Brooke Fraser, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter best known for her hit single "Something in the Water", released in 2010. Fraser released two studio albums What to Do with Daylight (2003) and Albertine (2006) through Columbia Records before signing a recording contract with Wood + Bone. Her third studio album, Flags, was released in 2010 and is her most successful album to date. She released the album, Brutal Romantic, in November 2014 through Vagrant Records. After a long hiatus from solo albums, she released her first live album, Seven, in 2022, while another studio album, Eight, was released on October 20, 2023. Both recent albums have been released in her married name - Brooke Ligertwood.
The Evolution of Brooke Ligertwood
Brooke Ligertwood has spent more days than she can count in the studio, but there’s one particular session that stands out the most. While filming an acoustic set for her latest album, Eight, Ligertwood had almost started the recording when the studio’s owner approached her with an old microphone in hand. The crew had already set the stage up and the sound was exactly what everyone wanted, so she was confused about what the owner intended to do with the old microphone. Little did she know, it wasn’t just an ordinary microphone.
(Relevant Magazine 1/26/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Brooke Ligertwood has spent more days than she can count in the studio, but there’s one particular session that stands out the most. While filming an acoustic set for her latest album, Eight, Ligertwood had almost started the recording when the studio’s owner approached her with an old microphone in hand. The crew had already set the stage up and the sound was exactly what everyone wanted, so she was confused about what the owner intended to do with the old microphone. Little did she know, it wasn’t just an ordinary microphone.
(Relevant Magazine 1/26/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Why It Feels So Disappointing to Sing to the Lord a Remote Song
Brooke Ligertwood writes in a blog post for Hillsong, “Who is worship for? Spoiler alert: worship is not for people. It’s for the Lord.” Similarly, Justin Rizzo of International House of Prayer tells worship leaders, “God alone will be present at your worship times. You will have no choice but to actually minister before an audience of one . That one alone is worthy of your worship. Worship has always been about Him.”
(Christianity Today 3/5/21) READ MORE>>>>>
Brooke Ligertwood writes in a blog post for Hillsong, “Who is worship for? Spoiler alert: worship is not for people. It’s for the Lord.” Similarly, Justin Rizzo of International House of Prayer tells worship leaders, “God alone will be present at your worship times. You will have no choice but to actually minister before an audience of one . That one alone is worthy of your worship. Worship has always been about Him.”
(Christianity Today 3/5/21) READ MORE>>>>>
==jean libom li likeng======
Cameroon evangelicals urge peace and integrity as Biya, 92, seeks reelection after four decades in power
As Cameroonians prepare to head to the polls on Sunday (Oct. 12) for a high-stakes presidential election, the nation’s evangelical leaders have issued an urgent appeal for peace, integrity, and God-fearing leadership in a country strained by decades of political tension and multiple armed conflicts. In a statement released Wednesday (Oct. 8), the Alliance des Evangélique du Cameroun (Evangelical Alliance of Cameroon, AEC)—which represents nearly seven million believers nationwide—called on citizens to “stand up for democratic and moral values” at what it described as “a pivotal moment of democratic mobilization.” The group urged voters to choose a president who governs with justice, unity, and “the fear of God,” reminding the nation that “all authority comes from God, and the governing authority is a servant of God, established to administer justice according to His will,” quoting from Romans 13:1. The statement, co-signed by Rev. Dr. Teyabe Alphonse, AEC Secretary General, and Rev. Dr. Jean Libom Li Likeng, President of AEC as well as the Association of Evangelicals in Africa, outlined qualities expected of the next president.
(Christian Daily International 10/11/25) READMORE>>>>
As Cameroonians prepare to head to the polls on Sunday (Oct. 12) for a high-stakes presidential election, the nation’s evangelical leaders have issued an urgent appeal for peace, integrity, and God-fearing leadership in a country strained by decades of political tension and multiple armed conflicts. In a statement released Wednesday (Oct. 8), the Alliance des Evangélique du Cameroun (Evangelical Alliance of Cameroon, AEC)—which represents nearly seven million believers nationwide—called on citizens to “stand up for democratic and moral values” at what it described as “a pivotal moment of democratic mobilization.” The group urged voters to choose a president who governs with justice, unity, and “the fear of God,” reminding the nation that “all authority comes from God, and the governing authority is a servant of God, established to administer justice according to His will,” quoting from Romans 13:1. The statement, co-signed by Rev. Dr. Teyabe Alphonse, AEC Secretary General, and Rev. Dr. Jean Libom Li Likeng, President of AEC as well as the Association of Evangelicals in Africa, outlined qualities expected of the next president.
(Christian Daily International 10/11/25) READMORE>>>>
==paul lim======
5 reasons why evangelicals are rallying behind Israel
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer said in a May 2021 statement that Israel should spend more of its energy reaching out to “passionate” American evangelicals than to Jews, who are “disproportionately among our critics.” To understand the spiritual, political and theological reasons why evangelical Christians are such big supporters of Israel not just religiously, but also politically, Reckon spoke with Dr. Paul Lim, Christian history professor at Vanderbilt University. Here are five reasons evangelicals are showing such strong support for Israel right now. (Anna Beahm/Reckon 11/10/23)
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Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer said in a May 2021 statement that Israel should spend more of its energy reaching out to “passionate” American evangelicals than to Jews, who are “disproportionately among our critics.” To understand the spiritual, political and theological reasons why evangelical Christians are such big supporters of Israel not just religiously, but also politically, Reckon spoke with Dr. Paul Lim, Christian history professor at Vanderbilt University. Here are five reasons evangelicals are showing such strong support for Israel right now. (Anna Beahm/Reckon 11/10/23)
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==John Lindell======
John Lindell, pastor, speaker, and author of Soul Set Free, and New Normal, is known for his powerful and dynamic verse-by-verse teaching of God’s Word. For over thirty-one years, John and his wife, Debbie, have served together as the Lead Pastors of James River Church, a faith-filled, multisite church with six campuses reaching the world with the gospel.
How Does God Heal?
The alleged healing of three amputated toes made national news recently. Pastor John Lindell at James River Church in Ozark, Missouri, claimed that during services in Joplin on March 15th, a woman was healed who was missing three toes. He said her toes were regrown within thirty minutes of praying over her. I’m usually oblivious to things like this since James River Church has a tendency to make the news. A few years ago, Pastor Lindell spoke out on yoga’s spiritualism and it sparked some controversy. But last week, I was approached after a class at the gym by a member of James River Church to go seek healing there during their services. She had overheard me talking to the instructor about my pain and seizures, a disability that has changed so many things about my life. “Thank you, but I’m Baptist,” I apologized to the woman who is obviously a believer in healing.
(Word & Way 4/5/23) Read More>>>>>
The alleged healing of three amputated toes made national news recently. Pastor John Lindell at James River Church in Ozark, Missouri, claimed that during services in Joplin on March 15th, a woman was healed who was missing three toes. He said her toes were regrown within thirty minutes of praying over her. I’m usually oblivious to things like this since James River Church has a tendency to make the news. A few years ago, Pastor Lindell spoke out on yoga’s spiritualism and it sparked some controversy. But last week, I was approached after a class at the gym by a member of James River Church to go seek healing there during their services. She had overheard me talking to the instructor about my pain and seizures, a disability that has changed so many things about my life. “Thank you, but I’m Baptist,” I apologized to the woman who is obviously a believer in healing.
(Word & Way 4/5/23) Read More>>>>>
Aug 4, 2021: Assemblies of God: CMN DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC
John E. Lindell, an ordained Assemblies of God minister who planted James River Church 30 years ago, spoke at the luncheon. James River Church has nearly 13,000 weekly attendees at campuses in Ozark, Springfield, and Joplin, Missouri.
Mar 27, 2015: Charisma: Megachurch Pastor Flatly Tells His Congregation to Stand Against Gay Rights Bill
Megachurch minister John Lindell told his 9,000-plus member congregation to vote "yes" on repealing Springfield, Missouri's, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity law early next month.
John E. Lindell, an ordained Assemblies of God minister who planted James River Church 30 years ago, spoke at the luncheon. James River Church has nearly 13,000 weekly attendees at campuses in Ozark, Springfield, and Joplin, Missouri.
Mar 27, 2015: Charisma: Megachurch Pastor Flatly Tells His Congregation to Stand Against Gay Rights Bill
Megachurch minister John Lindell told his 9,000-plus member congregation to vote "yes" on repealing Springfield, Missouri's, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity law early next month.
==caleb lines======
This Reverend Is Going Viral For His TikToks Comparing What MAGA Thinks With What Jesus Actually Taught
For Reverend Dr. Caleb Lines, Christianity and progressivism always went hand in hand. It's something he's been preaching on his TikTok page since 2023, but far before Lines even posted his first video, he was thinking about Jesus and social justice in a tiny church in rural Missouri. “My home congregation was small, progressive, and preached social justice like it was gospel — because it is,” Reverend Lines told BuzzFeed.That core belief — that Jesus and progressivism not only can coexist, but must coexist — has remained the central part of Lines’s spiritual journey. Now, he’s the Senior Minister at University Christian Church in San Diego, California, and the Co-Executive Director of the Center for Progressive Christianity..
(Yahoo 11/12/25) READMORE>>>>
For Reverend Dr. Caleb Lines, Christianity and progressivism always went hand in hand. It's something he's been preaching on his TikTok page since 2023, but far before Lines even posted his first video, he was thinking about Jesus and social justice in a tiny church in rural Missouri. “My home congregation was small, progressive, and preached social justice like it was gospel — because it is,” Reverend Lines told BuzzFeed.That core belief — that Jesus and progressivism not only can coexist, but must coexist — has remained the central part of Lines’s spiritual journey. Now, he’s the Senior Minister at University Christian Church in San Diego, California, and the Co-Executive Director of the Center for Progressive Christianity..
(Yahoo 11/12/25) READMORE>>>>
==hal lindsey======
Harold Lee Lindsey (born November 23, 1929) is an American evangelical writer and television host. He wrote a series of popular apocalyptic books – beginning with The Late Great Planet Earth (1970) – asserting that the Apocalypse or end time (including the rapture) was imminent because current events were fulfilling Bible prophecy. He is a Christian Zionist and dispensationalist.
Jesus will most definitely return in 2024. Maybe
I vividly remember the first time I got snookered on the whole Jesus parousia date-setting thing. I was a baby Christian who had just been saved by studying eschatology, which started with me reading Hal Lindsey’s best-seller The Late Great Planet Earth. Now, let me quickly pause and say that plenty disagree with Lindsey and his eschatology, but even if he’s wrong, my salvation is proof that God can draw a straight line with a crooked stick. (Christian Post 12/25/23) READ MORE>>>>>
I vividly remember the first time I got snookered on the whole Jesus parousia date-setting thing. I was a baby Christian who had just been saved by studying eschatology, which started with me reading Hal Lindsey’s best-seller The Late Great Planet Earth. Now, let me quickly pause and say that plenty disagree with Lindsey and his eschatology, but even if he’s wrong, my salvation is proof that God can draw a straight line with a crooked stick. (Christian Post 12/25/23) READ MORE>>>>>
Nov 23, 2022: Slacktivist: 11/23 Flashback: 93
Hal Lindsey turns 85 years old today, something that Lindsey himself has spent decades telling us should never come to pass.
Lindsey’s 1970 book, The Late Great Planet Earth — a blockbuster best-seller — told us that the End of the World was nigh. And not just maybe a bit nigh-ish, mind you, but really, really nigh.
Hal Lindsey turns 85 years old today, something that Lindsey himself has spent decades telling us should never come to pass.
Lindsey’s 1970 book, The Late Great Planet Earth — a blockbuster best-seller — told us that the End of the World was nigh. And not just maybe a bit nigh-ish, mind you, but really, really nigh.
==damon linker======
RELIGION ON THE RECORD: Apr 25, 2014: Author, Damon Linker, in an article published in "The Week" announces boldly: "What Christians get wrong about hell." The assumption, from the title might very well be that there is some sort of apologetics or unique Christian epistemology approach. However, no it is not. The basic summation of the article is that Linker thinks that the great theologian, Socrates, has the more intelligent way to think about hell. What? Socrates was a theologian? No, he wasn't. And neither is Linker. In an attempt to rationalize away any suggestion that hell is eternal damnation, Linker attempts to break away from any perception of hell that the bible may conjure by a bunch of Christians who think that "Jumping off from a handful of Gospel passages in which Jesus Christ speaks about "eternal punishment" for sinners in the afterlife, these believers conjure visions of a cosmic torture chamber in which those who reject God or commit grave sins without repentance are subjected to endless torment as punishment for their transgressions.
==brad littlejohn======
How Christian Leaders Are Challenging the AI Boom
Brad Littlejohn, the network's co-leader, says that an increasing number of conservative Christians are now realizing that they are not in alignment with the Trump administration’s accelerationist approach to AI. And because they make up such a large demographic in the U.S., their influence could undermine politicians’ efforts to push forward AI without any guardrails in the coming years. “Before, they really cared that Trump won the battle against censorship. But it wasn't obvious to people that the battle over censorship wasn't the big battle,” he says. “The really big battle was coming over AI.” (Time; 12.23.25)READMORE>>>>>>
Brad Littlejohn, the network's co-leader, says that an increasing number of conservative Christians are now realizing that they are not in alignment with the Trump administration’s accelerationist approach to AI. And because they make up such a large demographic in the U.S., their influence could undermine politicians’ efforts to push forward AI without any guardrails in the coming years. “Before, they really cared that Trump won the battle against censorship. But it wasn't obvious to people that the battle over censorship wasn't the big battle,” he says. “The really big battle was coming over AI.” (Time; 12.23.25)READMORE>>>>>>
==john litzler======
How Christian Leaders Are Challenging the AI Boom
“Christ asked, ‘What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul?,’” says John Litzler, the general counsel and director of public policy at the Baptist General Convention of Texas. “It’s not that Christians are anti-business or anti-growth. But the soul of our country and of the individuals in our country is more important.”(Time; 12.23.25)READMORE>>>>>>
“Christ asked, ‘What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul?,’” says John Litzler, the general counsel and director of public policy at the Baptist General Convention of Texas. “It’s not that Christians are anti-business or anti-growth. But the soul of our country and of the individuals in our country is more important.”(Time; 12.23.25)READMORE>>>>>>
==Scott lively======
Scott Lively is an attorney, pastor, human rights consultant and missionary with service in more than 50 countries. He is the author of eight books including "Redeeming the Rainbow," a textbook on pro-family advocacy and opposition the the LGBT agenda, and his most recent work "The Prodigal Son Prophecy: God's Amazing Plan for the Restoration of the Two Hebrew Houses and the Salvation of the Gentiles."
March 19, 2023: Foreign Policy: How U.S. Evangelicals Helped Homophobia Flourish in Africa
In the early 2000s, American evangelical Scott Lively was part of a series of anti-gay events that culminated in Uganda’s 2009 “Kill the gays” bill, which called for the death penalty for what it described as “aggravated homosexuality.” Lively had written books such as The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in the Nazi Party and Seven Steps to Recruit-Proof Your Child against what he described as “pro-homosexual indoctrination.” The bill—which Lively opposed as too harsh—was introduced after Lively spoke at the March 2009 conference organized by Langa that hosted U.S. representatives of the ex-gay movement.
In the early 2000s, American evangelical Scott Lively was part of a series of anti-gay events that culminated in Uganda’s 2009 “Kill the gays” bill, which called for the death penalty for what it described as “aggravated homosexuality.” Lively had written books such as The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in the Nazi Party and Seven Steps to Recruit-Proof Your Child against what he described as “pro-homosexual indoctrination.” The bill—which Lively opposed as too harsh—was introduced after Lively spoke at the March 2009 conference organized by Langa that hosted U.S. representatives of the ex-gay movement.
Apr 14, 2022: WND: Scott Lively: WND: When and why American exceptionalism died
Op-Ed: How anti-gay Christians evangelize hate abroad
In March 2009, while in Kampala, Uganda, researching reports of U.S. right-wing evangelical involvement in attacks on LGBTQ equality and reproductive justice, I was invited to a three-day conference on homosexuality hosted by the Family Life Network, which is based in New York. The keynote speaker was Scott Lively from Springfield, Mass., who introduced himself as a leading expert on the “international homosexual agenda.” I filmed Lively over the course of two days as he instructed religious and political leaders about how gays were coming to Uganda from the West to “recruit children into homosexuality.Some of his assertions would have been laughable had he not been so deadly serious. He claimed that a gay clique that included Adolf Hitler was behind the Holocaust, and he insinuated that gay people fueled the Rwandan genocide. In the United States, Lively is widely dismissed as an anti-gay firebrand and Holocaust revisionist. But in Uganda, he was presented — and accepted — as a leading international authority. The public persecution of LGBTQ people escalated after Lively’s conference, with one local newspaper publishing the pictures and addresses of activists under the headline, “Hang Them.” Lively was also invited to private briefings with political and religious leaders, and to address the Ugandan parliament during his 2009 visit. The next month, Ugandan lawmaker David Bahati unveiled his Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which in its original form called for the death penalty as punishment for a new crime of “aggravated homosexuality.” (Los Angeles Times 3.23.14) READ MORE>>>>>
In March 2009, while in Kampala, Uganda, researching reports of U.S. right-wing evangelical involvement in attacks on LGBTQ equality and reproductive justice, I was invited to a three-day conference on homosexuality hosted by the Family Life Network, which is based in New York. The keynote speaker was Scott Lively from Springfield, Mass., who introduced himself as a leading expert on the “international homosexual agenda.” I filmed Lively over the course of two days as he instructed religious and political leaders about how gays were coming to Uganda from the West to “recruit children into homosexuality.Some of his assertions would have been laughable had he not been so deadly serious. He claimed that a gay clique that included Adolf Hitler was behind the Holocaust, and he insinuated that gay people fueled the Rwandan genocide. In the United States, Lively is widely dismissed as an anti-gay firebrand and Holocaust revisionist. But in Uganda, he was presented — and accepted — as a leading international authority. The public persecution of LGBTQ people escalated after Lively’s conference, with one local newspaper publishing the pictures and addresses of activists under the headline, “Hang Them.” Lively was also invited to private briefings with political and religious leaders, and to address the Ugandan parliament during his 2009 visit. The next month, Ugandan lawmaker David Bahati unveiled his Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which in its original form called for the death penalty as punishment for a new crime of “aggravated homosexuality.” (Los Angeles Times 3.23.14) READ MORE>>>>>
==loran livingston=====
North Carolina pastor calls Trump's 'God Bless the USA' Bible 'blasphemous' in viral sermon
A North Carolina pastor has gone viral after urging his congregants not to embrace the "God Bless the USA Bible" endorsed by former President Donald Trump, which includes documents central to the founding of the United States. Pastor Loran Livingston of Central Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, condemned the "God Bless the USA Bible" in a sermon delivered on April 14. Clips of the sermon have been viewed millions of times after various users have shared them on social media in recent days. During Holy Week, Trump endorsed the "God Bless the USA" Bible in a video posted to Truth Social last month. On sale for $59.99, the special edition Bible contains copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Pledge of Allegiance, along with the handwritten chorus to the Lee Greenwood song "God Bless the USA," which is frequently played at Trump's rallies. (Christian Post 4/26/24) READ MORE>>>>>
A North Carolina pastor has gone viral after urging his congregants not to embrace the "God Bless the USA Bible" endorsed by former President Donald Trump, which includes documents central to the founding of the United States. Pastor Loran Livingston of Central Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, condemned the "God Bless the USA Bible" in a sermon delivered on April 14. Clips of the sermon have been viewed millions of times after various users have shared them on social media in recent days. During Holy Week, Trump endorsed the "God Bless the USA" Bible in a video posted to Truth Social last month. On sale for $59.99, the special edition Bible contains copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Pledge of Allegiance, along with the handwritten chorus to the Lee Greenwood song "God Bless the USA," which is frequently played at Trump's rallies. (Christian Post 4/26/24) READ MORE>>>>>
