Scandals Emerge: Pastors Arrested, Affairs Exposed, Royal Updates and Prayer Warrior Russel Brand

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Mega church scandals, one pastor fired, one pastor arrested.

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The pope gets heretical.

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A Christian quarterback suffers a scary injury.

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Princess Kate gives a cancer update.

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And the question that everybody wants to know is Russell Brand,

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the prayer warrior the world needs right now.

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I'm John Madarazzo for CharismaNews.com,

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and these are your top stories of the week.

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And with me to talk about this is James Lasher, the author of this article.

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And James, it's great to have you here.

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A couple of weeks ago, we talked about this moment that where this picture is from,

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where Tucker Carlson was interviewing Russell Brand,

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and they were talking about faith, they were talking about spiritual things.

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And he asked Russell to pray.

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And this was a viral moment.

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And so we talked about this before and it became a viral thing

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because people really are interested in prayer and transformation.

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So tell us about your thoughts on this particular prayer

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that he posted just this morning.

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It's good to see you again, John.

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And yeah, it's really incredible how Russell is really kind of taking the lead

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when it comes to celebrity prayer.

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And every time he's being given a platform,

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whether it's his own platform, which millions of people follow him

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across the social media spectrum or on Tucker's live tour,

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he just keeps promoting the name of Jesus over and over.

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He talks about the importance of a personal relationship with the Lord.

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And in this prayer, we really get to see kind of the window into his heart.

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What's going through Russell Brand's mind now?

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Excuse me. What's going through Russell Brand's mind?

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And it's really quite an amazing transformation that he's gone through.

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Yeah. So whenever you posted this article,

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at that point, he had over 300,000 people read his post.

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And so let's just look at the first part that we've highlighted here.

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We've got a couple of different areas, but it says,

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Heavenly Father, we trust in your promises,

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even when the wait feels long and the road seems uncertain.

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Lord, you are the God of victories.

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And we believe that our season of victory is drawing near.

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You know, James, it's not just a simple little prayer,

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you know, God bless me or whatever, but he's very eloquent in his,

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in his admiration and his prayers to the Lord.

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And I think you really see an excuse me, an authenticity in this prayer.

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A lot of people are going through uncertainty right now in any aspect,

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an area of life. And he hits on that. It's very relatable.

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It comes from what is perceived as a very genuine place in his heart,

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whatever he might be going through. You know, we see in the next part,

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he says, we know that you see every struggle, every hardship, every tear.

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When I read that, it tells me that Russell has probably gone through some of that

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breaking process that, you know, when you invite the Lord in and he starts

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cleaning house, there can be some spiritual and emotional pain,

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but it's really just God working things out of us and sanctifying us for his

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purposes. And that that really tells me that Russell was going through

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an authentic spiritual growth in his relationship with the Lord.

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Yeah. And he's definitely developing with the Lord.

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And we've been able to see his development with the Lord since really his baptism.

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Which was a very public thing.

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You know, baptism is the the outward sign of an inward decision.

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And he's been very, very forward about that.

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And it's really exciting to see that.

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You know, he also says we pray for restoration in every area of our lives,

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relationships, finances, health and spirit.

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You know, as I'm reading this, I'm seeing that there is a maturity

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that is growing and growing and growing with his language and with his prayers.

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Yeah, you see, it's he's definitely still very early in his spiritual walk.

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And but that's not something that should be shunned or anything.

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Yes. Always read everything with a discerning mind and, you know,

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check the spirit like the word says, check the spirit behind.

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What is he saying? What is the fruit?

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And when you read this, you see a man who is genuine about his faith.

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Yes, he's still learning, which he says in his videos quite often.

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He's like, I have questions about this Bible verse and he'll share and read the

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Bible verse with them. And in that he he really is growing,

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but he shows that desire, that hunger to continue in the Lord.

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And whatever this new season the Lord has for him and he he recognized

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that the way forward is by putting God first.

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And that seems to be what exactly what he's doing.

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And it's a big encouragement to a lot of people who are reading his posts.

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Yeah. Well, he he wraps up his prayer here with this.

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And James, could you read this and then give some commentary?

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Sure. He says in closing, we declare with confidence that our victory is on the way

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and that you are working all things together for our good.

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Thank you, Lord, for hearing our prayers and for all the work you are doing in our lives,

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even when we can't see it to you, we give all the glory, honor and praise

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for the miracles that are on the way. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

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And I think that resounds with every believer and even, you know,

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nonbelievers as well included in that when you talking about waiting for that victory,

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even when you don't see God working in your life, he is still there.

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And Russell, just bringing that as a reminder to people,

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because sometimes when you're going through the middle of the storm,

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it can feel like you're on your own, but you're not.

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Definitely. And you can go to the link in the description of this video

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to read the article and then also look at his post as well.

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James, let's just pray right now for Russell Brand

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as he's continuing to be on his journey with the Lord.

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Father God, we just commit our brother to you.

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God, we know that he is growing in his relationship with you.

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We just pray that as people are looking to him as an example,

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Lord God, that you would keep him and protect him

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and that you would just deepen his relationship with you.

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God, we bless him and we thank you for the transformation

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that we are getting to see before our very eyes. Amen. Amen. James,

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thank you so much for taking some time to go a little bit deeper into this article.

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Thanks for having me, John. Other stories that we have going on right now.

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Chris Reed is shedding more light on his Morningstar resignation,

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and he continues. He's now put out several videos kind of explaining

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his understanding and his vantage point of everything that has gone on

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with Morningstar Ministries and his relationship with the Lord.

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Relationship being severed there, but you definitely want to read

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the article here to keep up to date with that situation.

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But most importantly, pray for all those involved.

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Pray for Chris, pray for Morningstar and pray for Rick Joyner as well.

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Now, sadly, we have here a pastor that has been caught for illegal activities

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where a pastor was arrested after a horrific discovery in church bathroom.

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Thirty seven year old worship pastor in Brighton, Michigan,

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the Brighton, Michigan branch of the 242 Community Church.

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Will Johnson was arrested on Friday last Friday after a member of the staff

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discovered a camera hidden in a bathroom.

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Johnson admitted to placing the camera inside the bathroom

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and the disgraced pastor was immediately fired and was arrested shortly afterwards.

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242 Community Church is cooperating fully with the Sheriff's Office

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investigation is taking proactive steps, including engaging with a third party

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investigator to ensure the safety of all our facilities.

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Please keep that church in your prayers.

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Next, Princess Kate Middleton releases moving update video

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as her cancer battle enters new phase.

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She says the last nine months have been increasingly tough for us as a family.

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Life, as you know, it can change in an instant and we have had to find a way

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to navigate the stormy waters and roads unknown.

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You can read the you can see the video and read the article here.

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The link will be in the description below.

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Next, we have another mega church pastor ousted for inappropriate relationship.

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Stephen Lawson, pastor of Trinity Bible Church of Dallas, has been removed

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from his position at the church following an inappropriate relationship with a woman.

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The elders at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas regretfully announced that effective

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immediately Stephen J Lawson has been removed indefinitely from all ministry

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activities at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas.

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This is yet again, another Dallas area church this year that has been shaken up by scandal.

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Please keep the churches in Dallas in your prayers.

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We also have Pope Francis recently saying that all religions are a path to God.

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Now that does not line up with what Jesus said in John chapter 14 verse 6,

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where he said that I am the way the truth and the life.

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No one comes to the father except through me.

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So the Pope is saying things that are not biblical according to the words that Jesus

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said when he was here on the on this earth.

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There's a lot of things to be said about this and I've done other videos about this,

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which I will link and you definitely want to read the article for yourself to see what

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the Pope said in full.

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It is very disheartening that a man that is leading the largest church in the world

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says that all religions are a path to God.

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Pray for discernment there and prayers ring out after a Christian quarterback suffers

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another frightening injury.

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Outspoken Christian and quarterback for the Miami Dolphins to a toga Lavella suffered

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another injury resulting in a concussion on Thursday night football.

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Now this article was from September 13th, but is still getting a lot of attention a

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week later because he collided with Buffalo Bills safety.

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Demar Hamlin who are 2023 Demar Hamlin suffered a near fatal episode on the football field

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after diving forward headfirst in the third quarter of the game.

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The quarterback would not return to the game.

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Calls for prayer rang out over for many within both football and the Christian communities

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and worship leader and let us worship founder Sean Foite posted on X in support of his friend

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imploring his followers to lift up the quarterback in prayer.

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Now we want to see him completely healed and have no issues with his brain or his body

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after that because those concussions are very very difficult.

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Additionally, many former NFL players are calling are calling him for him to retire

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saying that the money that he's made playing in the league is not worth the price.

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It will take from his health.

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Please keep the quarterback in your prayers and go to charisma news.com for updates on

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I'm John Medarazzo.