The Cripplegate
for a new generation of non-conformists
We are living in extraordinary times, perhaps a moment of history that is ripe for another Great Awakening. The shocking murder of Charlie Kirk on September 10 seems to have sparked a movement that …
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025, at Utah State University was a shocking act of depraved evil carried out by a young man whose heart was overcome by demonic hate. This horrific …
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We need to be bolder. We need to be willing to tell people about Christ, and we need to be willing to suffer the consequences of it. I never had the privilege of meeting Charlie Kirk, but if there …
In the spring of 1992, after the former Soviet Union had been dissolved, then-Russian Ambassador Vladimir Lukin asked American Robert Gates, “So when are we going to get together and make some new …
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Since I arrived at Desert Hills in March 2011, our church family has used the New American Standard Bible 1995 edition in our Sunday morning worship services. The NASB is the translation I have used …
If you were to tour Martin Luther's house in Wittenberg today, you would see a dark spot on the wall of his study. The docents of the property attribute this spot to a famous incident in which Luther, …
