Flying from the middle of Siberia back to Moscow, I was moving with the sun and arrived at Domodedovo Airport the same early morning time at which I took off from Novokuznetsk. That gave me just enough time for a quick shower at my friends’ apartment and off I went to the XXIX Educational Conference held in the huge auditorium right under the largest cathedral in the whole city – if not in the whole country – Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Which, of course, was almost empty this year because of quarantine restrictions. The presentations were broadcast to many hundreds of church communities and thousands of viewers all over Russia.
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FAITH – Threatening Extinction, Part 2
By Dr. Don Bierle, FaithSearch President
Was Jesus serious when He asked the question, “…when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8b). In what way can we imagine the possible extinction of faith?
In part one, I wrote that the primary distinction of Christianity from other religions is its faith object. The danger is that people tend to focus on their faith, per se, rather than the object of their faith, Jesus Christ. When they do that, faith equals “feelings,” something other religions have as well. That kind of “faith” may just as well become extinct because it is worthless (1 Corinthians 15:14,17).

For Reflection, April 2021
Pray for our Nation’s Leaders
God’s Truth: “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Galatians 6:7).
“Whenever a nation’s laws no longer reflect the standards of God, that nation is in rebellion against Him and will inevitably bear the consequences,” said Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., quoting from The Tony Evans Bible Commentary on February 25, while speaking on the House floor in opposition to the Equality Act, which would make it illegal to discriminate against homosexual and transgender individuals.
Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., replied: “What any religious tradition ascribes as God’s will is no concern of this Congress.”
The House voted 224-206 in favor of the bill.
Source: World Magazine, Vol. 36, No. 6, 03.27.21, Quotables, p. 17.
Becoming All Things, Part 3
By Adrian VanVactor,
FaithSearch Evangelist
Jesus: Magician or Messiah?
I often heard the following from my mentor, illusionist André Kole.
Imagine Jesus and His disciples walking through the dusty streets of Galilee with five tractor trailers following behind them. That is what it would have taken for Jesus to have done the sort of things He did, if he were mere first century magician.

I had the privilege of touring as part of André Kole’s eight-member evangelism team. I performed as a guest-star, tech director, stage manager, and solo missionary during my years on staff. Every night we shuffled five tons of equipment in and out of auditoriums to accomplish the many magical inventions from the mind of André Kole.
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What God Does Not Want You to Do at Home (or anywhere)!
God’s Truth: “For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made… your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” (Psalm 139:13-16).
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