{"id":11458,"date":"2018-04-05T01:06:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T01:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/?p=11458"},"modified":"2018-04-05T01:06:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T01:06:47","slug":"new-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/new-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"New Contest!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Dan Jones<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/camera-2801675_1920-450x450.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/camera-2801675_1920-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/camera-2801675_1920-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/camera-2801675_1920-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/camera-2801675_1920-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/camera-2801675_1920-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/camera-2801675_1920-45x45.jpg 45w\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">I&#8217;m very excited about Kinship Christian Radio&#8217;s new contest. As I am sure you know, a bunch of new Christian movies have come out. These include &#8220;<em>I Can Only Imagine<\/em>,\u201d \u201c<em>Paul the Apostle of Christ,<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>God\u2019s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness. \u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">During the month of April, Kinship Christian Radio wants you to email them\u00a0stories in the Bible you would like to see turned into a movie and, once a week, a winner will be drawn for two free tickets to go see one of the new movies showing in your area!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">When the contest was announced on Monday morning, Announcer Steve Ware said he&#8217;d like to see the story of Elijah&#8217;s life turned into a movie. I think that&#8217;s a fantastic idea. I&#8217;d love to see the prophets of Baal fruitlessly dancing around their altar as Elijah taunted them:\u00a0\u201cShout louder! Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.&#8221;\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure Mel Gibson would spare no expense in filming the subsequent scenes in the Kishon Valley. (See 1 Kings 18:16-40)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Now, obviously, I am not eligible to win because (technically) I am a member of the staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">BUT, I have an idea for a movie I&#8217;d really, really love to see someone produce:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">As you know, I&#8217;ve written before about how revival is going on in other parts of the world. While our brothers and sisters in Christ here in this country bemoan our &#8220;Post-christian America,&#8221; Christianity is on fire in other parts of the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">I would love to see a movie, say in a documentary style, that just shows my brothers and sisters in Christ worshiping the LORD and being the hands and feet of Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">A year or two ago, a pastor from Kenya posted a video on Fac<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">ebook of his congregation worshiping with a fervent song of praise and I could <em>feel<\/em> the Holy Spirit even though I didn&#8217;t understand a word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Likewise, I recently saw a video of men walking through the streets of Brazil in a large group praying for the people and the neighborhood and I <em>knew<\/em> the Holy Spirit was at work in them and through them. Again, I didn&#8217;t understand a word but I knew exactly what was happening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">There&#8217;s a church in Seoul, South Korea, called Yoido Full Gospel Church with 800,000 members. Church services run from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every Sunday in an auditorium that seats 15,000. There are many campuses of this, the largest mega-church in the world, and despite controversy and problems within the church administration, people say the presence of the Holy Spirit brings awe during services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">As I wrote last week, I have just returned from Guatemala. While there, I attended La Via Dolorosa (Passion Play) at Fraternidad, a megachurch in Guatemala City with six levels to its parking ramp structure and seating for over 12,000. Weekly attendance is estimated at 20,000, which is about 65% more than the largest church in the Twin Cities. Obviously, something is going on here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Revival is happening in Iran, India, Ghana, Brazil, Ethiopia, Romania, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Singapore, Guatemala, and China. It&#8217;s happening in giant mega-churches and tiny little tribes in the African bush. It&#8217;s even happening right here in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">God is most assuredly not dead and, at this very moment in history, we have the ability to see the body of Christ in action as we have never seen it before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">While it&#8217;s actually difficult\u00a0 to find good, solid information on revival via the standard search engines, we know it is happening but the churches and congregations where it&#8217;s taking place mostly don&#8217;t click the right Google buttons to lead us to film of them worshiping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">So, please Christian film makers, please go out and find these churches and congregations and <em>show us<\/em> the Holy Spirit at work. Please encourage and lift up the body of Christ by showing us that we are not alone, that there is hope, that amazing and wonderful things are happening all over the world and in our own backyards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Oh, and if you want to send <em>your<\/em> idea for a new Christian movie, here&#8217;s a link:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/2018\/04\/01\/christ-in-the-movies\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Today&#8217;s Praise<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span class=\"text Phlm-1-4\">I always thank my God\u00a0as I remember you in my prayers,<\/span><span id=\"en-NIV-29944\" class=\"text Phlm-1-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup>because I hear about your love for all his holy people\u00a0and your faith in the Lord Jesus.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29945\" class=\"text Phlm-1-6\">I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29946\" class=\"text Phlm-1-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup>Your love has given me great joy and encouragement,because you, brother, have refreshed\u00a0the hearts of the Lord\u2019s people. 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