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Friday, May 27, 2022

American Thinker: EU Rejects Discussion On Christian Persecution

...On May 18, 2022, the European Parliament, one of the European Union's legislative bodies, rejected a proposal to discuss the elephant in the room: the rampant persecution of Christians around the world.
Proclaim & Defend: Tim Keller Confuses the Abortion Issue

Tim Keller’s series of tweets on why we should not allow politics to create division in the church has created more political division in the church than if he had remained silent.
After 2,000 UK Church Buildings Close, New Church Plants Get Creative

In England, some rally to restore aging and emptying Anglican sites, while diverse congregations look beyond traditional sanctuaries.
Victor Davis Hanson: A Cabinency of Dunces

As the nation sinks inexplicably into self-created crisis after crisis, debate rages whether Joe Biden is incompetent, mean-spirited, or an ideologue who feels the country’s mess is his success.

Thursday, May 26, 2022

WND: It's Not a Gun Crisis---It's a Spiritual Crisis

...You have to question the cause-and-effect relationship between torching the social and spiritual values that once united us and what we are now experiencing.
Newsmax: Gunfire At US Schools At Record High

...As Americans reeled from Tuesday's mass shooting...at a Texas elementary school, experts warned that a daily epidemic of smaller incidents goes largely unnoticed.
Daily Wire: Energy Sec Granholm---Soaring Gas Prices Are An ‘Exclamation Point’ That U.S. Must Accelerate Green Energy Push
Biblical Counseling: Comfort In a Time of Confusion

Things may look bleak from an earthly perspective, but God is faithful to right every wrong through His perfect judgement and grace.
Providence Mag: Is It Time To Preach Optimism?

... A Christian with hope should be able to look directly into tragedy, recognize the heartache, weep, but still have confidence that God reigns, that he still turns what was meant for evil to good.
Schumer Blocks Bipartisan School Safety Bill After Deadly Shooting

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blocked a school safety bill introduced by Republicans but supported by members of both parties hours after chastising the GOP for 'doing nothing' to...
Public School Enrollment In U.S. Plunges 1.2 Million, Parents 'Fed Up'
Gentle Reformation: The Lost Art of Courage

...Have we lost the art of courage—the wedding of truth and grace?
Shocking Report Alleges Systemic Inaction on Sexual Abuse Within the SBC

...“Our investigation revealed that, for many years, a few senior leaders and outside counsel, largely controlled response to reports of abuse...and were singularly focused on avoiding liability for the SBC,”
Christian Headlines: Indiana Pastor Confesses To Having a Sexual Relationship With a 16-Year-Old Congregant
RedState: It's Official---Barbie Goes Transgender

A Hollywood celebrity now has their own Barbie.
Georgia Sees Record Early Voting Turnout Despite Voter Suppression Claims
Biblical Counseling: When Your 6-Year-Old Professes Faith In Christ

...We love our children, we labor for their souls, and we desire nothing more than for our sons and daughters to also become brothers and sisters in Christ.
Brownstone: School Closings and Violent Youth---A Potential Link

....Socially malevolent behavior is potentially driven by the severing of the social contract, socialization, social bonds, and support normally operational in a functional society.
State Farm Ends Support for Trans Awareness Group After Backlash

State Farm this week announced that it will no longer support an organization that raises awareness about gender fluidity after criticism from conservatives, reports say.
TGC: Five Things I Love About Rural Ministry

...Rural people love their community and aren’t afraid to invest in it.
With the Arrest of a Catholic Bishop, Is Hong Kong Now a Police State?

In less than 2 years, the Chinese Communist Party has asserted almost complete control in Hong Kong.

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Families Cancel Vacations, Summer Camp Because of Inflation, Poll Finds

A majority of surveyed families are worried about inflation and are changing their summer vacation plans.
Breitbart: U.S. Manufacturing Hit the Skids In May

The slowdown in manufacturing activity on display in reports...was confirmed by a survey from the Richmond Fed indicating that factory activity contracted in the mid-Atlantic region in May.
CBN News: Gunman Kills 19 Children In Texas School Rampage

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade...
Breitbart: Joe Biden Awed By Record-High Gas Prices---Part of ‘Incredible Transition’ From Fossil Fuels
AFN: State Farm Dumps Trans Book Push After Whistleblower Outs Company

A whistleblower at insurance company State Farm has outed the corporation for partnering with a radical transgender youth organization to purchase and donate transgender-affirming children’s books...
CBN News: Top Southern Baptists Plan to Release Secret List of Abusers

Top administrative leaders for the SBC said Tuesday that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse.
ZeroHedge: Americans Have Lost $20 Trillion Since the Start Of 2022
Core Christianity: Jesus, Friend of Sinners

...Nothing seemed to frustrate the priests in Jesus’s day more than his interest in sinners.
Ch Today: Church of Scotland Approves Same-Sex Marriage

Church of Scotland ministers are now permitted to perform same-sex marriages if they choose.
Persecution.org: Big Brother China Won’t Silence the Underground Church

...To circumvent censorship, many Christians and church leaders have taken measures to avoid detection, though they are not always successful.
EIC: Biblical Leadership

...The word ‘oversee’ means “to watch over and direct a group of workers in order to ensure a satisfactory outcome or performance.” The Biblical implications of that meaning are quite self-explanatory...
Dropping the Denominational Label From the Church Name; New Trends

Our team is following closely the trend of churches dropping the denominational label in their name in the post-COVID era. Though it is by no means a new trend, it is a topic of frequent discussion...
The Stream: Understanding the Five Questions of Homosexuality

If there is one practical, pastoral answer to the question of homosexuality for Christians, it’s that there isn’t one answer, because there isn’t just one question.
FEE: MSNBC Claims Homeschooling Is Driven By 'Insidious Racism,' But the Facts Show Otherwise

Homeschooling encompasses a demographically, geographically, and ideologically diverse group of families who share a common goal of wanting to take a more active role in their children’s education.
Reformation21: Jonathan Edwards On Testing True Revival

Revival is the work of God and must be judged by the whole, according to Scripture, distinguishing good from evil. Let us, like Edwards, judge rightly and earnestly pray for religious revival in our own day.
What the Blue-State Left-Coasters Don't Understand About Culture

...To the lopsided city-dweller, painting, writing, music, fashion, and filmmaking constitute almost the totality of culture. But beyond these, most things in life take art, and Boise has a preponderance of them.
Law & Liberty: Surviving Social Media

...Social media creates interpersonal engagement with little to no room for moral sentiments to act or grow – or...little room for us to be truly human...it is a poor cultivator of moral sentiments, which require...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Dozens of North Korean Christians Executed on Site After Secret Meeting

A horrifying account of mass execution has reportedly leaked out of North Korea, one of the worst nations in the world to be a Christian.
State Farm Accused of Pushing LGBTQ-Themed Handouts To 5-Year-Olds

State Farm, a leading company within the insurance industry that has served the public for 100 years, appears to be focused on more than just selling insurance.
Southern Baptist Leaders Respond To ‘Devastating’ Sexual Abuse Report

“There are not adequate words to express my sorrow at the things revealed in this report.”
Breitbart: Diesel Fuel Costs Soaring—Up 75% From Last Year
Stand To Reason: Never Graduate

Education isn’t something that only occurs at school. It should be a lifelong process.
Washington Examiner: Bear Market Raises Recession Fears
Breitbart: Israeli Court Rules In Favor of Jews Praying On Temple Mount, Sparking Outrage Among Muslims
Proclaim & Defend: The Bible and Critical Race Theory

...What is the root problem in humanity? Is it the sinful rebellion of mankind, or the need to relieve those who are miserable and oppressed? Is the real problem systemic racism or sinful self-deception?
Brownstone: Monkeypox Was a Table-Top Simulation Only Last Year

Monkeypox was first identified in 1958, but there’s never been a global Monkeypox outbreak outside of Africa until now—in the exact week of the exact month predicted by the pandemic simulation.
Tabletalk Mag: The Extraordinary Ordinary Preacher

Your local pastor not only preaches a sermon each week, but preaches his very life to you.
American Christians 'Backing the Blue'--- On Faith and Policing

Blue lives matter and they matter especially to God.
GCD: Persistence In Unanswered Prayer

The Christian life is defined by prayer. Prayer should be, for us, a joyous time in communion with God.