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Concerning Stats Reveal Why Knowing Scripture Is So Important

Believers serious about following Jesus need to understand Scripture.
That’s the argument Dr. Peter Bylsma, author of “The Bible I Never Knew: A Closer Look At Christianity’s Main Themes,” made on a recent episode of CBN’s “Faith vs. Culture.”
A survey released last year by the American Bible Society found a majority of Americans wish they cracked the covers of their Bibles more often. The State of the Bible analysis showed more than half (52%) of Americans aspire to reading Scripture more regularly, CBN News reported.
More than a quarter of them, though, said they just “don’t have enough time” to do it.
Perhaps even more concerning is only 6% of professing Christians hold to a biblical worldview, with the overwhelming majority (96%) choosing syncretism, a “term used to describe a customized blend of philosophies of life that a person pieces together for their own satisfaction,” the survey explained.
Failing to study and understand the themes of the Bible, Bylsma asserted, shows a lack of seriousness about following Jesus and adhering to Christianity.
“Our culture is working against us,” he explained. “In fact, we don’t even realize we are in a culture that is influencing us in different ways. For a person to take on a different perspective based on Scripture … [you need] a network of people who are thinking like you and can support one another because the message of the Gospel and the message of the Bible are countercultural and that is hard to live in today’s society.”
Another concern is New Age philosophies creeping into Christianity.
A Pew Research Center survey from 2018 found six-in-10 Christians believe in at least one of four of the New Age themes outlined in the study: “Believe spiritual energy can be located in physical things,” “believe in psychics,” “believe in reincarnation,” and “believe in astrology.”
Additionally, a YouGov poll released in late 2022 found 87% of Americans believe in at least one belief that falls loosely under the umbrella of “new-age spiritualism.” The study found more than half of respondents (55%) said they believe karma is real, with 41% believing in hypnosis, 39% believing in UFOs and extraterrestrials, and 29% believing in the “law of attraction,” known by many as “manifesting.”
It’s often a failure to understand Scripture and the tenets of the Christian faith that result in those who claim to follow Jesus espousing beliefs antithetical to Christianity. While many come to faith without a deep knowledge of the Bible, it’s critical they, upon salvation, invest in understanding Scripture and the teachings of Jesus.
“We usually come to Christ in a simple way, usually not having counted the cost, usually not having a knowledge of what you’re getting yourself into,” Bylsma said. “You jump in and then you have that relationship and then you think that’s enough. And I would say the church doesn’t really do a good job of nurturing mature Christians.”
“Some of the churches I go to kind of have the same themes over and over,” he continued. “I would say it’s elementary; it’s almost spiritual milk. And there really needs to be a deeper dive into the concepts and the themes [of the Bible]. Twenty minutes once a week just doesn’t do it.”
It’s tempting, he continued, to feel satiated in just knowing a handful of Bible passages. But those who believe they are saved and are desiring of a relationship with Jesus “need to go further.”
To make his case, he pointed to the teachings of the Apostle Paul.
In 1 Corinthians 13:11, he wrote, “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me” (NIV). Paul’s point was that, as believers continue in the Christian faith, they should mature spiritually.
The central — and most important — theme of the Bible, of course, is the message of Jesus. Everything throughout Scripture, in both the Old and New Testaments, points to God becoming a man, taking on the insurmountable debt sinful humanity could not pay by dying on the cross and rising from the grave three days later.
Believers who have accepted Jesus as their savior ought to invest time in truly understanding the whole of Scripture, knowing that it is fundamentally transformational. It is, as Hebrews 4:12 explains, “alive and active” and “sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart” (NIV).
Sources:faithwire
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‘The Lord Spoke’: A Mother Heard God’s Warning — Doctors Were Shocked When She Was Right

“I don’t know how you could hear my story and my testimony and not believe that there is a God.”
That’s how Cameron Cortman describes his miraculous, death-defying journey — a remarkable voyage of trust, survival, and true reliance in the face of life-altering storms.
Cortman, 24, said his family’s harrowing experience began when he was a 1-year-old and his parents were preparing to move to Virginia Beach, Virginia.
But on the day of their move, something happened that would change the course of their lives.
“I got sick with an ear infection in the hustle and bustle of moving,” he told CBN News. “My mom took me to the doctor. She thought it was just a routine ear infection. I had been getting them a lot lately.”
But Cortman’s mom felt deep in her gut that something else was going on. In fact, after the doctor prescribed antibiotics, she paused to share something she experienced on the way to his office.
“[She said], ‘Actually, on the way over here, the Lord spoke to me and told me that something is seriously wrong and that we need to go to the hospital,’ which is just a wild thing to say to a doctor,” Cortman recounted. “But, thankfully … the doctor was a Christian and he said, ‘Who am I to really argue with the Lord? So we can send you to the hospital.’”
Despite the doctor feeling relatively unconcerned at the time, he knew Cortman’s mother was resolute that she had heard from God. So he complied and called an ambulance — a fortunate choice considering what happened next.
“They start to run pretty much every test imaginable, and they come back a few hours later and say, ‘We’re so sorry, 95% of your son’s blood cells are leukemia. He probably won’t make it through the night,’” Cortman said.
The shocking news, which upended the family’s lives, confirmed everything his mother had felt.
“As you can imagine, it’s just a mix of utter disbelief, and shock, and starting to grieve, and really just confusion of what to do,” Cortman said. “And I think you kind of immediately go into a mode of, ‘OK, let’s figure out next steps.’”
Cortman began intense chemotherapy, which carried its own risks for such a young child.
And the family began pressing into the community around them, with Cortman expressing how “blessed” they were to have loving people around to help care for both him and his brother.
Leaning into God and prayer, though, were the main recipes for tackling the chaos.
“They just really sought to … understand from the Lord how they could be faithful through the journey,” Cortman said.
These tools were essential as Cortman faced four years of hospital stays, chemotherapy, and other interventions. Along the way, the uncertainty required a profound reliance on the Almighty.
“It was one of those situations where, ‘OK, I lived a week,’ then they’re like, ‘Let’s see how long he can live,’ basically, which is crazy to say,” Cortman said. “I can’t even imagine being my parents and just never really knowing if I was going to make it the next day, or the next month, or the next year.”
Remarkably, the cancer eventually disappeared, something Cortman said was “miraculous.” And that’s not all.
“What’s crazy about that situation — other than the fact that I was completely cured from cancer — is they said to my parents, ‘Although he is cancer free, he’s not out of the woods. So there is a very good chance that he’s not able to speak like everyone else would. He might not be able to walk. He might not be able to talk,’” Cortman said, noting these dire effects could have come from the chemotherapy.
He continued, “The chances of it having serious side effects on your brain, on your body is very high. So to go from that to where I am today … a former college athlete [who] had the opportunity to play sports at the highest level, it’s just only God.”
Cortman, who is now the director of digital marketing at Great American Media, a company that produces faith and family-friendly programming, said the entire experience has made him intensely driven and devoted in all he does.
His focus today is spreading the Gospel and working to advance the Christian faith, helping brands like Great American Family and Great American Pure Flix create and market positive, faith-affirming content.
“What I love about my role at Great American is I can wake up every day and know that … the social media posts that my team is creating or the ads that we’re making, we’re really pushing out good into society in a culture of entertainment that is doing the exact opposite,” Cortman said. “So, I do feel like we are a light in the entertainment industry and it’s so cool to be able to use what I’m passionate about and creative about in marketing while also still glorifying the Lord.”
He praised his company for giving families, individuals, and parents a safe experience watching TV and movies — something he called truly “unique.”
“We are telling these really impactful faith redemption stories that I think just really inspire and uplift people, and they’re extremely relatable to journeys that everyone has gone through,” Cortman said.
Connecting the dots between his own medical miracle, God’s plan for his life, and an undying trust, Cortman’s journey to Great American Media is a fascinating one. But his faith is truly driving it all — a deeply fostered and abiding love rooted in his family’s journey.
Reflecting back on the experience, Cortman said he can’t imagine what it was like for his parents to grapple with potentially losing their baby at any moment.
The ordeal moved him closer to his Christian faith and shaped his beliefs, with his parents providing a powerful example for him to follow.
“So much of my faith … I credit to them because I think most people in situations like that, it’s very easy for them to turn against God, turn against each other,” he said. “The fact that they relied on God through that and then came out on the other side stronger … their marriage is still very strong and that their faith is still very strong — I don’t think that I would have the same faith that I have today had they not responded the way they did through that whole journey.”
Sources:faithwire
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സുനിത വില്യംസിനേയും ബുച്ച് വില്മോറിനെയും ഭൂമിയിലെത്തിക്കാനായി സ്പേസ് എക്സിന്റെ ക്രൂ-10 ബഹിരാകാശത്തേയക്ക് കുതിച്ചു

വാഷിംഗ്ടണ്: മാസങ്ങളായി ബഹിരാകാശത്ത് കുടുങ്ങിക്കിടക്കുന്ന ഇന്ത്യന്വംശയജായ അമേരിക്കന് ബഹിരാകാശ യാത്രികയായ സുനിത വില്യംസിനേയും സഹയാത്രികരേയും തിരികെ എത്തിക്കാനായുള്ള സ്പേസ് എക്സിന്റെ ക്രൂ-10 ബഹിരാകാശത്തേയ്ക്ക് കുതിച്ചുയര്ന്നു. ഇന്ത്യന് സമയം ഇന്നു പുലര്ച്ചെ അമേരിക്കയിലെ ഫ്ളോറിഡയിലെ കെന്നഡി സ്പേസ് സെന്ററിലെ വിക്ഷേപണ തറയില് നിന്നാണ് ഫാല്ക്കണ് ഒന്പത് റോക്കറ്റില് ക്രൂ -10 വിക്ഷേപിച്ചത്.
ഇന്ത്യന് സമയം പുലര്ച്ചെ 4.33നായിരുന്നു വിക്ഷേപണം. നാസയും സ്പേസ്എക്സും ചേര്ന്നാണ് നേതൃത്വം നല്കിയത്. ഒമ്പത് മാസമായി രാജ്യാന്തര ബഹിരാകാശ നിലയത്തില് കുടുങ്ങിക്കിടക്കുന്ന ബഹിരാകാശയാത്രികരായ സുനിത വില്യംസിനെയും ബുച്ച് വില്മോറിനെയും തിരികെ എത്തിക്കാനുള്ള ദൗത്യമാണ് വിജയകരമായി വിക്ഷേപിച്ചത്.കഴിഞ്ഞ ജൂണിലാണ് സുനിതയും ബുച്ച് വില്മോറും ഐഎസ്എസില് കുടുങ്ങിയത്. ക്രൂ ഫ്ലൈറ്റിന്റെ ബോയിംഗ് സ്റ്റാര്ലൈനര് ബഹിരാകാശ പേടകത്തിലെ പ്രൊപ്പല്ഷനില് തകരാര് സംഭവിച്ചതോടെയാണ് ഇവരുടെ ഭൂമിയിലേക്കുള്ള മടക്കയാത്ര മാസങ്ങളോളം വൈകിയത്.ഇന്നു പുലര്ച്ചെ പറന്നുയര്നന് സ്പേസ് ക്രൂ പത്തില് നാലു പുതിയ ബഹിരാകാശ സഞ്ചാരികളും പേടകത്തിലുണ്ട്. നാസയുടെ ആനി മക്ലെയിന്, നിക്കോള് അയേഴ്സ്, ജാപ്പനീസ് ബഹിരാകാശ ഏജന്സിയായ ജാക്സയിലെ തകുയ ഒനിഷി, റഷ്യന് റോസ്കോസ്മോസിന്റെ കിറില് പെസ്കോവ് എന്നിവരാണ് 10 ദൗത്യത്തിന്റെ ഭാഗമായി ബഹിരാകാശ നിലയത്തിലേക്്ക യാത്ര തിരിച്ചത്.
ഇവരുമായുള്ള പേടകം ബഹിരാകാശത്ത് എത്തുന്നതോടെസുനിത വില്യംസ്, നിക്ക് ഹേഗ്, ബുച്ച് വില്മോര്, റോസ്കോസ്മോസ് ബഹിരാകാശയാത്രികന് അലക്സാണ്ടര് ഗോര്ബുനോവ് എന്നിവരുള്പ്പെടെയുള്ളവര്ക്ക് തിരികെ വരാന് സാധിക്കും. ഇതോടെ മാസങ്ങളായുള്ള അനിശ്ചിതത്വത്തിനും നിരാമകാകുംഫാല്ക്കണ് 9 റോക്കറ്റിന്റെ ആദ്യ വിക്ഷേപണം സാങ്കേതിക പ്രശ്നം കാരണം നേരത്തെ മാറ്റിവച്ചിരുന്നു
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SpaceX and Nasa have launched a mission to bring back US astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station (ISS), where they have been stranded for nine months.
The lift-off took place at 7:03 ET on Friday, with a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft on the Crew-10 mission.
The mission also launched four crew members to the ISS: Nasa astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the International Space Station.
Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission under SpaceX’s human space transportation system and the 11th flight with a crew aboard to the ISS station through Nasa’s Commercial Crew Program, including the Demo-2 test flight.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been stranded on the ISS for nine months after reaching there in June last year. They were supposed to stay there for about a week.
Ahead of the launch, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth shared a video message expressing support for Nasa’s SpaceX Crew-10, Fox News reported.
In a video posted on X, Hegseth stated, “I just want to take a brief moment to say we are praying for you.” He added, “We wish you Godspeed, and we look forward to welcoming you all home soon.”
“President Trump said to Elon Musk, ‘get the astronauts home and do it now’ – and they’re responding,” Hegseth said.
“And they’re bringing Nasa astronauts, [who] also happen to be retired US Navy Capt. Butch Wilmore and retired US Navy Capt. Suni Williams, home,” he added.
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ഇന്റർനാഷണൽ പ്രയർലെെൻ സമ്മേളനത്തില് ഹൃദയ സ്പർശിയായ അനുഭവങ്ങൾ പങ്കു വെച്ച് ഡോ. ബാബു കെ. വർഗീസ്

ഹൂസ്റ്റൺ :ഹൂസ്റ്റണ് ആസ്ഥാനമായി പ്രവർത്തിച്ചുവരുന്ന ഇന്റർനാഷണൽ പ്രയർലെെൻ മാർച്ച് 11 ചൊവാഴ്ച സംഘടിപ്പിച്ച 565-ാമത് സമ്മേളനത്തില് ബൈബിൾ അധ്യാപകൻ, പത്രപ്രവർത്തകൻ, എഴുത്തുകാരൻ, ചരിത്രകാരൻ എന്നീ നിലകളിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന ഡോ. ബാബു കെ. വർഗീസ്, ബോംബെ മുഖ്യ സന്ദേശം നല്കി
ഇന്ത്യയിൽ ക്രൈസ്തവർ നേരിടുന്ന പീഡനങ്ങളെ കുറിച്ച് നേരിട്ടുള്ള തന്റെ ഹൃദയ സ്പർശിയായ അനുഭവങ്ങൾ അദ്ദേഹം സമ്മേളനത്തില് പങ്കുവെച്ചു.
ശ്രീ. ജോസഫ് പി. രാജു, പ്രസിഡന്റ് ഗോസ്പൽ മിഷൻ ഓഫ് ഇന്ത്യ, ഡിട്രോയിറ്റ്, മിഷിഗൺ പ്രാരംഭ പ്രാര്ത്ഥനയോടെ യോഗം ആരംഭിച്ചു .വടക്കേ ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ക്രിസ്ത്യാനികൾ നേരിടുന്ന പീഡനങ്ങൾ, ശത്രുത, വെല്ലുവിളികൾ എന്നിവയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള നേരിട്ടുള്ളതും കൃത്യവുമായ വിവരങ്ങൾ ഡോ. ബാബു വർഗീസ് സമ്മേളനത്തിൽ പങ്കിടുമെന്നും നിങ്ങളുടെ പ്രാർത്ഥനാപൂർവ്വമായ പങ്കാളിത്തം ഇന്ത്യയിലും ലോകമെമ്പാടും വിശ്വാസത്തിന്റെ പേരിൽ പീഡിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവരുമായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നതിൽ നമ്മുടെ ഐക്യം, ഐക്യദാർഢ്യം, പ്രതിബദ്ധത എന്നിവ പ്രകടമാക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള അവസരമാണിതെന്നും സ്വാഗതമാശംസിച്ചുകൊണ്ടു ഐപിഎല് കോര്ഡിനേറ്റര് സി. വി. സാമുവേല് ആമുഖമായി പറഞ്ഞു.തുടർന്ന് മുഖ്യതിഥി ഡോ. ബാബു വർഗീസിനെ പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുകയും മുഖ്യ സന്ദേശം നല്കുന്നതിനു ക്ഷണിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.
ശ്രീ. ഫിലിപ്പ് മാത്യു (ഷാജി),ഡാളസ്, മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥ പ്രാര്ത്ഥനയ്ക്കു നേതൃത്വം നല്കി.ഐ പി എൽ സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന പ്രതിവാര പ്രാർത്ഥനാ യോഗങ്ങളിൽ നാനൂറിലധികം പേര് ലോകത്തിന്റെ വിവിധ ഭാഗങ്ങളില് നിന്നും സംബന്ധിച്ചിരുന്നുവെന്നു കോര്ഡിനേറ്റര് ടി.എ. മാത്യു പറഞ്ഞു.തുടർന്ന് നന്ദി രേഖപ്പെടുത്തി .സമാപന പ്രാർത്ഥനയും ആശീർവാദവും:പാസ്റ്റർ ഡോ. എം. എസ്. സാമുവൽ, ന്യൂയോർക്ക് നിർവഹിച്ചു.ഷിബു ജോർജ് ഹൂസ്റ്റൺ, ശ്രീ ജോസഫ് ടി ജോർജ്ജ് (രാജു), ഹൂസ്റ്റൺ എന്നിവർ ടെക്നിക്കൽ കോർഡിനേറ്ററായിരുന്നു.
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