The breaking of America: What hurts the most
The state of our nation today reminds me of “The Twilight Zone” reruns that I watched as a young boy. They were always very eerie and unsettling.
Shane Idleman
CP Guest Contributor
Shane Idleman is the founder and lead pastor of Westside Christian Fellowship in Lancaster, California, just North of Los Angeles. Shane's sermons, articles, books, and radio program can all be found at shaneidleman.com or wcfav.org. He is the author of Feasting & Fasting, If My People, Desperate for More of God, and Help! I'm Addicted. Follow him on Facebook at: facebook.com/confusedchurch. You can also follow Pastor Shane on the new free speech platform Parler https://parler.com/profile/ShaneIdleman/posts.
To Christian leaders: We are not celebrities
Whether it's itinerant speakers requiring Hollywood status, worship teams demanding the rock star treatment, or pastors chasing “likes” and “retweets,” celebrityism has infiltrated the churches on a scale never seen before.
Sin never stands still—it either grows or withers
In the end, the choice is yours when it comes to what you watch and listen to, but why would you willingly walk into the enemy’s camp?
To fathers, families would rather ‘see’ a sermon
I’m tired of weak, passive men who never contend, stand or fight for anything worth dying for. Our nation is looking for character, our wives are looking for leaders, and our kids are looking for fathers.
MrBeast goes beast mode on 'transphobes'
Jesus Christ is the only hope for this hopeless world, the only solution for life’s problems, and the only way to truly know God.
No holiness, no revival
We must be desperate for more of God. When you lay hold of Him never let go!
Fasting for spiritual breakthrough in 2023
Fleshly appetites are subdued when fasting. Fasting is challenging because the flesh always wants to negotiate with us. It says, “Can’t we meet in the middle? Don’t completely remove food — that’s too extreme!”
5 things that hinder the presence of Christ
One HUGE benefit of prayer and fasting is that it empties us in order to be filled. It weakens the flesh in order to be strengthened by the Spirit.
An open letter to TD Jakes from California
A red wave in November 2022 won't save us, but the crimson blood of Christ will.
Why the battle cry of Isaiah is for this time
Although it is God who fills us, we must yield. He empowers, but we must surrender. He awakens, but we must repent. Let Isaiah’s battle cry become your battle cry and watch what God does in and through you — arise and shine.
