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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Proclaim & Defend: Walk By Faith

...Faith is indeed believing – simply taking God at His Word and acting upon it. It sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible. Faith is the link to every promise of God.
PNW: Rising Cost of Living Forcing Many To Reconsider Summer Plans

Nearly nine in 10 Americans have seen their cost of living increase over the past five years, and a new study has found that this is having a massive impact on their shopping habits, particularly online.
AP: Over 1,300 People Died During Muslim Pilgrimage At Mecca

More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced.
DiscernReport: Olympic Teams Bring Their Own AC Units To Paris

The 2024 Paris Olympics are shaping up to be an event filled a hefty dose of virtue signaling. The recent announcement that air conditioning will not be provided at the Olympic venues is a prime example.
Victor Davis Hanson: The Logic In All the Madness

The Biden administration's agendas may have fundamentally changed the country for decades, if not longer—and will require tough remedies that may be almost as unpopular as the wreckage they wrought.

Monday, June 24, 2024

The Undistracted Soldier---Six Marks of Christian Manhood

I learn earthly war to feel the gravity of that spiritual war I can’t. Although few know it, the unseen conflict is no less vicious or valorous, gory or heroic, real or requiring than wars of men, but more.
Six Police Killed, 12 Injured In Attacks On Church and Synagogue In Russia

Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in attacks across two cities in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing a priest and multiple police officers...
Prophecy News Watch: Joe Biden's Smoke and Mirrors Support For Israel

...The White House says it has Israel's back. But recent U.S.-Israel backstories indicate that Israeli anxiety about the U.S. position on munitions is well founded.
Fight of Faith: A Thousand Wheels of Providence

...When we consider God’s work in Providence, we can only see things in pieces. We cannot see or understand many things that God does. It's like the wheels in a watch. Each gear depends on another...
Randy Alcorn: What You Read Builds Who You Are

...The fact is, we will inevitably adopt the morality of the books we read, the music, Internet sites, and conversations we consume. GIGO—garbage in, garbage out; or godliness in, godliness out.
TGC: Parents, You Aren’t Wrong About the Dangers of Transitioning

Objections to allowing youngsters to make irrevocable medical changes to their bodies is the right decision.
Townhall: Churches Need To Rethink Mother's and Father's Day

Mother's and Father’s Days have recently passed and many churches have traditional ways to honor them in the services...But churches need to rethink these practices if they are to minister to those in pain...
Nick Batzig: Critical Dynamics of Criticism

...There are essentially five categories by which we may assess the criticism that we are both called to give and receive...Simply acknowledging that these categories exist does not mean that it is easy to assess...
Frontpage Mag: Climate Cultists On the Loose

...Now that most people aren’t falling for the fear-mongering anymore, climate activists have resorted to a counterintuitive strategy of simply antagonizing people – with traffic blockades, and eco-terrorism.
Townhall: The Bible and Public Policy

How much influence, if any, should the Bible have on American public policy? There is a wide divergence in the answer to that question, depending on who is asked.
Breitbart News: Donald Trump Says, ‘I Love the 10 Commandments in Public Schools’; May Be First Step in ‘Revival of Religion’
Newsmax: Rep. Stefanik Rallies Behind Trump at Christian Conference

Elise Stefanik, chair of the House Republican Conference, went all in on GOP presumptive nominee and "good friend" Donald Trump during a speech before a conservative Christian conference...

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Decline of the Pulpit---Only One-Third of Pastors Have a Biblical Worldview

...Pantheism has replaced theism as the dominant spiritual belief. The philosophy of Nietzsche believes that when it comes to right and wrong, there is no such thing as absolute truth, only personal interpretation.
Newsmax: Trump To Evangelicals---Christians Need To Vote

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday urged evangelicals to get out and vote in an election that has him neck and neck with President Joe Biden.
Trump Tells Christians Their 'Religion Will Be In Tatters' If Biden Wins

Donald Trump told a gathering of Christian conservative activists not to let the secular left "silence" and "shame" them in a bid to keep them from voting, saying Christianity would be in "tatters" if Biden is...
Cripplegate: Should Christians Observe the Sabbath?

While we recognize the other nine commandments are still binding on Christians today (and repeated in the New Testament), what should we do with the fourth commandment about the sabbath?
AFN: Biden's 'Ironclad' Support For Israel vs. Standing In the Way of Victory

Joe Biden may think he’s scoring points with his anti-Semitic base, but his Israeli approval rating is probably taking on more water than his Gaza floating pier. The president has undermined their efforts...
Breitbart News: Nigeria Reports ‘Surge’ In Anti-Christian Violence

Nigeria has been experiencing a “surge” in anti-Christian violence, including numerous kidnappings and murders. These are often carried out execution style, according to recent reports.
TGC: The Weighted Vest of Pastoral Ministry

...Pastoral ministry is like living with a weighted vest on. All the time. And every now and then, usually on Sundays, someone slips an extra weight in there. Why do pastors feel this burden?
Equip: The Importance of Self-Leadership

Self-leadership does not begin with oneself. Foundationally, it begins with God. God is not simply a means to greater organizational ends. He is the ultimate end and true joy that will satisfy our deepest longings.
TGC: Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, and God’s Beautiful Providence

...Willie Mays was a magical baseball player who loved the spotlight and possessed a big smile...Henry Aaron was quiet and played baseball unassumingly, remarkable for someone with his abilities...
Christian Post: John Leland---American Patriot and First Amendment Hero

...As a consequence of the ministry of men like Leland, by the end of the Revolutionary War, Baptists had become the most numerous denomination nationally.
AP: What’s Left For the Supreme Court To Decide? Here’s the List

The Supreme Court is headed into its final week with about a quarter of the cases heard this year still undecided, including ones that could reshape the law on everything from abortion to social media.

Friday, June 21, 2024

Breitbart: ACLU Sues Louisiana For Ten Commandments In Public Schools

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced on Wednesday that it will be suing the state of Louisiana over its new law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
Vermont State Foster Agency Rejects Christian Couples Over Biblical Beliefs

Two Vermont Christian couples have filed a lawsuit against the state's Department for Children and Families after the agency allegedly revoked their foster licenses for adhering to their Biblical beliefs and...
Hezbollah Leader Vows War 'Without Rules' if Israel Launches Offensive

If Israel gets into a major war with Hezbollah, the terrorist group, is threatening to fight without rules and without a ceiling. That serious threat comes as a spat between the Biden administration and Israel over...
Frontpage Mag: Will Israel Be Able To Avoid War With Hezbollah?

The Jewish State will soon have to make a decision.
Tabletalk Mag: The Comfort of Theology

...Thus, since experience of suffering exists in the universe, that experience itself must have a purpose, even if that purpose is imperceptible for the time being. Belief that there is a God means that nothing is...
Ch Post: More Israelis Requesting New Testament After Oct. 7, Group Says

The faith-based nonprofit Jews for Jesus, an organization that shares the Gospel with people of the Jewish faith, says it has seen an increase in the number of New Testament orders from Israelis since...
Terror Threat on U.S. Soil Has Risen Dramatically under Biden, Experts Say

Amid a rise in terrorist attacks across the globe, experts are warning that the threat of attacks on U.S. soil has risen dramatically even as the Biden administration enacts policies that exacerbate the danger.
Michael Snyder: Eight Signs That Extremists Are Taking Over Our Country

It is happening all around us. Our nation is being radically transformed by people with extreme ideologies, and that should deeply alarm all of us.
Breitbart News: Conservative Leader Says 'If Every Christian Voted, We Would Never Lose Another Presidential Election’

...“And 30 percent of evangelicals — it’s not that they don’t even vote — 30 percent are not registered to vote.”
Christian Post: Biden Can't Force Religious Employers To Provide Accommodations For Elective Abortions, Court Rules
Lifeway: LGBTQ+ Population Grows, Especially Among Gen Z

Around 1 in 13 U.S. adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or another sexual orientation besides heterosexual, according to the latest Gallup survey.

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Christian Post: Louisiana Schools To Display Ten Commandments

Louisiana became the first state to require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments through a Republican-backed bill signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday.
‘Inflation and Economy’ Top Priority For Americans, Abortion Last

The survey asked respondents to identify their top priority, and a plurality, 27.9 percent, chose inflation and the economy as their top priority. Illegal immigration was the second-most important issue...
How Can Christians Have a Better Response To Mental Health Issues?

if you are dealing with depression or another mental illness, it may be short-term, or it may be long-term, but if you are God’s child, know this—it is temporary, according to scripture.
The Church Age Is Winding Down—And the World Is Running Out of Time

2024 has been a stunner in many ways. And many events remind me that the world is running out of time before the last act of a major drama plays out. In other words, the Church Age is winding down.
PNW: Evangelical Seminaries About To Go Woke?

Fuller Theological Seminary, one of the world's most popular theological colleges, is poised to become the first evangelical seminary in the U.S. to permit same-sex relationships on campus.
Daily Signal: The Pro-Hamas Threat To America

Commencement season is over, but don’t expect the pro-Palestine movement that overtook universities in recent months to dissipate. Given its ambitions and financial and political support, this movement will...
IFStudies: The Decline of Trust and Neighborliness

...According to a 2018 survey, only a quarter of Americans said that they know most of their neighbors. A similar share of Americans are unable to provide information about their neighbors—even their names.
Church Answers: Unknown Leaders

...We have the global responsibility and privilege of getting the gospel to non-believers among 8 billion people in the world—most whose names we do not yet know, and whose names will likely never be...
Tabletalk Mag: Why Do We All Die?

We all have questions about death. What is death? Why do we die? Why do we all die? Why is death so scary? Why did Christ die? Why do Christians have to die? How can I prepare for death?
Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Released Despite FBI Resistance

...The school murderer was transgender, and her diary reveals a suicidal left-winger who hated whites. The FBI expressed concern that the release of the diary from a transgender person could lead to...
Creation.com: The AI Revolution---What Does It Mean For You?

AI programs have no true understanding of what they are doing. ChatGPT does not understand anything you tell it or anything it tells you—it is just doing mathematics to calculate its answer.