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Monday, August 23, 2021

Justin Huffman: The Daily Relevance of Jesus’ Resurrection

Christians are, as much as anything else, declaring ourselves believers in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Election Integrity Reform is Key to Preventing a Socialist Takeover of America

...Unsecure elections are the gateway to socialism.
Nurses & Medical Workers, Once Heroes, Now Being Fired For Vax Hesitancy

... “We knew unless we took that shot, we were getting fired. There was no ifs, ands or buts.”
Midwest Outreach: The End of Comfortable Christianity?

....Whether one was a Christian or not, the Judeo/Christian ethos generally permeated the Western world and particularly the USA. Christianity had a comfortable place in our world.
Proclaim & Defend: Moral Idealism vs a Christian World-View

Moral idealism and Christianity are not the same. In fact, in most instances, moral idealism produces thinking that runs contradictory to a biblical worldview.
Paul Tautges: Three Qualities of Grace-Filled Giving

There is much to learn about the joy of giving—too much to teach in a simple blog post.
Tabletalk Mag: A Fresh Look At Basics

I initially dipped into these prayers and found them refreshing.

Sunday, August 22, 2021

CCW Today: Asahel Nettleton--- The Forgotten Evangelist

...Mention the names of Finney, Moody, Sunday, or Graham and visions of great evangelistic ministries are brought to mind. But mention Asahel Nettleton and few will have any idea who you are talking about.
Pentagon Confirms Americans Beaten by Taliban En Route To Kabul Airport

..."What appears to be happening is that not every Taliban fighter either got the word or decided to obey the word [to allow Americans to get to the airport]," he added.
AP: ISIS Threat Forces US Changes To Evacuations At Kabul Airport
Report: Taliban Seizing U.S. Passports From Afghan Americans

More chaos unfolds in Afghanistan, and more reports now show Taliban terrorists are seizing U.S. passports from Afghan Americans trying to get to the airport in Kabul to flee the country.
Christian Post: Two Catholic Nuns Shot, Killed In South Sudan

Gunmen shot and killed two Catholic nuns while they were traveling on a highway in South Sudan, which is one of the world’s deadliest places to be an aid worker.
Pandemonium In Australia--- Lockdown Protesters Overrun Police

You’d think you were watching a scene from some Middle Eastern dictatorship, but no, this is Australia, and the people have obviously had enough.
Newsmax: Less Than 40 Percent of US Voters Think Biden's In Charge
American Thinker: Church AND State--- Not Church VERSUS State

The teachings of Christ are the backbone of Christianity, hence a firm Gospel for true Christians.
Frontpage Mag: Taliban Commander Vows Jihad Against the Whole World

The Taliban does want peace. It wants the peace that will follow the world’s submission to Islamic law.
Bible Mesh: What Went Wrong In Afghanistan, and What Hope Is There?

...If Afghanistan is to have any hope, its people must reject both the Islamic fundamentalism of the Taliban and the vapid liberalism of the West, and cast themselves hard after Christ
Protestia: Afghanistan Is Latest Faceplant For Charismatic 'Prophets'

...Not one charismatic ne’er-do-well received a word of the Lord about the Afghanistan fiasco.
Crossway: Why We Need To Gather as a Church

Gathering with the church can be inconvenient, but so is love.
GCD: The Dearest Place On Earth

The church is a unique institution set up by God himself for his purposes. There is nothing else like it.
The Increasingly Uncharitable Political Posturing of Beth Moore

There's nothing quite like ripping a Bible verse out of context to support one's political agenda...
Gene Veith: On Vaccine Hesitancy

What do the vaccine-hesitant groups have in common?
Ligonier: How Can God Bring Good Out of Evil?

...How can God bring good out of evil? That great mystery is the most comforting promise in the Bible.
Fight of Faith: Distracting Ourselves To Death

... In all my scrolling and searching I tend to forget that on the nightstand, where I picked up my phone first thing in the morning, sits a leather-bound book. It is the very word of God.
Michael Kelley: The Hard Truths of the Bible Are Good For Your Soul

...If the Bible is true about those things that are balms to our hearts and souls, then the Bible is also true about those things which challenge the way we are living, thinking, and making decisions.

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Spiked: The Authoritarian Takeover of Australia

People who once thought they’d won the lottery of life by being born in Australia now wake in fright every day to the sudden realisation that they are living in a 21st-century penal colony.
FDA Aims To Give Full Approval To Pfizer Vaccine On Monday
Scientists Criticize Biden Admin's Booster Shot Push: ‘Not Enough Data’

Scientists blasted the Biden administration for pushing Chinese coronavirus booster shots, saying the data is not “compelling enough to recommend third shots to most of the American population right now.”
Newsmax: COVID Anxiety Rising Amid Delta Surge, New Poll Says

Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since winter, a new poll shows, as the delta variant rages, more states and school districts adopt mask and vaccination requirements...
Taliban Searching Door-To-Door, Inspecting Cell Phones For Bible Apps

“The Taliban has a hit list of known Christians they are targeting to pursue and kill. The U.S. Embassy is defunct and there is no longer a safe place for believers to take refuge."
Afghan Christians Face Death— But They Are Putting Their Trust In Jesus

Although the Taliban insists it has changed, most people expect another oppressive rule in Afghanistan. That spells trouble, especially for women and religious minorities, including Afghan Christians.
AFN: Taliban Has Already Started Their Campaign of Torture and Terror

...The Taliban have sought to project moderation and have pledged to restore security and forgive those who fought them in the 20 years since a U.S.-led invasion.
French Push Back As Grocery Stores Begin Demanding COVID Passport

Some French supermarkets are now requiring their customers to show a COVID pass before entering.
Thousands of Australians Protest Draconian Lockdown, Hundreds Arrested

Hundreds were arrested after violent clashes between anti-lockdown protesters and police in Australia’s two largest cities Saturday as the country recorded its sharpest rise in Covid-19 cases...
Most Americans Think They Have a Biblical Worldview. But Do They?

...A biblical worldview enables you to think like Jesus so that you can live like Jesus.
Oregon Megachurch Pastor Resigns Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations

A popular megachurch pastor, TV and radio personality from Oregon has taken a leave of absence from ministry following recent allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse.
Leftists Love The Pandemic and Want You To Learn To Love It, Too

...The pandemic has become a religion for these people.
Justin Huffman: What Is Imputation, and Why Does It Matter?

Imputation is the act of one person adding something to another person’s account...
CBN News: The Story of Jerusalem Through a Prophetic Lens

The new book, Jerusalem Rising, takes a historical and prophetic book look at the ageless city.
Are Evangelicals Repeating the Same Mistakes of Mainline Liberal Churches?
Unlocking the Bible: Five Ways Exodus Confronts Our Secular Age

...The true story of Exodus speaks powerfully to our secular world in several ways.
Bible History: Illuminating the Philistines’ Origins

The bones don’t lie: The Philistines had European ancestry.
Desiring God: Bible Meditation For Beginners

Biblical meditation calls for thought and feeling more than posture and breathing.

Friday, August 20, 2021

Americans No Longer Optimistic Regarding COVID, Can Churches Respond?

Throughout the spring and summer, as COVID-19 cases declined across the U.S., most churches returned to in person services with hopes of full pews by the fall.
Breitbart: Majority Not Optimistic About America’s Future, New Poll Says

A majority of Americans are not very optimistic about America’s future, a Trafalgar Group/Convention of States Action survey released Thursday found.
CBN News: US Struggles to Speed Kabul Airlift Despite Taliban, Chaos

At the current rate it would be difficult for the U.S. to evacuate all of the Americans and Afghans who are qualified for and seeking evacuation by Aug. 31.
The Stream: What the Taliban Takeover Means For Christians In Afghanistan
AFN: Afghan Christians Among Those Paying a Price For Biden's Blunder

An estimated 10,000 to 12,000 Christians are in Afghanistan – all of them underground, all of them with a Taliban target on their backs.
U.N. Report: Taliban Revenge Teams Actively Seeking ‘Targets’
American Thinker: Biden’s Surrender Presidency

The seven months of the Biden presidency reveal a theme of surrender.