Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Interesting Links from July 2025

 

Pastoral Meanderings: What is worse, germs or sins?

 

Colorado Megachurch Pastor Steps Down in Gateway Scandal Wake - Juicy Ecumenism

 

England Codifies A Culture Of Death


July 2

 

Long Time Charismatic Cult Leader, Jimmy Swaggart, Dies at 90

 

Jimmy Swaggart, controversial televangelist and Southern gospel legend, dies at 90

 

Jimmy Swaggart & Brash USA Christianity - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Died: Jimmy Swaggart, TV Minister Caught in Scandal - Christianity Today


July 3

 

17 Ways to Have an Amazing First Year of Marriage - Christian Marriage Help and Advice | Crosswalk.com

 

Mel Gibson visits Orthodox monastery in Greece before filming | Entertainment

 

Baylor University Receives Grant to Study LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Church - Juicy Ecumenism

 

The Worlds William F. Buckley Straddled - Christianity Today


July 4

 

Simple Reasons for the LCMS to Immediately and Permanently Terminate an RSO (what if anything will be done about this and all comparable situations, including publishers which include Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America leaders?)

 

Dr. Phil's media company files for bankruptcy, sues TBN | U.S.

 

Spiritual Authority: How to Use It, Not Abuse It

 

Why It's Good (and Christian) to Love Your Country

 

The good kind of patriotism, a column by Peter Marty | The Christian Century

 

Ukraine strips Orthodox leader of citizenship, alleging links to Moscow

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Be a patriot and a Christian but know the difference. . .


July 7

 

Salonen: Many are left in the dust by trans movement - InForum | Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo news, weather and sports

 

The Wonder of the Human Face | Tim Challies

 

Should I Keep Sharing the Gospel With Someone Who Has Repeatedly Rejected It? – Entrusted to the Dirt

 

How a Christian Patriot Loves His Wayward Nation – Denny Burk

 

Bad Bets: The New Culture of Sports Gambling | National Review

 

Texas Flood Washes Away Dozens of Young Girls from Christian Camp - Christianity Today

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Paint it beige. . .


July 8

 

15 Ways to Discern False Teaching | Clearly Reformed

 

Bismarck is 7th least stressed city in the US

 

Saint Of The Damned: Reading Hunter S. Thompson As Scripture

 

Scandal and Glory - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Iran’s President: Israel Tried to Assassinate Me - The American Conservative

 

Russia Escalates Religious Persecution, Targets Pastors & Churches

 

Inside Camp Mystic: The Elite Summer Camp Where Texans Sent Their Kids


July 9

 

Do I have Alzheimer's? Knowing the early signs can help | Opinion

 

Camp Mystic, those videos and why faith matters during disasters

 

Arguments Against and For ‘The Chosen’  - Juicy Ecumenism

 

UCC Priest Turns the Incarnation Into Pro-Abortion Propaganda

 

West Tennessee, ELCA Synod express support for trans youth after SCOTUS ruling denies gender-affirming care – Episcopal News Service

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Who refuses to kneel. . .


July 10

 

The Echoes of Hitler That Make Trump the World’s Most Dangerous Man

 

Setting Our Scopes on Things Above - Christianity Today (for information purposes – CT demonstrates being pretty cool with theistic evolution)

 

Syria's Christian community faces extinction amid violence

 

Florida Pastor, Father of Five Deported After Two Decades in the US – Faithwire

 

Planned Parenthood Is Not a Health Care Provider | National Review

 

Baylor Reverses Course on LGBTQ+ Grant - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Bill Moyers Saw What Newsrooms Missed: Faith Still Matters

 

Baylor professor doubles down on LGBTQ+ inclusion grant | Education


July 11

 

Is LCC now the largest Lutheran church body in Canada? - The Canadian Lutheran

 

Evangelicals for Harris apologizes for using Billy Graham sermons | Politics

 

The Epstein List and the Certainty of Secret Sins Revealed

 

Cops Probed Thomas Fugate Trump Terror Chief, 22, Over Teen Love Triangle

 

Baylor University wins, then rejects, grant on LGBTQ inclusion in churches

 

Columbia County jail forces transgender woman into solitary, lawyer says - oregonlive.com


July 12

 

The Example of Jimmy Swaggart – CT – TheWeeFlea.com

 

Reality TV Show Produced by Chip and Joanna Gaines Ft. Same Sex Couple

 

Christian Producers Exploit Children in a Homosexual Household in New Series


July 13

 

Chip & Joanna Gaines Face Backlash Over 'Gay Little House on the Prairie'

 

'Back to the Frontier' serves queer Laura Ingalls Wilder vibes for gay dads stepping back in time - Queerty (for information purposes)

 

Christian celebs Chip and Joanna Gaines feature gay couple and their two adolescent sons on new reality show | Not the Bee

 

Not the Bee | Gay Adoption (references several documented reports)

 

Chip and Joanna Gaines tell Oprah how God communicates with them | Entertainment (red flags from 2021 in cozying up to Oprah Winfrey)

 

An Open Letter to Chip and Joanna Gaines

 

The Trump Swamp  - The American Conservative

 

July 15

 

Singleness is not rebellion against God's design, even for women after 30 | Fox News

 

We Need a Change Order: An Open Letter to Chip and Joanna Gaines

 

Sodom and Shiplap: How Chip and Joanna Gaines Sold Out Jesus

 

Joanna Gaines Is Super LGBTQ Affirming, Praises Gay ‘Throuple’ Announcement?

 

Tucker Carlson claims Fox News is 'anti-Christian' | Politics

 

“Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant”: Pastor John MacArthur Enters Glory - Protestia

 

John MacArthur, renowned pastor and Bible teacher, dies at 86 | Church & Ministries

 

A new pope’s call to unity | The Christian Century (for information purpose – if a writer for the ultraprogressive Christian Century likes Pope Leo, that is a red flag)

 

Take a Closer Look at Noah’s Ark

 

Trump-Russia Probe: Russian Interference in 2016 Election Highlighted with Unforced Error | National Review

 

Olympian Hits Back After Simone Biles-Riley Gaines Spat, Takes Clear Stance on Women’s Sports – Faithwire

 

Chip and Joanna’s Frontier Fantasy Just Got Exposed—And It’s Worse Than You Thought

 

John MacArthur, Reformed Expositor with Tainted Legacy, Has Died

 

Why Are Evangelicals Mad at Chip and Joanna Gaines?

 

Gone Home: The Iron Pulpit of John MacArthur - by JD Hall

 

The Gaineses Need To Go Back To The Bible

 

Died: John MacArthur, Who Explained the Bible to Millions - Christianity Today

 

A lion of the pulpit, now in Christ’s presence | WORLD

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Pride or flaunting. . .

 

John MacArthur, megachurch pastor and voice of 'Grace to You' radio ministry, has died


July 16

 

Chip Gaines defends gay couple on new show after backlash | Entertainment

 

John MacArthur, RIP – The Way of Improvement Leads Home

 

‘Our Hearts are Heavy, Yet Rejoicing’: Pastor and Bible Teacher John MacArthur, 86, Passes – Faithwire

 

Remembering the Legacy of John MacArthur, the Polemicist

 

Chip Gaines wrong to scold Christians over gay TV family | Blaze Media

 

Navigating Grace and Truth: Addressing John MacArthur’s Legacy with Love in His Final Days

 

Tributes for John MacArthur - 9Marks

 

John MacArthur met his own definition of a false prophet – Baptist News Global (for information purposes)

 

Evangelical firebrand John MacArthur dead at 86 – Baptist News Global

 

Chip Gaines' Statement After Caving to LGBT Agenda Makes Things Even Worse

 

There’s a list and you know it | The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO

 

John MacArthur leaves legacy ‘on a generation of preachers’ | Baptist Press

 

John MacArthur refused to compromise. Gavin Newsom learned the hard way. | Blaze Media

 

A Tribute To John MacArthur, A Lion Who Was My Friend

 

Lawrence Welk: A North Dakota Farm Boy - YouTube (new public television documentary about legendary bandleader, Lawrence Welk, who died in 1992)

 

Welcome to North Dakota State University!. Champagne Times: Lawrence Welk and His American Century (new three volume biography of legendary bandleader Lawrence Welk)

 

Tim Timberlake challenges Western Church’s obsession with comfort | Church & ministry

 

Pastor John MacArthur: The Pulpit Lion Who Will Keep Roaring - The Stream

 

John MacArthur’s Life and Legacy (1939-2025) - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Sodomy on the frontier | WORLD

 

Trump Tries to Put Down MAGA Revolt by Calling Rebels ‘Bad People’

 

Charles Austin Obituary (2025) - Minneapolis, MN - Cremation Society of Minnesota (First Memorial Funeral Chapel)- Minneapolis (Mr. Austin was a big supporter of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, though he also considered himself somewhat more conservative than the ELCA mainstream, which doesn’t take much to do – not particularly good to be only marginally more conservative than the ultraprogressive ELCA – Mr. Austin posted thousands of messages on the American Lutheran Publicity Forum, a lackluster at best communications outlet – Mr. Austin did note that life is “messy” and that we all may have some level of inconsistency in our views and associations)


July 17

 

Remembering John MacArthur (1939–2025) (Alistair Begg reflects)

 

Fox News: Jeffery Epstein? I Don't Know Her

 

Our War President  - The American Conservative

 

Chip and Joanna Gaines Platform Couple to 'Normalize Same-Sex Families' - Daily Citizen

 

Psychedelics like MDMA are finding a warm embrace from Kennedy | AP News (very seriously doubt that promoting psychedelics being legal is good)


July 18

 

Joni Eareckson Tada memorializes friend John MacArthur | Church & Ministries

 

A Comprehensive List of Every Woman Who Has Accused Donald J. Trump of Sexual Assault or Harassment

 

The Purge at LifeSite News: Why John-Henry Westen Had to Go

 

Actually, Southern Baptists don't mind having women as pastors

 

John MacArthur is Dead, Sort of - by matthew pierce

 

7 Enduring Ways John MacArthur’s Lifelong Faithfulness Impacted the Church | Crosswalk.com

 

John MacArthur: Most influential preacher since Billy Graham

 

What to Ask During the Candidating Process - The Gospel Coalition | Canada

 

Gentle and Lowly and Full of Wrath – Aliens and Pilgrims

 

The Contemporary Church Has a Giant Blind Spot to the Return of Christ — FAN AND FLAME

 

Minister Makes News By Mixing Faith With Psychedelic Drugs

 

Fear and Hope as Indian Christians Face Rising Persecution - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Pope Leo XIV Adopts Hands-Off Approach to Promotion of Predator Priests - The Stream

 

Conan O'Brien Remembers Pulling Condom Out of Trump's Pocket (now that it’s mentioned there, I recall that I actually saw that 1997 episode of “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” – be honest, Trump has never been a Sunday School teacher type, especially in that period in his life)

 

Tullian Tchividjian 🤡 Blasts John MacArthur for Preaching a False Gospel

 

Why Jeffrey Epstein Won’t Die - The American Conservative

 

Chip And Joanna Gaines’ Compromise Is A Warning To Us All

 

Trump’s Sketchy Epstein Lie Instantly Exposed

 

Mike Pence Joins Chorus Calling on Trump to Release Epstein Files: ‘Time Has Come’


July 19

 

Portland to host city's first Evangelical crusade in 25 years | Church & Ministries

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Segregated Sundays . . .

 

⛪️ Conviction And Controversy: Pastor John MacArthur’s Legacy 🔌

 

Finding Friendship, Heartbreak, and Healing at the LCMS Youth Gathering - The Stream

 

Opinion - The scandal that could finally end Trump

 

Jeffrey Epstein Victims Feel ‘Erased’ As MAGA Civil War Rages On

 

Listen To The Jeffrey Epstein Tapes: ‘I Was Donald Trump’s Closest Friend’

 

Google Searches for Epstein, Epstien, and Epstein Files Is Rivaling Trump Searches

 

Portland to host city's first Evangelical crusade in 25 years | Church & Ministries

 

Conan O'Brien and Marc Maron will never forget the condom in Donald Trump's pocket


July 20

 

The Latter-day Saint Who is the Executive Producer of “The Chosen” - Meridian Magazine Meridian Magazine (for information purposes)

 

I was a pastoral intern under John MacArthur. What he was like

 

My Department of Education - The American Conservative

 

Epstein’s Ex Reveals What Pedo Said About His ‘Bro’ Trump


July 21

 

Youngest U.S. bishop appointed to eastern Oregon diocese

 

Is LGBTQ Ideology Infiltrating Christian Universities? - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Canada's Church Crisis: Atheists And Drag Clowns Leading The Church

 

4 Reasons The Gaineses Shouldn't 'Normalize' Gay Surrogacy


July 22

 

Scottie Scheffler’s Viral Moment After Open Victory Proves His True Values – Faithwire

 

Mainline pastors less likely to hold historic Christian doctrine | Baptist Press

 

On winning and what matters: Scheffler’s comments are for everyone | Baptist Press

 

Meet the Hitler-loving podcaster who's teaching young Christian men to hate - in the name of God (Corey J. Mahler said among other things, “IF MEN CAN FORMULATE AN ARGUMENT THAT IS BASED IN GOD'S WORD THAT IS SOUND AND THAT IS AGAINST WHAT I HAVE SAID. THEN BY ALL MEANS THEY SHOULD LISTEN TO GOD AND NOT ME.”)

 

(Toward) Three Cheers for the Supreme Court   - Public Discourse

 

There Is No Such Thing As ‘Biblical Evidence’ For Abortion

 

Huckabee’s Brave Stand for Palestinian Christians - The American Conservative

 

Chip and Joanna Gaines: When popularity wins over God's truth

 

Scottie's Secret - by Daniel Darling - One Little Word

 

'She is the future of our church.' Winnie Varghese named first woman dean of St. John the Divine. (for information purposes)

 

Israeli Ambassador Mike Huckabee Threatens To Expose State of Israel For ‘No Longer Welcoming Christian Organizations’

 

The Daily Beast Podcast: David Frum on How Trump Turned the Presidency Into Pure Grift

 

It’s time for a change of name | WORLD

 

Donald Trump’s Sexual ‘Age Limit’ Comments on The Howard Stern Show Come Back to Bite Him


Sunday, June 01, 2025

Interesting Links from June 2025

 

Commencement Address Harvard Needs | National Review

 

Pastoral Meanderings: As Valpo Turns. . .

 

The Vanishing Light: Why Syria’s Christian Golden Age Is Gone Forever - The Stream

 

U. Nebraska student’s graduation project mocks Catholic Mass with drag performance | The College Fix

 

Inside Republicans’ moral minority | WORLD


June 2

 

Catholics Dating Non-Catholics | Catholic Answers Magazine

 

Evangelicals After Obergefell: 10 Years of Living on the Wrong Side of History

 

Redeemed Zoomer and Gavin Ortlund Debate Church Splits, Merits of Evangelicalism - Juicy Ecumenism

 

This Is Your Priest on Drugs | The New Yorker

 

How our schools and workplaces push early parenthood out of reach | Vox

 

Donald Trump’s New Reality Show: Let’s Make a Deal and Get Rich

 

The Hypocrisy of Bruce Springsteen - The American Conservative

 

Opinion | The Trump administration is the most progressive in U.S. history - The Washington Post


June 3

 

I can tell you that Seattle has personally wrecked me

 

To the Single Lady at the Wedding – Rachel Whisman

 

Priestly predicament: Catholics sue over abuse reporting law | WORLD

 

President Trump imposes tariffs on indulgences from the Holy See (a satire)

 

After a decade of controversy, clergy psychedelic study is published

 

The Rise and Fall of Mark Driscoll's Critics - by JD Hall

 

This is not a parody: ELCA Lutheran synod hosts Queer Confirmation retreat for fifth-graders - EXPOSING THE ELCA

 

Sean Feucht’s Former Ministry Leaders Set Up Whistleblower Website, Accuse Him Of ‘Abuse, Fraud, Embezzlement’

 

‘Christianity Today’ Under Fire For Using LGBTQ-Affirming Sponsor in Anti-Mark Driscoll Podcast


June 4

 

Liturgical Stooges - Crisis Magazine

 

Sean Feucht accused of financial, spiritual, moral misconduct | Church & Ministries

 

N.T. Wright Says Jesus’ Bodily Resurrection Is An Optional Christian Belief, Not Needed For Salvation (Wright VERY wrong on this)

 

Democrats Are The Party Of Mentally Unstable Nutjobs

 

Sermons with Benefits - Christianity Today


June 5

 

Candace Owens, Charlie Kirk defend Glen Greenwald after sexually | U.S. (other professing political conservatives did so also)

 

Array of rainbows and religions marks WorldPride interfaith service in DC (at Unitarian church – Unitarianism itself is false doctrine – sad that this event happened)

 

Time to Smash the ‘Gynocracy’ Eric Conn Claims - Juicy Ecumenism

 

UCC Rainbow Priest Compares Jesus Raising Lazarus From the Dead to Queers “Coming Out of the Closet”

 

CCM Headliner Michael Tait Accused of Grooming & Sexual Assault

 

Gays Ruined 'Pride' With Accepting And Engaging In Public Sex (the D.C. columnist for The Federalist, Eddie Scarry, says that he is gay, something he also said in his book Liberal Misery, and says that public sex is bad, but not private gay sex?  The Federalist is run by professing conservative Missouri Synod Lutherans.)

 

Who was Harvey Milk? | WORLD


June 6

 

Trump's embrace of homosexual GOP candidates alienating social conservatives - LifeSite

 

Biden's press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre chosen as NYC Pride grand marshal - CBS News

 

Newsboys respond to allegations against Michael Tait | Entertainment

 

Christian musician Michael Tait accused of sexual abuse, grooming

 

Can the Pride Flag Celebrate Other Deadly Sins, or Only Lust? - The Stream

 

Christian Mission Sued for Hiring Christians - Yes, Really

 

Pam Bondi Accused of 'Serious Misconduct' in Florida Bar Complaint - Newsweek

 

Facing a Precarious Future in Hong Kong - Christianity Today

 

Why Musk Hit a Nerve by Saying Trump Is in the Epstein Files


June 8

 

No, the children of divorce are not ‘fine’

 

Evangelical Fault Lines Revealed in South Korean Election - Christianity Today (it is MORE THAN OKAY to have “anti-Communist rhetoric,” – and action!--especially in the Korean situation)

 

Pastoral Meanderings: What does it matter?


June 10

 

25% of Catholic, Mainline Pastors firmly believe in Adam and Eve | U.S.

 

Ichabod, The Glory Has Departed: Collapsing Faster Than A Meringue Pie Left in the Sun

 

Reckless abuse of Medicaid: Who's telling the truth?

 

Patricia Heaton sounds alarm on realty of spiritual warfare | Entertainment

 

ABC News' Terry Moran Should Be Fired, Not Suspended (he was on Appleton, Wisconsin-based Lawrence University’s student newspaper staff in 1981)

 

ELCA Lutherans elect 9th homosexual bishop - EXPOSING THE ELCA

 

Craig Dykstra, Lilly Endowment executive who supported congregational vitality, dies at 78

 

In the Bible, gender is not binary | The Christian Century (for information purposes)

 

Episcopalians Double Down on Pride Month - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Pastoral Meanderings: A small part of the bigger thing. . .

 

Should Christians Practice Surrogacy?

 

Rick Warren speaks to Catholics, says Jesus' prayer 'unanswered' | Church & Ministries


June 11

 

Does the Gospel Require us to Affirm LGBTQ Practice? - Holy Joys Does the Gospel Require us to Affirm LGBTQ Practice? - Holy Joys

 

Late-night host Stephen Colbert praises female portrayal of Jesus | Entertainment

 

The NCAA’s attack on women: cowardly capitulation – The Lawrentian (for information purposes)

 

Terry Moran: Storytelling is alive and well | Lawrence University (1982 Lawrence University alumnus Terry Moran, recently let go by ABC News after having worked there for many years, concludes, “Don’t be dumb."  He has now started a Substack account.)


June 12

 

Lessons From A Dying Church - The United Church Of Canada Path To Extinction

 

Catholic University Parades Sexual Perversions in Counselor Training Program - The Stream


June 13

 

Satanic Temple to Open Abortion Clinic on President Trump's Birthday

 

Satanic Temple Opens Telehealth Abortion Clinic for Maine to Secure "Satanic Abortion Ritual" - The Maine Wire

 

An open letter to Simone Biles on Riley Gaines fight

 

Luther Seminary announces plans to sell upper campus | Church & Ministries

 

What Makes God Sing? | Crossway Articles

 

3 Patterns That False Teachers Follow | Crossway Articles

 

Fighting for Nigeria’s Pro-life Soul - Christianity Today

 

Fathering lost children | WORLD


June 14

 

Joni Ernst’s Latest Challenger Once Boasted of Sharing Playboys With His Moms: 'Only Rule? They Got First Dibs' (article publicized by Tucker Carlson)

 

Sean Feucht calls misconduct allegations spiritual warfare | Church & Ministries

 

How Should Christians Respond to the Los Angeles ICE Riots? - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Trump’s Words — and the Silence of Others — on the Persecution of Christians - The Stream

 

‘He Is Coming Soon’: CeCe Winans Brings Bold Gospel Message to NPR – Faithwire

 

The flag of freedom’s nation | WORLD


June 16

 

Teach Us to Number Our 18 Summers - Christianity Today

 

Kids Don't Just Need A Father Figure. They Need A Dad

 

Stepdads Have A Unique Opportunity To Teach True Love

 

Pastoral Meanderings: What's in a name?


June 17

 

Tucker Carlson blasts Trump and Fox News for pushing Israeli 'propaganda' to sway elderly into war | Irish Star

 

Why Evangelicals Should Not Support Israel or Its Endless War

 

Minnesota shooting suspect went from youthful evangelist to far-right zealot - The Washington Post

 

Terry Moran Says He Is 'Not That Liberal' | National Review (Terry Moran is a liberal dating from his days at Lawrence University)

 

Meet the gay millennial priest on a mission to pull the Episcopal Church out of 'free fall' (for information purposes)

 

Southern Baptists propose a resolution to overturn Obergefell | The Christian Century (for information purposes)

 

Boelter faces state and federal murder charges, death penalty possible • Minnesota Reformer

 

Zionism Is Not an American Principle - The American Conservative

 

Fulani Jihadists Massacre Over 200 Christians in Overnight Attack in Benue State, Nigeria - Truth Nigeria

 

No place for Christians? | WORLD

 

NAACP Breaks With 116 Years of History to Snub Trump

 

Sean Feucht Dismisses Whistleblowers as ‘Embittered, angry, upset former volunteers’


June 18

 

Jews for Jesus director sees hope in disruption of Iran war | World

 

Why is God male? – nuakh

 

Getting Baptized Before Taking Communion - by Mitch Chase

 

Christ for the Nations, where suspect in Minnesota shooting attended, denounces ‘hateful actions’

 

When Jesus Goes Prime Time: Wrestling With ‘The Chosen’

 

Walter Brueggemann’s Big Imagination and Even Bigger God - Christianity Today (Brueggemann was a theological liberal – CT should not have lavishly praised him like this; one time editor Harold Lindsell certainly would not have)


June 19

 

Foursquare’s statements on marriage, gender and sexuality - News + Resources

 

Trans woman swims topless against men in protest (for information purposes – publicized on Apple News)

 

Major Left-Leaning Lutheran Seminary Announces Sale of Historic Campus - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

 

Southern Baptists Contra Mundum - First Things

 

Press Release - Christ For The Nations

 

Alistair Begg bids farewell to Parkside Church in final sermon | Church & Ministries

 

Dave Ramsey's company faces another setback in court over religious discrimination

 

‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the unofficial Black national anthem, celebrates 125 years

 

Orthodox churches join Catholic bishops in suing Washington over abuse reporting law

 

Bluesky is dying | The Spectator

 

Tucker and Ted: "What is Israel?" is the New "What is a Woman?"

 

My Grandfather’s Greatest Legacy - Christianity Today

 

Alistair Begg: 'I'm not ready to repent over' gay wedding advice | Church & Ministries

 

MAGA Melts Down Over JD Vance’s Short-Lived Bluesky Suspension

 

A huge win for sanity | WORLD

 

A Wild Number of People Have Already Blocked JD Vance on Bluesky

 

Trump Says Tucker Carlson Called Him To Apologize After Criticizing President’s Iran Stance


June 20

 

Victims of the Revolution  - Public Discourse

 

Democratic Oregon House members celebrate Black drag performers, as nearly all Republicans boycott - oregonlive.com

 

Why believing in a literal Adam and Eve matters

 

You Don’t Owe the Mob a Meeting – Proclaim & Defend

 

Be a Man-Pleaser, Not a Man-Pleaser

 

Pastoral Meanderings: What is going on?

 

Houston Texans Head Coach Says God Guides Him ‘For The Good Of His Kingdom’

 

Minnesota shooting draws attention to Bible school with ties to Christian nationalists

 

Living Faith: Has trans ideology silenced our intuitions?


June 21

 

Meet the Oregon lawyer who dresses like it’s 1893 - oregonlive.com

 

We were given the gift of queerness - Living Lutheran (for information purposes – no, we weren’t “given the gift of queerness” – pathetic article from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s official publication – publicized by the website “Exposing the ELCA”)

 

Voice of America journalists fearful after Kari Lake guts network : NPR


June 22

 

An open letter to Tucker Carlson from an Israeli Messianic Jew

 

The 'bad news' of the Gospel

 

Trump Lists Reasons He Deserves Nobel Prize in Epic Meltdown

 

A Biblical View of Juneteenth | Answers in Genesis

 

Pastoral Meanderings: An admission. . . (for information purposes – it would appear that there is zero chance that the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod will change liturgically on this)

 

10 Lifestyle Traits God Brags About - The Stream

 

Is God on Israel’s Side Against Iran? - The Stream

 

The Catholic side of Bob Hope

 

Supreme Court Delivers the Obvious Result in Skrmetti - The American Conservative


June 23

 

Chicago trans and LGBTQ+ community protests Skrmetti ruling by Supreme Court

 

Can Trump attack Iran without Congress? Why he has the power | Opinion

 

Editorial: The difficulty of finding common sense on Iran

 

Home | Substack (War Editorial by Terry Moran)

 

A Response to 5 Common Christian Critiques of Gay Marriage | Sojourners (for information purposes – publicized by Sojourners Magazine on Bluesky this month)


June 24

 

Daly: Three Cheers for Neocon Don - by John A. Daly (for information purposes)

 

National park rangers at sites devoted to moral atrocities cannot speak “negatively” about American history – The Way of Improvement Leads Home

 

Kristin Kobes Du Mez Joining Rank Heretics for Pagan ‘Freedom Rising’ Conference

 

Natalie Grant helps launch Museum of Christian & Gospel Music | Entertainment

 

Progressive Christianity Watch: Let's Hear It for the Queer, Black, Woman Jesus! – PJ Media

 

Suicide Bomber Kills 22 in Greek Orthodox Church Attack


June 26

 

Don’t Toss Orthodoxy in the Campfire - Christianity Today

 

Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton leans on God after injury in finals | Sports

 

In Defense of Christians Condemns Damascus Church Bombing - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Conservative churches grow... liberal ones die...

 

Fr. James Martin affirms Pete Buttigieg's belief that God helped him 'come out' as homosexual - LifeSite (for information purposes)

 

This Pride Month, Take Pride in Broadening Your Perspective – Travel Insights | Rick Steves Europe (for information purposes that celebrated travel pundit Rick Steves supports this)

 

Trump’s Iran Bombing Is the Latest in Presidential Absolutism - The American Conservative

 

Furious Trump Spends Another Night Rage-Posting at CNN, New York Times

 

Kevin DeYoung elected moderator of PCA | Church & Ministries


June 27

 

4 Reasons SCOTUS Should Overturn Obergefell Now

 

The Great Mamdani Freakout - The American Conservative

 

Bill Moyers died today at age 91 - by Marvin Olasky

 

Rick Steves Talks Travel, Cannabis and Freedom | Cannabis Now (Rick Steves, an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Lutheran, has long been a huge supporter of legalized marijuana.  I don’t know that one generally gets that from his travel broadcasts, though.  We still like a lot of them)

 

FIRST-PERSON: 10 years after Obergefell | Baptist Press

 

Nuking Nagasaki: The Post War Consensus and Targeting Christians in Japan

 

Pope Leo XIV Promotes Pro-LGBTQ Prelate Who Permitted Pagan Idol in Cathedral - The Stream

 

BBC Reporter Earns Viral Praise For Abruptly Pausing On-Air to Correct Term ‘Pregnant People’ – Faithwire

 

Why is Denominational Affiliation Avoided? - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Microsoft shuts down iconic 'Blue Screen of Death' – DW – 06/27/2025


June 28

 

As Pride Fades, ‘Fidelity Month’ Gains Ground with Faith, Family, and Patriotism | National Review

 

Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

 

Thailand’s Marijuana Un-Legalization: What to Know | TIME

 

North Dakota Court System - June 26, 2025, Legal Assistant/Paralegal Day


June 29

 

Pastoral Meanderings: How odd it is. . .

 

A Sunday Poem - Real Patriotism with Terry Moran (Terry Moran, a former colleague of mine working on the Lawrentian student newspaper at Lawrence University forty some years ago, who made his way to ABC News, where he was a key broadcaster for 27 years, shares a poem from “a Black, Queer, Poz writer and performer from Saint Paul, Minnesota” who Terry says is “One of the most exciting talents in American poetry right now.”)

 

Cross in the Crosshairs: How U.S. Foreign Policy is Killing Christians Around the World

 

Justin Welby Says He Was ‘Thick’ For Denying Same-Sex Relationships

 

No Surprises Here: David French Flip Flops on ‘Personal Pronouns’

 

Pam Bondi Axes Jan. 6 Prosecutors at Department of Justice in ‘Horrifying’ Purge


June 30

 

Do you have Calvin Derangement Syndrome?

 

Satan Can Stage a Quiet Revival Too | Tim Challies

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Heart and head. . .

 

The U.S. Bombing of Iran Damages International Law - The American Conservative