Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Interesting Links from December 2020

 

https://religionnews.com/2020/11/30/progressive-united-methodists-announce-new-denomination-liberation-methodist-connexion/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-lawyer-says-former-cybersecurity-chief-should-be-executed-for-saying-election-was-secure/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/trump-election-fraud-disgraceful-endgame/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=featured-content-trending&utm_term=first

 

 

December 3

 

https://religionnews.com/2020/12/01/conservative-christian-activists-plan-barnstorming-tour-of-georgia-ahead-of-senate-runoff/

 

https://religionnews.com/2020/11/30/eric-metaxas-christian-radio-host-offers-to-lay-down-his-life-for-trump-election-triumph/

 

https://stream.org/have-we-completely-lost-our-minds-and-our-souls/

 

Biden makes 'sweeping promises' to LGBT activists - The Christian Post

 

https://religionnews.com/2020/12/01/eric-metaxas-and-the-losing-of-the-evangelical-mind/

 

https://www.charismanews.com/politics/opinion/83525-shocking-election-testimony-comes-out-of-arizona-meeting

 

Economics Legend Walter E. Williams Dies at 84 | Dan Bongino (He was frequently favorably quoted in Christian News.)


December 6

 

https://religionnews.com/2020/12/03/metaxas-jesus-trump-stolen-election-christian-nationalism-rod-dreher-sidney-powell/

 

https://stream.org/walter-williams-a-warrior-for-liberty/

 

Physician Support for Ethical Vaccines – Christian Medical & Dental Associations (cmda.org)

 

https://premium.charismanews.com/article/83548 (for information purposes)

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/no-american-lives-should-be-lost-to-defend-taiwan/ (maybe he’s right on the military reasons but it would be bad if Communist China took over Taiwan)

 

https://religionnews.com/2020/12/05/historic-middle-collegiate-church-in-new-york-city-destroyed-in-six-alarm-fire/

 

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionqanda/2020/12/how-should-biden-era-americans-understand-religious-freedom/

 

https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/scientific-journal-purges-anti-gay-uw-madison-paper-published-in-1951/article_a5df48e6-659e-54c9-8fed-8027ac1c9f0b.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1


December 8

 

Fire destroys historic church that houses New York Liberty Bell - The Christian Post

 

Bill C-6: What the Criminal Ban on “Conversion Therapy” Means for Churches in Canada - The Gospel Coalition | Canada

 

The Crisis of Christian Celebrity - The French Press (thedispatch.com)


December 11

 

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2020/12/what-the-name-jesus-reveals/

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/cuomo-sees-no-place-for-god-in-crisis/

 

https://steadfastlutherans.org/2020/12/rev-paul-t-mccain/

 

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/09/state-department-nigeria-country-particular-concern/

 

Biden’s Election is as Putrid, Shady, and Spurious as Persia’s Darius the Great! (reformationcharlotte.org)

 

Pro-life groups denounce Biden’s HHS secretary pick - The Christian Post

 

'Churches should suspend services.' I respectfully dissent - The Christian Post

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/state-of-the-union/merry-christmas-ya-filthy-animals/

 

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/10/ecumenism-in-the-next-methodism/ (downright heretical theology is tolerated in the National Council of Churches, and has been for decades)

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/religious-persecution-on-the-rise-worldwide/

 

https://www.exposingtheelca.com/on-social-media-elca-wolves-blog/advent-drag-show-is-an-elca-church-fundraising-event

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-we-question-the-election-results/

 

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/catholic-hong-kong-activist-jimmy-lai-the-lord-is-suffering-with-me-89843

 

The sad irony of celebrity pastors | Spectator USA

 

John MacArthur: World 'perfectly suited' for Antichrist's arrival - The Christian Post


December 12

 

https://religionnews.com/2020/12/11/dave-ramsey-christian-financial-guru-ridicules-covid-19-fears-plans-large-in-person-christmas-party/

 

Hemingway: Governor Ralph Northam Has No Right To Dictate The Theology Of Virginia Residents (thefederalist.com)

 

Letter to the Church in Response to Governor Northam's Statements on Worship — Esgetology

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/protests-marches-and-some-serious-shofar-blowig-as-trumpers-set-to-descend-on-dc-yet-again?ref=scroll

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bad-news-for-evangelicals-god-doesnt-need-donald-trump-in-the-white-house?ref=home

 

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2020/december/tx-election-case-gains-traction-as-house-republicans-join-and-6-states-sign-on-as-plaintiffs

 

https://bismarcktribune.com/opinion/letters/letter-proud-of-pastors-response-during-pandemic/article_9080c04b-2307-5139-a8f2-42a7b7f42482.html

 

Kathie Lee Gifford doesn’t follow man-made religious rules - The Christian Post


December 14

 

‘Biden Did You Know?’: Metaxas turns Christmas carol into conspiracy parody (religionnews.com)

 

The Dangerous Idolatry of Christian Trumpism - The French Press (thedispatch.com)

 

'Proud Boys' burn Black Lives Matter signs at churches in Washington (religionnews.com)

 

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2020/december/let-the-church-roar-national-prayer-rally-comes-to-dc-for-jericho-march-to-stop-the-steal

 

Beware Those Hasty & Severe in Judgment – Entrusted to the Dirt


December 16

 

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/14/political-idolatries/

 

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/14/rethinking-christmas-lights-part-one/

 

https://cathedral.org/press-room/dean-hollerith-and-bishop-budde-hate-has-no-home-here/

 

http://conservativeactionproject.com/conservatives-call-on-state-legislators-to-appoint-new-electors-in-accordance-with-the-constitution/ (for information purposes)

 

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2020/12/one-of-the-most-conservative-states-is-the-hottest-marijuana-market/ (not persuaded that this is good)

 

https://www.startribune.com/more-us-churches-commit-to-racism-linked-reparations/600001248/ (theologically liberal Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor Matt Staneck supports this in my opinion ridiculous idea at https://www.lutheranforum.com/blog/a-lutheran-case-for-reparations-summer-2020 ), which conservative LCMS pastor Phil Hale opposed at https://christiannewsmissouri.com/2020/12/01/a-lutheran-case-for-reparations/ )  (Some people deny that there are theologically liberal pastors in the LCMS.)

 

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/16/yuri-shumaev-kazakhstan-christians/

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/15/giving-trump-credit-vaccine-is-best-way-biden-unite-country/

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/15/franklin-graham-i-am-grateful-to-god-for-the-last-four-years/

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/12/15/hungary-adoption-lgbt-constitution/

 

https://www.charismanews.com/us/83692-rodney-howard-browne-insists-this-is-greater-than-trump-it-s-about-america “Howard-Browne also says he has a peace about the outcome and confidence that Trump will be sworn in for a second term as U.S. president on Jan. 20.”

 

Franklin Graham Says Trump 'Will Go Down in History As One of the Great Presidents' (newsweek.com)


December 17

 

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/16/black-lives-matter-methodist-churches-destroyed/

 

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/cult-christian-trumpism/

 

https://www.democracydocket.com/2020/12/a-threat-to-democracy/

 

https://ilc-online.org/2020/12/08/french-lutherans-elect-new-president-2/

 

https://ilc-online.org/2020/11/25/finnish-lutherans-enter-into-fellowship-with-the-lcms/

 

https://ilc-online.org/2020/11/08/malagasy-lutherans-elect-new-president/

 

https://ilc-online.org/2020/12/11/former-kenyan-bishop-enters-into-glory/

 

https://ilc-online.org/2020/12/07/finnish-lutherans-to-elect-a-new-bishop-in-2021/

 

https://www.cph.org/default.aspx?

 

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/17/redemption-or-damnation-for-america/

 

My Top 10 Theology Stories of 2020 (thegospelcoalition.org)

 

The New Moral Majority Endorses Warnock & Ossoff — New Moral Majority (not that there aren’t also problems on the political right but this list of endorsements includes many way out there lefties like Brian McLaren)


December 19

 

In VOA Nominee Fight, WaPo Insists Christians Cannot Hold Public Office (thefederalist.com)

 

Proud Boys Leader Admits Burning Church BLM Sign Following Washington Rally (newsweek.com)

 

How to start your own blog in 2021 – Building Jerusalem

 

MAGA leaders call for the troops to keep Trump in office - POLITICO

 

NAE Condemns Burnings at Black Churches - National Association of Evangelicals

 

A Note from JD Hall: Goodbye, 4,830 Facebook Friends - Protestia

 

Trump’s path to an electoral college victory isn’t narrow. It’s nonexistent. - The Washington Post (my friend Stu Rothenberg from 2016)


December 20

North Carolina governor establishes “Gender Expansive Parents’ Day” in recognition of LGBT parents | Disrn

 

Members of John MacArthur's Church Say They’re Being Pressured Not to Report New COVID Outbreak | The Roys Report (julieroys.com)

 

How Postmodern Pseudo-Prophecy Dishonors God (thegospelcoalition.org)


December 22

 

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/21/jan-davis-on-the-virgin-birth/

 

https://www.exposingtheelca.com/exposed-blog/when-jesus-comes-back-shell-be-gay

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/charlie-kirk-tpusa-hooters-conservatism-jesus/

 

The Story Behind Handel’s Messiah - BreakPoint

 

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/december/hungary-constitution-family-define-christian-lgbt-adopt.html


December 23

 

https://www.pilotonline.com/news/education/vp-nw-bachmann-regent-20201222-oppx7cdpvjhbtflup3zr2syrdq-story.html

 

Joni Eareckson Tada tests positive for COVID - The Christian Post

 

https://www.exposingtheelca.com/exposed-blog/the-elca-drag-queen-storytime-queer-christmas-celebration

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/state-of-the-union/trump-pardons-war-criminals-again/

 

https://www.regent.edu/news/regent-university-names-michele-bachmann-as-dean-of-the-robertson-school-of-government/

 

Hungary amends Constitution to uphold traditional marriage - The Christian Post

 

Raven 23 & President Trump: The Team Deserves Pardons | National Review

 

Ted Cruz Blocks Hong Kong Immigration Bill That Jeopardizes National Security | ImmigrationReform.com

 

Ted Cruz’s Terrible Case for Keeping out Hong Kong Refugees – Reason.com


December 25

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/12/23/concordia-university-chicago-becomes-latest-university-to-put-academic-programs-on-chopping-block/?sh=2701ca7e7eff&fbclid=IwAR1Yf66JBlDEGllCWPINl4z2oMt3HluvsYwA2xKOcv_Ey4hs-C3UnEnzuWA

 

https://steadfastlutherans.org/2020/12/lutheran-laymens-declaration-and-petition/

 

https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/christmas-in-a-pandemic-churches-offer-messages-of-hope-in-2020/article_299334d2-d2a5-5bf3-a9dc-887b8c83801c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

 

Major pro-life group gives Trump its ‘Person of the Year’ award - The Christian Post

 

https://religionnews.com/2020/12/24/how-much-longer-will-the-middle-east-celebrate-christmas/

 

https://www.donsweeting.com/why-i-love-a-service-of-lessons-and-carols-at-christmas-time/

 

Limbaugh slams Biden's 'darkest days' comment about coronavirus - The Christian Post

December 27

 

Why Hollywood Praises Elliot Page (and Blacklists Me) (thegospelcoalition.org)

 

VA Governor: “You Don’t Need to Sit in the Pews for God to Hear Your Prayers” | Answers in Genesis

 

http://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2020/12/glad.html

 

https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/24/in-america-churches-may-be-closed-on-christmas-but-in-pakistan-they-may-be-bombed/

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-a-flat-earther-refused-to-concede-and-all-hell-broke-loose?ref=home


December 28

 

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/28/the-sexual-revolution-shows-its-endgame/ Scary.

 

Los Angeles Finally Agrees to Drop COVID Restrictions Against Churches – Faithwire

 

The Dangerous Love of Ease | Desiring God


December 29

A woke church is doomed to fail | The Spectator

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prufrock/norways-stave-churches/

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/gerald-ford-and-the-perversion-of-presidential-pardons/

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-gospel-according-to-roger-stone/

 

https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/28/hemingway-if-lockdowns-worked-california-wouldnt-have-this-problem/

 

https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/29/what-big-tech-didnt-want-you-to-see-on-the-federalist-in-2020/

 

https://stream.org/president-trump-kept-this-2016-promise-to-us/