Sept. 12, 2024

REACTION Russel Brand and Tucker Carlson Pray on Stage + Scandal Heresy and End Time Chaos

REACTION Russel Brand and Tucker Carlson Pray on Stage + Scandal Heresy and End Time Chaos
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This episode was released on September 6, 2024.

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Gunman shoots at controversial pastors house.

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Kamala Harris distorts scripture for political gain with pastors.

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Prepare for empty shelves.

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Michael Snyder gives 50 things that you need to prepare for the coming chaos

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and more Morningstar mayhem as Rick Joyner and Chris Reid release statements.

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Plus, Russell Brand prays a powerful prayer on stage in front of thousands.

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I'm John Madarazzo for CharismaNews.com, and these are your top stories of the week.

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We're going to start off by talking about this powerful moment with Russell Brand

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and Tucker Carlson and joining me today is the author of this article, James Lasher.

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James, it's great to have you here on CharismaNews.com.

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Thanks for having me, John.

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Really, really appreciate it.

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And just amazed by this this viral video now of Russell and Tucker on stage

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and just the subject matter that they were talking about.

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Yeah, so they had a bit of a long conversation.

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This is part of Tucker's tour.

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And he's going city to city and having great interaction with different people.

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And he had Russell Brand on stage.

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What are some of the things that they were talking about that that drew our attention?

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So one of the things that you see in the videos that have just gone viral now,

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millions of people are viewing this and it's really how Russell Brand is fulfilling

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the call that Jesus gave to us in the Book of Matthew.

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And specifically, the verse that really drew my attention was when Jesus spoke

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to his disciples and those listening to them.

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If you will pronounce my name, if you declare my name in front of man,

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I will say your name in front of the Father.

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And that is exactly been what Russell Brand has been doing ever since his life

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transforming baptism in the River Thames this past April.

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I know there was a lot of kind of skepticism people had towards Russell Brand,

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because when you think of a Christian spreading the name of Jesus worldwide,

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Russell Brand was not really the person image that came to your mind.

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He might have had the look, but he didn't have the character.

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Yeah, 100 percent.

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But it has been nonstop with Russell.

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He continues almost daily to put out at least one video talking about his faith.

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Also, this includes questions he has.

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He's still very young in his faith, which he admits,

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but he's digging deep into the word, which is what we all need to do.

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No matter if you've been a Christian your entire life,

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if you're new to the faith, if you're somewhere in between,

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he just keeps going back to the word, back to the word,

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and he keeps declaring the name of Jesus.

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He's not just giving the kind of generic, I believe in God that we see a lot in American culture.

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People will say, well, I'm spiritual.

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I believe in God.

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Not what Russell was doing.

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Russell was saying Jesus Christ is my personal Lord and Savior.

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I believe that he died on the cross and rose three days later from the grave

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and has power over sin and death and that he's going to come back.

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He's going to come again and establish his eternal kingdom.

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What Russell is doing, I can't think of a celebrity salvation or celebrity transformation

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so just authentic that he has been doing for months now and it hasn't stopped.

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That's the thing.

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He, if anything, he is growing now in the scope because what we see in this video is he was

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invited in Phoenix, Arizona at the Tucker Carlson Live Tour and this is now being viewed by millions

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of people worldwide and what they're viewing is an evangelistic event almost with the amount that

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Russell is talking about the importance and of Jesus Christ but also the spiritual warfare

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that is going on behind the scenes of the political arena worldwide.

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Yeah.

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Well, let's take a look at a short clip and then we have a longer clip later of this powerful

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prayer but right now I'm going to play this clip where he's talking about his son and I want to

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get your comments.

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Thankfully by the excellence of those surgeons and by the grace of our Lord God and my personal

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Savior Jesus Christ, my son is well.

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Right there he says, my Lord and Savior, my personal Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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He doesn't just go with the generic God term.

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He's naming Jesus.

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Absolutely.

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And he comes from a very logical place.

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He talks about rationalism a lot in his videos and he acknowledges like there were surgeons

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who performed this.

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It wasn't the case which we believe God has certainly done many times where somebody was

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just healed without medical intervention but he does also recognize the source, who gifted

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these surgeons their abilities, who created them.

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God is the creator of all things.

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He created us in his image and even he gives the Lord praise in all things for, I mean,

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the very idea of your 12-week-old son going into surgery or your child, son, daughter,

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your child going in for such an important surgery and now it's done nothing but boost

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his faith even more and in turn he's telling people, you know, we will overcome by the

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blood of the lamb and the words of our testimony.

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And this is part of Russell's testimony and it's really hitting with a lot of people.

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It's resonating in their hearts because when they hear the name of Jesus, they're hearing

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the truth and that is what Russell is pointing people back to just again and again.

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It's Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

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Amen.

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Well, let's take a look at this powerful moment at the end of this interview here and we can

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interject as we need to here.

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Right.

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Or who was the most radical being that we have ever known?

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Who loved more than anyone else?

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Who forgave more than anyone else?

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Who gave themselves that we might live?

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I can think of, I can't see in secularism any solution.

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I can't see in politics anything other than the green shoots of possible change in the

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alliances that we've touched upon.

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But in our Lord and Savior, I can see the hope and redemption that was promised us and

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that will be my path.

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Wow.

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Wow.

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That's, that's very powerful there.

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And then Tucker responds in a way that is very unique and we're going to continue this right here.

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So I, I've never asked this before.

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We haven't talked about this and I, I mean this in the most open possible way.

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Not everyone's going to share your beliefs from my beliefs, but would you close in prayer?

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Oh yeah.

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He's excited about this.

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This is great.

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He is so stoked to be able to pray for the group there.

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I call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our heavenly Savior, Lord Humbly in this great

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congregation in Phoenix, Arizona with my host Tucker Carlson in deference to him, but in

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ultimate deference to you, our Lord and Savior to whom we are all your younger siblings and

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your children.

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I pray in your name that the forthcoming election be an opportunity for unity for America and

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for Americans, for forgiveness and for grace.

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That the dark and demonic forces that appear to operate at the level of the state, the deep

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state and the corporate and global world experience your light Lord, that we are guided, that

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you guide all of our tongues and all of our words and all of our hearts, that we feel

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your forgiveness and that we feel your grace.

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Thank you Lord for the many gifts that you have best, bestowed upon us.

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Thank you for the glory of consciousness itself in which we can experience you and live you.

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Thank you for the beauty of nature in which we see your wisdom and your creativity and

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your infinite glory.

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Thank you Lord for the many leaders and thank you Lord that you were born and died

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that we may be forgiven and that we may have eternal life, not through merit or anything

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that we have individually achieved for surely all of us are fallen, but in your holy name,

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we are forgiven by your act of redemption, by your sacrifice.

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In your name we pray.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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I got chills brother.

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I got chills when he was praying about that.

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What do you take away from this?

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I mean, you can almost kind of see him doing a stadium evangelism at this point because

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like you said, he gets excited to pray and what he did, and I am guilty of this myself at times,

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he did not get partisan with this.

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He didn't get tribal.

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He didn't select out individuals.

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What he prayed for was to the one person who can unify the world and that's Jesus Christ.

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Jesus uses people to bring about this, you know, he uses us as his hands and feet, the light of

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the world, the salt at his flavor, but he called for Jesus to intervene in these attempts to get

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unity like he talked earlier, the radical love, the radical forgiveness, which Jesus was, you know,

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to the modern day religious leaders, a complete radical.

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They called him a heretic because he said, I am the son of God.

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I am, you know, he is the Messiah and to those who didn't have, you know, the Lord in their heart,

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that they were religioso in how they were acting, you know, brand really brings about

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that Christ like behavior.

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He's calling for the people in these corrupt institutions worldwide that they find Jesus

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Christ, that they in turn be saved.

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There is no division in his prayer.

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It's just about unity, finding Christ, finding that salvation and the redemption that he

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mentions is found in Jesus Christ.

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It's shocking.

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It really is to see what the Lord has done in his life in such a short amount of time and

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a lot of, you know, not naming any names, but, you know, there are pastors now, especially in the

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United States who won't get political.

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They won't say, oh, I'm not touching that subject whatsoever, but he's saying we can talk about it

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without being offensive.

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He's praying for those in positions of power who make these decisions and that's what we are

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called to do, to pray for our leaders.

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You know, regardless if there's an R or a D next to their name, like he is really walking the walk

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from everything that I've seen in these months that he's been sharing this transformative

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journey and it is just amazing.

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And he's definitely growing more and more.

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And I want to encourage everybody watching to put in the comments what your thoughts are about

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this prayer, about this, this transformation that is happening in Russell Brand's life.

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Now we're going to go on to some other stories in just a moment, but James, your story, the whole

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article, as well as links to watch the entire video are charisma news.com.

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The specific article is going to be linked in the description for this video, but James, thank you

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so much for taking time to talk more about this.

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It feels a little bit historic in some ways, especially in our, in our world.

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Yeah, maybe the page has been turned.

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Yeah, yeah, definitely.

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Thanks for having me, John.

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Thank you.

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Kamala Harris distorts Bible verse for political gain.

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In this video, which you can see in the article, which will be linked in the description, Vice

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President Kamala Harris managed to send a video greeting to a Christian conference quoting

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scripture out of context about Jesus Christ and then didn't even bother to mention his name in

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the video.

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She said to the African Methodist Episcopal Church Conference, we know that we are just 10 weeks out

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from the election and I know you are already hard at work organizing souls to the polls, making

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sure your members are registered and ready to vote.

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Harris is preaching the gospel of salvation through government, trying to use a Bible passage

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about Jesus Christ to do it.

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That certainly feels sacrilegious, according to this article.

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We'd love to hear what you have to think about Kamala Harris's use of scripture in the comments

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here.

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Next, we have a gunman is targeting Pastor Greg Locke's home in a shocking attack.

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And in this picture, you can see all of these tags for the where the bullet casings were found out

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on the street in front of Pastor Locke's house.

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Pastor Greg Locke and his family were the targets of a gunman late Tuesday night, September 3rd.

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Locke gave the update on Facebook to let people know that he and his family were safe and unharmed

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by God's miraculous grace.

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He wrote in his post, it's 2 a.m.

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And for the last three hours, our home has been a full blown crime scene.

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According to the security cam footage, we pulled into our driveway exactly one minute after a madman

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unloaded an entire magazine of bullets from an automatic weapon into our house, garage and my truck.

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The sound on the video is truly horrific.

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Detectives will still be here for a good while tonight.

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Locke said that one of his children was at home when the shooting took place, but thankfully,

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they were in a different part of the house.

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You can see the post and multiple pictures that Pastor Greg Locke has posted in the article as well.

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We are all being security escorted to a hotel tonight.

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We have no further details.

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The only detail that matters is that Psalm 91 is true and God protected us in unimaginable supernatural ways.

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Please pray for the Locke family tonight.

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We love all of you.

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Now, this came just as Pastor Greg Locke released his newest book literally on the same day,

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The Generosity Journey.

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At this sensitive time, we ask that you keep Pastor Locke and his family covered in prayer.

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In our next article here, Michael Snyder says, prepare for the worst.

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Fifty things everyone should stockpile for chaotic times.

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Are you getting prepared?

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Millions of Americans are stockpiling food and supplies in anticipation of what they

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believe is coming.

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We are approaching an election.

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There's rapidly escalating war in the Middle East.

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There is alarming natural disasters and there's a potential for another great global pandemic.

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He says that Newsweek has reported that doomsday prepping has become a $2.46 billion industry.

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Now he lists 50 basic things that he believes that everyone should be stockpiling.

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He puts this in the article here and you can read the entire thing here, but just to highlight a few.

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A generator, water filter, emergency medical kit, different types of non-perishable foods,

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and last but not least, he says this is a list but not completely comprehensive or in orders.

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But he says Bibles for every member of your family as well as a bug out bag for every member of your family.

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There's important things about this list and you need to check this out and make sure that you are prepared for what is coming.

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Now we have Rick Joyner releasing a statement over his frustration over Chris Reed's abrupt resignation.

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After a surprise departure of Chris Reed from Morningstar Ministries last week, the founder,

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Rick Joyner, spoke to the congregation on Sunday, September 1st about Reed's resignation.

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Joyner said he was shocked but not surprised. He said,

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I did not feel that there was a shepherd's heart revealed. A shepherd lays down his life for the sheep and certainly has regard for them.

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I don't feel like there was regard for me, for our board, any of this stuff that we had entrusted a lot to him.

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And I don't think to just quit like this is what we ever need to do with anyone and with no notice.

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You can watch the full video for yourself and read the article. The link will be in the description below.

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In our top story right now, Chris Reed makes a statement following his Morningstar resignation.

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Chris Reed released a statement in a newly uploaded video to YouTube about his resignation with Morningstar Ministries.

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Hello friends, family. Just to come to you tonight in response to regards to a couple of things.

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Number one, there seemed to have been some more confusion over my departure from Morningstar.

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He gives more details about that situation. He said, regarding the suit that is pending,

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I could not because I know the victims. Many of them, we've gotten to know them.

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I made a tough, painful, painful choice and I just didn't care, you know, if I lost everything.

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If I defend the ministry, then it was like I'm having to go against the victims.

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If I defend the victims, then where does the ministry stand?

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It all happened before we came here and that is why I left. There was absolutely no other reason I left.

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Reed also addresses something that was previously reported on regarding a woman who was connected to Morningstar a few years ago.

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Reed acknowledges that his relationship with her was wrong, but says this situation was not part of his decision to leave Morningstar.

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Further, he apologizes for what has happened.

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You can read more details about this in the article, which will be linked in the description below.

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I'm John Madorazo for CharismaNews.com. These are the top stories of the week.

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