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Published on: 01-30-2021
You’ve read the social media posts before; maybe you’ve made a few yourself. The ones that make you cringe, that make you angry, hurt, sad, depressed, or simply numb. By the way some “Christians” post online, you might think they don’t realize there is a real person somewhere in the world, reading and contemplating their potentially destructive words.
God asks us to be “Christ’s ambassadors,” and He makes His “appeal through us” (2Cor. 5:20, NIV). Everything we do is supposed to be for “the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:31), yet it seems many forget God’s commands when they post in reaction to what they see and read on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and other media platforms.
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As a mob ransacked the United States Capitol earlier this month, many working inside feared for their lives and turned to God for help.
US Senate Chaplain Barry Black was one of the people inside the building seeking the Lord while the chaos ensued. He tells CBN News that he knew he was going to witness history on January 6 with the certification of the Electoral College votes, but he had no idea what was to come.
Remembering January 6, 2021
Black recalled that January 6 started off like most any other Wednesday. He hosted the bipartisan Senate prayer breakfast and then opened the Senate floor in prayer. Early in the afternoon, Black joined senators in the House chamber for the historic joint session of Congress, but when the debates began over certifying the Electoral College vote he decided to go back to his office for a bit. While he was walking back, he heard alarms going off warning everyone in the Capitol to shelter in place. He passed a few members of the
God Is Going to Make Us a Better Nation : Chaplain Barry Black Offers Hope After Capitol Riot
01-15-2021
US Senate Chaplain Barry Black hunkered down in a secure location during the Capitol Hill violence of January 6, huddling with senators for three hours, praying with them and ministering to them.
Now he tells CBN News Capitol Hill Correspondent Abigail Robertson he s confident God is going to use the horrific attack for his glory. To Christian believers, Calvary probably seemed like the greatest tragedy in human history, and yet oh what good, oh what good came from Calvary, said Black. God is going to make us a better nation as we strive, and there are believers everywhere, even non-believers, who are striving for a more perfect union, and I believe the Sovereign God of the universe is going to use January 6th as the moment in time that will provide us with an epiphany nexus with the transcendent.