How difficult might it be for anyone to become (and remain) a faith-full Christian in a wealth-exploding, idol-making, temptation-hounding place like Hollywood? Ask Chris Pratt. Highest-grossing actor in 2014, making $1.2 billion between leads in Guardians of the Galaxy and The Lego Movie. https://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/christian-trends/what-chris-pratt-said-about-his-faith-will-change-your-mind-about-hollywood.html In 2015, Chris starred in Jurassic World. And made Time Magazine's "100 List" -- the...
What does a chicken say? Peep Peep Peep. How do you get a Cheap Peep? Just use a smart phone app to pay for your favorite chicken sandwich at your favorite fast-food chicken restaurant. A Cheap Peep. With a Quick Chick Click. Say that six times real fast... Yikes! :) Voila! A 10% discount! A real deal......
I heard the news minutes after it broke. Two days ago. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jack Phillips in the highly-anticipated case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. My immediate reaction? I wept. With gratitude and joy. Saying over and over, "Thank You, Jesus!" YET... A heart-prompting I now recognize as the Holy...
Barronelle Stutzman is a Christian floral designer in Richland, Washington. She never imagined herself as a crusader. Just a 72-year-old grandmother who loves her business and her customers. She loved working with her longtime friend Rob. He was her loyal customer for a decade. She knew he was in a same-sex relationship, but that didn't...
How many companies do you know that "exist to glorify God"? You probably would never have heard of this one, Telescope Media Group, had it not been for a law threatening their very existence. Carl and Angel Larsen love telling stories. They get a lot of practice, with eight children. :) Also, through their business, producing...
The last two Kingdom PERSECUTION posts concern the same issue from different perspectives and geographies. At the very least, the preponderance of current news surrounding this issue suggests it is not only relevant, it is timely and not-at-all isolated. Fear-mongering can produce unintended consequences. Like people discounting the messenger without giving the message its due....
Today's post about Kingdom PERSECUTION is somewhat ironic. Because on Monday, I wrote about a medical school graduate whose boldness for Christ did not hinder her acceptance into a Residency program. https://championsofdestiny.com/diagnosis-blessed/ Today's blog profiles a graduate counseling student who was ousted from her program because of her Christian beliefs. Enter Jennifer Keeton. She was pursuing...
When does persecution arise? When there is a sea change of societal thought? A profound transformation in how people define reality? Leading to yesterday's stigma becoming today's celebration? Clinical psychologists and other mental health counselors are motivated to help clients find healing and wholeness. Each one inevitably counsels out of their understanding and conviction about...
Walkerton, Indiana. A "one-horse" town? Only 2,100 residents, in the rural Midwest. Home to mostly small businesses serving local residents. A slice of Mayberry... right? Maybe. At least until a small, family-owned pizza restaurant became embroiled in the national debate over religious and civil rights. And, as one news story put it, "touched off a...
Did you happen to see my December 5, 2017 account of Chic-fil-A's amazing accomplishments? https://championsofdestiny.com/wheres-the-beef-not-here/ Here's the latest BREAKING NEWS. Heartbreaking, civilization-breaking news... according to one New Yorker magazine writer. "Chic-fil-A's Creepy Infiltration of New York City." https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/chick-fil-as-creepy-infiltration-of-new-york-city Chic-fil-A had the audacity to open its largest restaurant in the world on Fulton Street in March 2018....
