Pastor
Arrested for Saying That Marriage is Between a Man and a Woman
(reformationcharlotte.org)
Finland
Persecutes Christian Lawmaker | The American Conservative
Why I’m
#NeverJenner and You Should Be Too | The Stream
The
Bizarre Afterlife of a Christine Blasey Ford Booster | The Stream
Canadian
Court Empowers Police to ‘Do Anything Necessary’ to Disrupt Church, Find Pastor
– Faithwire
Franklin
Graham Suggests 'Cancel Culture' Is a 'Road Toward Communism' (newsweek.com)
No
Ralph Warnock, the early Church was not socialist - The Christian
Post
Josh
Duggar, Family Values Crusader and TV Star, Faces Child Pornography Charge
(newsweek.com)
Theologian
Slams Methodist Church for Creating ‘Two Religions’ Over LGBT Issues –
Faithwire
Tennessee
teen responds to viral video of dress, dispute with ex-CEO (usatoday.com)
(ridiculous article)
Biden
Isn’t A ‘Very Catholic President,’ He Openly Flouts Church Teaching
(thefederalist.com)
About - Luther Classical
College “…the Lutheran Church
has the greatest theology, the best hymns, the most excellent music in the
history of the world.”
Christian
MP faces prison for tweeting Bible verses on marriage - The Christian Post
Rachel
Hollis's Problem Isn't Privilege, It's An Anti-Christian Gospel
(thefederalist.com)
May 4
We
Lost The Building and Kept The Church | Trinity Bible Chapel
Josh
Duggar pleads not guilty to child pornography charges - The Christian Post
China
shuts down Bible App, Christian WeChat accounts - The Christian Post
Facing
Woke Religion, the Gospel is Still Good News | The American Conservative
A
Conservative Student's Experience at an ELCA Seminary - EXPOSING THE ELCA
May 5
We Always
Glean Among the Sheaves | Tim Challies
The
Claim about Homosexuality in the Film 1946 Is Irrelevant (str.org)
The
Biden Communion stories are stupid (religionnews.com)
The
Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown - The Atlantic
Unglamorous grace
| WORLD (wng.org)
How
Progressive Christianity Denies God's Truth — Charisma News
May 6
California
and the Incoherence of the American Right | The American Conservative
When
did you last read a book? – Written for our instruction
May 19
In
Ordaining A Trans Bishop, Leftist Denomination Calls God A Liar
(thefederalist.com)
Pastors
warn smartphone addiction 'major issue' in Church | Living | The Christian Post
A National Day
of Prayer to “the Thing” | The Stream
Biden
Leaves God Out of His National Day of Prayer Proclamation | The Stream
Max
Lucado receives the 2021 ECPA Pinnacle Award (religionnews.com)
Melinda
Gates Warned Bill Gates About Jeffrey Epstein (thedailybeast.com)
Millionaire
BLM Founder Admits She's Marxist, Proud Of Mao Comparisons (thefederalist.com)
ELCA
Elects First Transgender Bishop - EXPOSING THE ELCA
Franklin
Graham warns Biden: 'Omitting God is a dangerous thing' | Politics | The
Christian Post
Transgender
Lutheran Bishop & Nicaea - Juicy Ecumenism
Megan
Rohrer Elected As 1st Openly Transgender Bishop In U.S. Lutheran Church : NPR
ELCA
elects first openly transgender bishop | Church & Ministries | The
Christian Post
Queer Easter
by Guy Erwin – Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries (elm.org)
To
Sean Hannity: Please do not make ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner into a hero | Voice | The
Christian Post
Megan
Rohrer elected bishop of ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod - ELCA
Megan Rohrer |
Profiles | LGBTQ Religious Archives Network
Why
Christianity And Critical Race Theory Cannot Coexist (thefederalist.com)
Red &
Blue Christianity - Juicy Ecumenism
Falls
Church Episcopal Calls Gay Rector - Juicy Ecumenism
Transgender
Bishop Is a Rejection of Christianity – PJ Media
Megan
Rohrer, a Lutheran pastor, on making history as the first transgender bishop.
(slate.com)
Army
chaplain punished for opposing trans troops appeals | Politics | The Christian
Post
Christians
beheaded in Indonesia terror attack | World | The Christian Post
CCCU
Says LGBT Lawsuit Is Frivolous...... | News & Reporting | Christianity
Today
Once
Creation Goes, Everything Else Falls Apart — Gottesdienst
NOBTS
student arrested for child pornography | Church & Ministries | The
Christian Post
Alice
Cooper says he's a devout Christian who prays daily | Entertainment | The Christian
Post
Why Should an
American Follow Jesus? | The Stream
The
GOP's Sacred Eunuch: The Ludicrous Bruce Jenner | The Stream
Universalism:
The Trendy But Treacherous Belief That Hell is Empty | The Stream
The
Vital Signs of American Christianity: Critical But Not Terminal? | The Stream
Uncle
Sam + Lesbian Moms | The American Conservative
ELCA
Proudly Announces They Have Their First Transgender Bishop - EXPOSING THE ELCA
Mark
Driscoll Accused of Cult-Like Actions; 24/7 Surveillance (julieroys.com)
(not totally sold on this reporting and spin but providing the source anyway)
Would
You Be Willing to Stand? Religious Persecution Comes to Finland | Answers in
Genesis
Virginia
Mollenkott’s Women, Men, and the Bible shaped my life | The Christian Century
Enlightened
entertainment | WORLD (wng.org)
Opinion
| German Catholic priests blessing same-sex marriages may be on to something
divine - The Washington Post (ridiculous opinion piece)
Canzano:
Time for another dose of common sense -- unmask youth sports - oregonlive.com
Houses
Of Worship Grapple With Vaccination Divide : NPR
Megan
Rohrer Elected as Lutheran Church's First Transgender Bishop | PEOPLE.com
Transgender
Person Installed As Associate to the Bishop in ELCA Synod - EXPOSING THE ELCA
The Ministry
of Sorrow | Tim Challies
Our
First Look at How Pompeo and Blinken See Reli... | Christianity Today
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — Gottesdienst (Beane says that the 1941
Lutheran Hymnal rubrics more resembled Adam’s loincloth than the historic vestments
of the church)
7
Ways to be vindicated against false accusation | Voice | The Christian Post
Candace
Cameron Bure credits spicy sex life for strong marriage | Entertainment | The
Christian Post
NPR
Insults the Prophet Muhammad? - Current (currentpub.com)
Biden
White House officials hold first meeting with atheist, secular groups
(religionnews.com)
The
World's Hatred is not a Guarantee that You are Following Jesus
(keithmathison.org)
CCCU
fights LGBT students' lawsuit targeting Christian colleges | U.S. | The
Christian Post
Biden
cancels Trump's plans for Garden of American Heroes | Politics | The Christian
Post
Baylor
provides path for LGBTQ campus group, says position unchanged on sexuality -
Baptist Press
Why
Twitter Isn't Manly | The American Conservative
May 20
Lutheran
Social Services files for bankruptcy | State & Regional |
bismarcktribune.com
The
Mischievous Protestant’s Guide to Catholic Rome | Tim Challies
What
Happened to the ACLU? | The American Conservative
DC
Talks' Kevin Max Renounces His Faith, Promotes 'Universal Christ' - Protestia
Transgender
woman to become Lutheran bishop | News | LifeSite (lifesitenews.com)
With
All Respect, Demi Lovato, You Are Not Non-Binary. You are Deeply Confused | The
Stream
Wyoming
District re-elects Hill (lcms.org) (If they really wanted to badly enough, I
think any of these U.S. church districts could have found a way to hold their
conventions in 2021, and they still could.
It was kind of ridiculous that the national convention was postponed
until 2023. Wimpy! Maybe there needs to be some thought about
doing these conventions in a different way.)
Jane
Goodall, celebrated primatologist, wins 2021 Templeton Prize (religionnews.com)
Racial
Justice in Lutheranland — Protect Your Noggin
Regarding the above link, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod theology professor Dr. Peter Scaer wrote on Facebook on May 27, “Lutherans for Racial Justice should be marked and avoided. Now they are onto Islamophobia, but with the same strategy of stories, painful conversations and vague accusations. There is not one word here about the dangers of Islam, its false doctrine or denial of Christ. Check out minute 24, where they talk about the fact that Christians do not have a monopoly on grace. As an example, they bring up the fact that in the Christian tradition, Christ had to die on the cross as a payment for sin. In Islam, God simply has mercy. That led to the mention of other theories of the atonement. The Lutheran pastor said nothing against this idea. Bad and dangerous stuff.” However, LCMS college history professor and increasingly influential podcaster Dr. Jeff Mallinson strongly supports the group Lutherans for Racial Justice. LRJ founder/leader Rev. Matthew Gonzalez says that the group is in line with LCMS resolutions and argues that LRJ is consistent with traditional Lutheranism and the Bible.
May 21
Preach
the Gospel. When Necessary, Do It In Drag | Sojourners
Bow
Down to Your New Christ — Gottesdienst
Mark
Driscoll Pays for Honeymoon with Church Funds; Compensates Interns with Gift
Cards, Former Members Say (julieroys.com) (sorry to read this concerning
report – I have defended Driscoll in the past but this doesn’t sound good)
Progressive
Christians: Where and How They Differ with Jesus (gospelrelevance.com)
Teaching
the Trinity to Young Children | Gene Veith (patheos.com)
Dobbs
v. Jackson: This is the Big One | The American Conservative
Pastoral
Meanderings: A purely political act. . .
May 22
Swiss
evangelicals reject Covid certificate to enter worship services, Evangelical
Focus
LGBTQ
rights and religion: What America can learn from the Utah compromise - Deseret
News
NJ
priest pleads guilty to stealing over $500K from church | U.S. | The Christian
Post
Conservatives
Who Call Caitlyn Jenner 'She' Forfeit The Truth (thefederalist.com)
Pastoral
Meanderings: Why I am opposed to prayer in public schools. . .
May 23
Church
hangs pride flag, hopes it sends message of inclusivity | KELOLAND.com (for
information purposes)
Liz
Wheeler announces new video podcast after leaving OANN last year | Washington
Examiner
'Rigged':
Mollie Hemingway's Definitive Account of the 2020 Election Democrats Won't Want
You to Read by Spencer Brown (townhall.com) (the author received an
honorary doctorate from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana,
on May 21)
Three
Biblical Problems with Critical Race Theory | Answers in Genesis
ELCA
Elects Openly Transgender Bishop | Answers in Genesis
Christian
Realtor Losing License Over Personal Beliefs on LGBT Issues – Faithwire
May 24 (discussing Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass, Dr. Jeff Mallinson
and the creation/evolution issue)
Regarding Dr. Swamidass
William
Lane Craig: An Exchange with Ken Ham (peacefulscience.org) (Ken Ham of
Answers in Genesis criticized)
America’s
Clergy Are Teaming Up With Scientists | WIRED
A Compromise on
Creationism (peacefulscience.org)
Upcoming
science book reveals that 'Adam and Eve' could have existed. (usatoday.com)
Q&A on
“A Compromise on Creationism” (peacefulscience.org)
Why I Went
Public on Evolution : A Postdoc Lost in the Church (peacefulscience.org)
Why I
Left Young-Earth Creationism (peacefulscience.org) (From Dr. Swamidass’s “Peaceful
Science” web site)
Going
Public in The Journal on Jesus and Evolution (peacefulscience.org)
Q&A:
The Age of Rubio's Earth (peacefulscience.org)
Regarding Creationists and Their Views
Are
We Wrong to Call Out Compromise? | Answers in Genesis
Dr.
Craig Responds to Ken Ham | Podcast | Reasonable Faith
Review:
'The Genealogical Adam and Eve' - creation.com (creationist scholars
criticized Dr. Swamidass’s book on Adam and Eve)
Regarding Dr. Jeff Mallinson
Review
of Joshua Swamidass, The Genealogical Adam and Eve — Protect Your Noggin
(Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod professor in California recommends Dr.
Swamidass’s book on human origins)
May 25
Falsehood
and Fallacy - Meet, Write, & Salutary: Conversation & Community for
Lutheran Writers (maryjmoerbe.com) (not sure if this is a truly good book
or not, but providing information on it nonetheless)
Texas
and Massachusetts: A Tale of Two States - Current (currentpub.com)
What
is a beautiful church building for? | The Christian Century (not an excuse
to preach a willfully bad sermon)
Why
you should (and probably do) believe in limited atonement | Opinion | The
Christian Post (for information purposes)
Pastoral
Meanderings: When will we speak with one voice. . . (The question is asked,
“When will we speak with one voice?”
Answer: Probably never. Much more
could be said in amplification. Pastor
Larry Peters is right, though, about not cancelling the conventions in 2021 in
the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Clearly,
they could have happened if people were motivated enough to have them.)
China
Blocks Keywords like 'Christ,' 'Bible,' and 'Gospel' from Social Media Giant -
Protestia
May 26
What Jesus
Does Not Pray | Tim Challies
Monday, May 10, 2021
- AlbertMohler.com (about Megan Rohrer, as are the next three messages –
Rohrer is a way off base so-called “Bishop” – totally unqualified to be a
pastor according to the pastoral epistles – quite possibly not even a Christian
as defined by the Bible)
Deviancy
in the Clergy (churchmilitant.com)
ELCA
Synod Elects Rev. Megan Rohrer as First Trans Bishop (churchleaders.com)
Transgender
Activists Do Not Want You To Hear Of 'Transition' Regret (thefederalist.com)
How Would
Christ Respond to Wokeness? | The Stream
Church
of Scotland Moves Towards Redefinition of Marriage - Juicy Ecumenism
The
Full Scale of Anti-Trans, Anti-LGBTQ Bills in State Houses Will Shock You
(thedailybeast.com) (if you can overlook the biased headline and spin,
there is good information here on what is going on)
May 27
Bishop
To Remove Beloved Priest Who Preaches Against Wicked Clergy (thefederalist.com)
Kintz
Retires as President & CEO of Concordia Publishing House (cph.org)
(some CPH material has been excellent, some middling, some not that good at
all, many tend to be a bit on the pricey side)
Why
does ?pro-life? mean disregarding the actual lives of pregnant people? - The
Washington Post (Washington Post repeats decades old complaints/arguments
and uses the phraseology “pregnant people.”)
The
true Republican religion (religionnews.com) (for information purposes)
Jim
Bakker Claims His Specuatular Downfall and Jail Time was Due to 'Cancel
Culture' - Protestia
May 29
'60 Minutes' slammed for airing
detransitioners' regrets | U.S. | The Christian Post
‘Jesus was a political revolutionary’:
Ibram X. Kendi ‘rejects’ orthodox Christianity – Acton Institute PowerBlog (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
President Matthew Harrison shared this article on Facebook and commented, “This Acton Institute article on a major
proponent of CRT (Kendi) and his abhorrent views of Christianity and its
mission (‘savior theology’) is important.”
A Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (I was in the WELS 2004-2011 and
was an Elder in a WELS church then) relative gave me Kendi’s best selling book
on antiracism. I threw it in the garbage
after reading it. Kendi strongly
supported homosexuality and placed it in the same category of race, which was a
deal breaker in being very wrong.)
Evangelical
Christians must rethink their reflexive support for Israel (religionnews.com)
Twitter
Bans Spanish Politician for Saying “A Man Cannot Get Pregnant” | Answers in
Genesis
US
Bishops try to rein in the Biden administration, but the Vatican is all smiles
(religionnews.com)
A
year of riots | WORLD (wng.org)
After
a year of Portland protests, activists see no end in sight - oregonlive.com
May 31
Church
of Sweden declares denomination is trans-inclusive | World | The Christian Post
USA
Today faces backlash for caving to LGBT activists | U.S. | The Christian Post
Whatever
Is False, Whatever Is Immoral, Whatever Is Prejudiced… | Tim Challies
