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Sunday, May 29, 2022

Theology & Life: 'Love' Without Truth

...What good is it for a person to only relate to others on the basis of love?...When love is absent, things turn ugly. But don’t we need truth in our lives? Isn’t truth important?
Tabletalk Mag: How To Live Under Pressure

...David is praying that God would keep him from being two-faced and double-minded, and that God would give him a single, steady aim, unmoved by the threats and pressures, only looking to God...
Kent Brandenburg: Eastern Meditation Harms You, Psychologists Agree

...Eastern meditation is diametrically opposed to the godly and Biblical practice of meditation. Eastern meditation involves emptying the mind, while Biblical meditation ponders God and His Word for...
The Stream: The Tragic Consequences of Removing God From American Life

...God has been removed from too many lives and practices. Marriage has been redefined, along with sex, including gender. America has turned from freedom to bondage and calls it “being cared for.”
AFN: YouTube Punishes Christian Network For 'Misinformation'

After searching through the archives, YouTube has struck again – this time putting in "timeout" two programs broadcast by a Christian radio network.
First Things: Is God a Therapist?

...At this moment in time, Christian churches face an unprecedented challenge. Western nations have experienced the collapse of the broad moral vision that made them coherent entities.
CCEF: Inviting God Into the Hard Places

We say “life is hard,” and everyone nods in support...But there are hard things that go deeper. They are more profound and burdensome and feel intolerable. Perhaps it is grief, loss, disease, suffering, or brokenness.
TGC: When Assisted Suicide Goes To Church

Extrinsic value derives from what you can do, whereas intrinsic value derives from who you are.
National Review: There Is No Magic Fix For School Shootings

...Very little of what Democrats have proposed as “common sense” measures has anything to do with what happened in Uvalde. Nothing that the president is pushing for would touch the firearms that are...
Rooted Thinking: Ministry Counsel From an Unsung Hero of the Faith

...“Be always tenderly yearning for sinners. This is a happy unhappiness. A man full of Christ-like tears is a noble creature. Such concern melts men, and tells with God.”
Frontpage Mag: Our Economic Misery Isn’t an Accident, It’s the Plan

Picking a dementia patient for the presidency was always a suicide mission.

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Americans Draw From Their Savings To Fuel Summer Costs, Report Says

Though recent data show inflation somewhat leveling off, there are likely higher price levels on the way — and Americans may be dipping into their savings to make ends meet.
Harbingers Daily: Why Supression of Dissenting Voices In Russia, and Globally, Is a Harbinger of Our World’s Future History

...From a Christian perspective, God’s Word, the Bible, teaches us that this crackdown of dissent will become increasingly prevalent in the time prior to the return of Jesus Christ.
Ch Today: Uvalde Pastors Mourn Losses Close To Home

A Hispanic Baptist leader ministers to his family after his great-granddaughter dies in the school shooting.
Ch Daily: Faith Community Mobilizes After Horrific Uvalde, Texas Shooting

..."My heart is broken today. We're a small community and we're going to need your prayers..."
Newsmax: Food Inflation Highest Since 1981

Food inflation was up by 10% in April, the highest since 1981, according to a recently released report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The price index rose 4.9% year-over-year in April...
Daily Signal: CBO Forecasts an Economic Nightmare For All Americans

Months behind schedule and as many Americans look forward to the holiday weekend, the Congressional Budget Office released its new federal budgetary and economic projections.
Churches Address Mental Health Stigma During Awareness Month

With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, pastors and church leaders are urging their congregations to shatter the stigma and advising that mental health isn't always a "spiritual issue."
Am Greatness: After Uvalde, What Kind of Police Do Americans Really Want?

The average police officer is not the elite and dangerous warrior who can rush an armed assailant...
Proclaim & Defend: A Dark Room---My Heart and Abortion

Having held my lifeless stillborn daughter in my arms almost 35 years ago can bring a rising level of emotions to my heart when I consider the current scenario being played out in the SCOTUS...
Prophecy News Watch: Compromised Church Leadership and Preaching Is Contributing To Our Cultural Rot
Poll: Highest Recorded Percentage Say Their Financial Situation Is Worsening

...The vast majority, 63 percent, believe the country is on the wrong track. One year ago, in June 2021, 53 percent said the country was on the right track, reflecting deteriorating positivity of Biden’s...
Despite Enemy’s Efforts, a Record Number of Jews Are On Temple Mount
Federalist: A Healthy Society Requires Honoring Your Father and Mother

Honoring one’s parents is required throughout one’s entire life. One is never free from this obligation.
GCD: Reflections On Temptation From Peter’s Sifting

...At this Passover meal, Jesus knows Peter is about to be tested, so he prays for his faith to be strong and encourages him with guidance for the aftermath.
Pew Forum: How the American Middle Class Has Changed In Past Decades

...The analysis below presents seven facts about how the economic status of the U.S. middle class and that of America’s major demographic groups have changed since 1971.
Persecution.org: 2,000 Years of Persecution---Egypt’s Christians

Did you know that Egypt used to be a Christian nation? Under the rule of Rome, believers in Egypt suffered under terrible persecution at the hands of Roman leaders.

Friday, May 27, 2022

Desiring God: Does Science Really Contradict Scripture?

...Quite a few people in our day would say that “science has shown us” that miracles are impossible.But other scientists, especially scientists who are Christians, would say that miracles are possible and...
Breitbart: Poll Finds Majority of Voters Support Arming Teachers, School Staff with Concealed Firearms
Daily Wire: US Economy Shrinks In the First Part of 2022

The United States shrank at a 1.5% annual rate during the first quarter of 2022, according to a Thursday report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Fox News: SBC Releases Alleged Abusers List

Leaders made list public days after 288-page report exposed alleged culture of cover-ups of sexual abuse...
National Review: Southern Baptist Report On Sexual Abuse Demands Action

...The report says the denomination was keeping an internal list of 703 sexual abusers in ministry, 409 of whom were believed to have been affiliated with the SBC at some point. Nearly all of them have left...
Young Britons Identifying as Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual Doubles In Four Years

The percentage of people between the age of 16 and 24-years old identifying as either lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) in Britain has nearly doubled over a four year period.
Am Thinker: How Long Can You Eat if Your Power Goes Out?

What if the lights go out this summer? How much food gets lost?
Archaeologists Discover 2,100-Year-Old Galilee Farm Still ‘Frozen in Time’
Oklahoma Governor Signs the Nation's Strictest Abortion Ban

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedure.
GCD: The Good Shepherd Who Hears My Lament

...Our Good Shepherd leads through both the even, green plains and the dark, rocky gorges. He never grows more distant on either terrain but leads us with his outstretched arm and protects us with his staff.
AME Church Sues Executives For Plundering Millions From Retirement Fund

The African Methodist Episcopal Church has filed a lawsuit against 11 individuals and entities, alleging a sophisticated scheme to defraud millions from the retirement funds of clergy and employees.
WHO Says Monkeypox Is Spreading Through Homosexual Acts Among Men
Reformation21: Screaming In the Face of Death

...Death feels more present than usual right now.
WND: The Need For Faith In God In an Ever-Darkening World

...The deep-rooted essence of spiritual faith rests on the fact that man is created by and profoundly dependent on God’s benevolence to exist. It is the Creator that has established the rules of nature.
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.