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Sunday, January 2, 2022

WCW2K: Seven Bible Verses For the New Year

Here are 7 Bible verses to start the New Year out right.
Tabletalk Mag: We Are Not Home Yet

...We can never allow ourselves to become comfortable here. We are merely sojourners passing through this world on our way to glory.
Abounding Grace: Paul and His Roman Constitutional Rights

One of the crucial questions in our current moment of governmental overreaches has to do with how we understand our rights as Christians living in this world.
PNW: Why Is China Stockpiling Half of Worlds Grain?---Warning To the West

The Chinese government is hoarding food on an unprecedented scale...
Chuck Lawless: 10 Projections About Ministry In 2022

A new year is generally an exciting time of new beginnings and renewed commitments. Here are some of my thoughts about ministry in the next year...

Saturday, January 1, 2022

CDC Says US COVID-19 Cases Have Hit Record High---Hospitalizations and Deaths Remain ‘Comparatively Low’
CBN News: China On the Cusp of Eliminating Cash, Pushing the World Toward Total Government Surveillance
American Greatness: 2022---Not More of the Same

Rather than a continuation of the trends of 2020-2021, it's likely something entirely new and different will emerge, and its source will come from outside the system, its leaders, and their plans.
Int. Takeout: Omicron Is Turning Into Om-i-con

Has Omicron turned COVID into just one big con?
Breitbart: Poll: Plurality of American Adults Fear What Is To Come In 2022

51 percent of the respondents said they are fearful for what will happen to the country next year, compared to the 48 percent who say they are more hopeful.
GCD: Are You Thinking About the End Times?

...Eschatology should encompass the life of every single Christian. We’re a people who live for the future, and our hope in the future encompasses all of Scripture, giving us the strength we need for the present.
Abortion Leading Global Cause of Death In 2021 With 43 Million Killed

As of noon on December 31, 2021, there were 42.6 million abortions performed in the course of the year, while 8.2 million people died from cancer, 5 million from smoking, 1.7 million of HIV/AIDS, 1.3 million from traffic fatalities, and 1 million from suicide.
Less Than Half of Americans Are Making New Year’s Resolutions; Poll

44% will make New Year's resolutions this year, up from 39% in Dec 2017
Rooted Thinking: Backing Into 2022---Longing For the World-That-Was

What kind of year lies ahead of us? Will we continue living in this dystopian world or will we return to normal? ...But, as Christians, we are looking the wrong way. Our hope is not in the past but in the future.
CNN Admits Cloth Masks Don't Work---After Supporting Them For Two Years

...You know the times are crazy when public health figures give contradicting advice, and implement an intervention based on pure speculation...
Christian Post: Religious Freedom In Crisis Under Biden Administration

...Fifty countries, primarily in the Middle East, Africa, or Asia, have very high levels of persecution, which means 1 out of every 8 Christians faces severe consequences based solely on their faith.
CBN News: Franklin Graham Talks Vaccine Passport Microchip Implants

Evangelist Franklin Graham — son of the late Rev. Billy Graham — said this week he doesn’t believe the “vaccine passport” microchip implant is the biblical “mark of the beast.”
Ligonier: An Historic Faith

“Once upon a time . . .” These words signal the beginning of a fairy tale, a story of make believe, not an account of sober history...The Bible begins with the words, “In the beginning God….”
Unlocking the Bible: Living Normally In an Abnormal World

...How can I live normally, honoring the Lord, in such an “abnormal” world?
TGC: Did the Pandemic Wreck the Church?

...It’s hard to find any real evidence that the pandemic led to a widespread exodus from American religion.
Pastor Who Helped Found the Presbyterian Church In America Dies

Rev. Frank Barker, whose 4,000-member Briarwood Presbyterian Church grew from a Birmingham storefront before he helped found the conservative Presbyterian Church in America, has died.

Friday, December 31, 2021

Average Churchman: Resolve To Grow In Godliness In 2022

The end of the year is an excellent time for reflection, self-examination, and prayerful commitment to new habits for the coming year.
National File: COVID Boosters May Cause 'Immune System Fatigue,' Compromise Ability To Fight Virus, NY Times Says
Spiritual Theology: What People Are Saying About 2022

...I haven’t seen anyone say anything hopeful about 2022...But I know next year will be a good year, on the whole, because God will continue to be our God. The drama of redemption rolls forward.
Harbingers: White Evangelicals Are ‘the Most Un-Christian’ Segment of American Society, MSNBC Claims
James Cintolo: UK Study Reveals Sobering Effects of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

...Initial clinical trials for Moderna, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca being so underpowered created a blind spot. So, myocarditis was not seen during initial testing, but was experienced by the general population...
World Mag: A Providential Escape

One of the missionaries captured in Haiti tells his story.
Lifeway: New Year’s Resolutions Focus On Health, God and Money

After a season in which avoiding sickness was on most everyone’s mind, many Americans say their New Year’s resolutions address their health.
GCD: Old Paths For a New Year

I don’t need to reinvent the wheel every year when it comes to Bible reading and prayer.
Gov't Has Rejected All 3,080 Religious Exemption Requests From Marines

Marine commanders have rejected all 3,080 religious exemption requests from US Marines so far this year for the required COVID vaccine.
Samuel James: You Are Free To Not Despair

...In many people the hope for meaningful joy is being snuffed out, and the result is a Scrooge-like resentment of anyone or anything that exhibits the kind of happiness that one can lose himself in.
PNW: If Israel Strikes Iran, Hezbollah Will Be Unleashed

...As Israel's warning grows louder, and Iran's nuclear program continues...
Newsmax: 71% of GOP Doubt Legitimacy of Biden's Win---Poll

...Among those Republican respondents, 25% said Biden's triumph was "probably not legitimate," and 46% said it was "definitely not legitimate," according to the poll.
TIFWE: Setting Goals as Servants of God

If you knew that you could not fail in accomplishing one major goal, what goal would you set for your life?
NY Post: Public-Health Authorities Mus Be Accountable For Their COVID Lies

The “public health” response to COVID has been awful.
TGC: Nine Things You Should Know About Events and Discoveries In 2021

Here are nine events and discoveries from 2021 that you may not have heard about.

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Crosswalk: Four Hopeful Prayers For Our World This New Year
Fox News: Some Vaccine Mandates May Leave US Vulnerable At Home and Abroad as Omicron Numbers Surge

COVID-19 vaccine mandates have put some vital U.S health and safety institutions in a tough spot after cutting personnel who didn’t comply.
Fauci: Avoid Large New Year’s Eve Celebrations With ‘Hugging and Kissing’
Near Year's Resolutions About God Are Popular, Lifeway Poll Shows

Health, faith and finances are the three most common topics of New Year’s Resolutions, according to a new Lifeway Research survey that examined what Americans focus on when the calendar turns.
Poll: Most Americans Say They Are Worse Off Financially Than One Year Ago

...Few have hopes that it will significantly improve in the new year...
Newsmax: China To Crack Down On Religious Web Content

...The measures, which will go into effect March 1, 2022, include a stipulation making it illegal to disseminate religious ideas online unless one possesses a govenment issued license...
Harbingers: John MacArthur Calls On Pastors To Preach Biblical Sexuality In Defiance of New Canadian Law That Would ‘Criminalize Evangelism’
WCW2K: Biblical Evidence That Modern-Day Prophets Are False Prophets

There is ample evidence that today’s so-called and self-proclaimed prophets are truly prophets, but they’re not God’s prophets; they are false prophets.
Frontpage Mag: Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Triggers a Winter of Lockdowns

What happens when you fire nurses and then claim there’s no more hospital space.
Desiring God: Someone Is Listening To Your Suffering

...Songs send rhythm and order, harmony and progression into the suffering we do not yet understand.
Newsmax: How Democracy Was Dismantled In Hong Kong In 2021

As the days of 2021 dwindled, so did any remaining traces of democracy in Hong Kong.
For the Church: Living By the Book

...To find God in scripture, seek him with your whole heart. Have no divided loyalties. Give God your full attention, affection, and adoration.
Daily Signal: More Government, Less Religion—the Progressive Doctrine

...Where does the passion of Democrats really lie—in improving lives of Americans or in dramatically expanding government? Equally revealing is what does not interest progressives at all.
Ch Headlines: What the Taliban Takeover Means For Believers In Afghanistan

...The Afghan church, which has experienced incredible growth, now faces life under the Taliban.